My Childhood Friend, Who Is Like an Older Sister to Me, Clearly Has a Crush on Me - Prologue

Translator: KR
Editor: Animu

 

Prologue

 

   Holiday. A certain clear day in the early afternoon.

   On a day like this, the only thing to do is to quietly listen to music or do school homework.

   ーーーDINGDONG.

   But then the doorbell rang.

 

“Kaede~ Are you there? Can you come out for a minute?”

 

   My mother, who was doing chores downstairs, called out to me.

   Who in the world could it be at this time of day?

   Even though I’m currently busy with my homework in my room.

   My brother is here, so why not call him instead?

   Having this thought in mind, I left my room and headed straight for the front door.

   By the way, my room is on the second floor. So I still need to go down the stairs to get to the entrance.

   ーーーDINGDONG.

 

“Yes~ Who is it?”

 

   Saying so, I open the door.

 

“Hi, Kaede.”

 

   The one standing at the front door is a beautiful and lovely girl, an older sister figure as well as a childhood friend of mineーNishida Kana. She is dressed in her usual attire of a pink blouse and a black mini-skirt, and is currently smiling at me.

 

“Kana-neechan? What’s the matter all of a sudden? Something to do with big bro?”

“Nope, I have nothing to do today, so I came to visit.…is that bad?”

“Not really….”

“I see. Then may I come in?”

“Of course, sure.”

 

   I said so and invited Kana-neechan in.

   As I mentioned earlier, Kana-neechan and I have known each other since childhood, and she would come to my house even if she has nothing special to do. By the way, the reason I call Nishida Kana “Neechan (big sister)” is because even though we’re childhood friends, she is still older than me. Most of the time she would come to see my big brother, but apparently not for today.

   Usually, she would walk up the stairs to his room without saying a word, yet she is now following me as I go up the stairs.

   This time, it seems, she came to see me.

 

“…So, what’s up?”

 

   I turned around and asked Kana-neechan, who had followed me back to my room, what she needed me for.

 

“Nothing, I was just wondering what you are doing today and I got curious.”

“I wasn’t doing anything special. It’s just me and my homework.”

“I see. Then, it’s fine, right?”

“What is?”

 

   Soon afterー

 

“Otouto-kun~ (Little brother)”
(TN: Kinda want to keep it Otouto-kun. She reminds me of Shizuru from Priconne)

 

   Kana-neechan then hugged me as soon as she uttered so.

   What in the world is going on?

   I can’t believe someone like Kana-neechan would do thisー

   We fell together on the bed that was nearby, and Kana-neechan was now on top of me.

 

“ーKana-neechan!? What exactly are you doing?”

“What am I doing? Why don’t you ask your own heart?”

 

   Kana-neechan smiled and kissed me.

   (EDN: Bruh this escalated quickly) (TN: I need more.)

   What’s going on? For her to do something like this….

   She then took advantage of me being frozen in place and hugged me even tighter.

   Why would Kana-neechan, who is a dignified person, do such a daring thing?

   I don’t understand it at all.

   If I’m not mistaken, my big brother confessed his feelings for her the other day. Though, she politely declined.

 

   ーI recall the content of the confession was something like this.

 

『If it’s okay with you, would you like to go out with me?』

 

   And Kana-neechan’s reply to his words wasー

 

『I have someone else that I like, so I can’t go out with Onii-san (Big brother). Sorry.』

 

   With that, she refused to go out with him.

   Big bro was not happy about it, but he had no choice but to give up, saying, 『If you like someone else, then it can’t be helped.』

 

   As far as I know, that was how it turned out.

   And a few days later, I saw that other boys confessed their feelings for her as well.

 

“Even if you tell me to, I don’t even know what to ask. Did something happen, Kana-neechan?”

“Otouto-kun, you are not allowed to go out with other girls. Understand?”

“I don’t understand what you’re saying. I don’t even have a girlfriend yet, so what’s this about ‘other girls’….?”

“It’s dangerous to think like thatーYou see, girls become bolder when they confess their feelings to a boy they like. You have to be careful too, Otouto-kun.”

“Even if you say so…. I don’t even….”

 

   Saying so, I separate myself from Kana-neechan and get up from the bed.

   It’s strange to see a man and a woman hugging each other on the bed in the middle of the day, and no matter how you look at it, it’s as if we are lovers. Not to mention, we also kissed….

   It’s like Kana-neechan was confessing her feelings to me.

   Though, I don’t want to think anything misleading like that, nor do I want to be misled either.

   For some reason, she looks at me with a dissatisfied expression.

 

“There are a lot of rumors about you these days, Otouto-kun.”

“Rumors?”

“Like you’re cool, or kind. Anyways, that’s what the girls in my school told me.”

“Is that so? I don’t know anything about that.”

“Kaede knows that my school is an all-girls school, right?

“Yeah, I do know that but….”

 

   I have no idea what she’s trying to tell me.

   I’m just going about my day as usual.

   Speaking of which, my school is an all-boys school, and I don’t usually have any contact with girls.

