Chapter Three: Emu Comes to My House!
“Hey Mom, what do you think?”
“Well… something good must have happened, right?”
“Yeah, that’s probably it. Now then, what has my little brother been up to?”
“He’s at that age, so don’t pry too much.”
“Okay~”
“…………”
Ugh, shut up…!
For a while now, the warm gazes of my sister and mom staring at me with those grins have been really annoying, you know!?
“Don’t look at him like that. Even Kai must have one or two secrets he wants to keep.”
“Dad…!”
My father!!
I was deeply moved from the bottom of my heart that Dad stood up for me.
Even though Mom and my sister basically hold the power in this house, Dad is still the pillar of our family and the boss, so of course he’d take my side like this, right!?
“You’re being loud, Dad.”
“…Yes.”
Dad!?
Never mind if Mom said it, but why are you shrinking back from the pressure my sister’s putting on you… well, I knew it already! I knew our women were way too strong and we men are powerless!!
“Dad… you’re so weak.”
“He really is.”
“Ugh…”
Mom nodded at my words, and Dad took even more damage.
His reaction was as if an arrow had pierced his chest, but well, since it’d be troublesome to be questioned further, I’ll just casually say it.
“Well, something fun happened. With friends.”
“Oh, I see.”
“…Hmm?”
Mom accepted it, which is fine, but why is my sister suspicious?
Escaping from my sister’s half-lidded stare, I quickly finished breakfast and returned to my room.
“…Hehe… hehehehe.”
This is bad… this is really bad.
I think that, but I can’t stop my cheeks from loosening, and like proof that I’m thinking indecent thoughts, the space under my nose is stretched out too… my face in the mirror looks incredibly ugly.
The reason I’m like this is because of what happened with Matsuri.
The bath incident, what happened before bed, and when I woke up in the morning—I keep thinking back on all of it.
The night I stayed over… if it weren’t for that cat commotion, I wonder what would have happened between Matsuri and me.
“Besides… I don’t want to die, but dying like that would have been satisfying in its own way, I guess?”
The clincher was waking up in the morning.
In the midst of suffocation, as if I were drowning underwater, there was a sweet fragrance and soft elasticity that gradually made me feel good… That was definitely inviting me to heaven.
“If I could die in Matsuri’s chest, that too would be unavoidable… or something.”
Jokes aside, I grabbed my smartphone and activated my partner.
What the screen displayed was the relationship diagram that had finally become fully visible, and the black thread that had been threatening me until recently had completely disappeared, leaving only the pink threads extending to my name.
Pink threads directed at me from Matsuri, Saika, and Emu… proof of their affection.
“Hey partner… this means Matsuri and the others’ colors are so strong that there’s no room for black to interfere, right?”
Of course, there’s no… answer.
Without feeling particularly disappointed about that, I placed my smartphone right beside me and stared intently at the ceiling.
“…Fwah.”
Along with an irrepressible yawn, intense drowsiness attacked me.
Come to think of it, I went to bed late last night because I was excited, and I woke up to match my family’s breakfast time, so naturally I didn’t get much sleep.
“Guess I’ll sleep again… it’s summer vacation after all!”
What kind of summer vacation would it be if I don’t spend it however I like?
Still, I tried to resist for a while with my eyes open, but everything in front of me went dark without much effort.
And then—
“Kai-senpai.”
Suddenly, a voice whispered in my ear brought me to consciousness.
I slowly sat up while rubbing my eyes… wait, that voice just now, could it be…?
I looked over while thinking “no way,” and there was Emu.
“…Huh?”
This is… my room, right?
That’s not wrong, so Emu being here is strange… which means I’m still in a dream, right?
“Good morning, Kai-senpai—”
“Oh, it’s just a dream.”
“Um… Kai-senpai?”
Well, of course.
Why would Emu be in my house? If I think about it calmly, isn’t it obvious this isn’t reality?
My confused silver-haired beautiful girl kouhai… as I knew, she has a really cute expression.
But being able to indulge in such a cute kouhai is precisely because this is a dream.
“Emu…!”
“Wawa!?”
I approached Emu, who was sitting, and hugged her, diving into her stomach.
Emu raised her voice in surprise but accepted me, and didn’t push me away.
Mmm… I usually bury my face in her breasts through hypnosis, but hugging her like this isn’t bad either.
