My Friend’s Little Sister is Special

“I have something I want to say, would you like to have lunch together?”

Originally, I was just planning to talk to her briefly today and then leave…

But seeing her reaction to my brother’s name, I became curious.

…Could it be that she likes him? My brother?

Hmm… to the extent that we could proudly introduce ourselves as siblings when bringing friends home or meeting outside.

I don’t even need to mention myself, and I think my brother would never be called ugly anywhere either…

But isn’t this Beauty and the Beast level?

To the extent that whoever stands next to this girl in front of me would become a beast, how should I put it.

They were in different ‘leagues.’

It’s hard to believe that this girl is the same age as me, but it’s even harder to believe that she’s interested in my brother.

To the point where I wondered if he had some kind of leverage on her.

Ah, is that too much? Heh, sorry, oppa.

At my invitation to have lunch together, Ye-rin repeatedly opened and closed her mouth as if she had something to say but found it difficult to express.

Just a moment ago, she had been looking at me coldly as if she would say, ‘No, why should I?’

Now she was hesitating, making me wonder if she was the same person…

It didn’t seem like she disliked having lunch with me…

Hmm… ah, perhaps?

“Ah, just to clarify so there’s no misunderstanding, I mean the two of us eating together. Just the two of us.”

“…Just the two of us?”

That’s it, right?

Just from seeing her look of relief at my words, I could tell.

—Argh, sorry, guys…!

I secretly apologized in my heart to the friends I usually ate lunch with.

“Yes, just the two of us. What do you think?”

“…That would be nice.”

After deciding on a place to meet during lunch, I left the classroom.

The scene in the classroom as I briefly glanced back was the same as before.

But seeing Ye-rin with a faint smile, I could understand why my brother made such a request to me.

**

“Woo-oo—— Traitor!”

“I said I’m sorry~!”

Lunchtime.

I finally managed to escape from the classroom, leaving behind my friends who were still groaning while looking at me.

They’ll probably tease me again when I go back to the classroom later… well, that’s a problem for later!

Since it took a little time to get away, I hurried to the place we agreed to meet.

This is one good thing.

Just like in the classroom earlier, Ye-rin didn’t require any effort to find.

I just had to follow the gazes of the students around, and there would be Ye-rin.

She was naturally eye-catching too.

I wondered if she always received such attention. It must be tiring, I thought.

“Sorry-! Am I a bit late?”

When I approached Ye-rin and spoke to her, I could see her flinching as if startled by my sudden greeting.

Then she quickly shook her head.

“…It’s okay.”

As we headed toward the cafeteria, I brought up the topic I had prepared for before lunch.

Hmm, when first meeting, of course…!

“What’s your MBTI?”

“MBTI…?”

“Yes! If you tell me yours, I’ll tell you mine…”

“I don’t know…?”

Oh…?

Can someone not know their own MBTI? Doesn’t everyone try it at least once…?

I was caught off guard when my ambitiously prepared first topic was immediately blocked, and Ye-rin also made an “eek” expression.

“Then, you know.”

“U-um….”

“I’ll find an MBTI test next time, would you like to try it?”

“…Next time?”

“Yes! It’s really fun! It’s also amazing when you get an MBTI that fits you perfectly.”

“…Yes, I’d like that.”

—Phew~

Somehow I ended up making another appointment, but it’s not like we were going to meet just once anyway, so whatever.

Seeing Ye-rin nodding as if looking forward to it, I thought it didn’t matter.

“…Oh my?”

“…?”

“Wow, they turned yellow….”

They really do change….

Just a moment ago, they were ordinary black.

As if forsythia flowers were slowly blooming.

Seeing her eyes dyed with a soft yellow light, I couldn’t help but express my admiration.

“Is, is it strange…?”

Looking back later, I would realize that Ye-rin’s voice was trembling nervously as she said those words.

Or how she was frozen while looking at me.

There were many elements that could have helped me understand what emotion Ye-rin was feeling when she asked me if it was strange, but at that time, I couldn’t notice them.

I was simply drawn into the mysterious and beautiful sight before me.

“Strange? They’re really too pretty, wow….”

Oppa.

I think I understand why you fell.

Because oppa and I share the same blood.

If oppa felt the same emotion I’m feeling now… well, it can’t be helped.

As I kept saying “wow” while looking at her, Ye-rin was embarrassed but.

As if she wanted to live up to my expectations, she didn’t avoid my gaze.

I was curious about what emotion the yellow eyes represented, but it didn’t matter.

That’s something I could learn from now on.

No matter how I looked at it, I thought it must have a better meaning than the gray eyes I saw when we first met.

“So, what did you want to say…?”

“Huh?”

What thing I wanted to say in the middle of eating? I thought, then recalled what I had said when I tempted her to have lunch earlier.

