Kawaikereba Hentai demo Suki ni Natte Kuremasu ka? Volume 12 Chapter 5

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The Perverts Fell in Love so They Went on a Double Date

Keiki had only recently realized his feelings for Mizuha. The trigger was the trip they went on just the other day. Mizuha had been suffering from a fever, and when she took off her clothes to let him wipe off the sweat, he was entranced by her beauty. He tried not thinking about it too much, but this emotion inside of him was definitely not something you would have towards family. Shortly afterwards, he came to the realization that he had started seeing his little sister as a member of the opposite sex.

And once Rintarou started approaching Mizuha more aggressively, Keiki started to feel jealousy whenever he heard about it, or even when he saw them together. Shouma said it was like a father having his daughter stolen away, but that was incorrect. In fact, Keiki simply didn’t like that the girl he had feelings for was being wooed like that. After the day he found out Cinderella’s identity, was confessed to by Mizuha, had his first kiss stolen by her, and even unravelled the truth about the two of them not being related by blood, he started to grow more and more conscious of her.

She had changed from a cute little sister to a girl he was interested in. At first, he was shocked. The girl he had seen only as a little sister was now a member of the opposite sex. His heart raced whenever she showed him her naked body, it would burn with jealousy when she talked to someone else, and it would jump for joy upon seeing her happy smile. All of these feelings intertwined, he soon became unable to ignore them, and was eventually forced to accept them.

After always receiving affection from Mizuha, Keiki became unable to see her only as a little sister. Even now, just seeing her made him want to embrace her. To hold her tightly in his arms and kiss her. However, that was impossible, as they were not dating yet. As a boy, he was trying to hold back all of his desires. And yet—

“Zzz…”

“She moved over today again…”

The girl he just so happened to be conscious of had snuck into his bed again.

“She’s done this every day as of late…”

It was the fifteenth of February, and Mizuha was sleeping in her brother’s room yet again, using him as a hugging pillow. Naturally, this situation had happened several times in the past, but the number had increased significantly as of late. She still seemed to be hung up on that one time Keiki ended up stranded in the snowy mountains, so this seemed to be a safety measure to make sure he wouldn’t leave her like her parents did.

Of course, as the proud siscon he proclaimed himself to be, this was an honor for him, but now that he had come to understand his feelings for her, Keiki was more like a hungry wolf. Keiki had trouble holding himself back when he looked at her being all defenseless like that.

“She doesn’t even know about my feelings. She’s just sleeping so happily…”

Keiki felt like he had said that before. That was right after he found out about Mizuha’s perversion. Keiki came back from his bath and found Mizuha sleeping on his bed, and complained about her being so defenseless.

“It’s not fair. I can’t get angry at you when you’re sleeping so comfortably.”

Her sleeping face looked like an angel. It made Keiki want to assault her. However, he put up with these desires by poking at her defenseless cheek, and she returned a cute groan.

“Mmm… Ah, Nii-san?”

“Morning, Mizuha.”

“Good morning, Nii-san.”

Still laying on the bed, Mizuha gave him a drowsy greeting. Great manners as always, even towards family. There’s never anything wrong with a proper greeting.

“So tell me, why exactly are you in my bed?”

“Because I wanted to sleep with Nii-san.”

“I see. I like that you’re being honest.”

“You won’t get angry?”

“Well, it’s still cold outside, so a bit of extra warmth won’t hurt.”

“Fufu. In the end, you’re still kind to your little sister. That’s why I love you, Nii-san.”

“I love you too, Mizuha.” He gently rubbed her head, and Mizuha smiled happily in response.

To them, ‘I love you’ was a normal greeting, but Keiki had yet to confess this blooming feeling inside of his heart.

“I’d love to stay like this a bit longer, but we’ll be late at this rate.”

Mizuha got up from the bed, slightly reluctantly. She was wearing fluffy, not-too-thick pajamas. “I’ll go get changed and make breakfast. Make sure not to fall asleep again, Nii-san.”

“Understood.”

Satisfied by her older brother’s response, Mizuha left the room. Keiki watched her walk off and let out a sigh.

“Man, my little sister is really cute…”

He tried to remain calm, but his heart had been racing the entire time. After everything she had done, she couldn’t exactly complain even if Keiki couldn’t hold himself back any longer. He felt like he deserved praise for having not already leapt at her.

Though maybe Mizuha might be okay even if I did that…

After all, she had invited him once before, saying ‘Let’s have sex’, so that would make sense. She seemed like a calm and reserved girl on the outside, but she could be quite assertive.

“Now then, how should I confess to Mizuha…?”

Mizuha had always been aggressive, always pressuring Keiki to accept her. For him, bringing up the idea of dating was more difficult than he had thought. At the very least, confessing here in the house felt wrong. But where, when, and how should he do it, then? Keiki had been thinking about that a lot as of late.

That same day after classes ended, he was sitting in the all-too-familiar classroom 2B, talking with Shouma and getting advice.

“So I’m wondering when I should confess to Mizuha.”

“You still haven’t told her, huh?”

