The futon―which I was using for the first time in a while, was comfortable at first, but it gradually became more difficult to sleep on.
I don’t know if that’s the reason, but I woke up with my body in pain.
I often wake up in a bad mood in the morning, but I was enshrouded in black fog today.
The futon isn’t the only source of my irritation.
Rather, the futon doesn’t matter.
I couldn’t fall asleep because I was worried about the conversation between big brother and Kaede.
No matter how you think about it, the context of the conversation was ‘Kaede likes me’.
I knew that he liked me, but not as a…love interest. We’re both of the same sex, but I’ve never thought of him in a romantic sense.
I have never been liked by anyone and I don’t think I have any features that are likeable.
But if I did, it would be my looks. So it would be more natural to like big brother, and Kaede had liked him…
So why me?
I suspected that he’s been treating me as big brother’s substitute, but he did say that he wasn’t.
I don’t know.
I don’t know and I don’t know what to do.
No, it’s not like I was confessed to. And I don’t have to do anything about it, but……
Kaede’s feelings may change and what I heard yesterday might be a misunderstanding on my part.
……No matter how much I think about it, it’s no use.
I don’t know how to treat him from now on, but it’s strange to be cold to him all of a sudden.
Just don’t be conscious about it.
When I got up, something smelt so good that it made me forget about my irritation.
I could hear lively voices from the kitchen.
It seems like big brother and Kaede are making breakfast.
Or rather, this smell is……
I peeked into the kitchen excitedly and could see what was on the plate on the table.
“Toasted sandwiches!”
“Ah. Morning, Akira.”
“Morning. Kaede made it.”
After being told that, I looked at the plate again.
As expected of Kaede-sama, it doesn’t look any different from how big brother makes it. The toasted sandwiches with a beautiful brown colour on it, it’s exactly how I like it.
“Looks delicious!”
“I was taught by Makoto-senpai. I asked him about Akira’s taste, so it should be delicious.”
“He-eh, you kinda look like a newlywed wife that’s being taught how to cook by your mother-in-law.”
I imagined Kaede and big brother wearing aprons and cooking while discussing my tastes. No matter how much I think about it, it looked like a picture of a ‘wife and her mother-in-law’.
“I’m not a wife……”
Despite saying so, his face is red.
What are you so shy about?
He’s making me think that it’s better not to say the word ‘wife’ in front of him anymore after listening to their conversation last night.
“I think I’ve done it……I feel like Hina is going to be mad at me……”
Big brother was muttering something.
I was hungry, so after washing my face, I immediately ate the toasted sandwiches that Kaede had made.
It was so delicious that it made me irritated.
It was no different from when big brother made it.