How I, a Hated Person, Ended Up Staying With Three Beautiful Sisters
…My head hurts.
Also, I can’t move my body.
“Hmm…”
I slowly open my eyes and see a white ceiling above me. When I turn my head to the side, I see a soft cushion…wait, am I on a sofa? It doesn’t seem like a prison.
I try to sit up—and then I notice.
“…Ropes?”
My hands and feet were tightly bound with hemp rope for some reason.
And it was done neatly, like a professional’s work.
“Wait, what’s this !?”
“Oh? You’re awake?”
A familiar, calm voice made me turn my head, and I saw a wine-red bob.
It was my senior, Segawa Akane, the eldest daughter. She was smiling gently, but I think her eyes weren’t smiling.
“Um….Senpai?”
“You can call me Akane onee san or Akane senpai. What’s your name?”
“……Arakawa Kojiro. And, um, Senpai, what’s going on here?”
“Kojiro kun. Nothing at all…you broke into my house and scattered those indecent magazines, didn’t you? You can’t complain if someone reports you, can you? Don’t you remember?”
“Wait ! There’s a misunderstanding—”
“—Wait, Akane. It seems like a misunderstanding.”
From the kitchen, Sapphire Blue’s hair swayed as Maho appeared.
She showed her smartphone, clearly looking displeased.
“I just got a call from Dad. ‘I didn’t know his child was a boy ! I’m sorry ! Please let him stay for a month !’….What the hell !”
“Huh !? You guys didn’t know either !”
“Eh, what? You didn’t know either?”
“Yeah. I just assumed it was a boy. This is a case of both sides being at fault, isn’t it? Why am I the only one getting blamed? And what’s with that harsh tone…”
“Zip it ! This is the real me ! If you pry any further, I’ll call the police !”
“That’s too unreasonable…”
The pure and gentle Segawa Maho was probably just a fantasy of her classmates. This tsundere attitude is probably the real Segawa Maho.
“Fufu, now, now. I’m sorry, my sisters overreacted a little.”
Akane senpai is smiling apologetically, but she also gave me a pretty cold look. I haven’t forgotten that she was ready to call the police.
“Haa…”
As I sighed in a slumped state, Miyu, the third daughter, peeked out from behind Akarne senpai’s back.
“…I tried tying it up while watching online, but does it hurt?”
“Ah, uh…yeah.”
I wasn’t sure what she was confirming, but when I nodded, Miyu narrowed her eyes in satisfaction. I couldn’t tell if she was being kind or sadistic. I hoped it was the former.
“Anyway, I know you’re trying to calm down, but the real problem is yet to come, right?”
Maho crossed her arms and leaned in close to me.
“…What problem are you talking about?”
“Don’t you get it? I’m firmly against it. There’s no way I can live with a guy. And there’s no way I can let you, the “executioner” from my class, live in my house. I’ve heard weird rumors, and I’m sure you’ll get horny and do something weird to us.”
“The executioner again…”
It was the second time since middle school that I had been given the same nickname.
“Shut up. Don’t talk without permission.”
“…Yes.”
“So, get out of here quickly.”
“Eh?”
“Why are you looking so surprised? It’s obvious, isn’t it? There’s no way three beautiful high school sisters and the school’s notorious rapist, the Executioner, could live together. I’ll tell Dad that we’re living together, so you better get out of here quickly.”
Even if their dad shows up, my situation won’t change. It seemed like nothing I said would make a difference.
“I understand. I’ll leave, so untie me.”
“Hmph…Miyu, untie him.”
“Okay. Don’t move, okay?”
Saying that, Miyu smoothly untied the ropes binding my hands and feet. Now free, I stretched my body a little and gathered the scattered belongings on the floor.
“Hurry up !”
My backpack and bag were kicked. What a rough person. She’s standing there protecting her sisters, so he must be really devoted to them. But I don’t have a shred of compassion.
“Hurry up? Because someone slapped me, the candy bag broke, the bread got crushed, and the textbooks scattered everywhere, making it a hassle to clean up. Ugh…don’t act like you’re the only victim. We’re all in the same boat.”
“H-huh !? You knew all along, didn’t you? You knew we were the three beautiful sisters living in this apartment building, so you pretended not to know and tried to move in here! The proof is that the moment you saw us, you said, ‘The Segawa sisters !'”
“I don’t know anything about that. I’m leaving, so stop picking on me.”
“Hey ! Akane, Miyu, this guy is so annoying !”
Maho pointed at me with a red face.
If this continued, it felt like things would escalate and I might get slapped again. Just then, Akane senpai clapped her hands and stepped between us.
“Alright, alright, both of you calm down. Kojiro kun, don’t provoke her. Maho chan, don’t interfere with the packing. Also, there’s a forecast for heavy rain tonight, so it’s a bit cruel to kick Kojiro kun out, don’t you think? It’s supposed to rain heavily until tomorrow morning.”
