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“Hey, hey, Ayaka chan.”
During club activities, recently I often get talked to by a girl who is a member of the club.
Of course, these are different girls from the ones who used to bully me.
They are the ones who never got involved with me when I was in trouble.
“What?”
“Is it true that Fuyusaki san and Ayaka chan’s brother from class 1 are dating?”
(Ah, this story again.)
Ever since the rumor spread that they had started dating, girls who talk to me usually ask me this question.
Why do they bother to confirm something they know by looking at it?
“Well, I don’t know the details.”
This is fine.
A normal sister doesn’t know every detail of her brother’s love life.
“Eh? Really?”
“Why do you care so much?”
“Because they two look so good together, right? I was suspicious of them at the sports festival !”
Kenshiro’s declaration at the sports festival is still fresh in my memory.
Immediately after that, Fuyusaki took out Kenshiro during the scavanger hunt.
It may have been just a coincidence, but there are countless people who want to make a connection.
Either way, it has nothing to do with me.
“Eh? Don’t you think your brother has been taken away from you?”
The moment someone says that, something prickles in my chest.
“…..I wouldn’t think that.”
Ignoring this feeling of discomfort, I answered with a smile.
Today’s club activities last until the morning, and I don’t have any plans after this…….
(……I guess I shouldn’t go home.)
Maybe Fuyusaki is still at home.
If that happens, I’ll be in the way.
(It’s annoying to have your sister there when your’re alone with your girlfriend.)
Instead of going home, I walked to the riverside.
I didn’t have anything to do, so I just stared at the river.
“What are you doing out here?”
Suddenly, I heard a voice and turned around to find someone I didn’t want to see.
“……Karasaw -kun, what are you doing on your day off?”
Karasawa Makoto, Kenshiro’s best friend, is someone I have a bit of a hard time with.
It’s not that I don’t like him, but I don’t like the fact that he can see too much of his surroundings and is too sensitive to other people’s feelings.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is the last person I wanted to see right now.
“I was cycling and saw a familiar back, so I ran after you.”
“You’re a stalker. That’s disgusting.”
“That’s a terrible accusation……so? What are you doing?”
“…..Nothing, I was just zoning out.”
“Hmm.”
If I were to be so blunt, I’m sure he’d go home disappointed.
I thought so, but Karasawa kun sat down next to me.
“Hey.”
“Hm?”
“Why are you sitting here without permission? I didn’t give you any.”
“Do I need someone’s permission to sit on the lawn?”
I was annoyed when he said this while snorting, but I didn’t want to argue with him, so we sat in silence.
Silence followed for a few minutes, and then Karasawa kun asked.
“Aren’t you going home?”
“…..What’s it to you?”
“Well, you’re Ken’s sister, and I’m curious.”
Come to think of it, this guy was a good friend of Kenshiro’s.
“…Fuyusaki is at home right now. Kenshiro has caught a cold, so she came to see him.”
“What does that have to do with it?”
“…When you’re alone with your girlfriend, it would be a nuisance if your younger sister was there. Normal younger sisters don’t take care of their older brothers.”
I told him honestly, but he didn’t respond.
When I glanced over, I saw that Karasawa kun’s body was trembling.
“What? What’s wrong?”
“N-no, nothing…….pfft.”
“…..Are you laughing?”
“T-that’s not…..Kuku.”
“You’re laughing ! I’m talking seriously, don’t laugh !”
“No, because, pfft !”
“I told you not to laugh ! What’s so funny !”
He is a rude man.
He can see what’s going on around him, but he can’t read the air?
“I mean, normally little sisters don’t take care of their brother, but on the contrary, I was so conscious of it and it made me laugh…..ahaha !”
Seeing Karasawa kun continuing to laugh, my anger gauge was building up and up.
“If you like him so much, why don’t you just approach him more?”
The moment I heard those words, my anger gauge dropped dramatically and I felt my blood boil.
“Eh? Now what did you say?”
“You like him, don’t you? You like Ken.”
“H-huh !? O-of course not ! He’s my brother !”
“No, he’s your step brother. And it’s only been a year and a half.”
“No, but that—“
“You don’t have to hide it. Ken’s a good guy. I can see why you like him.”
“L-like I said !”
I find myself more impatient than ever.
I thought I was hiding it, but I’m embarrassed that I’ve been found out.
I take a deep breath once to regain my composure.
“……Seriously, it’s not like that.”
“……Why are you being so stubborn?”
“……Because it’s weird, right? It’s not normal for step sister to be in love with her step brother.”
In the public eye, it is impossible for a sister to fall in love with her brother.
It is distorted.
“I don’t think so.”
I was sure that Karasawa kun would have been a bit taken aback, but he said it so lightly.
I widened my eyes.
“In fact, I know a guy who is in a similar position. I mean, by that theory, Fuyusaki is also Ken’s former-sister, right?”
(Now that he said it.)
Fuyusaki is also his former sister, albeit when she was little, but that fact remains.
“Eh !? I mean, how did you know !?”
I’m sure Kenshiro didn’t tell him that Fuyusaki was his sister.
“Well, I guess by the atmosphere. When Ken interacts with Fuyusaki, it’s similar to when he interacts with Miyu and Ayaka. Although it’s a little different. So, somehow. I’m convinced now.”
He is truly a frightening man to have guessed just that much.
It makes me wonder if secrets are meaningless to this man.
“Don’t play games with me ! I mean, don’t call me by my name !”
“Ken is also Mitsui, so it’ll be confusing. Besides, it’s fine.”
“If that’s what you call Kenshiro, then you should call me by my last name !”
We argued at the oddest points and lost the point of the conversation.
“Anyway, I don’t think you have to give up yet. You live in the same house and spend the most time together.”
“…Then it’s even worse.”
I denied Karasawa kun’s words, which are probably intended to push me to change.
“…Recently, Kenshiro also eats at home. Even if my stepdad is there, he no longer sleeps over at someone’s house.”
Karasawa kun listens silently to my monologue.
“He sometimes talks to stepdad and often talks to my mom. He even looks me in the eye when he talks to me.”
“…..So?”
“……My mom and stepdad are close, so I don’t think they’ll get divorced. They are trying to be a family. At a time like that, if your sister told you that she loves you even if you’re a step-family, it’ll be a problem, won’t it?”
That’s what I’m really thinking.
Strangely enough, I didn’t cry.
“So you won’t tell him?”
“I won’t. Besides, being a younger sister is the best, right?”
“Hmm? Why?”
Even Karasawa kun did not seem to understand the meaning of these words.
“Because she can be closer to her brother than his girlfriend, you know? In a way, it’s a win-win situation.”
I would be lying if I said I did not feel sad about my lost love.
But now I feel the opposite of despair.
“……That’s a very positive way of thinking.”
“Hmph ! Right? You can’t fall in love with me, okay?”
“No, I won’t.”
“That’s my line.”
We laugh at each other as we argue like that.
“I don’t know if I should say this, but after talking with Karasawa kun, I realized that I don’t have to push him away. Thanks.”
“What does that—“
Before Karasawa kun can say anything, I run down to the river. I took a deep breath and shouted.
“I loved you ! Kenshiro !”
The boys around me look at me to see what’s going on.
But I didn’t care, just now.
I turn around and look at Karasawa kun.
He was giggling.
Seeing him like that, I laughed out loud too.
Ayaka’s first love ended that day.
Two years later, at Christmas, she would go out with a young man who laughed in front of her, but that is for another story.
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