Asobi Otonari
Understanding the Feelings of a Beautiful Girl
“How, Onii-chan?”
Emma-chan, who visited my room again after returning to her own room once, asked me with her arms outstretched and her head tilted.
The meaning of Emma-chan's open arms this time was not that she wanted me to hug her.
He stretched out his hand for me to look at him, showing off the clothes he was wearing.
“Ya, it's very sweet.”
I told him frankly my impression when I saw him.
The dress Emma-chan wears is a pink-based dress with fluttering white.
His shoes are also pink to match his clothes.
It was the perfect combination for the young Emma-chan.
Emma-chan today is as funny as a fairy in a fairy tale.
If anyone says she doesn't look cute, I suggest they should see an eye doctor right away.
The only thing that intrigued me was why he wore a cat earband.
She had never worn it before, but once she returned to change clothes, she wore a silver-colored cat headband that matched her hair color.
She's a very cute little girl, so it suits her, but I'm not sure I want her to come out like this.
Charlotte-san might make her wear it as a hobby, but I'm sure people will think that I made her wear it.
I'm afraid I'll be accused of something terrible.
“I understand that you want your little sister to wear cat ears because she is cute, but can you not do it today.?”.
“T-wait a minute! you make it sound like I made her wear it! ”
I don't say it as if, I mean what I say …
Judging from her reaction, Charlotte didn't make him wear it, did she?
“I don't know when he got it, but he decided to wear a cat earband! She seemed to like it so much that she insisted on wearing it too!”
"So so…"
Maybe she didn't want me to think that she had a hobby of using cat ears, but Charlotte went to great lengths to explain.
But I know this from our recent relationship.
Charlotte-san really likes cat ears and other animal ears.
…Well, let's not talk about it now.
More importantly, now about Emma-chan's cat ears.
I wonder when he got it, but I don't know if he can explain it properly if I ask him.
I'm not too troubled right now, so if there's a time I can ask her later, I'll ask her.
The problem was that Charlotte-san was unwilling to listen to me, which meant that it was almost impossible for Emma-chan to take off her cat ears.
What am I supposed to do now?
I glanced at Emma-chan.
Then Emma-chan grabs her own cat ears and happily plays with them.
…May we not meet anyone who knows us.
After deciding that it was impossible for him to take off his cat's ear, I prayed to heaven that I would not see anyone I knew.
I know that praying will not work, but at least I can pray for comfort.
The only thing I could do was go far away so we didn't see anyone we knew.
Originally, I planned to go far away because if anyone saw me hanging out with Charlotte-san, I would be out of luck.
So there's no special problem.
I'll just get weird looks from people passing by…
"-mmm. Onii-chan, hug me.”
As I thought while feeling half-hearted, Emma-chan stood up and pulled my sleeve.
It's true, this girl is always looking for a hug.
It's okay, because she was so happy and cute when I hugged her.
“Eomma, that's not good. Be patient a little.”
He's been in retirement mode lately, letting him do what he wants, but has he changed his policy?
Emma-chan, who was interrupted by her older sister, looked at Charlotte-san with a dissatisfied expression.
His facial expression felt like he said, “Why are you bothering me?”.
“If you really want to be carried, I will. So don't ask Aoyagi-kun to carry you again.”
"No…!"
This time, when Charlotte-san tried to hold Emma-chan, she ran away from Charlotte-san's hand.
And then she walked past Charlotte-san and stuck herself on my feet.
“Mu~…! If you behave like that, I will never hug you again!”
It was definitely a surprise to avoid, indeed.
Charlotte-san pouted and got angry again.
“Onii-chan.. Lottie is evil to me..”.
I'm not sure if it's because Charlotte-san is angry, Emma-chan pleaded with me with her cute eyes.
When a teary-eyed little girl looks up at you, it looks like a little animal crying out to you.
To be honest, my protective desires were stimulated.
“Umm, Charlotte-san. Since Emma-chan is so young, let's forgive her for a little selfishness.”
“Ah, you make me look bad too, Aoyagi-kun.!”.
As I hugged Emma-chan to protect her, Charlotte-san looked at me in surprise.
His face immediately darkened and tears welled up in his eyes.
“Ah, no, not that! I think what Charlotte-san said is true! But we have to let the little ones grow and develop.!”.
I hurriedly followed up with Charlotte-san, who was more injured than I expected.
But Charlotte-san's expression didn't return to normal.
Instead, his cheeks grew even more bulging, as if they were about to explode.
“Aoyagi-kun has always been like that.
Wow, Charlotte-san, I didn't know you felt that way…
It's true that I always prioritized Emma-chan because she was so young.
She doesn't mind because she puts Emma-chan first, but I think she thinks differently about what she does and what other people do to her.
Thinking about it, he sometimes looked lonely.
I regret now that I should have thought more about it and said and done more for her.
“Emm, sorry..”.
“―Ah... No, the…. I'm sorry too. It's nothing. Please don't worry about that. ”
I apologized to her, and Charlotte-san looked at me flabbergasted and apologized back.
He smiled as if he wanted to fix it.
I rushed to improve my ways, but it was too late.
Inevitably I felt that I had let my true feelings out.
As I thought, he usually held back and made up for it.
In the future, I will pay more attention to the intricacies of Charlotte-san so that I can understand her feelings.
"I'm sorry…"
I don't know if it was a sad expression on Charlotte-san's face or the fact that we apologized to each other, but Emma-chan, who was in my arms, also apologized to Charlotte-san.
He was a bit selfish in some ways, but if he could apologize properly, he might be fine.
She is also very smart for a young girl.
I'm sure he'll grow up to be a great kid.
I felt a strange warmth in my heart when I realized that the cute and precious creature in my arms would grow into a great child.
But I also thought "I might not be able to stop spoiling this kid"
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