Volume 1 - CH 25

My Little Sister doesn’t Know Who is in Her Room

“Oh, Saku?”

“Ah, Minami-san, thank you for your hard work.”

They are the bicycle parking lot at AIR.

It’s 8PM and the area is dimly lit.

Minami walks under the light.

She is wearing a light brown sweater, slim jeans, and a white jacket.

“Hmm? Isn’t Minami-san off work today?”

“Yeah, I came here not to work today, I came here to shop. Our store has the game I wanted to buy, so I came here right away.”

Minami lightly shakes a plastic bag with Lucita logo on it.

“Is it really okay for a part time worker to buy at their own store…?”

“It only cost 50 yen. It’s a game I used to play a lot when I was a little girl. When I want to play it again, it went missing, so I just go to our store to buy it.”

“I see. I’m glad you got it. If you need someone to play it with you, I can come over.”

“Ohh, this young boy tries to get into my apartment whenever he has the chance.”

“You can’t invite people to your house if you don’t have ‘a place to step’ it’s not a metaphor.”

“The day you came over always happens to be a messy day.”

“Liar…”

When Haruta first went to Minami’s apartment to visit her, he was surprised.

There were game consoles from the latest model to fossil-like models scattered on the floor. There were also stacks of disc game cases just lying down on the floor.

As a gamer, Haruta envy Minami’s collection.

Haruta couldn’t even sit anywhere in Minami’s room, so he had no choice but to clean it all up.

“What about you Saku? You’re off work too today, right?”

“Ah, I was shopping as well. I forgot I’m out of body soap.”

Haruta shows Minami a bag he just bought.

“Hmm, body soap…”

“Yes?”

Minami glances at the bag with a suspicious look on her face.

“You should stock up on those things, they don’t go bad. I keep a large stock of shampoo, body soap, lotion, tissues, controllers, and other consumables.”

“Did you mention controllers as consumables?”

Haruta is dismayed at his sloppy and careless senpai.

Haruta wonders if Minami’s room is overflowing with stuff because she buys so many random things.

“I found my junior in a good place today. Can I buy a lot of daily necessities and make him carry them…?”

“Minami-san’s apartment is right there, right?”

This college student lives in an apartment three-minute walk from AIR.

Haruta can at least help Minami carry some stuff.

“Well, if you want to buy something heavy, I can help you carry it. It’s this one.”

Hartua points to a motorcycle parked in the parking lot.

It’s a brown motorcycle.

“Hmm, that’s nice. I heard Saku bought a motorcycle, but this is the first time I’ve seen it.”

“It’s for my part time job. Bicycle parking lot are usually full, so I decided to buy a motorcycle.”

“Ah, that’s true, there are not much parking space for bicycles.”

Minami sits down next to the bike and begins to stroke the body of the bike with her hand.

“I like the idea of riding motorcycles. I want to forget everything about games and go somewhere far away sometimes.”

“That won’t be possible, Minami-san’s head is only full of games. Anyway, it’s not comfortable to travel long distance by motorcycle.”

“You’re young and brave…Saku, you’re such a great guy at night.”

“No, no, it’s nothing great! This is too misunderstanding!”

“Fuhahaha, I’m just kidding. Hmm? What’s this? What are these letters?”

“Ah.”

Haruta panicked and tried to hide them, but it was too late.

There are white lettered stickers on the front of his bike.

‘Reizen-go’

After dropping Minami-san off to her apartment, Haruta returns home.

Haruta’s father is still pretty much the same as before, he still often comes home late.

Haruta is already a high school boy and he is old enough to take care of himself.

But still, Haruta’s father wants to give the best for his son. Haruta’s father thinks he has caused so much trouble for Haruta.

Haruta parks Reizen-go in the yard and covers it.

Reizen-go was bought second hand, but it was still in good condition.

Haruta actually had some other names for his motorcycle, but he decided to name it ‘Reizen-go’.

Haruta unlocks the front door of his house, and goes straight to his room.

“Huh?”

Tilting his head, Haruta puts the bag of body soap he just bought on the table.

Haruta takes off his coat and shoves it into the closet.

“Ah, welcome back.”

“…I went all the way there just to buy it for you.”

Akiho is sitting at Haruta’s bed.

“It took you so long Haru. So I decided to take a quick shower without it.”

The only thing that is covering Akiho’s body is a single bath towel wrapped around her petite body.

Akiho has her wet black hair tied back.

Two big bulges that doesn’t fit her small body seem to pop up.

“You got to stock up these things Haru.”

“Minami-san just told me the same thing. We just met at AIR.”

“Hmm? Don’t tell me you showed her this bag? She saw what’s inside?”

Ahiko takes out a small box from the bag.

“You told me to go there and buy it for you. I still have three more in stock.”

“You use two soap bars at once, don’t you?”

“…well, I am a young healthy high school boy.”

“But how could you buy it so brazenly in the drugstore you usually go?”

“You’ll rather get a good impression if you use it properly.”

“I guess so.”

Akiho chuckles and tosses the box on the bed, then she sits down on the bed.

