“—- Hey, Koma-chan? Why are you here?”
“My, Kanai-sama. Is there something wrong with me being here?”
*Noises*…
“Ahaha. I never said there’s something wrong with you being here. But… Koma-chan’s classroom is next to this one, right? I just found it to be a bit strange.”
“Fufufu. I think it’s up to the person to decide who does what and where during break time. Also… My beloved Nee-sama is in this class. There’s nothing weird about me coming here, don’t you agree?”
*Noisy*…
“Fumu… Well, it’s just like Koma-chan says. If it’s recess time, it’s up to the person to decide who they want to spend it with… In other words, I’m free to stick close to Mako like this, aren’t I♪?”
“…. Yes, you are. I think you’re free to do so as long as it’s break time. As long as it’s break time that is. My case, however, is different from others… I can go home and do all the things I want with Nee-sama as much as I want without any restrictions, regardless of holidays or anything else♪.”
“…. Hee. That is, that is… extremely envious. Then it seems I have no other choice, I’ll just stay here and enjoy Mako as long as I can…. Aah, Koma-chan, who enjoys Mako every day, is probably bored, so don’t worry, so I’ll communicate with Mako for Koma-chan’s part♡”
“You have good humor, Kanai-sama♡ It would be impossible for me, of all people even if heaven gets turned over, to get bored of communicating with Nee-sama.”
*Noisy*, *Noisy*….
What is this heaven and hell…?
“…. Ehm…. Koma? And, Kanakana?”
“Ah, yes, Nee-sama! What could it be? If you’re troubled by something, please let me know about it immediately. I will definitely help you, Nee-sama!”
“What is it, Mako? Are you perhaps in some kind of trouble again? Mako is really hopeless… It’s fine since I’ll always help Mako like I’ve always done.”
“Ah, no… Am I troubled or I’m in trouble… I just want to ask you two something…”
I can’t stand this situation in many ways and call out to the two of them on either side of me.
“Why are you two…”
“”Why are you two…?””
“…. Why are you two sticking so close to me?”
Two people with beauty that attracts not only the opposite sex but also the same sex – My beloved little sis Koma and my best friend Kanakana, both for some reason had their arms around me since my way to school, Mako Tachibana. In the first place, the classroom is different from Koma’s, and Kanakana is usually too shy to want to do this kind of body touching in public. That’s why, I thought once we’d enter the classroom I’d be free, but… It seems I was too naive.
Instead of moving away, they pulled their chairs together (and when it came to Koma, she even went to the trouble of getting a chair from her own class), and they were even closer together than when we were going to school, and neither of them would release me.
“Eh? Why, you ask me… Didn’t I tell you this morning? I thought I’d try to warm you up so you won’t be cold, Nee-sama”
“Same for me. If we stick together like this, then Mako will be warm too.”
They say it as a matter of course, as if it should be like that. No, certainly I’m warmer thanks to you two. I’m warm, but…
“No, that is… Right now, it’s hot… I think, but… in a lot of ways too.”
It’s rather hot, very hot. I’m sandwiched by my beloved little sis, whom I’ve loved and cherished since we were little, and my best friend, who gave me such a passionate kiss and confession yesterday, they are attached to me from both sides with no gaps between them. I’m being squeezed and held by two beautiful girls like oshikuramanjuu. (TN: children’s game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle)
It’s hot, really hot, like my head is about to boil.
On top of that, the eyes of the class are very intense.
“Tachibana, you…! You couldn’t be satisfied just with Koma-chan so you laid your hands even on Kanai…!”
“Damn it… Leaving aside Koma the flower on the high peak, I’ve been secretly aiming for Kanai-san, however…! Actually, how is a hopeless girl like her so popular…!?”
“Two lovely girls are attending her… Are you building a harem…!? Don’t show off to us, oi! Get away from them, you hopeless sister!”
“Koma-chan… Kanae-chan…. Why? Did she brainwash you!? Or were you drugged with something dangerous by Mako…!?”
“Kanae… Why are you flirting with somebody like Mako instead of with me…!? U-Unforgivable… No, I definitely won’t forgive you, Mako…! I… I too want to enjoy Kanae’s frame…!” (TN: This is not a mistranslation, the author uses the word for ‘rib/frame’…)
“Well then. It’s been a while since I’ve written to Tachibana, so I should write to her! Hey, you guys! I’ve got extra paper, so if you want them, take as many as you like. Let’s all together send a letter filled with threatening(love) emotions to Mako!”
