"This is it, Kafka...This is the life that I always wanted to live." Nina said with a refreshed look on her face and a dreamy look in her eyes, like she was slowly starting to appreciate life once again after how monotonous it had been, and slowly sank into the sofa behind her while holding right next to her.
"...To have a little brother right by my side with whom I could play and ss around anyti I wanted for my convenience and entertainnt...To have a sibling that would follow no matter where I went and would keep company when everyone else was too scared to do so...This is exactly what I wanted as a child."
"Not to ntion a kid like you, who says and does the most interesting of things and can effortlessly make smile with just a few words or actions..." Nina glanced at and grinned when she saw trying to burrow out of her embrace, as if I was too embarrassed to be so close to her and wanted to distance myself as quickly as I could.
"...I would've definitely kidnapped you from your family and adopted you into my own if I knew that there was soone like you out there who could've kept company when I was young."
"I don't know whether to laugh or be concerned when you say sothing like that..." I slipped out of Nina's arms and looked at her with an uneasy look on my face, to which she simply gave a mysterious smile, making wonder if she was joking or not.
"Well, even if you were to actually kidnap in the past out of desperation to have soone by your side, I know that you won't do such a thing anymore, so I can rest assured." I let out a sigh of relief, which made Nina look at with intrigue.
"Why would you say that I won't kidnap you now?...Do you think that I don't have the guts to do so anymore?" Nina asked as she leaned forward to , like she was asking if I were challenging her to do so.
She then threatened while pinching my cheeks with a teasing glint in her eyes,
"Don't tempt , kid, as I have a small storage room in the basent that's quite well hidden, and because this is a rather old building with thick walls, no one will hear your pleas of help if I were to throw you in."
"No, I'm not saying that you won't do it..." I slowly backed away and started sweating, just in case she had so ideas. "...I'm just trying to say that you won't need to do such a thing, since unlike when you were a lonely child in the past, you already have soone by your side right now who's there to keep you company every step of the way and have no need of so sibling."
"I do?" Nina asked with a puzzled look on her face, not knowing when such a person entered her life, like I said. "Just who exactly are you talking about, Kafka, since I really don't recall such a person existing in my life?"
"Co on, Nina...How could you forget your significant other, who promised to stay by your side in tis of sickness or health when he took his wedding vows?...I'm talking about your dear husband, of course." I said as if it were obvious, with a wide smile on my face, like I was talking about a joyous matter.
"...Why would you need anyone else, like a sibling, to keep you on your toes when you already have soone who's bound to you for the rest of his life?"
I didn't bring up her husband using any sarcastic tone and looked to be genuinely reminding her that she had a husband who cared for her.
But even though there was no mockery in my voice, Nina's face changed when I brought up her husband, and she looked down with a small frown on her face.
"Y-You're right...I do have a husband, right?" Nina seed to be talking to as well as asking herself that question, like she herself was unsure about the matter. "Haha...I almost forgot about him for a second...How silly of ."
Nina chuckled and seed to want to brush off how weird she was acting at the ntion of her husband, like it was a joke. But I didn't let her do so and asked in a concerned tone and acted as if I were panicking, like it was the first ti I was comforting soone,
"W-What's wrong, Nina? Is everything all right at ho?...I may not be able to do much, but if you are really troubled by sothing, feel free to talk to about it since I'm all ears."
"N-No, it's fine...It's just that I have a complicated relationship with my husband that's hard to explain." Nina weakly said while showing a wry smile, like she herself was so lost in the issue that she didn't even know where to start.
And when she looked up and saw the worried look that had ford on my face, she realised that she was bringing down the mood by brooding on this topic, which she didn't like at all since she wasn't fond of negative atmospheres.
So to brighten the mood once again, she slapped on the back to wake up and exclaid in a cheerful voice,
"Oh, look at you now, acting like a big boy!...Have you grown up so much that you dare to give , your elder, so consolation?!"
"No, I just thought-"
"There's nothing to think about, Kafka. I just slipped up for a second and said so unnecessary things...There's no need for a little boy like you to be worrying about such complicated matters." Nina patted my back like she was telling to leave that insignificant matter aside and talk about sothing more fun.
"Rather than that, why don't you tell another one of your bizarre stories that always sound like they co out of a cody sketch and entertain your older sister?"
"...No, actually, instead of doing that, why don't you ask sothing about ?" Nina suddenly changed her mind about what to talk about. She then looked at with a look of realisation on her face and continued saying, "I just realised that during our entire conversation it was only who was insisting you keep on talking, and I really haven't spoken a word about myself."
"It wouldn't be right if it's only that knows a lot about your life, Kafka, so ask about anything that you're curious about, and this older sister here will definitely give you a satisfying answer." Nina patted her chest in a assertive manner, like she would answer anything I asked with confidence.
She even nudged like she was egging on and said while showing a devious grin, "I know boys your age are going through the highs of puberty right now and have a lot of mischievous thoughts...So, you can even ask a naughty question that you're curious about, which you can't ask any other girl to this big sister."
"...I'll surely give you the answer you want to hear, no matter how shifty the question is, if it ans I can clear my little brother's pervy little doubts." Nina sneered at and treated like a kid who had just entered his growth spurt and who had a bunch of doubts about the birds and bees and girls in general, which made wonder if I looked like a child in her eyes that didn't even know such basic knowledge.
Hmm...So I can ask anything I want, is it?
I see...It seems like the ti has co to stop acting all passive and innocent and step out of the cage I put myself in to hunt down this Tigress in front of , who had absolutely no idea what was coming for her...
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