It Seems Like My Best Friend’s Sister Became a Model for My Erotic Novel - Chapter 1 - Your sister’s a pervert, to say the least.
When I returned home, I sat on the living room sofa and clutched my head.
Suzune-chan reading my erotic novel was simply impossible.
After all, it’s an erotic novel, you know? Plus, it’s about an incestuous brother getting cucked by his best friend. For Suzune-chan to read such an extreme genre of erotic novels would normally be unthinkable.
At least, I didn’t think she was the type to like reading such things.
Suzune is the number one girl in the school, the kind of girl that you can tell represents beauty and purity if you get a whiff of her sweet smell.
Why? Why must someone like that have to read such a disgusting novel written by a boring virgin like me?
I’m sure the title was so vulgar to her that just hearing it would make her want to shut her ears.
Now that I think about it, I was definitely seeing things this morning.
Yes. It’s impossible.
As I kept telling myself that, the door to the living room suddenly opened.
I initially thought no one was at home, so the door opening surprised me so much that I dropped my phone on the floor.
I stared at the door, and standing there was the figure of my sister with groceries in her hands. My phone was lying on the floor in plain sight, displaying the page that showed all the erotic novel series I’ve done.
Oh no……
I frantically picked up my phone and hid it.
“O-oh sis, you came back huh?”
My sister puzzledly tilted her head in reaction to my awkward and unnatural behaviour.
My sister then narrowed her eyes and stared at me in suspicion as if she had noticed something.
“Onii, you’re making a weird face.”
“Weird face? I wonder what you’re referring to…”
“Onii, your eyes kinda had a perverted gaze just now……”
“Oh? You calling this precious pair of eyes gifted to me by our parents perverted is kinda insulting, you know?”
“I’m gonna be mad at you if you’re implying that my precious eyes from our parents are also perverted.”
“Too bad. I inherited these eyes from our father.”
“Urgh…I can’t refute that.”
Destroyed.
But what is this…? I won, but somehow I felt a bit troubled inside……
Somehow, Miyuki suspected me of secretly viewing adult sites.
That could not be further from the truth.
I’m not an adult site viewer.
I’m an adult content creator!!
However, if I explained myself that way, she’d surely look down on me in disdain, so I just kept quiet.
Miyuki just continued to stare at me like I was some filthy trash, suddenly letting out a sigh and entering the living room.
“If you dare to use those perverted eyes of yours to stare at Suzune-chan, I’ll get mad, okay…”
Suzune-chan? Oh, yeah…
I suddenly remembered that Suzune was coming over to our place to learn how to make sweets from Miyuki. Just as I remembered that, another girl stepped into the living room.
It was Suzune. Just like Miyuki, she was carrying bags of groceries in her hands.
When she saw my face, she gave me a slight smile.
Cute……
Even if it was for a moment, having the school’s idol Suzune’s smile all to myself in real life, I couldn’t help but break into a smile.
“Onii!!”
As if she saw through me, Miyuki glared at me sharply, keeping me in check.
“Senpai, pardon my intrusion today.”
Seeing her say that with her usual bright smile, I replied “Ah, uh, well, you can think of it as your house so do as you please.” with confidence as if I was the head of the house.
Yup, I must have misunderstood something this morning.
Someone with such an angelic smile like her would never read my erotic novels.
I was definitely seeing things.
Definitely.
Or at least I really hope so.
While I was thinking about this, Miyuki suddenly came up to me.
“Hey hey, from now on boys are not allowed to enter this living room. Hurry back to your room, Onii.”
It’ll be better for me to just obediently leave now. I got up from the sofa, and while leaving the living room I passed by Suzune.
“I’ll do my best for Senpai’s portion of cookies”
Suzune looked up at me as she said that.
“My portion?”
“Do you not like sweet stuff, Senpai?”
“No no, that’s not what I meant…… I mean, is it ok for me to eat the stuff you made?”
“Yes, in fact, if it doesn’t trouble you I’d like you to help me taste test my cookies.”
“Sure. I’ll be looking forward to it.”
Hearing my response, the slight worry that was on Suzune’s face turned into a smile again, as she said “OK” and slightly bowed her head.
After I returned to my room, I began polishing up the latest chapter of my erotic novel that I had finished yesterday.
After about an hour of making small changes to my sentences, fixing typos and omitting words, I pressed the publish button.
It’s done……
My eyes were starting to get tired after staring at the screen for so long, so I laid down on the table and closed my eyes.
After resting for about 5 minutes, I suddenly heard the notification sound play from my phone.
While slowly opening my eyes, I looked towards my phone screen and saw the words “Your novel has received a comment.” I frantically picked up my phone and tapped on the notification.
Wait, isn’t that kind of fast for a comment?
While being a little surprised, I proceeded to read the comment.
[Kononon-sama, I have read the latest chapter. It was very interesting, as usual, and it got me really excited. For me, I kind of feel like Haruka-chan, and it’s a bit embarrassing but I got really aroused. I’ll be looking forward to the next chapter.]
I felt relieved. Thankfully, it was a nice comment.
As a novelist, there’s really nothing that makes me happier than someone praising my work. Not forgetting the feelings of happiness, I replied to the person’s comment, and began scrolling through the rest of the comment section.
While scrolling, I realised that the person had written more stuff below.
