My Beautiful Step-Sister, Who Is Too Much My Type, Keeps Pressuring Me to 'Get Married' Every Day and I'm Really Troubled ~She Takes Advantage of Being My Step-Sister to Tempt Me However She Wants!?~ - 15 - Holding Hands With StepSister
Holding Hands With StepSister
――――Since it was our day off, Yumi and I had come out to the town as we had promised.
For starters, at Yumi’s suggestion, we entered a sweets shop together. After we took our seats, Yumi opened the menu and pointed to a section with her index finger.
“Maybe I’ll have this parfait. What about you, onii-chan?”
“I’ll have the same.”
I didn’t particularly care about sweets, and I thought parfaits always looked delicious, so I just said that without much thought.
However, Yumi didn’t seem to take it that way; she looked surprised, but at the same time, she seemed happy.
“Eh!? onii-chan, are you saying you want to eat the same thing as me!?”
She said it with such delight, but it was a bit off the mark. I shook my head and replied.
“No, I just thought it would be fine.”
“Just because you think it’s fine means it’s fate, right!? Come on~! Do you get it~? Onii-chan, we’re definitely meant to be together!”
I thought it was a bit much to get so excited just because we ordered the same thing, but as I looked at the menu again, I muttered.
“Then I’ll choose something different.”
“Are you getting shy because you realized it’s fate? Onii-chan, you’re so cute~!”
“…”
Realizing that it was futile no matter what I did at this point, I called the waiter while Yumi continued to happily chatter beside me. With a sidelong glance at her, I ordered two servings of the same parfait.
And after a while, the waiter brought us the two parfaits.
“Thinking you want to eat the same food without intending to────”
“Yumi, stop muttering to yourself and let’s eat the parfait now that it’s here.”
“Oh, right! Let’s eat!”
And then, Yumi and I started eating the parfait together.
“The whipped cream in this is just perfect~! Parfaits are always so delicious~!”
“Yeah.”
“By the way, onii-chan, isn’t this possibly the first time we’ve eaten parfait together?”
“It might be.”
Yumi continued to eat the parfait with high spirits, clearly enjoying herself. However, I couldn’t match her enthusiasm, so for now, I decided to just savor this parfait.
After finishing our parfaits and leaving the sweets shop, we started walking through the town again────or so I tried to, but then.
Yumi held my hand.
“Yu-Yumi!? What are you doing!?”
Naturally, I was surprised by Yumi’s action, but she seemed rather happy about it.
“Holding hands feels really nice! It’s like we’re becoming one, onii-chan!”
“I didn’t ask for that! Why are you holding hands?”
When I asked that, Yumi, still seeming unfazed, replied.
“Why are you getting so worked up? Sure, it might be a little unsettling since it’s our first time, but siblings holding hands isn’t that unusual if they’re close, is it?”
“I’m not sure if it’s normal, but at least for me────”
“Or is it that you get all fluttery just from holding hands with me because you see me as a woman rather than a little sister? Well, if that’s the case, I guess it can’t be helped~! Geez, onii-chan, if I were your real sister instead of your stepsister────”
Considering the act of holding hands and viewing Yumi as a member of the opposite sex… when weighing both options, I thought holding hands would incur less damage in the future, so I reluctantly spoke up.
“I understand, it’s okay to hold hands… but remember, this is strictly as siblings. Keep that in mind, okay?”
“For now, I’ll go along with that!”
With a cheerful expression, Yumi agreed, and I started walking again. But then, I suddenly felt a gaze on us from somewhere, so I turned around… but there didn’t seem to be anyone particularly looking at us.
“Onii-chan?”
“It’s nothing… Let’s keep going.”
Deciding it was just my imagination, I resumed walking with Yumi by my side.
“Isn’t that Ichiiri with a girl, holding hands… Could it be, his girlfriend…?”
(TL: here girlfriend can also mean ‘her’, as in Yumi)