Love is Triangular△, Love is Smooth● (11-20)

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-Story 2 tab-
Akari: "...Haa..... Onii-san saw me in this form again..."

-100 Evil tab-
Akari: "Geez! This is not the time to be a scaredy cat. Get a grip...!"
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-11-

Rion
Hey...so you're saying this...
This is a love triangle between Akari, 16 year old Akari, and Haruto, isn't it!?

Yuuna & Hotori
――っ!?

Hotori
Soo...
11 year old Akari-san likes Haruto-san,
Haruto-san likes 16 year old Akari-san...
But Haruto-san
doesn't know 16 year old Akari's real identity...?

Hotaru
Yup~...

Yuuna
My... Isn't that complicated.

Rion
Then why not reveal her secret identity?
At the end of the day, they both like each other, right?

Akari
It's not that simple!

Hotaru
Ah~...you're baaack... How's Nikaido-kuuun~...?

Akari
He's on his way back to town. I think he's okay now.

Yuuna
So, what was this about not being so simple?

Hotaru
First of aaall...you'd have to tell hiim... You're a mahou shoujo, wouldn't yaa~...?

Akari
That's not the only thing...
To Haruto Onii-san I'm just a little sister.
If he knew the girl he loves
wasn't the same age as him... That I'm actually a grade schooler,
I'm sure his passion would freeze over...

Hotaru
Well...he has known youuu since the day you were booorn~...
And in the first plaace...Nikaido-kuun...
doesn't seem the tyyype... To think thaaat~...
Elementary kids are romantic intereeests~...

Akari
And I want him to see the real me.
Not in this magical transformed state.
The real me... I want him to see Mai Akari!

Yuuna
I see now...
As I thought, you are quite the noble one, Akari-san.
I shall support you once more.

Akari
Eh-...

Yuuna
It is perfectly natural to want your identity kept secret...
Thus I will keep your feelings secret as well.

Akari
Thank you so much.
...Um, when we first met
I had a really bad attitude towards you. I'm very sorry.

Yuuna
Huhu, I wasn't bothered.

Hotori
Ow-...! Rion, why're you nudging me?

Rion
Isn't this turning out just like "Mimical☆Mimiko"!?
You can't tell me you're not excited!

Yuuna
Is that the title of a shoujo manga?

Hotori
It's the transforming heroine from a show Rion likes...

---

Manaka
Welcome back! Everyone safe and sound?

Yuuna
Indeed, no worries.

Manaka
Ah-! Yuuna-san's house butler?

Butler
Yuuna-sama, apologies for interrupting your conversation.
As promised, Nikaido-sama has arrived here.

Yuuna
Oh my, is it that time already?
...Our private chat is over, so send him our way.

Butler
As you wish.

Akari
Nikaido... Haruto Onii-san?

Yuuna
I apologize for failing to mention it to you.
You see, we were to meet later today. It was an agreement to uphold...

Akari
Ehh-!?

Yuuna
Our fathers insisted we do as a way to deepen our relationship...

Hotaru
Mm~...so that's whyyy...he was iin...Hokuyo Waaard~...

Haruto
I'm so late. I'm terribly sorry.

Yuuna
No need to worry,
as I was enjoying tea with pleasant company.

Akari
Haruto Onii-san...

Haruto
Akari? What're you doing in Hokuyo Ward? Even Yura-senpai's here...

Akari
Umm...just a coincidence, I guess...?

Hotaru
Ya know the chef's daughter heeere~...? We're friieends~...
All of us aaare...Yuuna's bunch tooo~...
Then weee...gu~ess you'd saaay... Just hit it oooff~...

Yuuna
Just what I was thinking.

Haruto
If that's how it is, I'm just intruding on you guys then.

Yuuna
No such thing is happening. Won't you have a seat?
The one next to Akari-san is available after all.

Akari
Here, Onii-san. Sit down!

Haruto
...Alright, guess I'll intrude then.


