The Case of Liking the Most Beautiful Girl in the School Even After Being Told Not to Like Her - Chapter 12 - It's Not Something to be Lewd About, Is It?

Chapter 12 – It’s Not Something to be Lewd About, Is It?

“Yuuto-kun, do you want a pocky?”

After going back to her room for a bit, Mina-san sat on the sofa in the living room watching the TV and asked me that without even looking at me.

“Can I have the whole bag?”

Instead of going to Mina-san’s place, I went to the kitchen and talked to her, filling a glass of water because I was thirsty…

“No, it’s the one I’m eating right now. This seems to be a new product, but I want Yuuto-kun to try it too.”

I drank the water, washed the cup and went to Mina-san.

“So what flavor is it?”

Mina-san had an empty seat next to her, so I slowly sat down there.

“Cherries. You want some?”

“Yeah, just one is okay…”

When I turned my eyes to the TV, there was a special feature on cats, and I wondered if Mina-san liked cats.

“Here you go.”

“Ah, thank—!?”

I took my eyes off the TV screen and looked at Mina-san to get a pocky from her, but she had added the end of the pocky to her mouth.

C-Could this be…?

I thought Mina-san was going to hand me a pocky from the package she was holding, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

“M-Mina-san…?”

Satisfied that she could see me troubled, Mina-san ate the pocky she had added to her mouth. Afterwards, she looked at me with a grin.

“You must have imagined something weird.”

“H-Huh? L-Like what?”

Mina-san, you were definitely trying to play the pocky game, weren’t you? You must have pretended to try to play the pocky game to tease me.

“Oh, I imagined it. That’s so naughty~ Anyway, the pocky game is just eating pocky, right?”

Well, yes…

When I was about to take a pocky from Mina-san when she offered it to me, I had an idea and moved closer to her, so close that our shoulders were almost touching.

“Y-Yuuto-kun!?”

“The pocky game is just about eating pocky, right? Then it’s not really something to get naughty about.”

“Eh, that’s…but…”

The rules of the pocky game are that two people face each other and eat one end of a pocky, and the first person to take their mouth off the pocky loses. If both players eat the whole thing without taking their mouths off each other… Well, I don’t have to explain that…

“Y-You can’t do this with a family member.”

“It’s not like there’s any rule that says families can’t play pocky games with each other.”

“T-Then, I’ll add a rule that we can’t play the pocky game—”

“Rejected.”

“Why?”

“It’s a penalty if you refuse.”

“What!? …J-Just do it. Do it!”

“If you let go, it’s a penalty.”

“Penalty this, penalty that, so noisy!”

Mina-san said this, but reluctantly added the end of the pocky she was about to give me to her mouth. I put my mouth on the opposite end. Mina-san started to eat and got a little closer to me.

O-Oh no… I was just trying to get back at her for teasing me…

In the order of Mina-san and me, the pocky was getting shorter and shorter. Before I know it, Mina-san’s eyes are closed.

If it keeps going like this, to Mina-san, I’ll be the one to…

Just as Mina-san’s lips were about to come within touching distance, I heard a bang from the front door. Both Mina-san and I were startled at the same time, and the pocky snapped in the middle.

“We’re home~ Oh my, what’s going on with you two?”

The person who came into the living room after saying that was Kaho-san, who had just returned from outside. Mina-san and I were embarrassed by what we had just done, and both of us lowered our heads.

“I-It’s nothing, mom…”

“Y-Yeah, it’s nothing…”

“Is that so? Okay then…”

Kaho tilted her head and headed for the kitchen. Seeing that, I said to Mina-san…

“We failed, let’s do it again.”

“That’s not something you say with a blank face…”

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We couldn’t continue in the living room, so we moved from there to my room.

“Hey, is this some kind of punishment?”

Mina-san sat down on the bed as if it was normal as soon as she entered the room, crossed her legs and asked that.

“It’s the punishment for all the weird teasing you’ve been doing. Can I say what I’m thinking before we start again?”

I said so and she nodded her head.

“I want you to stop sitting on the bed every time you come to the room. Also, I don’t think it’s a good idea to sit on the bed carelessly… If you do this to someone you don’t know, you’re done.”

I stood in front of Mina-san and grabbed her by both shoulders and pushed her gently and lightly backwards. Mina-san, who had not expected to be pushed down, remained motionless in surprise.

“You never know what a man might do, so you should be a little more care—Mina-san!?”

I thought I was being careful, but Mina-san held my hand while lying on her back.

“Okay, do what you want…”

“Eh…?”

Just now, Mina-san, she…

At a loss as to how to respond, Mina-san suddenly took back what she had just said.

“Ah, Just what was I saying… I thought for a moment that if it was Yuuto-kun, it would be fine… I’m sorry for troubling you, I was too careless just because we’re family… Even though we’re family, there should be a distance between me and Yuuto-kun.”

Mina-san got up with my help and got up from the bed. Mina-san’s hands were shaking, and I regretted what I had done.

“I’m sorry, Mina-san…”

“No, it’s not your fault, Yuuto-kun. You just wanted to tell me, didn’t you? Now, about the pocky, let’s get along and share the rest.”

“Sure.”