After Being Betrayed by My Girlfriend, I Kiss Her Little Sister

Hina’s House (2)

“……”

By the time I finish unpacking, I can smell a delicious smell coming from the kitchen.

Is it…sukiyaki? It smells really good.

I just mentioned that I like meat, but I never expected Hina to actually make sukiyaki. I used to eat it a lot at home when I was in grade school, so it feels really nostalgic. Hina likes to eat sukiyaki as well, so whenever Hina came over, my mom would always make it for us.

This feels just like back then…

Sukiyaki, made by Hina.

“Let’s eat!”

“Yeah!”

I continue to stare at the sukiyaki.

When I’m with Hina like this…I just can’t help but remember the old days. They are happy memories, but at the same time, it’s a bit painful. But still, I can’t just ignore it and act like nothing happened. Right now, I just want to be with Hina like this.

“Here you go, Kanata!”

“Hmm?”

“You like tofu don’t you, Kanata?”

“How did you remember that…”

“Ehh, you were always eating tofu…did you really think I wouldn’t remember?”

“Haha…I can’t believe you remember something like that…”

“Hehe, well, we used to always eat together like this~”

Then, without thinking, I gently wipe the sauce off Hina’s lips.

Wait…why did I just do that?

The moment I saw it, my body just moved on its own.

“…K-Kanata?”

“Ah, sorry. I just…”

“Why are you apologizing? You’ve always wiped my mouth like that…thanks!”

“…yeah.”

……

After eating sukiyaki together, me and Hina cleaned the house together.

Now, all that’s left is that box labelled ‘Treasures’.

But I think Hina will take care of that. I did take a peek inside, but since she didn’t notice, I guess I’m safe…sorry, Hina.

“Kanata, are you done cleaning?”

“Yeah.”

“Thanks~ Thanks to you, the house is all clean now! Hehe.”

“Well then—”

“Well, I’m all sweaty! let’s take a bath together! Kanata!”

“…eh?”

I’m so shocked at Hina’s words that I let out a small cough.

“Bath! Let’s take one! Together!”

“Yeah, I heard you just fine, but…Hina…”

“Yeah?”

“Hina, you’re a girl, you know that, right? Y-You do realize that much, don’t you?”

“Yeah, of course I do. What’s with you all of a sudden, Kanata?”

Why is she looking at me with an expression that says, ‘What’s the problem?’

I beginning to wonder if am I the weird one for freaking out, or is it Hina the weird one to suddenly ask me to take a bath together with her. Also, how did she say it so confidently?

I-I’m not a girl, you know…

“You don’t want to? Back when we were in fifth grade—”

“N-No! Enough! Hina…! More importantly, there is no way I can take a bath with you together! We’re both in high school now, aren’t we?”

That was close…! Hina was about to say something outrageous just now…

“Ehh…I see. Alright! Then, I’ll go in first~”

“Yeah…”

When Hina goes into the bath, I sit alone, trying to gather my thoughts.

Those treasures in that box…and the memory that suddenly surfaced while we were eating dinner.

Putting that treasure aside, I have something really important that I’ve been wanting to ask Hina. Why did I forget about it?

I play with my smartphone for a while waiting for Hina to finish taking a bath.

As usual, Umi’s social media is filled with lots of happy pictures of her daily life.

She really seems to be having so much fun, Umi.

“Huh?”

Then, I notice something—

“Kanata~. You can go in now.”

“Yeah…wait, why are you wearing my shirt!? And where did you even get it from…?”

“Ah, I like it! So I took it from Kanata’s house!”

“Did you really just admit that you took it from my house so casually…”

“It’s fine, isn’t it~ Fufufu. Hurry up and take a bath~”

“Yeah, yeah.”

After we broke up…Umi started uploading all kinds of pictures on her social media.

She barely posted anything when we were dating…is it because of Saito? She’s probably having the time of her life, hanging out with that rich guy…getting all excited about it. Normal high schoolers won’t be able to afford to go to places like that.

I shouldn’t bring this up in front of Hina. I don’t want to cause any more trouble.

“……”

Then, when I step out of the bathroom, for some reason, Hina is waiting for me, holding my change of clothes.

Why is she waiting here?

“Hina…?”

“Yeah?”

“Can I ask why you’re here?”

“I forgot to prepare your clothes, and right when I walked into the bathroom, I accidentally saw a half-naked Kanata standing there…I’m innocent.”

“This is embarrassing…can you leave?”

“But! Back when we were in grade school, I saw Kanata naked—”

“E-Enough! Just go to your room already, Hina!!!”

“Hmph…”

More importantly…Hina lives alone, so why does she have clothes in such large sizes?

No matter how you look at it, there’s no way a girl would wear something this big.

“Kanata…! Come here.”

The lamp in Hina’s room lights up.

The atmosphere is really nice, but…are we really going to sleep in the same bed again? Seeing Hina patting the spot next to her, I have a feeling that she won’t let me sleep in a separate bed.

That aside…if you invite someone to your place, at least wear your own loungewear! I unpacked so many of Hina’s clothes earlier, it feels like all that effort ended up being pointless.

“Hmm, hmm, hmm~♪”

Well, Hina is my childhood friend, so I won’t do anything to her…but still, she’s way too defenceless. It kind of worries me.

I really want to get her change into other loungewear right now.

But I can’t just touch her and get her to do it…

“That actually looks good on you!”

“T-Thanks…but seriously, why do you even have such big clothes? There’s no way they’d fit you at all.”

“Ah, about that…when I was choosing a size online, I accidentally chose a larger one…ahaha…”

“You’re still as dumb as ever, Hina.”

“I’m not dumb!”

“Yeah, yeah…”

I gently pat Hina’s head.

Now finally, it’s the time to ask. If I’m going to do it, it has to be now.