That stupid runt who reunited with me after 10 years is now transformed into a beautiful and innocent high school girl - Chapter 45: The Shitty Brat wants to get hold of that.

The Sh*tty Brat wants to get hold of that.

　1

It’s that time of year when the difference between cold and warm temperatures can be quite extreme. Even though it was so chilly in the morning that it was a hassle to go to school, and yet now it feels so nice and warm right now.

While pedaling my bicycle, I look out at the sunset-tinted city.

“I’m home.”

When I returned from the my restaurant work, I found the table surrounded by a bunch of kids.

“Welcome ho~me.”

“Welcome home.”

“Welcome home~.”

All three of them together were smiling really suspiciously. They must be thinking of something wicked again.

“What the hell, you guys, why the heck are you smiling like that. Father, give me a Cola.”

“Fu~fu~fuu~ After all, starting right now, we’re going to look at Yuu~nyi’s album.”

　Miya said as she plopped down on the table.

“Ho~”

　Albums, huh?

　Nn?

Wait. … Whose album was it again?

“Sorry to keep you all waiting. Ara~, Yuu, you’re already back huh.”

My mother came out from the back carrying a thick album.

　It was bound in white with a gold band with the words “Yuusuke’s Kindergarten” written in large letters.

“Geh.”

“Welco—.”

“Oryaaa!”

　I immediately snatched it from the hands of my mother.

“ah, what the hell are you doing.”

“That’s what I should be saying goddamnit. Showing a person’s private album, like that—“

“Isn’t that all fine, it’s just an album after all.”

Obviously it’s not okay.

Even I’m myself embarrassed to look back at the photos from my kindergarten days, and if these guys see them, they’re bound to lick my wounds more and more.

“Show Us~.”

“Give it up already.”

“Please let us see.”

“Shut your trap, that’s an absolutely no.”

Dodging the attacks from those little shitheads, I ran upstairs and holed myself up in my room.

“He’s getting away.”

“After him!”

“Please wait!”

　It’s about them afterall.

Even if I try and hide this thing, they’ll eventually find it. But even so, I don’t have anywhere else to run as well.

“Open the door!”

“You’ve been already surrounded.”

“Open the door, please, Yuu~nii.”

　Wait a minute?

I wonder if I can fool them by that without them noticing.

　I release the knob and open the door.

“Ou~h, you guys. Do you really want to see this album, No Matter What?

“Hurry up and, show us.”

“Hurry up and, give it to us.”

“Hurry up and, let us see.”

Well then, wait there. Then how about we decide this with a little competition?

A competition? There’s no way Yuu–nii gonna beat us ever already.

　Mahiru dismissed that proporsal bluntly.

“Gu, you said it. If you insist that much, I’ll allow you to take me on my challenge. If you guys win, I’ll show you this album as much as you want. But if I win, I’m going to seal this one forever and ever. No matter who wins, it will be a fair fight, no questions asked.”

“What should we do?” Mio asked.

“What is this~? Are you soo afraid of losing to me~? A~h, it’s all okay then~, if you don’t have the confidence to beat me, that’s fine~.”

　I turn my hand palm towards my mouth and pretend to sneer at them deplorably.

[TL notes: remember ojou-sama’s laughing? That strange one. Yeah, like that.]

“What the heck?”

“There’s no way Yuu-nii can beat us ever though.”

“I wonder if this’ll be okay though.”

They’re so easy. She already on board.

“What’s the prerequisites to clearing the game?”

　Mio asked.

“From now on, I’m going to hide this album somewhere in this room. If you are able to get hold of it, then it’s your victory.”

“Eh? Isn’t it really easy?”

“Wait there, Asaka. Since we are talking about Yuu-nii, there is a possibility that he’ll hide it on the balcony, even though he says that he will hide the album in his room.”

“I see, Mio chan, you’re very perceptive.”

“Ba~ka~ as if I will do something as silly as that, when I sau inside the room, I literally mean inside the room. 

“In how many minutes do we need to find it?”

　Mahiru folded her arms.

“Well then, how about we set the time limit at fifteen minutes?”

‘…… Do it your way.”

“Then from now on, I’ll go hide it, so go and wait outside for me.”

　With that said, I closed the door.

　2

“Okay, All’s good.”

　Leaning against the wall, I open the door.

　When I see that they have entered the room safely, I close the door behind me and lean against it.

“Here it is.”

　Mahiru looks under the bed in a hurry.

“Hmm, it’s not here.”

I’ll look over here.

　Asaka begins to look around the bookshelf.

“Mnh-mnh.”

　Mio stands on the bed and looks around the room.

“Yuu–nii, it’s in the room, isn’t it?”

“Ouh.”

“Yoshi~.”

　Mio jumped off the bed and started going through the drawers of my desk.

“Since it’s a big book, there shouldn’t be much place where it can be hid.”

　Ho~, that’s a good intuition for just a kid.

“Moreover, it didn’t make a very loud noise, so I don’t think he moved anything out of the way.”

　With that said, Mio walked around the room and came up to me.

“Wha—What’s wrong?”

　Wai–wait did she already noticed???

“U~nn.”

And just like that, she headed for the closet, which made me feel relieved.

