Volume 4 Chapter 2

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That time when I got a new little sister

Part 1:

She got mad. Idon’t think I’ve ever seen her so mad.

After whathappened, she kept scolding me for several hours straight.

“Don’t….everdo something like that again….okay?”

Suzuka seemed tohave finally calmed down (although there was still a thick veinpopping from her forehead) and she looked down at me with crossedarms.

“I will neverever hide anything from my little sister again,” With a roboticvoice, I said as I bowed down on the floor in a dogeza position.

…… Sinceit’s come to this, it would’ve been better to just tell hereverything yesterday —-I thought while I was close to crying.

“Now, now,Suzuka-chan, Onii-chan seems to be reflecting on it, so can’t youforgive him?”

“You aren’texactly a bystander in this situation?! And just go and call myOnii-chan ‘Onii-chan’!”

“Ehhh? ButOnii-chan is Onii-chan, right?”

“Onii-chan isOnii-chan but he is my Onii-chan so Minazuki-san doesn’t have theright to call him Onii-chan!”

“That might bethe case, but right now, Onii-chan is Sakura’s Onii-chan.”

“That doesn’tmake any sense! Onii-chan is my Onii-chan only, so I won’t give himto anyone else—-“

The both of themstarted arguing, but because of Sakura’s soft personality, theyaren’t exactly getting anywhere.

….Not tomention that I have never heard the word ‘Onii-chan’ so many times insuch a small amount of time.

“….Onii-chan?Why are watching us like it’s not your problem?”

“T-T-T-That’snot true?! I’m reflecting on it more deeply than the ocean!”

“See, Onii-chanis agreeing with me.”

“He’s clearlynot! And stop calling him ‘Onii-chan’ already—-“

Like that, theirconversation went into an infinite loop.

“And whyexactly where you greeting us while wearing these indecent clothes…?”Suzuka said as she looked at Sakura’s clothes.

‘These indecentclothes’—–she was talking about Sakura’s naked apron which, by theway, she was still wearing even now.

“It’s fine,Suzuka-chan. Onii-chan is happy because of them!” Saying that shemade a twirl.

Doing so, I couldsee her bare skin—-not exactly. Beneath the apron, she was actuallywearing a tank-top and shorts.

….Yes, thisisn’t a naked apron in the truest sense. Normally, you wouldn’t wearanything except the apron, but she was actually wearing clothesunderneath — sort of. Double Peace-sensei would call it a costume.

“After findingthis inside Onii-chan’s room, Sakura thought she’d surprise Onii-chanwhile wearing it.”

“Ohoooo, I see.Onii-chan? Your explanation and resolution, please.”

“You shouldknow that Double Peace-sensei was the one who left them there!”

And what do youmean by resolution?!

“Onii-chan isjust….! Just how good-natured are you trying to be….!” AlthoughSuzuka still seemed to be pissed, she was clearly cooling down.”Haaaa….whatever. I’ll think of a fitting punishment later.”

“So therereally will be one, huh…?”

“And also,Minazuki-san will leave immediately!”

“Ehhh?! That’stoo cruel, Suzuka-chan!” Minazuki-san raised her voice, but Suzukajust turned towards her with a cold gaze.

“That one nightI can understand since it was an emergency situation, but there’s noreason for you to stay any longer. I don’t even know why you ran awayfrom home in the first place.”

“Muuu,Onii-chan, help Sakura…..”

“Well, I dothink that Suzuka is in the right here. I also told you that youcould only stay one night and that you needed to give it somethought.”

“I know thatyou technically did the right thing, but why did you treat her as ifshe was your little sister? You were talking in formal language withher before….!”

That’s… how doI say it… seeing her act like a little sister, I felt like I had totreat her like one too….

“Haaa….Leavingthat aside for now, you really should go home now, Minazuki-san.”

“I have somecircumstances that don’t allow me to do so….”

Ah, now Iremember. Once I got home, I wanted to ask her about the specificcircumstances.

“I don’t knowyour circumstances, but your parents are probably worried about you,right?”

“It’s fine!Sakura told her mother and her father that she would be running awayfrom home!”

“…..What?””…….What?”

Hearing herwords, both Suzuka and I had the same reaction.

“W-Wait asecond? You ran away but you told your parents….?”

“Exactly!Sakura told them that she would be staying over at a friend’s house!”

“What do youmean?! Then why did you come all the way over here?!”

“T-That’s….Sakurahad a fight with her big brother…”

“Big brother?””Big brother?”

A completelyunexpected term came out of Sakura’s mouth.

“Wait a moment,please. You have a big brother?”

“He technicallyis my ‘Onii-chan’ but it’s not that good of a thing,” Sakurapouted.

While Suzuka andI were still at a loss for words, she started explaining hercircumstances.

“Sakura’s bigbrother is actually a person with a lot of problems…..He doesn’tunderstand my feelings at all, and even though he’s my big brother, Ican’t rely on him in the slightest. Instead, he’s always makingproblems for Sakura….”

With the airaround her suddenly getting more gloomy, she continued to tell usabout her big brother. Her expression grew more grim the more shetalked about it.

“His behaviourand attitude are so irritating, and Sakura has wondered countlesstimes why such a person had to end up being her big brother…..”

“Evenremembering it makes her mad…..!” She said and glared into emptyspace.

“SoMinazuki-san is also having troubles because of her big brother….”Suzuka looked at her with a pained expression.

…..Did she justsay ‘also’ or was that my imagination?

“That’s right.He criticizes her about every little thing and thinks of himself as agod. It’s that feeling of ‘Look at your own life before you talk downto me’, something like that.”

“Yes, having toput up with a no-good big brother is really frustrating.” Suzukasaid, nodding along as she threw me a cold gaze.

“….Do youmean to tell me something with that expression, Suzuka?”

“I was justagreeing with her. Is there a problem with that?” She averted hereyes again.

“So Suzuka-chanunderstands Sakura?!”

“Yes, likestaying out late without contacting me and making it home barely intime for dinner…it really is troublesome.”

“Exactly! He’salways getting mad at Sakura when she gets home late, but he doesn’tcare at all when he’s the one who’s late!”

“No matter howoften I tell him, he’s always pulling all-nighters, resulting in himsleeping through the whole morning until I wake him up.”

“That’s right!Even though Sakura always tells him that he should get his life undercontrol, he’s always teasing her and ignoring it!”

“I understand.I completely understand, Minazuki-san,” Suzuka nodded along.

Although she wasin the middle of talking to Minazuki-san, her cold gaze alwayswandered in my direction with everything she said.

….Suzuka-san,you’re clearly empathizing with Sakura right now, you know?

“It seems likewe both share a good-for-nothing big brother….”

….Hey, are youinsulting me?—-I barely managed to hold back that comment. If Iwere told ‘Are you not aware of it?’ straight to my face, I’dprobably completely lose my position as her big brother.

“Suzuka-chan!Sakura is really happy that she found a person that understands herfeelings!”

“Yes, it seemslike I happened to find another victim of a useless big brother.”

Where did thatatmosphere from before go?

In a matter ofminutes, their actions changed from arguing to shaking hands. I guessyou could call this a friendship between sisters?

“Now you knowhow hard it is to live with Sakura’s big brother! Before, he wasalways encouraging her about everything, but recently it’s been thecomplete opposite!”

“Did somethinghappen?”

“Sakura doesn’tknow! She decided that she had enough and went to her big brother’sroom to talk it out with him! But that ended worse than she thought!”Seemingly remembering that scene, she was furiously pouting, “Sakurawasn’t able to put up with it anymore, so she decided to run away!She doesn’t even want to see his face right now!”

“I see. Hearingyour circumstances, I can kind of understand why you ran away.”

“Suzuka-chanreally is a good girl after all! It’s the first time that someoneunderstood Sakura’s problems!”

