Why Not Make Both Twins 'Girlfriends'?-Chapter 2Volume 1 .4 - Twin Talk ① Who is each persons favorite...?

Twin Talk──! ①

Who is each person’s favorite…?

May 27th, in the Usami family kitchen.

Dressed in casual clothes with an apron, Chikage stirred the pot of miso soup on the stove while letting out a big sigh.

(I wish we could get along better...)

She remembered the day the rankings were posted in the hallway——

『Today’s lunch at the school cafeteria is the daily special. It’s really good.』

『What does that have to do with anything…?』

『Would you like to go together with me? My treat?』

Chikage was full of regret.

(Why couldn’t I just honestly say I wanted to go——)

Her stirring sped up.

(Maybe Takayashiki-kun wanted to be friends with me? If I had just honestly gone to the cafeteria with him... But I might trouble him if people thought we were a couple...)

Chikage was somewhat aware of what others thought of her, at least to the extent of rumors.

She knew she stood out for being top of her class, but that was something she could deal with internally.

It wasn’t a big enough issue to worry about, and she could just ignore it.

However, it is a different story if those around her get involved.

Thinking that being with her might trouble Sakuto made it difficult for her to deepen their relationship.

On the other hand, Chikage was frustrated with herself for not being able to be honest.

Still, if they were misunderstood as a couple by others──

If Sakuto didn’t particularly mind, then that would be a different matter.

(If we really became a couple, there’d be no problem, right…!?)

Such wild fantasies began to run rampant in her mind. And then——

『I see… so I have to be a couple with Usami-san to invite her to the cafeteria…』

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Those words replayed in her mind, making her expect that he might feel the same. And finally——

『──Phew, that was close. Usami-san, are you okay?』

She was hugged.

Even if it was an accident, that spontaneous action was overly divine(神対応) for Chikage.

It was the first time she had been hugged by a man other than her father.

Hearing the pounding of Sakuto’s heart, she was greatly shaken.

Even after Sakuto left, the aftereffects were so strong that she stood frozen for a while.

(At that time, I was feeling excited…)

She closed her eyes, happily wriggling her body.

Then—

“What have you been doing since a while ago?”

A voice came from over the kitchen counter.

“Ah!? Hii-chan!? Since when have you been there!?”

“Just now. I’m home, Chii-chan.”

Smiling over the counter was a face identical to Chikage’s—the twin sister, Hikari, who was born fifteen minutes before her.

“Welcome back... But where have you been?”

“Hmm... Just wandering around a bit.”

“I see...”

Chikage noticed Hikari was in her uniform and resisted the urge to sigh.

Hikari had been prone to skipping school since around the fourth grade of elementary school.

This continued into high school, where she often left the house in her uniform but rarely made it to school.

Hikari seemed to live a carefree life in a sense, but she had something troubling her.

Knowing this, Chikage didn’t feel like blaming her too much.

But their situation was different from middle school. They were both high school students now.

“If you keep skipping like this, you’ll repeat the year, you know?”

“It’s okay, I’ve been carefully calculating my absences.”

“That’s not what I’d call ‘carefully’… So, where did you go?”

“Ehehe, just to the library for a change of pace──”

“You went to the arcade, didn’t you?”

Without a moment’s delay, Chikage replied, and Hikari made a startled face.

“How!?”

“Because we’re twins... More than that, it’s your usual behavior pattern. You’ve seemed hooked on games recently, so I took a guess.”

Hikari clapped her hands with a smile as if impressed.

“As expected of a twin. You always see right through me.”

“It’s not exactly a compliment coming from Hii-chan... Really...”

Chikage turned off the stove, exasperated.

As the sister who was born fifteen minutes later, Chikage had always cautioned Hikari not to skip school.

She wanted her to at least get a high school diploma for whatever the future might hold.

That was Chikage’s current wish for her sister, who was born fifteen minutes earlier.

Normally, this would be a parent’s concern.

However, their parents believed Hikari should do whatever she wanted to do.

Whether it’s understanding or leniency, Chikage had given up on getting her parents to persuade her.

Anyway, sometimes she admired her sister for that.

She wondered if Hikari, unlike herself, might someday achieve something great unexpectedly.

While plating the food, Chikage watched Hikari lounging in the living room.

Hikari was lying on her back on a three-seater sofa, hugging a large stuffed toy with a happy expression.

“Hii-chan? Did something good happen?”

“Hmm... I don’t really know if it’s good, but it’s something that makes my heart race... Hauu~...”

Hikari remembered something, flailed her legs, then looked at Chikage with a flushed face.

“Hey, Chii-chan. Do you have any male friends you’re close with?”

“Eh...?”

One person came to mind, but he wasn’t a close male friend, but rather someone she wanted to get closer to.

“No, not really... I’ve talked to someone recently, though...”

“What’s his name?”

“Uh, Takayashiki-kun. Sakuto Takayashiki-kun...”

When Hikari heard his name, she began to happily stroke her own left cheek for some reason.