Volu 3, 9th of May, Thursday.Volu 3, 9th of May, Thursday.
Visit. School Gate. Afterschool Date.
Since today she had day duty, it seems like Mariko will be going ho late.
I called out to her asking if she needs help with anything, but she answered with "I'm okay, rather than that...", Mariko started to worry about in turn. It seems like she worried about not getting along with the other guys from class.
In addition to the fact I had the surna of Taishido, Mariko was always sticking to so I was completely alienated from other classmates.
When in school, I've been spoiled by Mariko the entire ti. The little sisters told "make sure to make so ti for yourself" just recently and yet...
That's it! Surely, this is a chance to make friends!~
Resolved, after school I tried to talk to the classmates who remained behind in the classroom.
"Ah... sorry, I'm going to club activities now."
"I'm s-sorry Taishido-san, I have errands I can't miss. My apologies."
"Don't co to just because your girlfriend isn't with you."
To the last guy——there's sothing I want to say just to Hiraoka-kun. Mariko is not my girlfriend, just a childhood friend!
And before I could explain, Hiraoka-kun clicked his tongue and left.
Trying to make so male friends all of a sudden, just because Mariko was busy, was too much huh. a culpa, it is all my fault.
It can't be helped. I'll just quietly go ho alone. I'm not crying. It's just that sothing entered my eye. I-I'm not really... lonely or anything.
I headed towards the school gate and walked slowly. There were sparse figures of students leaving school at this ti in there.
Right behind the school gate, I found a crowd of students. Moreover, girls raised shrill voices. In that case, it must be so kind of accident or incident. If not, then what on earth was it? A celebrity? A graduate celebrity coming to see their alma mater... sothing like that might have happened.
By the ti I arrived at the gate, the crowd grew conspicuously large.
When soone stopped from moving, I couldn't help but get curious. Without saying any apologies, curious about the crowd's true identity I stopped moving.
Standing by the side of the school gate——was an incredibly beautiful girl.
Long slender legs and a pose like that of a model. Plain, goth-type clothes with slightly open chest area in design, like a princess from another world.
It seems like she didn't expect this crowd and solidified with a blush.
Finding among the students surrounding her, the beautiful girl waved her hand to .
Her expression changed into a smiling, ek and relieved one. Not just the boys, the girls too, everyone present stared at her as she spoke.
"I'm glad. We could properly et up."
She took a step and the crowd split in two beside . After quickly walking over to , she quietly took my arm and we started walking with arms crossed.
"W-wait..."
"Aren't you with Mariko-san today?"
The beautiful girl in goth clothing——Yuuki looked at the surroundings restlessly.
"She's got day duty so she'll be late..."
"I see. I wanted to et her, but I'm relieved too."
The crowd stirred. It seems like others were more aware of my existence than I thought.
"Oh, isn't that Taishido Yoichi?"
"Eh?!! Seriously?"
"If I'm not wrong, sothing about a freshman and top of the class..."
"It seems like it's a real love triangle. The possibility she's his his fiancée is high. A beautiful girl coming all the way to school to et up, she can only be his fiancée.
I increased the pace of my walking.
"Uwah! What happened all of a sudden Nii-sa... Yoichi-kun."
Yuuki called "nii-san" but restated it afterwards. It seems like she realized I kept silent the existence of my little sisters.
Turning my ears deaf in my mind, I took Yuuki and left the school gate.
After walking for so ti from the school, Yuuki spoke to apologetically.
"I'm sorry Nii-san, for coming all of a sudden."
I stopped moving and shook my head.
"I didn't tell you not to co to my school, that earlier... it was just bad timing. It's nothing for you to worry about."
"B-but... Nii-san, there was a super misunderstanding. L-like, a fiancée..."
Her face was dyed red with embarrassnt.
"I'm used to misunderstandings. Also, if I tried to explain, it would turn even more exaggerated."
"Uuu, even though Nii-san doesn't have friends, to get into unnecessary misunderstandings in school... I was careless."
As Yuuki followed up with this sentence I felt like crying. Rather, she was spot on saying that I have no friends, but please stop making confront reality! Let's change subject.
I started walking and asked.
"By the way, for you to co to visit , what happened?"
"A-actually, Nii-san... I have a request."
"A request? You could have just waited back ho."
