Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger

1.7 Family Forum

"Ah!" Eichirou exclaimed with a gleeful and satisfied smile on his face as he leaned on the backrest of the chair and rubbed his tummy. "I'm full! Dad makes the most delicious meals ever!"

Itsuki rolled his eyes and started helping Isae clean the table. "Everything's delicious for you, Eichirou-san, whether it was Hideoki-san's cooking or just plain street food."

"Why do you have to be mean to me all the time, Itsu-chan?"

Itsuki twitched at the sound of Eichirou's nickname to him. "As far as I know, being honest is completely different from being mean."

"Well, you're acting mean," Eichirou retorted.

"Seriously, you're going to start this again? Put it on hold for now and continue that tomorrow-" Misae said but Erika soon cut it off.

" -and do it outside the house, please?"

"Do it AFTER we visit our parents' graves. Give us a break from your arguments, okay?" Shuichi added as he started helping, as well.

Eichirou was about to say something when they heard the bell clank coming from the back door. He frowned.

"Wait a minute... I thought Dad was out."

They all exchanged glances with each other.

"Did anyone check the family room?" Shuichi asked.

The rest shook their heads.

"I didn't even think Hideoki-san would stay there, especially on this particular day," Erika answered.

"Is it me or does everything that has happened today keep on getting weirder and weirder?" Itsuki added. "The earthquake, the five of us arriving at the same time, Hideoki-san going missing..."

"Maybe it was just a coincidence," Misae speculated but her voice proved otherwise. "Besides, what could happen on this particular day to us and even to Hideoki-san?"

That is until Erika decided to do something. "I'll go check whoever entered through the back door." She left the table mop to Itsuki and proceeded to the back door.

But even before Erika could fully leave the kitchen, she stopped in her tracks and frowned at the sight of the person who had come from the back door. "Nanami-san, don't scare us like that."

Nanami smiled at the girl's words but Erika noticed that they didn't reach the woman's eyes.

'Weird. Her smile isn't like this whenever she comes here and greets us. Did something happen?'

"Auntie!" Eichirou exclaimed and frowned soon after. "What made you come here?"

Instead of answering Eichirou's question, Nanami looked around and saw that the five kids were already done eating their dinner. "I see you're done eating." She faced the five kids. "Hideoki wants all of you to go to the family room."

After that, Nanami left them all frowning in confusion. Things sure had gotten a lot weirder than ever.

The five of them looked at each other to get answers... perhaps. But what could they possibly be? They were all clueless about all this.

"Let's just hope we're not in trouble or hell in this house will surely break loose if we made Hideoki-san angry," Itsuki said, breaking the silence.

The rest just nodded. If there was one thing they never wanted to face, it was Hideoki's wrath when mad. In trouble or not, it was for the best that they face the head of the Mizuhashi household.