10 Little brother/ Best friend
Brother’s Point of View
I have an older sister with a one year difference.
My sister is a bit…..no, quite strange.
Her behaviour is eccentric.
When she feels good she sings strange tunes, and when she"s in an especially good mood, she adds strange dances.
I wish she"d spare me her singing and dancing in the middle of the night. When I caressly end up seeing it, I can"t fall asleep from the fear.
And that older sister nowadays is strange.
No, she might have been strange since the beginning, but my always energetic sister had recently begun sighing all the time.
It should have started since she heard of Sakuragaoka Academy.
It appears like our mother wants us to go to Sakuragaoka Academy, but it looks like my sister doesn’t want to go.
I wonder why. Is there’s a problem in that place?
In the end, my sister’s “wish of a lifetime” couldn"t win mother over, and thus she came to attend Sakuragaoka Academy.
Sakuragaoka Academy entrance exam level is high. And even though my sister didn’t study much, she pa.s.sed. Honestly, I"m envious of that head of hers.
When she was on her spring vacation, my sister frequently held her head and groaned.
“How can I break this flag……?”
I didn’t understand the meaning of that.
When the entrance ceremony was over, she swiftly got lively.
I wonder what on earth was with her the other day…..?
It might be pointless just thinking about my older sister.
I just got a bit lost in worrying.
A certain day, I was abruptly taken out by my older sister.
It seemed like she wanted to go shopping to distract herself.
Am I her luggage carrier?
My sister looks to be having fun shopping.
She was troubled in choosing things to buy with a serious expression. She happily bought the one I selected.
With my sister being like this, my mood turned a bit better too.
When I carried my sister"s luggage that looked heavy, she said ‘Thank you’ with a smile.
In the end, I carried all the luggage.
After we finished shopping, my sister suddenly panicked and disappeared somewhere.
What"s with that? When I thought that, a voice called out to me.
It was Tojo-san and Hasumi-san.
They are father"s acquaintances that I occasionally meet.
Now that I think about it, don"t they go to the same school as my sister’?
Are they the cause of my sister"s escape?
No, no way. They are cool even from my perspective as a guy. You wouldn’t have a reason to avoid such peoples…...normally.
..........right. My sister is an eccentric. She might be avoiding them for one reason or another.
While I was thinking so, my sister becomes the topic.
I don"t really want to talk about sister in front of them.
So no matter how embarra.s.sed I was, I put on a nonchalant expression and diverted the conversation about her.
I was able to fade Tojo-san’s interest, however, Hasumi-san unexpectedly persisted.
Does Hasumi-san know my sister?
After speaking with us for a while Hasumi-san went off somewhere.
When Tojo-san asked Hasumi-san ‘what"s wrong?’, he returned it with ‘I went to the toilet’.
Is it only my imagination?
I have the feeling that before Hasumi-san left, he looked somewhere.
Hasumi-san returned before long, and left together with Tojo-san.
I breathed out without anyone knowing.
As I thought, talking to them makes me nervous.
At that moment, my sister came back. Slightly unsteady on her feet.
I wonder if something happened…….
Suddenly, my sister hugged me. It was so abrupt that I ended up dropping some of the luggage.
Seems like she got tired.
I patted her back with a ponpon. To convey the meaning of ‘You worked hard’.
We stayed like that for a while as my sister didn"t want to separate.
I tried calling out to her, but there was no response.
If I looked closely, my sister that was hugging me, was sleeping in that position.
Are you serious. I even have luggage in both hands.
Furthermore, do I have to carry neesan too?
I almost felt like crying.
In the end, I forcibly woke my sister up.
The first thing my sister said after waking up was “Tendon…..”
Tendon…… You want to eat it? Do you want to eat it, neesan?
I was drained of my strength all of a sudden.
My sister is like this but, she is the kind sister I am proud of.
Well, occasionally going out with my older sister like this to distract myself, isn"t bad.
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Hasumi’s Point of View
I saw a strange woman at the entrance ceremony.
When the other girls were looking up at the stage, at the new student rappresentative Subaru, only that girl wasn"t.
She was just sitting to the side in front of me, so I could see her quite well.
She"s looking down, or so I thought but, her head would sway from time to time.
Is she perhaps sleeping? Subaru"s speech made her fall asleep?
No matter which woman, when Subaru began to speak they would listen to him with rapt attention.
Even when Subaru"s speech finished, there was no sign of her waking.
It"s the first time I ever saw a woman fast asleep at an entrance ceremony.
She woke up just before the end of the ceremony.
I felt like she was different from other girls when, after restlessly checking her surroundings, she secretly wiped her mouth.