Carelessly I slipped that out. Once again Yuuki raised her eyebrows anxiously.
"Uu! Sorry, Nii-san! I didn't think so many people would gather. Wearing a skirt that doesn't suit , I can't reflect on it enough."
"About that crowd, um... it's because the clothes fit you too well that everyone must have misunderstood you for a model."
"Nii-san is so kind. But don't wrap up in gentle lies."
It wasn't a lie, but it didn't seem like anything I'd say would make her believe .
Yuuki really didn't seem to have any confidence in her own girl power.
"You're able to go outside in a skirt now, you grew more than you think you have."
"This is, um... Undying Cicada-san's new design. She said she'd like to wear outside. Sothing about monitoring... a-also, since I might have t Mariko-san, I wanted to look properly like a girl. Of course, as not to trouble Nii-san I didn't intend to na myself as the little sister. Like, middle school's junior or... uu..."
She spoke very fast tongue twisters in a panicked, strange voice.
I see. Cicada-san, so Selene pushed Yuuki's back. If a normal girl wears this kind of dress, she'll naturally stand out.
That Selene, isn't this design too aggressive? Her chest is so wide-open... well, it's because Yuuki is wearing it that it stands out... or rather, it fits her too well, so she ended up gathering a crowd around her. It ant that Selene's aggressive choice was perfect.
Yuuki completely fell with it.
My honest and kind little sister worried about many things before coming to see like this.
The reason Yuuki made up a lie like "middle school's junior" is because I haven't spoken with Mariko about my little sisters in the first place.
If I were to talk about it with Mariko, our current relationship could break... I was afraid of that.
But, still... I'll have to tell her about it soti.
No, if I think "soti", I'll end up never telling her about it.
I always pushed the problems back. Escaped. I don't want to escape any more.
If Yuuki didn't co to school, I wouldn't properly let them et, I think.
Let's make so ti soon and introduce Mariko to everyone.
And then, inevitably Mariko will know about what happened this ti. I can't even imagine what kind of expression she'll make.
Deciding in my mind, I cald down a little. After calming down I finally noticed.
Today, Yuuki's actions were bold, very unlike her usual self.
Rushing to school without any prior notice, if it were Tomomi or Sayuri I would say "it can't be helped", but it was unexpected for Yuuki.
"So, what kind of a request you have for , Yuuki?"
Yuuki lowered her shoulders and muttered facing down. Seeing that gesture of hers suggesting she lost her confidence, I was tempted to encourage her. Tempted to cheer on her.
"I too... wanted to go on a date with Nii-san. O-of course if there was sothing to do with Mariko-san, Nii-san's appointnt would take priority, you wouldn't need to worry about , I an..."
"There's no way I won't worry, I an, you're my little sister."
"Uu...b-but... it's weird right? Going on dates with Nii-san. Back then with Tomomi-chan it was, um... training-like thing... I-I might not need it, but... but..."
Yuuki turned red up to her ears. Unable to settle the sentence properly, she seed confused.
"It's not weird. A date for siblings to get along well is fine isn't it!"
"I-is that so?"
"In this world, there's lots of siblings that are going on dates together!!"
Though in the end, it was just my opinion. With that said, since Yuuki didn't have any confidence, affirming it was neccessary... I think.
Trembling like a small animal, Yuuki stared at with slightly watery eyes.
"Is that o-okay, Nii-san? I ended up being a bother to you."
Even the crowd earlier wasn't anyone's fault. Because Yuuki was so attractive, it was sothing like a natural phenonon happening.
"That was no bother. Also, too... I was alone today. So I'm glad you ca."
"T-then, can we go on a date just the two of us?!"
"Aren't dates sothing two people do alone?"
I no longer thought... siblings going on a date is weird.
I was serious on dates with Selene and Tomomi. Siblings going on dates is natural. There's no way it's a bad thing!
"But we're siblings? Isn't date sothing lovers do?"
"After you yourself said you want to go on a date, I won't let you say you lost your nerve."
"Y-yes..."
Yuuki snuggled up close to and whispered into my ear.
"Sohow, us walking so close each other feels like we're lovers."
N-no way... Yuuki isn't thinking anyhow like Sayuri... is she?
"Walking while crossing arms with a beauty like Yuuki exhausts my older brother's providence."