“It’s probablybecause I’m a fellow little sister who’s also always troubled by herbig brother.”

“Probably!That’s why, Sakura is thankful that she can stay here until thingscool down!”

“Yes, Icompletely understand…………….Wait?”

In that moment,Suzuka’s movements came to a sudden stop after hearing Sakura’swords. And I didn’t miss the exact moment when cold sweat startedflowing down her cheek.

“Uhm, what didyou just say?”

“Hm? Like shesaid, Sakura was thanking you for letting her stay here until thingscalm down at home! Thank you so much, Suzuka-chan!”

“Eh?!?!W-What?! When?! How did we end up at that?!” Panicking, Suzukalooked around the room in confusion.

…..To thinkthat she would get Suzuka to this point….Sakura really is aterrifying girl, isn’t she?

“W-Wait amoment, please?! T-That just now was figure of speech! It’s true thatI could understand Minazuki-san’s standpoint but I didn’t exactlygive you permission to stay over, did I?!”

“Eh? Then,everything you told Sakura was just a lie….?” Sakura opened hereyes in shock.

Tears wereleaking from her eyes and she looked like a little puppy beingscolded by its owner. Probably unable to withstand that, Suzukafaltered and tried her best to deny it while shaking her headfuriously.

“I-I wasn’tlying! I really want to help you out but, uhm, letting you stay overis still a bit…..!”

“So, Sakurareally can’t stay here….?”

“I-I mean,Onii-chan is living here after all! You wouldn’t want any indecentevents to occur, right?!”

“Ah, that’stotally fine! As Onii-chan’s little sister, we basically are family,after all, and Onii-chan isn’t the type of person to do anythingbad.”

“Again, don’tjust go and call yourself his little sister! …..I-I know thatOnii-chan won’t do anything like that but still…..!” Suzukaseemed to be trying her best to obstruct Sakura from staying over,but she was still lacking that critical hit.

Even after that,no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t overcome Sakura’sattitude.

“Ugh….I stillwon’t allow it! Onii-chan will be very busy as of now, so I can’tjust allow it! I can’t allow any distractions!” She said, thinkingthat she had found the critical hit she needed.

“Busy withwhat?”

“We will holdsome special lessons so that he falls in love with little sisters!”She blurted that out.

“Speciallessons for falling in love with little sisters?”

“Ah?!”Realizing her misstep, Suzuka had an expression that was almostscreaming ‘I messed up!’.

“Hey, Onii-chanis the little-sister-loving Towano Chikai, right? Why does he needspecial lessons now?”

“T-That’s….!”

Confronted bySakura’s expected – yet unanswerable – question, Suzuka flinched.

“Hey,Onii-chan? What does she mean by that?”

Instead ofSuzuka, Sakura switched her target and asked me instead, leaving meno other choice but to open my mouth.

“Ah,that’s….even though I am the one that wrote this little sisternovel, in reality, there are still some things I don’t understandabout loving little sisters.”

“O-Onii-chan?!”Suzuka looked at me with a shocked expression but I only shook myhead, admitting that we are cornered.

There’s no waythat we can keep it a secret from Sakura after all, and before myposition as a stand-in gets revealed, we have no choice but to tellher at least the general gist of our problem.

“I’d reallylike you to keep this a secret, but I was actually worrying aboutthis while writing. If something like this would really satisfy reallittle sister fanatics. I came to the conclusion that I was stilllacking something. I think that I really have to develop a deep lovefor little sisters or else….”

“And for thatyou’re getting special lessons….?”

I confirmed herquestion with a nod while Suzuka was looking at me with a worriedexpression.

….Now then, Iwonder what Sakura will think of me, now that she heard that.

Having revealedthe fact that, even though I wrote such a novel, I feel nothing atall towards little sisters….will she feel betrayed after all? Orwill she be disappointed like Sakurada-san?

Thinking that, Iwas waiting for Sakura’s next words but….

“So you wereworried about something like that… Yep, Sakura can’t leave youalone now!”

“Eh?”

I was at a lossfor words because Sakura said that with a bright smile on her face.

“AlthoughSakura is really surprised to hear that you are struggling with that,you can leave it to her! As Onii-chan’s little sister, Sakura willteach you all about a little sister’s cuteness!”

“Ah…ehm….?”

“What do youmean by that?!” Suzuka screamed out.

“Sakura willhelp Onii-chan out with his special lessons! With that, Onii-chanwill surely fall in love with little sisters, and that gives her thepossibility to stay over! Two birds with one stone!”

“What are yousaying?! First of all, you’re still not his little sister, and secondof all, don’t just take this as an opportunity to stay over!”

“Ehhh? But,Suzuka-chan, isn’t Sakura’s plan really amazing?”

Hearing that,Suzuka grit her teeth.

…..I wonderwhere she got that perseverance….

“T-That’s notthe case! Minazuki-san’s logic has a fatal flaw!”

However, Suzukadidn’t back down now as she pushed out her chest.

“And what doesSuzuka-chan think that is?”

“Minazuki-san’sassistance is not necessary is what I am saying! Onii-chan alreadyhas me as his real little sister!”

“But, there’sno way that Onii-chan would actually fall in love with his reallittle sister, right?”

Stab!!!

W-Wasit just my imagination or was there a big sword being stabbed intoSuzuka’s chest?

“…..Wha…..Wha?!”

“Rather,wouldn’t it be harder for him to fully awaken as a little sisterfanatic when it’s his real little sister who’s teaching him? That’swhy, you should count on Sakura this time!” Sakura’s wordscontinued to inflict critical damage to Suzuka.

And,since her argument was completely logical, Suzuka couldn’t sayanything back.

“Thatbeing said, Sakura will stay here and help Onii-chan with his speciallessons!”

“……….”While Sakura turned towards me with a big smile on her face, Suzukawas frozen in place. Until……

“Fufu,fufufu……..” Her small body started shaking as she stood up.

…..N-Notgood. Isn’t she really getting pissed off now?!

“F-Finewith me….! I’ll gladly show you, then!” She glared at Sakura withtears in her eyes, “That a real little sister will never loseagainst a fake like you!!”

Inresponse, Sakura smiled with a “Just what Sakura wanted to hear!”

Itseems like in the spur of the moment, it was decided that Sakurawould be staying here for the time being, not to mention as my littlesister.

….Eh?What’s my opinion you ask? Neither of them even care, for fuck’ssake!

Part2:

“Fornow, we have to clean the room that you’ll be using.”

Afterit was unanimously (?) decided that Sakura would be staying over,Suzuka said that we should clean the room that she would be stayingin.

“Onii-chan,I’ll wipe off the dust now, so could you please open the window?”

“Sure,”I moved accordingly to Suzuka’s instructions.

Sincemy superhuman of a little sister also did every possible chore in thehouse, something like this was nothing special for her.

“Ohhh,Sakura’s home doesn’t have such a Japanese-styled room, so this is abreath of fresh air for her! And it’s really spacious!”

Shestood behind us, looking around inside the room. By the way, theapron had been confiscated by Suzuka and she had changed into her ownclothes again.

“Thankyou very much for doing this just for Sakura!”

“Well,after we decided on everything, we had to prepare a place for you tosleep, after all.”

“ButSakura would’ve been fine with staying in Onii-chan’s room togetherwith him~”

“Ofcourse you can’t do that! What are you thinking?!”

Sakuraresponded with a nonchalant “It’s a joke~” but Suzuka wasn’thaving any of that and scolded her with “That didn’t sound like ajoke at all!”

Likethis, Suzuka was trying her best to keep Sakura in check, but knowingSakura, she was going to give her a run for her money.

…Thisthought had occurred to me before while we were at Comiket, butsomeone like Sakura might be a natural enemy for a serious personlike Suzuka. It’s not like they hate each other, but they can’treally communicate properly.

