The glaring sun.
The glaring asphalt.
A cool room.
In other words, it’s a day off.
Viva la holiday.
As I sent a telepathic message to the sun, which had become more active in July, saying, “It’s okay if you take a little more rest”, I was lazing around in my slightly air-conditioned room. A scene that would drive outdoor enthusiasts crazy. Claiming to be an indoor type doesn’t exactly grant permission to be a shut-in, but it’s probably within the barely acceptable range given recent trends.
「It’s morning, Onii-chan!」
「It’s noon.」
「Because it’s hot…」
「You’re spouting nonsense again.」
As I was doing that, an intruder entered my room.
Today too, it’s my yandere-like sister.
Essentially a yandere.
As she closed the door I had left open, saying, “What a waste of electricity”, her amorphous body quivered. Jet-black tentacles thrashed about in all directions. As if to express dissatisfaction. However, the owner of the tentacles also began to voice her complaints.
「I’m bored.」
「I see.」
「Ahー! You’re just going to play with your smartphone!」
「I’m a modern youth, after all.」
「”Modern youth” isn’t a magic phrase that excuses rudeness, you know.」
She doesn’t particularly like going out──whether she dislikes it or has some reason for avoiding it is unclear──so she’s mostly at home, but it seems she’s starting to get fed up with her recent shut-in lifestyle. Considering she’s been at home her whole life, it’s a negligible period, but having gone to school once, she seems to have discovered the pleasure of going out. She’s been asking to go out more often.
「Let’s go outside.」
「When it cools down.」
「It’ll be winter by then.」
「Give me a break.」
「Ah, your true feelings!」
Because I was using my brain, which was melting like pudding, to converse, I accidentally let slip what I was thinking deep down.
As if she had just won a great victory, she stretched her tentacles “piiin!” and marched towards me.
「Please, Onii-chan♡」
「Go home.」
「This is home.」
「That’s true.」
That was too airheaded.
I sat up from my lying position and darkened my smartphone screen.
I tossed it aside and stood up.
Peeling off my sister’s tentacles that were wriggling around me, I sigh and reach for my pajamas, giving her a half-lidded look.
「…I’m trying to change. I have no interest in performing a strip show.」
「I’m stubborn today. I won’t move until you nod your head.」
「Then never mind. I was thinking of going to an amusement park, but I changed my mind.」
「Hurry up. I’ll get ready.」
「Lightning-fast, like a sudden storm.」
Like mist scattered by the wind, my sister vanished in an instant. If I looked, she was peeking from behind the door. Her insistence on “waiting” was impressive. If I changed my mind and thought, “Being a hero on the internet is more meaningful than going out with a monster”, I’d probably be killed. By some mysterious monster power.
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Once she completely disappeared behind the door, I take off my clothes.
If it were just going to the convenience store, I wouldn’t need to think about it, but going to an amusement park requires some consideration.
With the opening service making it cheaper, there will likely be many people. What if a high school student dressed like an elementary schooler showed up there?
I’d be beaten and stoned. What’s left would be me, turned into a rag.
As I put on the clothes Yuna had chosen for me, “Come to think of it, Yuna had invited me to the amusement park too”, I remembered.
Well, that’s why the amusement park was in the back of my mind as a destination.
If I went to an amusement park with a zombie, it would probably turn into a horror panic scenario, so I’ve been dodging it one way or another.
I can’t help but wonder if it’s okay to have only one set of proper clothes, but apparently my sense of fashion is disastrous according to others, so if I chose myself, it would result in a terribly embarrassing outfit. Like a tasteless Halloween. Casual clothes that look like a costume. Might as well be cremated.
Carefully descending the stairs and opening the living room door, I found my sister happily sipping barley tea.
Gently placing the cup on the table, she stands up.
「I’ve been “waiting”! For this “moment”!」
「I see.」
「You’re quite calm.」
「Before I could get excited, the thought of going out in the heat deflated me.」
「Stop making that shriveled balloon face.」
I’d probably melt if I went outside…
If I worry about becoming a new species of monster myself, perhaps it’s wiser not to go out today. I really want to go, but unfortunately, the timing is bad… and I feel like the direction is wrong. I need to change directions.
「That’s just superstition.」
「How could you say that?」
「So, let’s go to the amusement park!」
My sister, who is practically a bundle of superstitions herself, roared.
She forcefully grabs my arm.
I slip on my shoes haphazardly, and off we go into the despairing hot sky──.
Zaa zaa.
Zaa zaa.
Zaaaaaaaaa.
Zaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!
「Aaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!」
「You’re disturbing the neighbors.」
「This weather is disturbing me!」
「Not much I can do about that.」
The moment I opened the front door, large raindrops began to fall from what had been a clear sky. It’s not particularly unusual since the rainy season hasn’t ended yet. But for such heavy rain to fall just as we’re about to go out.
If the weather had turned bad while we were already outside, that would be one thing, but I don’t feel like going out when it’s already raining this hard. Apparently, my sister felt the same way.
「…Uhh, let’s just relax at home today.」
「That’s for the best, yeah.」
「Why do you look happy?」
「Super sad. Pien.」
She gently punched me.
According to her, I should “think more about girls”.
Maybe if I became a girl, I’d consider it.
Think more about me.