-12-

Haruto
Thank you for the wonderful time.

Yuuna
Huhu, I enjoyed myself as well.
Akari-san had a lot to talk about too.
Until next time.
I will see you at tomorrow's dinner party.

Haruto
Shall we head home too?

Akari
Yeah-!
Hotaru, get up! We're leaving!

Hotaru
Mm~...mm... I'm uuup~...

Akari
Geez-! You call that getting up!?

Haruto
Ahaha... Same as ever, huh...
I've called for a car, so can you help Senpai to her place?

Akari
Yeah... I'll do that.

---

Akari
Sorry for the wait! I got Hotaru into her house.

Haruto
You're always a big help!
…………

Akari
Haruto Onii-san?

Haruto
Want to walk home? There's something I want to talk about.

Akari
That's fine...

---

Haruto
How was it meeting Kaharu-san?

Akari
How...
She's different in some ways, but she's a nice person.
(And she's supporting my love interest.)

Haruto
So you two get along?

Akari
Of course!

Haruto
Is that so...

Akari
...Why'd you ask me that?

Haruto
…………
I'm thinking... Of giving up on love.

Akari
Eh-...? W-wait!
Your first love... Didn't you say you liked her!?
But why!?
Did you fall in love with Yuuna-san!?

Haruto
That's not it at all. ...It's just, I think about the family.

Akari
The family... You mean Oji-sama and Oba-sama?

Haruto
There's my parents' expectations too, but it's mainly the company.
Father's company grew
because everyone working there does everything they can.

Akari
...I know that, but...

Haruto
Eventually I'm intending on taking over father's company,
so I need to protect those people who work so hard for it all.

Akari
Okay, but what does that have to do with giving up on love?

Haruto
The Kaharu group is a huge company,
so if we broke off,
it would have a horrible impact.
Not just your Onii-san and your family,
but for everyone working at the Nikaido group.
They might even lose their jobs...

Akari
Ah-...

Haruto
I was just thinking... I can't go abusing all these people
for my own selfish feelings... All for some love that may not even come true.

Akari
(Maybe what Onii-san is saying is right...)
...But, Yuuna-san,
she said she had other things to do, so getting engaged was unthinkable to her...

Haruto
Of course, I respect Kaharu-san's feelings.
However, regarding this, your Onii-san
has decided to stop objecting to what his parents' are set on.

Akari
...Are you okay with that?

Haruto
If I'm going to inherit the company, then it can't be for myself alone.
Besides, if it's Kaharu-san,
I'm sure you'll get along nicely too.

Akari
(...Haruto Onii-san,)
(you weren't being swept away by all of this, you were thinking about everyone.)
(I never thought of it that way.)
(Unlike Haruto Onii-san, I'm...still just a child...)

Haruto
Umm...I didn't scare you with all this complicated stuff, did I?

Akari
…………

Haruto
I'm sorry...
But you're a part of precious family, so I wanted to tell you.

Akari
.....Yeah...


-13-

<The next day>

Hotaru
Akari...? Oo~ii...AA~KAA~RIII~...!

Akari
...You changed your clothes, right? I'm going to school.

Hotaru's Middle Sister
...Hey, what happened to Akari-chan?
It's weird she's being absent-minded.

Hotaru's Oldest Sister
Hotaru-chan... Did you do something again?

Hotaru
It wasn't meee~... Buuut...mm~...I'll have to wait and seee~...

---

Hotaru
Akarii... You okaaay~...?

Akari
Same as always.

Hotaru
Mm~...what should I dooo~... You look seriously ill~...

---

Akari
Good morning.

Girl (red)
Mor...ning...!?

Akari
Hotaru, be sure to study.

Girl (teal)
W-wait, what happened?

Girl (red)
Hotaru, you didn't do something serious to Akari-chan again, did you?

Girl (teal)
You do have a record for making her cry.

Hotaru
I'm tellin' yaa~... It wasn't meee~... Ee~nn...you guuuys...are meaaan...

