The sun rose and the birds sang.
When I heard the birds sing, I thought, ‘It’s really the morning after[1]…’ as the noise around me gradually became/got louder.
[1] My brain deteriorated from doing research about this term (朝チュン) Meaning/What it’s used for: https://numan.tokyo/en/words/6rkwv
Although the sound of cars passing by was getting louder, the noisiest of all was the lively voices of the two people.
At 7:30, which was the waking uptime of the Amachi family, the two of them appeared in unison and competed with each other.
They had been arguing for some time before I even opened the door.
They were quite/so noisy since morning……Maybe I should give up on opening the door.
They would be a bother to the neighbors, so I couldn’t just leave them either.
I reluctantly opened the door, but Kaede jumped inside before I could open it completely.
“Kaede-kun!? Hey, what are you doing!?”
As expected, they became even noisier after I opened the door.
Rather, when Kaede jumped on me, his head hit my chin.
I tore Kaede off me while rubbing my chin.
“Don’t make a racket in the morning. Better yet/Rather, don’t come at precisely 7:30.”
“But you said it was fine if we came at 7:30.”
“That’s right. Akira himself said so.”
They teamed up to talk back to me whenever I complained. It was a confusing phenomenon that happened all the time.
I sighed and asked them to wait a little longer in the living room.
I had not finished my breakfast yet.
When I went back to the kitchen to eat the rest of my food, Kaede took out a bento-sized basket from a small paper bag.
“I tried making this at home.”
“Ohh, toasted sandwiches!”
The content wrapped in paper that he took out from the basket was my favorite.
Unfortunately, I was no longer hungry enough to eat toasted sandwiches.
“I’m eating right now. If only I knew about it earlier…”
“Then, can I come earlier starting tomorrow?”
“You can’t. I’ll eat it after I come back later.”
Kaede clicked his tongue and muttered, “My strategy failed.”
Did you intend on using this as a bait, so you could get permission to come earlier and overtake Hina?
Hina glared at the toasted sandwiches in my hand.
“Toasted sandwiches. My favorite.”
“Makoto-senpai taught me how to make it. He thoroughly understands Akira’s tastes.”
Kaede placed his hands on his waist and stuck his puffed his chest out as if he was boasting, “How’s that?”
Hina’s low voice echoed and big brother, who was trying to get out of the living room, froze in his tracks.
He was holding his shoes, seemingly heading out for school/going to school.
He was facing the door, so I didn’t know what kind of expression big brother was making right now.
However, perhaps Hina’s gaze was fixed on the back of his head, big brother looked like he was trembling.
Hina called big brother in a remonstrant voice.
What’s wrong? It’s rare for Hina to have this kind of attitude towards big brother.
“I-I’ll teach Hina how to make it another time. Well then, I’ll be going!”
The smile on big brother’s face when he turned around looked extremely fake.
He left in a hurry as if it was an inconvenience.
It was rare for big brother to be like that too.
“What’s wrong with big brother?”
“Mako-nii……unforgivable……”
A black aura was coming from Hina.
I remembered the sinister smile she had when I was sleeping in my room.
It seemed like this house, which had been covered in the lust of homos, had a bad influence on Hina and I hated that.
Because when I went in and out of this house, the Rotten God had its eyes on me, and even thought that I might have made a friend with a fujoshi.
I was sure it would be better if Hina didn’t stay in this house any longer.
……However, as his bro-con younger brother, I couldn’t overlook someone giving such an attitude towards big brother.
“Hina, I’ll get angry if you bully big brother. I’ll forbid you from coming in and out of this house.”
I turned to Hina and stared at her.
Then Hina widened her eyes and squeezed her hand tightly.
“Y-you’re wrong!……Mako-nii is the one who’s wrong.”
She refused and looked down.
It was not like she was angry or anything, but Hina seemed abnormally depressed.
You don’t have to droop your shoulders to that extent……
I realized that she took it seriously and tried to follow up, but she remained indifferent.
On the contrary, I could see her tearing up slightly.
I was flustered and wondered what was wrong.
I tried to follow up again, but Hina walked straight past the living room and left before I could even do so.
She took the bag she had set on the sofa with her.
Did she hate me for pretending to be angry?
Was she annoyed when I said I’d forbid her from coming in?
Well……We might meet again at school, and I could ask her on Line if we didn’t.
“We’re alone together, I’m so lucky~”
Speaking of which, I had been told, “You should come to like me,” by this person.
What would he do to me in the future? I was scared……
Normal God, please protect me from the disciple of the Rotten God.