CH 47

Chapter 47 "Smile to Repair"

"How is it ?"

Emma, ​​who had returned to her room ,visited my room again, asked me with her arms outstretched.

The meaning of Emma's arms outstretched this time was not to hug her.

She was showing off the clothes she came wearing with her arms outstretched to show me the outfit she was wearing.

"Yeah, it's so cute"

I frankly told my impressions.

The clothes Emma wore were pink-based dresses with white fluttering.

Also, the shoes were pink to match the clothes.

It was a perfect combination for young Emma.

Emma looked as cute as a fairy in a fairy tale.

If anyone looks at her and thinks she's not cute, I recommend going to an ophthalmologist immediately.

...... Well, one thing I was curious about was that-why was she wearing a cat-eared headband?

Emma, ​​who hadn't worn it before but returned to changing clothes, for some reason wore a silver cat-eared alice band on her head, which was the same color as her hair.

Emma herself was a young and very cute child, so it looked good on her, but was a little reluctant to go out as it is.

Charlotte may have made her wear it as a hobby, but was sure the people around her would think I made her wear it.

(　I'm afraid I'll be accused of something terrible. )

"I understand that you want your sister to wear cat ears because she's cute, but can you please not do that today ......?"

"Wait a minute! You make it sound as if I'm making her wear them!"

On the contrary, I said it in the same sense ...

Isn't Charlotte wearing it to see this reaction?

"I don't know when she got it, but she has been wearing them by herself, and she seems to like it so much that she doesn't remove it when I ask her to either! "

"Is that so……"

Shee desperately explained that she didn't like cat ears as a hobby.

But I knew from my recent relationship.

Charlotte loves such cat ears.

......Well, Let's not talk about that right now.

Rather, it was about Emma's cat ears now.

I was curious about how she got them, but I didn't know if Emma would explain it properly.

I was not in any particular hurry right now, so i I thought to ask her later.

The problem is that she wasn’t removing the cat ears even after being told by charlotte.

“What should I do?” I thought.

I glanced at Emma.

Emma reached out her hands to the cat ears and was happily playing with them.

( I pray not to meet an acquaintance today. )

Judging that it was not possible to remove her cat ears, I prayed to heaven that I would not meet an acquaintance.

I knew that praying would have no effect though .

The only way to avoid people I know was to go out of the town.

And originally, I was planning to go out of town as it would be a problem if an acquaintance saw me playing with Charlotte.

That's why there was no particular problem.

It was just that people would give us strange gazes...

"-Hmm. Onii-chan, Dakko "

As I was thinking, feeling half-heartedly resigned, Emma, who had come to my feet, tugged at the sleeve of my clothes.

She's always looking for a hug.

It's okay, though, because she looks so happy and cute when I hold her. I thought.

As I was thinking, feeling half-heartedly resigned, Emma, who had come to my feet, tugged at the sleeve of my dress.

It's true, she's always looking for a hug. ......

It's okay, though, because she's so happy and cute when I hold her. ......

"Emma, ​​no? Please bear with me a little. "

When I tried to hold Emma, ​​Charlotte came in between which was unusual.

Recently, she had been in a resigned mode, letting her do as she pleased, but has she changed her policy?

Emma, ​​who was interrupted by her sister, looked up at Charlotte with a dissatisfied expression.

The expression on her face said "Why are you disturbing me?" 》.

"If you really want me to hug you, I'll do it. So don't ask Aoyagi anymore. "

"... Ya"

This time, when Charlotte tried to hug Emma, ​​Emma ran away from Charlotte's hands.

Then She walked past Charlotte and stuck to my leg.

"Already……! If you take that attitude, I won't hug you ever again!”

It must have been quite a shock to have been avoided.

Charlotte got angry again.

"Onii-chan……. Lotti is bullying ... "

Perhaps because Charlotte was angry, Emma appealed to me with her watery eyes.

The way she looked at me, she seemed like a small animal crying.

The desire for protection was stimulated within me.

"That, Charlotte-san. Emma is still young, so let's forgive her selfishness a little bit. "

"Ah, even you are making me the bad guy here ...!”

When I took Emma in my arms, Charlotte looked shocked.

Immediately, her facial expression darkened and tears began to accumulate in her eyes.

"Oh no, no! I think what Charlotte is saying is correct! But I think young children should grow more freely......!”

I hurriedly followed Charlotte, who was more hurt than I expected.

However, Charlotte's facial expression didn’t return to normal.

On the contrary, She swelled her cheeks and had a red face.

"Aoyagi is always like that ... Only favouring Emma ... "

Wow, Charlotte-san, did you think that way ...

Certainly because she was young, I gave priority to Emma.

She herself put Emma first as well, but I guess she thought differently about how she treated Emma and how others treated Emma.

Thinking about it, she did look lonely sometimes.

I regretted that I should have thought about her more when I said and did things which made her feel lonely.

"Um, I'm sorry ..."

"Oh, ......, no, no. ....... I'm sorry too ....... It's nothing. Please don't worry about it.

When I apologized, Charlotte apologized back with a surprised expression.

And smile as if to repair her expression.

It felt like she leaked her true intentions.

As I expected, she usually puts up with it and repairs it.

‘From now on, let's pay attention to her subtleties so that I can understand Charlotte's feelings a little more.’ I decided.

"……sorry……"

I don't know if it was because Charlotte looked sad or because we were apologizing to each other, but Emma, who was in my arms, apologized to Charlotte.

She was quite selfish in some ways, but as she apologized properly, I was sure she'll be fine.

I felt that the very cute and precious existence in my arms would grow up to be a good child, and it made me feel strangely warm.

――However, I also thought, "I may not be able to stop spoiling this child ...".