Asobi Otonari

Jealous

“Ahhhh~”

After a smooth day, Emma-chan sat on my lap and looked at my face with her small mouth wide open.

I was soothed by Emma-chan's cuteness and stuffed a spoonful of pudding into her mouth.

Then Emma-chan bites her and starts eating her, gulping her down.

He swallowed the pudding with a gulp, and his cheeks relaxed with satisfaction.

Yes, Emma-chan is a very cute little girl.

I just want to keep feeding her snacks and see her sweet smile.

I stroked her head gently while looking at her smile.

This moment is the most healing time I have experienced lately.

I wish this time could last forever.

“―Emma unfair..”

While I repeatedly fed Emma-chan and patted her head, Charlotte-san, who was sitting opposite me, muttered something.

If you look at it up close, you will see that his cheeks are bulging for a reason.

Come to think of it, I think he puffed his cheeks every time we passed each other after we arrived at school.

Did I do something to her without even realizing it…?

“Emm, is something wrong..?”.

“Eh? Uh-"

As I called out to her in fear, Charlotte-san's face showed surprise.

After that, he started looking around as if he was troubled, and then he looked at me as if he could not find what he was looking for.

“Umm, are you okay.?”.

“A-I'm fine! I just thought about it.... a minute!”

"If you have a problem, I can help you, you know?"

“No, no, it's okay! That's not something that requires consulting with Aoyagi-kun for advice.”

Charlotte-san desperately denied it.

It seems like something is wrong with him, but if he refuses to go that far, I can't go any further.

"Hmmm…"

As I was wondering what to do, Emma-chan in my arms gasped back.

I slightly loosened my grip on her, and she took the spoon out of my hand and took the pudding on the plate.

Then-then

"Here you go, Lottie."

He offered the entire spoon and pudding to Charlotte-san.

It seems like she was trying to do the same to Charlotte-san that I just did to her.

While Charlotte-san and I tilted their heads in surprise, Emma-chan smiled and opened her mouth.

“You want it too, right, Lottie? Here it is, say 'ahhh~'”

Looks like Emma-chan thinks Charlotte-san wants the pudding.

Charlotte-san might not want the pudding, but she couldn't ignore her brother's kindness, so she accepted it.

As she ate, she glanced timidly at my face, which was very funny.

“Is it good?”

Emma-chan, who gave her the pudding, happily asked Charlotte-san what she was thinking.

“Yes, that's delicious. Thank you, Emma.”

“Ehehe~”

When Charlotte-san thanked her, Emma-chan smiled even happier.

Seeing Bennett's sister smile at each other made my heart feel clean.

I no longer care about what Charlotte-san has done to deceive me.

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“―Hei, hey, Onii-chan.”

I was watching TV with the two of them when Emma-chan, who was in my arms, looked at me.

"What's wrong?"

Tomorrow yeah…

It's true, Emma-chan is right, tomorrow is Saturday, so the school has no sessions.

However, I have an appointment with Aki…

“That's impossible, Emma. Aoyagi-kun is dating a girl tomorrow.”

Before I could say no, Charlotte-san denied it.

I was worried about her swollen cheeks, but there was something else that bothered me more.

I hurriedly opened my mouth to show it.

“No, Charlotte-san? It's true we have a plan, but it's not a date, okay?”

As expected, I cannot ignore this misunderstanding.

It would be a bad thing if people thought I was trying to date another girl.

“...The person you are dating is Hanazawa-san who you met the other day, right?”

“Yes, that's it, but..”

"You're going to go alone with him, right?"

"Well that's it. I haven't invited anyone else. ”

"By the way, where are you planning to go?"

“We basically go wherever Aki wants to go, so we haven't decided yet, but we usually go to the zoo, aquarium, or cinema.”

“…..It's a date no matter how you look at it .. And I can't believe you've been hanging out with her a lot ..”

When I answered Charlotte-san's question, she was disappointed when I told her about her location.

I don't know what he said after he nodded his head, but I know he misunderstood.

“Well, I think you misunderstood, but it wasn't a date, okay? We just went out for fun, okay? ”

“...If that's the case, do you want to have fun with me too?”

“Eh?”

“Lusa, you can also have fun with me. Of course, it goes without saying that Emma will also be there.”.

"Oh so."

Charlotte-san tried to make a promise to play with me for Emma-chan.

He knows he can't do it tomorrow because I have an appointment with Aki, so he might try to convince Emma the day after tomorrow.

…..I was embarrassed to expect it for a moment.

Well, I didn't say it out loud, so I'm sure Charlotte-san didn't know that I misunderstood.

More importantly, I had to think about how I would respond to the invitation

The test starts on Monday.

If I'm going to maintain my grades as usual, I want to use Sunday to study because Saturday is already taken …

I glanced at Emma-chan, who was in my arms.

We spoke in English, but Emma-chan looked at me with a confused expression on her face, as if she did not understand our conversation.

If I said no, she would probably cry …

As I turned my head, Charlotte-san, who invited me, also looked at my face with an anxious expression.

His facial expression was as if he was afraid of being rejected.

Well, I guess I'll have to push myself.

Besides, to be honest, I want to hang out with Charlotte-san as well.

“Sure, let's go somewhere on Sunday.”

“A-are you sure!?”

"Yes." Yeah."

When I nodded in response to Charlotte-san's question, her face beamed.

He looked down and made a small intestine pose, saying, "Yes, I did it!" what I thought was an overreaction to the fact that she was very happy, but I was also happy that she was happy.

It's sweet that Charlotte-san became so happy for her sister.

As I looked at Charlotte-san, who was still very happy, I felt a smile on my face when I saw two sisters who were very close to each other.

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