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Lunch Break and Sana’s Anxiety

And thus, the month has changed to May.

Sana and I have officially joined theHome Economics Club, and Hiiragi-chan became the club’s advisor.

In order to deepen our friendship withIi-san, Sana and I would always visit the home economics roomtogether during lunch break.

Incidentally, it has been awhile sinceI have had a matching bento with Sana.

With other people around, I won’t beable to eat Hiiragi-chan’s bentos. Much less, there’s no way I canlet her feed me either.

Inside the room waiting for us wasIi-san.

Sana called out.

“Hello, Kana-chan.”

Kana-chan? Ohh, Ii-san. Wait, sincewhen did Sana get so friendly with Ii-san?

As expected from Ii-san’s propermanners, she quickly stood up and bowed to us.

“Good afternoon.”

Her voice was as gentle as always.

While eating our bentos, Sana andIi-san would have conversations about how far they’ve progressed in agame and how to clear them.

I felt like an outsider in the group,so it made me feel a bit lonely.

Hmm, Kana-chan… I wonder if it’s thatsame Kana-chan.

Ten years later, I’ve heard that name acouple times from Sana.

There was a senpai I knew by that nameat my company, someone from the same high-school…

“Ah, that’s it!”

“Onii-san, please don’t shout sosuddenly.”

I didn’t know anything about Ii-san’spast.

Back then when I was a high-schoolstudent, I graduated without knowing about her existence.

Even Sana shouldn’t have known.

As far as I know, Sana was a lonerduring high-school, so she wasn’t acquainted with any of thestudents.

However, at the company Sana joined,there is a Kana-chan, or Ii-san.

“Is this what they call fate?”

“Umm, are you okay? You’ve beenmuttering for awhile now.”

Sana was looking at me strangely, butthere is nothing to be concerned of.

I grasped Ii-san’s petite hands.

“Eek! Wh- what….”

“Ii-san, I’m leaving Sana up toyou. She may have a bad mouth at times, is also shy, and has tinybreasts, but she’s really not a bad person!”

“What are you doing, Onii-san!?Also, what does this have to do with Sana’s breasts!?”

Sana pulled me up by the belt in orderto make me stand up and sit back down.

“Can’t you tell Kana-chan isstartled and stiff because of you!”

Ah, she’s right. Her face wascompletely red and frozen.

“It’s because you grabbed herhand so suddenly!”

“Ahh, sorry about that.”

Asher older brother, since my little sister will be in her care fromnow on, my grown-up’s rational sense was telling me to properly greether.

“Is everyone here?”

Hiiragi-chan shows up whilst sweetlysmiling at us.

She looks like a teacher that wants toclosen the relationship with her students.

Sana is a little insightful ofHiiragi-chan. It’s not like Hiiragi-chan has shown any red flags, sowhat gives?

“Sensei, are you going to eat twobentos?”

“Oh, this?”

She actually brought it still!? Thatbento only has fried food inside it!

Even though I told her that I would notneed a bento today because I’d be eating with everyone else.

I wouldn’t be able to explain to Sanaand Ii-san about why I am eating Hiiragi-chan’s homemade bento.

“What are you doing!?”

Me being disturbed from the completelyobvious mistake, Hiiragi-chan made an “oops” face as shehad just noticed her own mistake.

Sana was staring at the beautifullywrapped bento with a blue handkerchief with a very suspicious look onher face.

“Uhh, I accidentally made a secondone, so I brought it and thought that maybe everyone would like totry some of it…”

Made it on accident!? What are you, amom!?

My face was spelling out, “I eventold you yesterday morning that I wouldn’t need anymore bentos!”

“Hiiragi-sensei’s homemade bento?Wow, it looks so good!”

I can do this. I’ll have to follow thislead as best as I can.

My phone began to vibrate. It was atext message from Sana.

Why would you send me a text messagewhen I’m right in front of you?

“This is Sensei trying to seduceyou with her cooking! Don’t be fooled by her, Onii-san!”

“Don’t be fooled” she says?It’s not particularly bad to be fooled by amazing cooking you know.

In fact, I don’t even think you canmake fried eggs.

Hiiragi-chan placed her bento on top ofthe table and insisted that we all try a bite of it.

Well,if it’s just fried stuff in there, you can always make up the excuseof ‘I got ahead of myself and made too much, tehe~’ or something likethat.

As we removed the lid from the bento,what appeared before us was a perfect balance of rice and sidedishes; it was a completely normal bento.

What is this!?

Why did you make this for today!?

Hiiragi-chan also had that ‘Oops’expression on her face.

The side dishes contained friedchicken, hamburger steak, omelettes, etc. No matter what you think,this is a boy’s dream bento.

Uh oh. Sana is staring at the bentowith cold sharp eyes. Looking down, my hand slowly began closing inon the bento.

My phone vibrated. It’s another textmessage.

“This bento was clearly made foryou, Sei-kun! No matter how you think about it, this is the dirtywork of a woman! It’s the charm of a family-oriented woman that cancook!”

She’s starting to figure it out…

“To-today, I had various leftoveringredients, so I used all of them to make this bento. More foodthough, right?”

Don’t just ask me!

If I said yes, they’d find out that Inormally see your lunch box.

Work with me, not against me!

Then, Ii-san went to reach out with herchopsticks, picking up some food of Hiiragi-chan’s lunch.

“It’s delicious… Sa-chan,Sensei’s bento is really good!”

Nice, Ii-san!

“You think so? If Kana-chan saysso then…”

Sana took a gaping bite of the food.

She even told me not to be fooled fromher cooking… This girl…

“How is my bento, Sana-chan?”

“It- it’s okay. Even Sana can makesomething like this.”

Stop lying.

Why are you trying to compete with her?

Hiiragi-chan, with a smilingly grin,looked at the obstinate Sana and laughed.

‘Here, Sanada-kun, you try it as well’Hiiragi-chan pressured me, and I grabbed a bite of hers, while eatingfrom mine.

Yup. As always, it is delicious.

In the end, the girls ate as much asthey could from their own bentos, and I finished the remainingleftovers.

That night, I was waiting for the usualphone call from Hiiragi-chan. She called around 8:30PM.

And of course, it’s about today’s clubmeeting.

“Sensei, that was a littledangerous today, so can you please be more careful in the future?”

“I told you it’s not ‘Sensei’ whenit’s just the two of us; it’s ‘Haruka-san.’ I also thought today wasquite dangerous, so I am reflecting on my actions.”

Yeah, I feel like this was prettydangerous today.

“Also, Sana is already suspectingyou of liking me…”

“Kya~ I’ve been caught~”

You sound like you’re enjoying this…

“Well, you haven’t actually becaught quite yet, but it will be if you are caught. She has strangeranxiety, but seems to be cautious of you.”

“Stranger anxiety? I don’t thinkthat’s the main reason here. I believe it’s because a femaleseems to be trying to steal away her lovable big brother from her.”

Lovable big brother, huh?

Apparently it looks that way to someonefrom the same sex as Hiiragi-chan.

“Sana-chan is very cute. She has apretty face, she’s willful, and she’s trying to protect you from mebecause she’s wary.”

She’s cute?

“It’s pretty late, so I’m going togo to bed. Good night and I’ll see you tomorrow at school.”

I heard the sound of a kiss through thephone.

Hmm, for the first time in my life, Iwas looking forward to attending school the next day.