Vol 5 Chapter 3 (2/2)

“Oh yeah Where did you go just now, nee-san?”

“I went to buy ingredients for dinner”

Nee-san opened the bags she was holding, and there were ingredients like claredients for dinner

“Eh? Didn’t you buy too much here?”

Each ingredient ay too much if it’s for two people Even a family can’t finish that much

“Nope, that’s definitely just enough”

Nee-san seemed to be unhappy with my words and even puffed her cheeks unhappily It’s rather refreshi+ng when nee-san herself doesn’t really show her real emotions on her face

Nee-san’s not good at cooking, and actually ran off to buy dinner ingredients, so the aht? But it isn’t like nee-san to be unhappy over being pointed out

“It’s rare for everyone to come over to our house Why don’t you stay behind for dinner? There’s not h”

It seemed that everyone was ready to do so Nee-san spoke and invited everyone to stay behind for dinner Looks like she just wouldn’t ad amount no matter what

“In that case, I’ll stay behind too”

“…I’ll stay for dinner too”

“It’ll be troublesome for you, but I’d stay for dinner too”

“Me too”

“I, in that case, I’ll…”

Everyone nodded their heads Looks like dinner tonight will be noisy

“So everyone’s willing to stay behind That’s great Aki-kun, I’ll leave the ingredients to you”

“Yup, got it”

I took the bag of ingredients over from nee-san Looks like I can enjoy a luxurioustime

“Eh? Aki’s cooking dinner?”

“Yup, that's right”

“Akihisa-kun kno to cook?”

Minami and Himeji-san both looked shocked That’s weird; is it really strange that I can cook?

“Didn’t I say it before at lunch? I prepared my own bento”

“No, now that you mentioned it, that’s true…”

“Akihisa-kun did mention it before…”

But both of theave inexplicable looks

“This isn’t anything worth being shocked about, right? Even I can cook a few simple dishes here”

“…That’s a gentleman’s habit”

“I, I don’t kno to cook at all here…”

Yuuji and Muttsurini did show off to everyone before, so they didn’t have much reaction that I can cook

“Forget about Muttsurini As expected, you’re forced to learn how to cook at hoht, Yuuji?”

“Oh, that’s right…but what do youas expected?”

“Ahaha Because you look like you have the lowest position at home, Yuuji”

“? What are you talking about now?”

“Eh? What do you mean—isn’t the one at the lowest position in the fa?”

“““……”””

For some reason, everyone showed me stares of compassion

“It’s because of my mom’s education policy that I was forced to cook”

“Is, is that so…”

“Aki’s …”

“I’d feel that the position isn’t the problem, but rather who can cook…”

“Eh!? Don’t tellto !”

I see…soTV when I was young, I would think “Isn’t it weird for est people in the families?” I felt that it eird back then, so that’s how it is…

“Alright alright It’s still early, but let’s prepare dinner I’ll help you, Akihisa”

“…I’ll help too”

“Ah, yeah, thanks, you two”

“Then, in that case, I’ll…”

“““NO NEED, THE GIRLS JUST NEED TO SIT QUIETLY AND WAIT!”””

“Ah, haa…I see…”

Thus, we decided to deal with dinner first, and everyone will then study to prepare for the exams

“Oi, Akihisa, is there a wok that’s of better size?”

“Hehe~, actually, that rack has a paellera on it”

“When you say paellera, are you talking about the wok used to cook paella? I didn’t think that your house would have so so special Even my house doesn’t have it”

“…Mine neither”

“That’s so is that since our house had such a thing, I used it to cook paella, and it was rather nice Since then, paella became one of my favorite dishes”

“So that’s how it is”

In the kitchen where I was most proud of at home, Yuuji, Muttsurini and ht

My house was one that was bought for a family of 4 to live in, so it is rather spacious It’s so spacious that I would feel so alone, and it’s difficult to clean up There’s not really uys in a kitchen, I do feel relieved that the house’s spacious enough However, I do still feel restrained having 3 big boys packed in a kitchen

“But are you really going to cook paella? I thought your sister would prefer japanese cuisine…”

“…Nee-san said that she’s fine with anything”

“…These ingredients are obviously meant to cook paella”

“Yeah If it’s just prawns and clahetti, but with saffron”

“Yeah I can’t think of any dishes that uses saffron other than paella…arre? What’s this bottle of tomato sauce used for?”

