Chapter 11

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Chapter 11: Sensitive Protagonist

“I’m off!”

“Take care!”

Morning. Since it wasn’t a holiday, I was heading to school.

“Good morning, Onee-sama!!”

“Good morning, Kaori. You’re full of energy this morning…”

She greeted me with such a loud voice that it made my ears ring.

“By the way, did you read the novel I recommended?”

“What!? Oh… um, well…”

Kaori seemed unusually nervous.

Could it be that she didn’t read it…?

~~

— Last night, at Kaori’s house.

“Today was so much fun!”

Just like Yurizono, Kaori had returned home and dived into her bed in her room.

“I need to read the novel sis recommended… but before that!”

Kaori pulled her smartphone out of her pocket and began looking at the photos she had taken today. They were pictures of Yurizono in her Gothic Lolita outfit.

“Ahhh!! Onee-sama is so cute!!”

She rolled around on her bed, spinning multiple times in delight.

“Just saving them on my phone isn’t enough… Should I transfer them to another phone…? No, I don’t trust digital devices! I need a printer!!”

And so, last night, Kaori had been struggling to store the photos of Yurizono in every possible way.

~~

(There’s no way I can tell her I spent the night saving her photos in every way possible…)

“Oh, that… I started reading it, but then I fell asleep…”

“Oh, really? Then do you remember how the beginning was?”

I pressed her further, sensing her anxiety.

“Uh… um, something about… the Earth being destroyed or something…”

“Not even close.”

…I think I figured out what Kaori was doing last night… Since she took so many pictures of me yesterday, she must have been…

I was about to say something but decided not to push her any further.

“Isn’t reality better than photos?”

“Yes! Absolutely——… Wait, wh-why…”

Even though I didn’t say it outright, she seemed to realize it. She looked at me with a pale face.

Haha, I’m not just some clueless person, you know. Maybe I can become a psychic?

With those thoughts, I headed to school.

~~

“Good morning, Fumino-chan!”

“Good morning, Mayuki-chan.”

While on my way to the classroom, I ran into Mayuki-chan. When our eyes met, she rushed over and hugged me. Since she was slightly shorter than me, her face was buried in my chest, and her chest was pressed against my stomach.

“…Huh? Kaori-san seems a bit down today. I thought she would pull me away from you.”

Mayuki-chan said this while hugging me and looking over at Kaori.

“…! Ugh…”

Kaori was glaring at Mayuki-chan but had become unusually quiet, perhaps thinking that I was angry.

“Kaori.”

“Y-yes! What is it!!”

Kaori quickly hid around the corner, peeking her face out at us.

“I’m not mad, okay? Alright?”

I said with a gentle smile.

“Onee-sama…!”

“But honestly, that was a bit embarrassing, so don’t do it again…”

I turned my gaze away from Kaori. I mean, just imagine it. You’re wearing a super flashy outfit that you never usually wear, and someone keeps snapping pictures of you. It was so embarrassing…

(Fumino-chan’s face is a bit red… What did you do, Kaori-san…!)

Mayuki-chan glared at Kaori, whose face had softened into a goofy smile.

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