Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 – Siscon Older Sister and Shut-in Younger Sister

Chirp chirp. As my ears gently received the call of a small bird, my consciousness slowly surfaced from the dream within my nap.

Upon opening my eyelids, I’d be greeted by the same usual morning sunshine.

It was just a bit stimulating for my eyes which were at rest for quite a while so I shook myself awake from my half-sleeping state.

“Fuaa~nn….. Good morning~”

I let out a yawn, muttering to myself as I glanced over at the family photo on my bedside and motivated myself to rise out of bed.

Well then, Today I’ll give it my best as well!

“Funfufunfufu~”

While humming a small tune, I touched myself up in front of a mirror.

I spent a proper amount of time fixing my bedhead, then changed out of my favorite pajamas. Alright, nothing looks out of place. Perfect!

“Now, let’s head into battle!”

With that said, I arrived in front of a certain room within the house.

I adjusted my breathing, resolved myself with conviction and clutched the doorknob before opening it in one go. Today for sure!

“Shizuku! Good morni-BUFU!?”

When I vigorously stormed into the room, I was met with a fluffy pillow.

The blow to the face made me stagger, but I didn’t lose out to it. Rather I stood firm, rebalancing my posture.

“……~Shizukuuu, I always tell you this, but I don’t think its right to have a pillow fight so early in the morning! I’d prefer if you said “Onee-chan, good morning! I love you!” and dove into my bosom instead!”

“You’re being noisy you stupid sister, you’re the one who’s barging into my room as you please. In the first place, who would I even love. We’re sisters so it’s gross.”

Before my teary, protesting eyes, the only thing that could be seen outside of the futon was a hand and face that scowled at me. It was the appearance of a beautiful girl.

Perhaps it was because she led a life outside of sunlight, but her skin was an abnormal porcelain white. Her dainty physique conveyed a fleeting impression, as if she would fade away from a single touch.

It was as though this endearing young girl was an angel or fairy that came right out of a picture book. I only knew of one such person in my world and that was my shut-in little sister, Suzumiya Shizuku.

“To begin with, it’s a Saturday so school should be out. What’s with you so early in the morning.”

Similar to how a kitten would, my little sister was now looking at me like I was her natural enemy. She turned and glared at me, as if she was trying to intimidate me with a hiss.

It was really cute, but to be considered as a natural enemy, Onee-chan was really sad you know!

Nevertheless, this kind of treatment was an everyday occurrence. At this point, I wouldn’t be discouraged by such a thing!

“I work part-time today, so I have to leave early. I was hoping I could eat breakfast together with Shizuku before that though.”

“No way. I’m going back to sleep.”

She gave a cold response and covered herself with the futon, slipping back into bed. It was my little sister’s proud technique, turtle guard.

Now that it’s come to this, her refusal to budge was something I knew far too well. I understood I was again defeated today and hung my head in dejection.

“Uu, I understand…… I’ll place the breakfast in front of the door, so eat properly, okay?”

“I know…… Also, baka-ane..”

“Hm? Whaaat is it?”

As I was trudging out of the room, Shizuku suddenly pops her face out from the covers and calls out to me.

I was so happy, I turned back with a large smile on my face……

“…… Head, your bedhead sprung up again, so fix it before you leave.”

She said such distant words and withdrew her face into the covers again.

“Eeeh!?”

Wait, even though I just fixed it earlier, it’s back again!?

This time for sure, I’ll definitely fix it. While I nosily made my way towards the washroom, I felt like I might’ve heard Shizuku letting out a small sigh.

After finishing breakfast and readjusting my appearance, I left the house and arrived at the part-time job mentioned earlier, a coffee shop near the neighborhood.

I dressed myself in the work uniform and went to clean up the store before opening time.

In the midst of that, my head was filled with thoughts of my beloved little sister.

“Uu~ I wanna get along with Shi~zu~ku~”

That girl was already a consistent shut-in

She’s always had a frail body and has been introverted, but it became worse after a certain incident. Now, she won’t even attend school and practically doesn’t see anyone face-to-face besides me.”

When she was younger, she would say “Onee-chan, let’s play together!” and would cling to me 24/7…… Uu, Onee-chan feels lonely you know.

“As always, seems like Shizuku-chan was quite a formidable opponent wasn’t she, Suzune.”

“Ah, Rankaaa”

While I was doing my work in tears, a voice called out to me. It belonged to my classmate from high school, Natsume Ranka.

She was the coffee shop’s owner’s daughter and I was able to work here because she put in good word for me. I’ve also known her since grade school and for that reason, deep down, I’ve always been in debt to her.

Be that as it may, that and our friendship were different topics. I vented out all my complaints to my kind-hearted friend.

“That’s riiight~! This morning, you see, I went to wake her up and got a pillow tagged on my face. I was called a stupid sister, a stupid sister you know!? A tsuntsun Shizuku was adorable, but I’d rather see her show me a deredere expression instead!!”

“S-so that’s the part you’re complaining about…… I’ve thought this before, but you’re a little off aren’t you, Suzune.”

“Eh-, Is that so. After all its Shizuku you know, Shizuku. God has created an unparalleled beauty in this world, my angel!! I’d be able to eat 3 whole bowls of rice with my only side dish being the view of Shizuku!!”

I spoke about Shizuku’s cuteness with clarity while Ranka wore an astonished expression.

Muu-, it wasn’t conveyed across. Even though I was just trying to explain the truth of this world.

