1 1/2 ch2 (proofread)

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>What is this?
>It's revolting.

>How did you manage to make such a dried up hamburger?
>It's falling to pieces right away.
>>{crush x2}
>>{crumble x2}
>Better overcooked than under.
>The rice is too hard, too... You forgot to add water, didn't you?
>>{rant x2}

>B-But I...
>I tried hard even though it was my first time...!
>Huh?

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>If you can't get results, then effort is just...
>meaningless
{stab}

>Uuuh...
>>tearing up
>>sob
>>friend
>I really should've consulted Rui about this...

>>{gulp}

>...
>But y'know...
>How to put it...
>>{sob}

>At least in terms of menu choice and presentation...
>You did alright, I suppose?

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>I'll give you a passing grade.
>I'll teach you how to cook next time.
>Yeah
>My kid really is simple-minded, huh...

>But still, having hamburg steak as a favorite dish...
>You've got some pretty childish tastes, don't you, Mom.
>>You got a problem with that?

>>{smirk x2}
>Not really~?

>This person is my mother.
>Morii Ayako, 37 years old.
>Thanks for the meal.
>She works at a pharmacy.

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>I'll put on some tea.
>Thanks.
>And she is

>half of me.
>She made sure to eat everything.

>You've been coming home late recently.
>Are things getting busy at work?
>A little bit. It gets like this every year during the days between seasons.
>I see.

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>...
>Still, the way you've been helping me out lately has been a real lifesaver.
>I'm glad you're helping around the house, but are you doing alright at school?

>Hmm...well...
>Little-by-little, I guess?
>Fufu
>What the heck?

>How old are you again this year?
>16.
>I see...
>You're already 16.

>That was the age when me and your father first met.
>Your dad's age, I mean.
>So you're already at that age, huh...

>>{flinch}

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>...Do you mind if I take a bath?
>>clatter
>Go ahead.
>>step step step
>Ah, I'll take care of the dishes.
>Just leave them here.

>Kay, kay.
>?

>Were you listening to me?
>Hah
>Erm...

>My mom tutored my father while she was in university.

>When my father turned 18, he approached mom pretty forcibly.
>Please marry me!!
>Huh!?
>>murmur
>What the heck?
>I just turned 18!! Today!!
>Huh!!?
>>murmur
>They got married that same year.
>Before even a year has passed
>he suddenly died in an accident.

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>He never even knew
>that I was already inside my mom's belly.
>...
>>hiss
>>squeeze
>"Serves you right", or something like that.

>The thing that makes up 1/2 of my DNA...

>Mom.
>The bath's free.
>>{open}

>Mom?

>...

>Is she asleep...?

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>is only one person in this entire world. My "mom".

>>{{ba-dump}}

>Hey.
>Mom.
>>caress

>And also...

>Y'know,
>this year...
>>badum badum badum

>the other 1/2 of me...
>>badum badum
>I've turned
>sixteen.

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>is the DNA of the boy
>who loved you the most in the entire world.