“Yup, that’s the problem.”

“But she confessed to you, right?”

“Yeah, she always tells me how much she likes me.”

“Then why are you worrying about it that much? You both love each other, so just tell her and she’ll be happy. Don’t you think so?”

“That’s true, but…”

“Are you still hung up on the fact that you’re siblings?”

“That’s one part of it, yeah.”

He had thought about it many times, especially from a moral standpoint. Although they were only step-siblings, in the eyes of many, they were like family. It would be hard to confidently state that no obstacles would be in their way. Since he was looking at his little sister in that way, he was a total failure of an Onii-chan. This was definitely worse than the girls from the calligraphy club calling him a pervert. Wanting to make his little sister his lover was crossing the line that even siscons shouldn’t cross.

“In the end, I came to the conclusion that, since we’re not blood-related, there’s no problem with it. Forget morals or the prying eyes of people around us. I love her more than it’d be worth being shaken by that.”

Negative thinking wouldn’t get him anywhere. Even if those sorts of things would stand in their way, Keiki couldn’t give up on hoping for a relationship with Mizuha.

“We can legally get married, too, so I decided to just go with it.”

“Hmm? I see~”

“What are you grinning for?”

“I mean, you’ve thought far enough ahead to consider marriage.”

“Of course. That’s what comes with going out.”

“That is so like you, Keiki. But why haven’t you confessed yet, then? You live together, so can’t you just confess whenever you want?”

“Well, you’re not wrong, but… since I can technically do it anytime, I’m having trouble finding the right time to do it… And I’m already happy like this, so I feel like I’ll just end up getting burned if I try to take it too far.”

“—There’s a lot of things I’d like to complain about with what you’ve said, but to sum it up, you’re scared of failing.”

“Huh? Yuika-chan!?”

Keiki could tell from voice alone that Koga Yuika was standing behind him. Oddly enough, Shouma was fairly calm about it.

“Yo, Koga-san.”

“It has been a while, Akiyama-senpai.”

“Why are you two just greeting each other…”

Keiki had to admire Shouma for not jumping in shock.

“You really are a helpless person, Keiki-senpai. You can’t even confess, but then you reject Yuika because you have someone you like. That’s pretty pathetic.”

“That hurts…”

“So the person you had feelings for was Mizuha-senpai, huh?”

“You heard?”

“Yuika knows that she’s bigger than she looks at first. So you did choose based on breast size.”

“That wasn’t it, okay?”

Why did everyone assume that Keiki was a big-breasts fanatic?

“Koga-san is just the perfect size, if you ask me.”

“Stop it, Shouma. Yuika-chan’s already hiding her chest with her arms.”

“You’re the worst…”

For some reason, Keiki was the one she glared at. So unreasonable.

“So why are you in the second-year classrooms anyway, Yuika-chan?”

“Scouting the enemy for revenge…”

“Huh!?”

“Not quite. Yuika just wanted to meet Keiki-senpai. If she doesn’t show her face around here regularly enough, you might forget about her.”

“I’m not that forgetful.”

“Enough about that! We were talking about much of a chicken you are, Senpai! Go on and confess to Mizuha-senpai so that you can get defeated already!”

“Why is it a given that I’ll be rejected…?”

That honestly made Keiki feel like his chances of success were getting jinxed.

“I think Koga-san is right. Mizuha-chan is really cute, so if you don’t hurry up, she might get taken by someone else.”

“It doesn’t sound impossible.” Yuika nodded. “Mizuha-senpai is insanely popular, after all.”

“Mitani-kun has been after her, too.”

“Ah, Rintarou’s no problem. I told Mizuha that he’s only in it for her breasts, so now she won’t even give him the time of day.”

“So you’re the kind of person who resorts to those sorts of dirty tricks, Keiki-senpai…”

“I don’t think that’s a very nice thing to do, Keiki…”

“I won’t give her away to anyone who’s only in it for her breasts.”

Keiki pushed aside any guilt gnawing away at him. Every insect who’s targeting his little sister deserves to be crushed.

“…Hmm? So you like Mizuha-senpai enough to stoop to such inhumane methods. I see…”

“Is it really that inhumane?”

“Since that’s how it is, Yuika won’t hold back any longer. She’ll go and tell Mizuha-senpai ‘Keiki-senpai is a small-breasts maniac’, and then—”

“Please don’t!”

“Hmph! Keiki-senpai should get rejected by Mizuha-senpai! And then have a collar put around his neck by Yuika!”

“Am I some kind of stray dog!?”

Yuika spat her poison and walked away. However, she stopped right at the classroom’s entrance.

“…But if you are going to confess, then Yuika suggests inviting her out on a date.” She said in a quiet voice and left the room for good.

“What was that about?”

“I feel like she was trying to help you, Keiki.”

“By spreading dangerous information?”

“She probably wants to get between the two of you, but I imagine she thinks that would cause you to dislike her.”

“Ahhh…”

That would make sense. Getting angry with one breath, only to give advice right afterwards. A maiden’s heart is as complicated as ever, but she was a charming girl nonetheless exactly because of that contradiction.

