Why Not Make Both Twins 'Girlfriends'?-Chapter 12Volume 1 .1 - What If You Turn the Nail Upside Down...?

What If You Turn the Nail Upside Down…? 1

“Sakuto-kun… eh? Why…!?”

As Sakuto opened the door to the meeting room, Chikage was visibly shocked. There seemed to be tears in her eyes.

Sensing her situation, his heart ached, but he smiled to reassure her.

“Can I come in for now?”

Before Chikage could respond with ‘Please do’

“What? Takayashiki!?” “Sakuto…!?”

Shun and Yuzuki were both surprised to see Sakuto.

It had been a while since he had met them, but Sakuto merely nodded in acknowledgment and then went over to Chikage, who whispered something in his ear.

“…Why did you come?”

“I thought it was time to get serious.”

“…uh?”

“Chikage, you’re in trouble, right? That’s why I came. …Sorry for being late, okay?”

Sakuto said this with an untroubled smile directed at Chikage.

“T-that’s, I’m glad you’re here, but──”

Chikage tried to hide her face, now flushed red, but couldn’t completely cover it.

She was overwhelmed with surprise and joy, showing an indescribable expression.

But it was too early to rejoice──

“And I brought another helper.”

“Helper… Who?”

Peeking through the open door was──

“Hey, Chii-chan.”

It was Hikari, wearing an awkward smile like a child caught after making trouble.

“Hii-chan!? Why?”

“I’ve come to help Chii-chan… or something like that? Can I come in too?”

Saying this, Hikari approached Chikage.

“Ah, right, I have a souvenir for Chii-chan──”

Taking out two Usapyoko from his pocket, Sakuto placed the black one in Chikage’s hand.

“Usapyoko…?”

“We match──well, sorry for worrying you all this time? I’ve caused a lot of trouble, so now it’s my turn to work hard for Chii-chan!”

Tears flooded out of Chikage’s eyes.

She must have been incredibly happy that Hikari came to school for her.

“──Long time no see, Takayashiki. What’s an outsider doing here?”

Shun smirked at Sakuto.

“Weren’t you the ‘study robot’? We don’t need you now, so go home?”

Chikage’s demeanor suddenly changed.

“What do you mean by that comment just now?”

“Chikage, I’ll explain later… Let’s leave that aside for now──Matsukaze, sorry, but Hikari and I aren’t outsiders. We’ve just officially joined as volunteers, as we discussed with Tachibana Sensei.”

“Huh? Really?”

Shun scowled, clearly displeased.

“And that girl is…?”

“Ehehehe〜, I’m Hikari, Chii-chan’s Onee-chan. Nice to meet you, Matsuda-kun.”

“It’s Matsukaze!”

“Right, sorry, sorry.”

Hikari said without a trace of apology.

She definitely did that on purpose.

“…By the way, Matsukaze-kun, what do you mean by ‘study robot’?”

“…Hikari!?”

Hikari was──angry.

Although her face was smiling, anger was radiating from her entire being.

As far as Sakuto knew, this was the first time he had seen Hikari angry.

Probably, she was angry for Sakuto and Chikage’s sake──

“So you see, that guy is just a robot who can only study… right, Yuzuki?”

“Uh… well, um…”

As Yuzuki stumbled over her words, Hikari smiled as if she understood.

“I see, so it’s jealousy, right?”

“Huh? What did you just say…?”

“I said your emotion is jealousy.”

Shun glared fiercely, and Hikari’s face turned serious.

“You’re the type who wants to feel secure by putting down someone who’s clearly above you, right? You need to be immersed in a sense of superiority, so you want people around you who are weaker or timid. You’re not satisfied unless they’re equal or lower than you, right?”

“What!?”

“Sakuto-kun is a perfect example. Calling him a ‘study robot’ is ironic… you’re literally admitting that you’re a useless piece of garbage who can’t even study. I don’t know, maybe you should realize that?”

“Hikari, wait… that’s too much!”

Sakuto hastily tried to stop Hikari.

There was no need to say so much to someone they were going to be working with for the joint event.

“What’s wrong with you? And why are you talking so much since a while ago… We went to the same junior high school as Takayashiki. We’ve known him longer than you, so don’t butt into our relationship.”

“Of course, I will. We’re in a ‘deeper’ relationship with him now──But even so, you’re from the same school and don’t understand Sakuto-kun at all, huh?”

“You!”

“No, are you afraid to understand? Wait no, you already do. You’re hitting him because you’re scared, right? But why? What’s the reason for wanting to dominate Sakuto-kun──”

Hikari looked at Shun and Yuzuki with a probing gaze.

The two of them looked uncomfortably embarrassed.

Sakuto even felt a chill at her usual sharp insight.

Really, how far can Hikari see──?

“Hikari, that’s enough…”

“…Well, if Sakuto-kun says so.”

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After a while, when things had calmed down a bit, Sakuto received an explanation from Chikage about the progress so far.

“──So, that’s what we have decided so far.”

“So basically, everything has been dumped on our precious Chii-chan huh…?”

Hikari smiled, and Shun and Yuzuki seemed intimidated.

“Hikari, no need to get angry…”

Shun was still the same as ever.

Exerting half-hearted leadership and imposing various tasks on others.

Nothing had changed since junior high school.

“But really, this plan… seriously…?”

Sakuto was astounded.

“You got a problem with it? We thought the kids would be happy──”

“I’m not saying it’s bad. The problem is the limit on the number of people available. If it was like last year’s Hydrangea Festival, three people should have been enough, but with puppet shows, game tournaments, and all that thrown in… what you want to do and what you can do are different, right?”

“We can make it work if we try hard enough!”

“That’s if we had five people. What were you planning to do with just three? …Don’t tell me you were going to dump everything on Chikage?”

Shun flinched momentarily under Sakuto’s glare, then glared back.

“What’s up with you? Since when could you talk back to me like that?”

For a moment, Sakuto was taken aback.

He hadn’t expected Shun to speak to him like that so directly.

When Shun always looked down on Sakuto, there was never a need for him to verbalize it before.

Maybe Shun, too, was losing his composure.