“But,well, Sakura can always go to Onii-chan’s room if she wants to seehim, so it’s fine.”

“O-Onii-chanwill be really busy from now on, so any unnecessary contact with himis prohibited!”

“Eh~?But sneaking into his room at night should be fine, right? Sakurawon’t be a bother to him if he’s sleeping, after all.”

“Onii-chan!From now on, you will always lock the door when you got to bed!”

“Youknow that I can’t lock my room, right?”

That’swhy I always have to be careful when playing eroge— no, it’snothing!

“But,Suzuka-chan, don’t you think that sneaking into a lonely Onii-chan’sroom is something that would get him fired up towards littlesisters?”

“….I-Isthat so?”

“It’strue that in little sister light novels, there are a lot of sceneslike that.”

“….Isee.”

“Still,please hold back on scaring me to death, okay?”

Andif they were to do that on a regular basis, what would happen to mysleep schedule?

“Eh~?Sakura thought that it would be a good idea for your speciallessons…..Ah, then, Onii-chan just has to sneak into Sakura’sfuton! You’re always welcome, okay?”

“Onii-chan!From now on, we will tie your arms and legs to the bed while yousleep, okay!”

“Iwon’t go anyway! Just how small is your trust in me?!”

Whydo you have to take every joke she makes seriously…

“O-Onii-chan’sspecial lessons aren’t chances for you to play with him, so hold backon stuff like that! Okay, Minazuki-san?”

“It’sSakura!”

“Eh?”

“Sakurawants you to call her by her given name. Since she will be stayinghere as Onii-chan’s little sister, she doesn’t want to be treatedlike an outsider.”

“Grrr…….Youaren’t Onii-chan’s sister at all!” Suzuka retorted as she grit herteeth, “O-Okay, I understand…..I will call you Sakura-santhen….Is that okay?”

“Yeah!….But, since we’re basically sisters now, which one of us will bethe older sister? Should Sakura call you Suzuka-oneechan?”

“Why?!You clearly are older than me!”

“But,Suzuka-oneechan seems very grown-up. Don’t you think so too,Onii-chan?”

“Well,personality-wise you might be right about that…?”

“Shedoesn’t exactly look all that grown-up,” — is what I wanted toadd, but I felt Suzuka’s glare so I held back.

“There’sno need for us to address each other like that! We will keep it likebefore!”

“Okaaaaay.So, that means that we are twins, right?”

“Canwe stop talking about that?!”

“But,with twins, there are little sisters and big sisters as well, right?So Sakura should really call you Suzuka-oneechan.”

“Whydid we return to that in a matter of seconds?!”

“Howabout you stop discussing every little thing with her?”

Whilethe both of them kept going like that, we continued cleaning.

…Soon,the windows were done.

“…Really,why is she so difficult for me to deal with…” Suzuka said as shecontinued cleaning the dust off the shelves. She took out the vacuumcleaner, and in no time at all, the room looked completely differentfrom before.

“Woah.Amazing! Suzuka really is amazing at cleaning!”

“Notjust cleaning but also cooking and laundry. She really is a pro athousework chores,” I added, making Sakura clap in amazement.

“S-Somethinglike this is no big deal…” She said as she fiddled with herhands, “And also, because Onii-chan is such a good-for-nothing bigbrother, as a little sister I have to at least do this much.”

“Muuu,really Onii-chan…..” Sakura let out a small snicker.

Inthe meantime, Suzuka opened the closet to take out a futon, openingit gracefully.

“Ohh,like a landlady…..!”

“Asa little sister, you have to be able to do these sorts of things inyour sleep.”

Witha motivated expression, Sakura raised her hand and said “Sakurawill try it too!”

“Sure,go ahead,” Suzuka responded as she picked up the futon and crammedit back into the closet.

“Hup…Hup…!” Sakura tried to set out the futon like Suzuka had, butended up struggling due to the futon’s size.

Sheprobably had never done anything like this because she didn’t haveany Japanese-styled rooms at home.

AsI thought that…

“Uwa…”

“H-Hey,Sakura-san! Your underwear is visible!”

“Feh?”

Crouchingdown on top of the futon, Sakura was so focussed that she didn’trealize that she pointed her butt at us, showing us a clear view ofher panties.

…..P-Pink!

“Eh?Hya?!” Having realized her position, she hurriedly pulled down herskirt and sat down.

Inthe next moment, she looked up at me with flushed cheeks.

“….Onii-chan,you pervert!” She smiled at me and stuck out her tongue as if shewanted to tease me.

Seeingher like this, I couldn’t stop my cheeks from flushing as well.

“W-What’sup with that reaction as if she planned it all from the beginning!”

“Thisis something Sakura can do because she’s your little sister!Normally, you’d be embarrassed when someone sees your panties, butsince Sakura is his little sister, it has a ‘well it happens’ feelingto it and we both can be happy as we laugh about it! Right,Onii-chan?”

“Eh?Ah, well, yeah…..”

Truthbe told, when it happens with your little sister, it’d be weird topay it a lot of attention because she’s your family, so you justthink ‘So clumsy~’ and forget about it.

….Thisis one of the perks of having a little sister, I guess.

“Onii-chan!Pull yourself together! And Sakura-san too, don’t go pulling apanchira just because you feel like it!”

“Ehehe,Sakura didn’t do it on purpose though. Even she is embarrassed byit.”

Indicatingthat she wasn’t lying, her cheeks were slightly flushed as shelowered her head.

“……Ku!?So you just thought that it would be fine to do something like that?!….Well, it’s not like it doesn’t help Onii-chan with his speciallessons but….!”

“Onii-chanlooked really delighted too.”

“Ah,forget it! Let’s just finish this up!” I said as I decided to helpSakura with the futon.

“Mhm…..hup.Ah, Onii-chan?”

“Ican’t keep looking like this. Hold here, will you?”

“Yeah!Thank you Onii-chan!”

SeeingSakura and I working together, Suzuka pouted.

“Whyare you taking her bait, Onii-chan…?” I realized that she wasglaring at me like crazy.

“Fordinner, I’m thinking of using up the leftovers from today’s lunch.I’ll make a lot of Onii-chan’s favourite stuff, so look forward toit!”

Havingfinished cleaning up the room, it had gotten pretty late, so Suzukawas about to start preparations for dinner. Suzuka put on an apronand looked even more motivated than ever as she stood in the kitchen.

“It’sobvious that the little sister should cook food for her big brother.Something like this is a must, you might even call it!” She clearlysaid that while being completely aware that Sakura was listening.

Ofcourse, without ignoring that, Sakura responded.

“Sakurawill also cook something for Onii-chan!” She also put on an apron(this time with clothes underneath) and headed towards the kitchen.

“Ican’t just watch you two, so let me help out with something.”

“Sakurawill make some omelettes, so would you scramble some eggs for Sakura?Three should be enough.”

“Understood.”

“Onii-chan,I also need some eggs, so can you do the same for me? I need six,though.”

“Gotit.”

“Ah,then Sakura needs eight!”

“Mhm….?Then prepare ten for me!”

“Don’tmake a fight out of everything!”

Likethis, even during the preparations for dinner, they kept getting ineach other’s nerves. Still, things proceeded fairly smoothly.

And,when it was time to eat and their respective dishes were lined upnext to each other—

“…..Hmpf.”

“Muuuuuu……”

Suzukahad a confident smile on her face while Sakura had tears in her eyes.You might have been able to guess just from that, but Suzuka’s dishlooked so delicious that you could sell it in a store withoutproblems, while Sakura’s dish was losing its form and had been burnedin several places.

“Sakuramessed up…” She said in defeat.

Well,it’s not like this was a competition or anything.