Girl (teal)
Then what's going on?
I don't remember my Akari-chan being that sketchy...

Hotaru
Mm~...
(Was it that dinner party both their families are doing to deepen their relations...?)
(She's worried over that...?)
(But Yuuna and herself and her buddies weren't interested...)
I have an idea, but I might need to wait a little and make sure...
I don't think Akari's sorted out her own feelings yet.

---

Girl
Sensei, goodbye. Everyone, goodbye!

Everyone
[Goodbye!]

Akari
…………

Boy (blue)
...Akari-chan, are you okay?

Girl (blue)
You don't look well...

---

Akari
…………
(I can't get what Haruto Onii-san said)
(yesterday out of my head...)

-Flashback-
Haruto
I'm thinking... Of giving up on love.
---
Haruto
If I'm going to inherit the company, then it can't be for myself alone.
-End Flashback-

Akari
(Onii-san was thinking about his family and the company,)
(and I had no idea...)
(By trying so hard to make myself look equal to Onii-san,)
(I thought I was getting closer to him, little by little.)
(It wasn't the my results paying off,)
(it's because Onii-san was adjusting to me...)
(Because Onii-san)
(sincerely thinks about everyone around him)
(while I've only been thinking of myself...)
…………
(I don't want to act like he isn't getting married,)
(not because of Haruto Onii-san or Yuuna-san,)
(or because I like Onii-san...)
(I just don't want him taken away from me.)
(I haven't even thought of what would happen after that...)
I really am such a child... I haven't grown up at all...
(What Onii-san said yesterday is right.)
(If I want to grow up, I have to support him.)
(I have to give up my feelings too.)
……………
...But I still hate it.


-14-

Akari
Uu... *Sniffle*...

Hotaru
...Found you.

Akari
.....Hotaru...?
Ah-...sorry... I forgot all about you...

Hotaru
Don't worry about iiit~...
...So what happened?

Akari
Nothing happened...

Hotaru
Really?

Akari
.....Yeah...

Hotaru
That so.
Alright, I'll go ask Nikaido-kun then.

Akari
Eh-!? Why would you ask Haruto Onii-san!?

Hotaru
I figured Nikaido-kun would know the reason you're acting weird.

Akari
That's really sly of you, Hotaru... Threatening me like that...

Hotaru
If I were really sly I'd have gone and asked Nikaido-kun first...

Akari
…………
...The truth is, you know after I took you home yesterday?

---

Akari
That's why I have to give up on love too...

Hotaru
You're fine with that?

Akari
.....Yeah...
I'm not a child anymore...

Hotaru
Hmm...
To give up so easily like that, Nikaido-kun is Nikaido-kun too.

Akari
Eh-?

Hotaru
You know, Akarii... Giving up on your own love
means you'll be supporting Nikaido-kun and Yuuna-san
officially becoming engaged, right?
For his family and his company.

Akari
...That's right.

Hotaru
That means helping Nikaido-kun and Yuuna-san get married.

Akari
――っ!?

Hotaru
And you'll be the closest friend to them
that will watch them get closer and closer.
Is that okay?
Will you do that?

Akari
Haruto Onii-san and Yuuna-san...
..... .....I hate it...
I can't just do that...!
Because... I still like him...
I love Haruto Onii-san...

Hotaru
Then what do you want to do?

Akari
I want to tell Haruto Onii-san how I feel...

Hotaru
How you feel...? You're going to tell him you like him?

Akari
No, not that...
That I don't want him to give up on love.

Hotaru
...Mm? You mean you want to love him as your 16 year old self?

Akari
I don't know how to explain it...
But I think he shouldn't give up on love...

Hotaru
...What you're trying to say
is that you don't want to give up on your feelings for Nikaido-kun,
but you don't want Nikaido-kun to give up on love either?

Akari
...Yeah. But that's me being selfish...

