After school in the afternoon, Kasugano Sora found her brother seemed somewhat strange, as if thinking about something, not even noticing she had come over.
"Guess who I am?" Kasugano Sora wore a smile unique to pranks, standing behind Hoshino Miru, standing on tiptoes, reaching out to cover Hoshino Miru's eyes.
"Eriri," Hoshino Miru said.
Kasugano Sora's expression immediately became sulky. Her voice wasn't the same as Eriri's at all. Unable to help herself, she said petulantly: "No, keep guessing, Onii-chan!"
"Then it must be Bunny-san. Her hands are small, her height is short too, and she has to stand on tiptoes when standing behind." The more Hoshino Miru said, the angrier the girl behind him became.
"I'm not short!" Kasugano Sora released her hands and quickly retreated several steps, her cheeks slightly red. "Onii-chan is deliberately teasing me!"
"You're the one who pranked me first." Hoshino Miru turned around. This was the school gate, and there were still students around. The girl standing behind him was particularly conspicuous.
However, Hoshino Miru noticed two girls standing beside her, looking very similar in appearance. He was somewhat surprised.
"So you're Sora's older brother, Hoshino-senpai that everyone talks about. You look really tall." Hoshizuki Kaede slightly raised her eyes, examining Hoshino Miru with great curiosity. Her first impression of this boy was very favorable.
In Japan, the average height for males was about 170cm. Hoshino Miru's height was 182cm, making him easily noticeable in a crowd.
Most girls averaged less than 160cm in height. For a girl like Hoshizuki Kaede, the first thing she realized was that like Kasugano Sora, she would have to work hard standing on tiptoes to cover Hoshino Miru's eyes.
Hoshino Miru was also examining her. Both girls had ear-length short hair, facial features as if created from the same template, even their figures were similar—the student uniforms couldn't hide their bulging chests. Both had large chests.
At first glance, it seemed difficult to distinguish this pair of twin sisters. However, Hoshino Miru noticed the two wore different hair clips. Hoshizuki Kaede wore a red hair clip on the right side, Hoshizuki Suzu wore a yellow hair clip on the left side. Moreover, the former wore white mid-calf socks while the latter wore black pantyhose.
Were they deliberately making it so others could tell who was the older sister and who was the younger sister?
"Onii-chan, they're the friends I told you about before." Kasugano Sora was somewhat reluctant to introduce this pair of twins to Hoshino Miru, because she very much suspected whether Hoshino Miru would be interested in twins.
However, this pair of twin sisters insisted on coming over to see, especially Hoshizuki Kaede.
"Hello, Hoshino-senpai!" Hoshizuki Kaede's voice carried a hint of liveliness. "I'm Sora's classmate. My name is Hoshizuki Kaede!"
[Target: Hoshizuki Kaede] [Intimacy: 5] [Status: Having just arrived at a new school, she's curious about everything now.]
"I'm Hoshizuki Suzu." Hoshizuki Suzu beside her also greeted him, looking calmer than her sister.
[Target: Hoshizuki Suzu] [Intimacy: 2] [Status: Whatever my sister does, I do too.]
"Hello. I was actually worried whether she had made any friends." Hoshino Miru smiled slightly. "Seeing you two puts my mind at ease."
The moment he learned their names, their personal panels appeared. Two more targets to potentially pursue.
Getting a bit familiar with them should make it easy to get the first reward from them.
"What does Onii-chan mean? So all along you thought I was lying?" Kasugano Sora was slightly dissatisfied, her cheeks puffing up.
"I'm happy for you, happy for Auntie and Uncle." Hoshino Miru resisted the urge to poke her face and continued focusing on the twin sisters. "By the way, which of you is the older sister and which is the younger sister?"
"Why don't you guess, Hoshino-senpai?" Hoshizuki Kaede blinked her eyes. It seemed every pair of twins had this kind of routine.
Hoshino Miru pretended to think deeply. Kasugano Sora was about to say something when Hoshizuki Kaede had already covered her mouth. Hoshizuki Suzu looked at her sister, then at Hoshino Miru.
Because it was a guessing game, Hoshino Miru inevitably examined Hoshizuki Kaede. Her skirt hem seemed to sway lightly, revealing two slender girl's legs. The white mid-calf socks only wrapped around her calves, her slightly reddened knees exposed, her fair, tender thigh skin somewhat eye-catching, making one involuntarily follow along her thighs all the way toward under her skirt.
"You're the older sister." Hoshino Miru showed Hoshizuki Kaede a smile. The latter was particularly surprised.
Immediately after, Hoshino Miru's gaze shifted to Hoshizuki Suzu. Her black pantyhose were even more enticing than Hoshizuki Kaede's—clearly exposing nothing, yet giving one an impulse to reach out and touch.