“A date does sound like a great idea, though.” Keiki thought.

“It’s pretty standard, yeah.”

“That means that next I have to come up with a way to invite her.”

“…Can I just go home?”

After separating from Shouma, Keiki sent Mizuha a short message: ‘Let’s walk home together’. Shortly after came the reply ‘Sure’, so Keiki headed to the shoe lockers. There he witnessed a dangerous scene.

“Mizuha-senpai, please come drink some tea with me today!”

“Eh? Ehhh?”

Keiki felt like he had seen the same scene several times already. Mizuha had finished preparations to head home, only for Rintarou to start hitting on her.

“He sure is going at it this time. Mizuha doesn’t even know how to react…” Keiki never had seen his little sister with such a wry smile on her face before.

But Rintarou did not back down.

“Isn’t it fine? I actually know a great store that sells delicious sweets.”

“But…”

“It’s a store I’d feel embarrassed to enter by myself, so think of it as saving your cute junior!”

“M-Mitani-kun…?”

Rintarou didn’t even hesitate to grab Mizuha’s hand.

“Grrr…” Keiki let out a grunt.

If possible, he didn’t want anybody to touch his precious little sister, and watching any more than this was impossible for him anyway, so he broke between the two of them.

“Sorry, Rintarou. We have some plans after this.”

“Eh? Kei-kun-senpai?”

Keiki grabbed Rintarou’s arm, removing it from Mizuha. He put his arm around Mizuha’s shoulder.

“Nii-san…”

“Sorry that I’m late. Let’s go home, Mizuha.”

“Yeah.” Mizuha made a beautiful smile and snuggled up against Keiki’s arm. “I’m sorry. Nii-san will only get more jealous, so I have to decline your invitation.”

“That’s how it is, so see you later, Rintarou.”

“No way…!?”

When the girl was taken from him, Rintarou grew pale as he stared at Keiki. If only he gave up then.

“…Not fair.”

“Hm?”

“It’s not fair, Kei-kun-senpai! I also… I also want my arm to be surrounded by Mizuha-senpai’s breasts!”

“You really are the worst…”

There are things you shouldn’t say out loud. If Airi had been present, she’d give him a death glare and say something like ‘This is why men are the worst.’ Luckily she wasn’t present.

They left the school behind them and walked down the crimson-orange street. Mizuha spoke up.

“Thanks for saving me. I didn’t know what to do.”

“I won’t hand over my cute little sister to some pervert like that.”

“Yeah, he was just looking at my breasts.”

Of course, it’s not like Keiki didn’t understand Rintarou’s feelings. Keiki had to respect his tastes as the unparalleled breasts sommelier. Yuika had small and cute bumps, Sayuki offered endless volume, Ayano’s had a great shape, and there wasn’t too much, and Mao’s had the best balance. They all had their own attributes that made them great, but Mizuha’s hidden size was the best of all. When wearing clothes, she didn’t offer much, but once she took off her clothes, the difference was visible.

“That reminds me, Tokihara-senpai’s exam was today, right? I wonder if she’s going to be fine.”

“Probably. She’s pretty clever, even if she doesn’t look like it.”

“She hasn’t been to school in a while, so it really feels like exam season.”

“Yeah…”

“Are you lonely without Tokihara-senpai?”

“Well, of course. She’s the moodmaker for the club.”

“There’s a lot of calm girls in the calligraphy club, isn’t there?”

Mao was always working, Yuika was an indoor type, and the Kiryuu siblings always had their own things to work on. In that sense, Sayuki was the most cheerful person in the club.

“You’ve gotta work hard as the next club president, Nii-san.”

“If I don’t show some results, the club might even be abolished. Worst-case, we might not get any new members, so I’ll need to practice my calligraphy.”

It was easy to forget now that Sayuki was gone, but Keiki and the girls were still part of the calligraphy club. It wasn’t part of their agenda to draw BL manga, draw picture books that shouldn’t be read by children, or research suggestive panty-flashing scenes.

“Well, I’ll take care of that problem eventually.”

“That’s right. For now, we only have to worry about today’s dinner.”

“That sure sounds like a difficult problem.”

“Is there something you’d like to eat?”

“I’ll think about it.”

While they were having this conversation, they reached a red light. While they were waiting, Mizuha breathed some warm air on her cold hands.

“Ah…” When she realized that Keiki was watching, she let out an embarrassed laugh. “Ahaha, it’s really cold today. I should have brought some gloves.”

“Right…”

It really was cold today. Mizuha’s hands were red.

“Mizuha, how about you lend me your hand?”

“Eh, why?”

“Just do it.”

“Okay…” She reluctantly offered Keiki her left hand.

Keiki grabbed it with his right hand.

“N-Nii-san?”

“This is a lot warmer, right?”

“But… the people around us are looking…”

The traffic light had turned green in the meantime, and the people passing by gave them suspicious glances. It might be weird for siblings to hold hands while in high school. And even if the people around them didn’t know about their relationship, it would probably still be uncomfortable for her. That was most likely why she had continued to hide her feelings for Keiki all this time. That being said, since Keiki wanted to become lovers, he couldn’t cave when faced with an obstacle as minor as this one.