Father strictly ordered me to not be late for the party that would began immediately after the entrance ceremony.
To be restricted on such a day, those endless and worthless conversations continue.
It seems like the homeroom teacher loves those talks. Because of that, it was dragged on.
While a bit irritated, I hurriedly put my bag in order and left the cla.s.sroom.
A lot of people tried to talk to me on the way but, as I was in a hurry, I rejected them.
Ah, mou, I have no more time.
I checked my wrist.w.a.tch.
At the moment I turned my eyes away from in front of me, I collided with someone. In a rush I grabbed that person"s hand.
“Sorry, are you okay?”
Looking at the person I grabbed, I swallowed a breath.
That person had a seldom seen beautiful appearance.
That was a face I"ve already seen somewhere. I wonder where it was.
What came to my mind after thinking for a moment was that, she looked just like a boy I know and that she was the strange woman I saw at the entrance ceremony.
――Isn"t she the girl that was fast asleep at the entrance ceremony!
I think that action was truly regrettable, as she had such a good appearance.
And that feeling inadvertently escaped from my mouth.
“Aah. You"re the fellow that fell asleep in the middle of the entrance ceremony.”
In an instant she stiffened, but immediately recovered.
“…………What are you talking about? I have no recollection?”
I felt like teasing her for the transparent lie she said, and when I said ‘drool’ to test her, she gave me a splendid reaction. Interesting.
I want to see her react more, but I have no time.
I excused myself and left.
And then, suddenly, I wanted to say something that came to my mind and turned my head towards her.
She looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“I"ll keep silent about the thing at the entrance ceremony. And the fact that earlier, you were humming while skipping too, huh?”
The second half of what I"ve said was because it would"ve been interesting if she really had, I simply said what I thought. It"s not like she really did, and so I thought she would make a face that said ‘what are you talking about?’.
However, opposite to my expectations, she made a startled face.
......don"t tell me, was she really humming and skipping?
Really, this girl is interesting.
The next time I was able to talk to her was the day of the school trip.
Subaru and Miku said they would visit the botanical gardens.
I was also invited but I refused. I wanted the two of them to stay alone.
However, I felt worried in the end, and when following them later, I saw a shadow staring motionlessly at Subaru and Miku, and approached.
……it was her.
To be honest, I felt disappointed at that moment.
I thought she didn"t have any interest in Subaru and that she was different from the other girls, but in the end she isn’t any different.
Irritated, I called out to her with a cold voice.
When she looked at me, she appeared surprised.
But, then immediately glared at me with a stern expression.
What is it? Why am I being glared at?
When I was still perplexed, she impetuously pushed me down with a “Shh! Hide!”
I"m being rode by her.
.....what"s going on? What"s with this situation?
After a while, looking relieved, she breathed out and looked down at me.
And then, looking at me with curiosity, she tilted her head.
I couldn’t endure it, and lightly glared at her.
“......hey, are you inviting me? Though, I don’t dislike it.”
Her appearance is good.
Your thoughts would turn to that too, if a good looking girl were to push you down. Afterall, even I am a man.
Her face looked confused, then paled as she moved back in a panic.
I wanted to sigh.
Normally, isn"t this the moment where you should turn red here?
Or do you have such a scary image of me?
While stifling such complaints I asked her ‘why were you here?’ and she responded that she was looking at Subaru and Miku.
It appears like she admires the two of them.
When I asked her ‘don"t you like Subaru?’ she denied with all herself.
What’s this, in the end it"s like I thought.
Then, her att.i.tude earlier was just an outburst of anger.
What a thing. Then am I not just an embarra.s.sing fellow?
What came out of my mouth to cover that embarra.s.sment was, a stupid question like, ‘why do you know our names?’
Me, was there no other question to ask?
While making a face as if saying ‘What is he saying?’ she politely answered.
In that way I learned her name.
As I repeated the surname Kaguragi while looking at her, her face when at the entrance ceremony came to my mind.
Kaguragi…...is she Yuto"s older sister?
Now that I think about it, I heard that Yuto has a sister a year older than him.
Yuto is the son of an acquaintance of my father’s.
He is a young boy whose future prospects look brilliant. Subaru likes him.
It seems like she doesn"t hold romantic feelings toward Subaru, she"s that Yuto"s sister after all. Since it"s like this, it might be good to receive her help to make my wish come true.
Thinking so, by using her weakness to threaten her, I got her to promise to help me.
The condition for her help was only one, “not going near Subaru”.
It seemed to be the real reason but, I felt like it wasn"t just that. And as I was thinking about it, I was asked by Subaru to accompany him shopping.
Since I had no plans, I decided to go with him.
