Chapter 4.4

“… Let’s get started.”

She whispered in my ear, and now I put her hand on my belt.

*Pinpon*

Just when she was about to move further, the doorbell from the front door rang.

“…”

When we heard that sound, Nanami, who was leaning over me, stood up silently.

She went through my bag and pulled out my smartphone. Looking at it, she muttered something, took a glance at me, put it back in the bag, adjusted her messy clothes, and walked to the front door.

“… What just happened?”

My body was slowly regaining its senses, but I still couldn’t stand up.

I was left alone in the room, and a little while later, I heard someone running up the stairs.

“ONII-CHAN!”

Akari, how…?

After her, Nanami silently came inside.

Akari, who was standing close to me, shouted angrily at Nanami.

“What were you doing?”

This was the first time I had seen her in such a state of emotional turmoil.

“What? You know everything…”

Nanami, on the other hand, seemed to be somewhat calm.

No, it’s not that she was calm, it’s more like she couldn’t speak properly.

“Yes, I heard everything! I’ve been listening to everything on my Onii-chan’s smartphone with a listening app! I can’t believe it!”

… Huh, an app?

With the sudden appearance of Akari, everything that has happened up to this point begins to spin around in my head, and I become more confused.

I need some time to calm down…

“I’m glad I got here in time… If I had been a little late, Onii-chan would’ve been…”

Akari, who was in emotional outbursts, and Nanami, who looked somewhat ashamed.

The two of them were the complete opposite of how they usually behave, and they were facing each other like enemies.

“And this room…! This and that is all my Onii-chan’s…”

Her anger won’t subside.

In response to her, Nanami remained silent.

Akari was getting wound up in a one-sided situation.

… No, I have to take care of this.

“Akari, calm down. Let’s just settle down for now.”

I was still trying to wrap my head around the situation, but first I had to calm her down.

The two of them are now at odds over me.

“Onii-chan…”

“Yusuke…”

I had been silent until now, but now I called out to them, and they turned to me and closed their mouths.

“Humph…”

I got up. The effects of the stun gun Nanami had given me had finally worn off, and I was able to at least sit up.

“Onii-Chan… are you okay now.”

Akari approached me with worry.

“I managed to… It’s okay. Don’t worry about it.”

“… I see, thank god.”

Akari looked relieved at those words.

In the meantime, Nanami looked somewhat uncomfortable.

“That was… Yusuke…”

“Nanami, as you can see, I’m fine, so you don’t have to look so worried. For now, I want to sort out the situation, so let’s talk about it later.”

There was so much I wanted to ask about this room, the stun gun, and… Nanami’s attitude earlier. There were so many things I wanted to ask her, but to find out all of this, I would have to reveal it from the beginning.

However, it would be bad to put Nanami and Akari together now. It would be better to talk to each of them individually, slowly, and face to face.

“First of all, let me talk to Nanami. I’m fine now, so please wait for me at home. We will talk when I get home.”

“But…”

“About yesterday and everything.”

Akari hesitated at my suggestion, but when I told her about yesterday, she said in a small voice, “… Okay,” and left the room.

I have to thank her later.