novellhall Chapter 56 A Couple Who Aren't a Couple
Chapter 56 A Couple Who Aren't a Couple
Carrying the remaining snacks home, Shiraishi Saku and Yukimiya Natsune received Sakura Nene's joyful expression.
The girl, chewing on a canelé, said to Shiraishi Saku, "The shop where my brother and Yukimiya work has such great benefits, I want to go too!"
"Junior high school students are not allowed to work," Shiraishi Saku replied.
"But we can go take a look." Yukimiya Natsune patted her younger sister's head.
Excluding Aoi Tsukimiya and Chihaya Asakura, the girl was the café's first customer.
"I want to go!" Sakura Nene exclaimed immediately. "Wait for me after school tomorrow, we'll go together!"
Saku Shiraishi and Natsumi Yukimiya agreed.
"Besides the store manager, is there anyone else in the store?" she inquired, while secretly glancing at her accounting app.
Her brother always receives pastries, so she, as his sister, should express her gratitude properly and buy some snacks as a gift.
"Besides the manager, there's also my adoptive mother," Yukimiya Natsune introduced the members of the coffee shop.
"Huh, Yukimiya-neechan's mother?" the girl exclaimed in surprise. "Why didn't you tell me before?!"
She put down her phone and reached out to tug at Bai Shishuo's clothes: "Was my brother beaten?"
"Why do I have to get hit?" Shiraishi Saku pressed down on her head, unable to comprehend his younger sister's thought process.
"Because you took away Yukimiya-nee's virginity?" Sakura Nene replied.
They didn't take it!
"I know I didn't take it, but others don't know," the girl explained.
Shiraishi Saku looked at her in surprise. When did this younger sister learn mind-reading? And how did you know she hadn't taken it away?
"Snow Palace Sister finished yesterday, right? But there's been no news all night," Sakura Nene said in a criminal-like tone. "Brother who's been holding back for four days should be turning into a beast."
"How do you know there's no movement!" Shiraishi Shuo grabbed her face.
"That's not important. Actually, I've been suspicious for a while now, because the trash can was so clean!" The girl slapped her brother's hand away, put her hands on her hips, and puffed out her chest. "I audited your recent spending today, and I couldn't find any spending on love hotels or family planning products. Financial statements don't lie!"
"I don't remember having a stalker sister! That's so weird!"
"My brother is the pervert. He lied to me like that before." The girl puffed out her cheeks, her face flushed as she thought of Shiraishi Saku's previous lies. She changed her pufferfish-style anger to pursing her lips.
Shiraishi Saku looked away. He had lied to the girl before because without that relationship, the young girl would have been kicked out.
Sakura Nene narrowed her eyes, moved her feet, and looked at her brother's face.
Stare~
"The relationship between my brother and Yukimiya-nee is so strange." She then looked at Yukimiya Natsune. "They clearly have a good relationship, but there's absolutely no romantic feeling between them. I specifically gave you two some space alone in the living room, but you only care about playing games."
What else is there to do if not play games!
"I don't know, just let my brother and sister handle it," the girl concluded. "Just don't argue, break up, and then ask me who I'm living with."
What's the story behind parents asking who their children will live with after a divorce?
After finishing her conversation, Sakura Nene picked up her snack and said, "I'm going to do my homework. You guys can do whatever you want. I'll wear headphones."
There's no need to specifically mention that you wear headphones!
The girl carried coffee and snacks upstairs, leaving only Shiraishi Saku and Yukimiya Natsumi in the living room.
Shiraishi Saku never expected that the first person to discover his platonic relationship with a young girl would be his own silly little sister. However, after thinking it over, only his sister seemed to be the closest to the truth.
He raised his hand, gently stroked the girl's cheek, and sighed.
"Things have come to this," he said, looking into the girl's eyes.
"Let's play games first!" she said, holding up the controller.
After that, we had a great time.
Shiraishi Saku didn't take his sister's words to heart, just as he didn't take Asakura Chihaya's words to heart.
He has no romantic feelings for young girls, at least not for the time being. He sees them more as an extension of his own body, and perhaps even as his growing daughter.
Switching to God's-eye view, and handing over control of her mind and body to Yukimiya Natsune, the girl would simply lie lazily on his lap, like a well-behaved cat.
It seems a bit perverted to harm your own cat.
……
"We have a couples' event going on recently, would you two like to join?" the dessert shop employee said with a smile.
After school, Shiraishi Saku and Yukimiya Natsune took Sakura Nene to a coffee shop. The girl suggested bringing some sweets as gifts, so they took them to a Japanese sweets shop near the subway station and bought six daifuku.
Daifuku has a filling similar to mochi, tastes good, and goes perfectly with coffee.
The shop assistant packed up the daifuku, looked at the three of them, pointed to the event poster on the side, and asked Shiraishi Saku and Yukimiya Natsune if they wanted to participate.
"Two of the daifuku can be had at a 20% discount, and if you complete the challenge perfectly, you'll also get two free drinks of your choice!" the clerk tempted.
This poster and promotion look so familiar. Did I hear about it at the Western-style pastry shop next door yesterday? Oh, it's an event for the whole area!
"I have to participate!" Sakura Nene immediately agreed. For this young mistress of the house, no discount was too good to pass up.
She pushed Shiraishi Saku and Yukimiya Natsune by the back: "I want two drinks!"
Shiraishi Saku recalled the poster he saw yesterday when he bought Canelé; the simple question about tacit understanding was a piece of cake for him!
He and the girl agreed.
The shop assistant rang the bell and loudly announced the start of the game, drawing the attention of customers both inside and outside the shop.
No wonder there was a 20% discount; it turns out the 20% saving was for the performance fee!
Shiraishi Saku doesn't really like this feeling, but his sister is looking forward to it, so it wouldn't hurt to participate.
"I'll ask a question. Please answer at the same time. If the answers are the same, it's a success!" The clerk explained the rules simply.
These are all common questions for couples: "Who will be late for a date?", "When you're together, do you sit or hug?"... Any couple who knows each other well could answer these questions correctly.
"Okay, next up is the second challenge!" the clerk said.
Is there a second level? I clearly didn't see a second level on the poster yesterday!
Shiraishi Saku realized that the situation had changed; although the event was held throughout the region, the rules seemed to be different.
"The second challenge is even more difficult; it requires perfect coordination." The shop assistant's eyes gleamed with excitement.
It was rare to see such a good-looking pair of challengers, and her enthusiasm for her work was high, while the onlookers were also captivated.
"Please use your finger to show a number: three, two, one!"
Shiraishi Saku and Yukimiya Natsune raised two fingers, one on the left and one on the right, and placed them on their younger sister's head to form a pair of rabbit ears. This performance was inescapable for their little sister.
"They even had an extra performance! The two of them have incredible chemistry!" the shop assistant exclaimed.
"Next, should I take a step? Left or right...?"
The action sequences weren't difficult either, and Shiraishi Saku and Yukimiya Natsune completed them quickly.
"Congratulations to you two for achieving 100% teamwork in the first two rounds. I doubt anyone can break that record. Now for the final round!" The shop assistant said, still excited and full of anticipation.
Under the watchful eyes of the customers, the staff announced the final rule: "Please look into each other's eyes for ten seconds, then kiss!"
"...?"
Is it too late to run away now?
"If you're shy, you can use cardboard to cover yourself." The shop assistant picked up two pieces of cardboard and handed them to Sakura Nene. "Little sister, you hold up the cardboard!"