Author’s notes: Hopeless sister’s new chapter. Daifugou’s part final. Her friends did well…

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I didn’t want them to play for tribute. I wanted to play fair with everyone. So half-jokingly—- ‘How about a punishment game where the loser takes one piece of clothing?’—– I said something like that.

“Mako, you said it yourself? I’ll hold you upon that. Don’t tell me… You won’t tell me anything like this is a joke, will you? A woman never goes back on her words.”

“Ah, uhm… Kanakana? No, I was just jokin—-”

“Ah?”

“HAHAHA! A woman never goes back on her words, yes…”

Immediately after that, Kanakana’s face became very scary, and she blocked my words when I tried to say, ‘I’m just kidding’.

“Undressing… Mako-senpai… undressing… Senpai’s, immodest figure…”

“Re, Ren-chan!? What’s wrong, your nose is bleeding!?”

“Just by imaging, I can eat three bowls of rice!”

And Ren-chan, like when I was fantasizing about the haplessness of Koma… Her nosebleed is like a waterfall.

Oops, this is. Did I by any chance… Say something I shouldn’t have…?

“Okay, let’s do it, let’s play it right now. Mako, don’t blame me. Certainly, cutting corners in a game is bad no matter how much you like the other person… From now on, I’ll play seriously.”

“Mako-senpai…! I was wrong to play for tribute! I think it’s important to give it your all, no matter what kind of game you’re having! That’s why, all that I have… I’ll make sure to undress you, Mako-senpai…!”

My best friend and kouhai suddenly have motivation and take out a camera and licks their tongue in front of me. Somehow… Their bloodshot eyes are scary.

I, I hope I won’t have to worry that much. Because here…

“I, I’ve made you wait, Kanae-sama and Ren-sama!”

That’s right, Koma with her common sense is here.

“What is it, Koma-chan? You won’t do it? If you’re not going to do it, get out.”

“Don’t say it’s unreasonable, Tachibana-senpai. Me and Mako-senpai are going to have fun together!”

“No, and no! It’s unhealthy! It’s not okay to play undress daifugou! … Do, do you understand? Of course, I am interested in seeing Nee-sama undress, but that’s not the same thing! Such a disgraceful act in such a sacred place of learning…”

Koma looks flustered and begins to admonish them. Un, un, Koma says it nicely.

…. By the way. It is a secret from Kanakana and Ren that I have been subjected to more unhealthy things than undressing by Koma in the sacred study hall.

“Leave the boring talk. Rather, I want to ask you, don’t you want to see it, Koma-chan? Mako’s alluring figure?”

She brushed off the persuasion of the grateful Koma. My best friend looks at Koma with serious eyes and asks.

“….u…. No, not really… I can see as much of that as I want when I go home and we’re alone… Aft, after all! Nee-sama belongs to me! Letting others see Nee-sama—-”

“You don’t get it at all. Well, you can see as much as you want when you’re alone with her. But you know, some things you can only see here. I’m asking if you don’t want to see that.”

“Wh, what is it that I can only see here…?”

“In the classrooms of this sacred school, under the licking eyes of you and us… Mako takes off her clothes one by one in shame… Such an immoral scene. Don’t you want to see her?”

“…….”

“You really don’t?”

“……..”

“Uhm, Koma…?”

Koma freezes for a few seconds at Kanakana’s question.

“Mako-nee-sama.”

“Ah, un. What is it, Koma?”
“… Please, curse this little sister of yours… and scorn her…”

“Eh.”

“I, I want to see you…! My lovely Nee-sama…!”

“Komaaa!?”

Although Koma should’ve been doing persuasion, she was conversely persuaded and taken in. I, I have no allies…

“Now, Mako. Now that we’ve successfully gotten everyone’s approval, let’s set the rules. ‘Wai, wait a minute! What about my approval…’ First of all, it’s basically the same as the daifugou game we just played – Are you listening to me? Ey, Kanakana? – Is that fine?”

