Kisshouin Takateru
I have a sister 7 years my junior.90Please respect copyright.PENANACFOkuvw8Gn
Lately she’s been acting strangely.
Because of her upbringing at the hands of my pampering parents, my sister was a wilful and brazen child.90Please respect copyright.PENANAwKEp8cbHjD
Because mother was always around her, mother’s influence affected her tastes and thoughts, and she turned into a miniature version of mother. As I watched all this happen with slightly cool eyes, I thought, ‘At this rate she’s going to to turn out like those haughty rich girls at the school that I go to, isn’t she’.
I do respect my parents, and I cherish my family too.90Please respect copyright.PENANAlCIy51ueG8
But my parents, and the way they look down on people below them is just something I can’t get used to. Even though, it’s those same people that they look down on who are the ones supporting our company, you know?90Please respect copyright.PENANA3O8tOqn9WS
I’m the first son, and one day I’ll take over the family and company.90Please respect copyright.PENANAefabiQUgsW
When it happens, I might oppose my father’s way of doing things.
Anyway, about my sister.90Please respect copyright.PENANAsWCKCNXtH2
The girl that I thought was a miniature version of mother changed around the time she entered the primary section of my school.90Please respect copyright.PENANAwyYjaudg4y
How do I say this, she turned into an idiot. In a good way.90Please respect copyright.PENANAOTjswMcknU
Should I call it innocent instead?90Please respect copyright.PENANAK3DaKad02z
And she seems to be sneakily up to something.
Apparently her grades aren’t bad. She’s even diligently attending the lessons that she used to skip because she felt like it.90Please respect copyright.PENANAbsqfUd440P
Even though she’s only six, she knows right from wrong now, and occasionally she even says things that would be difficult for a child her age.90Please respect copyright.PENANAb050tNrjOh
Seeing just this, you would think that she’s a talented girl.90Please respect copyright.PENANAchKXBwvGQ6
But well, she really does do weird things on occasion, and I find it a little funny.90Please respect copyright.PENANAl0zefM3hiL
Recently I’ve taken to observing my little sister.
My sister has always been attached to me, but recently her attachment has become quite intense.90Please respect copyright.PENANAODQBmWrC1m
Whenever she sees me, her face lights up and she runs to me. She’s kind of like a puppy.90Please respect copyright.PENANAd1QWgFO7C8
Her invisible tail wags about.90Please respect copyright.PENANAv1dQvQivCL
And well, she’s being this open about her attachment to me, and she’s my real sister after all, so as you’d expect it’s quite adorable.90Please respect copyright.PENANA1gnMOSzIWo
And when I’m kind to her because of it, she gets even more attached.90Please respect copyright.PENANAL2wZKFeDrT
The spot next to me on the sofa has basically become her default seat.
One day she suddenly said that she wanted to go to cram school.90Please respect copyright.PENANAd1D1l58c0b
She insisted that she wanted cram school, and not a tutor. The reason she gave was a fishy one.90Please respect copyright.PENANAjYQ2NkPyhL
But that enthusiasm was real, so I just helped convince our parents a little, and she thanked me with a broad smile.90Please respect copyright.PENANAmD4g8qeCvP
When I questioned her a little because I felt like teasing her, as expected, her eyes began to swim.90Please respect copyright.PENANAhAR9sTS9LI
So she really did have some other motive. Well, that’s fine though.90Please respect copyright.PENANAoymE5MS0dd
When I told her that her eyes were giving her away, she stiffened enough that anybody could tell.
My sister’s reactions are really too interesting.
Because she looked foolish with her mouth hanging open like a haniwa statue, I couldn’t help but laugh.90Please respect copyright.PENANAHWFFeADeD9
The next time she turns into a haniwa statue, maybe I’ll try throwing candy into her mouth.
I was telling the truth about her looking upwards to the right, but there’s actually another habit that she doesn’t even notice herself.90Please respect copyright.PENANA4DzkwYEHwf
When my sister tries to bluff through something with a smile, her dimples twitch.90Please respect copyright.PENANAn0FkI84jB8
It’s something I’ve noticed because we’ve been spending more time together recently.90Please respect copyright.PENANAkXpKouUSyE
I’m pretty sure she has no idea herself.90Please respect copyright.PENANAHV4StQ4zYQ
But I’m not going to tell her.90Please respect copyright.PENANAuy8PruY6fs
It’s more interesting this way.