Hotaru
Akari and Nikaido-kuuun... You guys are two birds hit by one weeiird stone.
Neither honeeest... About your true feeliiings~...
And for the person you looove... Willing to give up on love itseeelf.

Akari
...Ah-

Hotaru
With the way things are going, Nikaido-kun's gonna be taken away by Yuuna-san, isn't he?
You've made it pretty clear you don't want that, right?

Akari
Yeah... I absolutely hate the idea!

Hotaru
Then... That's what you have to tell him, isn't it?


-15-

Rion
I heard it all from Hotaru!
Barging into their families' dinner party all for love, how utterly hilarious!

Hotori
R-Rion... You know Akari-san is serious...?

Rion
I'm serious too!
Even this developed the same way as "Mimical☆Mimiko" did!

Akari
I thought it was just Hotaru and I going...

Hotaru
And I thought we could use some heeelp~... So I called and asked theeem~...
'Cause it's better to have more help, y'knooow~...
Plus the Kaharu familyyy... Has dozens of servants standing guaaard~...

Akari
T-they do...!?

Hotori
There could be even more...

Akari
Ehh-!?

Rion
Who cares how many there are.
With Hotorin and I coming with you, it'll be a piece of cake.

Hotori
So, what are we supposed to do then...?

Hotaru
Mm~...first oooff...
How about we go over the situatiooon~...
[The Kaharu family and Nikaido family dinner party iiis... In Mizuna Waaard...and being heeeld... At a luxury restaurant reserved by friends who know theeem... In the Kaharu familyyy...]
[And that shop iiis... In some craa~aamped...back alleeey...]
[In that back alleeey...and all aroouund iit... Their servants aaare...hidden all over the plaaace~... Guarding like watchdooogs~...]

Rion
Meaning it's not gonna be easy getting close.

Hotaru
Yup~...

Rion
It would be a little pathetic of us,
but you think we should just go beat up the servants?

Hotaru
We can't resort to violeeence~... We need to draw attention or distract them...
Getting Akariii... Inside the plaaace...
To Nikaido-kun means succeeess...

Akari
And to do just that, Hotaru came up with a strategy.
That name is: Operation Lost Child!

---

Hotori
A-alright...! This is kind of embarrassing, but...
R-RIOOON! WHERE ARE YOUUU...?
Riooon...!
(Please, look this way...!)

-Flashback-

Hotaru
You twooo...
The people from the Kaharu houuuse... Know you guys, riiight~...?
Sooo... Let's use that to our advantaaage...
If one of the precious ojou-sama's close friieends... Were to end up looost...
Then they couldn't just leave her alooone...

-End Flashback-

Rion
HOTORIN! WHERE'D YOU GO!
(Getting lost in separate places)
(to draw the attention of bodyguards...)
(This'll let them break through their top of the line defense at the back alley entrance.)
(...That's what Hotaru said anyway.)
HOOTOORIIN!!

Woman
Rion Ojou-sama?
What happened here of all places?

Rion
(Nice! Got them!)

---

Hotori
Ah, Kaharun's house maid...

---

Hotori
A-and then I...umm... Well...lost her...

Woman
You must feel so helpless...
Please wait while I contact someone available.
(Ah-... Looks like it worked...!)

---

Hotaru
We're iiin... For now anywaaay~...

Akari
Rion-san and Hotori-san worked as decoys,
but you think they'll be mad?

Hotaru
It's okaaay~...I told theeem... Their job was the most important ooone...

Akari
...Then what do we do from here?

Hotaru
Fiiirst...we sneak iiin~... And theeen...

Akari
~ She didn't just see us, did she!? ~

Hotaru
~ Mm~... ~

Woman
Everyone, please come over here. I heard a noise this way.

Akari
H-huh...? Was it my imagination? She went the opposite direction.

Hotaru
...Seems like something else caught their attentiooon...
'Kaaay~...let's move forwaaard...

---

Akari
...This has been surprisingly smooth.

Hotaru
...Maybe something eeelse... Is goin' ooon~...

