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“Um, let’s calm down first, okay?”
“You’re being deceived ! You’re being fooled !”
This sister is hopeless; she has no intention of listening to anyone.
“It’s impossible for such a beautiful woman to fall in love with you ! It’s more impossible than the world ending tomorrow !”
Riko stomps her feet and continues her relentless machine-gun-like speech.
“Riko. Riko. Riko chan.”
“Mmm !?”
I forced both hands over Riko’s cheeks.
“Please, calm down.”
“……………~~, okay….”
When I looked her straight in the eyes and pleaded with her, Riko slumped down and became quiet. She curled up and sat cross-legged on the floor. I sat down in front of her.
“Long time no see, Riko.”
“…Yeah, you too, Onii.”
She was completely intimidated and cowed.
“Are you going to school properly?”
“Well, sort of.”
“I see.”
“…Yeah.”
Perhaps because Riko’s excitement had subsided, the conversation didn’t continue. It was the usual realistic distance between siblings.
“Um, you’ve grown up a bit, haven’t you?”
“Really? I guess so. Hehe…”
Riko had become a high school student and seemed to have grown a little taller. Her demeanor had also become more feminine.
However, her smile, with her teeth showing, was that of the little sister I knew well.
“So, what was it again? Are you suspicious of my relationship with Towa san?”
“……Ah, well, that too, but……”
“Hm?”
Riko fell silent with a serious expression, then slowly opened her mouth.
“……Anyway, what happened to your ex-girlfriend? I thought you were going to marry her…”
“Ah, that….”
“You liked her, didn’t you? She liked you too…So, I…”
Since I brought Towa san with me, Riko must understand. Still, she pursued me with a pale, trembling voice.
When I was in high school, I told Riko about my girlfriend.
That’s why I have to tell her properly.
“We broke up, that person and I.”
“…Oh, really?”
As if her fairy-tale dream had been shattered, Riko hung her head in disappointment.
“What’s with that face?”
“But, Onii…”
“It’s okay. I’ve already moved on.”
I smiled and stroked Riko’s head.
“I have Towa san with me now. It’s okay.”
“Towa san…”
Riko wiped away the tears that were about to fall with both hands and sniffed back her nose.
Then she straightened her posture and looked at me.
“Are you really not being deceived? Like a honey trap or something?”
“No way.”
“Or maybe she’s after our inheritance?”
“We don’t have that kind of money.”
“Yeah, that’s true…but…”
“Thanks for worrying about me.”
Having a pathetic older brother must be tough on my younger sister. I expressed my deepest gratitude to my kind sister.
Then Riko turned her face away.
“I’m not worried. I’m just concerned because she’s going to be my older sister in the future…”
“Okay. Then you should check it out for yourself.”
“Eh…?”
“I’m sure you two get along well.”
“………Okay.”
And so, the brother and sister’s conversation came to an end.
I immediately took Riko out of the room.
We headed for the stairs, aiming for the first floor where Towa san and my mom were likely to be.
“Wait a moment, Onii.”
“What is it?”
Riko, who had been walking ahead, stopped in her tracks.
“Now that I think about it, I’m being really rude, aren’t I…?”
“Huh?”
“I’ve been in my room the whole time ! Not only that, but I’ve been peeking out the whole time ! Why didn’t I greet Mom and the others earlier? It’s so rude to do it now !”
“I don’t think Towa san would mind.”
In fact, she was even trying to go greet them. She was a little nervous, but that would naturally be resolved once Riko showed her face.
“But.. I’m not good at talking to people outside my family, and I’m not interesting or cute…..”
In the end, the problem was with Riko herself. My younger sister is a true homebody, nervous and timid. At one point, she struggled with relationships and became somewhat of a recluse.
Even now, she was trying to avoid meeting Towa san for the first time, making up various excuses.
“Just go.”
“Wait, wait ! Don’t push me, Onii ! I’ll fall down the stairs !”
“You won’t fall.”
“I will fall !?”
I forced her down the stairs to the first floor.
“I’ll be with you.”
“……..Ugh.”
When I took her hand, Riko reluctantly followed without resisting.
“Oh…..? Who is that……?”
Towa san, who was in the kitchen, noticed us and turned around, shaking her silver hair.
“……..”
I could tell Riko next to me was swallowing hard. Her body was so stiff it was obvious just by looking at her.
“Ah, ..Onyii..! ~~, I bit my tongue…I can’t do this…it’s over…”
She failed at her first desperate attempt to speak, taking a deep breath, and ended up with teary eyes.
I couldn’t help but smile wryly, but the fact that she tried to speak on her own, despite being so nervous, was commendable. From here on, as her older brother, I should support her—just as I thought that, my gaze met Towa san’s.
That alone made me realize my role was unnecessary.
“Nice to meet you, Riko san.”
Towa san smiled brightly and stepped forward toward Riko.
“I’m Shirayuki Towa, your brother’s girlfriend. Please feel free to call me Towa chan.”
Thus, the first meeting between my proud girlfriend and my adorable younger sister took place.
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