Chapter 10 His Doting Sister

His Doting Sister

Maybe it was because I saw Ichika’s name in Hana-san’s note.

At night, while idly watching TV in the living room…I remembered that girl.

Although we are two years apart in age, we used to play together when we were kids because we were neighbors.

No, it’s not that I played with her, it’s that…Hana-san, who was busy with her part-time job, sometimes relied on my grandparents to take care of her and Takeshi at our house.

Takeshi was a bit of a shit and rebelled against our grandparents, but I remember that…Chika-chan was very friendly to my grandparents.

My grandparents loved her and spoiled her with candy every time she came over.

She really was Hana-san’s daughter.

I think that girl has a talent for being adored by people.

Perhaps because she is such a girl, Takeshi also doted on her quite a bit. He values his family…or rather he is a bit of a siscon, and he also seems like a momcon.

He had a rough attitude, but he was a loving family man…I trusted him.

No, I don’t care about Takeshi. I want to forget these useless memories quickly.

Anyway, I suddenly remembered that there was an angel named Ichika in the Itsumi family.

Maybe it was because of the timing of the incident.

Without warning, I thought I was hallucinating when I saw a girl who looked like Chika-chan in the garden from the living room.

Oh, what’s that?

That’s weird. Through the window, I saw a girl of junior high school age.

She is a girl in a school uniform with short blonde hair dyed in a bright color that looks very good on her.

It’s the kind of appearance that makes you think that Chika-chan will probably look like this when she grows up.

But hey…isn’t the image pretty vivid for a hallucination?

While I was staring at the illusion, there were several knocks on the window.

“Hey! Takumi-nii. You can see it, right? Open up!”

…I knew I wasn’t hallucinating!

There really was someone in my garden.

Why didn’t she use the intercom…I mean, what time is it?

I checked the time and found that it was after twenty-two o’clock.

It was after midnight, a dangerous time for a girl in a school uniform to be out.

What on earth was going on?

It was obviously suspicious, but I couldn’t ignore it because I felt Chika-chan’s presence in her, so I decided to open the window after all.

“Phew, I’m glad you were in the living room…Takumi-nii, it’s been a while. Do you remember who I am?”

“… Could it be Ichika-Chika-chan?”

I hesitantly said her name.

She jumped up and down happily and squeezed my hand.

“Thank God he remembered me! You remembered me…right, I’m Ichika, hehehe~”

No, of course, I’m happy to talk to you after such a long time.

But I was more worried about this situation and did not want to be happy.

“Hey, why at this hour?”

“…Oh, that’s right! Takumi-nii, I’m in trouble. It’s an emergency! I have to tell you something right now!”

“Oh yeah…but why from the garden?”

“Wouldn’t it bother the neighbors if I rang the intercom at this hour?”

Don’t you think it bothers me?

Anyway, that little omission was Chika-chan’s trademark, and I couldn’t hate it.

So what the hell happened to her?

I asked Chika-chan to come to my house so I could hear the details——