Akari
Something else?

Hotaru
Mm~... I don't think matters nooow...
More importantlyyy...
There's too much security at the entraaance... This is a little straaange...

Akari
What do we do?

Hotaru
Mm~...Whaaat~dowedooo~...

Akari
This is where you have no plan!?

Hotaru
I didn't thiiink... There'd be so maaany...
Mm~...
Guess there's no chooiice... It's our last resooort...

Akari
You're going to use your mahou shoujo powers?

Hotaru
Mm~...I'm wondering if III... Should swallow them up inside the pillow spaaace...

Akari
That's not safe!!

Hotaru
It's okaaay~...
Once we're all dooone...I'll let everyooone out safe and soouund...

Akari
...But-

Hotaru
You don't want to give up, do youuu~...?

Akari
...Yeah.
You're the one who said resorting to violence is bad.
You BETTER bring them all back without issues.

Hotaru
I got youuu~... Alright...laterrr~...
Huu... Welll...sorry about thiiis...


-16-

*[STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP*...!]
[P-please wait!]

Haruto
Hm?

Yuuna
...Huhu. So you came after all.

[*BAM!*]

Haruto
A-Akari!? Why...

Akari
My...
Don't take my away my Onii-san!

Haruto
...What's wrong, Akari?

Akari
…………

Haruto
If there's something you want to say, then tell me.
If you don't tell your onii-san, he's not going to know...

Akari
...Well, um, Yuuna-san is a very nice person, but...
But I, uh, Haruto Onii-san's...

Haruto
...Yeah, I'm?

Akari
Haruto Onii-san's...uu...*Sniffle*...
(Stop it... I have to tell him properly without crying.)
(But...Uu...)
HARUTO ONII-SAN'S GETTING MARRIED...I HATE THAAAT...!
Ueeeeeehhhn-...!!

Haruto
.....Akari...

Haruto's Father
U-umm... What's the matter, Akari?

Haruto's Mother
She's crying so much...

Yuuna
Let us step out for a moment.

Yuuna's Father
But...

Yuuna
The truth is, I too
have a story to share with you, Otou-sama and Okaa-sama.
So, please... Would you humor my request?

Yuuna's Father
...Something's going on then, I see.
We thank you, and will be taking our leave for a moment.

Haruto's Father
My thanks for your consideration.
Akari...what's the matter?

Akari
Uu...*sniffle*... I'm so sorry...but...*sniffle*...

Haruto
Sorry, Tou-san.
I'd like to talk with Akari alone, so I want you guys to head out for a minute too.

Haruto's Father
No, let me...

Haruto's Mother
...Honey, let's leave this to Haruto.

Haruto's Father
Yes, dear.

Haruto
Sorry. Thank you.


-17-

Akari
…………

Haruto
...You stopped crying, then?

Akari
Yeah...
Haruto...Onii-san... I'm...so sorry...

Haruto
No, your onii-san's the one who oughta be apologizing.
I'm sorry, Akari.
All this rushing's made you worry, hasn't it...

Akari
…………

Haruto
But hey, onii-san's
not going to leave you behind, Akari.
I've told you this before, but...
No matter what happens to me, your onii-san's always gonna be your onii-san.

Akari
(...Damn it-!)
(It's not that I'm crying because I thought that)
(favorite onii-san was going away...)
(I didn't want this because the person I love)
(would be taken away from me...)
(The most important part is what you don't get...)

Haruto
My precious little sister... If I knew this would make you sad,
I would have turned this whole thing down from the beginning...

Akari
Eh-... For me...?
(I'm happy to hear that, but...)
(It may be as Hotaru said...)

-Flashback-

Hotaru
Akari and Nikaido-kuuun... You guys are two birds hit by one weeiird stone.
Neither honeeest... About your true feeliiings~...
And for the person you looove... Willing to give up on love itseeelf.

-End Flashback-

Akari
…………
...Hey um, Haruto Onii-san.