“I want to hold hands, Mizuha.”

“Nii-san…”

Mizuha’s eyes opened wide. After a bit of hesitation, she gave a troubled smile.

“It can’t be helped, then.”

With this, the cloud covering her heart seemed to be brushed away momentarily. Now that Keiki had received permission, the two of them started walking across the pedestrian crossing.

“That reminds me, Mizuha. I think hot pot might be nice for dinner.”

“Okay, I’ll do that then.”

They started talking about what to put into the hot pot, what ingredients would be the best, and which one would be the cheapest. While they made their way home, some people gave them several curious gazes, but not once did they let go of their hands.

*

Ever since that day, Mizuha had been in a great mood. She put a lot of meat in the hot pot. She would let Keiki watch the TV show he wanted to see. After his shower, she would give him a lap pillow and clean his ears. However, the influence of her good mood reached even outside the house.

“A heart mark…!?”

When Keiki opened up the lid of his lunch boy during lunch break, he was greeted by a heart mark drawn on the rice. Shouma took a peek at it and grinned.

“You really are loved, Keiki.”

“Thanks to a certain someone.”

“When you look at that, it seems like Mizuha-chan is in a great mood. Has there been some progress or anything like that?”

“Yeah. We held hands only yesterday.”

“Eh, only that?”

“Even if we’re close, we’re still siblings. We normally wouldn’t do anything like that.”

“Ahh, I see. That explains why she’s so above the clouds.”

Well, they had been doing some fairly dangerous flirting inside the house. Keiki preferred to keep quiet about the ear cleaning for now.

“I wanna invite Mizuha out on a date, but what do you think I should do?”

“Just do it normally?”

“Of course. But there’s a lot of ways to do it, right? Is there some kind of surefire technique or anything like that…?”

“—No, there isn’t anything convenient like that. Just invite her out.”

“Woah!? Nanjou!?”

Nanjou suddenly spoke from behind Keiki. Yuika and Mao had been as stealthy as assassins lately.

“Hmmm? A heart mark on your lunch… It seems like it’s going well.”

“W-Well, yeah.”

“So what? You wanna invite her out on a date?”

“So you were listening…”

“I mean, you were talking inside the class… Though I don’t think anybody but me really listened in.”

“Why would you eavesdrop on us…?”

“W-Who cares about that!” Mao averted her face in anger.

Shouma was desperately trying to hold back his laughter.

“Akiyama said this already, but inviting her out normally is your best option, right? Why try some other risky strategy?”

“Because I don’t want to fail… And inviting her on a date is super embarrassing…”

“What are you, a maiden in love? Don’t chicken out like that, Kiryuu.”

“Don’t call me chicken.”

That being said, Keiki was aware of it. He didn’t want to talk about it for that precise reason.

“By the way, I have an idea for you, Chicken.”

“Again, don’t call me a chicken.”

“There’s a great way to nonchalantly invite a girl out on date. Wanna know what it is?”

“Is there really a convenient method like that?!”

“Sure there is, but I don’t have any reason to assist you with your love life, now do I?”

“Ugh…”

That was absolutely true. Keiki couldn’t ask for help from the girl he had rejected.

“Well, I don’t mind telling you. Buuut there’s going to be one condition.”

“…What is your condition?”

“I want a picture of you and Akiyama flirting around.”

“Deal.”

“Wait? What about my opinion?” Shouma asked.

“So Nanjou, would you be so kind as to tell me?”

Keiki completely ignored him. Right now, finding a method to invite a girl on a date was more important than his pride. Mao nodded in a satisfied manner, and spoke with a light tone.

“You’ve got a friend with a girlfriend already, so why not go on a double date? Akiyama with Master Koharu, and Kiryuu with Mizuha.”

*

On the following Sunday, it was perfect weather for a date. Keiki and Shouma were waiting for their date partners at the plaza in front of the train station.

“The last time I went on a double date with you was with Tokihara-senpai when we went bowling, right?”

“Back then I was helping Koharu-senpai, though.”

“I know it’s not that big of a favor, but today, Koharu-chan and I will be your assistants.”

“Thanks a bunch.”

Thanks to the double-date idea, inviting Mizuha out had been much easier. After all, he didn’t even need to use the word ‘date’. Instead, he merely had to say ‘How about we go have some fun with Shouma and Koharu-senpai?’, and that did the deal.

“Koharu-senpai knows that I have feelings for Mizuha, right?”

“I did tell her beforehand, yeah. Is that okay?”

“Yeah, it’s not something worth hiding.”

Koharu was someone who had assisted Keiki greatly in his search for Cinderella. He often asked her for advice, so having her on his side was reassuring.

“By the way, why are boys and girls grouping up seperately?”

“Koharu-chan is taking care of Mizuha-chan’s clothes coordination it seems.”

“Really?”

“I think you can be excited today. Koharu-chan has great clothing sense.”

“Now you’ve gotten my hopes up.”

