Chapter 15

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Title: The Person of Good Character, Aina-san\n

TLN: If you want to blame something for slow translations, blame Mafuyu my beloved for addicting me to prosekai. If you want to credit something for me actually translating credit Mafuyu my beloved for motivating me.\n

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My body was overlapping with Sakuraba’s.\nI could feel the places where our bodies touched getting hotter and tenser.\n

However, even as I was feeling this happy warmth, my eyes were glued to the entrance of the room.\n

The slowly opening door.\nMaybe Sakuraba’s parents have returned…..?\n

“Onii-san, I brought back some swee…….sweets…..”(Aina)\n

On the other side of the door, a neatly dressed, small-statured girl stood with a tray of tea and sweets.\n

Wh-, who is she…..? \nWait, just now, she said “onii-san.”\n

“……Oh, were you in the middle of something? Sorry, excuse me. You can go back to what you were doing.”(Aina)\n

“Oi, Aina. Open the door.”(Sakuraba)\n

“No, I don’t want to interrupt the two of you.”(Aina)\n

“You’re wrong. It’s a misunderstanding.”(Sakuraba)\n

“…….But the two of you were hugging each other.”(Aina)\n

At Aina’s words, Sakuraba quickly pushed me off of him.\nThat’s unfortunate…..I wanted to.…….\nThat isn’t what I should be focusing on! That girl…..Maybe she is…..?\n

“Yuunagi-san, my sister Aina. Aina, my friend Yuunagi Shizuno-san.”(Sakuraba)\n

“…….Is that so. Nice to meet you, Sakuraba Aina. Your brother has always been a great help to me.”(Yuunagi)\n

So he has a little sister!!!!!\n

I didn’t know…….\nPlus, she resembles Sakuraba a bit, which is really cute.\nOh! In the future, this girl will become my sister-in-law!\n“I’m Shizuno Yuunagi! I’m sorry for intruding out of the blue, okay?”(Yuunagi)\n“No, if anything it’s the opposite. I’m the one that interrupted the two of you.”(Aina)\n

“Aina, don’t say anything else that’s unnecessary…..”(Sakuraba)\n

After placing the tray on top of the table, Aina-chan stared intently at me. \nThroughout my life, I’ve experienced this kind of look countless times, so I know exactly what it is.\nMost likely, this gaze is…..\n

“……She’s a really beautiful person. She’s too good for you, Onii-san.”(Aina)\n

“Hey, Aina, Yuunagi-san is probably troubled by what you’re saying. Plus, the two of us are just friends.”(Sakuraba)\n

“No, I’m happy. Thank you, Aina-chan.”(Yuunagi) \n

“So….you’re friends….?”(Aina)\n

Aina still had an awed look on her face.\nNormally, I wouldn’t be so happy, but, since it’s Sakuraba’s sister that’s complimenting me, a part of me feels irresistibly happy.\n

By the way, it seems like Sakuraba has decided to treat me as just a friend when he’s talking with his family about me.\nWell, I guess it can’t be helped.\n

“How many years apart from Sakuraba-kun are you?”(Yuunagi)\n

“I’m a 3rd year middle-schooler, so we’re two years apart.”(Aina)\n

“Wow! So you’re going to be taking your entrance exams, then. It’ll be tough, but do your best. I can teach and help you with your studies anytime.”(Yuunagi)\n

“Yes, thank you.”(Aina)\n

“Aina, thanks for the food and drinks. But, for today, I need you to be quiet and to stay downstairs.”(Sakuraba)\n

“……I understand.”(Aina)\n

Replying like so, Aina stood up and walked over to the door again.\nHer charming hair, which was tied back into a ponytail, swayed. It was really cute.\n

“I’m going out to shop for dinner soon, so enjoy yourselves while I’m gone.”(Aina)\n

Aina said this as she left, quickly closing the door behind her.\nRecalling what had happened earlier, I began to feel nervous again and my heart began to beat faster.\n

I see.\nThis time, the two of us are really alone together…..\n

“Ugh, good grief….. Sorry, Yuunagi-san. I wasn’t planning on having you meet her, so I didn’t say anything about her.”(Sakuraba)\n

“N- no, it’s fine! I’m happy that I met her! I really want to get along with Sakuraba-kun’s sister!”(Yuunagi)\n