“I agree. Since Hime-sama has left us ‘Koma, listen to me too. I only suggested the punishment game and never said I would do it.’ There are now four classes: “millionaire,” “rich,” “poor,” and “very poor,” but ‘Koma? Koma-san? Do you hear me?’ the absence of “commoners” doesn’t change anything in particular, so it’s not a problem.”

“Besides, the main point—- I’m not sure what to do about the punishment game, though. ‘Ren-chan? You will listen to my…’ As I thought, we have to follow Daifugou’s rules ‘Are you… listening… to me?’ How about ‘the very poor takes off two pieces of clothing and the poor takes off one piece of clothing’?

“”No objections.””

“No, I have objections!? Please listen!?”

My protests were met with silence. The three quickly set the rules.

“What, Mako? Don’t tell me you’re unhappy with the rules?”

“There’s a problem before that. I haven’t said a word yet about participating in this punishing daifugou’s game.”

“Hah? What are you saying? Of course it’s a no-no if the initiator of the punishment game doesn’t participate?”

“Ughu….”

When she says it like that, I can’t say anything back… I was told by Kanakana and forced to participate in a semi-forced game.

“Yeah, yeah! Be prepared to be a woman and get undressed by us, senpai!”
“It’ll be fine, it’ll surely be fine, Nee-sama… I’ll gently undress you, Nee-sama…!”

Damn… Koma, and Ren-chan too. They’re already talking on the premise that I’m going to be undressed… The, these girls. You don’t have the slightest idea that you could be undressed and stripped naked too, do you?

“(In that case… Winning, I just have to keep winning. And then instead undress them…!)”

Anyhow, these three. The possibility that they might be undressed themselves seems to have completely slipped through their minds. Fine, if that’s how you’ll play… I too won’t go easy on you!

Whether it’s my most precious little sis in the world, my best friend I trust, or my cute kouhai…! I’ll undress all of you naked. I’m going to preserve your beautiful naked body in my brain collection forever…

“Since it’s decided… Let’s play, everyone!”

And so the poor, stupid sheep vs. the group of wolves x 3. The real battle between the serious begins now.

~Undressing Daifugou: 1st game~

“—– Yes, I’m rising, Nee-sama.”

“Koma was the first to rise. Mako, who was daifugou, fell out of the capital.”

“Mako-senpai, it’s settled, you’ll be a very poor person! Two clothes off, confirmed!”

“……….”

I still can win! The game has just begun!

~Undressing Daifugou: 2nd game~

“Okay, I’m rising. I’m sorry, Mako, I’m sorry to hear you didn’t make it up there again.”

“Now, senpai! Two clothes, two! Quickly take them off!”

“I turned on the heat in the classroom so it wouldn’t be cold! Now you can undress without any reservations, Nee-sama!”

“………..”

There’s still more! There’s still a chance for me to win!

~Undressing Daifugou: 3rd game~

“I’m sorry, senpai, it was close but… I’m going up!”

“Good grief, you really made me worry, Hiiragi.”

“But it ended up well. With this… Nee-sama is again very poor and takes two clothes off.”

“…………”

There’s still… There’s still a chance for me to win…

~Undressing Daifugou: 4th game~

“I’m going up”

“Me too!”

“Here too!”

“…….”

Chance to win…. 

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My blazer, tie, slipper, sock, ribbon, etc., one piece then another piece. It leaves my body mercilessly with a cracking sound.

5 games in a row, I’m very poor

…. It’s strange. I can’t go up, not even once…!? No matter how much the three of them are colluding to make me a very poor person… Isn’t it strange that I’m not able to go up at all…!?

“(Ma, Ma, Maybe… The fact that these three girls were playing for tribute at first wasn’t just to make me feel good about winning… But simple because I was really bad at the game…?)”

Suddenly a bad thought crosses my mind. I feel like I’m already losing my mentality when I’m having these thoughts.

“Ahm, ahm… Koma? It’s almost time to get out of school… Are you not going to stop around here?”

“I’m going to double down, Nee-sama♡”

“Ka, Kanakana! I know Kanakana wants to put a stop to this, right!”

