I Was Supposed to Be Giving Love Advice on the School Radio, but Before I Knew It, the Beautiful Girls at School Were Hitting on Me
“A-are we taking a break…..?”
“Yeah, once the customers have died down, you can take a break with Kinami.”
The owner calls out from behind as I make a fresh batch of ice that has begun to melt. I glanced toward the seats, but the president and the others were chatting and laughing happily.
“Ah, yes, that’s right.”
“Isn’t that okay, Senpai? I’d like to take a little break too.”
Kinami begged me with a smile. The more she asks me to take a break, the less motivated I become to take a break.
“…..I can still work, though? I’ve got cabbage and other preparations to do !”
“Don’t worry, I’ve got friends here. You should go have some fun.”
“I-I see……”
At times like these, the owner always says the right thing. I want to argue, but she’s so right that I’m at a loss for words.
“Ah, don’t tell me that you two are a thing?”
Kaori chan smirks and raises her pinky finger. What a thing to say. The corners of Kinami’s mouth turned up even more when she heard that.
“Heh, so you and the president have become quite close without my knowledge, Senpai?
“We’re not. The president is a friend, my friend, or in French, ami.”
“In the case of a woman, it’s amie, senpai.”
I tried to cover it up, but she pointed it out to me as usual. I was so embarrassed.
“Anyway, it seems that the customers are getting smaller, and it’s not every day that a friend comes to visit.”
“Well, that’s true, but……”
At first I agree with what Kaori chan says, but I’m not really keen on the idea.
If I were to go over to the table right now, the president would welcome me, but I could see Shonai senpai giving me a hard time with her gaze. And the blizzard emanating from Kinami next to me would only get bigger, I was somehow certain of that.
Ah, but the president beckons me over happily…….
“Are you going? To the president.”
“I-I don’t know, if Kinami is going, maybe I’ll go~?”
After much hesitation, I chose to leave it to the middle choice, Kinami. Laugh at me, a pathetic man.
However, when Kinami heard that, for some reason her cheeks turned red.
“S-Senpai, you wanna be with me no matter what?”
“Hm?”
I thought she would be annoyed and say, “You’re a senior, so don’t say such pathetic things.” but…it was an unexpected reaction.
“W-well, if you say so, I guess I’ll work with you a little longer.”
“Eh, I just want to take a break…..”
“You don’t wanna work with me?”
“No, I’ll do it.”
I meant to take a break in the back, but I gave in to the pressure from my junior and continued to stand on guard. And for some reason, Kinami was standing next to me in the kitchen. You’re in charge of the dining area, aren’t you?
“……”
When the president realized that we weren’t coming after all, she glared at me and took a bite of her frankfurter. For some reason, a chill ran down my spine.
As I looked around to try and distract myself, I saw a shadow approaching me.
I turned my head in the direction of the shadow.
Phew, I guess I can pretend like I’m dealing with it for now…
“Welcome !”
“Woah, Onii chan, you’re really working.”
“Take your order……”
The one approaching me, kicking up sand, is my sister, Kageyama Tomori, who is without a doubt my sister. Next to her was a person wearing a hoodie over their swimsuit, hiding their eyes with sunglasses, and with their long black hair tied back in a ponytail.
I can’t see her eyes, but she is probably a great beauty. She was wearing sunglasses as she approached us.
“Kageyama kun, you seem to have a very long nose.”
“Ugh.”
“Ah, look who it is, Kitahara…….”
Thanks to her first words, I finally realized who it was. Next to me, Kinami was making a sound that sounded like a squashed frog.
“You two are here together?”
“Yeah, the study group ended pretty early so I was bored. So I asked Yuzuha if she wanted to come over.”
“I see.”
“Well, I’m a little curious. I’m curious what it’s like working at a beach house.”
Kitahara looks away shyly. I wonder if she is trying to take a step forward in her own shy way…… Whatever it is, there’s no reason not to support it.
“I see, well, thanks for playing with Tomori.”
“No, I was bored anyway, so it was just as well.”
“That’s right, Yuzuha san and I are one and the same.”
They said, looking at each other. The number of times they’d met could be counted on one hand, but they seemed like real siblings.
“…Wait, Senpai.”
As I was watching them with a fond feeling, someone poked me from the side. I looked and saw Kinami hiding behind the counter, out of sight.
“What’s wrong?”
“W-who is that person?”
“That person……with the sunglasses? It’s Kitahara.”
“Not her ! That girl in junior high school who’s standing next to her, looking very friendly !”
As I might have guessed from the flow of the conversation, Kinami was somehow very roundabout in her way of talking.
“Oh, she’s my sister.”
“SISTER !”
As if shot through with a scorch, Kinami jerked backward for a moment.
“Senpai ! When did you have a little sister?”
“Have a little sister….well, she’s been with me since two years I was born….”
“That’s not good ! You’re cheating on me while I’m still here !”
What does that mean? Look up the definition of cheating again.
I sighed at Kinami, and Tomori looked around the store curiously.
“Hm? Onii chan I think I just heard a voice….where’s the other waitress?”
“It’s okay, Tomori chan. The fake one evaporated when exposed to the real light.”
“I didn’t evaporate !”
Kinami stood up vigorously after hearing Kitahara’s encouraging words. Then, after glancing briefly at Tomori, she took a deep breath, smiled, and looked directly at her.
“Nice to meet you, Tomori san. I’m a colleague of Kageyama senpai and a junior in high school, my name is Kinami Makino.”
“Oh, thank you for taking care of my brother. I’m Kageyama Tomori…”
Tomori timidly bowed her head to Kinami, who was smiling softly and with a kind smile.
“Be careful, Tomori chan; this girl is a dangerous person who’s trying to become Kageyama kun’s little sister.”
“I’m talking to Tomori chan right now, so please don’t say anything unnecessary.”
“Oh, but I thought I should tell her the truth before some strange person tries to trick his little sister.”
“Don’t you understand that it’s none of your business? This is why you’re such a loner, always studying…”
“Oh, are you unhappy that Tomori chan was taken away?”
The two of them started arguing loudly across the counter. I couldn’t stop them, so all I could do was sigh.
“Hmm, I don’t really understand.”
But then Tomori speaks up and the girls stop talking and turn to her.
Tomori, who had been tilting her head cutely, chuckled.
“Kinami senpai….was it? I’m the only little sister my brother has, that’s an indisputable fact.”
“Y-yes…..”
“And I don’t really belong to Yuzuha san.”
“I-I’m sorry…….”
Amazing, my sister calmed them down in an instant. I guess a girl’s way is a girl’s way after all…
“If I had to say, I’m Onii chan’s…but I don’t think that’s the case ! It’s kind of gross.”
“Hey, don;t say that yourself.”
And she didn’t forget to slash at me. Tomori’s expression twitches in response to my rebuttal.
“Eh, I wish you’d stop acting like you’re so superior just because we’re related by blood.”
“You….I’ll give you one piece of toast for lunch tomorrow, okay?”
“Oh, that aside, make the yakisoba cheaper ! With a family discount !”
“Whose family do you belong to !”
When I commented, Tomori burst out laughing.
“Hey…those two seem to get along really well.”
“Yes, by the way, it seems that Kageyama kun is the one who usually takes Tomori chan to school.”
“Seriously? He’s a hardcore…..”
Their whispered voices didn’t reach us. I wonder if they thought the two of us weren’t siblings. Tomori and I looked at each other and tilted our heads at the same time.
Maitoshi