“””Ooooh!”””
…. Really, what intense stares. I can feel so much jealousy and killing intent from their gazes… I don’t think it belongs to any of my classmates.
I don’t want the whole class to unite in an attempt to send a quick threatening letter. I’ll cry, you know? I’m going to cry…
“Look at me, Koma and Kanakana! Thank you! Thanks to you two, I’ve already warmed up and I am not cold anymore! That’s why… Please let go of me because my classmates are starting to look at me strangely…!”
If Koma and Kanakana keep hugging me like this, I’m going to short-circuit, and more importantly, I’m going to get lynched later by members of the fan club of Koma and Kanakana, who are surrounding us. With that in mind, I suggest that the two of them who are rubbing their cheeks on me like cats on either side of me leave.
“… Fumu. Certainly it seems that way. Kanai-sama, I think you’ve stuck a little too close to Nee-sama, so I think it is time you left my Nee-sama alone. It’s not a good thing that Nee-sama is being looked at by others with curiosity.”
While saying this to Kanakana, for some reason, Koma further entangles her arms and hugs me with her whole body. Her br-breasts… Koma’s soft and well-shaped breasts are hitting me…
“No, no. I think it’s about time that Koma should stay away from Mako. Since Koma has a lot of fans in this class. If you’re too attached, the others are going to be jealous of Mako.”
And Kanakana, hugs me just as closely so as to not lose to Koma. On her side, Kanakana’s prized long and beautiful hair brushes against my neck… silky and smells nice…
“What are you saying. I don’t have any fans, Kanai-sama… And from the looks of it, it seems that the most popular person in this class is Kanai-sama. Please don’t stick too close to her, or the others will be jealous of my Nee-sama.”
“Eeh? Am I popular? Not true at all. I think Koma-chan and Mako… are more popular than me?”
“…. My? We are in rare agreement, Kanai-sama. Leaving me aside, Nee-sama is popular. Not only me and Kanai-sama, but also the rest of the class, Nee-sama has attracted so much attention.”
“””(Tachibana, I’ll crush you for sure…)”””
… Un. Yeah, in a certain way, I’m popular too. The more Koma and Kanakana rub up against me and hug me sensually, the more the class stares at me with murderous eyes that say ‘I’m really going to finish you off’.
… I didn’t want to get attention like this…
“This is why, you two… Doing more than this will be dangerous(for my life that is)…. Please let go of me…”
“So she says, Kanai-sama. Please let go of Nee-sama.”
“No. It’s Koma-chan who should let go of Mako first. Because, soon—”
*Bing-bong Bang-bong*…. (TN: Generic bell sounds)
Before Kanakana could finish saying anything, the bell signaling that class will formally begin shortly rang through the school. In five minutes the bell for class starting will ring and morning HR will begin in each class. (TN: HR is homeroom)
“See? It’s the bell ringing that class will start soon, Koma-chan. You’d better get back to your own classroom, HR is about to start. So I think you should leave Mako immediately and hurry back to your class.”
“…. Seems so. Then, Nee-sama. It’s not good for me to be late, so I’ll be going back to my class.”
“Aah, uun! See you later, Koma!”
“Yes. We’ll meet later again.”
Koma, who, after Kanakana pointed this out to her, bowed to me with a slightly disappointed expression and returned to the classroom where she was in.
“… Fufu♪ Teasing Koma-chan today proved to be effective… She’s interesting like Mako. Right, Mako? I wonder if Koma is like that at home by any chance…?”
“Aah… No. She’s usually not like that… Koma’s been somehow strange since yesterday…”
She’s usually quite shy about hugging me in public, and yet… Koma looks different since yesterday and today too. Like earlier, she’s not afraid to be seen, she hugged me in the morning, running errands and begging me to kiss her…
Suddenly, she’s become a spoiled little sis… Frankly, it’s very troubling. What’s troubling? That’s obvious… I can’t pamper Koma too much or I’m going to get so horny I won’t be able to control my horniness… Is this what you call gap moe…?
“By the way, Kanakana…”
“Hn? What, what? How can I help you this time, Mako?”