[P.S. Actually, I think my brother’s best friend found out that I was reading this novel. I really love your works but, for boys to think that I’m a perverted girl is kinda embarrassing…]
The moment I read that extra note, my face started to turn pale.
Hold on…… I know this situation all too well……
This person, who is a regular reader of my works and passionately writes comments and thoughts on every chapter.
Even though I just found out that she was a girl, in this situation, it didn’t even matter.
The problem was that her brother’s friend found out that she was reading this novel.
This morning, I just happened to see an erotic novel displayed on Suzune’s phone screen. Suzune is my best friend’s sister.
What are the chances?
Nah, the Internet connects people from all around the world. Out of such a large world there has to be someone who has gone through the same situation.
But, is it even possible for such a coincidence to exist…
Oh I can’t… these mixed feelings stirring inside me.
Wait. Shouldn’t Suzune be working on making sweets in the kitchen right now?
How did she manage to read my latest chapter and write a lengthy comment on it while Miyuki was beside her?
Yes. That isn’t possible. This is definitely just a coincidence.
That was what I told myself. Or rather, what I had to tell myself in order to remain calm.
While repeating to myself “Calm down, Ryuutarou, calm down”, I began typing my reply.
[Suzu-sama, ]
While writing my reply, I realised that the account’s username was Suzu.
Suzu… Suzu… Suzune…
No, no, it’s just a coincidence. It definitely is.
My hands shook as I continued typing my reply.
[Suzu-sama, thank you so much for your quick comment. I’m glad I was able to meet your expectations. I plan to release more chapters, so please look forward to them.]
So far it was just a classic response, but I soon added a [P.S.] section.
[That must be really embarrassing. I’d suggest that you read it when you’re by yourself next time.]
After I typed out my reply, I tapped the reply button. I put down my phone after confirming that the reply was displayed in the comment section.
Within five minutes the notification sound rang out from my phone again.
[You received a message]
Was what it said.
The notification was about a direct message sent through the novel site.
A message?
I cautiously tapped on the notification, but the contents of the message shocked me.
[Kononon-sama, thank you so much for the quick reply. Actually, I’m currently at my brother’s friend’s house, the one I mentioned previously. I’m a bit scared, but I’ll try to confirm if he has found out or not.]
Knock knock.
Someone knocked on my door. The sudden knock made me let out a “Woah!” as I fell off my chair.
“Onii, can I open the door?”
Miyuki’s voice rang out from behind the door.
What on earth…don’t scare me like that…
I let out a small sigh as I got back onto my chair.
“Sure, do as you please.”
With that response, the door began to open slowly.
At the door stood… not Miyuki but Suzune instead.
“Su, Suzune-chan!?”
Seeing such a surprised reaction, Suzune also blinked in surprise, and for some reason her cheeks were slightly flushed.
“Wh-what is it?”
“Uh, umm… this is…” Suzune stammered while flustered in response to my question, as she took the wrapping paper that she hid behind her back and held it against her chest.
“You wanted to eat Suzune-chan’s cookies, so she’s here to give you some to try.”
Miyuki’s face peeked out from behind Suzune as she said that.
“Oh yeah…”
Come to think of it, did she mention that she was making some for me. To be honest, I was too busy to think about Suzune’s cookies, and forgot all about it.
“Can I come in?”
“Of course.” I replied as Suzune came in.
She wore an apron with a cute rabbit print which she had bought herself over her uniform. It looked good on her.
This was the Suzune I knew. The clean and pure girl.
However, she still is the one who read my erotic novel. In fact, she could have been thinking about my erotic novel while making the cookies that were in my hand. Who could have imagined that?
The image of Minazuki Suzune that I had slowly began to crumble.
Actually, I have no idea why she had to come into my room. Well, thinking about it, there’s no way she would have read my novel, so she must have come here as she said, to let me try her cookies.
Even as the three of us gathered around a foldable table and stuffed our faces with the cookies, my nervousness did not go away.
Honestly speaking, I couldn’t taste the cookies at all.
Of course, I don’t mean that Suzune’s cookies were bad. I’m sure they were good. At least I’m sure that if it were me yesterday, I wouldn’t have left a single crumb behind.
“……”
Suzune kept sneaking glances at me as we ate in silence.
“Stop being so quiet. Where are your thoughts about the cookies?”
Miyuki, tired of waiting, stared at me intently.
That got me back to my senses.
“Eh? Ah, sorry, it’s good. It’s really delicious. Thanks.”
I forced an awkward compliment, but Suzune seemed satisfied with it, patting her chest in relief and looking at me with a slight smile.
“OK, we’ll be returning to the living room now.”
Miyuki stood up as she said that. Looks like she doesn’t want to stay in my room any longer. Miyuki beckoned to Suzune as she walked towards the door. “O-ok…” Suzune replied, but she didn’t really move from her seat.
“Suzune-chan?”
As Miyuki tilted her head in confusion, seeing her behaviour, Suzune pulled some kind of packaging out of her apron pocket.
“Actually, I brought this black tea because I wanted to drink it along with the cookies, but I forgot about it. Why don’t we drink it now? A-are you ok with that too, Senpai? It’s Earl Grey tea…”
I’m probably misunderstanding something here.
