When I Saved a Lost Plushie, I Got Close to a Young Lady From a Yakuza Family
Emi and I were sitting on our haunches in our room.
I wasn’t told to do this, but it came naturally to me, just as I would assume this position when my mother was angry with me.
The plushies on the shelf seemed to be staring at me anxiously.
“Sagara-kun, did you hurt your hand? Are you okay?”
Uruwashi-san asks me quickly, holding my hand.
Your hand?!
It’s a very cute way of putting it, like spoiling a child’s hand.
“I’m totally fine.”
“I’m glad you’re okay. ……”
Uruwashi-san put her hands on her chest and breathed deeply.
“Then you,” Uruwashi said, glaring at Emi tightly.
“What do you think you’re doing, heating the oil until it’s on fire?”
“I wanted Sou-chan to eat delicious fried food. ……”
“I understand all too well that you want Sagara-kun to eat something delicious, but what are you thinking, putting him in danger just for that!?”
The sound reverberated so loudly that the whole room shook.
But really, Uruwashi-san, could she really yell that loud…?
Is it possible that you’re getting mad because you’re worried about me?
“…… uuu, I’m sorry.”
Emi seems to have been pressured by the sheer force of the situation.
“Ten-chan,” I began.
“I know Emi is a terrible cook, but it’s my fault for leaving her in charge.”
“You were in danger and you still protected that girl?”
“I’m not protecting her. ……”
I think Emi is sorry for what she did, and I really think it was my fault for letting her cook.
If I was even a little worried I should have looked.
“And Emi? Hmm, calling her by her first name means you’re close. You know she’s a bad cook, so you must have known each other for a long time. Unlike me, who we only just met. Have you even dressed her in my apron and overwritten my name?”
Ee?! What’s the weirdest part that you’re mad at me for?!
What was that!? You’ve got a lot of spikes in your language!
“Sagara-kun, I was going to keep my mouth shut and watch over you, but this is unforgivable.”
Uruwashi says, looking down at us with her arms crossed.
“……? Emi is not my friend.”
Uruwashi’s face hardens at my words.
“Not a friend ……?”
Uruwashi’s eyes turn black as if they have been painted over.
Those eyes, devoid of any light, contained a primal fear.
“Ah, hahaha.. not friends, ust in a relationship where I’m inviting her into your house for no reason. I see, I see. Sagara-kun, you have a girlfriend…?”
I deny Uruwashi’s words.
“Emiis my girlfriend?! No way! I don’t have a girlfriend, and I’ve never had one!”
It makes me sad to say it, but it’s the truth.
“You mean someone more? A fiancé?!”
What?! How can that be?
In spite of my desperate denial, ermisunderstanding goes in an unexpected direction.
“No, Uruwashi san., Emi is my sister!”
“…… Eh?”
Uruwashi, whose expression was as sharp as an eagle’s, looked as if a pigeon had been hit by a peashooter.
“you?”
“Yeah, Sagara Emi. am Sou-chan’s younger sister.”
Uruwashi, who was still in disbelief after introducing herself, pulled out a student notebook from her bag and showed it to Emi.
“…… Sagara-kun, at the cherry blossom viewing, you said, ‘My sister, who was sickly and cute, is no longer with us,’ right?”
The cherry blossom viewing, perhaps you were talking about the time just before I fell asleep?
“Well, I’m sorry I’m not sure what happened, but… my little sister, who had been sickly, has made a full recovery and has been totally healthy since being released from the hospital. My little sister, who used to be cute and would call me “Onii chan”, now calls me “Sou-chan” and has become selfish and annoying.”
Whether it was a reaction to being discharged from the hospital or Emi was originally like this, she has become a gal.
I can’t imagine her becoming a riaju. totally different from me, a bad communicatori.
Oh, no, no, no.
“Why are you saying that, Sou-chan? Emi is cute, right? Even Moepi always says I’m cute!”
My adorable little sister is gone now. An angry Emi came to me with those words.
Who is Moepi? I don’t know.
“So Sagara-kun, you weren’t planning to play with girls today?”
Eh, play with girls?
It’s not that kind of fun.
“Today, my sister Emi just came to check on my attitude toward life.”
It’s the standard of my grades or the amount of money I reseived from home, so it’s a reason I can’t miss it.
“G-good…….”
Uruwashi-san’s body suddenly relaxed as if a weight had been lifted from her shoulders.
The air that had been tense and tense fizzled out.
Could it be that because of the way I said it, I was causing Uruwashi-san to worry unnecessarily, as if my little sister didn’t exist in this world?!
“Uruwashi san, I’m sorry for that …… strange way of talking to you!”
“No, it’s okay if your sister is fine.”
I’m really glad, Uruwashi-san gave me a soft smile.
Phew, it seems she’s not angry.
“Sou-chan has always been bad at talking and is easily misunderstood by others, so be careful.”
Emi shrugs in exasperation.
What she’s saying is reasonable, but her attitude makes me angry.
“Anyway, Onee-san! Your looks are amazing. You’re actually a real person?! I thought you were Sou-chan’s rental girlfriend, or an AI image…”
I didn’t even think that AI image was such a thing.
“Thank you for saving Emi! It was so cool. ummm..”
