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“A dream, huh?”
When I opened my eyes, what came into view was the ceiling.
It was the white ceiling of my room, which I was not used to seeing yet, without a single stain.
The light coming in through the window was bright, and I vaguely understood that it was morning.
I try to cover it with my hand from the glare, but even so, I can’t block it out completely.
The brightness was painful to my waking eyes, as if the sun was telling me to get up early, but I still wanted to stay in bed, if only for a little while.
“I’ve been dreaming about the past for quite some time.”
It was a dream I had a long time ago.
It was a memory of the distant days when my parents, myself, and Alice became a family.
Although there were definitely some rifts, I still seemed to remember the day the four of us met for the first time.
“It’s not that I’m not happy about it, but.”
As I chuckled to myself, there was a knock at my door.
Before I could even think about who was on the other side of the door, I heard the voice.
“Onii san, are you awake?”
It is a girl’s voice. And I only know one person who calls me that.
“Yeah, I’m awake, Alice.”
“I’m glad you’re awake.”
Alice smiled happily when I called her name, just as I remembered from my dream.
This is always the case. For some reason, Alice is happy when I call her name.
Well, it’s not that I don’t feel anything when Alice calls me [Onii san] so I don’t really understand how she feels, but in the case……Alice, I think it’s a little too much.
While thinking about this, I slowly got up from the bed.
“The food is already ready, so please change your clothes and come to the living room.”
“Yeah, sorry. I’ve always making you work.”
“No, no, no. I like doing that.”
While getting dressed, I continued my conversation with Alice.
The content of the conversation is very simple. As an older brother, I sometimes think about doing housework, but since she is much better at housework than I am, I often leave it to her. Or rather, when I try to do it, Alice doesn’t like it.
When she tells me that this is something she has to do, I can’t complain…..as an older brother, I guess I’m still a bit pathetic. I’m a little depressed from this morning.
“Onii san?”
“Ah, no, it’s nothing, yeah.”
I must have interrupted the conversation.
I didn’t want to make Alice too anxious, so I quickly got dressed and left the room.
“Alice, please wait in the living room first. I’ll be right there.”
“Really? ….Hurry up, okay?”
“Don’t worry. Alice worries too much.”
The doorknob has been rattling for a while now, and it’s getting a little noisy.
She’s smart enough to know that she can’t open the room because it’s locked, but she’s still a bit reluctant.
“The key, it’s still in the way…….”
I know you probably think you’re talking to yourself, but I can hear you muttering that, Alice.
If you ask me, it wasn’t a nuisance at all, and it was much needed. To the extent that I am now glad she said it.
“Alice.”
“……I understand. Please come.”
“Yeah.”
I nodded through the door, and Alice, finally satisfied, moved away from the door.
When I heard my sister’s small footsteps and saw that there was no longer any sign of her, I let out a deep breath.
“Haa. It’s always the same, but I’m still tired of that exchange.”
My only sister 《Family》 is a worrier.
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