CH 67

First Time I Spoiled My Little Sister

TN: This chapter is heavily edited. A lot of the MTL result doesn’t make sense at all so I’ll use a lot of my own word in this chapter both on narrative and characters interaction. Enjoy!

Kanau-kun decided on her own that Yanomiya-san was coming to visit me at home, but it turned out to be a good thing.

I had a lot of things to tell Kanau-kun. And most of them were about Alice. So if Alice was around, I wouldn’t have been able to talk to him, and I didn’t want to ask Alice to leave me alone.

But when Yanomiya-san came to visit the house, her attention turned to the other side.

In addition, my mother said that it would be better if I stayed overnight anyway, so Yanomiya-san decided to stay.

And right now, Alice is taking a bath with Yanomiya-san.

So I invited Kanau-kun to my room and we could talk alone.

“It’s a disgrace that I can’t be honestly happy that Alice is growing up.”

Kanau-kun, who had taken off his stag headdress, listened to my story and muttered to himself.

“I’ve been thinking that Alice is a spoiled brat, but in the end, it made me happy. And when I saw Alice growing up, I realized that I wanted her to remain a spoiled brat…”

That’s nothing but trying to hinder Alice’s growth.

“Hmm.”

Kanau-kun, who was sitting on a cushion on the floor, nodded as he listened to me.

I’m sitting on the bed, by the way.

“You want Alice to be pampered, but you think that will stunt her growth, don’t you?”

“… Yes.”

I nodded at Kanau-kun’s words.

“What does Amane think about onii-chan?”

“Eh?”

I tilted my head at Kanau-kun’s question.

“I don’t know if it’s too much to ask, but I’d like you to give me a rough idea of how you feel about onii-chan.”

What do I think?

“I can only talk about this with Kanau-kun. That’s how much I rely on you. I know you’re my relative, but I consider you to be my real onii-chan.”

“Hmm.”

When Kanau-kun heard my words, he nodded with a straight face.

“I’ll let you know what onii-chan thinks about you.”

What does Kanau-kun think of me?

“Like Iori, Amane is a solid person. I think that’s great, but as an onii-chan, I was a little sad.”

I’m lonely. Hearing those words, I thought, “Kanau-kun?”

“That’s why onii-chan decided to spoil you.”

“What?”

Spoiled? I don’t think I’m spoiled to Kanau-kun.

“Onii-chan makes shaved ice and gives it to Iori. Iori eats the shaved ice after receiving it. From the outside, it may look as if onii-chan is spoiling her. But in reality, Iori is taking care of her onii-chan. Iori is accompanying with what onii-chan is doing on his own.”

Kanau-kun laughed as he said that.

“Alice has been spoiled by Amane so far and is trying to grow up with the love she has received from Amane. If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be okay if Amane spoiled Alice in return?”

“Take advantage of Alice?”

If you do that, you’ll end up pulling Alice’s leg.

“Amane, I think there’s a difference between tying her up and spoiling her.”

Kanau-kun’s words made me think that this might be true.

There might be a difference between pampering and tying her up. But I’m afraid that if I spoil her, I’ll end up tying up her heart.

In the first place, I don’t know how to spoil her.

“Are you afraid of being spoiled by someone?”

I was surprised by Kanau-kun’s words.

“Amane is a big sister at heart, you know. She finds the meaning of her existence by pampering someone. On the other hand, Amane never thought of being spoiled by anyone.”

To pampering is the meaning of my existence.

That may be true.

Maybe my raison d’etre is to be needed by Alice.

That’s why I’m trying to tie Alice down as she grows up and tries to get away from me.

To protect the meaning of my existence.

“I’m sure Alice will be happy if Amane spoils her. And if Amane spoils Alice, it will not bind Alice’s heart but lead to her growth.”

“What?”

Will Alice grow up if I spoil her?

“If Amane spoils Alice, Alice will be more than happy about it. It will make her feel closer to her great onee-chan, who she thought was far away. And that will give her confidence and lead to her growth, I think.”

If I spoil Alice, will it give her confidence?

I don’t know if that’s true, and I honestly don’t know.

I’m not sure if that’s true or not, but if Kanau-kun says so, then maybe it is.

“I don’t know how to spoil her. I don’t know…”

When I asked Kanau-kun, he smiled and stood up. He sat down next to me and patted my head.

“Why don’t you say that you’re lonely because Alice seems to be going somewhere far away?”

