Chapter 19Kaede's Family
"K-Kaede relies on a first-year boy, huh!? ...I've never heard of your existence!"
This was the first time I knew that there were boys who called Big Sis by her nickname. Besides, there were four of them. When did she start creating a reverse harem?
"Hey, first-year boy! Tell us your name!"
"I'm Sajou Wataru."
"Sajou Wataru! That's a name I've never heard of... ...Wait, what? 'Sajou'?"
"I'm Sajou Wataru."
The four of them were part of the 'Kaede Family'...so, I'll call them 'K4', they did pursue the matter while glaring, but I answered simply the senpai-s from second and third years, and I couldn't think of any way to get through this situation. Yeah, to be honest, I didn't care anymore about what might happen.
"'S-Sajou'... ...So you're..."
"Please step aside, Todoroki-senpai."
"Eh! Hey!"
The smart and handsome senpai from the second-year approached as if to ignore the sporty and handsome senpai from the third-year. I wonder if there's any special meaning to his gesture of repositioning the glasses even though they're not aligned... ...Hey, please don't tell me that you're doing that because it's cool.
"Nice to meet you, Sajou Wataru-san. I'm Kai Takuto. I'm sorry, but can you tell me what the relationship is between you and Kaede?
"We live under the same roof and we compromise with each other, we have that kind of relationship."
"Why would you say something that could be misunderstood?"
Oh no! I was just joking! I subconsciously did that because I was so happy to hear that Big Sis finally had her own romance story!
Big Sis poked my head, and then she looked annoyed, and she stood in front of me.
"Little bro, he's my little bro...! If you look closely, his face is similar to mine, isn't it...? ...Hmm, it doesn't look similar, does it...?"
"That's right."
"You can say that again."
"..."
"..."
That's right. No matter how many times you look at it, we don't look alike. I've never judged Big Sis' face before, but I think she's more capable than average people. However, the boy who gave me the last hit was Arimura-senpai's friend who appeared in the case with Aizawa. I know that Big Sis' won the hearts of a number of males' votes. That's a very surprising thing to me.
If that's the case, there's only one thing I can do.
"Hmm, Big Sis. I don't want to disturb you, so I'll use another way, okay?"
"Huh? What did you say...?"
"It's okay, you know?! Seeing the handsome senpai-s and you being close to each other, I'm proud of you. And I don't want to hold you back."
"No, no, like I said... ...I'm not close to them..."
"Then, I'll see you when school is over!"
"W-Wait a minute!"
When I tried to escape by running away, I was caught by Natsukawa. And perhaps because she tried to grip the hem of my uniform hard, Natsukawa's head emerged from the gap between my right arm and armpit, so the 'strangling' was over. Yeah, I didn't plan to do it.
Just as I was thinking about such a strange thing and was confused by the close distance between Natsukawa and me, I was immediately pulled back and glared at by her.
"How dare you leave me alone in this situation...!"
"Please, don't stop me...! If I stay here any longer, and keep seeing those handsome boys, I'm melting...!"
"Hey, why are you melting...!? Instead of feeling inferior, you're making it sound weird...!"
Unusually, Natsukawa continued to hold me and didn't let go.
Even though the girl I liked enthusiastically came up to me, I just wanted to leave. Why? Probably because Big Sis saw me from behind Natsukawa with scary eyes that said, "You little, watch out later."
"...In that case, should we all go together?"
"...Hmph."
Big Sis snorted and closed her eyes... ...Has she forgiven me then?
I walked behind Big Sis who was walking in the middle of the street while being looked at by handsome boys with question marks. When I looked again, Big Sis was firmly holding the strap of the bag on my shoulder. Natsukawa who was walking beside me was also doing that. I was like a dog being pulled on a leash. 'Bark!, Bark!'.
I don't know what Natsukawa is thinking anymore... ...can I say that she's my girlfriend? No? Yeah, I knew it too.
"But seriously, I didn't know about this at all. I never thought about Kaede having a little bro. Why didn't you tell me?"
"Why would I bother telling you?"
"That's so cold."
The handsome senpai with delicate facial features from the third-year said so and placed his hand on Big Sis' shoulder while laughing 'Hahaha'. His height, which was probably around 180 centimeters, highlighted the meaning of inequality to grow up in this world. Yeah, it would indeed be fun to see him bumping into the banner at the entrance of the convenience store and saying 'ouch.'
