Taking care of my younger sister's too naive of a beautiful yankee high schooler, then falling in love - Chapter 15
Chapter 15
TL: Chaos
ED: Mateo
The night that I brought Erika-chan to stay over after talking with her mom, I couldn’t sleep very well, so I just lounged around on my bed.
I looked at the clock and saw that it was almost one o’clock.
I could no longer hear the sounds of joyful laughter coming from the next room. They must be tired and sleeping soundly. I was probably the only one awake in the house.
When I explained the situation to my parents, they welcomed Erika-chan with a smile. Erika-chan will be staying in Mana’s room next door from tonight.
This way, I could let Erika-chan stay at our house without worrying about anything.
I felt relieved. But for some reason, I couldn’t calm down.
I kept thinking about Erika-chan.
——Erika’s mom was way beyond my expectations…
Erika-chan hadn’t even acquired the bare minimum of manners. I imagined that her parents were probably very ill-informed of such things.
But they were much worse than I expected and to be honest, it really pissed me off…
[ED: Me too.]
Whenever I taught Erika-chan something, she would eagerly try her best to grasp it. She’s a good girl at heart. Even so… why does Erika-chan need to suffer like that?
——She can stay over at our house for the summer vacation, but she can’t do that all the time, can she…
A feeling of wanting to protect Erika welled up inside me.
I want to make Erika-chan smile. I want to make Erika-chan happy. I want her to live such a happy life, so that she can forget all the unpleasant things that have happened to her until now.
I… want to stand by her side.
——Do you still say that you see Erika as your little sister? Are you really not aware of it?
The words Mana had said to me on the way home became a refrain in my mind over and over again. I had been asking myself the same question over and over again. [TLN: A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry — the “chorus” of a song. Basically that statement kept looping in his head.]
When I saw Erika-chan crying because her stuffed penguin had been thrown away, I felt that she was lovely.
She must have cherished the stuffed animal as a memory of the first day she went to the aquarium with me. What she treasured more than anything was probably her feelings for me.
I felt like hugging her. That was not a brotherly desire to comfort his sister.
——Whether she’s my little sister’s friend or a high school student, it doesn’t matter. I, am in love with Erika-chan.
It was the first time for me to be loved so honestly by someone. And—it was also the first time that I wanted to love someone so much.
I hadn’t been aware of her as a member of the opposite sex before, so I was at a loss as of what to do from now on.
What should I do when I see Erika-chan tomorrow? What should I say to her? How… do I convey my feelings to her?
No matter how I thought about it, I didn’t find a good answer very easily.
My long night seemed to go on and on.
When I suddenly realized that it was morning, the clock was pointing to seven o’clock in the morning.
The dazzling sunlight was already shining through the gap in the curtains. It was going to be another hot day.
I got up and stepped out of bed.
I fell asleep before I realized it, but I have no memory of when I fell asleep. I must have fallen asleep because my stamina went down to zero while I was struggling to sleep.
My feet were so light that I felt like I was floating from the lack of sleep. It was a weird feeling.
I headed to the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth. Erika-chan and Mana were probably still asleep. The room next door was quiet. It’s probably time for my parents to go to work, so they aren’t home…
While thinking about this, I opened the door to the bathroom.
“—Ah!”
Just as I was about to open the door and go inside, I heard a girl’s voice.
“Eh?”
I hadn’t slept well, and my brain was half asleep. I was in a daze and my vision was blurrier than usual.
I didn’t notice that there was a person on the other side of the door…
I went into a state of thoughtlessness and my body stopped moving. Because of that, I couldn’t take my eyes off the person who was inside.
Long, slender and beautiful legs. Smooth, white skin. Toned stomach. Wet golden hair. And above all… my eyes were drawn to her tender chest.
Erika-chan was also frozen in her position in her navy blue underwear, wiping her hair with a towel. Her eyes were wide open and her lips were quivering. Her vermilion tinted cheeks somehow made her look even more erotic.
“O-Onii-san…?”
When she called out to me in a puzzled tone, I quickly came to my senses.
“S-sorry! I’ll get out immediately! —Ah!!”
In my haste to get out, I crashed into the already closed door. I hit my forehead hard and my vision was filled with sparks.
“——Oww!”
“Onii-san!? Are you okay!?”
It hurt so much that I couldn’t even speak, and I actually teared up.
As I crouched down on the spot, holding my forehead in intense pain, I sensed Erika-chan coming to my side, worried about me.
“Onii-san! Look here! Let me see your wound!”
Erika-chan pulled my hand away from my forehead.
“Eh?”
When I looked up a bit from my crouched position, Erika, who was bent over on her knees on the floor, started observing my forehead at point blank range.
“…Yeah. It’s red but it hasn’t swollen yet… It made a terrible noise, but I’m glad it didn’t crack or anything…”
Erika-chan’s chest filled my field of vision as she gazed down at my forehead. It’s too much of a VIP seat. What a destructive view.