Haruto
Hm? ...What?

Akari
If I say I don't like it, would you give up on the person you love?

Haruto
Eh-...?

Akari
...If I say I "hate" the person you love, Onii-san,
would you hate that person...?

Haruto
…………
...That's...umm...I'm...not sure.

Akari
It's wrong, isn't it?
Love...
Such a thing can't just be given up on. That's what love is, isn't it?

Haruto
…………

Akari
Therefore,
Haruto Onii-san, if there's someone you love too, you can't give up.


-18-

Akari
Haruto Onii-san, if there's someone you love too, you can't give up.
If you're in love, then you cannot give up!
(Because I'm not.)
(I can't give up on these feelings of love either...)
(So never, ever give up!)
That was what I wanted to tell you, Onii-san...

Haruto
...Sure. You are right.
It's just as you said,
if I'm really in love, giving up isn't so simple...
I can't just neglect my own feelings after all, right?
Since it's a crush, and she has her own circumstances,
I shouldn't lock away my own precious feelings
taking a stance like that, now could I...

Akari
Yeah... Because that would be so painful.

Haruto
Ahaha...I never noticed until you told me.
What a bad brother I am...

Akari
...Well, sometimes you are bad, Haruto Onii-san.
(You're so thickheaded that you don't notice my feelings at all...)

Haruto
Yeah, there's no arguing there...
…………

Akari
Whaaat? You're staring at me.

Haruto
You've grown up, Akari.

Akari
...!

Haruto
Even though you're so little...
You hold onto your own thoughts and teach your onii-san a thing or two.
To think you'd come up with something like "if you love someone, you can't give up"...

Akari
...Want to know why I thought that?

Haruto
Hm? Sure, I'd like to hear.

Akari
It's because there's someone I love too.

Haruto
…………
Eh-!? S-someone you love...!?
Ah-no...guess...that's right... You're also at that age now, huh...

Akari
...Feeling left out?

Haruto
Uu...
But, if it's someone Akari likes, they...have to be a great person...yeah...

Akari
Huhu, he's the most wonderful person, though a little thickheaded.
(You seriously think I like someone else.)
(I'm a little hurt...)
(But, someday I know I'll win you over.)
(So until then...)
Haruto Onii-san,
for now, I'll still be your little sister.


-19-

Hotaru
Suu...suu...

Hotori
Hotaru-san is sleeping so much... Is she...okay...?

Rion
More like... How can she even sleep with all this going on.
We...
Were practically caught, but...
What kind of nerves does SHE have?

Hotori
We were less caught
and more taken custody of since we pretended to be lost, though...

Rion
Then what about Hotaru?

Hotori
"Ojou-sama's dear friend was lying on the side of the road, so we took her in"
is what they told me.

[*Swish...*]

Yuuna
Sorry to keep you all waiting.

Rion
Kaharun!

Hotaru
Mm~... That was faaast~... Does that mean it wooorked...?

Hotori
Waah-!? You were awake!?

Hotaru
I woke uuup...just nooow~...

Yuuna
Huhu, it seems Hotaru-san sensed my arrival.
Everything has turned out fine.

Rion
What does THAT mean? Explain it so I can understand too.

Yuuna
I convinced my parents of my desire to abandon the engagement.

-Flashback-

Yuuna
Otou-sama, Okaa-sama, the truth is there is someone who I admire.

Yuuna's Father
Admire...? Meaning...

Yuuna
It is no love affair, strictly admiration.
Someone who I wish to become more like, who I improve myself for...
That kind of admiration.

Yuuna's Father
..Hmph. Why bring this up now?

Yuuna
Because Akari-san's act granted me courage.
To be honest with my own feelings and act with my own courage.

Yuuna's Father
...But sometimes such selfishness is not appropriate for the situation.

Yuuna
I understand that.
However, is it right to do as adults say,
having one's feelings kept hidden?

