While I Was Shutting in My Room for One Year, My Parent Remarried and Now I’m Living Together With Super Beautiful Stepsisters - Chapter 33: The Travel Destination I Want to Go to with the Beautiful Sisters

Chapter 33: The Travel Destination I Want to Go to with the Beautiful Sisters

Momiji had told me there was something she wanted to talk about, so I took my bento and headed to the cafeteria where everyone was waiting.

There, at a four-person table in the back of the cafeteria, Yuzuna and Anko sat waiting.

Yuzuna was nibbling on a small sandwich that seemed like just a light snack, while Anko, in contrast, was steadily eating a big katsu curry served in an extra-large portion on a big plate.

“Oh, Big Brother, you finally came.”

“What an amazing sight… Anko, is that really a regular menu item?”

“Yeah… it’s delicious? Does Big Brother want some?”

“No, I’m good. I have my bento.”

Huh? Come to think of it, I had my bento, but… what about these two’s bentos?

“Seriously, these two insisted on eating cafeteria food for once and wouldn’t listen. So today, I focused on Aoto-kun’s bento and packed it full of my love♡”

“I don’t really get it… ah, thanks.”

Setting aside the talk of love or whatever, Momiji’s bentos were always incredibly delicious, and I always made sure to finish them every day out of gratitude.

“Momiji’s getting all hot and bothered over Big Brother again.”

“I’m not! Besides, Yuzuna, you were the one who cornered Aoto-kun this morning about marriage and got all hot and bothered!”

“I wasn’t hot and bothered! It wasn’t like that; I was just preparing Big Brother’s mindset.”

Once again, the hot-and-bothered battle between Momiji and Yuzuna broke out.

These two were really… their bodies were so mature, but their insides were way too childish.

“Um, Big Brother… if you want, would you sit next to Anko?”

“Ah, thanks, Anko.”

Anko moved the bag that had been on the seat next to her and let me sit there.

…Huh? That bag Anko just moved.

“Is that a travel guidebook?”

“Y-yeah… the reason we all gathered today was to discuss the travel destination for Golden Week.”

Ah, I see.

They had brought me here without even giving me time to ask why they were gathered, so I had no idea what it was about… but that was the reason.

“By the way, Anko, do you have anywhere you want to go?”

“Anko… anywhere is fine as long as we can go on the trip. A family trip like this would be my first.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. Mom always seemed so busy with work, and besides, with the three sisters, hotels and meals at the travel spot cost so much money that we could never go… during long holidays, it was always our routine to go back to Grandma’s house in the countryside.”

There were probably financial issues too, but taking the three sisters—especially the two quirky older ones—on a trip seemed like quite a high hurdle.

“So, you two over there who have been fighting forever, do you have any places you want to go?”

“”Huh??””

I had left them alone since they kept fighting, but they finally stopped when I spoke to them.

“I’d like to go to Okinawa for some beach swimming. Lately, it’s all been guitar, and my shoulders are so stiff; I want to take a break from guitar and go to the sea for a bit.”

This applied to all three sisters, but the reason for their stiff shoulders was definitely not the guitar; I was pretty sure there was only one true culprit.

“I’d be fine with any fancy hotel? I want to eat at a stylish sweets buffet.”

“Buffet… that sounds good.”

Anko’s face softened as she heard Momiji’s suggestion.

Th-these guys… haa.

Beach swimming or sweets—they were all over the place.

“On the other hand, doesn’t Big Brother have anywhere he wants to go?”

“I… would prefer somewhere not too far away. I’m bad at overnight stays, and sharing a bath with strangers feels a bit off, and besides, I can’t sleep if the pillow is different.”

“””Ugh…”””

When I said it honestly, all three of them recoiled in disgust.

Wh-what the hell, suddenly! Even Anko recoiling like that!

“That’s why I said there’s no point in calling Big Brother to this meeting. He’s such an indoor type.”

“But I still wanted to hear the opinion of Aoto-kun, who has such an indoor type constitution.”

“Big Brother… I never imagined you were even more of an indoor type than Anko.”

Apparently, they did not like that I had become an extreme indoor type after a year of shut-in life… no, why!

“You guys! Stop badmouthing me right to my face with all that indoor this and indoor that!”

“It’s the truth.”

“Guh…”

Words were knives; did they not learn that from the kid detective stories?

“I-it’s okay, Aoto-kun! When we stay overnight at the travel spot, your big sister will cuddle up and hug you while sleeping next to you!”

“How is that okay at all! That’s completely an incident, an incident!”

“Huh… incident? Could it be that Aoto-kun plans to do this and that to me during the cuddle sleep…”

“No! The fact that you’re the one doing the cuddle sleeping makes you the perpetrator!”

If I went along with Momiji’s vibe any longer, my head might actually break.

“More importantly, if we don’t decide soon, we might not be able to book a hotel or anything? Golden Week is coming up fast.”

“Then, since you’re saying that much, why don’t we just leave it to Big Brother here.”

“Why does it turn out like that!”

“Yeah♡ Let’s go wherever Aoto-kun decides?”

“Anko too—if it’s a place Big Brother decides, Anko won’t complain.”

“Momiji and now Anko… you guys just want to shirk the hassle and dump the responsibility on me.”

The three of them conveniently handed the decision-making over to me.

Since everyone wanted different things, and picking one person’s opinion would likely lead to more sister fights, it did seem like it would resolve things if I just decided quickly…

I borrowed one of Anko’s guidebooks and flipped through the pages.

…Huh? This place… it’s surprisingly good…

“Then, how about here?”

I proposed a certain place from the guidebook.