But, the way she said it made it look like she just wanted to stay in my room for a little longer, instead of drinking black tea.
Miyuki also seemed to pick up on this and met my eyes for a moment, before smiling and saying “Well, why not? Lend me that for a while, Suzune-chan, I’ll go brew it for us.” and left the room.
And so, Suzune and I were left alone in the room.
“……”
This was awkward…
Suzune sat across from me in a polite manner, kneeling on the floor and sitting on the soles of her feet.
Suzune also felt the awkwardness in the atmosphere, and started to become restless. Her cheeks turned red for some reason too.
As a senior I have to bring up some kind of topic…
I picked up my courage and opened my mouth.
“Oh by the way-“
“I have to-”
Shit.
We spoke at the same time, drowning out each other.
“S-sorry, you can go first.”
I let Suzune go first. She was slightly apologetic, as she began to speak.
“I have to send my brother the picture of the pet food, so can I use my phone for a while?”
“Eh? Yeah, sure. I’m totally fine with it. That’s just how Shouta is, huh… he told me he doesn’t even know the name of the pet food.”
“Yeah…”
Suzune pulled her phone out from her apron pocket as she said that and began typing something. As I looked at her, I began to think.
For such a cute and sweet girl to read erotic novels……
While I was thinking about it, Suzune finished whatever she was doing and slipped her phone back into her pocket.
Right after that…
♪Pirorirorin
The notification sound echoed throughout the room. It was coming from my phone.
Wow… what perfect timing. My phone received a notification right as Suzune kept her phone.
The timing was so miraculous, I decided to ignore the notification…… but
“Uwahh…”
Suzune let out such a sound as her face turned completely red.
Suzune-chan. Don’t tell me you weren’t actually sending your brother the picture?
Suzune stared at me in disbelief.
That’s expected, I guess. The timing was too perfect.
Wait. She has to have some explanation for this.
This has to be some sort of trick. I chuckled to myself and smirked as I pulled out my phone.
“Oh, oh yeah, there’s a huge update for my social network game today. That must be why there was a notification sound…”
“Yeah, that must be it…”
Suzune matched my unnatural, energetic response with a strained smile.
This is bad… this is really bad…
I frantically opened my novel publication site app. When I opened the app, I saw that I had received a direct message from “Suzu”.
“My brother’s friend is acting weirdly. Maybe he really found out that I was reading your novels T_T”
OH…NO…
Somehow, I seemed to be acting suspicious.
No, not yet.
I shook my head. Even if it were true that I had found out that she had an interest in erotic novels, that wasn’t the issue.
Well I mean, it is a big deal but, me being exposed as an erotic novel writer is way more damaging to me than that is to her.
“Hahaha…it was my social game after all. That was close, huh.”
I tried to push it aside by using the social game notification excuse.
“……”
Suzune did not respond to my statement.
Ah, this is bad…
Suzune looked like she was going to cry, her gaze alternating between my phone and my face.
As Suzune turned and looked away, I opened up the app settings.
I should turn off the notifications for now. I have never touched the settings before, but right now, I was frantically searching for the notifications section.
But I couldn’t find it.
I couldn’t find it also due to the fact that I was in a rush and I wasn’t familiar with the settings page.
Ah shit, my life is over.
If she finds out that I’m the author, I’m dead.
I stared at the settings, on the verge of tears just like her…
♪Pirorirorin
A notification sound rang out again.
And then…
♪Pirorirorin
♪Pirorirorin
♪Pirorirorin
♪Pirorirorin
♪Pirorirorin
♪Pirorirorin
The notifications kept coming in.
Woah woah, what’s going on!?
Is it a bug?
I opened the message, and it was filled with the crying face emoji.
It represented Suzune’s current state perfectly.
Suzune let out a panicked voice, as she continued to tap on her screen.
She was really striking me repeatedly.
Then…
“S-senpai.”
Suzune called me.
“Y-yes…?”
It’s over… everything’s over.
I could tell that she was kind of teary-eyed, as she clasped her hands over her mouth and averted my gaze in embarrassment.
Cute.
But, now isn’t the time to think about such things.
“Can I ask you one thing, Senpai?”
“O-of course… what is it?”
“W-was Haruka-chan based on anyone?”
“Wha-”
I was lost for words.
I was prepared for her to ask me about my identity as Kononon, but what she asked was beyond that.
It seems like figuring out that I was Kononon wasn’t that significant to her.
She asked me a question that was on an even higher level.
And this question was deadly to me.
She noticed it… she completely saw through it…
“The Haruka-chan in your novel…”
“……”
“Is she based on… me?”
The worst case scenario that I had been thinking of came true today.
She found out… Suzune has found my works.
Not just that, she also found out about the model for the heroine.
Suzune stared at me with the same expression, on the verge of tears.
Is she mad at me?
No, of course she’ll be mad at me.
After all, she’s a model for a erotic novel character. I just went ahead and made her a character without telling her and did all kinds of stuff to her in the novel.
There’s no way she isn’t mad.
There’s no way she wouldn’t look at me with contempt.
So her expression is completely understandable.
“So is she?”
Suzune got impatient because I wasn’t answering and asked again.
“Umm… you know…”
“Just answer the question.”
I can’t escape anymore.
“The Haruka-chan in my novel…”
“Yes?”
