Tomodachi no Imouto ga Ore ni Dake Uzai: Volume 02 by Mikawa Ghost

Author:Mikawa Ghost [Mikawa Ghost]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-30T06:46:39.173000+00:00

“I don’t need to experience adolescence. I don’t understand what it means to have romantic feelings either. That’s just how I am.”

“Yeah… I think that’s why the two of us are such a good fit.”

“But~ Can you hear it, the sound of my beating heart?”

“Eh?”

As I was told, I focused my ears.

Thump thump thump thump thump thump—it rings, the sound of her beating heart.

“It’s beating crazy fast, right?”

“You’re…nervous? The Otoi-san is?”

“Even a girl like me can’t keep a calm heart after doing this. Well, I’m not a girl to wear my emotions on my sleeve either.”

With those words, she slowly let go of my body. Just as she said, her face was as expressionless as always. Though if I concentrated on it, I could see that her skin was a bit pink, but this definitely wasn’t that much of a change.

“Aki, aren’t you the same?”

“The same?”

“You don’t want anything useless. Even if you think like that, your body starts reacting on it’s own. Well~ That’s what makes us humans… human, I guess?”

“…So this is how much of an influence Mashiro’s confession had… For me, and Iroha…”

“Probably, yeah~ That’s why—”

Saying that, she pointed at a framed picture, standing on top of the console next to her.

“—You have to bring up the same determination you brought up back then.”

It was a picture we took last year. Showing a slightly younger-looking Iroha, Otoi-san, and me. We were inside the booth, with a merry Iroha doing a peace-sign, me acting as her guardian with a stony face, and a yawning Otoi-san. It was a picture taken with a selfie-stick, for our kickoff party.

The Iroha back then, when she was still a third-year in middle school—

With a face rotting of boredom, I forcefully pulled Iroha here against her will. Her merriness at seeing all the recording equipment, the excitement of hearing her own voice in such high quality. And, the picture of the first day she’d ever shown me a genuine smile.

“Determination, huh… Yeah…”

That’s how it is, probably. Telling myself that I had to deal with Mashiro’s confession in a calm manner, in fact, I might’ve been happy, deep inside my heart. Just being able to do it over LIME is nothing but an excuse. There should be countless ways to deliver my response, even if by force. I didn’t take the most efficient route. I never tried to. Trying to preserve the balance, to not hurt anyone.

Even though I should’ve mustered up my determination on that day. I don’t care if I’m hated. I don’t care if I’m resented by anyone. I will bet all my time on their talent. I will bet my whole life—

“Thank you, Otoi-san. I’ve been reborn.”

“………Mm, good eyes you’ got there. Looks like you’ll be able to talk it out with her.”

“Yeah, I can. A conversation between only us.”

—Woah, it’s been so easy. I should’ve done it like this from the very start.

“I’ll go home as well. Sorry about today.”

“Well~ Don’t mind it. As long as I get the toll and tip next time.

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