"That's embarrassing, Nii-san!"
While she spoke angrily, Yuuki clung onto even more. It was a little... hard to walk.
Anyway, for today's schedule it was decided to be a date with Yuuki.
Results-wise, since I was ignored by all of my classmates and intended to go ho, Yuuki saved ... is how it was.
Now then. If we just go through the residential area like this, it won't feel like a date. It would be a re stroll.
"Is there anywhere you want to go, Yuuki?"
"If it's with Nii-san, anywhere is going to be fun."
I'm beaten. It felt like "What you'd like to eat?" answered with "Anything is fine!".
This is the simple pattern of "Anything's fine!", but after choosing a nu it might end up "I don't want this after all", and I still wouldn't be able to make a complaint.
Worrying about sothing like that is unnecessary with Yuuki. That said though, since Yuuki went as far as to summon her courage and co to see , I want to make the date her reward.
Where should we go?
As I pondered, Yuuki made a proposal.
"Or rather, I'd like to see anywhere Nii-san would like to go."
"Where I'd like to go... is it?"
Nothing ca to mind.
Wanting to do sothing or go sowhere, for nothing like that to co to ... no, unable to co up with anything even as I think about it, I must be seriously ill.
No such illness exists and in the first place I thought its weird as well, it seems like I'm suffering desire deficiency. And so, ignoring the matters related to myself, unless soone gives a reason to, there are tis where I don't know what to do.
Until now, it wasn't a problem. For a long ti, there was no one who'd ask "What do you want to do?".
In the end, I'm just an empty human being dragged by the flow. Aren't I.
By interacting with Yuuki and the others, I finally noticed that about myself.
"Wait a mont! I'll... think of it."
"Sure. Take your ti."
As we walked together, we ca to a bus station. Passing by it, we then walked until we reached the next one. After walking for long enough to get to next bus stop, I couldn't think of anything... nothing.
"Sorry Yuuki. I'm... empty."
"What is it, Nii-san? Empty you say... Nii-san's full to bursting!"
"Full... I'm not a waterlon am I."
"You're full of with little sister's love. Nii-san."
"U-umm, uh... I'm really happy as a brother that you accept , but I'm empty after all. Even as I think I can't co up with anywhere I'd like to go..."
Yuuki nodded with a convinced expression and smiled.
"So Nii-san thinks he's empty."
"Yeah, apparently there's nothing inside."
Since I didn't notice myself, I have neglected making up my own insides.
Wanting to do this or that.
Since when is it, that I started to think of my own desires as of a bad thing.
Probably it was when I asked for too much from my grandparents, I... have begun to think that wanting sothing is a bad thing.
I've had a dried-up heart... haven't I. That's why by getting in touch with Yuuki and others, it turned very moist.
Yuuki stared at intently. Her eyes were clear like gems and her gaze was endlessly straightforward.
"Nii-san isn't empty. More like a big container that has accepted us. Nii-san's inside is very large so from a distance it might look empty. But, deep inside you properly think of yourself... ahh, I can't put it well. Well, Nii-san is like white drawing paper and we are the paint... without both of us there, we can't draw our dreams."
"...you're a real romanticist, Yuuki. That sounded like a song's lyrics."
"Uu... sorry, that was plagiarism. Actually it's from a song of my favourite singer."
She blushed shyly. Even though she was encouraging , she ended up finding faults in herself.
"I think it's too much to call it plagiarism, that was just a quote."
After a light nod Yuuki continued.
"You see, Nii-san, I don't think there are empty humans. Umm, look! In Nii-san's apartnt 701 there's lots of rooms, but there's also Nii-san's own room. Even though it feels like there's none, there is one."
"Don't speak of other's rooms as if they were unidentified organisms."
"Ahahahaha! You're right, Nii-san... ah!"
Suddenly Yuuki put a hand on her belly.
*kukyuu*——————! A sound ca out. Smiling embarrassedly, Yuuki said.
"Nii-san, I'm hungry."
So people whose stomach sounds when they're hungry really exist.
"Let's go eat sothing then. What would you like to eat?'
With a goal, we could finally decide on a destination.
"T-then! Let's eat sothing sweet, Nii-san!"
"Sweet? Is it fine not to eat a proper lunch?"