Mizuha already had great style, and always wore stylish clothes, but the results must be even better if Koharu’s own sense were added to that.

Guess I don’t have to worry about Mizuha coming with no panties.

Knowing this, Keiki didn’t have to be super sensitive about Mizuha’s skirt situation.

“Oh, it seems like today’s main actor has arrived.”

Keiki raised his head when Shouma said that, and spotted two girls walking towards them.

“Thanks for waiting.” One of them was a small girl with stylish hair.

Koharu was wearing cargo pants with a hoodie, keeping up a rather boyish look as she gave a greeting.

“W-We’re here…” Mizuha made an embarrassed smile as she glanced over at her brother. “How… is it?”

The blouse she wore had frills on it, and she was wearing a sweater dress with a cardigan on top.

“I-I think you look very cute…” Keiki was so entranced by her looks that he ended up using polite speech.

Since she always wore adult-like and charming clothes, seeing her with a cute style like this felt fresh. It made her look younger, which was completely different from her usual atmosphere, and it made Keiki’s heart race.

“I thought that cute clothes like these might be a great change for Mizuha-san, which is why I chose these.”

“You’re a genius, Koharu-senpai.”

Keiki was so baffled from this heavenly coordination that he subconsciously found himself rubbing Koharu on the head.

“Ehehe, how embarrassing. But Shouma-kun will get jealous, so keep the head pats to a moderate amount, please.”

“I’ll give you all the rubs later, so I don’t mind.” Shouma smiled.

“You’re both not fair, I want to rub Senpai’s head too.” Mizuha complained.

“W-Why are you all so eager to rub my head?”

Because Senpai is small and cute. The three of them got to rub the legal loli’s head a lot, and—

“Since everyone is here, why don’t we get going now?”

With Shouma’s signal, the party started moving.

The four used trains and buses to get to the amusement park. It was the same amusement park Keiki had visited with Sayuki when he was still searching for Cinderella. He had chosen this place because Koharu had tickets, since she was the rich heiress of a company president that had ties to the place.

“It’s been a long time since I came to the amusement park.”

“Right. Well, let’s enjoy this day as much as we can!”

Mizuha and Shouma were talking to each other as they looked through the pamphlet. Behind them stood Keiki, quietly talking to Koharu.

“Sorry about today. For dragging you into this.”

“It’s fine. I finished all my exams, so I’m happy you invited me.” She smiled and turned her gaze towards Mizuha. “So you liked Mizuha-san after all.”

“I only realized it a little while ago, though.”

“Mizuha-san is a wonderful person, so I can understand how you fell in love with her. When Shouma-kun and I were in a fight, she was trying hard to get us back together.”

“Yeah…”

When Shouma had stared too hard at an actual grade school girl, Koharu had taken that hard, which was why things ended up awkward between them. Back then, Mizuha attempted everything she could to get them to make up.

“Both Kiryuu-kun and Mizuha-san are precious friends of mine. That’s why I want you to be happy as well.”

“Koharu-senpai…”

Even if they weren’t blood-related, they were still siblings. This emotion Keiki felt towards Mizuha was definitely not normal. Even so, there are people who support them. Just the thought of that made Keiki’s chest fill with a warm feeling. He had to work hard today so he didn’t disappoint them.

“Then what should we ride first?” Right as they finished their secret talk, Shouma spoke up.

“Is there anything you’d like to try, Mizuha?” Keiki asked.

“I’m fine with anything. What about you, Ootori-senpai?” Mizuha looked over at Koharu.

“Then why don’t we start with a rollercoaster?” Koharu suggested.

“I’m fine with that, but are you tall enough to reach the minimum height, Koharu-senpai?”

“I’m not that small!”

Just as she said, they had no problems getting inside, and after lining up for a few minutes, their turn arrived. Unlike before, a cold wind blew Keiki in the face, but since he got to enjoy Mizuha’s face next to him, it wasn’t that bad after all.

“That was fun, wasn’t it, Mizuha-san?”

“Yes, that was amazing.”

It appears that both Koharu and Mizuha had taken a liking to this attraction. They were talking gleefully about it. The boys were watching from a distance, grinning at each other.

“Ah, Shouma-kun, they have a bronze statue of the mascot over there!”

“Yeah, let’s go check it out.”

“Nii-san, should we go as well?”

“Sure.”

The four of them enjoyed the amusement park as a group. They played in the shooting galleries, watched a play with the mascot, and took a lot of pictures together. They even made Koharu sit on the merry-go-round horse alone and watched her like she was their child, taking pictures of her.

“Oh, did they always have a haunted house here?”

A bit after noon, Keiki spotted a building that looked like an abandoned hospital.

“It seems to have been built just recently.”

“Huh.”

Shouma gave a brief explanation with the aid of the pamphlet, but since it looked awfully run-down, it didn’t give off that feeling at all. Indeed, it looked like a haunted house where something could jump at you around every corner.

“This sure gives off eerie vibes.”

“You can say that again.”

“Why don’t we try it out?” Koharu glanced at Keiki as she said that.