“Rather than helping me… I’m sure the teacher will come soon… I wonder if Kanakana will let go of me, too…”
Kanakana remains hugging me even after Koma has left. If she hugs me too much, I’ll remember all the things I did with her yesterday very vividly…
And even though Koma has dispersed a lot of her fans away from me, there are still people who like Kanakana and who are still trying to kill me around me… I’d be glad if she let go of me…
“Aah, sorry, sorry. Cuddling Mako is so comfortable.”
“Co-Comfortable…!? Cuddling me is comfortable…!? Wya are you saying, Kanakana…!?”
“My, my, my… You’ve turned bright red. Also, you’ve stuttered beautifully, Mako. You’re usually quite spontaneous and talk about perverted things… but you’re vulnerable when you’re being criticized?”
“Uuuu…”
“Really, Mako is so cute.”
Kanakana smiles pleasantly at my reaction. Koma’s state is strange too, but… After kissing me and confessing to me, there’s something different about Kanakana too. How do I put it… She’s more mature than usual, or she’s more relaxed, or she’s more assertive.
Seeing Kanakana like that makes my heart beat faster in a different way than when I’m looking at Koma. And the faster my heart started beating, the more the pounding of yesterday’s kiss and confession replayed in me, and my cheeks got even hotter….
“…? Mako, you’re turning red again? Would you tell me what’s wrong?”
“Nothing! It’s nothing, nothing!… More importantly, Kanakana. Umm… I owe an apology to Kanakana… I think…”
“Huh? You owe me an apology…?”
No, no, this is not a time to be blushing. Really, much sooner… I should’ve apologized for something I’d done, as soon as I saw Kanakana this morning…
“Eh, eettoo… What is it, Mako? I have too many ideas in mind to narrow down what you’re apologizing for…? What do you want to apologize about… Is it about the earlier time when the senpai tried to confess to Koma-chan who had a crush on her, and you went on a rampage? Or… When you said, ‘If you rub them, they might get bigger’ and tried to rub my breasts and said, ‘What? I can’t grab anything……?’ and misspoke something like that…?”
“… Ah, no, about thouse, Kanakana… I’ll apologize for those too, at a later date…”
… It’s about yesterday’s events. Haven’t I caused a lot of trouble to Kanakana…? There’s too much to apologize for…
“But, that’s not what I’m talking about today! You see, Kanakana…”
“Un.”
“I, I… I did such a pathetic thing.”
“Un.”
“… Kanakana’s yesterdays… (*Mumble*, *Mumble*) I haven’t replied to your confession…”
“… Hm?”
“…. (*Mumble*) I still haven’t thought… what to reply to Kanakana’s confession… That’s why… I’m sorry…”
“….. Yes?”
I’m apologising in a quiet voice so that nobody other than Kanakana can hear me. Even though I had plenty of time to think. Kanakana made such a lovely confession. And yet, I… Unfortunately, I still don’t have an answer.
Really, why am I so slow…. If this were my smart twin little sis, Koma, I’m sure she would immediately think of the best reply and give it back to her. Why am I so hopeless even at things like this? Giving nothing but my apology and unable to give an answer, I bow to Kanakana for now.
Kanakana, who watched my every move and looked blankly at me without understanding what I’m on about…
“… Fufufu… Fufufufufu…”
“… Eh? Ka-Kanakana…-san?”
“Ha… Haha! Hahahaha!”
It seemed I had hit some sort of funny bone and Kanakana started laughing hysterically on the spot.
“I’ve been preparing myself for what on earth you were apologizing for… But, to think, you were apologizing for that… As expected of Mako, the girl who goes beyond expectations…”
“E, ehm…”
“Aah… Jeez, I can’t take it anymore… My stomach hurts too much… My god! Please don’t make me laugh so much, Mako! Ahahahahaha!”
“… Um. I don’t think it’s something to laugh about…?”
Eh, eeeh!? There’s nothing funny!? I didn’t say anything that would make Kanakana angry or disappointed, but I’ve never said anything that would make her laugh at me.
“Aaah, I’m laughing. Mako is usually a very unserious girl, but you’re serious in a weird way. That’s also one of the things that made me fall for you.”
“Stop teasing me… And what’s funny…? What did I say to make you laugh now, Kanakana?”
“… Haa. You know, Mako.”
Kanakana, who continued to laugh hysterically for a while despite me being confused, finally catches her breath after a few minutes and starts talking.
“You’re thinking too hard. You can take it easier. It’s okay to reply vaguely to my confession. If you don’t know how to respond, you can say ‘I still haven’t thought of one’, or you can try going out with me, or you can decide on a coin flip ‘whether or not’ to go out with me. After all, you’ve been confessed to by this beautiful girl, so enjoy the situation more. Otherwise it’s a waste, Mako.”