"She's the older sister, so you're the younger sister." Hoshino Miru crossed his arms. "Did I get it right?"
Not only Hoshizuki Kaede, even the constantly expressionless Hoshizuki Suzu showed surprise in her eyes.
"So-so amazing! How did you figure it out?" Hoshizuki Kaede was already so surprised her mouth hung open, then shook her head. "No, no, did Sora tell you?"
"She didn't tell me. It was intuition." Hoshino Miru's face showed no embarrassment. Actually, he saw it in Hoshizuki Suzu's [Status].
Hoshizuki Kaede instinctively looked at Kasugano Sora, who also seemed puzzled.
"I didn't tell Onii-chan. It really seems he guessed it himself." Kasugano Sora muttered softly, "I always feel Onii-chan has a strange talent when dealing with girls."
This sentence couldn't be ignored. Hoshino Miru tapped her little head.
"Very few people can guess our identities on the first try. Hoshino-senpai is really amazing." Although Hoshizuki Kaede was somewhat shocked, she didn't take it to heart, just assuming Hoshino Miru was very lucky. "I'm the older sister, and Suzu is my younger sister."
[Intimacy: 5→8]
Hoshino Miru found her intimacy hadn't increased much. It seemed it still wasn't impressive enough, so he looked at Hoshizuki Suzu beside her. However, the younger sister's also hadn't increased much.
Noticing Hoshino Miru paying attention to Hoshizuki Suzu beside her, Hoshizuki Kaede quickly added a sentence.
"She usually has this personality—rarely speaks."
One was a lively, active older sister, one was a silent, taciturn younger sister. Hoshino Miru thought to himself—so twin sisters' personalities also differed.
"No problem. Sora used to be like this too." Hoshino Miru smiled. "When we were in elementary school, she never wanted to stay in her own classroom and would follow me to mine, always grabbing my clothes. Whoever talked to her, she wouldn't respond."
Kasugano Sora immediately felt embarrassed. This kind of dark history was too awkward for the girl. Unable to help blushing, and before Hoshino Miru could continue, she already reached out to push Hoshino Miru toward the school gate.
"No more talking! Let's go home quickly!" Kasugano Sora's attitude was very firm. At the same time, she turned back. "See you tomorrow!"
Hoshizuki Kaede blinked. She hadn't heard the continuation yet, but still waved goodbye.
Hoshizuki Suzu stayed in place motionless until Hoshizuki Kaede cheerfully rubbed her little face.
"Suzu was treated like a shy child. That's what you get for not talking."
Hoshizuki Suzu let her sister tease her, because before long, her sister stopped.
"How did he recognize us?" Hoshizuki Kaede muttered softly, looking at her own outfit. There shouldn't be anything strange.
"Why don't we switch identities next time?" Hoshizuki Suzu suddenly said.
Hoshizuki Kaede's eyes lit up. Taking turns being the older sister seemed like a normal routine for twins. He definitely wouldn't be able to guess then, right?
...
Kasugano Sora didn't push for long before quickly getting tired. Hoshino Miru had no choice but to hold her small hand.
"Why did you have to tell them about the past?" Kasugano Sora felt she was still somewhat angry and didn't want him holding her hand, but Hoshino Miru grasped her small hand. After struggling a few times, she gave up.
"Because I'm a bit proud. Raising Sora to be like this—I deserve some credit too." Hoshino Miru's lips curved slightly upward. "With that past personality, you don't know how much of a headache it gave me."
"I knew it—you used to hate me." Kasugano Sora lowered her head, very much like a little girl's tantrum.
"Not hate—worry. Someone used to not even know how to act spoiled. Clearly wanting to be held by me, but being stubborn for ages without saying a word." Hoshino Miru squeezed her small hand. "Now she's become especially bold, snuggling into her brother's arms every day. Whose credit do you think that is?"
Kasugano Sora felt somewhat shy, because Hoshino Miru really did spoil her. Even when she did bad things or threw small tantrums, Hoshino Miru never scolded her—at most he'd spank her bottom.
Without Hoshino Miru, she would probably still be in the hospital, staring at that white ceiling. Even if she returned home, she'd probably stay in her room for life without coming out.
Being able to meet Hoshino Miru, Kasugano Sora felt she was very fortunate, like it was destined.
"Today I told Eriri, and she agreed to go watch the performance with us." Hoshino Miru said leisurely, "The time is set too—Friday after school we'll go over. You're not allowed to back out."
Kasugano Sora's expression immediately fell, her mouth pouting. At this point, "can I not go" were words she could no longer say.
Honestly, she couldn't even stand school, much less crowded places like that.