Sakuraba let out a small smile, and then he passed some of the tea and sweets to me.\n

Normally, it’s quite difficult to see Sakuraba’s smile!\nSo cute! Even if it’s just for this, I’m glad that I came…..\n

“And then I also have an older sister who’s in her first year of college. She lives by herself, so she doesn’t come back often, though.”(Sakuraba)\n

“An o-, an older sister too! I want to try meeting with her…..”(Yuunagi)\n

And I have to get approval for my relationship with Sakuraba too!\nNo, that’d be something that I should be asking his parents, I think.\n

Thanks to Aina’s appearance, I’ve slowly relaxed myself more and more.\nI’m thankful because, due to me being too conscious of us being alone together, I have been behaving a bit awkwardly.\n

“It would be better if you didn’t, with that person.”(Sakuraba)\n

“Eh, why?”(Yuunagi)\n

“Because it’ll be a nuisance to deal with her.”(Sakuraba)\n

Saying only this, Sakuraba proceeded to drink the tea in his glass.\nI’m a bit curious about what Sakuraba said about her being a nuisance, but the look on Sakuraba’s face indicated that he didn’t want me to pursue the topic, so I decided to not ask any more questions.\n

“Oh, that’s right. Wait for just a bit, Yuunagi-san. There was something I wanted to request from Aina related to shopping.”(Sakuraba)\n

“Yeah, got it. I’ll wait for you!”(Yuunagi)\n

“Sorry.”(Sakuraba)\n

Standing up with an apologetic face, Sakuraba left the room.\nHe probably feels guilty for leaving me all by myself.\n

Even though he doesn’t really need to worry about that.\nAs always, he’s really kind.\n

….Ah.\nThat means right now, Sakuraba’s bed…..\n

…..\n

No, I shouldn’t do that!\nThat would be really low of me!\n

Sakuraba was so considerate of me, so repaying those feelings with dirt is a no-go!\n

But I wonder if just touching his pillow would be okay….\nWe-, well? I mean I’m basically his girlfriend right?\nAnd even if I wasn’t his girlfriend, friends touching each other’s pillows should be pretty normal, or even common, right?\n

Isn’t it the opposite? On the contrary, isn’t it more strange to worry about this more than necessary?\n

That’s-, that definitely must be it.\nPlus, I’m not planning to do anything weird either.\nI’m just going to touch it a little, and, if possible, smell it a bit, and then I’ll be done……..\n

….Gulp.\n

Stretching out my hand.\nI still don’t hear Sakuraba’s footsteps.\nSlowly, slowly.\nJust a bit more.\n

“Puron” [TLN: Ring sfx]\n

“Kyaa!”(Yuunagi)\nThe sudden electronic sound reflexively made me jump back.\n

Huh?\nWhat in the world was I doing just now…..\n

“Puron”\n

The same sound rang again.\nApparently, it was the notification noise of a smartphone.\nBut my smartphone is on silent mode, and the screen isn’t displaying anything either.\n

That means….\n

Sakuraba’s smartphone, which was lying on top of his desk.\nI can’t help but glance sideways at it.\nThe screen was lit, and the message notification was displayed as well.\n

“…..Eh?!?!”(Yuunagi)\n

Mikura-san: Thank you.\n

Mikura-san: Then, tomorrow evening. I’m looking forward to it.\n

Those two messages were all that was there.\n

I felt faint.\nI felt my whole body go weak, and my mind became all messy.\n

“Sakuraba-kun, you were exchanging messages with Mikura-san…..And on top of that…..”(Yuunagi)\n

Tomorrow evening. I’m looking forward to it.\n

……What?\nJust what was going to happen tomorrow evening?\n

At that moment, I heard the faint sounds of footsteps thumping.\nSakuraba must have returned.\n

In order to keep my composure as much as possible, I tried to push the messages out of my mind, trying to focus on waiting for Sakuraba.\n

……It’s impossible! I can’t stop thinking about them!\n

What are you doing with Mikura?!\nAre the two of you going to meet?! Where are you going?!\n

Tell me, Sakuraba!!\n

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TLN: Thanks Flamer and Semp from the Neosekai discord server(semp is also part of ICan’tReadJapaneseTL) for helping me with TLs cuz my Japanese is shit.\n

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