“The model for Haruka-chan is…”
Just as I said that…
“Onii.”
A voice came from the door. Suzune and I panicked as we turned towards the voice.
Miyuki was standing there with a teapot on a tray.
In the end, I didn’t get to continue because of Miyuki’s interruption.
Miyuki seemed to have not suspected anything, as we acted normal as we enjoyed the tea until the end, although Suzune and I thought we were kind of suspicious throughout the whole thing.
And so, the day was brought to a close after we finished drinking our tea.
“Thanks for today, Miyuki. Sorry for bothering you too, Senpai.”
Miyuki and I saw her off at the entrance and waved our goodbyes.
At the entrance, Suzune finally managed to calm down, and her usual angelic smile returned.
Suzune wore her shoes by standing on one foot, placing her finger into her shoe and wearing it over her heel. During that moment, her skirt was slightly lifted.
It’s kind of scary that even though Suzune was just wearing her shoes, I was already thinking that this situation could be used in my novel.
After wearing her shoes, Suzune politely bowed to me as Miyuki waved and said goodbye. Just like that, she left the Kanae household.
I should stop writing my novel for a while after this, for the sake of my mental health…
While the door was closing, Suzune waved back energetically and said “See you again!”, but all I did was stare at the ceiling.
“Onii.”
“Yes…?”
I shakily replied to Miyuki’s cold voice, as she puffed up her cheeks angrily.
“Onii!! What’s going on!?”
I was confused at first, but I soon realised why she was so mad.
This is bad… she found out.
She definitely overheard us. After she came back from brewing the tea, she must have heard my conversation with Suzune.
Wait, isn’t that really bad?
If it was only the part about me being an erotic novel writer it would still be ok, but if she found out that Suzune was reading my novels, she would instantly kill me.
“What are you talking about…”
I knew it was obvious, but I feigned ignorance.
Even if you torture me, I will not utter a single word in order to defend Suzune’s name!
I silently stared at Miyuki with determination in my eyes.
“Today, Suzune was seeing you as someone of the opposite sex… though I don’t know why she would.”
Miyuki tilted her head and said that.
I was fully convinced that she had found out that I was an erotic novel writer, but such an unexpected response was kind of anticlimactic.
“Huh? Seeing me as someone of the opposite sex? What on earth is that?”
“I also don’t understand why either and that’s why I’m asking you.”
“No, no. I don’t get it, am I not someone of the opposite sex to Suzune-chan?”
“That’s not what I meant. Suzune-chan was clearly looking at you like how someone would look at their crush.”
“HUHH!?”
I was thinking of what she could be referring to, but this is what it is?
Since when was she looking at me like that?
“I’ve been with Suzune-chan for a long time so I know. Today she has recognised you as a member of the opposite sex…”
I was taken aback by her words.
It seems like this stupid little sister in front of me has had some kind of huge misunderstanding.
It’s true that Suzune couldn’t stay calm throughout the whole time, and kept sneaking glances at my face, but that’s not because she had feelings for me.
It was simply because she was trying to check if I had found out about her reading erotic novels.
But, I could never let that excuse slip out of my mouth.
“You must be misunderstanding something, right? I mean, just think about it, why would Suzune-chan look at someone as dull as me?’
“I don’t know… but I do know one thing, and it’s that Suzune definitely had the face of a female today.”
“What on earth is the face of a female…”
“By the way, Onii, since when did you get Suzune-chan’s number?”
“Huh? No, I never did.”
“Then, is it right to assume the person that Suzune-chan was texting while fidgeting in between making the sweets wasn’t you?”
“Fidgeting while texting? Ah…”
No, wait. You’re misunderstanding it, Miyuki.
She wasn’t fidgeting while texting me.
She was fidgeting while writing her comments on my erotic novel!!
I wanted to shout that out loud, but of course there was no way I could explain it like that. However, the “Ah…” in my response only seemed to further confirm Miyuki’s suspicions.
“You secretly got her contact, didn’t you~ I won’t get mad, so why don’t you just tell me the truth?”
“No it’s not like that…”
“Onii, you’re really bad at lying. Plus, when Suzune-chan gave you the cookies to eat, she also kept fidgeting nervously and sneaking glances at you, no?”
No, that was about the erotic novel again.
Ah, it’s over. Why can’t I think of a believable explanation??
“From what I can see, Suzune-chan probably likes you.”
For some reason, Miyuki was smiling happily as she said that.
“Huh? Suzune-chan? That’s impossible.”
“That’s what I thought too, until today. There’s no mistaking it though. I see, that’s why she wanted you to try her cookies… not bad, I approve.”
Miyuki happily accepted it by herself.
These creatures known as high school girls (JKs) seem to really love this kind of thing.
Well, I guess without knowing the context, it would be possible to draw the same conclusion as Miyuki.
Miyuki suddenly drew her face close to mine and laughed with a satisfied smile.
“Onii, should I be your Cupid?”
“It’s none of your business. Plus there’s no way Suzune-chan likes me.”
There’s a chance she despises me though.
Miyuki is really annoying today.
Miyuki shook her head and said “Nuh uh, that’s not true. This is your chance.” as she stubbornly decided to be my Cupid.