…Actually, there wasn’t such a thing.

But if I hadn’t said that, I thought you wouldn’t have come with me.

That’s what I thought then, but after talking with Ye-rin for a bit, I wondered if she might have come even if I had been honest.

Who would have known? That someone who looked so cold would be such a gentle person.

She was like a cat.

At first hissing with her hackles raised, but once familiar, suddenly purring.

Still, I couldn’t just say “S-sorry. Actually, there’s nothing. I just wanted to show you Se-ah…” outright, so while thinking about what to say.

I decided to just ask honestly.

“Do you like my brother by any chance?”

“…?! cough cough cough W-water…!”

“Eek! S-sorry. Here, drink some water. Are you okay?”

At my sudden direct question, she was so startled that her chair shook.

Then, as if something went down the wrong way, she coughed with teary eyes, making me feel sorry.

After she drank water and I waited for her to calm down, she soon seemed a bit better and exhaled with a “haaah-.”

And then, slightly reproachful, moist eyes turned toward me.

“Why so suddenly…?”

“Hmm~ Just a woman’s intuition?”

“…That’s a lie. Did Woo-jin op…pa say something?”

“My brother didn’t say anything?”

“……”

“~is a lie. He did talk about you. But, asking if you like him is purely my intuition. Really.”

What answer would she give?

Would she deny it saying, what do you mean, that’s not true?

Would she nod and admit it, asking how I knew?

With my pounding heart barely calmed, I rested my chin in my hand and looked at Ye-rin’s lips.

“…Maybe.”

“Maybe?”

“I probably don’t like him… not yet.”

“……Not yet?”

“Mmm… not yet.”

—You. Do you know that saying it with that tone, that expression has no credibility?

Maybe, not yet. While not even being able to convince yourself that it’s not true.

Saying such things with eyes that have turned pink in an instant, unlike earlier….

I don’t know what emotion your pink eyes represent, but I think I know this one thing.

If it wasn’t related to my brother. I wouldn’t have had the chance to see it.

However, I should keep the words that just came to mind to myself.

Beyond this point, it’s not my effort that’s needed, but my brother’s.

“Why ‘not yet’?”

“…Because I’ve only known him for a day.”

…They’ve only met a day ago? Is this fate or what?

If they’re both like this after just one day, I thought they would be together soon unless my brother did something stupid.

“What does the time you’ve known each other matter~? I liked your brother as soon as I saw him!”

“……? Our brother?”

“Yes! Yesterday, oppa showed me a profile photo. He was super handsome!”

“He did seem quite popular, but was it to that extent…?”

Ye-rin tilted her head as if she really didn’t understand.

“You’ve lived with such a brother your whole life, so your standards have become too high?”

“I think Woo-jin oppa is more… than our brother.”

Clamp

Ye-rin stopped mid-sentence and urgently closed her mouth.

“More, what?”

“……”

“1. Handsome, 2. Dazzling, 3. Huggable.”

“…………”

“W-wait! Could it be all of them!?”

“I-I didn’t say that much…!”

Looking at her pink eyes, much deeper than before, and her face full of blush, I teased her, and finally Ye-rin covered my mouth while making an “eek-” sound.

That day, an alliance of little sisters unknown to both brothers was born.

“…So, how was she? My sister.”

“Umm….”

Honestly, when Se-ah first approached me saying she was Woo-jin oppa’s sister, my heart sank.

I wondered if Woo-jin oppa had figured out my situation.

Embarrassingly, he had already seen me crying, but… I didn’t want him to know about the situation I was in.

I didn’t want his warm gaze to turn into one that looks at someone pitiful.

So although I was uncomfortable at first, Se-ah, who like her brother, looked at my eyes and called them pretty.

Seeing Se-ah, who promised a next time, reminded me of oppa, and I couldn’t help but feel relieved.

Yes, I couldn’t help it.

“…It was good. Very much.”

With Se-ah, I felt like we could become close friends.

And—

We even formed an alliance.

I was too embarrassed to say this out loud. This will remain a secret forever…

Of course, I was a bit upset with oppa who was pretending not to know anything in front of me right now.

But I was happy that he had thought of me even after going home.

Grateful that he continued to look at me with the same warm gaze.

I simply chose to believe.

I don’t know what he and Se-ah said to each other.

But that the oppa in front of me wouldn’t have done anything to hurt me.

That’s why I prepared dinner ambitiously, with a heart full of gratitude.

“…Ye-rin. Um, there’s a dish I’d like to try making. Can I try it next time I come?”

“……Yes.”

…So oppa can hurt me sometimes too.

Once at the frown of truth that appeared as soon as he took a bite of the food I made.

Twice at oppa’s appearance, urgently speaking when he saw my dejected expression.

I learned for the first time. That kind words can hurt more.

……I hate you, oppa.