"Aren't we waiting for Eriri today?" Kasugano Sora suddenly remembered. She hadn't seen Eriri's figure and felt somewhat delighted in her heart, even though she was the one who directly pushed Hoshino Miru away.
"She has to go to the art club today. This year's club recruitment campaign is coming again." Hoshino Miru held her hand while walking. "Has my little sister thought about joining a club?"
"No way. You don't even have a club—I'm definitely not joining one." Kasugano Sora snorted lightly, then remembered something. "Onii-chan, doesn't our school manage things very strictly?"
"Compared to other schools, it's probably not very strict." Hoshino Miru felt Toyosaki High School's atmosphere was very relaxed. Girls could often wear various types of stockings, and boys could play games together during breaks.
"No wonder I saw a strange club in the club recruitment announcement." Kasugano Sora suppressed a smile. "Onii-chan, do you know what that club is called?"
"Alien Research Society?"
"Not that one—even more amazing."
"Beautiful Girl Jade Foot Appreciation Society?"
Seeing Hoshino Miru's guesses getting more and more outrageous, Kasugano Sora finally couldn't hold back.
"What the—! It's not that kind of thing. It's the club I most want to join with Onii-chan." Kasugano Sora kept a straight face. "It's called the Service Club. I think this club must make girls do strange things, like having to call Onii-chan 'Master.'"
In Japanese, "service" (奉仕) has the meaning of volunteer service. Hoshino Miru felt she was deliberately twisting and misinterpreting it.
Hoshino Miru didn't expect Yukinoshita Yukino had really put up an advertisement for the Service Club on the bulletin board. This high-achieving student seemed serious.
"Has anyone joined?" Hoshino Miru asked.
"Eh?" Kasugano Sora paused, then quickly puffed out her cheeks. "I was just saying—so Onii-chan really had that idea!"
As she spoke, she made herself blush.
"If-if Onii-chan has that idea, I can also serve Onii-chan at home after we get back. There's no need to join that strange club."
Hoshino Miru took a deep breath. He really wanted to tell his little sister: Your brother almost got forced on by someone today, so it's best not to say things like this right now.
"Okay, from today onward you can't call me Onii-chan. You have to call me Master."
"No way, no way. Master is for games—I still want to call you Onii-chan." Kasugano Sora pouted. Compared to Master, she preferred Onii-chan more.
"Then don't call me Master." Hoshino Miru kept a straight face.
Kasugano Sora felt somewhat angry. Just as she was about to say something, she found the street ahead didn't seem to be the way home.
"Onii-chan, where are we going?" Kasugano Sora was somewhat nervous—not afraid that Hoshino Miru would do something to her. Even if he took her to a love hotel, she would obediently follow. She was just a bit afraid of unfamiliar places.
"Going to the supermarket to buy things." Hoshino Miru glanced at her sideways. "You couldn't have thought the refrigerator at home automatically refreshes food every day, could you?"
Kasugano Sora felt he was mocking her and wanted to sulk. However, thinking about all the delicious food at the supermarket, she didn't really want to be angry with him. She'd need to ask him to buy some snacks later anyway.
Arriving at the supermarket, Hoshino Miru took Kasugano Sora to the fresh food section to pick tonight's ingredients.
After picking for a while, he found Kasugano Sora wasn't talking. Turning back to look, he found her curiously watching the lively fish and shrimp in the water tank.
So Hoshino Miru bought a few lobsters.
Kasugano Sora didn't dare help carry them, afraid of being pinched by the lobsters. However, she was somewhat greedy—she knew the lobsters Hoshino Miru made were very delicious.
After buying ingredients and snacks, Kasugano Sora helped carry half the bags because she wanted to hold hands with Hoshino Miru on the way back.
When the two returned, the sky showed several fire clouds. The originally fiery red sun had turned orange, and the afternoon cool breeze blew toward them, somewhat refreshing.
"Onii-chan, aren't we a bit like a married couple?" Kasugano Sora's face was slightly red. Shopping together, carrying things together, returning home together before sunset, and she and Hoshino Miru were holding hands with fingers intertwined.
In others' eyes, the two were probably a couple deeply in love, right?
"If you call me Onii-chan, others will only think we're siblings with a very good relationship." Hoshino Miru looked at passersby not far away for her. "Look, that little kid is holding his mother's hand."
"We're not real siblings anyway." Kasugano Sora didn't care. "Who knows—they might think Onii-chan is forcing me to call you brother. Sounds very exciting."
Hoshino Miru's face darkened. He didn't plan to continue discussing this topic with her.
The two returned home. Just as Hoshino Miru was about to change shoes, he suddenly noticed an extra pair of shoes in the entrance.
PS: The author is a bit dumbfounded. Today five or six little red dots suddenly appeared, all for Shenhe. Even a little kiss on the lips isn't allowed?
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