Days with My Stepsister, Vol. 6 by Ghost Mikawa and Hiten

Author:Ghost Mikawa and Hiten
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On

The walls in the kitchen were spotless.

I wasn’t the only one to contribute, however. Akiko had taken the day off and declared she’d start her end-of-the-year cleaning early. Ayase and I had then volunteered to help.

Since Dad and I hadn’t cooked much before Ayase and Akiko moved in, the kitchen wasn’t all that dirty. It took the three of us about two hours to finish cleaning it.

We took a snack break around three in the afternoon, and then Akiko made an announcement.

“Okay, I’ll start making dinner, so, Yuuta, you go and get some rest.”

She said she wanted to cook with her daughter since it had been a while, then she kicked me out of the kitchen. Left with no other choice, I headed to my room. I pulled the book I’d bought on the way home out of my bag, opened it to the first page, and started reading.

By the time I looked up again, the room around me had grown dark. The sun had already set. Soaking in the afterglow of my book, I exhaled.

That was really good.

I’d finished the book in no time. It was a hardcover—the first volume of a foreign science fiction work—and I’d read it in only a few hours. I felt like I was still drifting in space, grappling with some huge mission. I’d seen on the book flap that they were going to adapt this story into a Hollywood movie, and I now understood why.

As I closed the book, I heard Akiko’s and Ayase’s voices coming from the kitchen. It sounded like they were having fun.

I stepped out of my room and glanced into the kitchen.

Akiko noticed me and called out, “Yuuta! Would you please turn on the TV?”

“The TV?”

“It’d be nice to have some background noise. Find a movie that looks interesting and leave it on.”

“Oh, okay.”

I grabbed the remote and brought up a streaming service. If we were going to keep it running, I figured it would be better to choose a channel dedicated to movies.

“Do you want a Japanese movie? Or something foreign?”

“Foreign. I don’t mind if it’s subtitled, either.”

“…You really just want background noise, huh?”

That said, it’d probably be even better if she could enjoy the dialogue. I found one of the services we paid for and launched the app. Right away, I saw a list of recommendations for Christmas movies.

One of them was a comedy starring a child actor. I’d seen it several times. It’s the story of a kid whose parents leave him at home over the Christmas holiday, and he gets up to all sorts of adventures while they’re away. It must have been well received, because there were several sequels as well. Of course, as was typical of Hollywood films, the sequels were only tenuously related to the original. For example, a married couple might suddenly be divorced in one of the later movies. You couldn’t let your guard down, even with family films.

I started the movie, and the apartment was soon filled with happy voices.

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