“No, vaguely… Enjoying…”
“What am I going to do if Mako, who I confessed to, is more desperate than I, who confessed. Don’t think about forcing a reply now, just reply to me when Mako thinks it’s okay. I told you at the time when I confessed, remember? ‘You can reply to me anytime. You don’t have to force yourself.’”
“No… but…”
“But, what? I don’t think it’s a problem to worry about?”
… You’re so nice, Kanakana. You’re saying this because you understand that I’m suffering from it.
But… I can’t do that. That’s why, Kanakana—–
“I don’t want to think… of it vaguely. And… replying late… To continue to ignore Kanakana’s feelings like that… I hate it…”
“No, that’s why I’m telling you. I don’t care what kind of reply I get, or how late I get it, yesterday—”
“But, but! But… Kanakana, yesterday… I could tell how serious you were when you were kissing me. How you did your best to confess to me… I understand. That’s why, I want to think about a proper reply, and I want to give you one even now—”
“…üu”
Even Kanakana would really like any answer to be returned as soon as she has made the confession. And if she’s hit me with such heart-throbbing feelings, then I’ll have to face Kanakana’s thoughts and feelings firmly… And then, I want to reply to Kanakana right away. I don’t want her to wait.
“… There’s no point in raising my liking after I’ve confessed to you, Mako… Since it can’t go higher anymore… My feelings to you. It’s… max value…”
“Liking…? Max value…? Kanakana? Um, what do you mean…?”
“Nothing at all… Haah… Even though you’re a hopeless girl, aaah, really this girl is to the end…”
While thinking that I let my feelings out to her, and for some reason Kanakana turns away from me, saying weird things.
“… Fine. Since Mako is so persistent about it, how about we do it like this… One week.”
“One week?”
“That’s right. I’ll give Mako a week…. Think of a proper answer during the week. A week later, after school as yesterday… I’ll be on the roof waiting for your answer.”
Kanakana makes such a suggestion to me, with slightly red cheeks. One week… I don’t know if I can have her wait that long…?
“… Um, Kanakana. Is it okay for me to take… that long?”
“Yes, it’s okay. Originally, I was intending to wait patiently for your answer for one month or one year. Also…”
“Also?”
Kanakana smiles and then continues talking.
“I’m not intending to give time to Mako just like that too. In this one week… I’m going to do everything in my power to get you to turn your face to me. Actually, I think I’m the one who’s grateful that you’ve given me a week’s time. With this, a little… I’ll have a fair match to compete with her…”
“… Her? Fair match?”
“Aah, sorry, it’s not important to you. Don’t mind it. Anyhow… I’ll get some kind of answer from Mako in a week’s time. Is that okay with you?”
“… Un.”
… I want to give her an answer by today, but I also want to think about my emotions properly. I’ll gratefully accept Kanakana’s terms here.
“I’ll say it once more, I won’t mind what answer you give me. If you want more time to think, you can totally say so, I’m totally OK. Keep in mind that a week is only an estimate, Mako… Well, I’d be happy if you give me a proper reply then, if possible ♪”
“I got it. … Sorry, and thank you, Kanakana.”
“Uun. It’s fine, it’s fine, Mako…”
I’ve been given a valuable extension. I’m really grateful to Kanakana from my heart, and I have to think properly… about how I should respond, and sort out my own feelings.
“…. (*Mumble*)… Thank you, it’s my line. I’ve worried so much about it. For thinking that much about me… Thank you a lot, Mako.”
Author’s note: I said it would be Koma’s turn next time. That was a lie… No, that’s not it. If everything had gone according to plan, it would have been Koma’s turn…. I’m sorry, Koma…
And just like this 10th volume(month), the stories are long… At first I thought it would be possible to have a break in chapter 83, when Mako, at the end of it, is confessed by Kanakana, and then start the November Volume in chapter 84, but…
As you can see in this chapter, I decided to write it in succession because I thought that due to Mako’s character, ‘I won’t make Kanakana wait a month for a reply to her confession’. She’s hopeless, but Mako is a sincere and kind girl at heart. But, she’s hopeless.
Tintan 
No idea why Koma is doing all of this if she would just tell her sister how she feels this would be over pretty quickly instead of drawing this out lol.
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