“By the way, it’s getting quite late now, you’re not going home yet?”

“It’s fine. It’s weird for a girl who always carries a guitar with her to go home before dinner every day.”

“Did you just prejudice your own hobby?”

It’s not unusual for Akiho to visit Haruta’s house like this.

They had dinner together again today at AIR, then after dinner, Akiho came to Haruta’s house—

She stopped by to take a shower, and Haruta remembered that he was out of body soap, so he went to AIR to buy some.

The relationship between Akiho and Haruta became so close since—

‘Go out with me.’

Since Akiho confessed to Haruta a few months ago, at the karaoke box in early summer.

And Haruta’s response was—

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Going back a few months earlier.

“Go out with me.”

“…what?”

Akiho suddenly said so when they were walking down the karaoke box hallway.

Haruta silently paid the bill, and walked out from there—

“What’s that joke from earlier?”

“Did you kiss me and think it was a joke?”

“……”

Haruta stopped in front of a convenience store.

“Sorry.”

It was Akiho who kissed Haruta first.

However, it is a fact that Haruta forcefully kissed Akiho’s lips passionately.

“Yeah, what were you thinking, kissing a girl’s lips like that?”

“I think that girl suddenly kissed my lips first.”

“A girl’s lips are worth more than a boy’s. Well—no need to apologize, let’s just continue what we were talking earlier.”

Akiho stood beside Haruta.

“I’m pretty cute, I have big b***s, and I’m good at singing. Don’t you think I have everything a girl needs?”

Akiho smiled meaningfully while brushing her long black hair back.

“I think you lack a few things, like modesty.”

“You sound like a sixty year old uncle.”

“I’m being sarcastic.”

Akiho chuckled at Haruta’s words.

“The only problem is just I’m not Fuyu-chan, right?”

“That’s the first problem. Did you hear anything I said just now?”

‘I will do whatever it takes to bring Fuyu back to me.’

Haruta thought so to himself.

Even if Fuyu herself doesn’t want that—Haruta has decided.

“You’re going to snatch her away without thinking about her feelings. Forcing her to be with you is not good, is it? Even I wouldn’t be happy if I were in that situation, but you know what?”

“……”

Akiho turned her strong gaze to Haruta.

“Even if you want to live with Fuyu-chan and take care of her, how many years would it take before you can do it? No matter how hard you try, you’re still a high school student, and Fuyu-chan is still in middle school. No matter how fast your estimation is…it will at least take four years before you can do so. You’ll have to wait Fuyu-chan to graduate from high school, right?”

“I don’t care how many years will it take, I will wait for her.”

For Haruta, it is much better than living decades of his life without Fuyu.

“Hmm. So that means, Sakuraba-kun, are you going to waste your high school years without dating anyone?”

“…I’m waiting for Fuyu, it’s not a waste.”

“That’s really boring.”

Akiho’s gaze became sharper and sharper.

“I think it would be a nuisance for Fuyu-chan if someone who lived such a boring high school life suddenly showed up. Sakuraba-kun, you really miss your little sister, don’t you?”

“Why would Fuyu…care about such things?”

“Why wouldn’t Fuyu care about such things? ‘Ah, my Onii-chan came to rescue me with his hard-earned money, and he threw away his high school life just to save me! My Onii-chan is so cool!’ Do you really think she will think that way?”

“……”

She won’t.

The answer was obvious.

Fuyu has bad grades at school, but she is not stupid.

She won’t just go with Haruta if he suddenly threw away his life just to be with her.

Then, Akiho took out her phone to show Haruta something.

“Actually, I’ve been chatting with Fuyu-chan too.”

“……”

Akiho turned her phone screen to Haruta, it was her chat with Fuyu at Line.

It showed several similar, but different photos to the ones Fuyu sent to Haruta.

Haruta thought that Fuyu only taken those photos just to show him.

“She gave me full permission as well.”

“Permission…?”

“Look, here.”

“……”

AKIHO: ‘Hey, can I have your Onii-chan?”

Fuyu: ‘No.’

“She didn’t give you her permission, you were rejected in seconds.”

When Haruta looked at the time of the message sent, it didn’t even take a minute for Fuyu to reply.

What were they talking about, Haruta thought.

Fuyu: ‘That’s for my Onii-chan to decide.’

“……”

Akiho silently scrolled through the chat, and some new messages appeared.

Below, Fuyu sent a stamp of a sad bear.

“…I guess it’s for me to decide.”

“No.”

“Don’t imitate Fuyu, what are you trying to say?”

“Fuyu is wrong as well. It’s for us to decide, me and you.”

“…I know.”

It was not a matter for Fuyu to decide.

It was a matter between Haruta and Akiho only.

How does Haruta feel about Akiho—

If Haruta doesn’t like Akiho, he would’ve refused her invitation to the karaoke box.

The only reason Haruta went to meet Akiho that day was—

Haruta looked at Akiho’s face and slowly opened his mouth.

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As a result of the words that came out of Haruta’s mouth—

Now, Haruta is in his room with Akiho half-naked.