“…… Uruwashi Ten”
Uruwashi said her name in response to Emi’s inquiring look.
“Uruwashi Ten….. what a beautiful name. Um, can I call you Ten-nee?”
“Ten-nee?! What the heck is that?”
“Emi wanted such a beautiful big sister!”
“One big brother is enough!”
“Yeah. ……”
Don’t make such an obvious face of disgust. It’ll hurt your brother.
“Sou-chan’s been obsessed with stuffed toys lately and hasn’t been paying any attention to Em.”
Well, that’s true, I guess.
“Ten-nee… It’s okay, Emi-chan.”
Uruwashi nodded, and then admitted that she was satisfied.
“Yay!”
“Hey, Ten-chan?!”
My identity as an older brother?!!
Suddenly, with a flurry of footsteps, a group of chivalrous men arrived at my house with buckets of water.
Among them were familiar faces, including Iwahashi-san and Matsuda-san. What’s going on?
“Hey, is there a fire……? wait, young lady?!”
“What are you guys doing here?”
“I thought I heard a scream, but then I saw smoke next door. Besides, we thought it would be dangerous if the fire spread to us, so we went…. to extinguish it.”
Iwahashi san responded to Uruwashi’s question.
The firefighters went out of their way to extinguish the fire.
They may have been afraid that the fire would spread to their own house, but it didn’t change the fact that they were there to help.
He may have a scary face, but he’s kind.
“Yes. I put out the fire, so everything is fine now.”
“I’m glad to hear that. I see that the young lady was also there, I thought she was out today. ……”
“Ah? I was at home with you, wasn’t I?”
“…… yes! Yes, you were!”
Matsuda-san’s expression changed drastically. As if he had turned his palm to the other side, his story changed.
“You guys can go home now.”
The people who were able to confirm that nothing serious had happened were all leaving in a hurry after Uruwashi’s words.
“Ten-nee, are you a young lady?! You’re even more cool than ever!!”
Emi was unabashed in her praise of Uruwashi after seeing the exchange they had just had.
You’re so quick to accept it!
Oh, by the way, Matsuda-san and the others said they were at home with Uruwashi-san, but how is it that Uruwashi-san was one step ahead of everyone else?
–Gooooo, I hear a dumb sound.
Poof, Uruwashi-san looks at me, and I shake my head with a buzz to indicate that it wasn’t me.
I look next to me and see Emi blushing.
Uruwashi-san smiles at her and says, “Fufu”
“So you really are brother and sister.”
There was no doubt that we are brother and sister, but I wasn’t baffled that we were recognized as brother and sister for having rumbled tummies.
“Emi, sister-in-law (Onee chan)will cook for you.”
“Really?!”
“Yes.”
I think Uruwashi-san’s way of saying “onee-chan” was a little strange. ……
Uruwashi-san then took Emi’s apron from her and put her arm through it.
Uruwashi’s outfit had Emi muttering, “I can guess the gap halfway …….”
I know the feeling.
“With these ingredients, it’s fried.”
Uruwashi looked at the ingredients and quickly prepared the fried food, and unlike Emi, she fried it without a hitch.
We ate the finished rice.
“It’s delicious! It’s amazing!”
“Fufu, thanks for the food.”
Uruwashi smiled as she put her hand on her face, thinking that Emi was so cute as she innocently ate.
Emi is good at expressing her emotions. That makes it easy for people to like her.
“She is a beauty, cool, young lady, and can cook too many attributes! I wish Ten-nee would be my real big sister.”
Oh, that’s right! Emi exclaimed as if she had just thought of something.
“Ten-nee should just marry Sou-chan! Then she’ll become Emi’s big sister!”
I coughed and nearly spit out the food I was eating.
“Sou-chan dirty”
“It’s because Emi said something weird, right?!”
I swallows what’s in my mouth and then thrusts it in.
“Um, Ten-chan, there’s nothing to worry about, okay?”
I look at Uruwashi’s face as I follow up, but I can’t read her expression.
I can only tell you that she is beautiful.
Besides, she hasn’t said anything and she must be really mad because she said something strange!s
Emi laughed at my impatience and said, “Sou-chan is not good enough for Ten ne is he?”
No, that’s true, but…!
After we finished eating, I saw Emi off to the station.
Emi is still in junior high school, so I’m worried about a lot of things.
Uruwashi was also following me.
“See you later, Ten nee!”
“Okay, Emi chan, bye-bye.”
“Ten nee, take care of Sou-chan for me.”
“Yes, I’ll take care of him”
Uruwashi and Emi hugged each other tightly in front of the ticket gate.
They talked a lot when we were having dinner (mainly in the form of Emi asking questions), but even so, they were getting too close!
Not to mention Uruwashi’s personality, and Emi’s looks are quite good even from a brother’s point of view, so it was quite picturesque to see those two hugging each other.
“Sou-chan, I’ll make sure to tell mom about what happened today!!”
“Please make sure it doesn’t affect the evaluation.”
“Take good care of Ten-nee!”
“Don’t say it so loud! I know.”
I’ll take good care of her because she’s the only friend I’ve made in high school.
Uruwashi and I waved her off at the ticket gate.
Emi thus left in a hurry.