CH 60

My Sister's is More Skilled

It was a weekday, but it was summer vacation, and it was a popular romantic movie, so the theater was packed.

It was daytime and most of them were probably students.

And since it was a romantic movie, there were many couples.

Naturally, I couldn’t choose my seat, and I thought it was inevitable that I would be separated from Alice and the others.

But then――.

“Would you like some popcorn?”

Yurizono-san, who had been munching on popcorn, held out a container with a mountain of popcorn to Alice.

“I don’t know how you can eat so much when you just had lunch.”

She muttered dumbly with a gaze, but picked up one popcorn with her fingers and ate it with a bite.

Yurizono-san, who giggled at the sight, grabbed a handful of popcorn and shoved it into her mouth, munching away.

I’m watching the two of them from behind.

I thought I’d be separated from Alice and the others because I couldn’t choose my seat, but it turns out I’m sitting right behind them.

By the way, Iris-san is sitting next to me――

“Would you like some popcorn?”

While munching on a bowl of popcorn, Iris-san-san offered me a bowl with a pile of popcorn in it.

She’s doing the same thing as her sister.

I thought with a frown, and picked up a piece of popcorn with my finger and ate it.

I hadn’t eaten popcorn in a long time, but the salty taste was quite good.

“I think I’ll have some more, too…”

I’ve been eating popcorn for a while now, but it’s pretty good.

Alice also thought it was quite tasty.

“I-Iris-chan, I think I’ll have some more too.”

Then I reached for the popcorn that Iris-san was holding.

As I watched Alice happily eating her popcorn, I also ate my popcorn.

Soon after, the buzzer sounded and the area went dark. At the same time, the noisy surroundings quieted down to a certain extent. Then, an image was projected on the screen.

And there, Yurizono-san began to creep around.

I could tell just by looking at her.

I was at the drink bar of an Italian restaurant, guzzling down a poisonous drink called Arisu Special.

She didn’t go to the bathroom after that.

I mean, she’s not in elementary school, so she should have gone to the bathroom before the screening.

“Are you okay?”

Alice, who seemed to have noticed something wrong with Yurizono-san, leaned closer and whispered to her.

“W-What are you talking about…?”

Yurizono-san whispers back to Alice in a fuzzy voice.

She seems to be stubborn, but the movie is almost two hours long.

There was no way she could stand to squirm right after the screening started and then for almost two hours.

If you have to go to the bathroom, you’d better do it quickly.

“If you don’t want to go by yourself, I’ll go with you.”

Alice whispered with a sigh.

“I-I’m not sure what you mean by going. I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Yurizono-san was stubborn.

The battle of whispering continued for almost 30 minutes, and Yurizono-san, who had reached her limit, started to cry, and Alice, took Yurizono-san’s hand, hurried out of the theater.

I should have just gone to the restroom, but it had been 30 minutes since the start of the movie and they probably hadn’t seen much of it.

Even if they came back from the restroom, they would probably not be able to understand what was going on, to say the least――.

“Iris-chan, we should leave, too. They’re probably not coming back.”

I leaned closer to Iris-san and whispered in her ear.

After confirming that Iris-san nodded, I took her hand and we left the theater.

I didn’t get to see the movie properly, but I guess that’s a good memory to have.

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When I was standing by the restroom after leaving the theater, Alice came out of the restroom with Yurizono-san’s hand in hers.

“You don’t have to cry, you know. I’m not mad at you.”

She stopped, turned around, looked at Yurizono-san, and called out to her.

She’s worried that she ruined the movie. That’s not like you, Yurizono-san.

“Alice-san…”

Iris-san stares anxiously at Yurizono-san, who is crying aloud and mutters to herself.

“Hey, hey…”

Yurizono-san, who had been sobbing slightly, raised her trembling voice as she turned over.

“Hmm? What’s wrong?”

Alice, who tilted her head, asked Yurizono-san in a gentle voice.

Iris-san squeezes my hand tightly with an anxious expression on her face.

I guess he was worried about Yurizono-san and wanted to rush over to her right away. But I can see that she is trying hard to hold back her thoughts.

She should leave it to Alice for now. I think that’s what she’s thinking.

Thank you, Iris-san. Thank you for believing in our Alice.

“I-I’ve got a… leak.”

“eh?”

Yurizono-san raised her trembling voice. Alice’s eyes darted when she heard those words.

I can’t believe she leaked…

“I-It’s no big deal.”

Upset, Alice raised her voice with a bright red face.

It’s not a big deal, just a little.

“My underwear got wet, so I threw it in the toilet…”

When she heard Yurizono-san’s trembling voice, Alice’s face turned pale.

Yurizono-san is wearing a miniskirt. And the fact that she threw away her underwear means that…

It is a very dangerous situation.

“M-My underwear for you, Arisu-chan!”

Iris-san, who seemed to have panicked in an instant, tried to roll up the skirt she was wearing.

“C-Calm down! It’s okay! It’s going to be okay.”

I grabbed Iris-san’s hands and told her to calm down.

The movie was still playing, so there weren’t many people around, but taking off underwear in a place like this was just too dangerous.