“Even if you weren’t looking at Shizuku, you’d still eat around that much food anyways, that’s how you grew up so well after all, Suzune……”

Staring, Ranka’s line of sight lowered, fixating itself onto my breasts.

A dark gleam appears in her pupils and I instinctively attempt to cover myself with my arms, but I was just a tad bit late.

Ranka-chan quickly circled around behind me and my chest was groped.

“Good grief, you eat and eat but never get fat since all that nutrition goes into these breasts. Such enviable genetics aren’t they!? You’re carrying this weight around yet, you’re athletic and your head is unreasonably smart too. Too many components are in their prime! At least share some of your breasts with me!”

“Wait, even if I wanted to share, it’s not like they’re gonna divide!? Rather, don’t mess around at a time like this, I can’t do my job!”

“How fussy! I’ll just yank them off!”

In the midst of this noisy uproar, Ranka expressed all her pent-up resentment while clinging onto me. There weren’t any customers during this time, but it wasn’t as if you couldn’t see in from the outside. As expected, if someone else were to see this situation, it’ll be embarrassing.

It’d be simple to just shake her off, but I didn’t want her to get hurt from this dumb situation.

At any rate, the resistance I put up all ended up half heartedly done so no matter how much time passed, I still wasn’t able to slip out.

“What are you doing, you idiot daughter!”

I was wondering what happened when a woman suddenly appeared behind us and dropped down a sudden fist. Ranka let out an unlady-like scream, “AGYA!?” and cowered down.

“That huurt……! Hey, mama, wasn’t clenching your fists seriously against your cute daughter just way too cruel!? What would you do if I became stupid from that!?”

“If you’re such a cute daughter, then you wouldn’t be sexually harassing your classmate during work! In the first place, you were already stupid enough, so you couldn’t possibly become any dumber!”

“So harsh!? Even I feel pain from getting hurt you know!?”

“You can say that sort of line after you’ve manage to avoid failing a test at least once!”

The person nagging and shouting was Ranka’s mother, Natsume Mimori-san.

Since our houses were close, us sisters were often grateful towards this person, but when she got angry like this, it was quite scary. She also had a handle on her husband as well so she was the very personification of a wife who wore the pants in the family.

Still, she was a kind person and there was no mistaking that. After giving her daughter the usual scolding, her facial expression softened and she turned towards me, looking apologetic.

“Sorry Suzune-chan, our idiot of a daughter is always troubling you”

“Not at all, I was able to get a part-time job like this, so I’m also thoroughly indebted towards you. We’re the same in that regard.”

“Hm? Suzune, it might be my imagination, but the way you said that kind of felt like you weren’t denying the fact that I was a bother”

While I ignored my friend’s pointless guessing, Mimori-san smiled at seemingly nothing in particular.

Perhaps she found our exchange amusing because she kept at it for a while before making a slightly troubled expression again.

“Anyways, how are you doing Suzune-chan? I overheard a bit, though it seems like everything’s the same as ever.”

“Ahaha…… That’s right, same as ever. We barely even see each other in person……”

The conversation returned to its original topic and I became aware that a depressing atmosphere showed on my expression.

To console me, Mimori-san gently patted my shoulder, but my mood didn’t clear up.

“This morning, I thought we could’ve eaten breakfast together, but she refused and said she was going back to sleep…… Haa……”

“Well, Shizuku-chan was up pretty late last night. It must’ve been tough waking up so early right?”

“Exactly, she’s always staying up so late…… Wait……”

After recovering from her sustained damage earlier, Ranka slipped into the conversation and when I heard what she said, I reflexively turned back with startled eyes.

Maybe my reaction came unexpectedly since Ranka was blinking in surprise.

“Hey Ranka, how do you know when Shizuku was sleeping? Did I ever talk about it?”

“Eh? Well, that’s because I’ve been into the same VR game as her for about half a year now. When we meet each other in game, we usually play together. Last night, since a quest took longer than we thought, we both ended up sleeping pretty late…… Ow ow ow ow!? Mama, you’re gonna end up splitting my head so could you stop it with your iron claw!?”

“Ranka, you know Shizuku-chan is still considered second year in junior high school right!? She shouldn’t have the same unhealthy lifestyle and sleep cycle as you! You’re a high schooler, so as an older influence, be mindful of it!!”

“I, I get it I get it, so let go already!!”

The parent-child comedy act unfolds as always for these two though, my mind was somewhere else.

Eeh, I knew Shizuku liked games, but she was playing with Ranka? Unbeknownst to me?

“Haa, haa, I’m finally free. Jeez, mama’s so quick to raise her hand against me….. Hey, Suzune?”

I planted both my hands on the shoulders of a panting Ranka, then……

“…… Why didn’t you tell me about this sooner!? Even though I’d also want to play games if it was with Shizuku!!”

I shook her back and forth with all my strength.

“W-why you ask? Rather Suzune, you didn’t know? I thought for sure that you knew about it but was too busy to actually play……”

“It wasn’t like that at all! Just, well, sure I had to do part-time, study, and the housework so I was occupied with various tasks but, if time was all I needed to play with Shizuku, I’d figure something out! That’s why I’ll play too, I’ll definitely play!! So tell me, what’s the title!! How do I play as well!?”

“I got it, I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you all I know so stoppp~~!!”

Ranka shouted out in a desperate voice and when I finally realized what I was doing, my hands quickly let go.

Her eyes were completely spinning before she fell over with a flop and as a result, Mimori-san and I had to relish in an awkward atmosphere.

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