My Ex-Elder Sister shifted into the room next to mine - v1 Chapter 24: Interrogation by Hina-ane

Interrogation by Hina-nee

“…Hey, Kou-chan

“You’re hiding something from me, aren’t you?”

Hina-nee’s eyes are looking straight at me.

“… Eh, what are you talking about? Obviously that can never be the case you know.”

I try to deny it while shaking my head. However, I am unable to take away Hina-nee’s suspicion from me.

“Kou-chan… just because I’m coming to your home. You did your best at house cleaning, didn’t you?”

“Eh, ah that’s um right, I did give my best alone.”

“Yeah, that’s great by itself. But somehow I feel something uncomfortable. Maybe because the cleaning done is way too beautiful.”

“!?, What —do —you mean?”

“To put it simply, it doesn’t feel like someone living here for a long time.”

“Feel of someone living here?”

“Un, no matter what we do, even if I clean by myself, the vibrancy of life exuberates. Especially for Kou-chan, as you clean your house too lazily; that very thing somehow tells about your sense of living. And yet, when it is lacking, except the case with the bedroom, somehow it feels like someone else has helped you in cleaning after all.”

“Th, The thing is.. I asked a male friend of mine to help me with tha–.”

“You just now said you did it all alone, didn’t you. Even if that’s not the case, why is it that only the bedroom was not helped by them during cleaning?”

“Th, that’s because I don’t want people to come into my bedroom just normally.”

“Kou-chan, are you that type of boy?”

“It was one of my demands to start living alone after all.”

“In that case, why didn’t you get angry when I entered the bedroom? Moreover, you handed me the access to the bedroom right away.”

“W-, well, that’s because it’s Hina-nee.”

“Is it really so, thank you for that.”

Was I able to successfully mislead her?

Asking Ren, a girl, to help me with my bedroom would make her feel intimidated, so I went ahead and cleaned it all by myself. That was the real reason.

“Other than that, detergent for the washing machine. It’s different from what you used to use.”

“… I thought it was about time to change.”

“Hmm, and so you started using a detergent that’s popular with women?”

[TL: KoWA! ＼(º □ º l|l)/ ]

“!!”

“And come to think of it, when we went to cook together in the kitchen, I asked you to bring out the plates, didn’t I? Why did you look confused at that time?”

Whoa!

“Kou-chan, was it that you didn’t know where the plate was? There were also other discomforts that I felt one by one. It felt like I was cooking in someone else’s kitchen.

When Kousuke allowed and asked Ren to cook for both of them, he didn’t mind her reorganizing cooking utensils and stuff like that so that they were easy to get and use. Because of this, she changed their original place except for the plates and bowls used for light dishes such as breakfast, making him unknown of the exact location of his own utensils.

“…”

“Hey, Kou-chan, what are you hiding?”

… I don’t think I can keep it within anymore.

Realizing that it’s of no use trying to hide anymore, I…

“Okay, I’ll tell you. That–um Hina-nee, before that, can you go off from top of me?”

When Hina heard those words, she silently got off from pinning him on his bed in the room as Kousuke and Hina got face-to-face with each other.

After which, Kousuke started talking about what happened last week. How a new person moved in next door to his apartment. How they become good friends by talking every day. How that person made something for him. How that friend found out about his eating habits and got worried, deciding to make him a meal every day and so on. Although, of course, The identity of that person being Ren-senpai, is kept hidden.

“… Fuu~nn~, I see. So, from the way you talked… Kou-chan, that person is a girl isn’t she?”

“Yeah, that’s also a part of it, and well I was told to keep her identity hidden, so.”

“Hmmm.”

Hina thought about that for some moment while groaning.

“Kou-chan, talk honestly. Are you going out with her?”

I felt that I should vigorously deny this.

“I’m not dating! I can assure you of that!!”

“…………”

“…………”

The two of them stared at each other, and the one to break that silence first.

—was Hina, who looked away first.

“…I understand, I will believe in you  …However!! Kou-chan, this calls for a sermon.”

“……yes”