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Episode 6: Patissier Karen

“I’m back.”

“…Welcome back, Nii-san. Aren’t you quite late.”

“Uh, yeah. I had some business to take care of.”

Rather than something to take care of, maybe it was something I was made to take care of.

… what happened to her? Karen … why does she look to have a darker expression than usual.

“What was that business?”

“No, I just got involved with Sakuragi-san.”

“…Hmm. Is that so?”

A while later, she returned to the living room while muttering several things. I put my school bag in my room and headed to the living room.

“Maybe I made you worry since I came home late.”

“…sit down there, Nii-san.”

“… Yes”

There were sweets placed on top of the table as usual.

“It looks like it’s a shortcake today.”

When I took my seat, Karen naturally sat next to me.

“Um… Karen…san?”

“What is it?”

“Why are you sitting right next to me?”

“I’m in the mood to. If you don’t eat cake fast, I’ll eat yours too.”

Saying that Karen started eating her part first.

I guess there was no point in worrying about it. Sometimes feelings make you do stuff like that as well… I guess?

For me, it’s okay because I’m rather happy about it.

“Nii-san, have you found someone you like, perhaps?”

“Buuhh!! Wh–what was that just now?”

“It’s nothing but just small interaction.”

[TL: interaction or interrogation…]

As if nothing was wrong, she started talking about such things so suddenly that I unintentionally burst out.

“So–Someone I like…I wonder if there is any.”

“Is that so”

“On the other hand, is there anyone you have a crush on, Karen?”

“Nope, none.”

“I see”

Was that really just some small talk about our life? And with this, our conversation came to an end.

“Nii-san, here. This.”

“ehhh!?”

Karen tries to bring a cleanly cut part of the cake to my mouth with her fork.

It’s that thing, the AA~aahn thingy.

“Wh–what’s wrong really, Karen?”

“It was just on a whim, but are you not going to eat it? Even though it’s such a rare love, your little sister is showing to you.”

“I understand. Well then, Thank you very much.”

“Here, say Aaa~aahn~.”

“A–Aa~ahn.”

…Delicious. It’s really delicious, but really what just happened to you? Karen.

It happened once before as well in the past. She would just suddenly do something like this at that time as well.

I don’t know what caused her to do it, though.

“Did you make today’s shortcake too?”

“Yes, because I like cooking. Was it perhaps not to your liking?”

“No~, Karen is really good at cooking. No matter how old I become, I just happen to depend on you regarding this, which was what I thought. That’s all.”

“Truly, just as you said.”

“That ball was certainly thrown really straight, huh.”

I also thought about cooking and doing some housework, but whenever I tried to do those, Karen would get furious, and in the end, I couldn’t.

It was all so unreasonable.

“So, how was today’s shortcake?”

“It was delicious, as always.”

“Fufu, was that so?”

Yeah, she just had her lips turned into a really meaningful smile as she grinned.

End Of Chapter