“I’m back. Here, let’s have some ice cream.”
“Ah! Thank you very much!”
Emu received the ice cream with a smile and slowly put it in her mouth.
“It’s cold and delicious♪”
“I’m glad.”
Satisfied with Emu licking her ice cream with a smile, I started eating mine too.
The summer companion has to be ice cream!
Both big sister and I love it, and we especially prefer soda-flavored ice cream.
“…So good.”
“It’s delicious♪”
“What flavor do you like best, Emu?”
“Ice cream? Let’s see… I like soda flavor of course, but I also like matcha flavor.”
“Ooh, how refined. But I like matcha too… ah, by the way, big sister can’t handle matcha flavor.”
“Eh, really?”
“Yep. Her taste buds are childish.”
“…Pfft!”
Oh, Emu laughed.
“Please don’t tell anyone, okay?”
“I won’t tell.”
Even without being asked, I have no intention of tattling.
Even if I did tell, I’d just get blown away, so I’m not going to step on that landmine on my own.
“But I laughed because I thought Miyako-san was cute, okay? I’m not thinking anything bad at all.”
“I know. I called her childish too, but that’s because I think big sister is cute. It’s brotherly affection, you know.”
“Really?”
“Really!”
No, I’m seriously not lying, it’s my true feelings, okay?
Calling big sister childish as a small act of rebellion, and thinking she’s cute—it’s all my love for big sister.
“I’ll take your word for it.”
“No, I’m serious… hey, Emu-san? Is it fun teasing your senpai?”
“Whether teasing is fun or not aside, having exchanges like this with Kai-senpai is fun, you know?”
“………………”
And then she says something like that with such an honest smile.
That’s right… I also like talking with Emu like this, and of course I love being by her side like this.
In situations like this, I really feel it—that I love Emu too.
“…I’m stumped, really.”
“Did you say something in a deep voice?”
“Nah, it’s nothing.”
Really… I feel like I want to ask someone what I should do.
I finished eating the ice cream with restless feelings, and I don’t even care about the “winner” written on the wooden stick right now.
While I was feeling unsettled like that, Emu suddenly said this:
“Kai-senpai, could you close your eyes for a moment?”
“Eh? Ah, okay.”
What’s this all of a sudden?
I was curious about what she was going to do, but I closed my eyes as told… with my vision taken away, my hearing becomes more active and I think I’m perfectly capturing Emu’s movements… I think.
And the moment I thought she came in front of me, she hugged me from the front.
“Please open your eyes.”
“…Ah.”
When I opened my eyes, naturally what filled my vision was Emu’s face.
She was sitting on top of me as I sat cross-legged, so we were staring at each other at almost the same eye level.
“It’s almost time to go home… so at the end, can I be spoiled by Onii-chan?”
“Of course!”
I’ll stop thinking for today.
There’s no way I can refuse Emu’s request right now, and in the first place, I’m happy to be able to be in contact with Emu like this, so anyway, this is fine, this is fine.
“…If Kai-senpai accepts me like this, the little sister character isn’t bad at all.”
“You’re calling it a character?”
“For now, it’s my exclusive privilege. Matsuri-senpai and Saika-senpai have grown too much in various ways to be called little sisters.”
“…True, they are big.”
Various ways… various ways indeed.
After that, Emu said nothing and just stayed quietly in my arms.
“big sister’s not coming back either.”
“…That’s right.”
“She’s completely in sleep mode.”
“…Fufu, she really is cute.”
“…?”
I tilted my head because I sensed something off about Emu’s behavior.
Could this be… thinking that, I peered into Emu’s face, and at this point, she had entered a hypnotic state.
“…You’re doing it now?!”
I couldn’t help but make that retort.
Hypnotized Emu just stared at me with vacant eyes, but she also looked like she was making a puzzled expression as if wondering what was going on.
But… well, if my partner has activated, I might as well have my way with Emu for now!
It’s almost certain that something strange is happening with my partner, but being able to switch my feelings and face the desire in front of me like this is one of my good points.
“Emu, oppai.”
“Yes♪”
What the heck is “oppai.”
I mean, oppai isn’t “what the heck,” but me suddenly saying oppai is “what the heck”… yeah, I don’t get it.
Emu offered her chest, and I buried my face in it.
Although Emu said earlier that Matsuri and Saika are too big, Emu also has quite a bit of volume, even if she doesn’t match those two.
“This really is the best.”
