The day of the school’s founding anniversary was met with clear blue skies. Perfect for a day at the amusement park.99Please respect copyright.PENANAD5SB2ivQ11
Being surrounded by three people who each sparkled in their own way, my mood was as good as it gets.
I wanted to get on as many rides as possible, so we arrived just before it opened.99Please respect copyright.PENANADYnmKKmF9A
The first rides were naturally the famous rollercoasters. You have to get on the most popular ones before the place gets packed, right?99Please respect copyright.PENANAefNemsMdcp
Apparently some rich kids will hire somebody to stand in line for them, but we lined up ourselves.99Please respect copyright.PENANAan2V0hu1l3
Getting somebody to line up for you feels kind of unfair, and it would make all the other visitors unhappy, right?99Please respect copyright.PENANAqQB9fjAdc7
It was tiring standing there the whole time, but if you spend the time chatting, it’s fun too, isn’t it!
Both the middle schoolers and high schoolers at Zui’ran share the same Pivoine, so although they weren’t particularly close, apparently the three of them had spoken a few times before.99Please respect copyright.PENANApV0zP6smPs
Aira-sama was happily listening to Imari-sama talk about high school.99Please respect copyright.PENANArFXqgVNtLD
Thank goodness. Since she didn’t know them very well, I was worried about whether Aira-sama would be bored.99Please respect copyright.PENANAVRJADErQEk
If she’s having fun, then I’m happy too.
The other guests lined up occasionally glance our way.99Please respect copyright.PENANAfebUEPQfoX
Aahh, I see. They can’t help themselves because these three are so sparkly, right? I know how they feel.99Please respect copyright.PENANATynpmI5oLW
The three being looked at didn’t seem to enjoy it very much. Please just think of it as providing entertainment for everybody else bored in the line, and allow it.99Please respect copyright.PENANASpIgPXnKLG
Having a look around, I found that it was mostly groups of friends, but there was the occasional couple too.99Please respect copyright.PENANAMv1DXKsiWf
From an objective point of view, do we look kind of like a double date?99Please respect copyright.PENANAt1nsqOp1t0
When Imari-sama and Aira-sama stand next to each other, they look like an attractive couple. Mn mn.99Please respect copyright.PENANA7TPwq2evvi
Then what about Oniisama?99Please respect copyright.PENANA6plcCPGbOg
A pitiful person who had no girl to bring to the double date, and so brought along his little sister instead?99Please respect copyright.PENANAUiOMJiFoTs
Oh no! My Oniisama looks like a hopeless case to people!?99Please respect copyright.PENANAOYWpqymArD
My Oniisama is really popular too, okay!? On Valentines Day he got heaps of chocolates too!99Please respect copyright.PENANA88ZlmpFcWF
He’s not some sad case who has nobody to invite but his sister, okay!
“Reika, are you thinking about something weird again?”
Oniisama looked my way suspiciously.99Please respect copyright.PENANAwQpEdPLzlo
What on earth could you be speaking of?
I got on the ride together with Aira-sama.99Please respect copyright.PENANAVzjDWRyHht
I mean, it’s common sense that the escort for the Rococo Queen has to be a knight, right!99Please respect copyright.PENANAaNxOyDkiq8
Imari-sama seemed to have complicated feelings about riding together with a guy, but this is natural.99Please respect copyright.PENANApsYoU65VqL
Also, I need to protect Aira-sama from Imari-sama’s charm!99Please respect copyright.PENANAc4fPku3pYQ
Hm? Am I being a third wheel?
After having a try at all of the rollercoasters, it was about time to head to the less extreme rides, or so I was thinking when shockingly Imari-sama bought us churros!99Please respect copyright.PENANAwtQ7aZieXv
Food tasting!99Please respect copyright.PENANAwsrm6nwfCV
I’ve always wanted to go food tasting!99Please respect copyright.PENANA87xOgzeUMG
Happy! Yummy!99Please respect copyright.PENANAvrnp9VjpAq
Tasting foods from stalls and the like would normally be absolutely forbidden as the young lady of the Kisshouin family.99Please respect copyright.PENANAOJXDEaVpPZ
But it’s okay today! Amazing! I’m so glad I came!99Please respect copyright.PENANA1QIvecAgsg
Thanks for buying this, Imari-sama.99Please respect copyright.PENANAkYXYlrt5R0
As expected of a lady killer who understands what a girl wants! An enemy of womankind! It feels like I might accidentally fall for him.
