Chapter 4.7: The True Face of a Scheming Brother Complex Sister
The True Face of a Scheming Brother Complex Sister:
*Tick-tock, tick-tock…*
Argh! So annoying!
So annoying!
What are you making noise for, or I’ll smash you, you broken clock!
I rolled around on the bed, hugging my bolster pillow, my mood utterly foul.
It’s already eleven! It’s eleven! It’s eleven o’clock!
But Brother still hasn’t come home!
Didn’t the evening study session end at nine? Even if he crawled, he should be home by now!
But Brother still isn’t home…
WH-Y! IS-N’T-HE-HO-ME!
Arghhhhh! I’m so worried! I want to call! I want to confirm where Brother is! I want to rush to Brother’s side immediately!
It’s one thing that I can’t come home early because of that annoying evening study session, but to come home even later than that is simply unbearable!
Then I won’t be able to say goodnight to Brother! I won’t be able to act cute and clingy with Brother!
It’s so annoying! Annoying! Annoying!
…Sister Xinran should still be waiting outside. I’ll ask her about the current situation.
I opened my room door and asked Sister Xinran, who was standing by the hallway, “Hasn’t Brother come back yet?”
“Mmm.”
“Damn it, what kind of seductive succubus has lured Brother away…”
I’ll kill that slut!
Don’t let me find out who lured Brother away… or else I’ll make them pay!
But who could it be? I’ve already ruled out all the possibilities, haven’t I? Could it be that librarian teacher? No, impossible, that ugly woman, Brother would never be interested in her… What on earth is going on…
“…Ngh, damn it, please, Sister Xinran! You absolutely have to wait for Brother!”
“Mmm, you go to sleep. I’ll wait here.”
I closed the door and returned to my room, sighing. Sister Xinran is so nice, she can face Brother naturally and act true to herself without worrying about Brother’s thoughts.
But I can’t. I want to show Brother my true self… but with my awkward personality, Brother definitely won’t like me.
I curled up on my side in bed, hugging my bolster pillow, imagining it was Brother… Sister Xinran sneaks into Brother’s room every night… I’m so envious! I want to sleep hugging Brother too!
But I can’t break our promise. Sister Xinran and I agreed that Brother belongs to me during the day, and at night, Brother is shared with Sister Xinran.
If anyone breaks the promise, they’ll report the other person’s secret to Brother. If someone as upright as Brother found out about such things, it would all be over! Brother would surely distance himself from us without question… That’s why Sister Xinran and I have kept our promise for four years now.
Actually, if Brother stays out all night, Sister Xinran should be the most heartbroken. Because the time she can spend with Brother will be very short.
At least I can go find Brother at school to have lunch together or something, but Sister Xinran and Brother are like strangers at school.
Still, being able to sleep hugging Brother, I’m so envious! Mmm, I guess it’s a give and take… sighs…
Listening to the annoying ticking of the clock, it was almost half past midnight when…
“Wow!”
A surprised voice pierced through the slightly ajar door into my ears. This familiar voice is definitely Brother! Brother is finally back!
I immediately sat up and went to the door, peeking through the gap to observe Brother.
Sister Xinran was talking to Brother… Hmm, they’re too far away, I can’t hear what they’re saying.
I restrained myself from rushing out, because in Brother’s impression, Keling is a well-behaved younger sister who should have been fast asleep by now.
I can’t destroy Brother’s image of “Little Sister Keling.”
If Brother knew that I’m actually pretending to be obedient and cute in front of him, he would definitely distance himself from me completely.
But coming home at half past one in the morning… where on earth was he fooling around! It must be just as I thought earlier, some seductive succubus lured Brother away! I’m going to kill…………!
No, let me think calmly. No one should actually like Brother by now. All the people who might have liked Brother have been forcefully paired up with others by me, and Sister Xinran is also keeping an eye on Brother’s situation.
Moreover, Brother himself is the unpopular type at school, he doesn’t even have male friends, let alone female friends who would try to seduce him. With Brother’s personality, he wouldn’t provoke anyone, meaning he must have encountered some accident that caused him to be late.
…I’m a little relieved.
But there’s still a possibility of someone liking Brother. The women who have the most contact with Brother now are Brother’s homeroom teacher… and that guy sitting behind him!
I absolutely must investigate thoroughly tomorrow. I have to eliminate all possibilities and prevent Brother from being snatched away by someone else!
But it’s so late, Sister Xinran probably won’t go to Brother’s room now, right? If I… hmm, forget it, it’s not good if I get caught.
Although I’m curious about what Brother and Sister Xinran talked about, I can’t ask Sister Xinran about what happened at night because of our agreement.
Then I’ll go to sleep for now… I need to wake up earlier than Brother.