“I-It’snot entirely inedible so let’s just start eating, okay?” I tried tocheer her up a bit.

Likethis, we started eating dinner.

“Ireally put my everything into this for a long time. I have confidencein it, so eat to your heart’s content, Onii-chan.”

“Ah,yeah. It’s as delicious as always.”

Givingher my honest opinion, she put one hand to her cheek and startedlaughing. She then proceeded to recommend all the different thingsshe had cooked.

Onthe other hand, Sakura…

“…….”Throwing glances at me and her own food repeatedly, she moved herchopsticks with a lonely expression.

Seeingher like that, my chest hurt a little bit.

“Ah,let me eat some of Sakura’s food too.”

“Eh?Ah, okay. Comparing it to Suzuka-chan’s food though, it’s……”

“That’snot true……Yeah, it doesn’t look perfect but it’s not all thatbad, okay? It’s really delicious actually.”

“R-Really?Fufu…..” Putting her food in my mouth, Sakura showed me a brightsmile, “But, Sakura wants to improve even more so tell her yourspecific impression!”

“Mhm?I think that if you prepared a bit more for it, you can get astronger taste and I really like—-“

“….Onii-chan!I made a lot so please eat some of mine too!” With these words,Suzuka pushed another plate with her food into my direction.

“A-Ah,yeah……yup, it’s really delicious.”

“Onlythat….?”

“Eh?Well, I don’t really have any other words to describe the taste…..”

Hercooking is perfect after all and it perfectly fits with my likes anddislikes. I can’t think of any words other than delicious, really.

Sakura,though…..

“Sakuracreated all these different things, so she’ll focus on one thing tomake it more delicious, okay? Like that, she’s sure that her otherdishes will also improve.”

“Isee…..Yeah! Give it your best!”

Sinceit’s not exactly perfect, there are a lot of things she can improveon, making it easier for me to actually help her.

“M-Muuuu…..!It’s unfair……! Why do you only look at her even though mine isway better….!”

“That’snot the case, you know? Suzuka-chan’s dishes are all so well done!Seeing that, as a fellow little sister, I’m really jealous!”

“Thenwhy is Onii-chan favouring you all the time….!”

Idon’t have any intention of picking favourites, though?

SeeingSuzuka glare at me, I tried to follow up with “O-Of course, yourfood is way more delicious, you know?” but that didn’t fix her badmood.

“That’sright. He’s probably only focusing more on Sakura’s cooking becauseher level isn’t the same as yours!”

“Theone who’s less skilled gets the most attention, you say?!”

Suzukaseemed to have received a huge shock. I realized that this was allsupposed to be another special lesson.

…..Well,there’d be no other reason why she would want to get my attentionanyway. I also realized something else thanks to Sakura’s words: Oneof the most important personality traits that makes a little sistercute, called ‘slight incompetence’. Having someone from your ownfamily to protect like that is what draws out the cuteness of ‘littlesisters’.

“Still,I can’t just make mistakes on purpose like that….! Even though Ihave to make Onii-chan fall in love with little sisters….!”

“No,there’s no need to fake mistakes or anything….”

Also,it would be very troublesome for me if the perfect strict superhumanSuzuka were to change into that girly-like little sister character. Idon’t see Suzuka in that light at all.

“That’sright, Suzuka-chan. People have things they are good and bad at, soSakura can’t become the same little sister like you. We just have towork together to awaken the little sister fanatic in Onii-chan!”She said as she entwined her arm with mine, having a charming smileon her face and adding, “Right, Onii-chan?”

I’mwell aware of the fact that she’s only acting, but when she’s thisclose to me I can’t stop my heart from beating faster.

“And?Have you started to fall in love with little sisters, Onii-chan?”

“I-Iwouldn’t be having so much trouble if it were that easy.”

Still,looking at Sakura right now, I thought, ‘So this is the cuteness of alittle sister’.

Beingconfronted with a little sister element that I had never experiencedwith Suzuka, I felt like I couldn’t calm down. Since this iscompletely different from my perfect little sister Suzuka, anuncomfortable feeling was assaulting me.

“Muuuuu……..”

However,it’s not like Suzuka isn’t cute or anything. She’s a real beauty,after all, and looking at her you’ll only find personality traitsthat you can praise. She’s the kind of little sister that would neverembarrass you wherever you might take her. But, because she hates me,our conversations aren’t all that sibling-like.

That’swhy I don’t understand what there is to love about little sisters.

“B-But,I still am Onii-chan’s real little sister, so I have moreresponsibilities and duties than Sakura-san. In the end, I have to bethe one to work towards the goal of him falling in love with littlesisters the most……!”

“Ehh?But isn’t Sakura technically his real little sister too right now?”

“No,that’s not the same! I have spent way more time with Onii-chan thatyou could ever imagine, after all!” She puffed out her chest.

Nowthat she says it, weren’t we always on bad terms until I became herstand-in?

“Forexample, the composition that Onii-chan wrote in his second-year ofgrade school! The title was ‘My treasure’ and he said there: ‘Mylittle sister is is my most important treasure!’”

“ Cough?! “I swallowed my breath from hearing her suddenly bring that up. Thatwas from so far back that even I had forgotten about it.

“Also,in his first year of grade school, he gave me the Santa Claus fromthe Christmas cake even though he wanted him for himself, and when Iwas in kindergarten, it was my birthday and he wanted to buy me apresent but he didn’t have enough money so he came home crying.”

“W-Wait!D-Did something like that ever happen?!”

Andwhy do you remember it so clearly even though I have no memory ofthat?!

ButSuzuka didn’t listen to my words and merely continued.

“Justlike this, I know everything about Onii-chan. That’s why you can restassured and leave everything to me. As his real little sister, I willtake the responsibility and make him fall in love with littlesisters,” She said as she crossed her arms in front of her chest,making Sakura pout.

It’sstill a mystery to me why they have to make a competition out ofeverything, but Suzuka was in the right, which is why Sakura couldn’tsay anything back.

“………Fiendishero-books.”

However,at that time, she muttered something under her breath.

“Onii-chanhas fiendish ero-books hidden in his room!”

“H-HeySakura?!”

“It’strue that there are things that only Suzuka-chan knows but that’s thesame for Sakura! Like Onii-chan’s taste on knee-socks! Or hisfavourite design on panties! His first eroge he ever bought and soon! He told Sakura everything yesterday!”

“Whyare you back-stabbing me now?!?!?!??!” I scowled as I rememberedthat nightmare yesterday.

Ihurriedly turned towards Suzuka, trying to talk my way out of thisbut….

“……Onii-chan?”

“Hiiiii?!”

Avoice so heavy the ground seemed to shake. Judging from myexperience, this seriously won’t end well.

Turningaround with the stiff movement of a robot, I saw, just as expected,my little sister shaking with anger.

“Youwill tell me more about that discussion you two were having.”

Beingconfronted with her overwhelmingly pressuring request, I nodded withmy head at the speed of light.

Afterthat, I was dragged to my room and forced to bring out every ero-bookand eroge that I had been hiding. You could say that all my sins (inthat regard) were taken away from me, literally.

Withmy privacy being violated like this two days in a row, I wondered ifit was karma for some evil deeds I had done in my previous life.

Also,I would really appreciate it if you wouldn’t ask me what things theywere saying during these horrible horrible moments of that unveiling.I’ll give you a little teaser though.

“J-J-J-Justhow much of a pervert are you, Onii-chan!”

“Uwa,Onii-chan is a boy after all, huh.”

Hearingthese two phrases, you can probably guess what kinds of things theywere looking at. I wanted to die. But I couldn’t, so I had no otherchoice but to close my ears so that I didn’t have to listen to whatthey were saying about my tastes and so on.

“….S-SoOnii-chan likes situations like that…….!”

