There are more than 1,500 people in our school, and our cafeteria is as big as a tennis court. Still, when it comes to lunch break, it overflows with students who are lining up to get food at the vending machines.
I got a sandwich and sat on a table.
“So, what do you think, Onii-chan?”
“What, what?”
I was chewing my food twice as slow as I normally would.
“I'm asking why Onii-chan is getting along with the girl Hiiragi.”
My sister's eyes seemed like they were shooting lasers at me.
“Please answer honestly. What do you think of Hiiragi?”
“I don't really know… I don't really feel anything. It is just that she sits next to me, and I want to make friends with her.”
“Is there really no special meaning?”
“really.”
My sister stares into my eyes.
I gently patted my sister on the head.
“What kind of image do you have with me?” I asked.
My sister paused and did a thinking pose.
“Well … for me, Onii-chan is a light.”
“light?”
“Yes, for me, Onii-chan is the light itself,” My sister says while gazing at me gently.
“That's why I can't see anything if my brother is missing from my world."
My eyes narrowed.
“You … … yet”
“Yes, I still remember the moon that came out that night.”
The darkness… Apparently, the trauma that my sister had has not healed yet.
I was almost killed by my parents.
And, it is Shirube that killed my parents.
From that day, I spent most of my time with my sister.
“But, I am not as good as everyone else, and I want you to be happy as usual”
“I can not be happy with someone other than my brother.”
“We're brother and sister. There are other people better than me.”
“It must be Onii-chan. It cannot be anyone else,” my sister said positively.
“I can do anything for my older brother”
“Shirube … …”
“But Onii-chan will not respond to my feelings.”
My sister's eyes started to moisten.
I slowly opened my mouth.
“My dead father said..”
“My Onii-chan's father ….?”
“Yes. He said that because a girl is a weak creature, it is the job of a man to protect that girl. “
“Onii-chan ……”
“I will not leave you. so don't have that sad face on”
Shirube looked at me and said. “Well, you have no feelings for Hiiragi right?”
“Well, that's right.”
“Well, I am going to go to my club room. I will be leaving”
“Good luck”
“If you cheat … … you know what will happen?”
Shirube's sharp eyes were staring into mine.
“I understand.”
I will be dead.
After school, Shirube goes to her club.
“What is this?”
I was about to go home and when I opened my shoe box and screamed..”Ah……”
I looked around. Fortunately there is no one.
A sheet of paper that is folded neatly. There was no name on the letter.
“This thing is…….”
It's a love letter……
No, calm down, calm down.
Someone might have put it in there to make fun of me.
I opened the letter with trembling fingers. Nothing was written in the letter. Other than a sentence that says come to the rooftop alone.
“You're here” said Hirragi Ayaka.
“Oh, ah, what's the matter … ?”
“…………”
I did not said anything, but Ayaka approached me little by little.
“Hey, … Hey …”
“Like……”
“Huh?”
The gaze staring at me made me anxious, and I have missed what she said.
She looked at me like that and said quietly but clearly. “I like you please go out with me!”