I mean, no matter how old she is, Yurizono-san will be in trouble even if she is given the underwear she has worn so far.

“Come here!”

Alice, whose face had been pale, tightened her expression and raised her voice. She pulled Yurizono-san’s hand and started walking quickly.

“Iris-chan, let’s go!”

“Y-Yes!”

Iris-san replied to my call. I pulled Iris-san’s hand and chased after Alice and the others.

Alice went to the underwear section of a department store.

Without hesitation, Alice entered the store, and again without hesitation, she grabbed a pair of underwear, which she immediately purchased. Then she went into the restroom with Yurizono-san.

I can’t believe that Alice, who has always been pampered by me, could act like that.

She was once upset when she heard from Yurizono-san that I threw away her underwear, but she immediately changed her mind and acted quickly.

When did she become so magnificent?

When Yurizono-san came out of the bathroom with Alice’s hand in hers, she was still in tears, but she had stopped crying.

“Thank you, Alice-chan…”

Iris-san, who was watching over the two of them, fought off the urge to run over to them and bowed deeply as she looked at Alice and thanked her.

I’m the one who wants to thank you.

If Iris-san hadn’t been there, I would have rushed over to her.

If I had run to her, I would have destroyed her potential.

It was because Iris-san believed in me that I was able to endure.

◆

The two of them returned to the first park and sat down on a bench side by side.

They didn’t say anything, just stared at the front. Their hands were firmly clasped together.

“C-Can you please keep this a secret…?”

Yurizono-san murmured in a whisper.

“Especially from my onee-chan. When onee-chan peed her pants, I didn’t do anything. On the contrary, I said something ridiculous many times…”

At Yurizono-san’s muttering, Alice’s eyes turned grim.

“I’ve been thinking since we went to the festival that you’re getting a little carried away.”

Alice said with a sigh and knocked Yurizono-san’s head.

The sullen Yurizono-san looked at Alice with eyes like an abandoned puppy.

“But I know how you feel. I’ve been there myself.”

Alice muttered and smiled as she looked at Yurizono-san.

“Onee-chan, she was always kind, but she is scary. I felt like she was going to leave me one day…”

Yurizono-san’s eyes widened at Alice’s words.

“You were scared too, weren’t you? You were afraid that the most important person in the world would leave you behind. But you were able to get close to that person. That’s why you got carried away, right? Because I was the same way. We’re alike, you and I. We were both scared of losing each other, and we were both defensives.”

Yurizono-san, whose eyes had been wide open, nodded her head at Alice’s words.

“B-But I don’t think Amane-san will be gone.”

She looked at Alice and raised her voice.

“Yeah, well, I don’t think onee-chan would disappear now.”

“Right now?”

Yurizono-san tilted her head when she heard Alice’s words.

“I don’t know, but I feel like onee-chan I have now is a different person from onee-chan I had before.”

I was shocked by Alice’s words.

“I don’t know if I’d call her a different person. She is my onee-chan, but I don’t know what to call her. I still don’t understand.”

Then Alice laughed.

Did Alice have a hunch? She knew that her former onee-chan and her current onee-chan were two different people.

But she doesn’t think that they are completely different people either.

Even though she couldn’t understand it in her head, she sensed it.

“Anyway, you seem to be getting along well with your onee-chan right? If that’s the case, then don’t get too carried away. I know it’s hard to change yourself right away, but…”

At Alice’s words, Yurizono-san chuckled.

“I’m jealous of you. But you’ve been through a lot, too.”

“Well, yeah.”

The two of them called out to each other and laughed.

They were holding each other’s hands the whole time, looking like real sisters. We sat on the bench and talked for a while.

After sitting on the bench and exchanging conversations for a while, they took out their phones.

My phone and Iris-san’s phone rang at the same time.

The incoming call was a message from Alice. When we checked it, she said she was leaving soon and wanted us to come and pick her up.

It seemed that Iris-san had received a similar message from Yurizono-san.

It would take quite a long time if I were to leave the house now and arrive at their place.

After discussing it with Iris-san, I thought about setting it up so that I happened to meet her by chance and she happened to be near Alice and the others, but that would be too suspicious.

As I was wondering about this, I received a new message from Alice.

――Thank you for watching over us all this day, my favorite onee-chan.

When I saw the message, I couldn’t help but stare at her.

Was she aware of it?

It seems that Iris-san also received the same message from Yurizono-san, and her eyes were glazed over.

It seems that my sisters have taken me for a fool.

So, we came out of the shadows and headed for Alice and the others.

When she saw us, Alice waved her hand with a big smile on her face, and Yurizono-san looked embarrassed and turned her face away while waving a small hand.

Iris-san, who ran out, hugged Yurizono-san, and Yurizono-san, who was hugged, buried her face in Iris-san’s chest.

“I’m sorry that I followed you…”

I stood in front of Alice and told her that. She shook her head and then she took my hand in hers.

“It was fun, very fun.”

Alice leaned over me, laid her head on my shoulder.

The last event of the summer vacation came to an end with the revelation that I was a siscon.

I didn’t think they knew.

Onii-chan got the upper hand.