I Fell in Love with Someone I Shouldn't Have Fallen in Love with - Chapter 4

Advice

Emi’s POV

Since reconciling with Ando-senpai, I’ve been able to talk to him occasionally.

The suspicions I had about the relationship between Ando-senpai and Onee-chan during the summer break has been cleared up when senpai firmly denied having any romantic feelings for Onee-chan. That cleared away the worries I had about them until then.

In fact, I think my liking for Ando-senpai has skyrocketed.

Strangely enough, even though I used to think of him as a boring and dull guy with a negative aura at the beginning, I see him as an attractive student council president and top of the class student now, on top of that he’s actually my big brother.

Moreover, only me and Ando-senpai know about our true relationship.

When people ask me about Onee-chan, I used to feel inferior, thinking,

‘I’m being compared to my beautiful Onee-chan again.’

However, whenever my friends talk about Ando-senpai, I feel a sense of superiority thinking,

‘No on else knows, but he is my Onii-chan♪’

I actually want to call him ‘Onii-chan’ but it feels kind of embarrassing to call him so and if someone were to hear it, it could get awkward.

Especially if Onee-chan or Mama were to ask about it, it could be quite troublesome.

So for now, I still call him ‘Ando-senpai’.

One day, Ando-senpai asked for my advice. I’m surprised myself that he asked for my advice.

“Ami-san’s behaviour towards me has changed lately, and I find it quite worrying. Umm…Emi-san from your point of view, how to you see Ami-san’s behaviour?”

“From the way you’re telling me, it sounds like you’re talking about romantic matters.”

“Yes…that’s right. Since the spring break, Ami-san has been inviting me to go out together a lot, and when we go out or when she visits my room late at night, it’s like the distance between us has gotten much closer…”

“Did Onee-chan kiss you or something?”

“No, it’s nothing like that! It’s more like she has been holding my hands, linking arms, and learning against me when we’re sitting together. Ami-san has been doing those kinds of things more often lately.”

“Well, I was kidding about the kiss, that is quite bold for Onee-chan, who is never comfortable around boys…”

“Of course, I only see her as my little sister, so I can overlook some level of physical closeness between siblings, but if there are romantic feelings involved, I can’t just ignore it… However, I can’t confirm it with her directly, so I kind of having a hard time about it.”

“So, in other words, you suspect that Onee-chan might have romantic feelings for you, but you’re stuck and don’t know what to do because you can’t confirm it?”

“Yeah, that’s right. I can only discuss this kind of matter with Emi-san, that’s why I’m asking your advice about this.”

“Hmm…I’ll be honest with you. I also think that Onee-chan has feelings for you, Ando-senpai. Of course, romantically I mean.”

“As I suspected…’

“I don’t think Ando-senpai has seen this side of her, but whenever Onee-chan goes out with you, she always prepares lunch for the both of you, and when she is preparing it, she truly seems like she is ‘in love’. Onee-chan seems to enjoy preparing lunch for you.”

“…is that so…I was too careless. I was glad to get along with my cute little sister without thinking much about it, but I never imaged that she would develop romantic feelings for me…”

“Senpai, did you just say ‘cute little sister’ just now? Isn’t that kind of weird? Wait, I mean, am I included in that ‘cute little sister’ category too?”

“Well, um…both Ami-san and Emi-san are cute little sisters to me. Because of the both of you, I’ve been able to have a peaceful life this past year.”

“I guess this is what they call an unconsciously natural womanizer.”

“Hah…I’ll be careful with my words next time…”

“Fufufu, but I’m kind of glad.”

“Hmm? Why is that?”

“I used to think of you as a perfect superhuman with no problems at all, however when you have a problem, you asked your little sister’s advice to help you with it. That’s why, I’m glad.”

“I see. Emi-san is very understanding and I feel like I can trust you to keep these things a secret. That’s why I rely on you a lot as someone I can talk to.”

“Thank you very much. Fufufu. But, what are you going to do with Onee-chan? Are you planning to eventually tell her about our true relationship?”

“That’s the matter. I do think I should tell her everything at this point, but there’s a possibility that it might result in being kicked out of this house. So, I’m having a hard time deciding what to do.”

“Indeed, even if you’re honest about it, Onee-chan’s reaction may lead to a conflict, in the worst case, Mama and Papa might even get involved. Well, personally…Mama and Papa brought this upon themselves, so I don’t really care what happens to them. However, I can’t accept why me, senpai and Onee-chan should suffer because of their actions…”

“I agree with that as well. I don’t want to hurt Ami-san or Emi-san either. But I also feel guilty about keeping this hidden. So, I’m having a really hard time about it.”

I like this serious side of Senpai.

Unlike those jerks like Mama and Papa who can’t understand the pain of others, Senpai genuinely cares about his sisters.

Even though telling Onee-chan the truth might end up hurting her, the fact that Ando-senpai is struggling and suffering to find a solution allows me to accept Ando-senpai as my older brother and I even grow fond of him

Of course, I ‘like’ him as my older brother.

It’s not a romantic feeling, but more like admiration towards him? or a sense of closeness?