The blood in my entire body began to circulate at an unprecedented rate, bursting through the breaking point.
I felt a sharp pain in the back of my nose, and then something hot came pouring out of my nose.
“Ah…”
“Eh? A nosebleed!? Did you hit your head that badly!? Should I call an ambulance!?”
“No, um, I’m fine! I’m fine so… for now, I want you to please put on some clothes!”
I shut my eyes, held my nose, and pleaded with all my might.
“Ah… sorry.”
Erika-chan, embarrassed after she finally realized the situation, apologized.
“Why the heck is Aniki lying there with a nosebleed?”
Mana looked at me and yawned.
As I was on my bed resting, Mana finally woke up leisurely. Erika-chan was sitting next to me.
“Human beings are creatures whose blood vessels inside the nose can easily break due to the stress of physical fatigue and lack of sleep…”
I stuffed a tissue up my nose, and mumbled an explanation while casting my face down.
And then, Erika-chan easily revealed the reality that I was trying to avoid.
“In the morning, while I was taking a shower and changing my clothes, Onii-san accidentally walked in on me. He panicked and crashed into the door.”
“Eh~?”
Mana laughed, but her eyes weren’t laughing. Her face seemed to say, “What have you been doing this early in the morning?”
“I didn’t sleep properly, so I forgot to check properly. I did not have any ill intentions.”
I explained, and Mana smirked.
“Well~… isn’t it fine? You should take responsibility for it, go out with her, and marry her~”
“Ooh! Mana! You’re smart! That’s a great idea!”
Erika-chan said, “I understand,” and started clapping.
“You see… it’s important to calm down in order to stop a nosebleed. If your blood pressure rises too high, it will be difficult to stop the nosebleed… Now, please let me calm down…”
I beg of you, please leave me alone for now.
For the first time in my life, I had a nosebleed. And the reason for it was because I was staring at a girl’s chest… It was too embarrassing.
Mana, who may or may not have sensed that I was devastated, headed for the door with a yawn.
“Well whatever. For now, I’m going to go eat breakfast.”
Mana left the room. After that, I felt a little relieved.
Finally, the room became quiet.
“Are you sure you don’t want to sleep?”
Erika-chan asked me with concern.
I replied with my nose pinched and my head slightly turned down.
“The basic rule for hemostasis is to place the affected area higher than the heart. If you fall asleep, your nose will be at the same level as your heart, right”
“I see. If you are sitting, your nose is above your heart, so it is easier to stop the bleeding.”
Erika-chan nodded her head.
“Onii-san you know a lot of things, but why do you know these things? How did you learn them?”
Erika-chan asked me curiously. Erika-chan has asked me questions many times before, but today I’m acting strange. I can’t help but think Erika looks cuter than usual as she tilts her head and asks me questions.
——This too, is an effect of my lack of sleep… probably not.
After all, I was beginning to be conscious of Erika. Not as a little sister, but as a member of the opposite sex.
I wonder if falling in love really changes the way I see the world.
My brain seems to have gone into a romantic mode, and I find myself wondering about Erika’s words and actions. I haven’t felt this way since high school, when I fell in love at first sight with a senpai on the same committee.
“…I think it’s fun to learn about things you don’t know. I read a lot of books. And then, I read a lot of articles on the Internet. Some of them may be useless for the rest of my life, and some of the information that I thought was very useful may later turn out to be misinformation. Still, I try to find out as much as I can because it might be useful to me or to someone else someday.”
I still have a long way to go. I need to study harder. To become a man who can properly protect the people I care about.
As I answered the question, I admonished myself.
Then I looked to the side and saw Erika-chan, her long legs dangling, looking at me and smiling serenely.
“Onii-san’s knowledge has really been helpful. I’ve been helped by that seriousness of yours a lot. Thank you…”
Erika-chan giggled and continued.
“If Onii-san didn’t teach me, I probably wouldn’t be able to say ‘thank you’ even now. I wouldn’t know how to hold chopsticks properly, and I wouldn’t know how to put my shoes together. I wouldn’t know how to cook, clean, or do my laundry.”
“I remember there was a time like that…”
It was only a few months ago, but I felt nostalgic.
“Have I… Have I been able to change properly?”
I still vividly remember Erika-chan saying that she wanted to be normal.
“Yeah… You’ve changed, a lot.”
When I said that, Erika-chan smiled happily
To be able to get closer to your goal. To be able to see the appearance of such a person, and support them. To be able to share the joy together… I think these are the elements for the growth of people.
And when you see the person you are supporting change for the better, you yourself begin to change as well.
Encouraged by her dazzling figure, I felt that it was time for me to move forward.
TLN: Thank you very much to the 2 Anons and Meatball Bandit for the donations!
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NOSEBLEED, there should have been an illustration of that part :sadge: Thanks for the chapters