Episode 70 – I Shouldn’t Be Involved in a Shuraba

 […..I’m thinking of this as a date.].

I couldn’t understand what my step sister meant when she pulled my hand and looked around the stores in the mall while in a good mood.

If you think about it simply, I think it is possible to call it a date when a man and a woman are going out together, but that doesn’t mean it applies to us.

We’re siblings, even though we’re just step-siblings.

And even though she has softened recently, would my step sister, who hated me, return to the palm of my hand so quickly?

It’s not going to happen……

It’s  difficult to like someone you hate immediately, let alone dislike someone you do like.

If that’s the case, what’s causing it?

Is it because of my hair cut? Or is there another cause?

I don’t know……

If there is a god of romantic comedy, tell me ! !

No matter how much of a writer I am, the answer is not easy to come by in the imagination of a man who’s only a high school student.

That sense of discomfort makes the relationship with my step sister, who seems to be enjoying herself, even more confusing.

But while I was full of question marks, my step sister took her hand away and looked at the clothes worn by the mannequins displayed in a store, as if she had found something interesting.

“…..This dress is so cute ! !”

She looked at the lace skirt through the glass in a cheerful tone. It’s kind of cute clothes that my step sister likes.

When I thought my step sister was looking at me with sparkling eyes, she said [Riku ! !…I want to see this place ! !] while wrapping her hand around me happily and taking me to the store.

……2 steps, 3 steps.

I approached the store.

Then I heard a voice from inside the store saying, “Ah……”

I looked in the direction of the voice and to my surprise, I saw my childhood friend looking at me. I flinched at her gaze that was full of surprise and confusion.

On the other hand, my step sister’s cheerful expression changed drastically, and her face stiffened as soon as I stopped.

“What’s wrong, Asunyan?”

As I, my step sister, and my childhood friend stopped and looked at each other as if we were paralysed, I heard a familiar voice from behind.

The voice loosened my stiffened gaze and I looked at the owner of the voice. There was the gyaru I had just met yesterday.

When I saw Gyaru, the gaze that was directed at my childhood friend turned to me. As soon as her gaze caught mine, the gyaru gave me a displeased look.

That expression sends a chill down my spine.

The owner of that expression is the same person who has repeatedly buried me in online games.

It’s not like we’re dating, but this scene is somewhat awkward after yesterday…… No, it even makes me feel like my life is in danger.

However, what surprised me even more was that there was idol sama behind them ! !

The idol sama also followed their gaze and when she found me……she looked at me with a painful expression. It was as if she was about to cry at any moment.

My step sister’s friend had three different expressions on their faces. Good gracious,  why are all the people I know get together so well.

I almost feel like this is fate when I’m running into them. 

Just like my step sister, they don’t like me much……that’s what i thought, and I don’t know what to do with them when they suddenly start confessing and being thoughtful of me.

Somebody please tell me the answer ! !

As I thought of this, my step sister, who looked uncomfortable, raised her voice.

“……G-guys. W-what a coincidence.”

“Y-yeah….”

The first one who reacted to my step sister’s voice was my childhood friend.

With their faces stiffened, their gazes alternately stabbed at us.

“What are you doing?”

“Eh?”

The next words that my childhood friend said made the atmosphere freeze even more.

What am i doing she said…..we were just shopping as brothers and sisters. However, even if I want to say that, I can’t say that when I think back on the actions I took before.

“……Shopping……”

“Y-yeah ! ! I’m here shopping with my family ! !”

“Fuun……”

I don’t know why I am rushing, but when I agree with my step sister’s words, my childhood friend stares at me with a suspicious gaze. Then I heard a voice reaching my ears saying [I see…].

…..Is she convinced?

If the reason is that they’re  family, they have no choice but to accept it.

“But it didn’t look that way to me. Matsudaira kun……”

[[Eh?]]

The three people who reacted to my childhood friend when she mentioned my former surname looked at me. Those girls don’t know my maiden name.

The other three still don’t know that Miuchi Asuka and I were childhood friends.

“What is the meaning of this, Kawabe kun?”

[[[Huh?]]]

I was confused  when idol sama mentioned my other former surname, then the voices of four people, including myself, joined together again.

…….Even if you’re asking.

I’d rather you tell me why you know my former surname ! !

Confusion and jealousy jumbled together,  and it hurt to see the gazes from the passers-by who’s looking at us along the way.

As if I’m a needle-in-a-haystack ……the feeling of being in the middle of a disaster makes my position even more dangerous. It shouldn’t be like that.

“For now……why don’t we all get out of here for a while?”

The gyaru may have felt the same way and forcibly cut off the conversation.

……Thank god. I was released from this place.

I let out a sigh of relief.

It’s hard to be in this position in public.

It’s like the scene where I got caught in an affair. It’s like I’m a one sided villain. Today, the gyaru feels like an angel …….

“I’ll let you explain…..elsewhere, Rikku.”

…..I take back what I said about her.

The gyaru smiled and said my online username with a Hannya like aura.

The disaster…..didn’t end here.