V2Ch18: White Carelessness

Posted on May 26, 2022by Soafp

Translator: Soafp

TL: I want to give a quick update. So basically I got f*cked over by my mentor which might cost my graduation. I might need more time to settle things. Anyways enjoy this chapter.

　It was a day at the end of summer vacation.

On that day, the day before Yuuhi Akazawa’s visit, it was still extremely hot as usual. It is no exaggeration to say that it was hell outside the room.

“Then, Kanon will be going out.”

After lunch, I was lying in the center of the room, working on a shadow game event, when such a voice came to my ears.

Kanon, who was going to prepare herself for hell, was all dressed up.

　She was wearing a lot of make-up and slightly more revealing clothes than usual. Her skin looked more tanned than it had at the beginning of the summer vacation. I was glad to see that she was healthy.

“Are you sure you don’t want to have dinner?”

“Yup. I’ll try not to stay too late, so don’t worry.”

“All right. Take care of yourself.”

“Roger that.”

I heard yesterday that Kanon was going out.

　Apparently, she was going out with her friends. I told her to be cautious of the heat because friendship is important, even though it is hard work in this temperature.

The reason why I went out of my way to refuse to go out with her is because there is no one at home.

　This morning, my parents left for their honeymoon. They won’t be back for a few days.

Therefore, since there was no one at home, I turned up the volume of the game to the max. I was incredibly motivated by the swimsuit costumes in the idol game, and I enjoyed the idols’ songs and dances.

　I grabbed some ice cream that I had prepared in advance, and for the umpteenth time during this summer vacation, I entered into a happy time.

　I was in a heavenly mood.

“……”

　The intercom rang.

　I thought for a moment, then turned down the volume of the game and hid my breath.

　There is no way I would ever leave my air-conditioned room. It would be suicidal to go out in this extreme heat. Some people may criticize me for not staying at home, but it is not my fault. It’s the city’s summer heat that’s to blame. They are probably solicitors or salespeople. If I leave them alone, they will go home.

　So, I didn’t use the intercom.

“……”

　Contrary to my expectation, the visitor did not give up.

Over and over again, they kept hitting the intercom.

　This made me feel uneasy. It was certainly possible that the visitor was a solicitor or a salesman, but perhaps it was an urgent matter. If it was an urgent matter, it would be a bad idea. With neither my parents nor Kanon around, I had to take care of the problems in this house.

　I got up my heavy body, left the room, and looked at the intercom.

　The person standing there was neither a suspiciously dressed woman nor a man in a suit, but a familiar face.

“……Shirase?”

Mayuki Shirase was standing there.

　A question mark appeared in my head.

　I was not surprised that she knew my house since we live close to each other. The question is why this girl, who has never come to my house before, suddenly standing in front of my door.

I could have ignored her, but I know she lives alone. Maybe there was some kind of incident. So I went to the front door. When I opened the door, I found Shirase lying face down.

“What’s wrong?”

　I asked her first, and she jumped into my chest with her head down.

“Whoa!”

Surprised by the suddenness of the situation, I immediately looked around. My mind was made up by the thought that my neighbors might have seen me. I was careful not to touch Shirase, who was hugging me, and slowly closed the front door.

　Then Shirase buried her face in my chest for a while.

　I stood still, not knowing what was going on. I guess a good looking guy would have hugged her shoulder or embraced her, but unfortunately, I do not have such skills.

　A few minutes passed.

“….It’s the end”

　She mumbled.

“The end of what?”

“My Yakumo was kidnapped by Kanon-san!”

“Kidnapped!?”

“It’s all over. That date is the reason why Yakumo is going up the ladder to adulthood. The reason for this was because of my carelessness. It seems that I let him go to a summer festival and that this led to the rapid development of their friendship. It was a blunder, and I am ashamed of myself.”

　My head was bombarded with a wave of information.

Wait, let me get this straight.

　My Yakumo?

Kidnapped by Kanon?

　Taking the stairs to adulthood on a date?

　I carefully sorted out these words one by one in my head.

My Yakumo should mean her own younger brother.

The next point is that he was kidnapped by Kanon. Unfortunately, the slender Kanon is not strong enough to kidnap Yakumo-kun. In other words, this could be taken as Kanon’s invitation to Yakumo-kun. Or, conversely, Yakumo-kun asked Kanon out, but to Shirase, it looked as if her younger brother had asked Kanon out, so she is just saying so.

As for the term ” climbing the ladder of adulthood on a date,” in other words, that’s what it means.

So that means Kanon went out with Yakumo-kun.

　She said she was going out with a friend, but I don’t know who it was. It could be Yakumo-kun. Come to think of it, they were together at the summer festival, and Kanon was dressed up today. I had not considered the possibility of a date, but at the age of high school students, it would not be surprising if Kanon and Yakumo-kun had a relationship.

　Did Yakumo-kun show his manliness at the summer festival?

　It was totally obvious that he was in love with her, but that’s why he told her. I was somewhat surprised because I didn’t know about Kanon’s feelings, but even if I did, as her brother, I would go in the direction of keeping out of it. Yakumo-kun is a good man, and it would be a bad idea to interfere and worsen the family relationship.

　However, since I don’t know if this is confirmed information or not, I can’t say anything about it.

“Calm down for a moment. I can’t make a judgment without hearing the details of the situation, but it hasn’t been decided yet, has it? You shouldn’t speculate about adult staircases or anything like that.”

“….You are right. I was certainly distraught.”

“I’m glad you’ve calmed down. I would appreciate it if you could tell me what happened.”

I pulled Shirase away from me.

　Shirase was still lying face down.

“It was last night. I received a message from Yakumo, and he sent me a selfie asking me to check his clothes because he was going out with Kanon-san today. From the content of the message, it seems that they promised to go out on the day of the summer festival. They are going to enjoy shopping and a movie, just the two of them.”

“Fumu fumu”

　So they are definitely going on a date, but it is unclear if they are in a relationship?

“Isn’t that great?”

“….Great?”

“So spring has come to Yakumo-kun, right? At the pool, I found out that he was in love with Kanon, and I’m glad that it seems to be going well for him.”

With the pool, I knew that my theory that Shirase might be dating Yakumo-kun was off the mark.

Yakumo-kun seemed to be in love with Kanon in a way that was easy to understand. If they had started dating, it would be a happy event, wouldn’t it?

As his sister, Shirase should be pleased as well.

“Please don’t play games with me!”

“Heh?”

“You don’t understand,……, but I’m in love with Yakumo!”

　I froze at the shocking revelation.

“You must be surprised, I know you are. You can call me disgusting if you like. I have had special feelings for Yakumo since I was a child. Because of that, I even hurt a man in junior high school. I also knew that he was in love with Kanon-san. I even planned to make Yakumo a male god and have an intimate relationship with me by becoming a goddess myself. But I let my guard down and foolishly allowed him to approach her at the pool, and at the summer festival, I allowed him to set up a date with her!”

　Shirase was breathing heavily as she exploded with emotion.

“F-for now, just calm down. Relax”

“I beg your pardon, I got distra–“

Shirase looked up and her eyes widened as if she had noticed something.

　Yes, like Shirase, I was caught off guard.

　When I am at home, I wear glasses instead of contacts. And I didn’t cut my hair even though Akazawa warned me to. I was planning to get a haircut tomorrow. In other words, my hair has grown a lot longer than it was during the first semester.

　I was now as close to my former self as possible.

“….No way, Shota-san?”

　I was exposed.