“What are you talking about, Mako. Aren’t we getting at the good part?”

“Re, Ren-chan! Won’t your parents be worried about you if you arrive home late?”

“I just called to let them know I’ll be late today, so don’t worry about it! Now, hurry to the next game, senpai!”

I cry and beg for forgiveness, but everyone gives me a heated look and wants me to continue. The rest of my clothes are… My shirt, skirt and then… my bra and panties. Anymore and I’ll be out of options. If I’m very poor in the next game…It’ll be bad… Really bad.

Some, somebody… Is there nobody to save me….? Anybody, anybody is fine…

“Ev, everyone… It’s almost time to leave school… Huh? What are you doing, Mako-san?”

“The goddess caaaaaaaaaaaaame!”

What a relief, right after I sought salvation in my heart. As if in response to my wish, a sensei descended to this battlefield.

None other than my esteemed culinary master— Kiyono Kazumi-sensei.

“U, uhm… Why are you all surrounding Mako? Only Mako-san’s clothes had been taken off? Wai, are you all… bullying her?”

“No. We’re just playing undressing daifugou. It was consensual, teacher.”

“It’s simply a game. Don’t worry, it’s not bullying…. If so, sensei. Do you want to spectate?”

“Eh…?”
“You came just at the right time! In just a few more minutes, senpai will be in a state of undignified disarray.”

“….”

“(Sensei! Please give these girls a good scolding!)”

I secretly hide from everyone and ask sensei for help with eye contact. I am sure that my sensible sensei would say, ‘Such an lewd game is not allowed!’ and would be angry with them.

In front of me, who was expecting this, sensei’s face turned bright red and said.

“Ple, please wait a moment, everyone… This is bad, this is terrifying…!”

“””What’s bad, sensei?”””

“Please don’t start yet… Ca… Camera! I’ll bring a camera… Just wait a little longer to start the undressing daifugou!”

“Senseiiiiiii!?”

After saying that, Kazumi-sensei went back to the staff room to get her own camera. It appears my Goddess of salvation is dead…

“Is it a camera… I’m troubled. I didn’t bring a very good camera today, did I? At best, it’s just a digital camera that I carry with me all the time… If this was going to happen, I should have brought the camera I bought the other day!”

“If you have a digital camera, that’s fine. Why do you always carry a digital camera…Give me the data later, right, Koma-chan?”

“Please give it to me too, senpai!”

While the sensai was coming back, Koma and the others were enjoying such a conversation while they were taking a fierce picture of me with their digital cameras or smartphone cameras. Damn it, it’s overdoing it everyone…

“Thank you for waiting! Then, please continue, everyone!”

Now that Kazumi-sensei has returned, the game of undressing daifugou, heaven (for Koma and my friends) and hell (for me), is resumed once again!

“(Uwaa… This is, my hand is terrible…)”

There’s not much left to take off anymore, and in this situation, the cards in my hand are pretty bad. All the cards are weak and have no effect anyway you look at them.

2 or the Joker. There are a few strong cards, but…

“Nee-sama, I’m sorry. Then please replace the cards.”

“… Un, here you go, Koma…”

Those strong cards. The rules of the game require that I, as the ‘poorest of the poor’, must offer the two most powerful cards to the ‘daifugou’ Koma. Goodbye 2, and my Joker…

Instead, I swap them with 3 and 4 cards from Koma. This makes my hand even poorer… This is bad. It looks like the game is already decided—–

“(wa…. Hm?)”

Suddenly, as I was looking at such a hopeless hand, I noticed something….. No, this… Maybe…. There’s a really slim chance, but… I feel like I might win….?

“Then, please start from the very poor Nee-sama.”

“… I got it.”

In a real three-on-one match, my hand is too weak. However… I saw a glimmer of light. I can win, no, I’ll win! Everyone is convinced that all of them will win this situation… I’ll make it out of here alive…!

“Then, I’ll give you three 10s.”

“Wawa, Mako-senpai, you’ve gone fast a lot from the beginning. Then I’ll play three Q’s.”