Aahh, I’m so happy. As I was walking about, nomming with a smile, a group of girls called out to Oniisama and Imari-sama.99Please respect copyright.PENANATyd5AYnWXJ
Apparently they were high school girls from Zui’ran. Since it’s Zui’ran’s founding anniversary, they probably came to play just like us.
“To think that we would meet Momozono-sama and Kisshouin-sama here at the park!”
“Honestly, Imari-sama, you’re here even though you turned us down when we invited you.”
“You know, I saw Kisshouin-sama when I went to watch the match at the kyudo dojo. He was sooo wonderful.”
“My! I saw it too.”
Amazing. It’s like watching fans who have spotted an idol.99Please respect copyright.PENANA4Em8cnMNW9
They’re making such a big deal of it.99Please respect copyright.PENANAPy1kEd4uZh
Aira-sama and I were quietly eating our churros a distance away, while watching to see how things played out.99Please respect copyright.PENANAMU7gU23tac
Could it be that one of these girls was one of the ones who gave Oniisama a Valentines chocolate?99Please respect copyright.PENANAjXGa3ZlA9h
Including courtesy chocolates, each year Oniisama brings back 20~30 of them.99Please respect copyright.PENANAjuz3IdObWt
Ah, there are girls whose hearts are captured by Oniisama among them as well.
Alright. Sister-in-law Switch, ON!
“Momozono-sama, Kisshouin-sama, is it just the two of you today?”
“No way. We’re here with Takateru’s imouto-chan and her senpai.”
“His, imouto-sama?”
You notice now, after all this time?
“Gokigen’yoh. I am Kisshouin Takateru’s younger sister, Reika.”
“I’m a second year in the middle school, Minazuki Aira. Please take care of us, Senpais.”
I probably don’t look too great with a churro in one hand, but I greeted them with a smile.
“Goodness! Kisshouin-sama’s imouto-sama!? It is a pleasure to meet you!”
They each began to introduce themselves too.99Please respect copyright.PENANA1dQC9Hly40
But although they smiled at me just fine since I was Oniisama’s sister and a primary schooler, the looks they gave Aira-sama were a little harsh.99Please respect copyright.PENANAgBl3vXdNks
Did they recognise her as a rival?99Please respect copyright.PENANAHAyX1cqebI
But Aira-sama’s enemies are my enemies!99Please respect copyright.PENANAWvcPoRpSwI
My Sister-in-Law Radar is beeping, you know.99Please respect copyright.PENANAfF5BREQqbV
Besides, Aira-sama was introduced as my senpai, so aren’t their judging gazes pretty rude? Well, being a beauty with a dignified bearing, it looks like they’re faltering a little though.99Please respect copyright.PENANADCohmtFkne
It’s wonderful how Aira-sama isn’t perturbed by anything.99Please respect copyright.PENANAGpPbIu9Ygv
Oh? There are also a few oneesamas who are blushing at Aira-sama. So these are my rivals!?
“Heyy, Momozono-sama, isn’t it fine if you come hang with us a little?”
“Well, I mean we did meet up here after all. Right, Momozono-sama? Kisshouin-sama?”
“Kisshouin-sama really is kind, spending a holiday on an outing with his sister.”
“Kisshouin-sama, have you eaten? Should it please you, we would very much like you to join us.”
“Imari-sama.”99Please respect copyright.PENANAeE2oOjdcpd
“Sorry, but,”
Oniisama gave a gentle smile,
“I promised that I would spend the day with my sister and her friend Aira-san. I apologise, but could we perhaps do this some other time?”
“Eh-, but…”
“I don’t want my sister to hate me for neglecting her. Sorry about this.”
said Oniisama, with a troubled smile.99Please respect copyright.PENANAbcYVFEey16
It seems that when they saw his face, they couldn’t say anything forceful anymore.
“I don’t want Imouto-chan to hate me either~ Sorry. Cya tomorrow at school.”
“…I understand. It is a shame, though.”