“Think about it. It’s Suzune-chan, you know? The cute Suzune-chan that everyone can’t help but adore has taken an interest in you, Onii. This is the first and last chance that you will ever get in your life!”
“Aren’t you just casually dissing me now?”
“Then, do you think there will be anyone that’s better than Suzune-chan who will fall in love with you in the future?”
“Umm…”
Mann!! I can’t rebut her!!
“Onii, as your sister, I also want you to be happy, you know? Suzune-chan looks really cute, her personality is good, as her best friend I can attest to that. Here I am offering to be your Cupid to match the two of you, is there anything wrong with that?”
Wrong? Of course there isn’t?
I’m someone who would do a little dance after getting along with cute girls like Suzune after all.
She’s a beautiful girl worthy of becoming a model for an erotic novel after all!!
But, Miyuki. You’re misunderstanding something here. Suzune doesn’t like me. She only likes the erotic novel I wrote.
Eh? What am I saying?
“Anyway, Onii, you should think about it. You don’t have to worry about anything, I’ll handle everything. Oh, but make sure to not let Shouta-kun find out. If he does, he might just stab you with a knife.”
“That’s not funny at all…”
If he knew that his cute sister was reading my erotic novels, him grinding me into powder using a stone mill without a single trace of me left was not a far-fetched idea.
“With that said, good luck, Onii!”
Miyuki hit me on the back, and with that she left the living room.
I stood at the entrance in a daze.
Ah, I don’t really know what happened but I feel like I’ve been dragged into an annoying situation.
What started out as an impulse to start writing an erotic novel, seems to be leading my life in a completely different direction……
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“Last Sunday, she made me go shopping with her the whole day, and then we had dinner at a restaurant at night, you know? Is she mistaking me for a boyfriend?”
Yeah yeah, seems like you’re happily talking about feeling like Suzune’s boyfriend this time, huh.
Wowww. Shouta went on a date with Suzune, huh. As his best friend, I felt a bit envious in my heart.
That is an area that is impossible for dull high schoolers like me to cross. For you to accomplish that so easily is really awesome.
I mean the best I can do is just imagine myself on a date with Suzune and oink. Oink!! Oink!!
Haah……
Today was like any other day, listening to Shouta boasting about his sister as we walked to school.
Thinking about it, his boasting has already become sort of refreshing. That’s why, I decided to give him the best reaction today.
But of course, I couldn’t tell him that.
I wanted to at least praise him for such boasting, but I was way too mentally exhausted to do that.
Throughout this whole week, I had not touched my erotic novel at all.
Of course, the reason for that was that Suzune was reading my novel. No, rather, it was the fact that she had found out that she was the model for my story.
It’s kind of mean, but, before she found out about this, I was freely writing whatever I wanted.
After all, I’d take my readers’ extreme suggestions at times and add them to Haruka-chan, and I also borrowed a lot of ideas from Shouta’s stories.
Well, most of the extreme suggestions were from the user named “Suzu”, but…
At least, that’s because before that day, the idea that she might be the model for Haruka-chan would not have even crossed Suzune’s mind.
But now that she knows, I’m sure she’s looking down at me with disdain.
To continue my series now would actually be sexual harassment. In fact, I haven’t heard anything from “Suzu” since then.
Since that day, I haven’t met up with Suzune.
Of course, because we go to the same high school, I pass by her in the corridor sometimes. However, whenever our eyes met, her face would turn red in shame and she would leave quickly, as if she wanted to get away from me. I didn’t have a chance to talk to her at all.
That’s expected, though. I’m sure she’s also acting this way because I found out the secret she was trying to hide the most. A secret that probably even Shouta doesn’t know.
My mind was filled with these distressing thoughts, as Shouta kept going on and on about Suzune.
Then, at that moment.
“Onii-chan.”
A voice came from behind. As soon as I heard that voice, I instantly recognised who it was, and my face turned pale.
Just as I had expected, when I turned my head around to look, Suzune was there.
All the worries I had over Suzune this morning disappeared at the sight of her pleasant smile, as she stepped forward and took a bento out from her bag.
“Onii-chan, you forgot your bento…… Even though I woke up early to prepare it for you, isn’t that a bit cruel…”
She presented to him the bento box as she said that.
It’s a scene that I’ve seen tens of thousands of times.
At first, I thought Shouta simply happened to forget, but it has happened so many times now I’m sure he’s doing it on purpose just to show off the fact that Suzune makes bentos for him.
Shouta was grinning.
He’s really terrible at hiding his expression.
Shouta tried to hide his smile with a cold expression as he took the bento, and I glanced at Suzune from the corner of my eye.
As soon as I did that, she noticed my gaze and met my eyes for a moment, before quickly turning away, her cheeks turning red.
“S-senpai… good morning…”
“G-good morning…”
We awkwardly exchanged our greetings.
This is really bad…
As I thought, Suzune was still affected by the events that happened that day.
As we stood in silence, with an awkward atmosphere between us, Shouta urged us to move, saying, “Why are you guys just standing there? Let’s go.” Suzune then replied with a “Yeah…” and followed behind.
I also followed suit and began to walk together with her.
Shouta was in front, with Suzune and I walking side by side slightly behind him.
While we were walking, I would sneak a glance at her, and she would also do the same, and when our eyes happen to meet, we would both look away in embarrassment, and this cycle just kept continuing throughout.