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“Geez, Kai-senpai… and with Miyako-san watching too.”
“Who cares if my sister’s watching? There’s no way I’m gonna worry about that.”
That’s right, that’s right.
Who cares if my sister’s watching! I’ve said it many times, but this is inside a dream, you know? Unlike reality, why would I hold back from my sister even in a dream!
“Oh? It’s fine to be all lovey-dovey, but you’d say that to me?”
While hugging Emu, I turned only my face toward that voice.
My sister, relaxing on someone else’s bed, was staring at me while cracking her knuckles.
“So the damn demon lord appears… invading even people’s dreams. Read the room, will you!”
“…Huh?”
“U-um, Kai-senpai…?”
You don’t need to be scared, Emu.
After all, that small glaring woman is just a dream phantom and doesn’t have the same threat as my real sister!
“You’ve got some nerve.”
“Ha! Come at me!”
At my provocation, my sister leaped from where she was.
My sister, who moved right in front of me, drew back her fist and brought it down on the head of me sitting there.
“Owwwwwww!?”
I had taken it lightly because it was a dream, but the pain that echoed through my skull was beyond imagination.
Even more pain than my sister usually gives me… wait, I’m feeling such realistic pain even though it’s a dream!?
Conscious that my eyes were tearing up, I still glared sharply at my sister.
I feel bad for Emu, who’s looking back and forth between my sister and me in a panic, but men have battles they absolutely cannot retreat from!
“I’m gonna knock you out, sis.”
“You’re really cocky today, stupid brother. But let me teach you something.”
“What?”
“You seem to think this is a dream, but it’s not, you know?”
“…What?”
It’s not a dream…!?
“Emu-chan, pinch Kai’s cheek for me.”
“Eh? Ah, yes… Excuse me, Kai-senpai.”
Emu hesitantly pinched the cheek of dazed me.
Despite asking hesitantly, she dealt me a pinch with quite a bit of force.
“That kinda hurt…”
“I-I’m sorry!”
“I told you, didn’t I? It’s not a dream.”
“…So it was.”
This situation was indeed reality, not a dream.
“…Hmm?”
But wait a minute…?
That means just now, when I hugged Emu with all my might, that was all real, and being witnessed by my sister was also real… you mean!?
“Sorry about that, Emu-chan. My brother’s become an idiot.”
“Not at all! Actually, I’ve been laughing this whole time because the exchange between Kai-senpai and Miyako-san was so entertaining!”
“Oh… well, if that’s the case.”
Emu and my sister don’t seem to mind… I’ll just keep quiet and not bring it up again.
However, there was something I really wanted to ask.
“But why is Emu even here?”
My sister answered that perfectly reasonable question.
“I ran into Emu-chan by chance while shopping.”
“Huh?”
“Look, Matsuri-chan and Saika-chan have been here before, right? But Emu-chan hadn’t visited yet, and I wanted to deepen my friendship with Emu-chan more, so I invited her home right then.”
“…I see.”
I see, so that’s what happened.
“Also, you slept way too much. It’s almost noon, you know?”
“…Whoa.”
As my sister said, it was almost twelve o’clock.
Since it’s summer vacation, I went back to sleep for a second time, but if I slept for four hours, I’ll probably struggle a bit to fall asleep tonight.
“Um… was I a bother?”
“Of course not. Besides, do you really think I’d say something like that?”
“…Hehe, I don’t think so.”
Her expression changed from worried to relieved, and Emu smiled.
I was certainly surprised that Emu was suddenly here, but there’s no way I’d think it was a bother—rather, I’m genuinely happy from the bottom of my heart that Emu is in my room, you know?
“But I’m glad. Ever since I heard stories from Matsuri-senpai and Saika-senpai before, I’ve been wanting to visit if I had the chance.”
“Oh?”
“And… I wanted to become closer not only with Kai-senpai, of course, but with Miyako-san too.”
Emu, her cheeks reddening, looked back and forth between my sister and me.
At such an expression from Emu, who monopolizes the name of ice queen… cool-type beautiful girl, my sister seemed to have her heart pierced and hugged her tightly.
“Y-you’re too cute, Emu-chan! Won’t you become my little sister!?”
“Eh, ehhhhhh!?”
Ahh… my sister’s rampage has begun.
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