The morning of the day after President’s displeasure.
I have had a bad feeling ever since I woke up.
It’s still awkward with big brother.
He makes food, and if I talk to him, he replies.
But there wasn’t the usual smile of ‘an angel that could save the world’.
In a world without salvation, there’s only despair.
It’s hard. Living is hard.
When I was drinking cafe au lait in the morning while being wrapped in a depressing negative aura, I noticed that it was noisy outside.
I could hear some familiar voices.
Big brother and Haru-nii, other than that……
“Are you serious……”
Uwahh…It’s President.
Something bad is definitely going to happen.
I approached the front door while getting stabbed by a bad premonition.
What I saw was Haru-nii frowning deeply and big brother with an expressionless face.
And President who had a triumphant look on his face.
It felt exactly like a fighting scene from the movies.
I used to be so excited whenever this kind of stuff happens and would eavesdrop on them, but now I feel like my stomach is going to hurt if I just breathe in.
Looking at their getup, they were probably about to head to school.
But I can’t imagine the three of them going to school together.
I was dripping with cold sweat while wondering what would happen, and watched over them.
“Let’s go, Natsuki.”
As big brother called out to President, and began to put on his shoes.
Haru-nii, who saw what had happened, frowned even deeper――
“Have it your way.”
Haru-nii walked off as he said that.
When I looked at Haru-nii’s back, I could tell that he was angry, and I was scared.
After seeing that, I decided to ask big brother, “Isn’t it better to chase after him?”, but……
President started talking to big brother as if nothing had happened.
It was as if they were telling me, “Don’t interrupt us.”
It could’ve meant something else.
But when I received it, my heart broke.
It’s most probably useless even if I did say anything.
I’ve given up on trying to persuade him and watched them walk off as they walked side by side.
It’s obvious, but they’re probably going to school together.
“Sighh……”
I know that my big brothers have no choice but to fix their own relationship by themselves.
But as I thought, I think I still want big brother to be happy with Haru-nii.
For me, I also really love Haru-nii as my second ‘brother’.
It was difficult to look at his back like that.
I completely lost the intention to go to school, and when I was spacing out while sitting at the entrance, Hina came.
“I’m not going to lose today……Eh, what’s wrong?”
Hina, who noticed my strange appearance, sat next to me and looked into my face.
I wonder if Hina noticed something.
For a moment, I hesitated whether I should tell her about it, but she isn’t aware of the relationship between my big brothers, so she might be confused.
But just by looking at Haru-nii’s appearance, she might know about their relationship already.
I decided to tell her the bland part of the situation.
“It seems like big brother and Haru-nii fought.”
“E-ehh!? Speaking of which……big brother has been in a very bad mood recently. So that was the reason.”
I knew it, Haru-nii was also in a bad mood.
It can’t be helped. He doesn’t know what happened to his lover, and he’s being ignored by him too.
“It seems like big brother’s kind of angry at me too……”
“Eh? Why? Did Aki do something to make Mako-nii angry?”
“I didn’t. No, I don’t know……but I didn’t intend to.”
“I see……But for Mako-nii to be angry, it should be something serious……”
It seems like Hina and I had the same impression.
As I thought, there should be a reason.
What did I do wrong?
But no matter how much I think about it, I have no idea why.
My head is starting to hurt from thinking too much of the same thing.
I naturally held my head with my hands.
“I-I have a reliable teacher in mind! So it’ll be fine! Leave it to me!”
Hina raised her voice like she was flustered.
I gripped my fist and was starting to stress out, but……
“Huh? Teacher?”
“They should know something!”
“O-oh……”
I was overwhelmed by her energy, but what do you mean by ‘teacher’?
”
”
It’s not a fortune teller or a psychic, right?
It only feels suspicious, I wonder if it’s really alright to rely on her.
It’s hard to refrain from seeing Hina desperately trying to help.
But it would be better to stop her before she buys crystals.
I was thinking of that, but Hina was looking at me with a serious face before I knew it.
She looked like a person informing me that the world’s going to end tomorrow.
“Why’re you making that kind of expression?”
“But Aki is suffering and I can’t do anything to help……”
I’m glad that you’re worried about me, but you looked too serious that I laughed without thinking.
Hina is such a serious person.
“Somehow, I feel better now. Thanks.”
“!”
As I thanked her while smiling, her eyes opened widely, and she stood up with her fists clenched.
It seems like I flipped a switch in her somewhere.
“I’ll do my best!”
“W-well, do it moderately. You can’t buy a secondhand talisman or something, okay? If they say something about spirits, run away.”
“What’re you talking about?”
After that, Kaede who was late came in.
He looked at us as if we were being suspicious.
I’m sitting down while Hina is shouting and clenching her fist.
I’m sure he thought that we were being strange.
“Kaede, it’s Hina’s win this time.”
“Huhh??? For what?”
“Eh? I haven’t given it to you……but I did it!”
“Wait a minute! Explain!”
These guys really can’t calm down.
If only I stayed at home for a little while longer.