Asobi Otonari
Two very Charming Bennett Today [POV]
[Aoyagi Pov ]
“―Nnngh..”
I woke up naturally as the morning sun barged in through the curtains.
I woke up before the alarm went off, probably ingrained in my body to wake up at this hour.
I grabbed my phone and immediately turned it off so my alarm wouldn't go off.
Well, it's time to wash your face and get ready―.
“Good morning, Aoyagi-kun. How are you feeling?”
“...Eh?”
When I tried to sit down, the girl looked at my face, and I froze.
Unable to understand the situation, I stared at the girl who was looking at me― Charlotte Bennett.
When Charlotte saw my face, she smiled happily.
“Your fever seems to be gone now. But to be sure, can you measure your temperature? I have a thermometer here.”
Charlotte-san gave me a thermometer, as if she had prepared it while I was sleeping.
As I received the thermometer, my mind gradually became clearer and I remembered what happened yesterday.
I remember yesterday, Charlotte thought I had a fever and forced me to sleep…
But why was he in my room when I woke up in the morning?
Don't tell me he hasn't been back in his room since yesterday?
“Umm, Charlotte-san? Could it be that you were up all night to take care of me? ”
“Don't worry about that. It was something I did myself.”
It's unclear, but Charlotte insists.
I feel so guilty.
It wasn't that I had a fever, it was just that he was sweeping me and I was asleep.
However, I have kept him awake all night to take care of me.
I'm a terrible person.
“Sorry, Charlotte-san.”
“Same as what I said before, don't worry about that. If anyone is in trouble, we should help each other, and I do just that.”
“No, not that.. I did not have a fever and a cold yesterday.”.
“Eh?”
“Yah .. when you touched me, I was embarrassed and my body temperature rose, and Charlotte-san thought it was a fever.”
I was embarrassed to tell her everything, but I didn't want to keep her in the dark after keeping her up all night.
I want to at least apologize properly.
“T-but still, it's quite hot, you know…? I can't believe it got that hot just because I touched it― ”
As if thinking of something, Charlotte-san stopped in the middle of the sentence and turned her face away.
The side of Charlotte-san's face that I could see immediately reddened.
“Only to be sure, I... I touched my forehead with your forehead... Is it because of that..?”.
It seems that Charlotte-san thought that the reason my body temperature rose so quickly was because she stuck her forehead against my forehead and my face was very close to her face.
Actually it was caused by my hand on her face, but she was up all night, so I guess she was a little crazy.
I'm kind of grateful that he misunderstood me.
“Emm, so I'm sorry. I'm sorry for making you take care of me even though I have no fever .. “
“No, no, it's because I misunderstood.. I also apologize..”.
I don't know what embarrassed her, but Charlotte-san's face turned crimson and she started to fidget.
He glanced at me and saw my face, which was very funny.
I did feel guilty for making her stay up all night, and I felt sorry for Charlotte-san for seeing her almost fill my heart with joy.
However, such a time suddenly ended.
“―Lottie, where are you? Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~!”
“–!”
Suddenly, when we heard a little girl crying from another room, Charlotte-san and I looked at each other.
By the way, Charlotte-san is here, but I can't see Emma-chan.
There was no way she would leave her little sister alone at home, so she must have let her sleep in another room.
“Lottie~!”
Charlotte-san hurriedly opened the door of her room and called out to Emma.
Then, when Emma saw Charlotte, she stopped crying.
After that, Emma started running towards us.
I watched her, thinking, “Oh, she will hug Charlotte-san,”― - but for some reason, Emma walked past Charlotte-san, who was waiting for her with her arms outstretched.
Then-then
“Onii Chan!”
He hugged me with a big smile on his face.
“…………”
Charlotte-san, who was waiting with her arms outstretched to hug her, froze when she was ignored.
I don't know what to say to her.
Speaking of Emma-chan, who had created this awkward atmosphere, she rubbed her cheeks against my cheeks while letting out a happy laugh “ehe”.
Emma-chan's height seemed to fit me, because I was sitting upright from the futon.
“Hey, hey, Onii-chan. Are you going to start living with us at Emma's house today?”
As I was thinking about what I should do about this situation, Emma-chan moved away from me and looked at my face.
“Em, what makes you think so?”
“Because you're at Emma's house, in her futon!”
“Oh, this is not Emma-chan's house, this is my home.”
“Eh…? Ah, that's right! This is Onii-chan's house!”
Hearing my words, Emma-chan ran over and looked surprised.
I think she's crying because she woke up and found herself in a strange room, right?
Was she just crying because she woke up and Charlotte-san wasn't there?
How much Charlotte-san spoils her little sister…
No, well, I understand Charlotte-san's desire to be an older sister who is eager to pamper their younger sister. Moreover, if Emma-chan, who is her little sister, I also really want to spoil her.
“Then, will Emma start staying at Onii-chan's house today?”
“No, it's not..”
“Ehh~... Emma wants to be part of Onii-chan family..”.
What am I supposed to do?
Isn't this kid developing his own world too much?
Why did he say he wanted to be a part of my family?
Well, as far as I can tell, a cute little sister like Emma is very welcome.
But as expected, the law and Charlotte-san will not allow it.
“Fuun~... Then, Emma is fine without me?”
Feeling abandoned by her little sister(?), Charlotte-san looked at Emma-chan and said it in a sultry voice.
His cheeks look puffy too.
He was also surprisingly childish despite his appearance…
I thought about this in my mind when I saw Charlotte-san, who was sulking.
I'm not gonna say it out loud.
If I say that, it will make her even more pouty.
“No, Lottie should be there too! So, Lottie will also be staying at Onii-chan's house!”
Oops, what exactly is Emma-chan saying with a big smile on her face…
I'm sure Charlotte-san won't be offended because only the kids say it.
“What are you saying, Emma !? It just asks for the impossible!”
See it?
In any case, in the manga, the heroine might say something comfortable to the protagonist in this kind of situation, or it would be luck, but the reality is not that sweet.
It would be foolish to expect anything.
“Muuuuuuuuu~!”
I'm not sure if it's because Charlotte-san denied it, but Emma-chan's cheeks bulged up and she started sticking her face to Charlotte-san's face.
I thought Bennett's sister was also charming today, when I saw Emma-chan, who was being pacified by Charlotte-san with a troubled smile on her face.
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