Translated, that meant ‘This is your chance to show how manly you are!’.

“Mizuha, aren’t you bad with this sort of stuff?”

“I’m not too comfortable with it, but I’d like to try it.”

“The last time you said that before a horror movie, you couldn’t get to sleep all night.”

“It’s fine. I can do it today.”

“Well, if you say so.”

Now that that was decided, the group decided to challenge the haunted house. Since this attraction was meant for people to go in pairs, Shouma and Koharu entered ahead, and after a bit of waiting, Keiki and Mizuha followed.

“T-This sure looks realistic…”

“I think the backstory is that the nurses and doctors overworked themselves and died in the process, which caused them to turn into ghosts.”

The setting itself was pretty scary already, but the attention to detail in this hospital made it seem even more realistic. The paint on the walls had worn off and was dropping down to the floor, there were creepy dolls sitting at the reception desk, the waiting room had an eerie atmosphere, and a sense of fear was instilled in you just from walking down the hallway.

Honestly, this is pretty bad. I feel like something will jump out at me at any second…

The haunted house at the culture festival was already terrifying, but it couldn’t hold a candle to the work of a professional. Keiki already felt like crying, and not a single ghost had appeared as of yet.

“Nii-san…” Unable to bear with the atmosphere, Mizuha clung to Keiki’s arm.

And then, she started talking, like she hated the silence.

“Nii-san, something is weird…”

“Eh? W-What is?”

“I feel something windy touching my legs…”

“Huh…?” Keiki subconsciously stopped in his tracks.

He thought she was just trying to tease him, but when he looked at her pale face, she apparently wasn’t joking around.

“Almost like something invisible is inside my skirt. There’s a cold hand touching my skin…”

“D-Does that…?”

“And I realized why that is…”

“…W-What is it?”

It sounded like the problem was with Mizuha herself, rather than the environment. And after a short silence, Mizuha explained what this cruel reality was.

“I’m not wearing any panties today.”

“…What did you say?”

Keiki had expected something else, but that was still more terrifying than anything he could have come up with. Confronted with this sudden revelation, Keiki felt his blood freeze.

“Eh, why? Why are you not wearing any panties?”

“Because I completely forgot to wear them, thehe~”

“‘Tehe,’ my ass!”

Keiki had let down his guard. He expected that only a pervert like Sayuki would attend an amusement park without wearing panties. The scariest creature in this haunted house wasn’t a ghost, but Mizuha herself. Just by seeing her skirt flutter with a faint breeze, Keiki’s heart was about to leap out of his chest. And that wasn’t the only problem, as the first blood-drenched nurse appeared.

“Cuuuuuurse youuuuuuu…”

“Kyaaaaa!? A ghoooooost!?”

“Mizuha!! Your skirt, your skiiiiirt!”

Then the true horror began, and not in a way that Keiki anticipated. Keiki was so focused on Mizuha’s skirt that the rest of the environment didn’t even enter his mind. Every time Mizuha got scared by a ghost, Keiki would start shrieking for a completely different reason.

Later, they found themselves at the fountain plaza inside the amusement park. Keiki sat on a bench, watching the people passing by, and Mizuha came running towards him from the haunted house.

“Thanks for waiting, Nii-san.”

“Are you wearing them now?”

“Yep! Wanna check?”

“I’ll pass, so don’t even put your hands on your skirt.”

The girl reluctantly removed her hands from her skirt. After they safely made it through the haunted house, Keiki pressed Mizuha to put on panties. Luckily, she had a pair with her, so she quickly walked off to put them on. Now Keiki didn’t have to worry about her fluttering skirt anymore.

“Where’s Shouma-kun and Ootori-senpai?” She asked.

“They went to get us seats at the food court.”

Said food court was a little ways away from them. Naturally, he couldn’t tell the two of them about Mizuha not wearing panties, so he gave them a vague reason and asked them to go ahead.

“Also, why didn’t you wear any panties?”

“I listened to your request, so I held back from going outside without wearing any.”

“So why now?”

“I just figured that going no-panties is basic exhibitionist etiquette.”

“What kind of professional consciousness is that!?”

“…And there was also my desire of wanting to be stopped right beforehand.”

“Huh, what do you mean?”

“It’s all your fault, Nii-san.” Mizuha didn’t clarify any further than that, she just stuck out her tongue in a cute way. “We’ve gotta hurry or we’ll make the others wait.”

“…Right.”

It seemed like Mizuha wanted to say something, but Keiki didn’t want Shouma and Koharu to wait, so he gave up. For now, he figured they should just group up and have lunch. With this in mind, Keiki stood up from the bench. At the same time, a young kid was running past them. She slipped past Keiki, and right as she passed Mizuha, her churros got stuck on Mizuha’s skirt.

This time it’s churros, huh?

Last time, a magical girl wand got stuck in Sayuki’s skirt. It made Keiki feel like he was experiencing deja-vu.

“Hya!?”

“Mizuha!?”

Before he realized what he was doing, his body moved on reflex. Right before the skirt was lifted high enough to reveal the clothes beneath, Keiki clung to her and pushed the fabric downwards.

