[Novel/Novel]
The main character, Yuki Yashiro, is 27 years old and the owner of Yashiro-tei, an udon restaurant that has been running since his grandfather’s generation.
I took over as the store owner five years ago. His father, who was the store owner at the time, died in a traffic accident.
Yuuki has a younger sister named Airi who is a university student. I had just entered ○ school when my father passed away. Her mother also died when she was young, a reality that Airi was reluctant to turn away from.
Yuki took over as the owner of the store partly because he wanted to leave the store open for generations, but also because he wanted Airi to live without any inconvenience.
One day, Mr. Kanamori, an excellent part-time worker, said, “I need to talk to you.” The message was that he wanted to quit his part-time job.
When I asked him why, he told me that his mother had passed away and he wanted to be as close as possible from now on.
Yuuki, who had lost his parents, could not stop him, so he agreed. However, this time they were faced with a shortage of manpower.
A few days later, after the store had closed, a woman who had lost weight and her clothes were in tatters came to Yashiro-tei. Thinking there must be some reason, Yuki offers tempura as a service.
The woman thanked him and began eating the noodles. The woman introduced herself as Maho Kirishima. Airi then tried to ask the woman where she came from.
Maho then began to talk about the events leading up to this point. Maho was laid off from work and was unable to work part-time due to poor health, and was kicked out of her apartment yesterday.
Then Airi had an idea. He suggested that Yuki hire Maho as a live-in. Since there was a shortage of manpower, Yuuki also asked Maho to do it, and Maho accepted.
It was a few days later that the situation suddenly changed. Maho crawled into Yuuki’s futon as he fell asleep early due to lack of sleep.
Maho then tells Yuki that she has loved him for a long time. “Always” refers to when Maho was still a child, when she came to Yashiro-tei with her mother, and at that time Maho fell in love with Yuki.
Yuki, who felt that much love, accepts Maho. Then, Maho suddenly said, “Yuki-san, let’s have a baby,” and things started happening, and things continued every day from then on…