Part3:

“Ah…whata ruthless day this was……”

Takinga shower in the bathroom, I dropped my shoulders. All of a sudden, Ihave to awaken my love for little sisters and all of a sudden I get anew little sister and ALL OF A SUDDEN I have lost my pride as a bigbrother…..

“Well,the first two are more important right now…..yeah.”

Ithrew out all the unnecessary stuff from my head and focused on thethings I should not forget.

Fallin love with little sisters.

Tosatisfy Sakurada-san – to stop him from modifying the characters -I have to become a little sister fanatic no matter what. I know Ihave a little sister in real life, but I can’t chicken out because ofthat anymore. Both Suzuka and Sakura are doing this for my sake,even though they clearly hate it (Sakura maybe not so much though.…).They are doing their best to show me the cuteness of a little sister,so I have to give it my best, too. Especially Suzuka, since this allstarted because my acting as a stand-in wasn’t good enough.

“….Well,it’s not like I don’t think that they’re cute.”

From‘Cute’ until ‘In love’ it’s a straight line. However, in the case ofloving little sisters, there’s a grave barrier that stops me. Theexistence of Suzuka. My blood-related little sister. And these wordsshe said on that day—

“…..O-Onii-chan?”

“Wha?!”

Inthat moment, a heard the voice of the person I was thinking about,scaring me to the bone.

“Suzuka?!Y-You—! Why are you here?!”

Whyis Suzuka peeking through the door with a deep red face?!

“D-D-D-Don’tmisunderstand me! A-And don’t turn around!” In matter of seconds,she had already entered the bath.

Iwas about to conceal my eyes with my hands but….

“S-School……swimsuit….?!”

SeeingSuzuka wear something unbelievable like a school swimsuit, I couldonly freeze up on the spot.

“S-Staystill please! I will wash your back for you……!”

Butshe didn’t stop with that. She gradually came closer and softlytouched my back.

“W-W-W-Waitwait wait! W-W-Why are you doing this out of the blue?!” I felt mycheeks get hot.

EvenSuzuka looked like she was about to explode.

“P-P-Pleasecalm down! This is just a special lesson so that you fall in lovewith little sisters! We lost a huge amount of time because ofSakura-san, so I have to put in even more effort than before!”

“A-Ah,special lesson! Yeah, makes sense! There shouldn’t be another reasonthan that….but why in a school swimsuit?”

“Therewas a scene like this in the ero-books that I read in your room wherethe girl was wearing something like this……and I can’t loseagainst Sakura-san here…..!”

“Loseagainst Sakura…..?”

“I-It’snothing! This swimsuit was something that Double Peace-sensei hadleft here and it happened to fit me so there’s your reason!” Itlooked like her whole body had turned red from embarrassment, makingme gulp.

“S-Solike I said, this will be a special lesson! This time we will useskinship so that Onii-chan doesn’t have to think about anything weirdand can just focus on falling in love with little sisters!”

“R-Rogerthat!”

Themere act of trying to make me fall in love with little sisters ispretty weird already, but I decided not to say that out loud.

“H-HereI go then….!” She said as she started scrubbing my back.

Woah….it’sbeen years since someone has done this for me, so it somehow feelsweird. And, just remembering that the one doing it is Suzuka makes meticklish for some reason.

“….H-Howis it, Onii-chan? A-Am I doing it right…?”

“Eh,ah, it feels good, I guess….?” Truth be told, she was doing it socarefully that I could feel my muscles relax.

…..Gettingyour back washed by your little sister isn’t bad at all, huh.

“O-Onii-chan’sback is surprisingly big.”

“I-isthat so? I think that it’s pretty normal.” Getting more accustomedto the situation, I was starting to relax. At first I was perplexedbut when I thought that Suzuka would do even something like this forme, I felt a certain heat inside my heart—

“Uwa?!”

Inthat moment, I felt a soft sensation on my back, making my whole bodytwitch.

“W-Whatis it?! Please don’t move so suddenly!”

“But,well, they’re hitting my back….!”

“Hittingyour back? What do you mean?”

Nono, there’s only one thing — or rather two things — that would betouching my back in a situation like this!

However,I was unable to say that out loud.

“T-That’s……”

Aftera few seconds, it seemed like Suzuka had also realized what I wastalking about.

“W-Wha….!What are you thinking about, Onii-chan!”

“I-It’syour fault, isn’t it?!”

“I-I’mnot doing it on purpose! T-They just happened to touch you that’sall….! U-Uhhhhh, what am I doing……!” I didn’t have to turnaround to guess what her face looked like right now.

“W-Well,it was an accident, so let’s both forget about it.”

“T-That’sright! Please forget it! As fast as possible!” Possibly trying tohide her embarrassment, she started washing my back again, this timewith a lot more force than before.

“Wai—?!Too strong! It hurts!”

“F-Forgetit! At once! Uhh……!”

Beingunable to stand it anymore, I tried to turn around to grab her armbut….

“Uwa?!”

“Kya?!”

Withthe floor being slippery from the soap, the both of us managed tograndiosely fall over onto said floor. I managed to put my hands downbut something hit the back of my head, making me see stars.

“…Ouch….!”

Asmy whole world was spinning, I looked to my side with tears in myeyes, seeing the chair I had been sitting on before I fell over.

“And…Suzuka?Suzuka, are you—-“

Okay?—waswhat I wanted to finish with but my brain stopped working as I lookeddown below me.

“…O-Onii-chan…”Suzuka’s face was right next my arms.

Actually,my body was almost touching Suzuka.

….Wait,wait wait wait. Calm down….Don’t tell me….!”

“U-Uhm,Suzuka-san?” I raised my voice in fear.

Nomatter how one looked it it – even from my standpoint as the oneresponsible – it was painfully obvious in what position we werecurrently in and I would like you all to calm down. Even if Ihappened to push down Suzuka like this, it was merely an accident!This doesn’t have any deeper meaning, and this won’t end like aneroge, okay?!

“……Ah…..Ah…..”Suzuka was shaking like crazy and she looked up at me with a redface.

However,her gaze started to wander from my face towards my chest, down to mybelly, and even further below. I only had to look at her eyes torealize where she had ended up now. Her whole body went red, her eyesseemed to be spinning, and she let out a thin voice.

Now,here’s the question. What would Suzuka be looking at right now?

Hint1: This is the bath and I was wearing suitable clothing.

Hint 2: Nothing.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!?!?!!”

“Guh?!”

Inthe next moment, Suzuka let out a piercing scream, pushed me away,and ran off. Because of that, I hit my back on the wall at fullforce, but that was the least of my problems.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?!What the hell am I doing?! Ahhhhh?!?! Accident or not, why am Ipushing down my blood-related little sister like that?! Butt-naked?!Butt-fucking-naked?!

“Ughh,sorry Suzuka. I’m a scummy excuse for a big brother….”

Fora while, I kept on sitting in that spot, sinking into self-loathing.

Whydid it have to end up like this? –Ithought to myself with tears in my eyes, remembering the incidentfrom before.

Special lesson or not, I really took it toofar, huh….Well, I really thought that this difference from Suzuka’susual stoic attitude was really frigging cute but—-

“Hey, I should be reflecting right now! Whatam I thinking about!”

Trying to calm down my head, I cooled down thewater in the shower.

“Well, it’s a fact that she was reallycute……” My true feelings escaped my mouth once more.

Trying to drown out these feelings, I turnedthe shower nozzle on full blast.

Part 4:

“Good morning, Onii-chan,Suzuka-chan…..yawwwwwn.”

The next morning at the breakfast table, Sakuraentered the room with sleepy eyes.

“It’s Sunday and you’re still up soearly…….Mhm? Did something happen?”

“N-No it’s nothing”

“N-Nothing in particular.”

