After that, I cleaned up the used dishes and went home without doing any other chores.
When I got home, my mother was in an extremely good mood.
Apparently, Aina-san had officially contacted our company to sign a contract, and the contract was for “performing all household chores on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from after school until 7 PM”. She had also apparently praised me, which put her in a good mood.
It’s rare for my mother, who usually doesn’t say words of appreciation, to say so.
「I’m planning to have you focus on this client for a while, so you can do as you like on Tuesdays and Thursdays when you have nothing.」
I even got more days off.
I was wary that this sudden whiteness might be a prelude to something bad, but it seems that’s not the case.
I thought household chores at home would increase, but it remained the same, with Marina and me sharing the tasks.
By the way, it seems my sister had heard about my housekeeping job and was envious.
「Ehh, it was Michika-san’s house?? So lucky~! Can’t I help too?」
Apparently, my sister and Hoshino Michika had some interaction since middle school. I went to the same middle school, but I had no interaction with her at all.
「You should wait until you’re used to high school life before getting a part-time job. It’ll definitely be tiring at first.」
「Buu, but Onii has been doing it since middle school. I can do it too.」
「In my case, I didn’t do it because I wanted to, and it’s pretty tough, you know? Marina might join a club too, so first and foremost, enjoy high school life.」
「You’re my brother, but you’re acting like my dad. That’s why you’re a siscon.」
She gave me a pitiful look, but I don’t care about that anymore. No, I must not care.
「Look, you worked hard today preparing for the entrance ceremony, so show me your cutest self tomorrow, okay?」
「Idiot! That’s so gross!」
Marina smiles as she says that.
If I were serious, it would be a turn-off, but we both know it’s a joke.
It’s unusual, but this is also an everyday conversation between siblings.
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The next day.
Even though we signed a housekeeping service contract, Hoshino Michika’s attitude didn’t change.
The same ladylike Hoshino as always.
I almost thought what I saw yesterday was a fantasy, a dream.
However, before the entrance ceremony, she called me out and sternly warned me, “If you talk about yesterday, I’ll kill you”, which woke me up.
As I thought, the healing Hoshino was nothing but a product of imagination, and what happened yesterday was real.
「W-What? What’s with that look?」
「If only everyone would wake up from the dream…」
「I won’t allow that♪」
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She’s managed to keep it hidden from everyone until now.
Seeing her absolutely confident that it will continue this way, I thought it would probably be so.
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The entrance ceremony began, and two hundred new students who had won the tough entrance exam war entered. Although it’s a self-proclaimed preparatory school with a deviation value of 60, it’s a fairly good high school in this area, so many excellent students apply.
Among them, one student stood out.
It was my sister.
As expected. She’s on a different level from the others.
Yeah, her cuteness is in a different dimension (siscon).
Even though I tried not to show it on my face, my facial muscles unconsciously relaxed. Thanks to Takiji pointing it out, I managed to avoid embarrassing myself, but if I had continued, I would have spread a creepy smile to the new students and traumatized them right at the start of their high school life.
Besides, attracting attention is not my intention. I have to be careful.
With that, time passed, and the entrance ceremony ended without any problems. Homeroom also went smoothly, and since it was almost evening when school was dismissed, I thought about going home, but then I remembered something.
「That’s right. From today, I’m free on Tuesdays and Thursdays…」
Usually, I would go straight home because I had a part-time job after returning, but today is different.
There’s nothing to do if I go home. Strictly speaking, there’s studying and chores, but coming home a bit late won’t interfere with those.
So, what should I do?
Since entering high school, I’ve mostly been working part-time, so I don’t have much experience going out to hang out after school.
I hadn’t told Takiji that I was free today, so he seemed to have gone home alone.
Should I go to the arcade?
No, but I’m not really interested in that.
I might go along if I’m with friends, but I don’t like arcades enough to go on my own initiative.
Come to think of it, Marina said she was going to check out club activities today.
Starting today for about two weeks, there’s a club activity observation period where first-year students can visit or experience various club activities to decide which one to join.
I’m unaffiliated, so it doesn’t concern me, but my classmates seemed busy. I see, this was the reason.
At that moment, something my sister said yesterday crossed my mind.
「Onii-chan, now that you’re free, why don’t you try joining a club?」
She probably meant it as a joke.
But for me…
「Indeed… if I see something I like…」
Joining might be an option.
I turned on my heels, which were heading towards the entrance to go home, and walked towards the club activity building.