The Innocent School Idol is My Cousin Who Lives with Me and is a Spoiled Brat - Chapter 4

Chapter 4: “My Girlfriend Came to My Room After Her Bath”

Translator: AJ1703

“―Kakeru~♪”

　While I was reading manga in my room, the door was suddenly opened.

　And in walks Mirei, who seems to be in a good mood.

“Mirei, I always tell you to at least knock, don’t I?”

“Knock-knock?”

　Mirei knocks on the door in time with her voice, tilting her head.

　This is something that she does in ignorance…

“It’s too late when you came in already.”

“Yeah, yeah~”

　Mirei approaches with a curt reply.

　When she came to the bed, she sat down without hesitation.

“Hey, what are you reading?”

　Mirei sticks close and peeks at the manga.

　Or rather, our shoulders were touching normally.

　The smell lingered in my nose because she had just finished taking a bath.

　Also, since we are both wearing short sleeves, our skin touches each other and I am conscious of it.

“Baseball manga.”

“Kakeru is surprisingly fond of sports manga, huh? Why aren’t you doing it yourself?”

“I don’t do it because it’s exhausting.”

　Besides, in reality, it’s not easy for things to turn out as exciting as in these stories, and it takes a lot of practice to go up against a strong school.

　Something like that is impossible for me.

“Hmmm, I see.”

“Shall I lend you the first volume of this manga?”

　I thought that since Mirei was somewhat reading the manga properly, I would let her read it from the beginning, not from the halfway point.

　However―.

“No thanks, I just like doing this.”

　Apparently, she doesn’t care much about the content or anything.

　Mirei is a bit unusual, too.

“More importantly, thanks.”

“For what?”

“The clothes. Kakeru brought them for us, right?”

“Oh, yeah.”

　Well, I guess you’d notice.

　I’m the only one in the house except for Mirei and Mana.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to go through your closet.”

“No worries, you helped me. That’s why I’m thanking you.”

“I see.”

　Mirei doesn’t care about this kind of thing.

　She probably thinks it’s okay because they are cousins.

　Mana seems to be more concerned about it.

　She is very strict about chastity and would want to stay modest.

　Also, she’s meticulous, so she’s very detailed and picky.

　But still, she’s a cute little sister.

“That reminds me, there was a bit of a fuss when I took your clothes to the bathroom, did something happen?”

　I thought there was some kind of noise in the bathroom, but since I couldn’t go into the changing room, I didn’t really know what was going on.

　But still, I was curious about it.

“Oh, I got a little carried away and she got back at me?”

“Why are you using an interrogative sentence… you are not allowed to tease Mana, okay?”

　I have a few words of advice for Mirei, who is fooling around with a tilt of her head.

　Mana is kind, but she’s the type of person who holds on to her roots, so you can’t do anything bad to her.

“I told her I didn’t do it on purpose.”

“Well, I know you didn’t have any bad intentions.”

　Although we have been apart for a long time, Mirei is the kind of person who would never harass others.

　The only thing I know is that she didn’t mean to annoy Mana.

　However, in Mirei’s case, she is a bit out of it, or she does things to annoy others without any malice, and she also gets carried away with people she gets along with.

　In that sense, it is obvious that she got carried away when dealing with Mana, who is serious and close to her.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m a good girl who doesn’t misbehave.”

“Don’t say that for yourself.”

　I smiled back at Mirei, who was puffing out her chest with a smug look on her face, as if I had no choice.

　She really gets carried away very easily.

“Ah, by the way, do you want to do your homework with me? I’ll get it from my room.”

　Mirei seems to have remembered her homework and tries to get up from the bed.

　But I’m reading manga, though…

“If it’s homework, I finished it already, you know?”

“You’re kidding me, right!?”

‘Yeah, while you two were taking a bath.”

　I finish my homework as soon as I get home and then relax.

　That’s the lifestyle I’m used to. [TLN: Aintnoway there’s actually a person like this? Because it’s certainly not me.]

“Where’s the hassle setting…”

“What the heck is a ‘hassle setting’? Anyway, I just simply finished my homework earlier because if I didn’t, the teacher would have to give me a warning.”

“Hmmm~…”

　Mirei shows a pretense of thinking about something.

　And then―.

“Kakeru-kun~? Homework―”

“Rejected.”

“I haven’t even finished my sentence yet!”

　Mirei was shocked when I refused to show her my homework, as she seemed to be about to ask me to show hers.

“You have to do your own homework.”

“But it’s too hard and I don’t understand it…”

“I’ll teach you.”

“Really!?”

　Mirei’s eyes lit up with joy.

　She is a simple girl.

　I don’t want her to copy the whole thing because it would be obvious and it wouldn’t be good for her, but I’ll at least teach her.

　If I don’t make her study regularly, it will be more trouble than it would be if she cries during the test period.

“Well then, I’ll go get my stuff…!”

　With a tattle, Mirei leaves the room.

　She hasn’t mentioned anything about homework in the past three months, but I wonder how she’s doing it.

　Did she simply assume I was so stupid that I couldn’t do my homework― No, surely, she doesn’t think of me that way, right…?

　If it’s Mirei we’re speaking of, I don’t like the idea that it’s possible.

　Well, maybe she just decided to do homework together since we became a fake couple.

“―I’m in your care.”

“Where’s the part you don’t understand?”

“Errr, this, and this, and this―”

“Yeah, that’s basically everything.”

　How did she even manage to get in our school…?

　Or rather, how was the previous test?

　When I asked Mirei, she didn’t answer at all.

　As expected, she must have gotten a red mark.

“Okay, time to be strict.”

“No, why!? Please go easy on your girlfriend!”

“Don’t worry, it’s a fake arrangement anyway, so there’s no problem.”

“I don’t feel safe at all…!”

　Well, of course, I just was joking.

　After this, I would carefully help Mirei understand and teach her to learn.