Aht, she actually added a bottle of to paella? I never heard of it before

“…There’s also paella that’s arlic and tomato sauce”

“Eh? Tomato sauce?”

“(Nods head)… it’s a tomato sauce called soffritto in Italy”

“Heh~so that’s how it is I never used tomato sauce when I made it before”

Muttsurini actually knows about such things Is there so related to sex in Spanish restaurants for Muttsurini to be this interested?

“Akihisa, don’t tell me you actually did such a troublesome dish like paella so many times”

“Yup, I like it very much, so I do make it often”

However, the last tio I didn’t have enoughalone

“Since you did it so redients? Isn’t this weird?”

“Really? I think it’sNorredients and cooking”

“Really? Oh well, ”

Yuuji was still puzzled about the ingredients, but still agreed hat I said Does he feel that so? There shouldn’t be any probleht?

“Oh yeah, Akihisa, I just thought of so”

“Hm?”

“You didn’t let your sister knohat kind of life you lived, right?”

“…You’re rather sharp about it”

“Anyone sharp enough can tell whether you’ve been well off or not, you idiot”

Yuuji removed the intestines of the prawns and said to me

“…Will you be scolded if she knew?”

Muttsurini, as using the scrub to wash the clams, asked

“It would be alright if it was just a tantrum”

I’ll leave those horrifying punish kissed on the lips aside

“Is there anything else other than throwing a tantrum?”

“Yeah, if I don’t live properly or that I can’t get enoughthis end-of-term exams, my sister will continue to stay over at home”

I said that as I sliced up the onion, red peppers, asparagus and stuff and put the bowl

“Enough marks?”

“It’s just like what150 or 200 points or so”

“She did seem to mention it, but I didn’t hear it clearly What’s about that marks?”

“Besides theexa this end-of-term exams…”

“I see, so that’s why you thought of studying hard So that’s how it is”

“…Understood”

I was only deducted 20 points yesterday, and in a short moment, it became 220 If the situation is better, my recent scores will be about 1000 points…but it will be bad if this keeps up So no matter what, I have to prevent further loss of points

“So I just want to say, please don’t say anything in front ofhabits…and also, that incident with Minami…”

“That one you’re referring to is the kiss with shi+mada—Mm!”

I frantically covered Yuuji’s mouth

Yuuji’s really a loudmouth The voice can even reach nee-san in the kitchen!

“That’s really bad too, so you can't say it! Nee-san’s very insistent on forbiddingany illicit sexual relationshi+ps!”

I kept my volume down, explained it to Yuuji, and slowly took back the hand covering his mouth

“I see Since you’re living alone, it’ll be easier for me to disturb you at home, so I’ll just shut up this time”

“…I’ll help too”

“Thanks guys”

After explaining things, they illing to help me out Noe’ll continue our preparations Let me think, the next step is…

“Yuuji, can you help et the consommé? It’s about time to boil the soup”

“Hm? Don’t you intend to cook that soffritto?”

“Nope…I can try it if I’uess we should follow the recipe I’m familiar with”

“Is that so? Since you say so, let’s do this”

Yuuji stopped slicing the octopus into slices and took a can of conso at the same time

“Un, thanks”

I received the can and opened it, pouring the conso on the fire The saffron will need soinning, and the soup base that’s used to increase the flavor was soon completed Did we prepare it well beforehand, or is it that they’re skilled with their hands…? I really have to take my hats off of those two

Let alone Muttsurini, I didn’t expect Yuuji to be good at cooking Does this guy cook nore

“I say, Yuuji, do you cook at home every day?”

“Ahh, no, not everyday My mother does kno to cook…”

“That’s great, having such a mother”

“…But if I leave her alone, I really can’t tell what kind of horrible thing she’ll cook…”

Yuuji looked far away A slight indescribable melancholy surrounded him as if there was a dish served with a mix-up between crayfish and lobster

“Oh yeah, isn’t it time to put the rice in?”

“Ahh, put it in Muttsurini and I will prepare the salad and the dessert”

“…Leave it to me”

I put the vegetables and rice in, and turned on the fire I’ll add in the soup once it’s fried somewhat

“Akihisa, watch the hen you pour the soup in, or else it will get burned”

“Don’t worry I knohat to do”

After a while, it seemed that the color of the food in the as almost there, and I poured the soup in I just need to shake it occasionally and wait for the paella to be done

Finally, we have nothing to do and can only wait silently Just when I was staring at the wok and spacing out, I suddenly heard Hi about?