I made it just in time…

He somehow managed to avoid the worst-case scenario. Even more curious gazes were directed towards them now compared to the other day when they made their way home together, but that was totally worth protecting the girl’s honor.

“N-Nii-san…?”

“Ah, sorry.”

Upon hearing his little sister’s baffled voice, Keiki let go of Mizuha.

“I was worried about your skirt, so…”

“Ah, yeah… Thanks, Nii-san.” Mizuha thanked him with a smile, but the awkward atmosphere didn’t vanish.

Were her cheeks red because he suddenly gave her a hug? Something similar had happened before when she went to school with no panties. Because of a breeze, her skirt was almost lifted up, which was why Keiki hugged her to press it down. However, back then, his desire to protect her dignity as an older brother was the biggest reason. Now, he felt jealousy towards anyone who might happen to see Mizuha’s panties.

Just how much do I like this girl…?

He had embraced the girl because of such simple motives. It was a fresh feeling for Keiki.

*

“So we’ll be going off on our own now, Kiryuu-kun.”

“I pray for your success.”

“Yeah, thanks, you two.”

Roughly 5pm in the evening, Keiki walked out of the souvenir shop as he spoke to Shouma and Koharu. All that was left for the day was to confess to Mizuha, so Keiki had to man up and do it himself.

“Nii-san, thanks for waiting… Wait, where did Shouma-kun and Ootori-senpai go?”

“Ahh, they’ll be going somewhere else away from us.”

“They will?”

“Since they’re here already, they wanted to spend the final few moments with just the two of them, you know.”

“Ah, yeah, that makes sense.” Mizuha nodded.

Thanks to them going out, Keiki had a convenient excuse to be alone with Mizuha.

“You really are considerate, Nii-san.”

Not to mention that his evaluation had gone up in the process. He felt a bit guilty since it was all so that Keiki and Mizuha could be alone together.

“Then, what should we do? We should be able to ride one more thing.”

“It has to be that, right?”

“That?” Mizuha tilted her head in confusion.

The place they made their way to was the number-one hot spot for confessions: A giant Ferris Wheel. Mizuha’s eyes lit up when she looked up at the giant structure.

“It’s even bigger up close.”

“When you come to the amusement park, you can’t miss out on this one, right?”

They each made their own comments and took their place in line. Several bad memories came rushing back into Keiki’s mind, mainly because of the last time he came here with a black-haired senior, but things should be fine this time around.

After waiting for a brief moment, the two were allowed on the gondola. Of course, they naturally ended up facing each other. After checking on all the safety procedures, the employee gave the green light and closed the door. With new customers inside, the Ferris Wheel started moving.

“Ah, the setting sun is beautiful.”

“Yeah…”

The further up they went, the easier they could see over the town, which was colored by the setting sun. This could quite possibly be the most romantic situation possible. It was the perfect chance to confess, but now another problem arose.

This isn’t good. I’m getting seriously nervous all of a sudden…

His heart was racing like crazy. When he thought about it, that would be his first confession in his entire life. Being alone in this secluded space with the girl he was interested in, was already way too much to handle for a beginner in love.

Not to mention that Mizuha is crazy cute…

He always thought that she was cute. As of late, he thought she looked even more beautiful, as well.

No… It’s because I’ve realized my own feelings. That’s why I think she looks so cute.

They say that the one who falls in love first loses. Now that Keiki had become aware of these feelings, this love grew unconditionally, and all he could think about was her. His heart would race just from being together with her like this, and even the words ‘I love you’ started to have a different meaning than before.

That being said, staying silent was not an option. If he didn’t hurry up, the gondola would reach the ground again. Trying to calm his nerves, he looked outside the window.

“Oh, it’s Shouma and Koharu-senpai.”

“Eh, where?”

“I don’t think you can see them from where you are.”

“Then I’ll come over there.” Mizuha got up and moved next to Keiki, looking outside the glass. “Ah, you’re right. They’re holding hands.”

It was a lovers’ handhold from a great height difference. However, Keiki was completely focused on Mizuha’s face. Suddenly, the gondola shook a bit from the wind.

“Kya!?”

“Ah, careful…!”

Mizuha fell towards Keiki. As a result, he caught her slender body with his chest.

“I-I’m sorry…”

“No, it’s fine…”

In that moment, it felt like weird magic had been cast on their bodies.

“……”

“……”

The gondola reached its peak, and Keiki held Mizuha’s body in his arms, at a distance close enough for them to kiss.

“Nii-san…” Mizuha slowly closed her eyes.

It was like she was giving him the signal to kiss her. As previously mentioned, in such a romantic situation, if they were to exchange a kiss, and he confessed, it would surely be a great memory for both of them. However, with the greatest possible chance in front of Keiki, another problem arose.

“…Sorry, Mizuha.”

“Eh?”

“I think I’m getting motion sickness…”

“Nii-san!?”

The reason was clearly his nerves, as well as the shaking gondola. Once the gondola reached its peak, it shook quite a bit. Because of this, Keiki’s greatest chance to confess ended in failure.