Yuuna's Father
…………

Yuuna
...I can now say that it is not.
To give up before being able to say it
would be an incredible waste.
...Otou-sama.
I cannot spare the time to think of marriage yet.
So please, let us turn these discussions to a blank slate for now.

Yuuna's Father
...This meeting...
ended up being quite valuable to you then, I see.

Yuuna
I find it to be the most valuable of all.

Yuuna's Father
Akari-kun...was it?
While I cannot commend her behavior,
we pushed you to this without checking how you felt, Yuuna.
We are at fault here as well.
I will go speak with Nikaido-kun so that we can resolve this smoothly.

Yuuna
Thank you very much.

-End Flashback-

Rion
Huuh... In other words, it did go perfectly!

Hotori
Thank goodness...

Yuuna
I must express my utmost gratitude to Akari-san.

Hotaru
We should beee... Thanking you tooo~...
For ree~aally... Helping us oouut~...

Rion
Hm? What do you mean?
Kaharun got her courage from Akari, didn't she?

Hotaru
You helped uuus... Sneak in, didn't yaaa~...?

Hotori
Eh-!?

Hotaru
Some of the guards, riiight~...
To make iiit...easier to get in... They were actii~iing...

Rion
Haah!? The heck is this!
If you wanted to help us you should have said so first thing!!

Yuuna
I am terribly sorry...
I hadn't thought that any of you would be present...
But I did expect Akari-san to come,
so I requested those who assist me closely
to give her some indirect guidance.

Hotori
Hmmm~...I'm not sure if I get it or not...

Yuuna
Akari-san's side was also able to be successfully persuaded,
so regardless of what happened, everything went well.

Rion
But, if Akari's crush, "Haruto Onii-san",
threw her out the door, what then?
Everything would have backfired.

Haruto
That wooon't...happeeen... So don't worryyy~...

Hotori
Why is that...?

Hotaru
Mm~...power of looove~...?

Rion
Love...? You're seriously saying that?

Hotaru
Mm~...suu...

Rion
Wait – you're sleeping again!?

-20-

<Several days later...>

Hotaru
Akariii's...poutiiing~...

Akari
I'm not pouting.

Hotaru
The Nikaido-kun engagement issue waaas... All wrapped uuup...
What's got you in a bad mooood~...?

Akari
...Haruto Onii-san's treating me more like a kid than ever.

Hotaru
Ah~...If I rememberrr...youuu...sure cried a looot~...

Akari
I did... But you didn't have to bring it up again...!

Hotaru
(Since Akari crieeed...)
(I guess heee... Got even more overprotective of her, huuuh~...)
(Even though you act like a grown-uuup~... You're still a grade schoolerrr...)
(Must beee... What he was thinkiiing...)

Akari
You think I'm going to cheer up being given a PuchiUsa.
I'm not a child...

Hotaru
(You are cheering up, thouugh~...)

Akari
Ah - that's right!
So tomorrow, since Haruto Onii-san doesn't have club,
he's going to take me shopping after school!

Hotaru
Good for youuu~...

Akari
Can you make it home alone okay?

Haruto
Yuu~uup...

Akari
…………
By the way, I still can't believe you came up with such a crazy plan.

Hotaru
Crazyyy~...? Busting into a dinner partyyy~...?

Akari
Right.

Hotaru
Mm~... I figured Nikaido-kuun... Would let you off the hoook~...
Since he cares about youuu... Sooo muuuch~...

Akari
...It'd be better if he stopped treating me like a little sister though.

Hotaru
Now, now~... Even between family memberrrs...
Love is looove~...

Akari
Uugh...so complicated...

Hotaru
Sister or nooot...
Nikaido-kuuun... Still thiiinks...
You're the cutest girl in the whole wooorld~...

Akari
Eh-...

Hotaru
Huhu~... He loves you, y'knooow~...

Akari
God-! Don't make fun of me!
One day I'm going to win Haruto Onii-san over!
Not as his little sister, but as a girl.