Episode 24 – Small gatekeeper

However, unlike the last time, today, my second visit, there was a small gatekeeper at the entrance of Yuuka’s house.

“Sota Onii chan ! I’m so glad you came !”

As soon as she saw me, the little cute gatekeeper–Mizuki chan, ran up to me with a big smile on her face.

Just like that, she jumped on my waist.

“It’s been a long time, Mizuki chan. I’m glad to see you haven’t caught a cold or anything.”

“Mizuki is a healthy child.”

“You know all the hard words, don’t you? Even though you’re just a kid.”

“Ehehe, I’m studying hard…….”

As Mizuki chan looked up at me while still hugging her, I felt like she wanted me to stroke her head, so I stroked her gently, being careful not to mess up her hair.

“Hehehe…it feels good when Sota Onii chan pats me…it’s like being patted by Onee chan…”

“Ahaha, I’m honored to receive such high praise.”

I feel bad about being compared to a school idol.

Then, Mizuki chan and I were happy to be reunited for the first time since that day, as if we were real brother and sister.

“Geez, Mizuki. I always tell you to look both ways when you step out of the front door onto the street, don’t I?”

Yuuka, who had been left alone next to me, put her hands on her hips and softly warned Mizuki.

Is it my imagination that she looked somewhat sulky?

Maybe she felt that I had taken her cute little sister away from her when she saw Mizuki coming to me before she did.

“Mizuki saw it properly.”

Mizuki chan, who was still hugging me tightly, turned her face toward Yuuka.

“You can’t just take a quick glance. If you don’t look carefully, if you get hit by a car, you’ll be injured, right?”

As expected of Yuuka.

The way she gently tells her off is just like a mother figure.

Mizuki chan is not going to rebel against Yuuka’s kindness,

“Yes.”

She nodded her head.

“And how long are you gonna stay attached to Sota kun? I know you’re happy to see him, but it’s not safe on the street, so let’s go inside the house first.”

“Okay ! Sota Onii chan, let’s go inside first !”

After Mizuki chan removed her hands, she took my hand and started to pull me toward the house.

Her small, soft hands began to pull me toward the house.

“Sota kun won’t run away even if you don’t pull so hard.”

Yuuka muttered with a look of relief on her face as she looked at me sideways,

“Right, Mizuki chan.”

I opened my mouth to tell Mizuki chan something important.

“What is it?”

“I’m glad you wanna see me, but you shouldn’t beg Yuuka to see me over and over again, okay? Yuuka is probably busy with various things, and I’ll come to see Mizuki chan even if you don’t want me to.”

“Huh? What are you talking about? Mizuki didn’t say anything like that.”

Then Mizuki chan stopped and looked back at me and said with a strange look on her face.

“Eh? Because Yuuka said that Mizuki chan wants to see me again and again?　

Tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? and you wouldn’t listen to her–“

When I was about to say that much,

“Y-y-you said that, didn’t you, Mizuki? Yes, yes, you told me, I remember !”

For some reason, Yuuka interrupted the conversation with an impatient look on her face, and with an extremely aggressive tone.

“Uyu? Did Mizuki say that…..?”

Mizuki chan tilts her head cutely, probably trying to remember.

“Yes, you did say that. I remember it well. But the fact that Mizuki doesn’t remember is because Mizuki is such a clumsy girl–that’s why, Sota kun ! Ohohoho…”

I didn’t suspect Yuuka from the beginning.

I mean, what’s with that ‘ohohoho’?

Yuuka laughs like that.

No, but you know what, it’s fine.

“Ummm……if Onee chan says so, then maybe I did say it?”

“Right !? I’m sure you did.!”

“Maybe…..?”

At any rate, it seemed to have settled down with that kind of thing.

“By the way, why is Yuuka so desperate from a while ago?”

“Eh !? It’s not that I’m desperate…….”

Yuka came back to her senses with my words, and her cheeks turned red like apples.

Kuha !?

Yuka, who is shy, is incredibly cute !?

Suddenly, I was shown an extremely cute gesture, and I felt my cheeks become as hot as Yuuka’s.

My heart was also pounding.

Yuuka and I stared at each other in silence for a while in a very uncomfortable atmosphere–.

“Aren’t you two going in the house?”

Mizuki chan said,

“Y-yeah!”

“w-we are !”

As if a spell had been broken, Yuuka and I began to move together, albeit awkwardly.

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