Chapter 25
Kanashizuku Makes a Proposal
After Yuduki finished cooking three servings, the two of us moved from the kitchen back to the living room where Kanashizuku was, and placed the dishes Yuduki had prepared on the table.
Then we arranged three chairs, placing me in the middle, Kanashizuku on my left, and Yuduki on my right, and all sat down accordingly.
I was about to start eating immediately, but Yuduki, sitting to my right, leaned her shoulder against mine and said:
“Big brother! Feed me like you always do!”
“…Like always?”
At those words, Kanashizuku on my left peeked at my face.
“I-I don’t! Yuduki, don’t say weird things!”
“Eh~? In my dreams, we always feed each other, you know? Not just feeding each other, but more than that—”
“I don’t want to hear any more, so stop! Just eat by yourself for now!”
After that, we quietly continued eating for a while, but then Yuduki asked while picking at her food.
“…Hey, big brother, you and Kanashizuku-san are really just friends, right?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“You’re not doing anything naughty?”
“Nope.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
When I answered that, Yuduki happily intertwined her left arm with my right and said:
“Then that means I’m the one who flirts with you the most! Yay~!”
“Remember, it’s only as siblings.”
“If I can flirt with big brother, that’s fine for now~”
Her arm wrapped around mine made it a little tricky to eat, but since we were at home, I didn’t mind and continued eating.
After finishing, Yuduki and I washed the dishes together, and then we talked:
“Since we finished eating, next is the bath… Who’s going first?”
At that, Yuduki raised her hand loudly and said:
“Me! I’ll go in with big brother!”
“Alone?”
When Yuduki said that, Kanashizuku gave me a cold glare.
“Just so you know, I’ve never done anything like that with Yuduki, and obviously, today won’t be any different… Yuduki, it has to be one at a time.”
“But if it’s one at a time, when I’m in the bath, big brother and Kanashizuku-san will be alone together, and we don’t know what they might do then.”
“I feel the same way. Leaving Ichito with Yuduki alone is worrying.”
Putting aside Yuduki, Kanashizuku’s concern made sense… Even though I had patted her head in the kitchen earlier and improved her mood, she’s still angry at me, so the moment we’re alone, she might take it out on me.
A few tens of seconds passed in silence until Kanashizuku broke it with her voice:
“Hey, I have a suggestion—how about all three of us taking a bath together?”
“Huh…!? All three of us!?”
I was shocked, but Yuduki’s reaction was even stronger.
“No way! That means Kanashizuku-san would see big brother’s body!”
“Even if it’s bodies, we can wrap towels where needed, and it wouldn’t just be me seeing Ichito’s body—Yuduki would too, right?”
When Kanashizuku said that, Yuduki blushed deeply, murmuring “B-big brother’s… body…” while tightening her hold on my arm, but then shook her head to regain composure:
“But! I still absolutely don’t want any other girl to see big brother’s body!”
“If you don’t want any other girl to see Ichito’s body, going to the sea or pool with him will be difficult in the future. But don’t you want to go with him?”
“Of course I do!”
“Then seeing Ichito’s body here today shouldn’t bother you, right? Or do you still want to go one at a time and risk leaving me alone with Ichito while you bathe?”
“That… I don’t want that.”
“Then, it’s settled. We’ll all three take a bath together, right?”
“…”
Kanashizuku had skillfully convinced Yuduki… At this point, no matter what thoughts she had, there was no choice but to go along with Kanashizuku’s plan.
…A bath with both my little sister and friend.
It was strange to feel this way toward both my sister and a friend, but still, I couldn’t help but feel my heart race.