“I don’t know if you’re losing momentum if you suddenly put something like that out there, Mako. I’m going to put in three Ks.”

“Then, I’ll go with 3 As.”

“… Pass.”

I try to play three 10s at once, the second strongest in my hand, but Koma, Kanakana, and Ren-chan. I’ll give it back to you in plenty of time. Unable to return, I immediately declare a pass.

“See, Mako. I knew you were running out of steam. Koma-chan. I feel sorry for her, so let’s finish the game quickly.”

“Please keep going forward, Tachibana-senpai!”

“I’m counting on you, Tachibana-san.”

“I understand, leave it to me, everyone… Prepare yourself, Nee-sama.”

Koma, Kanakana, and Ren-chan continued to handle the cards smoothly. I, on the other hand, have not played a card since the beginning, just quietly making a series of passes and waiting for my time to come.

“I wonder if it’s okay for you not to do anything, Mako? Or maybe… You’ve already given up?”

“… Not telling.”

… Not yet, not yet. Be patient, Mako Tachibana. Just a bit more… I’m almost there, and I’m sure my chance will come.

“Then, I’ll give two As.”

And so the game goes on. Koma plays two cards on the field. Koma has 2 cards left in her hand. Kanakana, Ren-chan have 3 cards left, and I still have a lot of cards left in my hand. 

The game is already decided—- Almost everyone here would have agreed…. That’s right, everyone except me believed that. However… I’ve been waiting, just for this moment….!

“I play two 2s following Koma.”

“Eh… Ah, eto… I’m sorry, I’ll pass.”

“Ah, my. You hid such strong cards, Mako? I pass too.”

“Nicely done, Nee-sama. As expected, I don’t hold 2 jokers in my hand… I will pass.”

2s can’t be countered by anything other than a joker. Koma already had one joker on the field, and Kanakana had one joker on the field too… In effect, there is no one who can stop me from playing two cards. Everyone chooses to pass, and the start turns from me.

…. And then, I’m confident of my victory.

“Fu, fufufu…. Fufufufufu….!”

“? What happened, Nee-sama?”

“…  Finally, finally, my chance came!”

“””Eeh?”””

“From here it’s my turn! I play 4 5s! The revolution begins!”

“”””Wha….!?””””

The long-awaited moment. I declare a ‘revolution’…. ‘Revolution’, what is that you ask? I think I explained that daifugou has a few rules. 

This is one of the best known rules of the game. I can put two, three, or more cards with the same number on the field in a daifugou game. If four cards with the same number are played, the strength of the cards will be reversed after that. This is a ‘Revolution’.

In other words, the weakest 3 cards are the strongest, while the strongest 2 cards are the weakest. 

Koma and my friends, who were confident of victory and had plenty of time to spare, turned around at the sight of my hidden blow. Their faces turn pale. Well, it’s obvious. Where they would have left a strong, winnable card in their hand.

With this ‘Revolution’ of mine, their strong cards have quickly turned into weak cards.

“Now, let’s quickly go! I give three 6s!”

“””…. Pass.”””

“Three cards of 4s!”

“””…. Pass!”””

Everyone who had been making rapid progress up to now seemed to be unable to move after the ‘Revolution’. Now I have two cards left in my hand. And then those 2 cards… Are cards with the same number.

Finally, finally, I get out of a very poor person…! And the previously daifugou Koma has decided to leave out her capital! I can see two pieces of cloth undressed from Koma who became the daifugou…! Fu, fufufu…!

She thoroughly enjoyed me stripshow. Now it’s my turn…!

“Now, these are the last——-

Two cards of 3s!”

“”””………””””

—– At this time, I. I revolutionized it myself and forgot all about it.

If you go up with a 3 card that has changed to the strongest card because the strength of the card has been reversed… That it would be a foul loss, just as it was the first time Koma did it.

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“….. *Sob*, *Sob*”

It should have been a winnable game. And yet… I completely lost it. If only I had thought a little more about the order in which I play the cards… I would’ve won it. I was too excited to win… I messed up… This is why I’m hopeless…

“Aah, I can’t believe I get to see such a lewd and beautiful Nee-sama at the school… I’m, deeply moved…!”