“Do you want to see the photo albu”

“Eh? Can we?”

“Sounds interesting”

“Aki’s photos when he was little How does he look like?”

“I’ll go get it Please wait for me”

Uu……if possible, I really want to stop nee-san, but my eyes can’t leave the wok, and Himeji-san said that she wanted to see it…

“Sorry to keep you waiting”

Just when I was thinking randoot the photo album and came back

Haa…can’t be helped I can only grit my teeth and endure so that everyone can pass the time, no matter how shameful it can be…

“This is Aki-kun’s bathing photo at two-years-old”

“H, how cute!”

“Muu, I find this expression cute too”

“Looks so honest, so cute~”

“Next, it’s Aki-kun’s bathing photo when he was four”

“Ahaha, really, Aki, falling asleep in the middle of a bath”

“Probably feels nice bathing in ater”

“That sleeping face looks so pure”

“And this is Aki-kun’s bathing photo when he was 7”

“Should be in elementary school at this point How memorable”

“He grew quite a bit”

“He really grew a lot”

“And this one’s Aki-kun’s bathing photo when he was 10”

“WAIT A SEC, NEE-SAN! WHY ARE THESE ALL BATHING PHOTOS OF ME!? WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT PHOTO ALbum HAVE!?”

I had to watch the wok, so I could only stand in the kitchen and shout at the living rooet any response at all Really, even if these are photos when I was young, why are these all bathing photos—

“—And this is Aki-kun’s bathing photo from yesterday”

“““…(Gulp)”””

“THAT IDIOT SISTER! WHEN DID YOU TAKE THAT PHOTO!? WHEN I WAS CHANGING!? WAS IT WHEN YOU TOOK MY CHANGE OF CLOTHES FOR ME!?”

“Akihisa, didn’t I tell you not to look away from the wok? The rice will burn”

“IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER THE RICE GET BURNED OR NOT! THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO GET A FRYING PAN AND WHACK THAT IDIOT SISTER OF MINE ON THE HEAD!”

“I won’t let you look down on the i! Watch the pot!”

“LET GO OF ME! YUUJI! YOU BIG IDIOT!”

No, it’ll definitely be alright Hiirls with co ability They definitely won’t look at those kinds of photos!

—Time passed just like that—

“Everyone, sorry to keep you waiting Dinner’s ready”

“Thank you Sorry to uests”

“No, please don’t worry about that I don’t hate cooking”

We lined another table with the table in the living room, and the dinner that was finally finished was served Un, it looks really good

“Than, thank you…(blushes)”

“It, it looks good…(blushes)”

“Hi the moment you saw me?

You two didn’t see it right? You two definitely didn’t see the photo nee-san talked about, right?

“Oh yes, Aki-kun, why do you look extre, and I could hear you fro room”

“THAT’S BECAUSE I HAD TO YELL BECAUSE OF YOU!!”

And she even dared to tell me off when she didn’t mention what she did!

“See, you’ve been shouting again…do you like calcium?”

As she said that, nee-san moved away my plate of paella and put a plate with a deeper base Hm? What’s with this plate?

“Everyone, put your leftover shells in this plate”

“WHAT’S WITH THIS!? DOES MY DINNER ONLY CONSIST OF ShellS? YOU SAY THAT I LACK CALCIUM, BUT THAT’S JUST SIMPLY ABUSE, RIGHT!?”

Such a beautiful relationshi+p called fa no matter what

At the sa…

“Nee-san…do you actually, actually hate me, nee-san…?”

Beatingeirls in class If I co hated by her

As she faced ave a ‘you surprised me’ reply, and casually answered

“Aki-kun, what are you saying, child? How can nee-san hate you?”

If you don’t hate me, the way you treat me is way too much

“Or rather, on the contrary”

“Eh? Isn’t the opposite of hate…”

“Nee-san loves you”

“Is, is that so…”

“Yes, nee-san really loves you”

I couldn’t help but shy off I’m happy that nee-san said that, but I’ ‘love you’ in front of everyone is really—

“—As soender”

THIS IS THE WORST!!