Plus, there wasn’t anything in particular to talk about, and so the awkward atmosphere continued. In contrast, Shouta was happily humming to himself.
She’s definitely angry, right? Or is she despising me?
I really couldn’t figure out what she was feeling.
We just walked side by side in silence.
At this moment, Suzune reached into her blazer pocket.
As I casually looked at her, she pulled out a small piece of paper that was folded twice from her pocket.
Hmm?
As I stared at her in confusion, she held the paper in her hand and stretched it out towards me.
Eh?
And out of all things, she shoved the paper inside my blazer pocket.
My eyes widened at her sudden actions, but she lightly shook her head, and continued to look in front and face her brother.
It seems like she was telling me not to say anything.
At the very least, it seems like she wanted to tell me something without Shouta noticing.
“Oh yeah Suzune, are you free after school?”
Shouta suddenly turned around and looked at her. Suzune was slightly taken aback and blinked her eyes as she let out an “Eh?”.
“What’s up with you, still half awake or something? I asked if you were free after school today.”
Suzune apologised and said “S-sorry…I have plans with Miyuki-chan today again…” in response to his question.
Shouta’s face quickly turned sullen, but since it was Miyuki he just said “I guess it can’t be helped then…” and accepted it for the time being.
After school, I went to Tsukimoto station, a cosy little station just three stops away from my house. Just past the gantry was a small shopping district, and I was looking for a particular cafe there.
“It’s there, huh…”
The name of the cafe wasn’t written, but it was definitely the cafe closest to the station. I started walking towards the cafe.
The paper that was shoved into my pocket this morning was actually a letter from Suzune.
“Will you be free after school? If you have the time, I would like to talk with you at the Tsukimoto station cafe.”
Her handwriting was sort of rounded, such that one could easily tell that it was written by a girl.
Just her handwriting is cute enough already, as expected.
It seems like Suzune’s plans with Miyuki were just a lie to trick Shouta. The reason she wanted me to meet her at Tsukimoto station must have been because she didn’t want anyone to spot us.
Whatever she wanted to discuss with me must be something that Shouta would never allow us to talk about.
We aren’t even a couple or bound together, I pitifully thought to myself as I opened the cafe door.
The entrance bells clinked as I entered.
I scanned the interior of the shop. Seats were lined up along the counter top, and the design of the cafe gave off a traditional feel.
In the inner parts of the shop, I found a familiar face sitting at a table. It was Suzune. When she noticed me, her face turned slightly red in embarrassment, as usual, and she gave a slight bow.
What on earth does she want to talk about…
I honestly didn’t know why she asked to meet, and I was breaking out in cold sweat ever since the start.
“Sorry, did I make you wait long?”
I asked her as I took my seat. She shook her head.
“No, I also just got here.”
She gave a slight smile as she said that.
At that moment, some man in his forties that looked like the owner of the cafe appeared and served us water, and we ordered some hot coffee from him.
“Meeting in secret like this, won’t Shouta get angry?”
There are people from our school that live here in Tsukimoto after all. Well, even though they probably won’t come to such a small cafe, I was still kind of worried.
Suzune nervously laughed and made a bitter smile.
“If my brother knew about this he would surely be displeased. I rejected his invitation to go out with you after all…”
“W-well I guess…”
It wasn’t hard to imagine Shouta’s blatant grumpy look.
The owner of the cafe then came holding a tray with a plate of anmitsu on it. Suzune must have ordered this. The owner set the anmitsu on the table as Suzune broke into a grin and let out a “Wah~”.
TL note: Anmitsu is a Japanese dessert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anmitsu. Shiratama is glutinous rice flour balls.
“Looks delicious.”
“Actually, I used to live along this street when I was young. My mother would bring me here from time to time and let me eat their anmitsu. Since then I’ve fallen in love with this anmitsu, and still occasionally come here to eat it.”
She began to use her spoon to carefully fish out the red bean paste and shiratama and put them into her mouth.
Looking at her eating, I kind of wished that I had ordered the same thing as her.
My feelings must have been shown on my face, because Suzune suddenly looked at me and started giggling.
“Senpai, want a bite?”
“Eh? But then your portion will be reduced…”
“It’s a bit hard for me to enjoy when you’re staring at it with such envy. Plus, I also want you to feel how good this anmitsu tastes.”
“In that case, I guess I’ll have a bite…”
After hearing my reply, Suzune once again scooped up some red bean paste and shiratama, before holding it before my mouth.
Eh? Don’t tell me, she’s trying to feed me?
That was a bit too stimulating for a virgin boy like me, as I trembled in excitement and started grinning in reaction.
But the spoon wasn’t withdrawn.
Looks like I have no choice.
Feeling a bit guilty, I steeled myself and let the spoon enter my mouth.
Mm, it’s good.
The sweetness of the red bean paste filling my mouth, coupled with the smooth feel of the shiratama was perfect for today’s warm weather.
I was about to give my thoughts on it, but Suzune didn’t seem to want to pull the spoon out of my mouth.
Suzune was still giggling as she used her fingertip and turned the handle of the spoon, spinning the spoon around inside my mouth.
It seems like she was trying to lightly tease me. She was actually enjoying the confused look I was showing her.