"Speaking of won, it's sweets! Ah! But I think n also like sweets. What kind of sweets does Nii-san like?"
"Let' see. Hmm... if I were to na one..."
Suddenly, an image appeared in my mind. I ended up saying it.
"Pudding parfait I guess."
Yuuki's eyes sparkled.
"T-then I have an idea! Actually, there's a store I've been wanting to go to for a while, Nii-san... c-c-co with ! I don't have courage to go in alone."
Is it a store it's easier to go inside with two people? She did suggest it, so I have no reason to say no.
"Let's go see it then."
She happily nodded and we headed towards the bus stop on the other side of the road.
We got off the bus in front of the station's traffic circle, Yuuki aid for the back alley to avoid the crowd.
Moving away from the centre, we have wandered into a place that had an adult feel to it... like the Shibuya's Dougenzaka from the other day.
"Is the store you're looking for really in such a place?"
"Y-yeah! It's in a place that's slightly off and doesn't fit it. It's the rare kind of of store that steadily are going away."
The place we arrived at, was sothing like a western-style coffee shop judging by appearance. It had a kind of bitter feeling, it could be said it looked very showa-era.
Being pushed out by cafeteria's like Star Max or Teris might be not that rare.
When Yuuki slowly opened the door, a bell had rang.
The store was sowhat retro with calm atmosphere.
Massive wooden counter was the first thing that caught my eye. About six box-type table seats of which four faced the window. The windows weren't that large, it felt like a hideout, even if it sounds childish, it seed like a secret base to .
The store employee... um, a waitress, was it. The girl in a maid outfit had co and bowed to us.
"Welco back, Master. Milady."
Can it be, this... when I looked inside carefully, I realized that despite the small size of the store there were many waitresses.
All of them had apron dresses, maid outfits put on.
"Y-Yuuki? This place..."
"It's a m-m-maid café, Nii-san. For a while I was curious about maid's girl power. I did cosplay for one once before, but I really wanted to et an actual maid!"
Called out to by the maid, Yuuki panicked and started speaking very fast. Speaking of which, I wonder how much was Yuuki's fear of girls overco.
Earlier, she was nervous in front of the school gate, but it might have been because half of the crowd accounted for the female students and she felt their gazes. Was she still not used to be looked at and called out to by girls she doesn't know?
When she was in Shibuya with Mika, it must have been thanks to Mika that she's overco it.
I see, not having courage to enter alone ant this.
"It's all right. I'm here with you."
"Y-yes. Thank you, Nii-san."
Prompted by the maid, Yuuki and I headed towards the seats in the innermost part by the window.
But to think the day I visit a maid café would co... knowledge-wise, I have investigated about them for the date practice at Akihabara but...
As I thought, this kind of store is the type that has the service where they write sothing on omurice with ketchup, right?
While thinking about it as we walked, I have started to beco nervous as well.
Right away, a maid put water and towels on the tray and has co to our seats.
It was a different person from the one who had guided us to the seats, it was a small and chubby maid. On the na tag that was on the maid dress, a large "newbie!" was written.
"A-awawawa."
The newbie maid seed nervous, she trembled as she held the tray. Sohow, it felt dangerous.
Yuuki, , and the maid too were all nervous for different reasons.
——Montarily, the maid's feet tangled right in front of us.
"Caref——ul!"
The mont I raised my waist, Yuuki lightly stood up and held the maid up. Except for of course, who was surprised by Yuuki's reaction speed, the newbie maid also started blinking in surprise.
The tray that was about to slip away from the maid's hands was also safe. Yuuki gently supported her, not even water had spilled from the glass.
Yuuki gently confird with the maid who nearly fell over.
"Are you all right?"
Instantaneously, the newbie maid's face... turned red up to her ears.
"E-e-excuse for my mistake!"
"That's great. It doesn't seem like you were hurt."
"Y-yes! Milady! Thank you very much!"
Yuuki... your reaction just now was too handso. You were supposed to refine your girl power, but your handso actions had the shining heart marks appear in the newbie maid's eyes.
Indeed. I can understand why is Yuuki popular with girls. Normally she's nervous around them, but at critical monts her handsoness stands out, that Yuuki.
The newbie maid still tense, spoke in a strange voice and hurriedly retreated.
By the way, both Yuuki and I ordered pudding parfait and drinks sets. For the drinks Yuuki ordered coffee and I choose tea.
