By the time I got home, it was already dark and the light at the entrance was on.
The lamps in the neighbourhood were on too.
When I opened the door, the same pair of shoes were still there even though it was already dinner time.
Big brother and Haru-nii’s shoes were lined up nicely.
There was also another pair of cute black coloured school shoes with small embroideries on it.
It looks like Hina is here too.
I was mentally exhausted from accompanying President. We walked for quite a long distance so my body feels tired too. I’m sleepy.
Instead of going to the living room, I decided to take a nap in my room.
“I’m back,” I said and immediately headed upstairs.
I feel like someone called me but whatever.
“I’m finally in my own territory~”
I dove into bed, still in my uniform.
I thought I could sleep just like this but I could see big brother frowning while telling me to change, so I decided to change my clothes reluctantly.
I laid in bed, unmoving.
Ahh, gravity is heavy.
As I was squirming in bed, changing, I was in a black space, on the verge of dying like I was in the anime “G“[1]. Suddenly, I heard someone knocking on the door.
[1] A gundam anime called “Reconguista in G”
“Aki?”
‘So it’s Hina,’ I thought and the door opened.
“Ah.”
“Eh?……Eh, Hyaa!!”
She opened the door before I could even reply to her so she ended up seeing me in my underwear.
Moreover, I’m also wearing my socks so I look gross.
I don’t really care if I get seen, though.
Hina’s face flushed red and in an instant the door slammed shut with a bang.
That girl, she’s quite a maiden.
In any case, she had shut the door quite violently. Or rather, she was so rough that I thought she was going to break it.
Now I’m worried that the door might actually be broken.
“Lazy…”
I crawled onto the floor like a slug to get dressed.
I took a jersey and t-shirt and slipped into them exactly like how I took my clothes off earlier–while lying down.
Now it’s complete; this is my final form.
All right, let’s sleep.
I climbed into bed.
When I closed my eyes, I heard a knocking sound again.
“Aki? I’m sorry for just now. It wasn’t on purpose! I have something to talk to you about……Are you done changing?”
I thought she went downstairs but it seems like Hina was in front of my door.
I wonder what she wants to talk about.
If it’s about something troublesome, I don’t want to.
For now, I want to sleep. My drowsiness won over me.
Let’s pretend that I’m not here.
“Akiii?”
“Zzz…”
‘Sorry Hina, I’ll listen to you tomorrow.’
I apologized in my heart.
Despite knocking several times, I didn’t answer and my consciousness gradually faded.
I’m about to fall asleep……but the moment I was feeling really comfortable……
――Click.
……Hm?
The sound of the door opening entered my ears and my consciousness was pulled back.
My time of bliss has been ruined.
……So you opened it, Hina.
“……Sorry for the disruption.”
Simultaneously, I heard her mutter and felt her presence coming into my room.
You’re trespassing, I’ll sue you.
It’s so rude to come into a guy’s room without permission.
I’ll have to teach her after listening to her problem.
‘Tomorrow’, okay.
I’m sleeping now, I’m willing to sleep.
“……Aki? You sleeping?”
“Zzz…”
As I was feigning sleep, I felt Hina come closer.
I knew that she squatted down near my face.
I can feel her gaze too.
She’s staring……she’s staring so hard she might bore a hole into my face.
There’s a limit to how long you’re going to stare at something.
When I was aware that I was ‘being watched’, I was nervous that I might make strange movements.
“Aki? You’re really sleeping, right?”
“Zzz…”
So persistent!
In order to make it look like I’m sleeping, I made sure that my breathing didn’t seem strange, but it doesn’t seem like she’s moving at all.
Hurry up and get out, I’m tired today.
“Take this!”
Instead of leaving, she started poking my cheek with her finger.
Hina-san……You’re just being irritating, so please stop.
――Click.
I clearly heard a shutter sound.
You even took a picture.
I’m definitely going to delete it later!
“Hehe.”
What’re you having so much fun for?
Next time, I’ll definitely take a picture of Hina’s sleeping face too.
And spread it among Hina’s fans.
As I swore in my heart, I felt Hina coming even closer to me.
It seems like she’s laying her head on her arm on the bedside near my face.
Don’t you dare lie down here.
“Hey, why didn’t you answer my call?”
She muttered in a small voice,
Call?
Speaking of which, after President turned my smartphone off, I forgot that it even existed after a while.
After I was alone, I turned it on and there were several missed calls from big brother and Hina.
‘I’ll be back soon anyways, so I probably don’t need to call them back,’ I thought and left it. I wonder if I worried them.
I should’ve called them back immediately.
I’ll apologize ‘tomorrow’.
“Hey, just when will you notice……”
……?
What is she talking about?
Did she cut her hair or something?
The tone of her voice sounded serious, rather it seems serious, but……
I could hear her sigh too.
It might be something really important but I just couldn’t think of what it could be.
I waited for a while to see if Hina was going to say something again, but there wasn’t any sign of her talking.
‘What is it……What could it be!?’
With my curiosity piqued, I opened my eyes.
Then let’s just ask her.
“What’re you talking about?”