Sakura inspected our reactions and tilted herhead in confusion. Both Suzuka and I had decided that we would tryour best to forget what happened yesterday but that certainly isn’tas easy as it sounds. After all, events like these could easily causetrauma or PTSD. That’s how severe that incident was for the both ofus.

“S-Suzuka is always up pretty early, even onSundays, you know?”

“Is that so? Amazing!”

With that, I started eating breakfast with thetwo of them.

“And? What’s our plan for the day?” Sakuraasked as she leaned over the table after we finished eating.

“Of course, we will conduct special lessonsfor Onii-chan today as well. We don’t have much time left,” Suzukaanswered as she washed the dishes.

“Agreed!” Sakura lifted up her hand butsoon after continued with, “Ah, but Sakura has to go to her jobtoday.”

Speaking about her job, Sakura is a voiceactress, but what does her job actually look like? I wanted to askher about it but…..

“Ah, that’s mine. Sorry……Yes, hello?”

A ringtone reverberated inside the living roomand Sakura took out her phone, answering the incoming call.

“Ah, yes, good morning! …….Eh? Whathappened?” Since she was using formal language, it probably wasn’tsomeone from her family. Probably a call from her manager about herjob.

“…? Sakura-san is on the phone?” Suzukaasked as she came back from the kitchen and I told her myspeculations.

“Eh? I don’t have to come in today? Then,what about the recording today…..Ah, but today it was ‘Small room’after all, so maybe someone else— ah, is that okay?”

….Mhm? It seemed like she looked at me for asecond….

“Then that’s fine! Sakura has a knack forthese things after all! Please do it just as planned…..Yes,together with Sakura. Yes, until later!” She looked really excitedas she cut the call.

Drinking the tea that Suzuka had poured in forme, I asked “A call from work?”

“Onii-chan! Won’t you participate with me ina radio broadcast?”

“ Pfttttttt “Being asked something incredible like that out of the blue, some teagot into my trachea.

“ CoughCough It’s in my nose…!H-Hot!”

“A-Are you okay, Onii-chan?!”

“That being said, let’s go to the studio!”

“ CoughCough ! Can we slow downjust a tiny bit?!” I said with watery eyes as Suzuka patted me onthe back.

The circumstances turned out to be somethinglike the following.

“So, basically, you were supposed to appearin a radio broadcast today but the guest voice actress couldn’t makeit, so it was about to be cancelled. Then, you decided to take mewith you and run the show as planned…..is that correct?”

“Yep, that’s right!”

“Don’t ‘Yep, that’s right’ me! Don’tdecide everything without asking me! And there’s no way I can justjump in for another voice actress, right?!

“Why? Onii-chan is Towano Chikai after all,so you’d be an even bigger guest!”

“I have no clue what you’re talkingabout….There’s no way I can just do the work of a voice actress,and I’ve never done anything like that before, not to mention thatI’d rather not get too much attention.”

Hearing my words, Suzuka also nodded. I barelymanaged to get through the signing session and the lecture, but I’drather not take the risk here if I can avoid it.

“Ah, that’s totally fine! Sakura doesn’t wantto show her face either, so it will be voice only! They’ll record itand publish it online!”

“Well, but—”

“Onii-chan is a super-popular light novelauthor after all, so he can’t just appear in something like thatwithout the permission of his editor.”

In that moment, Suzuka provided a perfectfollow up. Good job!

“Is that so? Then, how about we ask youreditor, Onii-chan?”

“……..Eh?”

Ringring ring ring ring ring

「Hello?Towano-sensei? Do you need some food for your thoughts this early inthe morning? Eh, you don’t? …..What? You want to be a guest inMinazuki Sakura’s broadcast? Superb! You managed to get someconnections with a super popular voice actress I see! Since this is aperfect opportunity, please feel free to join her! Do everything youcan to gain some publicity! Though, this is quite the surprise thisearly…… Yeah, this is a good chance. If you can, bring yourlittle sister with you too!」

…………….

“Seems like we got the OK from Shinozaki-san!Yay!”

Sakura on her part seemed to be extremely happyabout that result, but that wasn’t the same for Suzuka and me.

……Shinozaki-san, you’re a bit too lazysometimes…..

In that moment, I realized something.

…..Can’t we use this situation as a chance?

“Onii-chan needs his special lessons rightnow, so he clearly doesn’t have the time for something like—”

“No, Suzuka. I think I’ll help Sakura out.”

“Onii-chan?!” She turned around in panic.

She looked at me with a gaze that was trying totell me “What are you thinking?!”

“Hey, since I’ll be a guest on there, Sakurawill ask me some questions, right?”

“Yep, that’s right. About you being anauthor, as a person, something like an analysis of Towano Chikai!”

“Alright, I’ll join you, then. However,Suzuka has to come with me. Otherwise I won’t.”

“O-Onii-chan?! What are you—”

“Of course she can! Yay! Like this, we canall spend some time together!” Cutting Suzuka off, Sakura threw herarms into the air out of joy, “I’ll tell my producer that it’sdecided!” she continued as she once more took out the phone.

“…O-Onii-chan! What are you planning ondoing….!”

While Sakura was gleefully talking on thephone, Suzuka started talking to me in a quiet voice.

…..She’s clearly pissed….

“Even though you clearly should be takingsome special lessons so why—”

“I know. I agreed to it with that in mind,”When I responded with that, Suzuka was clearly surprised.

“You know, I really think that I have to fallin love with little sisters, but I have no clue how to achieve that.Maybe I can use this broadcast as a chance— is what I thought, yousee.”

“A-And what do you plan on doing?”

“Being all lovey-dovey in front of countlesspeople and make an appeal that I love little sisters. Of course,it’ll be acting, but I’ll be as lovey-dovey as I can be, tellingmyself that I am a little sister fanatic,” I responded with aserious expression.

The idea might sound crazy but I was sure thatit would work. To overcome the hurdle inside me that stops me fromfalling in love with little sisters, I have no other way but to forcemyself into that mindset.

…..Normally I’d go down on my knees and begthem to take it easy on me, but that incident with Sakurada-san is100% my fault. If that’s the case, I have to overcome this hurdlewith my own effort, in the true meaning of a ‘special lesson’.

“Since Sakura will be the one askingquestions, we can get the best flirty experience out of this.Considering my love for little sisters, it’s not like I couldn’tunderstand where exactly it comes from, so I might just get pulledalong and awaken to little sisters during that…..”

Of course, there’s no way I can say that forcertain, but we have to take every chance we can get.

“………….”

I explained everything to Suzuka as best as Icould, but she kept quiet for some reason. And her face seems to havegotten red and her eyes are watery…..?

“Suzuka?”

“T-Together with Onii-chan…..being alllovey-dovey…..on a radio broadcast…….in front of countlesspeople…..a lovey-dovey appeal…..!” She merely mutteredsomething under her breath.

Whathappened…? — I wondered as Itilted my head in confusion. A moment later, I realized it.

D-Don’t tell me….she’s mad that I decided onall of that without asking her?

…..That’s the only possible thing, right?!W-What should I do…!

“S-Suzuka, I’m sorry!”

“Ehe, ehehehehehehehehe…..ehe? W-What isit, Onii-chan?!”

“I’m sorry for accepting without asking you!I apologize! But, I beg you! I’m sure that you don’t like it, butplease put up with it for my special training! I have to awaken as alittle sister fanatic or else….!” I lowered my head countlesstimes.

I’m sure that, for Suzuka, doing something likethis must be something similar to hell, but I continued to beg her.

“Wha?! P-Please stop! Being able to flirt allI want with Onii-chan in a radio broadcast is the best— no, forgetabout that! It’s true that I’m not particularly fond of it, but thisis a necessary duty as your little sister that I will happilyaccept— n-no! I will force myself!”

“Really….? Isn’t that a huge burden foryou….?”