When she moved the tip of the spoon such that it hit my tongue and back teeth, it was as if her finger was in my mouth and was touching those areas.
She continued playing with the spoon in my mouth for a while, before taking it out.
I lightly stared at her after experiencing such teasing, as she gave a slight smile and said “Sorry…”.
How do I put this, I was kind of surprised that she had that cheeky side to her.
She’s always well-mannered, at least when she’s with Shouta or Miyuki. She doesn’t give off the image of someone who would fool around.
Well, she’s still really polite now but, just for today, Suzune didn’t bother about her appearance, acting more like her natural self.
Anyway…
The spoon that Suzune pulled out of my mouth still had some of my saliva on it.
Well, that’s to be expected since she did spin the spoon in my mouth.
Man…that’s kinda embarrassing.
Suzune didn’t really mind my saliva though, as she continued scooping the anmitsu into her mouth.
I trembled slightly after seeing that, as Suzune tilted her head.
“What happened?”
“Oh, it’s nothing…”
And with that, our conversation came to an end. After a minute of silence, the master of the cafe came out with the cups of coffee and poured milk into them.
“To be honest, I’m so embarrassed that I just want to bury myself in a hole.”
Suzune suddenly spoke.
“Eh?”
“About your novel…”
“Oh, ah…”
Just from those words I understood what she meant.
Well it’s no surprise. Of course she would be embarrassed. Being caught reading an erotic novel is one thing, she also discovered that she was a model for a publicly available novel.
My view count wasn’t much to begin with, though…
“Sorry… I don’t think my words will be enough for you to forgive me but… sorry.”
That’s why I sincerely apologised. On top of that, I kept it in my heart, and decided to delete my novel after this.
But Suzune just tilted her head in response.
“Why are you apologising?”
“I mean, because…”
I thought I wouldn’t need to explain why.
But…
“It’s not like I’m angry or anything. I’m just embarrassed because you found out about my secret… I was scared that you would look down on me…”
“I wouldn’t look down on you.”
“But, everyone thinks I’m some sort of pure and refined lady, though?”
“That’s exactly why I wouldn’t look down on you. In fact, I’m really grateful that you’re reading a novel from someone like me.”
“……”
Our conversation stopped for a moment. A few seconds of silence passed by, before Suzune spoke up again.
“Do you want to know more about my true self?”
“What?”
I couldn’t understand such a sudden statement, but Suzune wore a serious expression.
“I want Senpai to know my true self, things even my brother and Miyuki-chan don’t know about, can I tell you all about them?”
“Your true self? Are you sure? Sharing it with me that is.”
“Yes, I’ll only reveal myself to you. After all, your novel was the thing that awoke the beast in me.”
“……”
And with that, she began talking about herself.
“I-I’m not the pure and innocent girl that my brother and Miyuki-chan think I am…”
Suzune was definitely gathering all her courage to utter these words. Her voice quivered a little.
She must have been bottling up these feelings for a long time too, as she began to raise her voice without realising it.
“I’m not the kind of girl everyone thinks I am. I’m… I’m more dirty-minded than everyone thinks.”
A once in a lifetime confession.
She only wanted me to hear this, but without realising, she was already shouting it out.
Especially the part about her being dirty-minded echoed through the cafe. The atmosphere immediately became quiet again after that. The elderly regulars all wondered about what was going on, and simultaneously turned their heads toward Suzune.
After realising that she was too loud, she made a face that I had never seen before as she turned red and looked down.
“Su-Suzune-chan, calm down a little.”
Suzune gave a slight nod in response.
She took a deep breath and leaned forward, drawing closer to my face as she stared at me.
Our faces were brought close together because of that.
Ah… too close, too close.
It seemed like she wanted to whisper her words so the others couldn’t hear.
What’s up with this cute face…
To see her face so up close, I couldn’t help but feel that it was too cute. Her left and right eye had an almost identical shape and had double eyelids, as if they were symmetrical. Her nose was also long and pointy, and her skin was beautiful.
There wasn’t a single blemish on Suzune’s face. Her cheeks were dyed scarlet in embarrassment.
It seemed like everything turned out alright.
And, for some reason, I wanted to punch Shouta really hard in the face.
“A-anyway… I’m more dirty-minded than everyone thinks.”
Suzune breathed a sigh after whispering such a bold statement, which made me quiver instinctively.
They say the truth is stranger than fiction, well at least the Suzune now is far more charming than the one in my story so far.
Now wasn’t the time to get excited over her words though. She was talking seriously, so I should also give a serious answer.
“W-well that’s that but… how did you even come to read erotic novels?”
That was the most puzzling thing to me.
I don’t know how to say this but, I feel like my novels would be displayed in the male adult light novel section.
Despite that, someone who I thought was completely out of my scope read my novel, it’s no wonder I was puzzled by this.
“Well, because…”
Suzune’s cheeks began to turn red again.
“Ah, ah you don’t have to force yourself to answer me. Just say what you want to say, whatever you’re comfortable with is fine by me.”
But Suzune shook her head.
“No, I came forward with the intention of exposing my nakedness, so I’ll answer it.”
Wow, that’s really quite a statement…
Yes, I know. I know. It’s just an expression.
But… to say it at such a close distance where I can even feel her breath?
