Be Careful, Onee-san ch10

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>Coming!

>Pardon the intrusion,
>Onee-san!

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>W-...
>Welcome...

>Ah!
>Welcome to you too, Hitomi-chan!

>Welcome, you two~!
>Good afternoon, Shino-san!

>As per Mai-chan's birthday wish,
>It's a bit cramped, but come in~
>Okay~
>I invited her to my house, but

>I figured it'd be bad if it were just the two of us,
>so I went crying to Azuma-san
>and it became a party for the four of us.

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>I would've come to pick you up if you were close by.
>Hehe.

>I couldn't wait...
>A souvenir?
>I was so excited that I could barely sleep last night!

>Excited...
>Heh~

>So this is Onee-san's house~

>It's really tidy!
>I-I guess.
>It's because I frantically cleaned it yesterday!

>Like I told you on the day you asked me,
>I really don't have anything here.
>Isn't it kinda cramped and boring?

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>Wouldn't you rather go out somewhere?
>...

>Hmm~
>That would be nice in its own way,
>but I wanna stay here!

>Just chatting is fun enough!
>That's...
>I feel the same, though.

>Also,
>there's something I want to show you, Onee-san.
>Show me what...?

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>Me in your room, Onee-san.

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>For some reason,
>Erm...
>hearing her say it like that

>makes this all feel really immoral...
>Okay, you two!
>Keep the flirting in moderation!
>Okay~

>Alright, once again.
>Mai-chan.

>Happy birthday~!
>Thank you~!

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>How old are you now, Mai-chan?
>11 years old!

>11 already, huh~
>They grow so fast...
>You've only met her recently, though...

>She'll be an adult before you know it.
>It's kinda lonely.

>True...
>Now that I think about it, you'll be a sixth grader pretty soon.

>I wanna become an adult as soon as possible!
>If I'm an adult, people won't look at me weird because of my body
>and I can stay up later with Onee-san!

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>I did ask Mama if I could sleep over tonight,
>Bfft
>but she said I couldn't stay the night at a stranger's house.

>Mai-chan...?
>It's thanks to Hitomi-chan
>that I was allowed to come over to play.

>I told her you two were friends from swimming school,
>but next time, I'll introduce you to my Mama and you won't be "strangers" anymore!
>Oh my.
>Official recognition from her mother.
>Haha...
>Thank you...

>Mai-chan's mother...
>She seems pretty strict from the sound of it.
>Am I gonna be okay...?

>She definitely has a bad image of me.
>>Working adult who became friends with a grade schooler.
>>Working adult who went shopping with a grade schooler.
>>Working adult who went to a festival with a grade schooler.

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>That's right!
>The two of us
>have presents for you, Mai-chan!

>Eh!? Really!?
>Tae-chan,
>could you give them what I handed to you when I got here?

>I wasn't sure what kind you'd like, though...
>Thank you!

>This is from me!
>"WHITE Board"'s 8 Ice-cream Set!

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>Waah!!
>Ice-cream from that famous place!

>Are you sure I can have this!?
>Of course.
>I'm glad you like it.

>I'm really happy!
>Can we eat it together!?
>Sure!!

>Ah... I have something too...
>Eh!?

>Isn't your present...
>what I already asked you for?
>It is, but...
>I still wanted to give you something.

>This present is one Tae-chan chose herself.
>Even I don't know what it is.
>Onee-san...

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>Phew...

>I also
>wasn't sure what'd be good.
>I'd be happy with anything!

>Here...

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>...May I open it?
>Hm...?
>S-Sure.

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>Tae-chan.

>Yes?
>That's, uh...
>a little heavy, don't you think?

>Eh?
>Giving something like that
>to a friend... or rather a grade schooler is a little...

>Ah... I
>had no idea what to get for someone like her...
>I figured that grade schoolers liked shiny things...
>She really put her all into this...

>Onee-san.
>Yes!?

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>I'm sorry.

>I can't accept something...
>that looks so expensive.

>Don't worry!
>It's not expensive at all...
>B-But,
>I've never had something so pretty and mature before...

>Ah... but
>have it as an accessory must be creepy, right?
>Sorry...

>It isn't at all!
>It isn't, but...

>...Could I
>try it on just one time...?

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>I wonder
>what Mai-chan is being so hesitant about.

>...I guess an accessory was going too far...

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>Oh my...

>Onee-san.

>I really do
>want to become an adult quickly.

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>If I do that,
>then this necklace
>would surely suit me, right...?

>Ah.

>I see.

>...On second thought,
>I want you to have it, Mai-chan.
>Eh?
>But...

>It suits you.

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>You think so?
>...Hehe.
>Yeah.

>I see...

>Thank you.
>I'll treasure it.

>...
>Maybe that was a bit heavy...
>She reflected on it a little.