I’m in the shower, humming to myself about my day, stretching my legs, and relaxing in the tub when the door swings open.
「Oneechan, I’ll take a bath with you.」
It was Iori, who walked in with such a carefree manner.
「Eh? What’s going on?」
「I was at the summer festival today and just got back. Oneechan takes a bath too long so if I wait for you, the sun will already rise. Mom said I should just go in.」
Risa is the one who takes a long bath. If she enters the bath, she would enjoy it for around two and a half hours. I thought I was on the short side since I only take one and a half hour but it seems like that’s not the case. I guess it’s not bad to take a bath with Iori from time to time.
「That feels great. I guess it good for us sisters to take a bath together once in a while.」
「No, we share the same room so it’s like that everyday.」
「I guess so.」
「By the way, are you with the guy who you talked about at the amusement park?」
「Yeah.」
「Have you made any progress?」
As an older sister and a high school girl, I’m always interested in what Iori has to say, which she rarely does.
「Ma-maa, I wonder if there is.」
「Eh? What what?」
「Oneechan, you’re too close.」
I put my body back in the bathtub after moving forward to her unconsciously.
「So, what happened?」
「Nothing. Oneechan is expecting too much.」
「What do you think I’m expecting?」
「Like a kiss.」
I remembered what I had just done to Souta and my face felt hot.
「What made you think that I expect something like that?」
「Oneechan flirts with Amane-san too much but you keep denying you’re not going out.」
「That’s not true.」
「How about you, oneechan? You went with Amane-san to the fireworks display, right? How far did you two go?」
Iori asked me that while washing her long, beautiful black hair which unintentionally made me jealous.
「Ehto, Souta and I ended up going out.」
I took a deep breath and then said so. After saying that, I realized once again that I’m Souta’s girlfriend and I can’t help but be happy.
「It’s a little late but, congratulations. Also, your expression look terrible.」
「I can’t help it. I’m so happy.」
「So, which one of you confessed?」
Iori asked me that with her shining eyes as she was leaning on me.
「Souta. He was the one who invited me to the fireworks display after all.」
「What did you do today?」
Iori’s eyes are shining more.
If you lean on me a little more, your shampoo will go to the bath.
「We met up in front of the station. I put a lot of thought into my yukata and hairstyle and he complimented me on how mature and beautiful I looked. Then, he gently took my hand and escorted me. He adjusted his walking speed due to the fact that I’m wearing clogs and stood up to the side of the sidewalk where there were more people. He also gave me a kabedon.」
「Kabedon?」
「Yeah. It was like an accident but Souta’s face was just right next to mine during that time. I was so nervous.」
「Y-yeah」
「After that, we went around the stalls and moved to a place where we could watch the fireworks. After that, when the fireworks were at their climax, Souta came to me and told me he likes me. It was simple but I felt his real intention.」
I vividly remembered the serious look on Souta’s face at that moment and I couldn’t help but flap my legs.
「Oneechan, the bath will run out of hot water.」
「Sorry.」
「However, it was not oneechan but Amane-san. That’s surprising.」
「Yeah, you can say that.」
I nodded in agreement with Iori’s words. In the end, Souta confessed to me but if he hadn’t, I would have confessed to him. “Do you remember what I said before summer vacation? I like you, Souta.” I prepared those lines.
「I thought oneechan would attack Amane-san and pressure him to answer.」
What a terrible thing to say. That’s a terrible view of me and Souta. However, I can’t refute it since I did that just before the summer vacation.
「So, how did oneechan answer?」
「I said “I like Souta too”.」
「Heh, I see.」
Saying so, Iori began to wash her shampoo away.
The sound of water interrupted our conversation a little but Iori opened her mouth again.
「Come to think of it, how did oneechan get to know Amane-san? No offense but, oneechan tand Amane-san are different types.」
「Last year, at the cultural festival executive committee.」
「Heh. But oneechan, you’re not the type who’ll actively participate in those things.」
As expected of my little sister. We’ve been living together for 13 years and she knows me well.
「No one else wanted to do it so we decided to play rock paper scissors and I lost.」
「Then, if you hadn’t lost there, maybe you wouldn’t have gotten involved with each other.」
I thought of what Iori said and I think she’s right. If I hadn’t lost, things would have been different compared to what’s happening now. I wouldn’t be this happy.
「Oneechan, that face. Make sure not to show that face to Amane-san.」
「I’m trying to be careful.」
「Please, do so. So, what kind of things happened to get you attracted to someone you just met at the cultural festival executive committee?」
I took a deep breath and began to talk about the cultural festival executive committee which had happened nearly a year ago.