“If Kai-senpai is happy, then I’m happy too.”
“Thanks, Emu.”
“Not at all♪”
Emu being happy no matter what naughty or perverted things I do is too angelic. Though she’s an M. Though Emu is also quite the pervert.
“…Hey, Emu-san.”
“What is it?”
“I… like everyone.”
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While feeling the sense of security unique to the hypnotic state, I said that.
The moment I said I liked them, I felt her hugging me tighter, and maybe because of that, my words didn’t stop.
“It’s an indecisive way of thinking to like everyone… at the pool when we talked, I said I wanted to be with everyone, and you all said you felt the same way, which made me really happy.”
“Yes.”
“I’ll ask you directly now… Emu, you like me, right?”
“I like you. Love… yes… I love you.”
“Whoa…”
I love you… that means in a romantic sense.
“I… that’s right. Of course I do too.”
Yes, and I feel the same way.
But I’m directing those feelings toward all of them… that’s who I am right now.
“…Really, I can’t help but wonder why someone like me is thought of that way by you all.”
“Considering our circumstances, it’s only natural. For Matsuri-senpai and Saika-senpai especially, Kai-senpai essentially saved their very lives, you know?”
“………………”
“If that incident with me had dragged on, who knows what would have happened… so Kai-senpai saved me too.”
“…That’s right.”
“And after that, you were always worried about me, gave me kind words… and stayed with a genuinely warm heart… if someone I can trust that much and want to be near makes me feel that way, of course I’ll fall in love.”
Along with words released in a torrent, Emu brought her face closer.
The distance became zero without stopping, our lips touched… and after a short kiss ended, Emu smiled.
“Whether in a dream or reality, whether it’s the current me or not, I wish to be with Kai-senpai.”
“Emu…”
“Fufu, I’m troubling you, but… please know that those feelings are real, okay?”
“…Yeah.”
“Ah, but since I’ve obtained the position where I can call you Onii-chan, I’m one step ahead! I absolutely must request some sadistic punishment play from Onii-chan to his cheeky little sister!”
“You’re ruining everything!”
When I lightly tapped her forehead, Emu showed an entranced expression.
She murmured things like wanting me to be more intense, wanting it to hurt more, wanting me to be stronger… needless to say, I gave her a second “you’re ruining everything” retort.
But well, I realized anew that there’s no escape.
When we went to the pool, big sister said something to me.
Face things head-on, and never try to gloss things over in weird ways… that’s the line I need to maintain.
“Thanks, Emu.”
“No need for thanks. Rather, thank you for being able to flirt with Kai-senpai like this… ah, right now it’s Onii-chan. Thank you for flirting with Onii-chan♪”
“…Jeez, you really are cute, you!”
“Iyaan♪”
Even though it wasn’t a harsh word at all, she wriggled her body happily.
But when she does that while we’re completely close together, I feel all of Emu’s soft parts with my whole body… I thought once again that this girl is truly a bewitching girl.
After that, I heard big sister’s footsteps from outside the room, so I immediately released the hypnotic state.
“Huh…? I…”
“E~mu-cha~n! Goood mo~rning!!”
“Wawa!? Miyako-san!?”
big sister, appearing again, hugged Emu with full force.
This… if Emu had a bad relationship with her family, big sister would definitely suggest adopting Emu.
Maybe there’s a worldline where that happened, but even so, seeing big sister getting along with Emu like this feels good.
“…I’m curious about my partner too, but I need to get my act together.”
I can’t do things half-heartedly… no, I don’t want to.
Even if not right now, the moment will surely come when I have to face things and give an answer.
When that time comes, I won’t run away.
I absolutely won’t do that, I firmly vowed in my heart.
“Come on now, Emu-chan is so cute!”
“Miyako-san… Onee chan♪”
“Offuh!?”
“Onee chan, you’re cute♪”
“Ohho~!!”
…Sigh.
Seeing such a noisy scene, I’m almost made to think that my worries are trivial.
That’s right… for this moment right now, I’ll enjoy the scene in front of me without thinking about difficult things.
“…But looking at it like this, big sister really does look childish, or rather like the younger one.”
“Hah? Did you say something?”
“I didn’t say anything!”
“Hmph!”
“Owwww!? I said I didn’t say anything!”
“I heard you, idiot.”
“Then don’t ask!”
…As I thought, I’ll have to defeat big sister eventually.
“Fufu♪”
While being watched by the amused Emu, I vowed that in my heart as well.
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