Chapter 22 – Call me Onii-chan
*yawn*
I let out a long yawn as I brushed my teeth in the sink in front of the bathroom. Those girls were merciless, they kept me awake until morning before they get satisfied and slept soundly. Or rather, Tsura was still sleeping while Kuroka was ready on her uniforms to go to school.
After I was brushed my teeth and washed my face, I changed into my school uniform and exited my apartment.
Outside of the apartment, Kuroka was standing near the entrance with her youkai features hidden from the public and waved her hand when she saw me.
“Riku-sama~ Let’s go nya~”
“Yeah.” I answered Kuroka and we started walking towards the school.
Our apartment was considered close to the school and we just need around 5 to 10 minutes of walk to reach it. As we walked towards the school, I decided to ask Kuroka about how she will meet her sister.
“How about we meet Shirone today, Kuroka? It’s better if you meet her today before it becomes awkward for the two of you. Or rather, it has become awkward because of yesterday’s incident with Tsura.”
Kuroka looked at me after I asked that and smiled a little.
“You’re right nya. I was thinking about that earlier. I will meet her today nya~ Can you accompany me, Riku-sama? You can hide from her if you don’t want her to see you, but please accompany me nya~ I was a bit afraid to meet her by myself…”
The usual playful Kuroka was gone with that word. She has a sad expression on her face and looked like about to burst into tears anytime.
I put my left hand on top of her head and patted her.
“Don’t worry, I will be there. I will also stop the bats if they wanted to interrupt you.”
I give her my widest smile and she responded with a big smile too as her right hand slowly intertwined with my left hand. She looked at me with a toothy grin as we continue our walk to the school.
At that moment, I realized something important.
‘I-is this holding hand?! How lewd! I was experienced with Kuroka burying my arm on her boobs, but this is the first time we are holding hands!! Damn it, this is too lewd compared to our activity last night.’
We arrived at the school and unfortunately for me, Kuroka released my hand and skipping joyfully beside me while we were entering the school area.
Well, that’s fine. Next time I will aim for holding Tsura’s hand on my right and Kuroka’s hand on my left. That will be overkill for those perverts in this school.
They said that boobs are supreme? Nonsenses. Holding hands was the peak of the relationship.
You maybe could have sex with a random girl, but you only held the hand of your lovers. That’s the law of the universe.
As my thought was filled with a useless thing, I sense Koneko’s energy from the roof of the school. I stopped Kuroka by holding her shoulder and leaning closer to her ears.
“Shirone is on the roof. If you wanted to meet her, this is your chance.” I whispered to Kuroka and she nodded her head.
“Yes nya. I felt her energy too.”
She looked at the roof and said. “Please accompany me nya~”
I nodded my head at her, and suddenly the students around us screamed.
“Kyaaa~~ So romantic! He leaned towards her ears and whispered some love words!” Yelled one of a girl that stood near our location.
“And she answered with ‘Please accompany me!’ Kyaa~ I wanted the King of Kuoh to whisper to my ears too~!” Shouted another girl that stood beside the first girl.
I looked at them because I heard something disturbing. ‘King of Kuoh?! I got a nickname on my second day of school?!!’
They looked at each other and put their hands on their cheeks before shouting once again. “Kyaaa~! He looked at us!”
“Kukukuku.” I heard muffled laughter from my side and turned to see Kuroka covered her hand and holding her laughter.
This girl, she enjoyed my reaction when they called me King of Kuoh, huh. Well, whatever. It’s better than the perverted trio.
“Let’s go, Kuroka.”
I started walking again towards the school building as I ignored the crowd of girls that were screaming behind me. Kuroka followed me shortly and walked on my side.
“King of Kuoh… that’s a nice title nya~ Do you like it, Riku-sama? Pfft!” Kuroka said with her right hand in front of her mouth and held her laughter again.
“Whatever. I was called young master since I was a kid, so it didn’t matter if they call me King of Kuoh or something. At least now you called me by my name.”
I looked at Kuroka and smirked before going upstairs. We arrived at the roof and I looked around to find Koneko. Just after I looked at my left, I saw her leaning against the rails with her hands and rested her head on top of it.
I immediately covered my body in Fear and use Meikyo Shisui to erase my presence. Even Kuroka wouldn’t able to see me right now, that’s why I patted her back and said.
“I will be behind you, just go and talk to her.”
She silently walked towards Koneko with a small smile on her face as I followed behind her.
As a Nekoshou, Koneko’s sense was sharp. Especially when Kuroka didn’t even try to hide her presence from her. Koneko turned around and looked at Kuroka and said.
“Kuroka onee-sama…”
“Shirone…”
They just looked at each other before they suddenly bowed at the same time.
“”I’m sorry!!””
They raised their head at the same time while having a surprised expression on their face. Kuroka was able to recover from her surprise faster than Koneko and asked her.
“Why did you apologize to me nya! I was the one in the wrong for leaving you in the underworld!” Shouted Kuroka at Koneko.
“No, I was wrong for thinking that you go crazy and kill your master! I was wrong! I never realized that you were doing that to keep me safe. So I’m sorry!” Shouted Koneko back at Kuroka.
Silence descent with the two of them shouting at each other and trying to blame themselves. Kuroka was wrong by leaving Koneko in the underworld, but at that time she has no choice because she was pursued.
Koneko also thinks that she was in the wrong for misunderstanding the situation and hating her sister that save her from the worst fate of being reincarnated as a devil.
In other words, both of them was a fool.
‘It can’t be helped, I will lend a hand to her.’
“Don’t be too hard with your little sister, Kuroka.” I said as I canceled my Meikyo Shisui and appear behind Kuroka.
Koneko was surprised by my sudden appearance and took a step back unconsciously.
“Riku-sama. It was my fault for leaving her alone, she doesn’t need to feel sorry for hating me for that nya!” Kuroka looked back at me and shouted again.
As a result of her shout, I chopped her head with my hand.
“Ouch! Why nya!”
Kuroka held her head with her hands and looked at me with teary eyes.
“Let me explain it to your sister. You can leave it to me~” I said to Kuroka before turning my gaze to Koneko.
“So, Shirone was it? Or do you prefer to be called Koneko? I think Shirone suits you better though.”
Koneko was still wary of my sudden appearance. But seeing Kuroka’s behavior toward me has lessened her guards against me and she answered me.
“Koneko… Shirone was special for Kuroka onee-sama.”
I crossed my arms and nodded my head.
“I see, then Koneko. You can call me Riku onii-chan.”