When I asked ‘what do you want to buy?’ he responded ‘Miku"s birthday present’.
When he asked ‘How about you buy it now too Sousuke?’ I didn"t feel like doing it. I decided that Miku"s birthday present will be flowers.
Those won"t last for a long time at home, so I"ll gift her a flower arrangement.
If I see those withered flowers, I can feel how these feelings won"t bear fruit.
After seeing various things at different places, Subaru finally bought something he found agreeable.
Subaru had a satisfied expression.
I don"t know what he bought but, since he bought it in a store where they sell accessories, it is certain that it is an accessory.
On the way to return, we found Yuto.
He had a lot of shopping bag on his hands.
When Subaru teasingly asked him “Have you gone shopping with your girlfriend?” Yuto responded him with a serious face “No, today I"m escorting aneue shopping.”
Older sister"s escort. If so, I wonder if she is nearby.
Thinking this, I tried to ask Yuto, and he said that she went to retrieve something she forgot.
Just to be sure, I looked around me and detected someone that looked like her.
I excused myself and left that place, and approached the person that looked like her from behind.
As I expected it was her.
I wonder if she went to our blind spot on purpose but, the angle was a bit bad. I could see her figure from where I was.
When I asked her why are you hiding, an absurd answer like being under shelter like this calms her down.
........is she really the ojou-san of a good family? She"s out of the norms.
She seemed to be avoiding Subaru and so I asked her for the reason, but she evasively dodged it.
Well, fine. Today is no good, but there will be a next time.
I readily withdrew.
Monday, I was in a better mood than usual.
Because of that, I went to school earlier than I usually do.
It seems like I am looking forward to our conversation.
She is interesting. She"ll surely do something out of my expectations, right? I can"t wait for that.
When I was preparing the things for the lesson at my seat, the corridor got noisy for some reason.
Curious, I went at the corridor and looked at the window.
Over there was Subaru and Miku"s figures, walking side by side, looking to be getting along.
My heart stirred at the sight of the two of them.
I should have understood. I should have watched this scene a number of times already. Even so, each time I see them like this my chest become noisy.
My chest, hurts.
I don"t want to see them like this. Even when I don"t want to, I can"t avert my eyes.
The good mood of earlier went off somewhere like it was a lie.
I hurriedly left to the place of our appointment.
It"s been a while since I"ve come here.
“Welcome. …...Oya, isn"t this young master Sousuke? Long time no see.”
“Yes, it"s been a while. Is the usual seat vacant?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Then lead me there. …...Ah, someone else will arrive later, if someone wearing the uniform of Sakuragaoka Academy arrives, I would like you to guide that person here.”
“I understand. Is that person an Ojou-sama?”
“Well, yes.”
The shopkeeper nodded with a teasing smile.
For some reason, that smile made me feel quite irritated.
She arrived 15 minutes late.
When I urged her to sit with my eyes, she sat with elegance.
From that gesture only, she would be a fine Ojou-sama.
It"s a pity that she differs inside.
When speaking to her, I ended up saying things I didn"t want to.
For some reason I told her about my feelings toward Miku.
I don"t really understand why I ended up telling her.
But, it"s certain that I wanted someone to hear me, and I didn"t know when but it started to feel easier to talk to her.
I would"ve been glad just having her listen to me, but she said that I shouldn’t deny my feelings.
I felt like the heavy ma.s.s that had always been there, was lifted from my chest by her earnest words.
Somehow managing to organize my emotions, this time it was her turn to say the reason she avoided Subaru.
At first she hesitated but in the end she told me.
Her story was something unbelievable but, she didn"t look like she was lying.
It"s truly an unbelievable story.
―――that she is the heroine of a shoujo manga, I mean.
Regardless of her appearance, the content doesn"t match.
Is there a heroine that would say something incomprehensible like, ‘I confer you the position of president of “Wishing Miku-sama Happiness’ fan club”’? Moreover, to wish for the happiness of her rival? No right.
It"s not like I didn"t accept her story, the seriousness of her face matched her words.
Well, in any case, I decided on our present plan of action.
In the middle of that I thought of having her help Miku by giving advice.
I"m sure that if it’s her, she can help Miku with her original actions.
When she heard my words, she cried from happiness. Furthermore, she wailed.
Is that something that should make you so happy you cry? Just how much do you like Miku…...
As she got in high spirits from a strange direction, I may have made the wrong decision, I regretted.
Maa, shall I consider the grat.i.tude of earlier?
I handed out my handkerchief to the still crying girl.
.........I beg you, please don’t blow your nose on my handkerchief…….
At the exact moment I thought that, I heard a sound.
Tn: Naoriel
Ed: Aeternatrix
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