Chapter 47
Discussion 2
Once the two of us arrived at Hiiragi-chan’s place, we were let inside .
“As usual, it’s quite clean, Haru-chan’s place . ”
“It’s because I’m a girl, it needs to be clean . I heard that your room, Natsumi, is quite messy as usual . ”
“That’s not true! It’s just a little bit messy . ”
As I listened while smiling to the conversation between the two close sisters, Hiiragi-chan passed me a cup of coffee, and Natsumi-chan a cup of tea .
Natsumi-chan stared closely at Hiiragi-chan’s movements . Hmmm… I don’t doubt it, I get a feeling that we may be caught .
“I heard that Natsumi-chan wanted to meet me…?”
“Yes, yes, that’s right . I forgot because of what happened earlier though . ”
The case with the stray cat?
“As far as I know, the only male that Haru-chan is on good terms with is you, so I was curious what type of person you were . ”
“Eeehh? That’s not true . ”
In response to Hiiragi-chan’s denial, Natsumi-chan shook her head firmly .
“It is true . I mean, this is the first time, you’ve ever gotten close to a male and went out of your way to let me know . I can’t help be curious about who this is . ”
Is that it, Hiiragi-chan said as she tilted her head .
I once again told Natsumi-chan about the reason for the meeting between Hiiragi-chan .
“Since then, I say hello every time I see her at school… Hiiragi-sensei then became the advisor for the club that I was a part of . And that’s that . ”
Natsumi-chan put the saucer on top of her lap, and then took a sip of the tea . Maybe because it was because she went to a rich lady’s school, her movements seemed to be of a higher class . Do they teach them manners in class, I wonder? The person herself seemed a little bit unrefined though .
“Haru-chan, you’re an advisor?”
“That’s right . Isn’t it amazing?”
“I mean, it’s probably some club with no motivation and where half the members just go home, right?”
““…””
Because she was right on the mark, Hiiragi-chan and I kept silent . Now that I think about it, recently, we haven’t done anything that really seems like club activities…
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We only talk and play games, and if Hiiragi-chan comes, we listen to her complaints about work… that’s all . It ended up turning into a going home club that was called the home economics club .
“So I was right? What type of teacher is Haru-chan at school?”
“Mou, stop it… it’s fine, it doesn’t matter!”
“It’s fine, I just want to know . ”
… A long time ago, during my third year of high school, this sort of three-person interview was something I saw before .
“Hiiragi-sensei is quite bright and energetic, and is a good teacher that is well favored by everyone regardless of gender . ”
“I don’t need to hear about some fake nice front that she puts up . What do you think about her? I want to know . ”
Hiiragi-chan looked at me .
Her excited face was saying, “I want to know! What do you think? Let me hear it!”
How should I say this?
If I end up saying the truth, the relationship between Hiiragi-chan and I might be doubted even further . However, if I try saying something fake, the strangely smart Natsumi-chan wouldn’t accept it .
“From how I see it, there are places where she’s quite careless, but she’s at least doing her best… As a result, I don’t think any of the other people around see it, because if they did, she would probably feel closer, or something like a more loveable character? That’s the type of teacher she is . ”
Hiiragi-chan fidgeted around and looked like she was so moved that she was going to cry .
“Haru-chan, why are you crying?”
“I haven’t started crying yet…”
Receiving the handkerchief that Natsumi-chan handed her, Hiiragi-chan covered her eyes .
“… You really are looking at her . ”
“That’s how I see Hiiragi-sensei, but I don’t know how other people think of her . ”
Returning the saucer and cup to the table, Natsumi-chan looked at me straight on . She properly arranged her legs towards the right as she placed her hands on her lap in a high-class way .
… Wh-what is it? She’s really staring at me . Both the way she’s sitting and her posture are all so refined
“Earlier, when we were eating okonomiyaki, I was thinking, and now I’m just confirming—”
Dokin .
Wh-what is she trying to confirm…?
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“Haru-chan, she likes you . ”
“Funya!? Wh-what are you saying all of a sudden, Natsumiiiiiii!”
Hiiragi-chan began shaking Natsumi-chan’s shoulders with everything she had .
“Sei—Seiji-kun is going to be surprised, right!?”
“So you aren’t going to deny it at all . ”
“Ugi…”
Well, she’s right… In an argument, it seems like the younger sister rather than the older sister is better at strategizing .
“I was quite in disarray last time and wasn’t quite sure, but I just wanted to know what type of person Haru-chan liked . That’s why I called you out here today . ”
“I-It’s not like I like him or anything like that! Don’t misunderstand me like that . ”
Her lie is terrible!? That’s like a tsundere way of saying “I like you”! The more she tries to hide it, the more obvious it is . What kind of situation is this?