Keiki managed to avoid emptying his stomach, but because of his worsened condition, the two of them had to head home right after the gondola reached the ground. Right now, Keiki was lying on the sofa inside the living room, with Mizuha giving him a lap pillow.

“Sorry that I’m such a useless Onii-chan…”

“It can’t be helped. How are you feeling?”

“I’ll make up for it, for sure… And by the way, why are you giving me a lap pillow?”

“I want you to recover as quickly as possible, so I thought a lap pillow from a high school girl would be the most effective treatment.”

“That sounds like something an old man would think.”

“So how does it feel?”

“The sensation of your thighs is the best. Thank you very much.”

“Fufu, you should have just been honest from the start.” Mizuha smiled happily as she caressed Keiki’s head. “This lap pillow is thanks for helping me this afternoon. A lot of people could have almost seen my panties after all.”

“I’m glad I made it in time.”

“If it’s Nii-san, I don’t mind showing them to you whenever you want.”

“O-Okay…”

Keiki didn’t know how to respond.

“Wanna look at my panties now? Maybe it’ll make you feel better.”

“Why?”

“You’re a boy, so I thought that maybe looking at some panties would give you energy.”

“I mean, it’d give me energy in a different way.”

“If you prefer, I can just lift up my skirt right now, and you can bury your face in them.”

“That’s a bit too high of a hurdle!” Keiki said, and yet he didn’t move his head away from Mizuha’s thighs.”

His head stayed selfishly the way it was.

“…Hey, Nii-san?”

“Hm?”

“Thanks for today. I had a lot of fun with Shouma-kun and Ootori-senpai.”

“I see…”

Keiki was glad to hear that.

“Also, there’s something I’d like to tell you, Nii-san.”

“Huh? Where did that come from?”

“You’ve been spoiling me way too much recently.”

“Excuse me?”

“You’ve been way too kind to me as of late. You save me from Mitani-kun’s flirting attempts, we hold hands on the way home from school, and you don’t even get angry when I sleep in your bed.”

“I mean, I still tell you to quit sleeping in my bed…”

There’s way too many problems with a girl his age sleeping in his bed.

“Even today, you helped with my skirt…”

“That did get us a lot of attention though.”

“As a little sister, I’m happy to have such a brocon Nii-san who is so kind to me, and as a brocon, that makes it even better.”

“Y-Yeah.”

“But you should keep it within acceptable limits.”

“Acceptable limits?”

“If not, something terrible will happen.”

“Something terrible…?”

“Something irreversible.”

“Just what have I started…?”

Was it a sin to spoil his little sister? If anything, being a siscon was still legally allowed.

“If you’re not careful, and if you’re even kinder to me, then I will fall in love with you even more, Nii-san.”

“Mizuha…” Keiki looked up at his little sister’s face.

Their eyes met, and Mizuha made an embarrassed grin.

I had planned to confess, and yet she confessed to me again.

The girl Keiki had feelings for was way too cute. His face started to burn up. She was so lovable, it was hard not hugging her right away.

Should I just confess now? …No, it would feel like I just used Mizuha’s confession…

Keiki hesitated. Confessing while receiving a lap pillow sounded pretty lame. While he was contemplating what to do, Keiki’s smartphone on the desk vibrated.

“…Ah, an email?”

He raised his body and checked the new message.

“Who is it from?”

“Koharu-senpai. She sent me the pictures from today.”

“Show me!” Mizuha brought her shoulder closer and took a peek at the screen.

For a second, Keiki’s heart skipped a beat, but he managed to stay calm as he checked the pictures.

“Ah, you’ve got ketchup on your nose in that one, Nii-san.”

“You have crepe on your mouth in that one, Mizuha.”

“Fufu, we’re both like children.”

While they checked the pictures, they talked about their day at the amusement park. Using a single phone, they both looked at the pictures.

“………”

Was it really okay for Keiki to be this happy? The girl he loved was right next to him. He had her smile all to himself, and nobody else knew about it.

Ah, I see…

Although a bit belated, he finally realized.

I love spending time with Mizuha like this…

He finally understood what Shouma was talking about. Once you spend time with someone, and enjoy this time more than anything, you realize that you’ve fallen in love. For Keiki, this person just so happened to be his non-blood-related little sister. His heart had been stolen by her voice and her gentle smile.

I want to do all sorts of things with Mizuha…

Visit all sorts of places, experience all sorts of situations, fall in love with her even more. Everything you’d do with a lover, he wanted to experience with her. Humans all turn greedy when they fall in love. Keiki had been very happy so far, and yet he still wanted even more.

“…Hey, Mizuha?”

“Hm?”

“Should we go somewhere again next week?”

“Sure. With everyone?”

“No, I want it to be just the two of us.”

“Eh? Would that be…” Mizuha looked up at Keiki in shock. “A… date?”

“Yeah. I want to go on a date with you, Mizuha.”

“………”

When Keiki stated his honest feelings, Mizuha—

“Yes, definitely.”

She showed a beaming smile and accepted the invitation.