After settling down, Yuuki exhaled loudly.
"I'm surprised, Nii-san. I didn't think a maid would suddenly fall over."
"Y-you're right. Rather, I was more surprised that you have predicted and imdiately prevented the maid from falling over. It was as if you knew she would stumble and fall."
Yuuki tilted her head in puzzlent.
"Hmm, no such thing. Just, from ti to ti I feel 'that's dangerous' and that hunch of mine is often right."
Before, when Mika stumbled I thought that Yuuki reacted too fast. It must an she's very carefully watching others.
"Also, wasn't Nii-san standing up to go help her? But, have you hesitated because she's a girl? If I support her, she won't be able to say it's sexual harassnt."
"Now that you say it. I didn't have ti to think of sothing like sexual harassnt, you overestimate . Rather, it's Yuuki who did well despite being bad with girls."
"Ah! You're right, Nii-san. But when speaking with girls normally, I'm still feeling nervous."
Yuuki laughed innocently, the newbie maid from earlier ca back carrying a tray with drinks and pudding parfaits, coming up to our seats.
This ti, as not to fall over she walked slowly and carefully.
"T-thank you for waiting!"
The maid put out the parfaits, tea and coffee on the table, then stared at Yuuki. The mont her eyes t with Yuuki's, she blushed.
"T-thanks."
The mont Yuuki nervously responded with thanks, the newbie maid raised her voice.
"U-um! Is Master and Milady... that... going out with each other?!"
"He?!! Eh, uhh..."
At this sudden question, Yuuki's made a dumbfounded expression.
Suddenly coming at people with such private questions, is maid café's service like that?
The two nervous girls blushed and fell silent. This is where I make a proper explanation.
"We might not look similar, but we're siblings. Ah! Just in case let say, I'm the older brother and Yuuki is my little sister."
So, I did an explanation in polite speech but... the newbie maid didn't even glance at and started squirming on spot.
"Milady Yuuki... hahnn! Please wait a mont!"
Pressing the tray against her chest, the maid moved away in noisy gait.
It seems like the corner of Yuuki's mouth felt itchy.
"Well, that... it seems like the maid saved by you is looking at you with heart marks in her eyes. You might get so service as a special custor."
"Special?!! Being liked by girls is troubling!"
"In your case, because you naturally let out a feeling of a handso guy it can't be helped."
"Uu... I'm not a handso guy, but a girl and yet..."
When we started talking about that, the newbie maid ca back with a hand bag of whipped cream.
"Milady! Master! Please let provide a service with whipped cream!"
While we were taken aback, the newbie maid had created a tower of whipped cream on top of our parfaits.
On mine, it was about five centitres tall. That seed pretty sweet.
On the other hand, when it cos to Yuuki's parfait, the yellow pudding was no longer visible under the whipped cream. If my pudding was turned into a Tokyo tower, then Yuuki's was twice as large Tokyo Skytree.
"P-please enjoy yourself!"
In the end, she bowed curtly, with a blush still on her face the newbie maid had gone to serve other custors.
"That's excessive service isn't it, Nii-san."
"You're right. It's not even ice cream."
Since it seed like it would fall over, Yuuki and I started to fight the mountain of cream on top of the parfaits.
Before I have eaten half of it, my taste had issued an ergency declaration.
"I've gotten a headache from the sweetness..."
Yuuki raised her eyebrows troubled, her shoulders drooped.
"Actually... I'm not too good with sweet stuff. But, girls love sweets don't they. Unless I surpass this, my girl power won't be refined."
"Isn't it fine for a girl to be bad with sweet things?"
"But..."
"If you want to change, I"ll support you. But see... you don't have to force yourself to change. I think you are charming enough as you are now."
"...i-it's embarrassing, Nii-san."
Her hand stopped moving completely. I scooped so of the cream from Yuuki's mountain and ate so. Sweet! My brain scread from over-nutrition.
"Nii-san too shouldn't force himself!"
"Still, I'm onii-chan here!"
As I ate Yuuki's serving of cream, I suddenly had a thought.
Don't force yourself, what is the "true self" I wonder.
My empty self was slowly filled with whipped cream.
After such overly sweet monts in the afternoon, I spent the ti with Yuuki.
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