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“That said, Mashiro san’s concentration was amazing…….”
“Ehehe, I wanted to hang out with Yuuto Onii san !”
After the 90-minute lecture ended, the two of them left the campus immediately. They are talking about their first period lecture.
At first, Mashiro kept looking at him, but a few minutes later, he made a promise to hang out with her, he made an aura that made it impossible for her to talk to him.
“Didn’t you somehow move your pen the whole time…..?”
“Well, I’m trying to prepare for lessons once I understand the content of the lecture.”
“Prepare for a lesson !? H-hee…… As expected…..”
Mashiro, who dismissed it simply, said it with a chuckle.
How much understanding does she have…….
What can be said without a doubt is that not everyone can do it.
At this time, he remembers Miyu’s words when she first came to the café where he works part-time.
[I have an older sister and a younger sister, and they’re very smart].
It was the moment he felt a glimpse of that.
“I know that I can’t show Yuuto Onii san my pathetic appearance. I’m already an adult, and I’m the eldest of the three sisters.”
“In other words, the only time I’ll be able to see Mashiro san like this is only at times like that.”
“! G-geez….. Forget about it right away !”
“Ahaha, I’ll do my best.”
When he first met Mashiro, she was going back and forth without being able to read the campus map.
At that time, she said that she had no sense of direction.
It’s still recent, but it’s a memory that makes him feel nostalgic just because they became such good friends.
At the same time that the conversation came to an end–the bag on her back shifted its position, and Mashiro showed a pretense of putting it back in place.
“……”
It is Yuuto who sees the situation with a serious face.
In her bag is a thick stack of teaching materials. It must be heavier than humanly possible for Mashiro, who is small in figure……
Even if he understands that, there are two reasons why Yuuto is reluctant to help her.
[I want to finish what I can do by myself]
[I don’t want to be seen as a kid.]
Because she is the eldest daughter, he wants to respect that feeling as much as possible.
“Yuuto Onii san, what shall we do in the station !?”
Mashiro asks with the same smile she has always had.
“I know I’m asking a question in return, but is there anything you want to do, Mashiro san?
“Hmm. I don’t have any plans in particular……I’m sorry. Do you have any, Yuuto Onii san?”
“Right. Since you said that you have clothes to the extent that you don’t have to worry about it….”
He scratched his cheek with his index finger.
“Ah, That’s right ! How about eating sweets while walking around? You love sweets, right, Mashiro san?”
“! ! Y-you remember !?”
“Well, sort of.”
“Wow……. I’m really happy to hear that……”
“So you’re okay with walking around while eating?”
“Yes ! I don’t mind.”
He actually didn’t remember exactly, it was a hazy memory, but it allowed him to make a good plan.
[Thank goodness…….]
Just as Yuuto breathed a sigh of relief in his mind.
He didn’t hear any voice this time, but there was Mashiro who put her bag to its original position.
…….If it is this frequent, it is possible that she is taking a short break to ease the pain in her shoulder.
It looked like she was having it rough since she walked into the lecture hall in the period.
“……”
Once again, he hesitated, but if pain is occurring, it is a different story.
Although she hasn’t actually shown it on her face or in her attitude, they are about to go out to eat. Since they are not likely to take a break at a cafe, Yuuto boldly called out to her.
“Hey, Mashiro san.”
“Yes?”
“Can I carry that bag on my back? I think it’s a little heavy.”
“No, no, no ! I brought this bag with me, and Yuuto Onii san also has a shoulder bag, so let me just accept your kindness.”
As expected, she just told him with a smile.
That is why he took another way.
“How do I say this, it looks like this is one of your selfishness, Mashiro san…..but this kind of thing doesn’t look good for a man. Especially since I’m your step brother.”
“……”
“Is that still not good enough?”
The reason why I thought “I won” was because Mashiro’s eyes widened as if she was flinching.
“U-um……. As you can see, this bag is pink, so if Yuuto Onii san carrying it….”
“Don’t worry, it’s fine. Even I look good in pink, you know? And if it’s with this outfit.”
“T-that outfit will make it look more intense……”
“No, no. It’s a yes then.”
“Ah, um……t-thank you very much.”
When Mashiro was hesitating, he took her bag and asked her to pull out her arm.
And Yuuto, who carries the bag on his back, immediately strikes a pose.
“See ! How do you like it? Pink looks good on me too.”
“……,F-fufufu, it doesn’t look good on you at all.”
“No, no, no, that’s not true.”
Yuuto behaves confidently, and Mashiro, who once held back her laughter, lets out a laugh and narrows her eyes.
“Yuuto Onii san, you have a broad shoulder, so the size of the bag doesn’t match, you know?”
“This is the trend these days, you know? Carrying two bags.”
“Fufu, geez……. All you do is lie……”
Mashiro said it with an astonished expression, but there was absolutely no sarcasm in it.
“Okay ! Then let’s hurry up and go, shall we? I have to show this fashion to the people around.”
“On the contrary, they’ll be taken aback, you know……?”
“I don’t mind.”
“……”
Yuuto, who continued to lie, grinning as he walked forward—Mashiro’s heart was warming up faintly.
I’ve been thinking about it as I get older. My step brother is someone I couldn’t compete with.
I was convinced that this would never change.
“……Yuuto Onii san is the only one who can tell such a gentle lie…..”
“Hm?”
“No ! It’s nothing.”
Without knowing if he heard it or not.
There is only one thing that such an eldest daughter would do.
For his dignity.
And,
It was Mashiro, who was snugly attached to Yuuto so that everyone around her would know, [I’m having him carry that bag].
She had acted in a calm manner–but her face was blushing.
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