Chapter 654: Chapter 409: Are the Two Hanabis the Same Hanabi? _2
It seems like they’ve been alternating their sleep schedules lately; when one is asleep, the other quickly wakes up.
"Sakura... Why do you look so pale? Are you sick?" Hanamaru Hanabi asked with concern the moment she saw Uesugi Sakura’s gloomy face staring at her.
"Hanabi... I am being tormented so badly by the other you." Uesugi Sakura lamented, feeling tortured by the temptation of his wife’s presence every night, yet unable to act on it.
It was unbearable, and when he couldn’t take it anymore and thought about going to the restroom to be alone for a while, she personally dragged him back.
"Huh...? What did she do?"
"It’s a long story..."
Uesugi Sakura leaned in and whispered a couple of sentences to her, sighing twice.
Then he sat back in his seat and continued eating his breakfast egg sandwich.
Hanamaru Hanabi’s expression didn’t change, but she became quiet for a moment.
"What do you think of her, Hanabi?" Uesugi Sakura asked.
"Hanabi feels... she’s like an older sister..."
"Older sister... What if she wants to possess me? Would you agree, Hanabi?"
Hanamaru Hanabi shook her head.
"Then how should I handle my relationship with her?"
Hanamaru Hanabi fell silent for a long time, "If Hanabi wasn’t asleep... I would know what she did while Hanabi wasn’t around."
"So, if you’re awake, you would have her memories?"
Hanamaru Hanabi nodded and added, "Hanabi also has a clear sensation..."
Uesugi Sakura became aware of something: "You can feel it too? If she touches me, you also have feelings?"
"Yes... When she takes the initiative to kiss Sakura, Hanabi feels as if I am the one doing it myself, so honestly, Hanabi doesn’t feel too resistant." Hanamaru Hanabi’s voice was soft and tender.
It’s strange, it doesn’t sound like they are two distinct personalities.
In normal situations, they share a memory and have the same perceptions.
Psycho Hanabi would often tell him that they are the same person.
The same person...
He thought of something.
"Why have you both been asleep a lot lately?" Uesugi Sakura asked again.
"I don’t know." Hanamaru Hanabi replied.
"How did she come to be?"
"Hanabi... isn’t sure either..."
Not sure?
The more he thought about it, the more confusing it became.
Psycho Hanabi’s origins are unclear.
It doesn’t seem to be any disease.
Normally, they possess a shared memory and perceptions.
Hanabi isn’t very resistant to the other her.
...
In summary, indeed, just as Psycho Hanabi said, they are the same person.
But how could he understand and simultaneously accept these two nearly different personalities?
Uesugi Sakura always feels that dating Psycho Hanabi is betraying Hanabi.
"Why don’t I take you to see a psychologist?"
"Okay... but Sakura, don’t let her hear it; she really dislikes psychologists."
"She’s asleep now, right? No time like the present, how about I take you to see a psychologist now?"
"Today, let’s not... it’s already the last day of the social event."
"Then, how about after the social event?"
"Sure."
...
The last day’s activity of the social event was outdoor swimming.
It’s held by the seaside.
At noon that day, the sunshine suddenly became overwhelmingly intense, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius.
This was extremely rare for October weather, but it perfectly suited everyone’s desire to go swimming by the beach.
"To be honest, just smelling the sea now makes me instinctively think of the smell of fish in my head."
"Been fishing too much?" Uesugi Sakura, wearing shorts and swimwear, asked.
"It’s eating too much! On the first day, I caught too much, didn’t want to waste it, and ended up eating three or four a day, raw fish, boiled fish, grilled fish, deep-fried fish, tried all the methods multiple times."
Todaka Keichiro said, holding a swimming ring, with a sigh.
"No point talking about that, let’s talk about swimsuits instead... Heh, Uesugi, your wife and her classmates will also be in swimsuits today, right?"
Uesugi Sakura glanced at him: "I specifically told her to wear something thicker."
"Hey! Where’s your mind at, it’s not about your wife, but her classmates I’m interested in."
"Her classmates? You should know their backgrounds." Uesugi Sakura suspected he had intentions of hitting on them, but Hanabi’s circle of friends... is not something an average person can get close to.
"Kyujuu... I know, I’ve heard the Kyujuu Family’s name quite a bit, Kitagawa... which family is that?"
"Kitagawa Association."
"Kitagawa Association!?"
Todaka Keichiro’s eyes almost popped out of his head.
"That seemingly silly girl is from Kitagawa Association... that’s it, Uesugi, you don’t need to say more."
Seeing that he seemed a bit scared, Uesugi Sakura added: "It’s not that exaggerated, just consider her a typical wealthy young lady."
"Rich, and that can still be called typical?"
...
After bidding farewell to his buddy who went for swim practice, Uesugi Sakura arrived at the entrance of the women’s changing room to wait for Hanamaru Hanabi to come out.
Plenty of girls passing by in swimwear giggled when they saw him.
Uesugi Sakura wasn’t sure what they were laughing about; did he have something on his face?
He looked down at himself.
Ordinary shorts, ordinary abs, ordinary chest muscles.
What’s so funny about this?
Soon after, Hanamaru Hanabi peeked her head out from the changing room and came out.
The girl blushed slightly when she saw Uesugi Sakura.
"Hanabi, why are you blushing?"
Hanamaru Hanabi pointed at his upper body, her voice a bit shy: "Sakura... has a good physique..."
Uesugi Sakura immediately understood what the girls were laughing about and asked: "You... all like looking at this?"
Hanamaru Hanabi nodded with a red face.
"Very... attractive..."
"..."
Uesugi Sakura remembered that someone would secretly touch his stomach when he wasn’t awake in the morning.
Is this probably similar to guys liking to touch girls’ stomachs?
Does it feel nice?
"Would you get jealous seeing me like this, Hanabi?"
"A little bit."
Hanamaru Hanabi was in a blue swim dress, with a blue ruffled top, her bare thighs and stomach under the sun looking like white porcelain.
This inevitably reminded Uesugi Sakura of the scene a few days ago when she leaned towards him in the bathtub...
Since Psycho Hanabi had been out these days, Uesugi Sakura lived an abstinent life every day, and yet she required him to wash her back every day, seeing her bare flawless back in the bathroom daily without doing anything was honestly quite frustrating.
Even though it was the other Hanabi, could he have no feelings?
That’s impossible.
Now, seeing the swimsuit-clad Hanamaru Hanabi, Uesugi Sakura had the urge to touch her tender white belly.
This is probably just like how she blushes when she sees his stomach, a kind of liking.
Though, being a guy, he totally can’t understand what’s so appealing about his rock-hard abs.
"Sakura... why are you staring at Hanabi?"
"I was wondering if your swimming skills are rusty, and if you can still swim?"
"Huh...? This... Hanabi doesn’t know."
"If so, how about we have a refresher training?"
"Refresher training?"
"Forgot? Remember how I used to teach you swimming."
Hanamaru Hanabi remembered, and immediately her face turned beet red.
Without waiting for her to refuse, Uesugi Sakura took her hand and led her to the beach.
"Come quickly."