On our summer trips so far, under my mother’s influence, my sister would avoid the beach because she didn’t want a tan. This year, that same girl ran to get there first.90Please respect copyright.PENANAmnqFyydECC
Perhaps she wanted to show off the results of swimming school, because she enthusiastically started swimming, but immediately drowned.90Please respect copyright.PENANAZHJUyHTZ0Z
It was such a perfect example of drowning that it’s a mystery why she was so confident.
What the heck are you doing, little sister.
I became worried about her after that so I was always keeping an eye on her. At some point she discovered the technique of climbing onto my back to make things easier.90Please respect copyright.PENANAU92MC2mn6i
Because she conceitedly told me to go here and there while clinging to my back, I occasionally sank into a wave on purpose.90Please respect copyright.PENANAz7gbrWaaP0
She looked like an idiot being drenched by the waves, and was quite funny.90Please respect copyright.PENANADnhkiwSx6E
When I apologised for not noticing, she told me that the wave was the bad one, not me.90Please respect copyright.PENANAnPcM1pZKEn
It really is true, what they say about stupid kids being cuter…
Even though up until last year, she almost never went to the beach, this year she did nothing but, and got darker and darker.90Please respect copyright.PENANAmJoNYsUbcW
I thought that mother was going to get angry later, so I told her to properly reapply her sunscreen, but she just said ‘yep, yep’ and went back into the sea.90Please respect copyright.PENANAOWwTMsEoSX
As expected, she flew into a panic because of mother’s shock at her black skin though.90Please respect copyright.PENANApWBmsSQJzW
That’s why I told her. Honestly, what an idiot.
I came back home one day, and found that my parents were out. When I headed to the piano room, I don’t know why, but my sister was playing Der Flohwalzer, ridiculously happily.90Please respect copyright.PENANAWdE3fyVHug
She even added “Bun cha cha~” and weird lyrics like that, and cheerfully swayed her body to the music.90Please respect copyright.PENANA4Pub4DIhaA
But later that evening when mother asked her what she was doing, she nonchalantly said “I practised my piano. The music set for my piano recital.”90Please respect copyright.PENANA7OUI1vy1nT
Liar! What you played was Der Flohwalzer!90Please respect copyright.PENANA15f3cSpD0g
When did that turn into the recital piece!
When my sister is by herself, I have no idea what she’s doing, but it’s incredibly suspicious.
On Valentine’s Day, she was careful to check through the chocolates I brought home.90Please respect copyright.PENANAzZRUBauXPv
She demanded that I show her our grade photo, but definitely not.90Please respect copyright.PENANAdGHKEgtZN0
She kept smirking at me. It was a little gross.90Please respect copyright.PENANA4dJXkzNoOE
I also got what was allegedly a hand-made chocolate from her, but because I was preparing for my year-end exams, I was hesitant to eat it.90Please respect copyright.PENANADmL3Uvbinb
She insisted that it would be okay because she got one of the maids to help, so I found my determination and ate it but…90Please respect copyright.PENANAoBd53vMucm
…it didn’t have any taste.90Please respect copyright.PENANASn9TNoeLtG
What the heck is a tasteless chocolate.90Please respect copyright.PENANAMGh4SJFBMa
My sister waited for my impressions with a completely confident smile. For now, I just decided to tell her that it was delicious, and thanked her.
I wonder if next years’ is also going to be hand-made…90Please respect copyright.PENANAVGDBEw39n4
Next year I have my high school section entrance exams as well, so if possible I want to find some skilful way of avoiding it.
The clincher for her weird behaviour was this:90Please respect copyright.PENANAl7XxhGNxfK
One night, I woke up and went to get a glass of water.90Please respect copyright.PENANAiX0Tby4wSO
The door to my sister’s room was a little open, and I could hear a weird voice from inside.90Please respect copyright.PENANAEWlCNkhFke
Wondering what was going on, I peeked through the gap and found that in the room with only the bedlight on, sitting on the ground between the bed and closet with her back to me, was my sister, laughing eerily.
…I thought it was a youkai or something.
Not realising I was there, my sister was muttering something as she laughed.90Please respect copyright.PENANAKpWuTO0cuz
It was scary, so I just quietly shut the door and went back to my room.
I wonder if something weird has taken ahold of her.
I’ve decided to watch over her for now.90Please respect copyright.PENANAA7KesUAWuE
And make sure to absolutely never go near her bedroom at night.