The Innocent School Idol is My Cousin Who Lives with Me and is a Spoiled Brat - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: “The Spoiled Cousin”

Translator: AJ1703

“―Kaaaakeru?”

　I had finished my bath and was reading manga in my room when Mirei walked in.

“Mirei.”

“Knock-knock?”

　When I called her name, Mirei seemed to understand what I wanted to say and knocked on the door, tilting her head slightly.

　I don’t know how many times I’ve told her, but she just never learns, does she?

“What’s wrong?”

　I knew Mirei wouldn’t like it if I paid too much attention to her, so I decided to ask her what she wanted.

“Well, I can’t sleep…”

　In other words, she probably came to visit me because she couldn’t sleep.

　Mirei goes to bed early, usually around 9:00 p.m.

　Maybe that’s why she’s growing up so fast.

“You don’t have anything to do when you come to my room, do you?”

“No, I just came to talk to you.”

　Mirei said, and sat down next to me.

　And when she sat down next to me, our arms were touching, and she rested her head on my shoulder.

　She really likes to cuddle.

“You mean we’re going to talk until you feel sleepy?”

“Mhm.”

　I ask, and Mirei nods her head.

“Well, that’s okay.”

　If she wants to talk, of course I’ll at least talk to her.

“…………”

　As I was doing so, Mirei started staring at me.

　I wondered what she was thinking.

“――Ei!”

　As I was looking at her to see what she wanted to do, Mirei suddenly put her head on my lap.

　It seems that I was being targeted.

“You like my lap pillow?”

“Mhm! Also, I thought it would make me sleepy.”

　It is true that lying down makes you sleepy.

　But I don’t want her to fall asleep in this position.

“If you feel sleepy, go back to your room, okay?”

“~’Kay.”

　She answered without any interest, so I guessed she would probably try to go back to sleep.

　If she starts to drift off to sleep, I’ll have to wake her up and make her go back to her room, or I’ll have to carry her back to Mirei’s room in my arms.

“Aren’t you excited for the school camp?”

“You’re really looking forward to it, huh…”

　After the group was decided, Mirei has been talking about school camp all the time.

　She must be looking forward to it that much.

“Because it’s the first time for me and Kakeru to go on a field trip together. We went to different schools in elementary and middle school, so we didn’t get to go on school trips together.”

　Not only were we in different schools, but we lived in different prefectures.

　If the schools are close to each other, the school trips are sometimes held on the same day, but if the schools are in different prefectures, it is rare for them to be held on the same day.

　Come to think of it, in the past, Mirei had asked me to go on a school trip on the same day as hers.

“What’s the difference between that and going on a vacation?”

“It’s probably having you travel with me. Kakeru, you’ve hardly ever travelled with me.”

　Indeed.

　We had only met up to elementary school, and even if we did, her father was coming back home, so it would not be a trip all the way from there to somewhere else.

　So, I guess it might be the first time we’ve traveled together.

“Now that we’re living together, we can just take a trip during the summer vacation, right?”

　After the school camp is over, it will be summer vacation in a little over a week.

　Of course, there will be tests during that time, but as long as we can get through that, we will be able to go out and have fun.

　…It’s pretty devilish of our school to have a school camp before the exams.

“Kakeru doesn’t seem to like traveling much…”

　For some reason, Mirei looks sulky.

　It seems that she has given up from the very beginning.

“It’s not that I don’t like it, it’s just that I wouldn’t go on it voluntarily.”

“I knew it~!”

　Mirei gapes as if she has given up.

　I wonder if the fact that she pressed her face against my thigh was an appeal of dissatisfaction?

“But if Mirei wants to go, I’ll go with you, okay? Mana might be pleased as well if we take her too.”

“―!? Really!?”

　Why does Mirei look surprised?

　If she wanted to go, I would have at least accompanied her.

　I also think I should be there to keep the guys away.

“I just don’t go on my own. I go when someone tells me to. At times, I travel with my family during long vacations.”

　Mana looks like that, but she loves to travel.

　That’s why we used to go on trips during our parents’ long vacations.

　Because of that, I have no qualms about traveling now.

“How nice~. To be honest, I envy Mana-chan.”

“Why?”

“Because she and Kakeru have been together for a long time, and she gets to be spoiled all the time, doesn’t she? Kakeru also loves Mana-chan more than me.”

　Could it be that she’s jealous?

　In the past, Mirei and Mana were the same spoiled kids, so they used to compete with each other to see who would be more spoiled by me.

　Mana has grown up mentally, but Mirei is still the same, so maybe that hasn’t changed either.

“There was a period of time when Mirei and I were apart, and now that we are both grown up, I guess I haven’t quite grasped the distance between us.”

　Mirei is very aggressive, but she has grown up during the time we were apart, so there is a kind of invisible wall between us.

　Mirei, in particular, has grown up and become more feminine and much more beautiful looking.

　To be honest, if she were not my cousin, I would not even approach her.

　I was still hesitant to spoil her like that.

　I think there is a part of me that thinks that I am only able to spoil her like this because she has become my fake lover.

“It was all because dad fought with your grandfather. I was so angry with him back then.”

　Neither Mirei nor I were told why they fought to the point of estrangement.

　They started a big fight when they were hanging out in the other room, and when I went to check on them, Mom and the others held them off.

　However, Mirei and I were separated because of it, so she must have had some feelings about it.

“About dad, that’s not all, you know? When I asked him to move in with Kakeru, he said that I had to go to the same school as Kakeru. When I found out that the school had a very high deviation score, I even thought about running away from home.”

　I guess he didn’t want Mirei to come to my house.

　However, Mirei would not be satisfied with that, so he probably gave her unreasonable conditions.

　But then, Mirei accomplished it.

　It is understandable that uncle sent Mirei off crying.

　…Well, she’s just too lazy to do it, but she probably has a lot of potential.

“I’m surprised you got in.”

“I was mad at dad, and I wanted to go to school with Kakeru, so I studied really, really hard.”

　I could tell from Mirei’s usual academic ability, but the fact that she got in means that she must have worked really hard.

　I patted her on the head and gave her a little bit of praise.

“What did uncle say when you told him you passed the exam?”

“Oh, about that! Hey, listen!”

　Mirei looked up at me very discontentedly, wondering what had happened.

　What did you do, Uncle?

“I’m listening.”

“Dad, you know, when I got accepted, he suspected me of cheating! He thought I might have cheated! Can you believe that!?”

　Uncle, that is indeed terrible.

　Even Mirei would be angry that he would suspect her of cheating instead of congratulating her on her daughter’s success.

“That’s just like uncle… Mirei did her best, so he should honestly congratulate you there…”

“I know right? He’s just so rude…! I wish dad would learn a thing or two from Kakeru!”

　Mirei puffed up her cheeks and snapped angrily.

　Ah, I guess this is the complain about uncle session for the day.

　―I was going to keep listening to Mirei’s complaints about uncle until she fell asleep.

　By the way, Mirei fell asleep, but she looked so comfortable that I let her sleep on my bed without waking her up.