When I heard Kanau-kun’s words, I couldn’t help but widen my eyes.

She feels like I’m going somewhere far away.

That’s what Alice was thinking about her onee-chan.

Alice was scared that her onee-chan was going to go away.

I see. I guess I’m the same as Alice then.

She was frightened, but she did her best to spoil me. The result is the Alice of today.

The fact that I spoiled her didn’t ruin her. On the contrary, it made her grow.

Then me too…

“Thank you, Kanau-kun. I think I understand a little bit now.”

I said to Kanau-kun, who was patting my head, and he smiled and nodded.

“It’s not good to be too lenient. But you should be more lenient.”

And so he said.

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I don’t mind sleeping with Kanau-kun, but he’s a man and I’m a woman now.

Even so, I don’t think any mistakes will happen if the other party is Kanau-kun, but Kanau-kun says he will sleep in the Japanese room on the first floor.

And――.

“Since you’ve come to stay here, Kuu-chan, you want to sleep with onee-chan, right? Then I’ll sleep in my room.”

Alice, who was playing cards with Yanomiya-san in my room, said something like that.

Before talking to Kanau-kun, I would have probably agreed with Alice’s opinion.

But I’ve decided. I decided to go easy on Alice.

“Let’s three sleep together.”

When I said this to Alice, she looked puzzled. Then she looked troubled.

“But it’s a little tough for the three of us to sleep in onee-chan bed, isn’t it?”

She had a good point, but she couldn’t back down now.

“Hugging each other is okay right?”

When I said this to Alice, she tilted her head with a troubled look on her face.

“What’s wrong, onee-chan?”

It seems that Alice is feeling uncomfortable with me.

My heart is beating fast and hard.

I wonder if I should continue to push my idea through.

As expected, another day――.

No, no, no. If I do that, I’m sure I’ll lose sight of the timing to spoil Alice.

I can’t pull away here.

I want to sleep with you, Alice!

That was when I was about to say that.

“I want to sleep with the three of you too!”

Yanomiya-san raised her voice.

“Yes! Onee-chan want three of us to sleep together!”

I took advantage of Yanomiya-san and said that to Alice.

“W-Well… I don’t mind.”

Alice, who was told by me and Yanomiya-san that she wanted to sleep together, nodded her head with a confused but slightly happy expression on her cheeks.

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Yanomiya-san was first place.

The cards were dealt out, and except for when the joker hit Yanomiya-san, she never drew the joker anyway.

It was as if she knew where it was.

Next, we played a game of old maid, and Yanomiya-san won first place again.

(TN: 神経衰弱, in the dictionary, says memory game or neurasthenia. I’m sure that means old maid card game.)

Right after the game started, all three of us had a hard time winning, but halfway through the game, Yanomiya-san became the sole winner.

It was as if they were using magic to guess one after another.

I asked Yanomiya-san about it.

“Once I’ve seen it, I’ll never forget it,” she said.

It seems that once you know which card is the joker, you know where it is, no matter how many cards you scramble.

It seems that Yanomiya-san has an unparalleled memory.

After playing with her for a while, we decided to go to bed.

With Yanomiya-san in the middle, Alice on the left, and me on the right.

As Alice said, no matter how small Yanomiya-san is, it was quite hard for the three of us to sleep in my bed.

But it was a good thing for me.

It’s a shame, but I’m nervous about spoiling Alice. If I had been alone with her, I might have been scared.

Yanomiya-san is hugging me, burying her face in my chest, and breathing lovely sleep. The warmth I could feel gave me courage.

I’m really glad that Yanomiya-san came to stay with us.

“Alice, are you still awake?”

“Yes.”

I raised my voice quietly not to wake up Yanomiya-san, and Alice replied.

“Didn’t onee-chan a little strange today?”

“Yes.”

I replied to Alice’s question.

“Onee-chan, onee-chan wanted Alice to be jealous.”

“What?”

Alice raised her voice at my words. I could hear the confusion in her voice.

“I got a love letter from the vice president and he called me out. He didn’t confess, but I wanted Alice to be jealous of him. I wanted Alice to tell him that onee-chan is Alice alone.”

Alice didn’t reply to my words.

Heart beating furiously.

Maybe I’m wrong after all.

I don’t know. I don’t know if I’m right or wrong.

But I’ve decided to be lenient.

“Onee-chan, it seems that onee-chan is no good without Alice.”

I breathed in and said.

After a while, Alice did not say anything.