“Zzz…”
“……Huh?”
As I opened my eyes, Hina’s face was near me just as I had expected.
That was exactly what I had expected but……
“You’re asleep! You’re kidding me……Is it normal to sleep in this kind of situation!?”
Hina was sound asleep.
Even though I wanted to sleep, you woke me up by saying something interesting and I didn’t get to sleep!
I definitely won’t forgive you, you hear me?!
“Hina! I won’t let you sleep, hey!!”
I grabbed her shoulders and shook them vigorously to wake her up.
I will not forgive anyone who steps into my sanctuary, disturbing my sleep!
“Hinaaa!”
“Uu?”
“Wake up! Don’t sleep!”
As I squeezed her cheeks together, she opened her eyes slightly.
“……It’s Akiii…”
“……”
“Zzz…”
“I said don’t sleep! Wake up!”
Just what exactly is she?
When I thought she woke up for a moment there, she looked at my face and smiled like she was looking at floating flowers before slumping down again.
“Ahhh, seriously!!”
When I saw her looking so happy, the poison in me healed.
It can’t be helped.
I’ll let you sleep……just this once, okay.
I thought her neck would hurt if she laid down like that and it’d be troublesome if she caught a cold, so I decided to give up my bed for her.
I slowly lifted her up so that I wouldn’t wake her up and I was surprised because she is lighter than I had expected her to be.
I wonder if she’s eating properly.
Are girls supposed to be this light? Rather, she’s in her uniform. Is this okay?
I feel like somebody will complain about the wrinkles but it’s sleeping Hina’s fault so it can’t be helped.
I thought I should at least take the blazer off but it would seem like I’m sexually harassing her, so I won’t.
“Ah, right.”
I took my smartphone out.
Isn’t this a chance to secretly take a picture of her?
I didn’t expect to get an opportunity so soon.
I took my smartphone camera out and focused it on her.
As I thought, even through the lens, Hina is a beautiful girl.
Her body shape was perfect; even without makeup, her bright pink lips looked beautiful against her milky skin.
“Look at you, sleeping so happily……”
I sneakily took a picture.
When I looked at Hina’s sleeping face on the screen, I felt strangely calm.
“And, save. Let’s lock it too.”
Let’s use this as a shield for now and delete my picture.
All right, let’s sleep.
Strangely, I’ve been interrupted and the culprit is still being a great hindrance but let’s just sleep.
It’s definitely not good to sleep together in a bed, so I decided to sleep on the floor and use a pillow as a cushion.
It’s uncomfortable but I have to put up with it.
“Damn you……”
“Nn?”
Hina muttered something, so I sat up to peek at her. I was met with her making a strange expression.
“Hina!?”
I feel like I’ve never seen this before, a beautiful girl sleeping with an evil grin on her face.
Is this really Hina?
What if she was possessed by the vengeful spirit who lusts for homos in this house?
“The urban legend is also having a finale here……” Zzzzz
“What kind of dream are you even having!!”
As I thought, it seems like she’s been possessed by an evil spirit.
I’ve been possessed by an urban legend, anyway, and I might’ve gotten the dragon zombie curse too.
I seriously thought that it might be better for us to get purified together.
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“This is……How did this happen?”
It was time to go home and the big brother, who came to get his younger sister, was puzzled at this strange sight.
Even though his younger sister came to the room to have a talk, the owner of the room was sleeping on the floor and she had taken over the bed.
He didn’t know how that happened but they have to go home.
He shook his younger sister’s shoulder, waking her up.
“Hina! Oi, we’re going home!”
“Nn……Big brother? Going home?”
Perhaps it was because she slept deeply but he was amazed at his younger sister who looked like she was half asleep.
“Why’re you sleeping on Akira’s bed? Did you manage to talk to him?”
“Heh?”
She glanced at the place she had been sleeping on while rubbing her eyes.
“Eh? Ehhh!? Why!?”
“How would I know?”
“I, why am I sleeping on Aki’s bed!?”
“Like I said, how would I know?”
The younger sister dived under the futon again as she was surprised, feeling shy.
“It smells like Aki.”
He pretended to not hear her perverted words and quickly pulled the futon, urging her to stop so they could go home.
“If we don’t go home soon, mom will get angry at us.”
“O-okay.”
He left the owner of the room, who was lying on the floor, to his older brother and forcibly dragged out his younger sister, who was still bewildered.
She seemed to have calmed down when they were outside and they could have a proper conversation.
“So, were you able to talk to Akira about it?”
“Yeah. When I entered his room, he was sleeping and I fell asleep while I was looking at his face……But I wasn’t sleeping on his bed. Aki was the one who was sleeping on the bed. I wonder if it’s Aki who moved me to the bed.”
As he looked at his younger sister covering her face with her hands to hide her red face, he couldn’t help but think his younger sister is really cute.
“Definitely don’t let that stupid President take him, okay.”
“Yeah! I definitely won’t lose to BL!!”
“O-oh.”
As he heard her determined declaration, he felt strangely hurt but he was also an older brother who wanted his younger sister to be happy.