"By the way, who is that girl? Maybe Kaede's little bro's girlfriend...?"
"Oh! Stop it, you idiot!"
"?"
The handsome and cool senpai of the third-year who had been watching for a long time finally began to speak. Even his voice was cool... ...If I could have a voice like that, I would practice cheap dialogue when I go to the toilet, but of the four boys, he has the kindest impression... ...But still, this boy suddenly dropped a dangerous bomb. Big Sis tried to stop him, but she failed.
"N-No! We're not..."
"Senpai, we are not something like that."
"Oh, I see. I was wrong, I'm sorry, okay."
Yeah, of course, you b*stard. And the remaining three boys were convinced like, "Of course like that". Yeah, yeah, it was easy to see why they were so quickly convinced. But still, I felt bad at all.
Apparently, the four boys were like 'M' people trained by Big Sis (prejudice). If one of those four boys were Natsukawa's boyfriend, I would be easily convinced too.
Big Sis took care of the free-spirited senpai-s, even though she looked very annoyed. And she's already let go of my bag strap and there's no one to pull it anymore at the moment.
Then I slowly slowed down and followed after Big Sis and them silently from behind.
"...Natsukawa... ...I'm sorry."
"...It's okay."
I don't know why, but Natsukawa always walks beside me. Although it's fine if she wants to go forward quickly, I wonder if she has the awareness to depend on me like Ashida said...
But still, for now, it's a bit difficult to walk together with these good-looking people, including Natsukawa.
♦
"Oh... ...I think we should part ways for now..."
"..."
The destination after passing through the entrance was different between me and Big Sis. Big Sis make a sour face when surrounded by handsome boys. Mysteriously, I could understand how she felt making that face. Maybe she hated the curious stares from those around her... ...I'm too scared to imagine what will happen after I return home today.
I did hear the story from the handsome senpai-s earlier, but it seems that the five people including you were student council members. That brother is actually the Student Council Vice President. I was curious why there was such a cruel girl there, but now I feel like I can somehow understand. By the way, the President was a cool senpai just now. And some of these guys are also friendly...
Big Sis, who was about 30 times more like a normal girl than the only girl in the Otaku Club, was accompanied by 'K4' and went in the opposite direction of me. And her mind was already on those four handsome boys, and I couldn't see things like grudges on me. Amazingly, Big Sis demonstrated her "quality" to others. The other four followed after her like dogs that likes to be groomed by their owner.
"...By the way, Natsukawa doesn't seem very happy when you've been surrounded by handsome boys."
"Huh!? What do you think I am!?"
"Whoa!?"
"What the ・heck・ made you ・so surprised...!?"
Looking back in amazement, Natsukawa was in an angry position. It seemed that she heard my muttering. What surprised me was that Natsukawa was still behind me. I thought that after she changed her shoes she would head straight to the classroom.
"Y-You, you haven't go earlier yet...?"
"I should ask, why do you think I'm going to leave you here alone...?"
"Oh, I see..."
I wanted to say, 'Yeah, didn't you say I was disgusting?', but I couldn't be bothered to say those words. I didn't want to be disliked by leaving a bad impression again... ...She's just treating me like a human, that alone makes me happy to see Natsukawa paying attention to me and I can't help but look perverted... ...It's too late to say this now, but she's really cute today.
Maybe it's because there was a commotion with Big Sis just now, when I got to class, right before the morning meeting started. I was silent from start to finish while walking in the corridor due to Natsukawa's clumsiness and rush hour. As we walked towards the direction of the classroom, I remembered about the 'Great Idol Production Strategy'... ...I wonder if Natsukawa won't be able to make new friends if I'm always next to her. Maybe I could say that I'm going to stop by the restroom on the way...
"Oh! Gotcha, Sajocchi!!!"
...Huh?
"...Kei?"
Seeing her energy, Natsukawa made a sound as if she was confused.
Ashida, who came out of the classroom, pointed at me and shouted. Then she ran towards me while shouting my beautiful nickname... ...here comes the 'double-edged' (the tackle that cost her her life)...! Wataru used a splash! But nothing happened!
"Sajocchi! Rin-sama is very angry!"
"...Huh?"
It's not like there were too many events that happened today, it's only been less than two hours since I woke up in the morning.
TL: Reeze27
ED: Reeze27
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