…
At 5:50 in the morning, before the obnoxious alarm clock rang, I got up on time and turned off the alarm.
Brother wakes up at six to prepare breakfast, and then knocks on my door to wake me up a little after 6:30. So the time between 6:00 and 6:30 is the golden blank time!
I pressed my ear against the left wall to listen… A few seconds after six, I heard the sound of water splashing. As usual, Brother woke up on time to wash up. No matter how late he slept, he would still wake up on time the next morning to prepare breakfast and bento for his younger sisters. This is also one of Brother’s merits.
While Brother was washing up, I skillfully opened and closed the door silently, then scurried up the stairs to Brother’s room.
After washing up, Brother will go directly downstairs to make breakfast, and during this time, I can freely enter Brother’s room!
I dove into Brother’s bed and hugged Brother’s quilt, inhaling his scent to my heart’s content… Ah… so blissful!
It felt just like being hugged by Brother, and I involuntarily squeezed my legs together… Mmm, I mustn’t stain Brother’s quilt.
*Hoo*, what a terrifying abyss… Brother’s bed! I almost lost myself in it!
Right, while I have the chance, I need to thoroughly search Brother’s room. Although Brother’s computer hard drive doesn’t contain anything unhealthy, and there are no such books under the bed, it’s still good to check. What if something like that suddenly appears one day, wouldn’t that mean Brother has someone he likes? And I can also understand Brother’s interests in time, killing two birds with one stone.
I looked around but didn’t find anything unhealthy.
At this moment, I noticed the trash can.
There were a lot of tissues in the trash can. Did Brother masturbate? Or did he have a wet dream? But the quantity is too much… so many crumpled balls of paper… they’re all stained with Brother’s… It’s okay to take one, right?
No, I can’t! I can’t do that… I’m just looking, yes, I’m just checking Brother’s physical condition! It’s definitely not that I want to… cough, cough, cough…
Even though no one was around, I was still extremely nervous. I picked up a crumpled ball of paper with my index finger and thumb and brought it to my nose…
“…Coffee?”
It wasn’t the scent I expected, but a rich coffee aroma.
Disappointment, it’s coffee… Huh? Why is it coffee? And for that matter, why was it poured into the trash can?
Before I could ponder further, my watch emitted frantic beeping sounds, which was also an alarm I had set.
It’s almost 6:30, and Brother is coming to wake me up. I should hurry back to my room!
After restoring Brother’s room to how it was according to my memory, I immediately ran back to my room, covered myself with the quilt, and pretended to be fast asleep.
One minute later…
Huh? Brother didn’t come to wake me up today?!
What on earth is going on? This shouldn’t be happening. How could Brother, who is obsessively committed to his promises, forget to wake his younger sister up?
After waiting for a few minutes, I couldn’t stand it anymore and went out of my room to the first floor. Brother was cooking… Hmm, did he forget because he didn’t sleep well?
He actually forgot to wake me up… Disappointment…
Switching back to my obedient mode, I walked behind Brother and softly asked, “B-Brother? Why didn’t you come back last night… Where did you go?”
Brother turned his head and said to me, “Huh? Ah, Keling, I accidentally overslept in the park last night. Ahaha, you must have been worried… Uh!”
He froze the moment he saw me.
Brother is looking at me?
No, he’s looking at the top of my head?
Brother was staring blankly at the top of my head, and I couldn’t help but ask.
“B-Brother? What’s wrong? Did you not sleep well? You look terrible?”
Brother’s gaze moved from the top of my head to my face… Then, Brother’s face turned ashen, as if he had seen the end of the world, filled with despair.
This reaction…! Could it be that Brother has already discovered…
I almost couldn’t help but drop the innocent façade and reveal a look of despair myself.
“What are you doing?”
Just then, Sister Xinran’s voice broke the stalemate. Sister Xinran must have been watching us from upstairs, but seeing that the situation was not right, she spoke up.
Under Sister Xinran’s voice, Brother snapped back to reality and resumed his usual demeanor, saying, “N-nothing, I just slept too late last night. Wait a little longer, breakfast will be ready soon…”
But I could still see the turmoil in his eyes.
“Are you really okay? Brother? Are you sick?”
“It’s nothing, it’s nothing.”
Brother turned around to continue making breakfast, perhaps knowing that his complexion wasn’t good.
As a result, until after breakfast and leaving the house, Brother remained in a daze, responding to everything I said with “Mmm,” “Oh,” and “Is that so,” as if he were absent-minded.
This is not normal, Brother’s condition is definitely not normal!
After Brother left, Sister Xinran and I exchanged glances and remained silent.
Although we had agreed not to interfere with each other’s nights and days… today, I can’t hold back any longer!
“What happened last night, exactly! Sister Xinran!”
The balance that had been maintained for four years was broken at this moment.
