CH 91

Catching up

“Ahh, the train is taking so long……..Onii-chan, can’t you get a driver license?”

“First, I won’t be old enough for that until next year. Second, my school doesn’t allow motorcycles. Also, you rode this same train to my place didn’t you?”

“Uuu…….I did but–! I was excited about school and getting to see you. Now, it’s just a trip home right?”

“I do look forward to going home after a long time though? Rather, I guess I will understand how you feel next week huh.”

Yes, Misaki and I are on board a train heading to our parents’ house.

The summer festival was over and Misaki already went around to visit the high schools. Since it was almost Obon already, I decided to go back home for once.

I was hesitating whether to take a bus or a train at first but Misaki said that she would get sick on the bus, so we decided to use the train.

“Eh? Thinking about it now, Masato-senpai is supposed to live in the same prefecture as ours right?”

“Well, we supposedly went to the same junior high after all.”

“Then why didn’t Masato-senpai come with us?……..Is it because…….”

It seems that she has some idiotic fantasy in her head again but the reason Masato didn’t come with us is just that he has no reason to.

“Masato’s living in his grandparents’ house now so he doesn’t have any reason to come with us. Rather, he used to travel from the prefecture to the house he’s living in now every year you know.”

“Hmm! So he really is not in that kind of forbidden relationship huh!”

“You idiot.”

“Ouch! You don’t have to hit me!”

She was imagining some weird scenario as I thought so I gave her a karate chop.

Masato’s mom is from the city so he usually comes and spends his New Year and holidays there.

That’s the reason he chose our high school in the first place.

“Onii-chan! We’ve nothing to do so let’s play old maid!”

“No way. Since it’s only the two of us, we would know immediately who has the joker right.”

How fun can playing cards with two people be?

When playing cards you need at least three players for it to be fun right. If I have to think of something then poker might be alright but we have nothing to bet and it would just be plain boring.

By the way, I only know Royal Straight Flush and pairs in poker.

“Ehh? Then we can just take out the joker and mark some other card instead right! That way we don’t know which of us has it after all!”

“Haa…..only one game alright?”

“YEAH! You always say this and that but you will play with me in the end! I love you Onii-chan!”

When she said that I was a little irritated but since it’s always been the case, I decided to just accept it.

If I just bully her in the game then I guess I can get even too.

“Seriously, also, where did you get those cards in the first place…….”

“It’s an essential item when you are on a trip right? I heard people say that you always need your wallet, makeup, and playing cards on a trip you know.”

“Who the heck did you hear that from.”

“Anyway! Let’s leave that aside and play!”

There were only two players and after the cards were dealt my hand was reduced to eight cards.

When I glance at Misaki, I can see that she has 9 in her hand. In other words, Misaki has it.

In other other words, Misaki can pull whatever card from me and get a set with no strategy required. Meanwhile, I will have to watch out for the odd one out whenever I pull from her hand.

Come at me then…….

“Then I’m going first okay—alright, this one.”

“Yeah. alright, then mine is–this one!”

This is not a 7:1 game. My goal is a complete victory, to safely assemble my pairs and entirely avoid the odd one out.

It’s different from the No-thrill-game Misaki is playing!

…….that being said, this really is boring huh…….”

“Hey Misaki, can I ask you something?”

“Wh-a-t?”

“This, is this fun?”

“No?”

Honestly, her reply was as expected.

I mean it’s so damn boring it’s basically a chore.

The question is why we are continuing to play this but it’s probably just the result of our excess free time.

“Hey, Onii-chan, can I ask something too?”

“What-?’

“At the festival, what did Reika-san say to you?”

The cards fell from my hand with a rattling noise.

“U, Uhhh, whatever are you talking about-…….”

“I will rephrase then. Did Reika-san say that she likes you?”