Asobi Otonari

The stubborn little girl

“I don't want to either! Emma is also coming!”

Right now I am in front of Charlotte-san's room, and Emma-chan is trying her hardest to hold me back as I try to go to school.

He used his small body completely to pull my arm.

The size difference between the two of us made it easier for me to move if I tried, but being stopped like this discouraged me from doing so.

I really wanted to play with Emma-chan, but I couldn't take her to school.

There's no way I'm gonna skip school.

I knelt down to be in line with Emma-chan's eyes and gently patted her head.

“I'm sorry, Emma-chan. I will be able to play with you again tonight, so will you be patient and wait for me until then?”

I told him, and he looked at me with tears in his eyes.

She seemed to be trying to tell me something, but I couldn't leave if I knew what it was, so I immediately turned around.

“―Haa!?”

Then I saw Emma-chan gasp.

I don't think he expected me to turn away from him.

The door was silent, as if he was no longer selfish.

I feel sorry for her and relieved that we can now go to school, but Emma-chan is not so naive.

“Onii-chan.. Do you... hate Emma..?”.

With a small but firm voice reaching my ears, Emma-chan asked anxiously.

She sounded like she was going to cry, and if I left, I felt her voice would remain in my head forever.

“Aoyagi-kun, no. If you turn around, you lose. ”

As I was about to turn around to face the temptation of Emma-chan, Charlotte-san, who had been watching the conversation between me and Emma-chan in front of the entrance, stopped me.

Charlotte-san sneaky…

You must have said that in Japanese so Emma-chan wouldn't understand, right…?

I managed to refrain from turning around and instead, looked into Charlotte-san's eyes, but she quickly threw away her face.

Yeah, she must have said it in Japanese so Emma-chan wouldn't hate her.

“Aoyagi-kun, if we continue this way, we will be late to school.!”.

“No, I know that but.. You have to do something about this girl…

“I can't…! He was determined to play with Aoyagi-kun, so whatever I said, he wouldn't listen…! Even my trump card doesn't work now..!”.

But if her sister, Charlotte-san, says so, then it must be true.

After all, what did he mean by trump card?

I was curious about what Charlotte's trump card was and when she used it, so I looked at her, still refusing to make eye contact.

Then, for some reason, her cheeks gradually began to blush.

Could he have a fever…?

*Pull pull

"Hmm? What's wrong? - Ah."

While I was thinking about Charlotte-san, my sleeve was pulled, so I reflexively turned around.

And then my eyes met Emma-chan's eyes perfectly.

Emma-chan's eyes met mine, and she looked at me with wet eyes.

“Onii-chan... Emma wants to be with Onii-chan.. Can't you take Emma with you.?.”.

Emma-chan said in a sweet voice, and hugged me tightly.

…..I guess it doesn't matter if I take at least one day off.

I can't take her to school, so the full attendance award will be gone, but Emma-chan should be a higher priority.

"Yes all right-"

“―It's not good, you know?”

As I tried to nod at Emma-chan's request, the smiling Charlotte-san immediately pulled her away from me.

He then tried to carry her to the back of the room.

“Lottie, let me go! Don't tease me!”

“As I said before, I am not teasing you! you have to wait until we get back!”

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaa~! Onii-chaaaaaaaaaaaaan~!”

Emma-chan, who was taken away, cried and grabbed me, but I held her back because I felt Charlotte-san might get angry if I reached out to her too.

“―Aoyagi-kun always listens to Emma more than what I say..”.

When Charlotte-san came back after leaving Emma-chan, she puffed her cheeks and started muttering, but her way of sulking was very childish, so I decided to watch her from the side for a bit.

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