Chapter 155 - Christmas — Part 5 (1/2)

“What do you mean?”

It’s almost like she thinks I am deceiving her… Well, it is a complete lie that I hung out with Fujimoto though.

“It’s not just Christmas Eve.”

“…”

“Fridays and Saturdays you often stay out really late, and also leave the house really early. Oftentimes, you are never at home.”

“…That’s true.”

Has she caught on…? Has she caught on to the existence of a girlfriend? It’s not as if I need to tell her where I’m going all the time, but for an indoor person like me to spend time outside every weekend must be something that Sana thought to be unnatural.

“That’s why… I just thought that you might have gone out with someone.”

“What, you’re such a brocon for being curious about who your brother hangs out with.”

“T-that’s not it!”

“And you’re the one that always calls me a siscon… geez.”

I shook my head in disappointment. However, Sana probably feels some certainty in her belief. She didn’t say it clearly, but that’s just how it felt when she said that.

“…If, I did have a girlfriend—”

Sana nodded once as I began to speak.

“What type of person would you be happy with?”

After being questioned in such a serious tone, Sana turned her eyes down towards the cup of coffee in her hand.

“Well rather than happy, more… who would you be fine with?”

I added a supplementary question before waiting for Sana’s declaration. She stirred her cup with a teaspoon just once as if to calm herself down.

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know…?”

“N-Nii-san would never get married anyways. You can’t, so you, you don’t even need a lover.”

“That’s quite the irrational argument… Well, it’s more of a hypothetical question.”

While frowning, Sana continued to stare down at the table as if she was trying to hold something back.

I waited and waited, but there still wasn’t an answer.

By the time I realized it, the number of people outside the window began to increase, and many more couples began to stand out.

“Let’s leave.”

I urged Sana, who wasn’t saying anything, and the two of us left the store together.

I didn’t know if it was alright for me to tell Sana about Hiiragi-chan.

If she seemed like an accepting little sister like Natsumi-chan, then I might have, but as far as I could see from earlier, it might be better if I continued to wait.

… A wedding that everyone is willing to stand behind.

What I said when we were in the middle of mending the relationship between the Hiiragi mother and daughter pair now weighed heavily on my mind.

If I confess and she ends up rejecting it, it shouldn’t lead to the terrible relationship we have in the future. I don’t think I would break up with Hiiragi-chan just because we were rejected by others.

However, we do end up splitting next year…

“After we buy the game, let’s eat lunch. What do you want to eat?”

“… It’s fine. Sana will go home.”