“I’m inexperienced but please take care of—not that! I do think that it is a good training opportunity and thereis also a huge chance that our director might actually listen to thatbroadcast so we might actually kill two birds with one stone! I-It’snot like I’m happing for this opportunity or anything, so don’t getany weird misunderstanding! Ehe, ehehehe” She said with her ‘Ehehelaughing face’.

Her reaction was a mystery to me, but I wasrelieved that she would cooperate with me, and I was a bit happy thatshe agreed on the fact that it would be a good training opportunity.

…..I’m glad. Suzuka, I will not let thisopportunity go to waste, so you’d better watch me!

“Thank you, Suzuka….It might be tough, butI’ll give it my best.”

“Instead of tough, it’s actually the bestthing— never! It’s only tough for me! O-Onii-chan will give it hisbest to be all lovey-dovey with me…..Ehe, ehehehehe,ehehehehhehehehehe”

In the meantime, Sakura’s call had also ended.

“Sakura’s producer was so surprised that shewould be bringing Towano Chikai-sensei with her! Now that it’sdecided, let’s go— Suzuka-chan? Is everything okay?” She said asshe looked towards Suzuka, who was completely spacing out at thispoint.

…..I couldn’t exactly tell her that she wasin pain because of my idea, so I had to cover it up.

“So Onii-chan thought of something likethis….”

Hearing Suzuka’s murmur, I also nodded tomyself.

…That just shows how serious I am.

With that, it was decided that the both of uswould be guests at Sakura’s broadcast.

Part 5:

「Alrightthen, let’s start with the preparations.」

Hearing that voice, my whole body filled upwith tension. A mic coming down from the ceiling. A small room cutoff with a glass wall. On the other side of said wall, there were theproducer we met a few minutes ago and many staff members. Across thetable we were sitting at was Sakura and next to me was Suzuka.

“Onii-chan, here.”

While Sakura was busy talking to a staffmember, Suzuka said so and handed me a small notebook.

“On there are all the answers to thequestions that she will ask, so Onii-chan just has to read off thatand you won’t have any problems. O-Of course while acting out what wehad talked about.”

“Yeah, I know. Thanks a bunch.”

When Sakura had finished writing all thequestions, Suzuka checked them and wrote a matching answer.

…..At first, we had planned to do the Q&Aimprov, but Suzuka instead told me that “Onii-chan has to focus onhis acting after all!”

“Sorry for making you do this.”

“N-No, this is a perfect chance to make anappeal in front of countless people, so I can finally see how muchOnii-chan actually loves me— No, how much Towano Chikai actuallyloves little sisters!”

“Gotcha. I’ll become Towano Chikai for you.”

“…Uhm, I even wrote down a suitable actionyou could do to make it look even more lovey-dovey, so pay attentionto that. T-They are certainly not my own wishes or anything but theywill surely have a lot of impact.”

“Alright. It wouldn’t be a training lessonafter all without that,” I answered and Suzuka drooped her headwithout saying anything back.

I assumed that she was nervous, because she wasbright red even to her ears.

「Alright,we’ll start the real deal.」

In that moment, a voice marked the start of theshow. Sakura also told me “Let’s go!” in a small voice. I startedconcentrating as the countdown started

“Hello and welcome to ‘Sakura’s small room’!My name is Minazuki Sakura and today, I will be the moderator for thesixth time! Please treat me well!”

Normally Sakura was very laid-back looking butwhen she’s working, she looks very serious and professional.

“Now then, we’ve had a lot of guests untilnow, but the one today is even one step above all of them. Thesuper-popular light novel author that wrote ‘The story about a littlesister who loves her big brother way too much to cope’, TowanoChikai!”

“Nice to meet you, I’m Towano Chikai.”

Next, Sakura turned towards Suzuka.

“However, we don’t just have Towano-sensei byhimself today! Listen here! We even arranged the little sister ofTowano-sensei to come here for this session!”

“N-Nice to meet you, I’m Towano Chikai’slittle sister.”

By the way, we asked that Suzuka’s namewouldn’t be made official.

“Not just Towano-sensei but also his littlesister, this is a super rare ‘Small room’ session! I hope you havefun listening to it!” With these words, the opening was over.

Next would be the question corner for TowanoChikai. It’ll be the real deal for me, so I opened the script Suzukahad prepared.

“Now then, let’s start the special interview!Sensei, why did you decide to write such a novel?”

This time, she didn’t ask in her role as mylittle sister but as the voice actress Minazuki Sakura. As TowanoChikai, I answered her question, using Suzuka’s script.

“That’s because I love little sisters. Orrather, I can’t even express how much I love them, which is why Itried to explain my feelings in the form of my novel.”

“I see! And, is there any reason that youfell in love with little sisters like this?”

“Not necessarily. If I had to name one, it’dbe that I am also a big brother, and there’s no big brother in thewhole world that doesn’t love his little sister.”

“T-That is a rather extreme point of view, Isee.”

I wholeheartedly agree. But, that’s what Suzukawrote, so I can’t help it.

…..Still, just what I would expect fromSuzuka. Coming up with these weird— no, pinpoint answers. Shereally is Towano Chikai.

“What do you think is the most charming pointof your novel, Sensei?”

“The lovey-dovey siblings. I mean, this isthe only charming point, anyway.”

“When you wrote the novel, what feelings wereyou using the most?”

“My love for my little sister…..And also,my love for my little sister.”

“Why twice?! …..U-Uhm, can you tell ussomething about your life when you’re not writing on your novel?”

“Flirting with my little sister when I wakeup, and dreaming about my little sister when I sleep.”

“I don’t know what I expected….. Or rather,you’re also flirting with your blood-related little sister?”

“Mhm? Why are you asking that after all thistime?”

“Well……Never mind that, let’s continuewith a more normal question. What’s Sensei’s favorite food?”

“My little sister.”

“Cannibalism?!”

“Ah, no, I meant my little sister’scooking……Although, I also like my little sister herself.”

“I-In what way?! And why is your characterso…..”

I never told Sakura about this being a speciallesson or Suzuka’s pre-written answers, so I’m sure that she’s a bitperplexed.

…..Well, she’s not exactly the only one here!I seriously doubt that a lesson where I lose my self-esteem as ahuman being is necessary!

I’ma little sister fanatic, I’m a little sister fanatic….! — AsI kept repeating these words inside my heart, I looked at the nextquestion.

“Wha?!” Seeing that ‘answer’, I almostscreamed out.

“Uhm, Sensei? Keeping quiet isn’t going tocut it here, you know?”

Hearing these words, I looked over at Suzuka indespair. Her bright red face and serious expression were basicallyscreaming out “This is only for your training!”

…..D-Damn it, I know. You’ve prepared theseoutrageous answers for my sake, but this is just….No, this isn’tthe time to waver! I have to become a little sister fanatic righthere, right now!!

“Sensei? What happened?”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I was just so entranced whileI was looking at my little sister.”

“Eh?!” Sakura opened her eyes wide. “Thatreason came out of nowhere, so I was a bit surprised… And also, yousee her every day, so why are you staring at her during ourbroadcast?”

“That’s obviously because she’s way toocute!”

“Ehhhh?”

Sakura looked like she’d had enough of me butI still continued.

“I’m sorry. I still haven’t answered yourquestion… Uhm, why I think that my little sister is so cute?That’s… because she’s my little sister after all.”

“Excuse me?! And why do you sound soconfident about that!”

“Maybe this is the truth of this world?”

“Sakura is the one asking questions here?!”

“Ahh, so cute. Why do I have such a cutelittle sister, I wonder?”

“Now Sakura is being questioned?!I-Imouto-san, w-what happened with Sensei?!” Panicking, she startedtalking to Suzuka.

“I-I’m sorry. In Onii-chan’s eyes, he canonly see me… ehehehe…”

“Why do you look so happy?!”

