Chapter 79 - A Clean Slate — Second Part (1/2)

A Clean Slate — Second Part

It seems that I was a part of the home economics club, which was similar to the going home club. So after school, just as I was told by Sana-san, I went to the home economics room and waited. The me before I lost my memory, supposedly had a secret relationship with my little sister.

“What should I do…?”

“… Is something wrong?”

I heard a quiet monotonous voice come from Kanata.

As I thought, there are people that I do remember, and people that I don’t remember. The placement of my seat in the classroom, the location of my shoe locker, and the location of the biology classroom, I unexpectedly remember all of that. My family or lovers, the more important they are, anything about our relationships, or the memories I’ve had with them are all gone.

Kanata sat in the seat across from me, and started up a cellphone game.

“… Ever since lunch, Sa-chan has been in a good mood. It’s unusual…”

“Eh? Really?”

“… Yeah. I don’t know why though.”

Sana-san said that our relationship was a secret and not to tell anyone else. She probably didn’t tell Kanata about it either. My relationship with Sensei is of course, also a secret.

Who can I ask for help…?

“Kanata, are you attracted at all by a forbidden romance?”

“… I don’t have much interest in romance, so… sorry.”

“It’s okay… For example, if a little sister were to truly love her older brother, what should the older brother do?”

“Eh? Did Sa-chan say something to you?”

“Eh. Wait, what do you mean by something?”

“……It’s nothing… As I said before, if you do end up liking a person of the opposite gender, make sure you properly make your rejection. Grinding it into pieces is what I believe to be an older brother’s kindness.”

After glancing at me, she once again returned her eyes to the screen that was in her hand.

She told me that before…?

“Ah. Nii-san, you’re already here!”

“Ah, Sana-san.”

“… Sana-san?”

Kanata furrowed her eyebrows.

“Let’s go home. Let’s play games in Sana’s room today!”

“No, I still have something like a previous arrangement, so…”

“… Polite speech?”

Sana-san was pulling my arm to get me to stand. And at the same time, Kanata was pulling from the opposite side.

“Kana-chan?”

“… Seiji-kun, is kind of weird. Does it have anything to do with Sa-chan’s good mood?”

“T-there’s no way that’s the case. It has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with Nii-san.”

“… So, it does.”

“Giku.”

While shrugging her head, Sana-san gave up and sat down in a chair. Then, she told Kanata about the incident that happened to me yesterday.

“… I see. Then, polite speech and Sana-san……Did you indoctrinate this pure Seiji-kun with something strange?”

“I-I didn’t indoctrinate him with anything! M-more importantly, what do you mean by strange?”

“…Taking advantage of his memory loss, telling him something like you guys are actually dating, for instance…”

“Gikuun!”

Sana-san was easy to read as she turned rigid.

Indoctrinate? Dating? And, gikuun? Which means…?

“… Sa-chan, you can’t lie… I do understand a little bit your feelings of wanting to be lovey-dovey with your beloved brother though.”

“I don’t want to be lovey-dovey with Nii-san! Why would Sana want to with Nii-san…”

“Which means that yesterday, the things she said were lies?”

Sana-san’s expression contorted into bitterness.

“Sorry. Yesterday, that was a lie. I just wanted to tease you a bit. Nii-san easily believed me after all. It even surprised me. T-there’s no way that would happen, right…?”

In conclusion, my little sister and I were not dating. That’s a relief… I’m not actually two-timing.

Sana-san ran off and left the home economics room. I could see that her cheeks her wet. Maybe—she actually did like me—

As I was going to chase after her, Kanata shook her head.

“… You can’t. Seiji-kun, you definitely can’t go and comfort her.”

“Why? It seems like I’m the reason for it after all, I can at least talk to her…”

“… You can’t. If Seiji-kun has someone he likes… if you have a girlfriend, than it’s even more so that you shouldn’t chase after her.”

Ugeh!? D-does she know about my relationship with Sensei?

“I-I wonder what you mean by girlfriend…”

“… You’re too shaken… I don’t know the details, but I at least understand that you have a girlfriend.”

Which means that she doesn’t know that it’s Sensei. That’s a relief…

“… Sa-chan always plays the bad person. Even though she purely just likes you.”

“If I do have someone I like, I… Sanada Seiji wouldn’t be able see her in that way.”

I probably didn’t even notice.

“… Yeah. That’s truly how it is. However, Sa-chan is also in the wrong… Most likely, Sa-chan already understands, but she keeps taking it as you being dense and not being able to admit it, and her wounds just keep getting larger… Anyways, leave Sa-chan to me.”

Grabbing her bag, Kanata left the home economics room.