“M-mou, Natsumi-chan… . ”
She kept looking back at me . Stop looking towards me embarrassingly . If you do that, it’ll be even more obvious .
“You as well… don’t think of Haru-chan badly, right?”
“That’s, yeah . That’s right . ”
“I’ll keep saying this, but it’s the first time seeing her like this . Being so happy when you were here, and immediately becoming sad once you were gone . When I asked her about you and when she told me about you, she had so much pride in it… She likes you . Probably . ”
“M-mooouuu, stoooop iiittt . ”
While having her face turn red, Hiiragi-chan hit Natsumi-chan with a cushion .
“Sei!”
“Ah!”
The cushion was immediately stolen from Hiiragi-chan .
“Be quiet . I’m talking right now . ”
“… yes . ”
The old sister is so weak .
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But, Natsumi-chan wanted to say something . Is she going to deny Hiiragi-chan her feelings feelings, or is she going to support it?
“I’m quite worried about Haru-chan . I can’t even see the m in male around her, and yet she’s already twenty-four . ” [1]
“My age is perfectly fine . ”
Hiiragi-chan, who was trying to steal the cushion back, was easily prevented .
“Muuu…”
“Meeting you like this today, I can see that you’re quite calm despite being younger . I feel that I can leave the airheaded Haru-chan to you . If you were some weird guy, I would have stopped it though…”
Well, of course .
Natsumi-chan, after evaluating me was now pushing Hiiragi-chan towards me, despite how much she cared about her .
“If it was me, then you could leave Sensei to me?”
“If you are fine with it, that is . ”
“But, I’m just a second year high school student . ”
“Didn’t I say it earlier? If it was someone that I could depend on, then I would support Haru-chan’s love . Is age really something to consider when it comes to love?”
Alongside her, Hiiragi-chan nodded along, acting like an expert in the field .
We’re talking about you, you know?
As I thought, Natsumi-chan isn’t looking at people based on title, but actually looking at them . Rather than the part where I am a high school student, and Hiiragi-chan is a teacher, it was more about Sanada Seiji and Hiragi Haruka as people . Really, she’s such a good child .
This… is plan B .
“If it has already been found out, or if there was no problem for her to find out, then we will be open about out our relationship . ”
“Yeah . Alright . If it’s Natsumi, I think she would accept it if we explain it to her, so if it comes to that, it’ll definitely be alright . ”
That was plan B . It is one of the plans we made when we met in advance . Locking eyes with Hiiragi-chan, I nodded .
“Haru-chan, there isn’t many other timings like this, so you should just say it! I threw out a bone for you . Moreover, I don’t feel like Thief-kun is bad, definitely—”
“Ummm, Natsum—”
Before Hiiragi-chan could say anything, I spoke first .
“Natsumi-chan, Sensei and I, we’re already dating . ”
“Eh?”
Shocked, Natsumi-chan looked at Hiiragi-chan as if to confirm .
“Yeah . It’s true . ”
Saying that, Hiiragi-chan came to my side . Natsumi-chan’s eyes went wide .
“Eh? S-since when?”
“Since the middle of April . It’s been just over three months . ”
“Then, that talk last time about the thief stuff…”
“Sorry about that . That was just something made up . A lie . ”
“Whaaaaat… Tell me about this earlier…”
“We thought that you might be against it, so it made it hard to say… But this time, Seiji-kun said that if it looked alright, then we should be open about it . ”
Tears started pouring out from Natsumi-chan .
“I won’t be against it… I even support it… don’t hide it… it makes it worse that way . ”
Hiiragi-chan once again apologized to Natsumi-chan before hugging her and patting her on the head to stop Natsumi-chan from crying .
“It wasn’t just that time, I’ve thought about it a hundred times . Today as well, you didn’t bring out tea, but coffee, serving it without any milk or sugar, completely black, and yet Thief-kun didn’t give a word of complaint… coffee rather than tea, moreover black as well… you know someone like that Haru-chan, I thought… But, if it was someone that you were deeply involved in, Haru-chan would tell me… so I was wondering what it was . ”
As expected, she was a sharp detective… But, the fact that she supports Hiiragi-chan and I is a relief .
“This is great…! Haru-chan, this is really great . Con—grats…”
With a tear strewn face and broken words, Natsumi-chan blessed us .
“Dank jou…! Najumi, fer zuppording uz, dank you…” [2]
Hiiragi-chan as well! She’s also crying!! Why is the person on the receiving end of the support crying more!
In this way, the relationship between Hiiragi-chan and I was revealed to her little sister, Natsumi .
TL Note:
This was in Japanese 男の『お』の字, which is basically saying the first letter in the word for male/boy . I hope this makes sense in English . I hope it’s readable… but it’s supposed to say, “Thank you…! Natsumi, for supporting us, thank you…”