CH 53

"......Fumu"

After hearing the story from Yuika, even after I get home, I was thinking about Akane.

Of course, falling in love with her or something, I'm not thinking about such a bittersweet thing is certain, but to think that I ended up knowing what happened to Akane because of Souma's absence of involvement......。

"Well, it's only natural that Souma won't have any involvement once he's at the stage, advancing on someone else's route, though. It's not something neither I nor Taiga should worry about right." 

That's what Yuika said, but she called me just now, at the stage after I finished eating.

In spite of herself, it seems that she contacted Akane after school, and Akane was surprised why Yuika knew, but she was able to confirm that Akane was being harassed by a stalker.

"What you call it The Butterfly Effect, huh"

Originally, when Akane goes mad with Souma, her emotional instability becomes bigger, and she gains strength enough to repel even a stalker...... However, now that there is no such opportunity, Akane is still with her current personality, so in the end she cannot overcome anything.

"That Yuika, while saying that it's nothing to worry about, is actually properly listening to what she has to say after all. I guess she couldn't leave it alone right~."

Not only Chisome, she said she also wanted to get along with other heroines; it's so that girl like.

"*Yokkorasetto*. With this it's over, huh."

[Japanese Sound Effect or in English will be *grunt*]

While Chisome and Mashiro were taking a bath, I finally finished folding the laundry.

Until a little while ago, I ended up being shy and was reluctant to touch Chisome's underwear, which is also cute and exudes an erotic feeling, is now something I can easily touch.

After folding not only our clothes but also each other's underwear, I headed towards the bedroom first.

"Thank you for waiting, Nii-san."

While wearing a sexy look reminiscent of after taking a bath, Chisome is back in her pajamas figure.

Of course, my cheeks were blushed red, and the smell of Chisome mixed with the scent of soap and shampoo tickled my nostrils.

"Somehow, it is that isn't it"

"e?"

“If your girlfriend comes to the bedroom after taking a bath and says thank you for waiting, it’s like saying from here let’s have sex now right.”

"Ahaha♪ Will we do it today too?"

"Ah~...... I think I'm good for today. I'm a little tired."

"It's unfortunate, but understo~od."

It's true that I'm tired because I have a lot to think about.

Apparently it's not just me, Mashiro is also already sleeping inside Chisome's shadow anyway, so it's fine for both of us to sleep now right.

Chisome was lying next to me, and I hugged such her with all my might.

"......suu......haa"

Recently......No, for quite some time now, huh.

This is also one of the ways to flirt with Chisome, but to bury my face in her chest like this and smell her scent is the current trend.

"Nii-san's cute♪ It's fine to go at it more and more, you know? Wait, if this continues, it seems like we both won't be able to endure each other, though?"

"It's okay. I'll finish it somehow before we get too excited so that it doesn't happen."

"Really I wonder~?"

It was a tone of voice from which I could tell she was grinning.

Although my cheeks got somewhat hot from that, "Then, not to hold back," I thought, I pressed my face even more and enjoyed its softness.

"You don't hate it?"

"I don't hate it. There's nothing I don't like Nii-san doing to me......so I say but"

"?"

"Surprisingly there a lot of things I don't like being done to me I think~"

"......eh?"

I unintentionally took my face away from Chisome's chest.

I'm probably bewildered right now too, but above all, "what's that?" I think I had a slightly panicked look on my face.

Looking at my expression, Chisome said, "You had it wrong" and laughed; this time she hugged me to her chest and collapsed onto the bed.

"I don't want you to misunderstand; it's not about the things you've been doing to me until now, okay? That's why I think I'll talk about it in detail."

"......Ou"

While entrusting myself to the squishy feeling on my face and the comforting sensation of being caressed on the back of my head, I waited for Chisome's words.

"Things I don't like being done, that is Nii-san not taking something upon himself on his own. Didn't consult anything with me. That Nii-san will no longer be in front of me (be gone from life)."

"......So that's what it is."

What Chisome doesn't want me to do seems to simply lead me to misunderstandings.

It's almost impossible for our relationship to get strained by something ordinary, but nevertheless, Chisome won't forgive even the small things that hurt me, so that's how it is.

"If it's with this kind of feeling, then there are a lot of things, it means, isn't it. Number one is, let's see~, is that you should never cheat."

"As if I do that. You know precisely that right."

"Un, I know. But I tried saying it♪"

Sheesh, This little sister is too cute and I love her so much that I really end up in trouble.

That being said, I have basically common abilities, and it's true of my appearance as well though, so it's normal that it would be me instead to be the one who should be worried about that sort of thing. [Tl note: Worrying about her cheating he means.]