“Ahh, I’m sorry, Minazuki-san. I couldn’tconcentrate because I was running low on little sister nutrients. Andwhat was the question? Why is it that my little sister is the cutestthing in the whole world?”

“No!? And what do you mean by little sisternutrients anyway?!”

“When I flirt with my little sister, I getlittle sister nutrients, which give my body energy…..Ahh, is this adeficiency disease….? Since it’s come to this, can I hug yourshoulders?”

“S-Shoulders! O-Of course you can— no, notthat! I-It’s not like I enjoy it or anything, but if it’s forOnii-chan, I can’t help it, can I?!”

Whatthe hell am I doing?! — iswhat I was screaming inside my heart, but I couldn’t stop now. Isoftly embraced Suzuka from behind. Now her small body was in myarms.

“U-Uhm, Sensei’s character is really weirdright now….”

“That’s not the case though. Right?”

“H-Hya?! T-That’s right….O-Onii-chan isalways acting like this?!”

“Isn’t Imouto-san acting kind of weird?!”She glared at us as she retorted.

…..Well, it’s not like I was having funacting like this or anything.

“M-Muuuu….Then, I have a question forImouto-san! What do you think about Sensei, being a little sisterfanatic like this?”

“Ehehehe, Onii-chan…so warm….and hesmells so good…..”

“Imouto-san?”

“Hya?! …Eh?! Ah, let me think! It’sdefinitely not like I’m so happy that I get to be all lovey-doveywith Onii-chan or anything?! I wasn’t spacing out because this is thebest day of my life, so don’t misunderstand?! T-This is my duty as alittle sister, okay?! I-I have to accept him as he is after all.Yes!”

“But, why are you grinning like that…?”

“T-T-T-T-That’s not the case?!O-O-O-O-Onii-chan’s feelings are nothing but trouble for me!”

“M-Muh……! Imouto-san is saying that, butwhat do you think, Sensei?”

“She’s actually really happy, but she can’tbe honest with herself. Her acting like a tsundere is only one of hercountless cute parts.”

Feeling Suzuka fidget inside my arms, Iseriously felt like killing myself right on the spot.

“Imouto-san seems to be writhing in painthough….? Well, another question for Sensei then. Can you tell usmore about your writing style?”

The answer to this question was from the samecalibre as before, but I was already so lost in my acting that Ididn’t care anymore.

“Ah, that’s—-” With these words, Igrabbed Suzuka and lifted her up.

“Eh?”

Then, in front of the baffled Sakura, I setSuzuka down between my legs.

“P-Putting her like this, I get enoughnutrients to keep writing…..!”

“Hya… Hya…”

Having her back touching my chest, I felt herwhole body shake. Additionally, her whole body was stiff because ofthe tension, making it easier to hug her from behind.

“S-Sensei?! Do you really write in thatposition?!”

“O-Of course! Being able to feel her warmth and smell her aroma, I don’t need anything else. Ah, my little sister’s smell is too cute…!” I moved my head closer to Suzuka’s, “Ahhh, so cute… And her hair is so soft… is my little sister an angel or something?”

“Sensei! We’re in the middle of a broadcast,you know?!”

“But I can’t help it. Right on front of me ismy beloved little sister, after all, so of course I would want to pather on the head or play with her hair.”

“O-Onii-chan! ….It tickles…..! Hyan!”

“So cute~ It should be a crime to be thiscute.”

Actually, my behaviour should be counted as acrime, but I’ve completely become a perverted big brother now.

“Leaving Imouto-san’s cuteness aside, pleasedon’t forget that this is a broadcast!”

“Ah, I’m sorry. Then, to all the listeners,we will continue ‘Towano Chikai’s and his little sister’s love nest’.I hope you enjoy!”

“He hijacked my show?! This is ‘Sakura’ssmall room’! Please, Imouto-san, say something to Sensei!”

“Ha….funya…..”

“Uhhh….she’s completely lost, too…..!”

I ignored Sakura’s glare and continued to patSuzuka’s head.

“Fuuu, now that I’ve filled up on littlesister energy, I can give it my all. What is the next question?”

“And now you’re suddenly back on track?!”

“This is Minazuki-san’s show after all, soshouldn’t you be asking me questions?”

“I’m the one at fault here?! Uhhh, I get it.Then, Onii-cha— no, Sensei! I hope you’re ready for my barrage ofquestions!” Sakura pointed at me with an annoyed expression.

Like this, I continued to act as Towano Chikaiand answer her questions with the answers Suzuka had written down.

Part 6:

“Ah……”

Sitting on a chair in the breakroom, I droppedmy shoulders.

Suzuka and Sakura went to refresh their looks,leaving me behind. I was drinking a canned coffee, remembering myactions just a few minutes prior.

“…I wonder if that was okay.”

I think that I did a good job.

After the broadcast, Sakura scolded me with “Ifyou’re going to act like your character, then tell Sakura beforehand!And, once we return, you will flirt with Sakura too!” and judgingfrom her reaction, I managed to convince her. Even the producer waspraising (?) me with “Just what I had expected from TowanoChikai-sensei…” so I think it’s safe to call this training asuccess.

Acting like a little sister fanatic, I was surethat I could understand what it meant to actually be one…but…

“Somehow, I still don’t really get it…” Ididn’t feel any response yet.

Suzuka on her part said “Y-Y-Y-You did agreat job, I think?! E-Everyone probably understood how much you lovelittle sisters, right?! So you should just keep going like thisforever, don’t you think?! Ah, but don’t misunderstand, okay?! Weonly are doing this because of Sakurada-san!”

“I really forced her into something bad,didn’t I…” I was filled with the urge to drop down onto my kneesand apologize for the rest of the day.

…But is there something I’m not satisfiedwith? I know that it’s weird coming from me, but I think that thequality of my acting was pretty high.

I was acting as that character from the bottomof my heart so that should probably satisfy Sakurada-san.

“…It should’ve been enough, right…?”

I still didn’t understand. No matter how hard Ithink about it, the answer won’t come. As if something didn’t add upyet, like I couldn’t calm down. As I thought about it inside my head,there was one question that came up.

“…Was that really what it means to be alittle sister fanatic?”

Of course, there was no way that somebody wouldanswer me, so I could only shake my head in defeat.

…At the very least, I realized that thisspecial lesson wasn’t enough to awaken my love for little sisters.

“Ah, damn it…” Frustrated, I gulped downthe rest of my canned coffee.

But, when I went to throw away the can, Irealized that someone was standing in front of the door to therecording room we were just in.

…Looking at these movements, it seems to bean intruder for sure.

I came closer to the person, trying to get alook at his face.

“…Eh?”

“………?!”

Having let out a voice unconsciously like that,the intruder’s body twitched. And, the person turning around was—

“Sakurada-san?”

“Y-You are Towano-sensei?!”

Yes, it was the anime producer Sakurada Itsukithat we met only a few days ago.

“What are you doing here?”

“N-Nothing at all? I-I’m an anime directorafter all, so it shouldn’t be so weird to be in a place like this,right?” He stuttered as he responded.

At first, I thought “Is that so….?” butsomething still felt weird. Still, I didn’t have the time to thinkabout that.

“Uhm, about the anime production, is therereally no way that we can keep the characters as they—”

However, the moment I spoke out these words—

“Sorry for waiting!” Sakura called out tome, “Eh? What happened? What are you doing here?”

“Ah, no, I was talking with this person—”I said as I turned around to face Sakurada-san once more.

……….

“H-Huh?!”

In a matter of seconds, he had disappearedwithout a trace.

“What happened, Onii-chan?” FollowingSakura, Suzuka joined the conversation as she tilted her head.

“N-No, it’s nothing…” I muttered, notknowing what had just happened.