“H-how I got to read your novel… was due to my brother’s influence…”
“Huh?”
My eyes widened at that unexpected statement.
“It was around half a year ago, my brother had fallen asleep on the sofa and as I was about to wake him up, I caught a glimpse of his phone, and on it was… your erotic novel.”
“S-seriously…”
You have to be kidding me!!
Hold up, this is too much for me.
Eh? That guy reads my novel?
No, no, this is too much… even putting aside the fact that I’m the author, this is shocking…
You mean, even though I kept it a secret from Shouta and Suzune so I could use them as my models for my erotic novel, they still ended up reading my erotic novel.
“At first, I couldn’t accept the fact that my brother was reading such things. Of course I knew he was just reading it for fun, but the shock was really too much for me, and so I was actually scared of my brother for some time.”
Shouta really didn’t know what the story was based on? I found that really strange, but it wouldn’t be good for me to weirdly interrupt her, so I kept quiet.
“At first, I couldn’t figure out why my brother would read such things, but after that day I couldn’t stop thinking about the novel and so one day, as I was laying on my bed, I suddenly decided to search up the title, and before I knew it…”
Suzune took a deep breath, and I realised that she was clutching her hand that was on the table tightly.
“B-before I knew it, I became hooked on it…and read it all the way until morning… “
I didn’t know whether I should be happy or sad about that fact.
I was happy that someone would be so engrossed in reading my work that they would lose track of time, yet I felt regret as I had probably caused my best friend’s sister to develop a weird fetish, and these feelings churned inside me.
“I can’t think of anything else to say but sorry.”
“There’s no need for you to apologise. In fact, I really want to express my gratitude to you.”
“Wait, don’t tell me you…”
For a moment, I had a very bad feeling about this, but Suzune refuted it as she shook her head vigorously.
“M-my brother is still my brother after all. I don’t have any romantic feelings for him.”
“A-ah… thankfully…”
“But, your novel helped me to be aware of the feelings that I had been suppressing before. Your novel is very stimulating. I can only release my true desires when I’m reading your novel.”
“I’m happy to receive such words of gratitude, but is it really ok for me to be happy here?”
“At least I’m thankful. The Haruka-chan that you wrote is exactly like me. After all, I really want to do the stimulating things that Haruka-chan does too, but I can’t be like her.”
At this point her expression began to cloud over.
“Th-that’s why I planned to keep these feelings within me to the grave. If I were to be found out, it would make me so embarrassed that I would want to die…”
“And of all people, it was me…”
I gulped as I nodded.
“It’s all my fault. The day before that incident, I was reading your erotic novel until I fell asleep, and left the house the next day with the novel app still open on my phone.”
I see, so that’s how it came about. Suzune must have really come here with some level of preparedness. If not, she would have been too scared to tell this to anyone of the opposite sex.
“Have you been disillusioned by me, Senpai?”
Suzune timidly asked me that.
It’s probably inappropriate, but I can’t possibly thank her for having such messed up emotions over my novel.
I’m sure that she has some impure thoughts but, I’d like to believe that her heart is still pure.
“No matter what, I’ll still think of you as an innocent and pure lady, Suzune-chan.”
After hearing that, her eyes widened in surprise. I’m sure she expected me to think of her otherwise.
But, I still had something else to say.
“But…but, this was exactly what I had imagined you to be .”
“E-exactly? I’m not that…”
“I thought that you were probably like any other normal person. I’m the same too. That’s the kind of creature people going through puberty are, after all. I think the fact that you’re troubled over these thoughts proves that you are still a pure and innocent girl.”
However, I could not forgive Shouta.
Hearing my words, Suzune said nothing and just stared at me.
We must have stared at each other for only a few seconds.
But it felt like forever, and Suzune, unable to take it anymore, suddenly broke out into a smile and giggled.
“Suzune-chan?”
“Sorry. But I’m glad I confided everything to you after all, Senpai. It’s fine if I continue to be more honest with you, right? Just knowing that makes me feel at ease.”
To be honest, I don’t think I gave much advice at all, but her smile was one that was natural, and on top of that, it was that same pure and flawless smile.
“I’m a timid person, so I don’t have the courage to tell my brother or Miyuki-chan about these feelings but, you’re the only one I can’t hide from. I can’t hide the fact that I’m that kind of girl in front of you.”
She beamed at me as she said that.
Hmm? Wait a minute. Did she just say something really absurd…?
“T-That’s why Senpai also…”
Suzune’s cheeks suddenly turned red again. The colour of her face really changes like a traffic light.
“Y-you also don’t umm…have to worry about me and continue writing.”
The topic suddenly switched to me.
“You stopped writing out of concern for me, right?”
“Eh? W-Well…I wouldn’t want to continue writing after hurting your feelings, after all…”
“I love your novel. I want to keep reading your novel.”
“Is that really ok? The model for the heroine is you, after all.”
“It’s fine. In fact, if it’s okay with you, please continue to use me. I’d like you to make me do even more dirty stuff in the novel.”
More!?
That’s all I can come up with, though…
“Oh, oh…thanks…”
Looking at how serious her expression was, I wasn’t sure about how to reply…
I felt like she was looking straight at me.
Did I just put myself in a messy situation?
Shouta. To put it lightly, your sister is a huge pervert.
The purest pervert…
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