“Cruel…t-that’s not true. He can just wait out the rain at the entrance downstairs and leave on his own once it stops.”
“This apartment building has security guards, right? Kojiro kun might get reported because of us. Then he might get questioned, and our dad might find out…I’m against lying to our dad in the first place. It feels like I’m betraying him, and I don’t like that.”
“…I agree.”
Miyu nodded in agreement with Akane senpai’s calm tone.
Then, Maho, who was caught between the two, trembled and said,
I don’t really understand, but it seemed like I wouldn’t have to sleep outside after all.
“Ugh…ugh, fine ! If you’re going to say that, then I understand ! I’ll let you stay at my place starting today ! But I have some conditions for living together, so listen carefully !”
Maho took something out of her pocket.
…A notebook and a pen? And a smartphone?
“Conditions?”
“Yes. Take notes and record this. If you break the conditions, I’ll kick you out immediately, so be prepared.””
Maho placed her smartphone on the sofa table, took a deep breath, and began writing in her notebook.
“First, can you see the stairs next to the kitchen? The three rooms at the top of those stairs are our rooms, so you must never go near them.”
“….Now that I look at it, this room is way too big.”
The rooms in this apartment are unusually spacious.
Passing through the entrance and down the hallway, the kitchen and living room are connected, with the changing room and bathroom next to them. It’s incredibly large.
There is also a staircase next to the kitchen, and going up it, there is an open hallway extending in three directions, with the three sisters’ private rooms at the end of each. There seem to be other rooms as well.
It’s like a maisonette inside a house.
No wonder it’s on the top floor of a tower mansion.
“Stop staring at the room !”
“Yeah, yeah. So, what’s the second condition?”
I decided not to mention Maho’s transformation anymore.
“Second, don’t touch the laundry. Don’t look at it. Don’t hang it up. Don’t smell it. Wash your own laundry by hand in the bathroom or sink. Washing it together is strictly prohibited.”
“I won’t smell it !”
“Third, no wandering around at night. The bathroom is off-limits after 10 PM. You have to wait until 5 AM.”
“What if there’s an emergency?”
“Use a diaper? Should I buy some for you? But if you wet yourself, I’ll beat you up.”
“That’s abusive.”
“Fourth, don’t open your mouth while we’re in the living room. No talking unless spoken to. No idle chatter. Only breathe through your nose !”
“Eh…?”
“Fifth, always take a bath last. Bath time is limited to ten minutes, and no using the bathtub !”
“That’s too strict…”
“Sixth, I’ll keep your feet tied up to prevent you from acting on your own. From tomorrow onward, I’ll decide based on your behavior.”
“Um, my human rights…”
“You don’t have any human rights. Remember that.”
After saying that, Maho exhaled and stepped back.
There was not a shred of mercy in her back as she faced me.
“Sorry, but living with a stranger is scary, so please forgive her? Can you put your foot out?”
Akane senpai smiled slightly, looking a bit troubled, and re-tied the rope around my foot. She was smiling, but what she was doing was still scary.
And I couldn’t resist this situation. There was no escape.
“…It seems like there’s no other choice but to accept it, so I’ll give up.”
I placed my packed luggage next to the sofa and said while massaging my wrists. My wrists were tied particularly tightly, so they hurt a bit.
Honestly, it was painful. But since everyone was being so harsh, I had to endure it.
“Onii chan.”
As I was feeling despair inside, Miyu suddenly spoke to me. She looked sleepy. Was that her default expression?
Still, what was with that way of addressing me?
“Huh? O-Onii chan?”
“It’s easier to say, so is that okay?”
“Sure…b-but what is it, Miyu chan?”
I looked it up online, and it seems like she’s tying me up with rope, so I have a bad feeling about this.
But surprisingly, Miyu put a heating pad on my wrist.
“You can call me by my first name. Here, take this.”
“Is that okay?”
“Yeah. It hurts, right?”
“Well…thank you.”
It was my first experience with kindness. Because Maho was so strict, Miyu’s kindness really touched me.
Is this the suspension bridge effect?
“No need to thank me. As the saying goes, ‘sweet and sour,’ if I don’t be a little kind, I might get retaliated against…this bandage is insurance.”
“….So it wasn’t kindness after all.”
My remark echoed hollowly as the three sisters returned to their respective rooms.
In the living room, I was left alone with my feet tightly bound, and an awkward silence.
Half-collapsed on the sofa, I took my smartphone out of my pocket.
I’ll call Dad and complain to him with all my might.
Just as I thought that, a message popped up.
[I’m sorry ! I didn’t know they were three sisters ! I thought they were three brothers ! They also thought the one coming was a girl ! I only have one child, Kojiro ! No, I’m really sorry ! But I think it’ll be a good experience ! Hang in there ! ! I’ll search for your room thoroughly !]
“Go to hell, Dad…”
I looked up at the ceiling.
And I quietly made up my mind.
I’ll survive for a month and come back alive.
Maigetsu