The Innocent School Idol is My Cousin Who Lives with Me and is a Spoiled Brat - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: “Incident in the Bathroom and a Girl with Memories.”

Translator: AJ1703

“―Jeez, Mirei-neesan is always so pushy…”

　While soaking in the bathtub, Mana-chan looks at me in frustration.

“Ehehe~, I wanted to take a bath with Mana-chan.”

“Haa… you have something to tell me, don’t you? You’ve gone to a lot of trouble to be alone like this with me.”

　As expected of Mana-chan.

　She’s as perceptive as ever.

　She is often by Kakeru’s side, and since she spends a lot of time in Kakeru’s room, I don’t often get a chance to be alone with her.

　So I took Mana-chan out like this.

“Kakeru is still holding on to that girl, so he doesn’t seem to be interested in a relationship. That is also why he doesn’t want to fall in love with me.”

“Oh~, that… honestly, even I’m still in shock…”

　Mana-chan casts her eyes down sadly.

　To be honest, I didn’t know the girl very well.

　I don’t think I’ve ever had a very good memory of her.

　It was summer vacation in the third grade when I met her.

　Kakeru used to play with me, but from that time on, Kakeru started to go out to play even if I came over.

　So when I asked him to take me with him, Kakeru took me with a smile on his face― and there she was, a very cute girl.

　Unbeknownst to me, Kakeru had become friends with her, and when she was around, Kakeru would only care about her even though I was there.

　Seeing Kakeru like that, I felt like Kakeru would be taken away by that girl… and I didn’t like it.

　So I stopped hanging out with him and Kakeru would come back to his grandfather’s house.

　Because of that, I don’t have any memories of her.

　But I do remember that she was very kind.

　It was easy to understand why she had become so important to Kakeru and Mana-chan.

　But that girl is gone now―.

“Nii-san, since then he’s become gloomy, like a changed person… although since Mirei-neesan came, things have brightened up relatively…”

　Even though people say he seems to have lightened up, I still don’t feel comfortable with the Kakeru of today.

　He is still kind, but he used to be more active.

　Now, he is reluctant to do anything.

“It’s not a matter of what people around me can say, so I guess we just have to wait and see if Kakeru can change his mind.”

“Will he be able to change his mind…?”

　I don’t know.

　After all, I have never experienced the same thing.

　But I can imagine.

　If I were to go through what Kakeru is going through― even I don’t think I would be able to stay the same.

“Oh well, that’s fine. Now that we’ve become fake lovers, I’ll take Kakeru out for fun for a change.”

　Mana-chan says Kakeru is a hassle, but I don’t think so.

　When I tell him I want to go out, he accompanies me, and even goes shopping with me.

　He is very kind.

“…Mirei-neesan, don’t you really like Nii-san?”

　Mana-chan asked me with an upward glance as I was about to climb out of the bathtub.

　As a little sister, she might be curious.

“I told you already, I like him as a cousin. I don’t have romantic feelings… I think.”

“Is that what you really think…?”

“Because I don’t really know what love is.”

　I often get confessions, but I’ve never had that feeling of being in love.

　Even with Kakeru, it’s fun to be with him and he’s very kind to me, but if you call it love, I would tilt my head back.

　I don’t know what love is.

“Mana-chan is the same way, isn’t she?”

　I know from Kakeru that she often gets confessions of love, too.

　Even to a girl like me, it’s not hard to see why she’s so popular.

　I think she’s prettier than I am.

“Erm… I guess, so…?”

“Right? It’s still too early for students to fall in love.”

“………….”

　Mana-chan looks away with a subtle expression.

　Maybe it’s because everyone around me is in love all the time and they don’t agree with what I say.

　But you can’t help what you don’t know, can you?

　Kakeru turned me down.

　Thinking this, I go out to the changing room.

　I wiped myself off with a towel, put on my underwear, and realized― I had no clothes to wear.

“Oh, I forgot to bring a change of clothes…”

“O-Oh, me too…”

　I looked at Mana-chan, who was in her underwear, as if she was in trouble.

　Well, but―.

“Kakeru is the only one here, so I guess it’s fine.”

　I decided to leave the changing room as such.

　However―.

“You shouldn’t do that, you know!? Even Nii-san is a man…!”

　Mana-chan took my arm.

　She’s holding me by my right arm, but the momentum was so strong that it hurt a little when it hit my chest bone.

“It’s okay, we’re cousins.”

“Don’t do it…!”

“Then will Mana-chan go get it for me?”

　If she won’t let me out, I’ll have to ask someone else to go get it.

　But then again―.

“T-That’s not a good idea either…”

　Mana-chan blushed and turned her head down.

　Maybe she has a shy side and doesn’t want to walk around in her underwear even in the house.

“But that won’t get us out of here, will it? Are we going to wait until Kakeru notices us?”

“Ugh… Fine, I’ll go get them…”

　Mana-chan, perhaps thinking that it would be better for her to go than for me to get out, looks determined, her face reddening.

　On her body, she began to wrap a towel around her body to cover her underwear.

　…I think this is way worse depending on how you look at it, but it’s probably better for this girl if I don’t tell her.

“Well, I’m off then…!”

　Mana-chan opened the door as if she had made up her mind to do so― at the end of it, there was a large basket with folded clothes inside.

　There was a set of top and bottom clothes for me and Mana-chan.

　This is…

“So Nii-san noticed it…”

　Yes, Kakeru seems to have brought them to us, since he is the only other person in the house right now.

　I knew he was kind and thoughtful.

“But this means… he went through our shelves without permission, right…?”

‘Well, we’re cousins and you’re his little sister, aren’t we? Thanks to him, we didn’t have to go out in our underwear.”

“Uuu… I feel conflicted… I have mixed feelings about this…”

　Mana-chan was somewhat upset, but I just thankfully put on my clothes.

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Translator’s Afterword: I have univ starting tomorrow, so im not sure when I’ll be able to upload these chapters now, but no worries I stocked up some chapters so as long as I get home safely, you guys should receive updates despite it being weekdays so no worries~.

(Or you could bribe me by $25 and I would probably upload every chapter by Wednesday since I can try and speedrun this series)