   I don’t know if it’s because our schools have similar systems, but if it wasn’t for Kana-neechan, I don’t think big bro and I would have had any contact with girls at all. Well, I guess the same could be said for the all-girls school students.

 

“Then I think you already know this, but the girls there don’t have any contact with boys except at school festivals. So, a chance encounter with a boy can lead to romance.”

“Is that how it is?”

“That’s how it is.”

 

   That being said, I never had that kind of spur-of-the-moment encounter.

   I don’t know about the people around me, though.

 

“And, the real reason Kana-neechan came here is?”

“Me? There’s none. I just came here because I was really free.”

 

   No, I don’t think that’s all.

   There must be a reason for Kana-neechan to come into my room.

   Her prank can’t be just for fun.

   But I couldn’t say that clearly, so I just shrugged my shoulders.

 

“I see, so it’s because you were free, huh? If that’s the case, that’s fine….”

“Yes, there’s nothing wrong with that, right?”

 

   Kana-neechan also gives her usual smile.

   I honestly don’t know what she’s thinking because she’s always playing pranks and making fun of me ever since we first met.

   Being pushed down on the bed was just one of the things about her behavior I was surprised about.

 

“By the way, Kana-neechan, how has the band been? Is everything alright?”

 

   Kana-neechan is in a band and they are currently recruiting members.

   It all started when she was invited to join big bro’s band.

   Needless to say, she turned it down and told him she wanted to form her own band.

 

“Not good, we’re having a hard time finding an ideal member….I guess it was impossible after all.”

“No such thing. If you are patient and keep recruiting, they will definitely come.”

“You think so? I’m afraid I’m not as good as Onii-san.”

“Big bro is unrelated. He had his close friends get together and form their own band. I’m sure if Kana-neechan does the same, you will be able toー”

“I tried to invite them before, but they refused because they’d never done it before. I also had no choice but to give up.”

“I see. Well, it can’t be helped if they have no experience and we can’t force them to do it either.”

“Yeah. But, Otouto-kun has experience as a bassist, so I’m sure they would give you an OK, though.”

 

   Kana-neechan fixed her gaze at me.

 

“As expected, for me that’s…. If I remember correctly, most of Kana-neechan’s band members are girls, right?”

“Four of them are girls, and I’m having trouble recruiting the last one…. So, what do you think?　How about you join my band, Otouto-kun?”

“No…, I’ll pass. I don’t think being the only guy in a girls-only band will be a good idea.”

“I see….”

 

   For some reason, Kana-neechan looked sad and depressed.

   To think she had that look just because I refused her offer.

   Still, I also have my own reasons….

   From my experience so far, there are usually five members in a band.

   In the case of Kana-neechan’s band, there is a shortage of bassist.

   And she always comes into my room to scout me.

   Nowadays, there are quite a lot of bands consisting of fully girls.

   It would be more efficient to recruit another girl rather than forcing herself to scout  someone like me.

 

“Then, how about you come help us just for a little while instead? Wouldn’t that be fine?”

“Eh~, help, huh~? That’s a tough one….”

“If you do, I’ll give you another hug and more kisses.”

“Please spare me from that.”

 

   I took a step back while exclaiming so.

 

“You don’t have to be that modest…. You used to be so happy back then, right?”

“That is…. Let’s not talk about our childhood.”

“After all, it’s no good?”

“It’s not like that. It’s just… I’m not that comfortable with being the only boy….”

“I don’t think you have to mind it that much…. Anyway, we will gather in three days, so keep that date open, okay?”

“Even if you quickly decide that…. I don’t know if I will come or not.”.

“It’s already been decided, so you know what will happen if you don’t come, right?”

 

   Kana-neechan drew near me.

   I have never won against her since a long time ago.

 

“…Fine, I just have to come, right? So, where’s the meeting place?”

“In front of my school gate. It’s easier to gather there.”

“No.”

“Why?”

“Absolutely not! That would mean I have to go to the school Kana-neechan goes to! If I go there, my reputation at school will be….”

 

   It’s nothing but a disgrace for an all-boys school student to go to an all-girls school.

   Such a custom is prevalent around here.

   Though, no one probably cares about it as it’s still just a custom.

   However, it’s a different story for me if the meeting place is the all-girls school that Kana-neechan goes to.

   As I don’t know what my friends will say about it.

 

“I don’t really mind that, though? No matter how much Otouto-kun is seen by everyone, you’re still my cute Otouto-kun.”

“That doesn’t convince me at all. Anyway! In front of the all-girls school is impossible! I wonder what the public morals committee over there will say about me….”

“I’ll explain it clearly to the committee members, so you don’t have to worry.”

 

   After saying so, Kana-neechan left my room.

   “Don’t have to worry”, she said….

   I don’t even go there unless I have something to do….

   In short, she wants me to go there for a band meeting, huh?

   I don’t have a choice.

   I’ll do as Kana-neechan says this time.

  

   Soon after, Kana-neechan greeted my mother and left the house.

   I wonder what her real purpose for coming here was….

   (TN: This dense MF) (EDN: x2)