“It’s not too messed up now, is it?”

　She opened up the closet and quickly closed it.

I see, she must have judged whether I hid there by the roughness of the clothes in the drawer it seems. It’s a good tactic to shorten the time and save unnecessary effort.

But you guys are fundamentally misguided from the very beginning itself.

“Ah!”

“Mio, sis you find it there?”

“Yuu–nii, can we play this game later on?”

She pulls out a cassette from the drawer.

“Sure thing~.”

“Mio, leave that thing for later.”

“I don’t see that book here either. I wonder if it’s the balcony?”

　Asaka opens the window.

“Asaka, Yuu–nii did say that it’s in his room, so it shouldn’t be in the balcony.”

“Is that so.”

FU~U. FU~U.

　Time was flying by second by second.

　Well, from the point of those little brats, it’s unlikely that they will find it out. And even if they did find out, it wouldn’t problem anyway.

　For the sake of my pride and for my dignity as an adult, I must protect the contents of this album at all costs whatsoever.

　3

　Three minutes left.

“Damn it, I can’t find it at all.”

“As I thought, it’s in the closet after all.”

Mio bounces around on the bed, while Mahiru re-opens the closet.

“Speaking of which, Yuu-nii, why have you been in there all this time?”

　Asaka asked.

“Eh?”

　As if sensing something in that genuine question, Mio comes up to me.

She looks up at me with cheeky eyes.

“Wh—What is it?”

“Suspicious.”

“Is it really okay if I don’t go look around? You’ve only got remaining two minutes with you, you know?”

“……”

“……”

“There it is! It’s in his clothes.”

“Oh, s*&t. They found out.”

“What?”

“You found out?”

“Look, if you look closely, there’s a square in his back.”

“Aah!”

“Aah!”

“Kuh”

　So you’ve finally found it huh.

　I put the album behind my clothes and pressed my back against the door to hide the bulge.

It’s the technique whereby I stand in the doorway to create a blind spot, since they’ll be preoccupied with searching the room.

“I see, it is indeed inside the room.”

“For someone like Yuu-nii, you must have used your head quite a lot huh.”

“What do you mean by, ‘for someone like Yuu-nii’ huh.”

“Now, give us the album already.”

　Miharu reached out her hand.

“Aa~ah? What are you talking about? I did tell, ‘get hold of the book’, didn’t I? MU-Ha-ha-ha-ha.”

　I hold the album high in the air.

“Here~ Come on. Come on, get it already~.”

“That’s unfair.”

“Yuu~nii, it’s not fair at all.”

　Mio and Asaka jumped up and down like bunnies, but unfortunately, they couldn’t reach the top of my head at all.

Such a shame, right.

Sometimes, being unreasonableness with the child is also a part of their growth and development.

　Since, after all, there will be times when you would confront a wall which can’t be topple no matter what.

　I can’t let them see this album.

　I look at my watch. Only thirty seconds left.

　I won.

“Mio, Asaka, get out of there.”

“Un.”

“Yes.”

　Mahiru readies up her fist.

“Ah?”

“Ei.”

　~chin.

“Ogyaaaa.”

　An incredible pain shoots out from my groins to my brain’s core.

“A, aaaaaah.”

All strength from my body slips by, as I collapse to the ground slowly.

　B–But, still …… 

Did she, this guy, aimed for it, knowingly?

“Yay, we got it.”

　Mio quickly picks up the album.

“Mahiru, amazing. You really can beat Yuu-nii with just one blow.”

“That’s why I told you. There’s no way Yuu-nii can beat me no matter what.”

“Ugh-aah.”

　My body feels really hot.

“A—aaah”

“Yoshi, let’s go back downstairs.”

　At Miya’s command, the little bastards ran out of the room.

The only one left behind was me, who was still struggling with the pain that just wouldn’t go away no matter what.

“Ack, AAHHhhh.”

　4.

“So this is a picture of him on his first day of kindergarten, see~.”

“He’s crying so hard.”

　Mio laughs.

“That was the first time we took the bus to pick him up, he would continuously say, 『 Noo, I don’t wanna leave mommy』and cry so hard.”

“And this one is?”

“This was the time when I started crying because I was so surprised and happy to see the festival parade.” 

“What’s this one?”

“It’s a picture of when we went to see the Pokémon movie, but as it was so crowded on the first day of the release, we couldn’t see it.”

“Yuu–nii, these are all pictures of you crying.”

Mahiro shrugs her shoulders in dismay.

“So~ cute~.”

“Shut up! That’s why I hated it.”

　For some reason, I always cried a lot, back then.

　Damn, is there no better pictures of me there at all.

“Arre? This is?”

　Mio pointed at a picture.

“Arra, I wonder why the elementary school picture is mixed in with the kindergarten one.”

　It was a picture of me in the fifth grade of elementary school.

I was carefully holding a small baby in my arms as a child. Next to me was the childlike picture of the young Mio right here.

“Is that perhaps, Mio?”

“UWaaaw, so~ cute~.”

“Uwaaa, Nyoo, you can’t look.”

Taking hold of the Album, Mio starts to run away.

　While being chased by Mahiru and Asaka right at her back.

(This is a two week release. I wanna be lazy somehow, ehehehe)