“WAS THOSE LAST WORDS A JOKE? I’LL BE HAPPIER IF YOU SAID THAT YOU HATED ME!”

THIS PERSON’S DEFINITELY TRYING TO FORCE ME TO MY GRAVE! THAT’S RIGHT! SHE MUST BE THINKING ABOUT THIS! SHE DEFINITELY HATES ME!

“Doesn’t a japanese saying say it?”

“What? What are you trying to say?”

“The dumber the child, the more adorable he is”

“Akihisa, you better give up There’s no one else who loves you more in the world than your sister”

“WAIT A SEC! ARE YOU SAYING THAT I’M THE DUMBEST PERSON IN THE WORLD!?”

“I, I think that Aki’s the dumbest person in the world too!”

“Me, me too! I definitely believe that there’s nobody else dumber than Akihisa-kun in this world!”

“DON’T SAY IT! PLEASE STOP HURTING ME!!”

Why is it that everyone wants to trample on my heart mercilessly…

“Oh well, we’ll just leave this alone”

“It, it doesn’t matter now…such a conversation is only a part and parcel of my life…”

Oh yeah, did Yuuji mean that it doesn’t matter what happens to my life?

“Anyway, let’s tuck in before it gets cold”

I turnedoff hot air It’s not that everyone can’t eat whenever they want to, but it’ll be a waste if the food we spent so ht It’s better to tuck in

“““Itaidakimasu!!”””

Everyone clapped their hands together and attacked the food in front of them

“Muu, this is really good”

“Really? It’s great that it fits your taste”

“Now that you say that, it see this dish is someorth it”

“…(Nods head)”

Hideyoshi+ smiled as he ate the paella, and the way he looked was so cute that I really want to take a photo and archive it On the other hand, Himeji-san and Mina

“Arre? Do you two not like paella?”

“Uu…no, it’s not that we hate it it’s really good…”

“It’s ood…”

I really couldn’t understand what they were saying Girls’ feelings are really complicated

“…As expected, I have to cook more to practice more! I have to make more unique and personal flavors to win this battle!”

I’ll just pretend that I didn’t hear Hi

“It’s really good, but I deliberately bought ingredients different from the menu Aki-kun knew of, yet the flavor’s no different from before Nee-san’s rather disappointed in that here”

Nee-san said that as she put the prawn and clary that I brought girls back if she’s using such an immature manner to bully me

“Stop yapping over there You don’t kno to cook at all, nee-san, and you dare to tell me off!”

In fact, before Hi of those who don’t kno to cook On a side note, my mom’s ranked first

“Aki-kun, what are you saying? Nee-san’s growing in ways Aki-kun doesn’t know of”

“Hrown?”

“My bust size is now E”

“DO YOU EVEN KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD SHAME!? THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COOKING AT ALL!”

I couldn’t help but retort back at my sister who showed her chest proudly

What should I see? When hearing my sister say this, I would be happy for her but worried about her

“Of course I worked hard in ter”

“Oh, is that so?”

“Yes, I can finally understand the difference between a sea urchin and a scrub”

“Tothat you couldn’t understand the difference between a sea urchin and a scrub…”

For some reason, Yuuji, as besidelike that

“But speaking of which, it’s aredients like red peppers when you’re like that”

No matter how much I think about this, I just feel that nee-san will reen peppers

“I won’t make that mistake That’s because I handed the list directly to the shopkeeper and asked hi”

“AND YOU NEED SOMEONE’S HELP IN THE END!”

She didn’t grow at all No, she wouldn’t even do anything before, and now that she would prepare a list, I suppose it’s some form of improvement…

“Oh yes, I have so I want to ask everyone”

It seemed that we finally entered the main point as nee-san suddenly said cheerily What does she want?

“I want to kno’s rades or ‘illicit sexual relationshi+ps’”

Why must she deliberately emphasize on those last words!?

Ku…! da this when she invited everyone to stay behind for dinner!

But it doesn’t matter After that explanation in the kitchen, and the supposedly biggest threats, Yuuji and Muttsurini are standing on my side

“Well, I find that Akihisa-kun’s very hardworking It seerades improved”

“Tha, that’s right He would sometimes be so serious that it’s scary”

As expected of Himeji-san and Minami, they’re different fro bad in front of the person involved or the fairls who kno to back off

“Really? Then, what about illicit sexual relationshi+ps?”