I will do my best not to let Chisome, who has a very beautiful appearance and has excellent not only personality but also all abilities, get fed up with me and leave......and I do think that's normal.

(But that's not it......Chisome will, without fail, never leave me. Though I'd say that myself, I have conviction in that. But just because, it doesn't mean I'm relieved with that and will not do my best at anything though.)

"What a thought I'm having, once again in my own mind," that is when I was thinking about it.

"That's why, Nii-san, talk about it."

"Talk about it, you say?"

"You've been worried since you came back, haven't you? Moreover, it's about a woman other than me."

"......you could tell that far, huh"

"I could tell, of course. Well, because it was about Nii-san, so I knew even what he was worried about. After all, he is kind, and so what I always thought."

I didn't intend to think about it as much as a worry, but...... Well it's fine I guess; after all, this kind of thing is also what you call it—you have to consult with about however much.

As I have talked about her before as well, Akane is one of the heroines of this world; I told Chisome about her in addition to what I heard from Yuika.

"I see. So that sort of thing also happens when that guy's no longer involved."

"Right. There's no need to particularly get involved anyway, and if they go as far as to where they should go, Akane and the people in her surroundings should take action...... Nonetheless. Now that I ended up knowing it, to pretend I don't know is, try as I might, I can't do it, or rather."

"After all, Nii-san is kind. UnUn. If that's the case, then so is Nii-san anyway. Eliminate Yuika-senpai's worries, to put it into meaning as well, will I come to pitch in and help?"

"Chisome?"

As if she had come up with something, she grinned.

I wonder what it is, I feel like even if it's a little difficult to solve, if Chisome is here, anything could end up being solved quickly......No, she will do it for sure right.

“I also have my own thoughts in relation to stalkers you know. Although it's never something to worry about, being followed around is also troublesome anyway, and most importantly, since I don’t like people who are after someone like that.”

Mixed with joke, Chisome whispered, "Wonder if I'll eat them."

"Just kidding. For now, in Yuika-senpai's story, the stalker is causing trouble for the senior (senpai) heroine, right? If so, lickety-split just clean up and give her peace of mind, UnUn it's an easy job♪"

"......Really, as expected right, Chisome is."

"It's for Nii-san's sake you know. Besides, as long as I have a strong power that I can use like this, of course it's better to use it."

Brimming with self-confidence, however, "I wanted to be praised for caring for others like this," her eyes were saying.

"There, there," while stroking Chisome's head, I consulted about in what way to take to task the stalker.

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A few days after Taiga and Chisome decided to repel Akane's stalker, the person concerned, Akane, was walking through the town, anxious and frightened.

"......-......damn it-"

She was on her way home after she finished her work as a model today too.

Feeling a viscous and licking all over gaze in the back, "Did it come again today?" Akane briskly walk hurries her way home.

Fortunately, it never came near her house, but even so, limited to today was a little different.

(......is it still coming? If it's the usual, it will not come and yet.)

When she stopped her feet suddenly, the sound of footsteps in the back also stopped slightly off.

Up until now, she had continued to refuse Souma's ardent nuisance approaches, and although she had acquired a little resistance towards men in a good way, as expected, things like strengthening her mental attitude towards the stalker didn't happen――To begin with, this is because the stalker is, in a way, the product of the unexpected.

"..............."

It's scary to look over her shoulder, but still, it was at that moment that Akane somehow summoned up the courage to look over her shoulder――she heard a man screaming from the back.

"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH-!?!?"

"e?"

Akane can't help but turn around at the sound of that scream.

A plump man, whom she thinks of as her stalker until now, she could clearly see the man's face, but such things she didn't care for.

The reason was that standing looking down on that man was an existence of this world so unbelievable, so much that it was such a sinister existence.

"......Don't bother her, any more than this. Or else, kill." 

"Hiiie!?" *shriek*

A tall being with a black robe coiling around its body, the being's face is not visible; not even the outline of its body can be grasped either anyway, and what's even more, the voice now also heard sounding like a sub-voice, making it impossible to perceive and distinguish between male and female.

However, there's also something she could tell intuitively――that is the existence is never a human being, but a paranormal being.

"......ah"

The man couldn't help but run away.

"Why had I been going along without resistance until now?" so much that she ended up thinking so, Akane felt refreshed at the man's unsightly figure.

"It's okay now. The man will follow you around no more."

Leaving only those words behind, the ominous existence disappeared into the shadows.

What in the world happened? what was it just now? there is no answer to that question...... However, Akane was staring at the shadow the existence had disappeared into.

"......What is it just now?"

While slightly dyeing her cheeks.