Imari-sama took advantage of Oniisama’s response. I don’t doubt Oniisama’s love for me, but didn’t Imari-sama totally use me as an excuse?99Please respect copyright.PENANAJzsrnoWSfx
Well, since he treated me to churros, I’ll forgive him I guess.99Please respect copyright.PENANAcBLu4NxybO
I thought that the girls might secretly follow us anyway, but it looks like they properly observed etiquette.99Please respect copyright.PENANAiaqbf7Swoi
And so we went back to enjoying the amusement park.99Please respect copyright.PENANAiK2kVDPITJ
Since there was a middle schooler and primary schooler in our group, we decided to head back home before it got too dark.99Please respect copyright.PENANA0D6edlOilO
We each had our own cars coming to pick us up, so we said our goodbyes right there.99Please respect copyright.PENANAxvppHbtX1B
Oniisama and I both got onto our Kisshouin family’s car.
“Reika, since we’re already outside, do you want to eat out?”
“EHHH!?”
Dinner with just Oniisama!99Please respect copyright.PENANAiwzUxRL8b8
I definitely wanna go!
“I do!”
“Mn. Then is there anything you want to eat?”
Something I want to eat?99Please respect copyright.PENANApS9vcwGvbD
Hm~mm. Since we may as well, I want to eat something simple and plebby. My tongue is starving for the taste of commoner food.99Please respect copyright.PENANAlZbTlM206a
Since it’s Oniisama, he might let me.99Please respect copyright.PENANAlUBbIbevuy
Curry rice, pork fried with ginger, grilled fish set meal, ramen…99Please respect copyright.PENANAsccyEgfi5x
“Omurice!”99Please respect copyright.PENANAfDn0ZxVI5W
The omurice of a good set-meal shop is yummy.99Please respect copyright.PENANAXxrvsYryiY
I’ve had the Kisshouin chef make it a few times, but a normal shop’s omurice is just different, you know?
“Omurice, huh. Got it.”
And then the place I was taken to was the Marunouchi commercial district, and a high class restaurant with a nightview far from anything you’d see in a set-meal shop.99Please respect copyright.PENANACCEgAvEurI
The place was dark, with a weak spot-light for each table, so it was crazy atmospheric.99Please respect copyright.PENANApYFypENIQd
Huh? This is kind of different from what I was thinking.99Please respect copyright.PENANA7P7LhCPpqE
The price next to the omurice on the menu was something unimaginable for a former commoner like myself.99Please respect copyright.PENANAvzASGI2d90
S-, So expensive… Even though this was supposed to be a commoner dish.99Please respect copyright.PENANAJKPeGCf4Wh
When they brought in the omurice, the golden egg and demi-glace sauce glittered in the spot lighting. I unconsciously wanted to use honorifics with it.99Please respect copyright.PENANAXZelswHoRi
The flavour was absolutely not plebeian, but it tasted incredible, so I guess this is fine too.
“Speaking of which, you and Imari-sama were quite popular today, weren’t you.”
When I said that, Oniisama looked a little unhappy.
“Leaving you aside, Oniisama, would Imari-sama not have preferred playing with those girls over children like Aira-sama and I?”
“…It’s because Imari has a girlfriend.”
“EEEH!?”
That’s the first I’ve heard of it!
“This is the first time I have heard of it!”
“Well that’s because I didn’t say.”
“Then all the more reason. Would it not have been better to spend the holiday with his girlfriend instead?”
“She goes to a different school, so.”
Oh my god!99Please respect copyright.PENANACantnoloZ6
To think that Imari-sama had a girlfriend! But well, given how cool and kind he is, it’s not really that surprising I guess.99Please respect copyright.PENANAewca29LZp1
Aira-sama seemed to be getting along with Imari-sama today, but she definitely hasn’t fallen for him, right?
On the car home, I immediately texted Aira-sama to thank her for today.99Please respect copyright.PENANAgMMPE8Ihzt
And while I was at it, before she could say anything, I made sure to write, “Just now Oniisama told me that Imari-sama has a girlfriend. I was so shocked! I wonder what kind of person she is. Ah, please keep this as a secret between just the two of us, okay? Aira-sama”.99Please respect copyright.PENANA86aiRQs5mK
I don’t think it would happen, but if on the off chance that Aira-sama fell for Imari-sama and she confessed to me “The truth is I love Imari-sama” or something, I’d be really troubled.99Please respect copyright.PENANAG4d7kQ4uvt
I love Aira-sama, so I’d hate for things to become awkward between us more than anything.
The reply that came later said, “I heard about this from Imari-sama today, you know? I heard about how their relationship began as well, but would you like to know?” so it turns out I was just totally worrying for nothing.99Please respect copyright.PENANASyHc82Ph4z
What the heck am I even doing.