I’m Tired of My Childhood Friend Playing Pranks on Me, so I Want to Date a Female Friend Who Loves Me Sincerely
On my way home from school, I was thinking about what happened during lunch today.
That said, it wasn’t about Rika and Nagiri’s relationship, but about the future prospects Nagiri and I talked about.
When she was talking about the future, she seemed very confident.
And she said three times, “I won’t forgive if you cheat on me.”
She wasn’t saying it to me, but it felt like she was trying to make me understand.
I don’t think I’d ever cheat on someone as beautiful as Nagiri, so I don’t need to worry.
If Rika hadn’t done that to me, I would have loved her forever.
Even now, I can’t understand how someone could betray the person they love.
“Speaking of which, Kagumo san…”
Now that I think about it, I don’t know anything about her.
We became classmates for the first time this year, and she’s my first female friend besides Rika.
She’s very beautiful, kind, smart, athletic, and has a rare last name…
“Last name…”
I was curious, so I typed “Kagumo” into a search engine.
The top result was the name of a manufacturer called “Kagumo Confectionery.”
“Kageumo Confectionery… Kageumo Confectionery?!”
Kageumo Confectionery is one of Japan’s leading confectionery manufacturers, isn’t it? Rumor has it that about 20% of the confectionery on the market is made by Kageumo Confectionery.
“No, it’s just a coincidence…”
If the daughter of a famous company were living so close by, it would be common knowledge.
Yet, I’ve never heard such a story at school, so it must be a coincidence that our last names are the same.
When I arrived home, my younger sister greeted me. She is my biological younger sister.
Her name is Hanako. She is the most boisterous member of our family. However, she is very family-oriented and I believe she cares for me as a family member.
“Welcome home, onii chan”
“Yeah.”
“No detours today either. Good job, onii chan”
“Well, there’s nowhere to stop by anyway.”
Hanako always checks to see if I’ve taken any detours on my way home.
She must be worried that I’ll get involved in something strange.
But I do karate, so I’m not going to lose to some random weirdos.
“Then today is the day I say ‘thank you for your hard work’ to onii chan”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“Okay, come to my room after you take a bath.”
Just to clarify, “thank you for your hard work” is one of the ways we communicate as siblings.
it means “you must be tired, that was hard work, thank you for today.”
That’s why we give each other massages to relieve fatigue.
Once a week, there’s a day when I get a massage and a day when I give Hanako a massage. Today is the day when I get a massage.
Even though we’re siblings, she’s a girl, so I think it’s better to do it in my room, but for some reason she always refuses.
“By the way, Rika is coming later, so please take care of her. I can’t do it.”
“Rika san? It’s been a while. I thought you two had broken up.”
“We did break up, but there were various reasons.”
“You broke up! Heee, then why is she coming? If onii chan was hurt, I don’t want to deal with her.”
“…”
I never expected Hanako to say something like that, so I fell silent on the spot.
“Ah…”
Hanako looked like she understood. She’s always been a perceptive younger sister. She must have read my expression somehow.
“Onii chan, are you pushing yourself too hard?”
“Well, it’s tough.”
If you ask me if I’m pushing myself too hard, I don’t think that’s the case.
That said, it’s just my perspective, and maybe that’s how it looks to others.
“It’s okay, I’ll handle it. you don’t have to do anything.”
As her older brother, I can’t let her do something she doesn’t want to do. I never expected Hanako, who was so close to me, to say something like that, but I was the one who invited Rika to the house in the first place.
I have to take responsibility for it.
Maiasa