CH 51

Chapter 51 – Love Charm

Last night, when I talked to Mama about wanting to stay at Moriyama-kun’s house, she brought an item from her bedroom and handed it to me…

A condom.

Mama handed it to me and told me,

“I’m sure you’ll be fine with Moriyama-kun, but just in case. I’m not telling you to go have s*x with him, so don’t misunderstand me. It’s just a precaution, so you won’t regret it if something happens. Also, if Mama has any advice for you, Moriyama-kun won’t appreciate your colorful tricks, so you’ll just be selling yourself cheap if you try to force yourself on him or anything like that.”

“Yeah, okay…”

“Just think of it as a good luck charm. A good luck charm to make love come true.”

“Yeah… Thanks a lot, Mama. I’ll do my best!”

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After dinner, Auntie told us,

“All three of you should go and have your baths early.”

“No, I have to take Urushibara-san home, I’ll take a bath after I get back.”

“Huh? Ichiro didn’t know? Himeka-chan’s staying over today.”

I looked at Haruko-chan.

Yeah, this is a pattern in which both parties think the other will say it, but neither of them says it.

“Um… I’m sorry! I thought you already knew and I didn’t tell you!”

“Huh? Huh? What do you mean?”

“Onii-chan you and Himeka-san will have another study session tomorrow, right? If she’s going to be here early in the morning anyway, Himeka-san might as well stay the night so she can make better use of her time and doesn’t have to go back and forth again and again, right? That’s why I invited her to stay over.”

“I see.. No wonder she came with a big bag today.”

“I’m sorry, Moriyama-kun. I didn’t mean to keep it a secret.”

“No, I’m just a bit surprised, it’s okay.”

“Well then, Himeka-san! Let’s take a bath together! Onii-chan, you mustn’t peek, okay☆?”

“Haruko, you read too many novels. Your brother doesn’t do that kind of thing.”

“You’re not very flippant!”

Moriyama-kun went in the bath first, and then Haruko-chan and I went in together.

In the bath, I had a good girls’ talk with Haruko-chan.

Haruko-chan, who is usually cool, serious, and an honor student (Moriyama-kun says she’s a chuuni, though), is a cute, age-appropriate girl when it comes to naked girl-to-girl talk.

“Haruko-chan… You have big b*****s…”

She’s in the third year of middle school and she’s an F cup.

Come to think of it, Auntie’s big too.

“Even Himeka-san herself is not small.”

“That’s not true. I lose confidence when I’m in front of Haruko-chan…”

“No, no, no! In Himeka-san’s case, she’s tall, her legs and stomach are toned and she has ridiculously good style!”

“O-Oh, yeah? Ehehe.”

“That’s right. If Himeka-san loses her confidence, all the women in the world will say, ‘You’re being sarcastic!’ They’ll get mad, you know?”

“Ufufu, thank you. I feel a bit more confident now that you said that, Haruko-chan.”

“But a brother who doesn’t move at all when being flirted with by this super-beautiful, super-stylish Himeka-san is quite something, isn’t he…? Is he a homosexual?”

“Eh! Moriyama-kun’s a homosexual!? N-No way~…”

“No, I’m joking. At least there was a girl he liked until middle school.”

“Right! That’s right!!! Even I have a chance if I work hard!”

“By the way, how’s the situation? Do you think it’s going to work?”

“Well, as far as I could see from his expression, he was as usual. This morning he was spacing out in his sleep, so I took off his clothes and got him dressed, and he didn’t seem embarrassed or upset at all as he did what I asked of him.”

“I see… It’s a lot tougher than I thought it would be.”

“Yeah… But the real work starts here! It’s only after we get out of the bath!”

“Yes, sir. Have fun with it.”

Afterwards, we talked about the ‘tanuki diet’ that Haruko-chan is into at the moment, and left the bath.

In case you’re wondering, my pajamas are very luxurious silk.

Mama prepared it for me.

Of course, the underwear is also a set of top and bottom.

I don’t intend to actively show it to Moriyama-kun, but still, it’s a feminine gesture, and this kind of thing is something to keep in mind.

When I stand in front of Moriyama’s room, I get even more fired up than I was for a match.

I’m coming, Moriyama-kun.

Tonight is the night I’m going to show you how I feel.

Haruko-chan posed a gut-punch and encouraged me in a whisper, ” Good luck. I will pick up your bones.”

Hmm?

Isn’t that an encouragement to assume failure?

I thought for a moment, but shook my head, dismissed the distraction, and said, “I’ll do my best!” I replied with a gut-punch.

I took a deep breath, checked the charm condom in the breast pocket of my pajamas, and knocked on the door.