The reason why this genius little girl who doesn't get along with anyone, wants to be only spoiled by me - Episode 6

Episode 6: “Once I Hear It, I Never Forget It”

Well, then.

Talking with Hoshimiya-san is really fun, but… it was probably about time for me to head home, or so I started to think.

Moreover, it seemed that she was in the middle of reading a book before, and I am worried that my presence might be distracting her. Even her elder sister, Hoshimiya Saya, is probably wrapping up her student council work by now too. And, well… monopolizing Hoshimiya-san’s time made me feel a bit guilty.

Someone as exceptional as her probably had better things to do than spending time with me.

And with that as the reason, as the conversation reached a natural pause, I took the opportunity to mention that I will now be heading out.

“Ah, it’s already getting late now, so maybe I should get going then. Thanks for today. I really enjoyed the conversation with you.”

With that, I stood up.

I figured she’d respond with something like, “I understood, goodbye then~.” I mean, we’d gotten along so well, talking for this long, so I thought she’d at least say farewell.

“…—-Eh? Y-You’re leaving already!?”

Her reaction was… well how to put it, a lot more dynamic than I’d expected.

“But that, saying that you will leave, so suddenly… I will start missing you. Was I a bother? I’m really sorry; I just got so excited in our conversation; I’m really sorry for overwhelming you with all my questions.”

I didn’t expect her to be this regretful and reluctant to see me leave!

Hoshimiya-san looked genuinely disappointed, her head drooping as she gave me a slightly pleading look. And then, as if to ask me not to leave, her small hand lightly tugged at my shirt… —looking at that, just how could I leave now?

“No, no! That’s not what I meant at all!?”

“R-Really? You’re not mad at me or anything, I thought that, maybe Yohei-kun has started hating me?”

“Of course not! There’s no way I could start hating you.”

That would be just impossible.

To be acknowledged, relied upon, and even missed by someone like her? There’s no way, no matter how much of a scum a person someone is, they could never dislike her.

B… but to think she’s attracted to me more than I thought, huh?

If that were to be true, then I had misjudged her in my perception. I assumed she saw me in a more casual(flat), distant(dry) way, so I held back and tried not to get too close—but maybe that was a mistake instead.

“Even thought it was our first time talking, and I was being so straightforward… I became really concerned that I might have made you feel annoyed instead.”

“Annoyed, not even for a second I thought that! Um, actually—”

Honestly, I was starting to panic.

I felt so guilty, like I’d just let Hoshimiya-san’s spirit go down somehow. So, in a flustered attempt to make it all right… I ended up blurting out exactly what was in my mind.

“…—-There’s just no possible way for you to be annoying, Hoshimiya-san. After all… you’re just so cute that I’d love to make you(, Hoshimiya-san) into my little sister!”

The moment I said it, I froze.

Just what was I –just?

Who just tells a girl they barely know, “I’d like you as my little sister”? Anyone would find that weird. Even the person to whom it is being said, would feel confused and taken aback all of a sudden. I half expected Hoshimiya-san to say, “I’ll be troubled …if you tell me something like that.”

–But it seems that what I thought, was wrong nevertheless.

Somehow, as usual, I had underestimated her attraction towards me to a way, way lower than what it is.

“—-Hi~ya… T-That’s –so suddenly. T-To think you want me make me into your little sister –i–isn’t that practically a pro–proposal! E–eh, um, ok, I understand… As inexperienced I am, P-Please take care of me!”

It seems that, I’d also underestimated myself, as well as her affection for me, in a similar light.

That was why, every time, she catches me off guard.

Hoshimya-san was so happy that she was practically bouncing with joy, and I just stood there in stunned in silence.

(J–just how am I supposed to know that she’d likes me this much?!)

Because it’s someone like me, there’s no way I can ever understand how Hoshimiya-san feels.

To me, an ordinary guy, totally unworthy of someone like her— who is in fact a prodigy. No, in fact, there shouldn’t be anything about me that would attract her admiration towards me in any way possible.

“Ehehehe~♪ You know right~, once I hear something, I never forget it? Yay! Yohei-kun is now my Onii-chan …!”

But then again, she is a prodigy, a genius well above my capability of understanding. Apparently for some reasons I can ever imagine, she developed an affection towards me, thinks favorably towards me, moreover, seems to genuinely like and admire me.