After My First Love Who is My Classmate Became My Family, My Childhood Friend Became Really Sweet to Me

An Unexpected Event/The End of a Horror Movie/For You

I would be lying if I say I my heart isn’t throbbing.

I am watching a horror movie while holding hands with Hinata—Oh god, I can feel my face getting hotter just from thinking about our situation right now.

How can I not be nervous? This is crossing the family line. Who in the world would start to hold hands with their sister while watching a horror movie like this?

I would.

No, no, I am holding Hinata’s hand, but it’s not on purpose.

I was more scared of the movie than I thought I would be, so I end up holding Hinata’s hand.

I am watching a horror movie with Hinata who isn’t good at them. I don’t want to show how pathetic I am, so I tried to keep my voice down and hold back my fear, but then I ended up holding Hinata’s hand… and here we are.

…I knew it, it’s impossible to be not nervous in this situation.

Hinata was my classmate after all. I am slowly seeing Hinata as my true family, my sister, but if we are sitting so close to each other like this, I can’t help but to see Hinata as a girl.

On top of that me and Hinata have only just became a family.

But that doesn’t mean I still have feelings to Hinata as my first love.

Although this situation is a bit…!

Besides Tsukino, the only time I can remember holding a girl’s hand is when I was folk dancing with a girl in middle school. This is not the first time I hold hands with Hinata, but I still feel really nervous.

…no, no, no, what am I thinking? Hinata is my family.

Even Hinata probably only thinks of me as her little brother and former classmate. If I’m the only one who is thinking about all this stuff, Hinata will surely think I’m weird.

After all, the only way to stay calm is to concentrate on the movie. Luckily, the movie isn’t on a scary scene right now.

….at least that’s what I thought. It turned out the movie is reaching its climax, it’s even scarier than before.

The film is coming to an end, the couple is vowing to each other to survive the evil spirits together—

And not surprisingly, there is a love scene.

That is a very long love scene.

“………”

We both freeze while holding each other hands because the scene where the couple is entwined in bed is being played.

It is really awkward and silent. Then both me and Hinata quickly open our mouths to say something.

“W-Well I never thought there would be a scene like this! I’m a high school student now so I’m fine with it. I haven’t seen a scene like this in a long time, but I’m really fine with it now, I was just surprised of how sudden it is.”

“Uh, yeah! I’m not a child anymore, so this is normal. Even I’m surprised of how calm I am, I just think of it as another form of love!”

The more we talk about it, the more we sink into the topic.

But you have to understand how frustrated I am. Why is that only when I’m holding hands with Hinata such a scene would be played?

If I don’t say anything, it will be obvious that I still see Hinata as a girl.

But thanks to this unfortunate situation, the intense atmosphere while we were holding hands earlier had completely disappeared. I’m able to focus on the movie naturally after the love scene is over.

It seems like Hinata also feels the same way, she is hugging her Fuwashiba tightly while staring at the laptop.

In the film, the couple who had just confessed their love to each other are being attacked by a number of mysterious phenomena. The boyfriend gradually becomes more and more insane. The girlfriend tries her best to calm him down, but he becomes more frantic.

At this point, Hinata’s face seems very different from before.

Up until now, she had just been scared of the movie, but now her expression seems rather sad. As if she is heartbroken by the couple’s tragedy.

—Horror movies, often have sad endings, don’t they? I’m not good at that either.

“………”

Remembering what Hinata said to me at dinner, I naturally move my hand closer to hers. This time it’s not because I’m surprised, but because I’m genuinely worried.

Gently, Hinata puts her hand on top of mine.

“Thanks, you are worried about me, right? …but I’ve come all this way, I might as well watch it to the end. I’m just a little scared of what’s going to happen to those two.”

…if Hinata said so, I will respect her decision.

But as if to make Hinata more anxious, the film becomes even more tragic. The boyfriend is possessed and controlled by an evil spirit. The girlfriend has no one else to rely because they are living alone together.

The boyfriend who looks like a monster at this point, attacks her with a knife. She runs away desperately, but eventually…

“…eck!”

I heard a little scream beside me, it’s as if her heart is breaking.

I think this is too much for Hinata. Hinata who is not good at horror movies has tried so hard to watch the movie until this point. I guess it’s because the movie is about to come to a sad ending—

Reflexively, I hold Hinata close to my chest.

I just think that I don’t want Hinata to see the sad ending.

“Ah—”

I hear a small gasp from Hinata.

Eventually, the credit rolls and I came back to myself.

“I’m sorry, I’m really sorry. The ending was pretty tragic that even I was pretty shocked, so I don’t want Hinata to see it. You know, my body just moved at its own…”

“…no, it’s fine. I would have looked away even if Yuto didn’t hug me.”

Hinata said while she covers her face on my chest.

Well, it’s must’ve been hard for Hinata too.

“So, how is it? Horror movies, will you be able to watch it with your friends now?”

“I don’t know about it yet, but I think I’m not as scared because I watched it with Yuto. The next time I watch a movie with Yuto, I want to watch something other than horror movies.”

“Yeah, me too. It made me nervous the whole time too… I think it would be nice to watch other movies with Hinata.”

I guess I’ve done my duty as a brother, I feel relieved…

…but with that said.

“Uhh, it’s true that I pulled Hinata in, but I can’t move if you don’t get away from me…”

“I-I’m sorry, but I can’t move right now… because I’m kind of blushing right now.”

Hinata’s ears turns bright red as she said it.