How I, a Hated Person, Ended Up Staying With Three Beautiful Sisters
Today is my first day off. It’s Saturday morning.
I thought I could sleep in, unlike on weekdays, so I closed my eyes to take a nap.
However, that faint hope was dashed in five seconds.
“You, get up already !”
Along with Maho’s angry shout, I felt a shock in my abdomen. Apparently, I had been hit with a cushion. Lying on my back on the sofa, I ended up writhing in pain from a direct blow to my stomach.
“Ugh…what the hell…let me sleep in peace on the weekend…it’s only nine o’clock.”
“Shut up ! Get up and sit in seiza position right now !”
“Haa…I don’t know why I’m being scolded in the morning, but at least spare me from having to sit in seiza within thirty seconds of waking up.”
As I said that, I was dragged unwillingly and made to sit in seiza in the middle of the living room.
In front of me was Maho, standing with her arms crossed. I couldn’t see Akane senpai or Miyu. The one-on-one interrogation style was complete.
“Say…did I do something?”
“Well, I wonder.”
Maho raised her eyebrows. It was a look that said, “Confess quickly !”
“I don’t get it.”
“You don’t seem willing to talk about it yourself. Then I’ll ask you. After school yesterday, you were talking with Katsuyama senpai on the rooftop, right? The topic of conversation was about Akane, wasn’t it?”
“How do you know?”
“My friend happened to see you and Katsuyama senpai together on the rooftop.”
“I didn’t notice at all. So what? Does it concern you?”
“Huh? You were talking about Akane in secret, so of course it concerns me ! Akane is my precious older sister !”
She was quite angry, and her sapphire-blue long hair was swaying mysteriously.
I never thought Maho would find out. But since she’s asking me like this, she probably doesn’t know the details of the conversation on the rooftop.
I don’t see Akane senpai either…
“Where’s Akane senpai? Isn’t she awake yet today?”
“You should know how she feels just because she didn’t wake up first thing in the morning.”
“Oh, Senpai is the one who gets up early in the morning to prepare breakfast for everyone, right?”
I think that’s what she said.
“That’s right. She didn’t come out of her room this morning, and last night she was acting strange, staying in her room and staring at her smartphone the whole time. When I called out to her, she didn’t respond properly. I think you might be involved.”
Maho crossed her arms and glared at me with a sharp gaze. It was scary. I could only feel pressure.
However, I couldn’t reveal everything.
That was my promise to Akane senpai. I couldn’t reveal it to my non-existent friends and acquaintances, nor to Maho and Miyu.
In other words, if I gave in to the pressure and confessed here, I would be breaking my promise, and even if I told Maho, there was no guarantee that the situation would improve.
On the contrary, if I told her, with her strong-willed personality, there was a possibility that it would worsen in some way.
As a result, I remained silent and looked into Maho’s eyes.
“……”
“Why are you keeping silent? Are you making fun of me?”
“The only thing I can say is that I did hear about Akane senpai from Katsuyama senpai and talked about it a little. That’s the truth.”
“What did you talk about?”
“I can’t say.”
“Huh?”
“This is a matter between Akane senpai and Katsuyama senpai. If they won’t tell you themselves, I can’t say anything.”
Maho looked like she wanted to say something, but she seemed to understand what I was saying and sighed, lowering her eyes.
Then there was a moment of silence.
I think it lasted about a minute.
It was awkward. At that moment, Maho let out a slight click of her tongue and shrugged her shoulders.
“…I have no idea what you’re thinking. You’re a pervert with a fetish for rape.”
I’ve been hearing this for a while now, but I have no idea where the rumor that I’m a pervert with a fetish for rape came from. It’s a baseless rumor that started because of my gaze and my connection to the delinquents.
“Well, anyway, I can’t say anything. Please know that.”
All I know is that they confessed their feelings to each other, but I don’t know anything else.
“Even if I give you the benefit of the doubt, I don’t like it when Akane isn’t feeling well, so you better prove it to me.”
“Prove what?”
‘Prove to me that you’re not at fault. It’s too suspicious to leave it vague like this. If you can’t prove it, I’ll kick you out. And then, you better get Akane back to normal.”
So, you’re saying I should take responsibility and fix it. I don’t have any responsibility at all. I just happened to see the confession and happened to be caught between the two parties.
It’s probably just that Kasama-senpai did something and that’s why Akari-senpai is depressed.
“…It’s really unfair.”
“Huh? What did you say?”
“Nothing…”
Everything about her scares me. Are you from a lineage of ex-delinquents like my father?
You’re way harder to approach than me. How did you even become the center of the class?
Where did the pure and gentle Segawa Maho go?
Maigetsu