For some reason, I was looking at tents in a store with Astemil. It was the type of store with Cainz, Viva1, and so on as the first name, and ended with Home. In other words, the so-called home center… As I was so engrossed in the preparation of the ‘magic’ that will be cast by Tsukiori, Master suddenly brought me out on Friday. So, I am now standing side by side with my silver-haired Master.
“Hmmm…”
At the outdoor goods corner, Master leaned forward and shook her braided hair while humming. Ahead of her gaze was a tent for one person.
“Hiiro,”
“Yes?”
“A single-person tent is enough, right?”
“… No, before that, can I ask for an explanation?”
Master, who wears gray outerwear and a pleated skirt, hugs me gently with that lovely dress. Honestly, the scent and softness are more than enough to corrupt a healthy boy.
When a long breath tickled my earlobe, I subconsciously reacted with a startle.
“Hmmm, I think this is doable.”
Master then softly separated from me and smiled.
“No, umm, really, please explain it to me first. An explanation is required. People are creatures that can understand each other by talking to each other, you know?”
“It’s for training, a training. We will train for three days overnight from today, Friday, to Sunday. So, I thought it is necessary to have a tent, cooking utensils, and so on.”
“What did you say?”
“Tent… Yosh!”
“Not ‘yosh’, not ‘yosh’. Don’t leave people behind and decided something by yourself. You should double-check. It is basic, you know?”
“Yosh, yoshii!!”
“No one said to get fired up and affirm it twice in a row.”
“…”
“Don’t look at me with such a dissatisfied expression.”
I grasp Master’s index finger.
“Firstly, what do you mean by Friday to Sunday training? This is the first time I have heard it. Also, is that what that hug means? ‘Even if it’s a one-person tent, as long as we hug each other, we should be able to barely get in, yosh!’ That’s what it means? I hope you stop underestimating someone.”
“No, it’s for three people.”
“Ha?”
Suddenly, Rei, wearing a beige knit sweater and leather shorts, ran toward us with a bright smile.
“Yes, I’m Sanjou Rei, who couldn’t endure it when she heard Onii-sama’s voice from afar.”
“P-please stop with such a joke… (trembling voice)”
Rei was unusually showing her feet and wearing high school girl-like fashion. While shyly playing with her bangs, she looks at me with upturned eyes.
“I asked the person sitting next to me to choose clothes for me. What do you think about this outfit…?”
They are beautiful pure white like the snow that falls from the sky. As I subconsciously stared at the thighs that were illuminated by fluorescent light, making a nuance– I hit myself on the head with a pan that happens to be near me.
“O-Onii-sama…?!”
“What a good pan. It dented with one blow and blew away my evil thought. It’s as if it represents my heart. I want to display it in a museum in this state with the title 『My heart』.”
After purchasing the dented pan, I returned to where Master and Rei were.
“Can I go home…? (Body full of wounds)”
“What, why? Did you keep hitting yourself on the head until you arrived at the cash register? Even though you are my beloved disciple, I can’t read your thoughts at all.”
As soon as I came back, Rei quietly went close to me. Naturally, I slowly moved away from her, but Rei approached me again, making my mouth shake in fear.
Is it a tracking-type missile that destroys a man who got sandwiched between Yuri… Did it follow me automatically to destroy the mind of the man who got sandwiched between Yuri… Look like God is punishing me… It’s like God said to me, ‘go suffer eternally’… What did I do…? What did I do, oh God…!
I felt someone staring at my face and returned to my senses. With a smile on her face, Rei is staring at me with unconcealed affection in her eyes… Looking at that, my whole body trembled on its own.
“M-Master… W-why is Rei here…?”
“She seemed bored, so I invited her (Proud face).”
“You are also my enemy, huh… (Serious face)”
*Stab, stab*
I put my hand-swords in the flank of my Master, who puffed her chest proudly.
While laughing, Master counterattacked, and just like that, we messed around in the outdoor goods corner of the store. Suddenly, there was a sound.
It was the sound of Rei, who nervously put her fist on my flank. And Rei, who cast her eyes downward, glanced up at me nervously.
“Ora…”
Laughing, I gently placed my hand on her head.
She smiles happily and looks at me with a longing expression. Perhaps this kind of skin ship with family is an unknown territory for Rei… That is why her route end when Tsukiori Sakura and Sanjou Rei became a family.
As expected, there is no way I could do something brutal to ignore her here, so I patted her on the head to answer her clumsy way of showing affection.
“So, Master, when did you get acquainted with Rei?”
“She is a friend of Lapis, after all. We often chat together. I even sent about 1000 stickers the other day.”
“Stop that indiscriminate sticker terror.”
With a sigh, I stared at the single-person tent.
“There is no way you are thinking of staying in a single-person tent with three people, right…?”
“We can play rock-paper-scissors to decide who would be in front and who would be in the back, though?”
“No one cares about that. Why is it already decided I would be the one in the middle? You will see me biting my tongue off until my body turns cold by the next morning, you know2?!”
Master tilted her head and hugged me from the front. Following her, Rei nervously glued her body to my back and leaned her head there.