Is There Such Thing as a Cute Little Stepsister? There is No Romance Between us~

‘Home-Cooked Meals’ are not Bad

“How is the Nikujaga, Onii-sama?”

(TN: Nikujaga is a Japanese stew consists of meat and potatoes)

“It’s delicious. Do you actually like cooking?”

“Well, it’s not like that I particularly like cooking, but I practiced a lot.”

Well, it seems like there’s someone you like.

Are you planning to win their heart through their stomach?

Ah, youth…

At times like that…no, let’s not go there.

“…thank you for the meal.”

“You’re welcome.”

It’s been a while since I last had a home-cooked meal.

Neither my father nor me can cook.

We just usually go somewhere or take away something to eat.

“I’m really happy to hear you say it’s delicious!”

Her genuine smile is so dazzling.

The person who is loved by this girl is very lucky.

“Ruri, I bet you’d make your future husband really happy with your cooking. It’s really delicious after all.”

Long soft hair, adorable face, and on top of that, she is great at cooking, she is truly an incredible girl.

“Future husband…I don’t know about that…ehehehe”

It seems that she is both happy and embarrassed, her cheeks are blushing in red.

Ah, she looks even cuter.

“They say a way to a person’s heart is through their stomach…it’s possible to make someone fall in love with you by being a good cook.”

“Is that so, then…I’ll do my best!”

She suddenly becomes motivated.

Well, I’m glad to hear that.

“What’s your favourite food, Onii-sama?”

“Are you planning to make it for me?”

“Yes!”

“Hmm…”

Favourite food, huh…

“Stir-fried meat and vegetables…I quite like that. It goes well with rice. Also, I actually like sweets as well.”

I’m sure Ruri is good at making sweets as well.

“Sweets? What kind of sweets do you like?”

“Parfaits.”

“P-Parfaits…?”

Is it a bad thing for a man to like parfaits?

“I’ll try making it next time!”

“Ah, yeah. Thank you.”

It seems like she is excited to make it for me.

For me, delicious food often tastes even better when someone else makes it for me rather than I make it myself.

“By the way, Ruri, do you have any favourite sweets or desserts?”

“I like shortcakes.”

“Ah, shortcakes are delicious too…hmm.”

“Is something wrong?”

“It’s just that I haven’t really talked about sweets this much before, and it’s making me want some.”

“We don’t have the ingredients to make it.”

“Well, at this hour, there’s a good cake shop nearby that’s just about to close. I’ll go there quickly and get some sweets for us.”

“Ah, I’m going too!”

“Alright, then let’s get ready.”

And so, decided to go to the cake shop.

‘The Shop Owner’ is a Little Difficult to Explain

The cake shop we are going is called ‘W Double V’.

My company actually have a cooperative relationship with this shop.

I often come here to buy sweets from time to time.

“Ah, welcome, store manager”

“Hello, master Double.”

“H-Hello.”

The store owner, beautiful lady with a bob cut, greets us.

“Oh my, what a cute customer. Your girlfriend?”

“Well yeah, something like that…there’s no way that she is my girlfriend, right!? She’s a relative. We were talking about some sweets earlier, and because of it we’re craving for some. So we decided to come here to have some delicious sweets.”

“Well, I’m happy to hear that, but we only have about fifteen minutes left before closing. I’m sorry.”

“That’s alright. We’ll just take away the sweets.”

“Even though you have such a cute girl with you?”

“Did you say something?”

“Nothing…”

We decided to buy four slices of shortcakes.

“What a beautiful shopkeeper, and she is really friendly too.”

Why is Ruri giving me a cold stare?

I can feel her gaze towards me.

“He has been helping me with various things related to my work, besides…”

“Besides?”

“Master is a man.”