Returning home, I read a book while sticking myself to Aoi on the sofa. My head was about to explode from the remains of grief and humiliation.“… Nee-san, too close”
“Uuuoo”
“Don’t let out weird voices… Now stop hugging your legs, you’ll get scolded”
The me who was in the position of a round ball already had her heart become a fossil. To display strawberry designed underwear to the school’s princes… Is there anything more embarra.s.sing? We’ll be attending the same building in high school after this too, the other side seems to have already known me on top…
“Did something happen?”
Your sister’s underwear design is strawberries. If Aoi was told something like that, will he laugh at me I wonder. If they know me, it’s quite certain that they already know us siblings so…
“You okay?”
“Yes…”
I can’t say. Not that my pants were strawberry designed and not that it was boldly put on display in front of the princes of this school.
“I’ll get Nee-san’s favourite sweets and tea so, brighten up?”
“Aoi…..!!”
“When Nee-san’s down I’ll get worried, so if there’s anything I can do, tell me”
What a cute brother!! Makes you want to hug! But it’ll probably be refused so endure for now.
“I’m really glad that Aoi was my brother!”
“Eh…”
“I, after Aoi’s tender care am feeling a lot better”
“… that’s good”
Saying so, Aoi returned a gentle smile.
Seeing those smiles from Aoi from time to time when he doesn’t laugh all that much made me once again, happy.
Thanks to Aoi, my heart that fell into the pit slowly started to recover.
The next day.
Aoi who return said that he was told something weird. I asked further…
“Something weird? As in?”
“No, um….”
Strawberry for example, strawberry for example, strawberry for example, strawberry for example, strawberry for example, strawberry for example!! But for Aoi to say something amongst the lines of seeing strawberry designed underwear must be hard.
Curiously looking at him, it doesn’t seem like he was told such a thing.
“Was there anything different from normal?!”
For example, people laughing at me in the shadows!
“No, not really… if anything, Tengenji….”
“Eh”
“He looked at me and shouted something like ‘It wasn’t on purpose!!’, and got scolded by Kiryuu for some reason”
That… was about the strawberry undies right? Well, if Kiryuu stopped him then Aoi won’t know, nor would this spread out. That’s a relief.
“Well, that person’s weird by himself, it’s nothing worth thinking too much about”
Eh, Tengenji is that weird… Personally, I think he’s orthodox hero; the sparkly prince type. Other than from the manga, I can barely relate to him so I can’t be sure but…
“A bit like a dog”
“Dog?”
“Like a golden retriever”
“I-I see…”
I don’t really understand Aoi’s reference but he probably meant amiable.
As we chatted, the sound of mail was heard.
… U-Wao
The sender was Kuze Koutarou. An apparent notification for the duty of n.o.bles to meet one’s fiancé.