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There was a sound and a plastic bottle fell.
When I pick it up from the vending machine, a cool coldness is transmitted to my fingers.
Sensing this, I press the button again and buy more of the same item.
When I took it out again, I looked back. There was Alice sitting on the bench.
“…………”
Alice was speechless and depressed. She was staring only at the bottom.
As I took a step towards her, a soft wind blew softly as if to match.
It passed through like stroking Alice, and it made the silver hair tip dance to the sky.
Like cherry blossom petals leaving a tree, they immediately fell to the ground, but to my eyes, the scene seemed to be in slow motion.
―It’s beautiful.
I just thought so purely.
I was lucky that I didn’t speak out loud, but I wonder if it was the result of my reason as an older brother in me working.
I’m glad if that’s the case. This proves that I’m able to properly see Alice as my younger sister.
……At the time of thinking like this, I don’t think I can see Alice as a “sister” correctly. Another feeling that came to mind was that I did not dare to see it.
“Here, Alice.”
I approached and handed Alice the plastic bottle I had bought.
It’s a very common sports drink. It might not be a good match for Alice, who has a somewhat out-of-this-world appearance, but if I start saying things like that, there’s no end to it.
“Thank you, Onii san.”
My face, which can only be described as ordinary, is at the top of the list. Black hair, dark eyes. There are no characteristics. When I’m with Alice, I sometimes feel like she’s from a different world.
“We might be late for school.”
“……Well, it can’t be helped. Let’s think about an excuse appropriately in the moment.”
More than 10 minutes have already passed since I got off at this station.
If we catch the next train, we may make it in time,but I don’t feel like rushing that far.I’m sure Alice would too. I smiled at her, sitting still in her chair.
“I’ll sit down for the time being, too. It’s a bit chilly, but it’s just right for waking up drowsy.”
The reason I’m sitting next to Alice like this is because she wants it.
Alice wants me to be close. I respond to that feeling as an older brother.
That’s the relationship. There is nothing strange about it.
“I……”
However, Alice’s expression is still not clear.
The drink I handed was also held in her hand.
Even though we were so close that the uniform could touch each other, her eyes were somewhat clouded.
Perhaps because of that, I could kind of understand what Alice was going to say next.
“I wonder if I should not be beside Onii san.”
“It’s not like that.”
I immediately deny Alice’s words.
If I can deny it, I’ve already decided what to do next.
“Alice is my family and my only sister. It’s normal for a family to be by your side, right?”
“But, I.”
“Then I’ll change the way I say it. I want Alice to be by my side. I think so from the bottom of my heart.”
Repeat affirmation after affirmation.
Denying Alice who tries to deny.
I would repeat the same thing over and over until Alice understood what I was saying.
I have to do that. I don’t know if this is the right way. But this is the only way I can convey my feelings to Alice.
“Nii san.”
“Amane said it’s been a long time. I’ve been by Alice’s side until now, but that’s because I wanted to be.
Maybe I’m just clumsy. I have always been clumsy.
“The thing with Amane is already over. I decided it myself and finished it. Amane was also convinced and accepted it.”
It was a lie. Amane was not convinced.
Even at the time of breaking up, she was crying all the time. She said she didn’t want to break up with me.
To such Amane, I turned my back while apologizing. I hoped that time would solve it, but when I looked into that eye, I understood that it wasn’t.
Alice slowly raises her face and looks at me.
“Really? Onii san”
――――Yeah, that eye.
Eyes tinged with obsession, searching for me.
Amane also had the same eyes as Alice.
In Amane’s mind, it’s definitely not over yet. She’s not convinced.
“It’s true, alice.”
But I nodded.
To reassure my sister, just for that.
Realizing that it was an act of trampling on Amane’s feelings, I nodded to Alice.
Yes, if it’s for Alice, that’s fine. Because I have no value for those people.
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They why did you made her your gf in the first place, lmao~