“Eh, er Akihisa-kun’s ‘relationshi+ps with the opposite gender’”

“That, that’s right I’ Aki’s ‘relationshi+ps with the opposite gender’”

For some reason, both of them seemed to emphasize on the ‘illicit sexual relationshi+ps’

Luckily, Hi in that case, the only one left is—

“Akihisa’s relationshi+ps with the opposite gender, huh…”

Only Hideyoshi+ was left as he used his hand to support his chin

Hideyoshi+ probably won’t ht? But…hetone I have to find so rubbish

I took my fork and picked up the mushroom on the plate,

“Does Hideyoshi+-kun know so?”

“Well…if there’s so”

“Hideyoshi+, ahh-n”

“Nnu? Ahh-n”

I passed the fork inridiculous On seeing my action, Hideyoshi+ didn’t show any suspicion and immediately ate the food I fed hi

If he’s chewing, he shouldn’t open his mouth That’s why nee-san waited for Hideyoshi+ to s the mushroom and ask,

“Hideyoshi+-kun About that—”

“Hideyoshi+, ahh-n”

“Ahh-n”

Che

“Hideyoshi+-kun About just now—”

“Hideyoshi+, ahh-n”

“Ahh-n”

Che

“Hi—”

“Hideyoshi+, ahh-n”

“Ahh-n”

Crack

What is it? It see

“UWAHH!! MY JOINT! MY JOINT! MY ELBOW’S TWISTED IN THE OPPOSITE MANNER! IS THIS THE NEXT GENERATION OF HUMANS!?”

“Aki-kun, please don’t botherterrible to you, you know?”

“YOU’VE DONE IT! YOU’RE DOING SOMETHING REALLY CRUEL TO ME!”

“Alright, what’s the situation like, Hideyoshi+-kun?”

“Well, about that…”

Ignoring round in pain, nee-san continued her conversation with Hideyoshi+

“Akihisa hi”

Hideyoshi+ still ss Such an answer doesn’t state what exactly happened, but it does prove that so happened Besides, Hideyoshi+ doesn’t know ht Uu…it’s a grave mistake on my part not to inform Hideyoshi+ first…

“Arre, so that’s a secret? In that case…I’ll have Aki-kun explain things thoroughly next time”

“That’s the plan”

“Nee-san, what do you actually hly’? Norhly’ or ‘slowly’ explain things!”

I can clearly feel herintent from her tone I think it’s best that I replenish my calcium for the sake of the crisis that was about to occur

“I’ll just cook fish tomorrow…”

“You’re already thinking of tomorrow’s dishes e haven’t finished dinner today? You’re really gluttonous, Aki-kun”

“No, I don’t mean that”

That’s to preventsnapped

“Oh yeah, I alot to tell you From tomorrow on, you don’t have to prepare dinner for nee-san”

“Eh? I don’t have to prepare your share?’

“Yeah, I have some work to deal with Fro home late”

The work nee-san’s talking about should be related to helping out at dad’s company As the head office’s shi+fted back to japan, it seems that there’re still some processes to deal with or so, so I don’t know of the specifics

Anyway, it’s great that nee-san’s co room from nee-san’s wanton desposition…

“Aki-kun, you look happy”

“Eh! No, not really, that’s not true Nee-san ca it a pity”

“Say it in English then”

“Happy”

“…”

“AH! OUCH! NEE-SAN! DON’T SLAP ME WHEN WE’RE EATING!”

Myinside, and the dessert I ate inadvertently had a slight tinge of blood

After dinner, we quickly cleared the plates Everyone was gathered in the living rooest reason e’re gathered here

“Then, isn’t it about time we should study?”

“Yeah It’s not good to go home too late”

Maybe it’s because we ate dinner early that it’s now only 7pht now, there’s a lot of time we can use to study I don’t want to work hard, but this is for my own freedom I have to force myself to work hard!

“In that case, please teach me about some lesson related questions”

“…Me too”

It’s really hard to iine us as F-class members with such serious attitudes I really want to show Ironman this

“Yeah Studying’s not about preparing for exa ‘like usual’!”

I held off nee-san’s response to prevent her fro

“Is everyone going to study together? In that case, I have soood here, you know?”

“Soood?”

“Yes I found it when I was cleaning the house I’ll bring it over”

Nee-san walked out of the living roo could be heard Soon after, ne