“Pretty, and beautiful, Mako… If it were possible, I would embrace you right here, right now…”

“Senpai, wonderful… you’re amazing…! Adult’s….! Adult’s underwear…!”

“Mako’s are bigger… than mine… So ecchi…!”

“… Don’t, don’t look at me… Don’t stare at me so much…!”

In the end, I lost by a foul and became a very poor person, so I followed the rules and took off two pieces. I just have to think of this as my locker room, and not have to be shy. I told myself that, and with determination, I took off my shirt and skirt and I’m left with my underwear.

Even though there are only women. When I am photographed in my underwear with a digital camera or smartphone and being stared at with such curious eyes, I am so embarrassed that I want to die… Aah, jeez… Why did I wear the skimpy underwear on this day that Koma gave me…? Uhm, everyone? Those pictures… They’ll definitely be just for your personal enjoyment, right…?

“Th, that’s enough, everyone? Com, come on! No more pictures! Let’s stop it, okay?”

“Tha, that’s right. It’s almost time to sto, stop…?”

Me, half-crying, calling off the photo session… If you think about it, a smart and competitive opponent like Koma or Kanakana… There was a limit on how unreasonable a three-on-one match is.

I’m an idiot… If this is what was going to happen, I shouldn’t have mentioned that punishment, even in jest.

I let out a sigh and ran my hands over the clothes I had taken off—- At that time.

“Th, Then— The next one is the last.”

“…… Hm?”

For some reason, while putting the cards together, Koma begins to cut the deck tight and deal the cards.

“Finally, Mako, the last two pieces. Good grief… I doubt I’ll be able to stay rational.”

“My, my heart is beating fast…”

“Everyone, good luck…!”

“…Eh? Eh?”

Everyone else, is getting prepared to get back into it. They seem more motivated than before. Uh, uhm… Everyone? What are you intending to do…?

“Hey, hey, Koma? Also, everyone? We’re almost past the time when we have to leave school…”

“Ah, that’s right. Then, quickly—- Let’s quickly finish the last game.”

 “Last game…? Ha, haha… What are you saying, Koma? I have nothing else to take off…”

“? What are you on about, Mako? You have things to take off. You’re still wearing your bra and panties, aren’t you?”

“My, my bra and panties…!? Ah, hahahaha…! Nice joke, Kanakana…. Right, it’s a joke?”

“Mako-senpai! It’ll be fine! Just take off both of them at once!”

“Mako-san. Sensei is in charge of locking up the school today. It doesn’t matter if it’s a little late today!”

“……”

Eetto, this…. Could it be…

“Don’t tell me… It’ll continue till I’m naked…? This undressing daifugou…?”
“”””Naturally.””””

….. After this. I desperately attempted to resist, but everything was stripped off.

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Author’s notes: Thank you for reading. The smart Koma and Kanakana read Mako’s moves, Ren-chan with her pull and luck—- There’s no way Mako to win.

And even when she’s on the verge of winning, it’s the hopeless sister’s quality to mess up big time.

Author’s notes: New chapter of Hopeless sister. I’ll be busy again this month and next month, so I’ll post a new chapter when I can.

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“Uhm….. Koma? It’s getting time to go home from school, and for today…. How about we stop here?”

“It’s time to double down, Nee-sama♡”

“Ka, Kanakana! I think that Kanakana also wants to stop this, right?”

“What are you talking about, Mako? Aren’t we at the best part?”

“Re, Ren-chan! If you stay any longer, Ren-chan’s family will worry about you!?”

“I just called them to let them know I’ll be late today, so don’t worry about it! Now, let’s go to the next game, Mako-senpai!”

I’m playing cards in hand with tears in my eyes, while desperately pleading my case, and I’m surrounded by enemies on all sides. Nobody is my ally…

“Aah, jeez… Why… Why did things become like this…”

I’m surrounded by three people with glistening eyes, and I’m unable to escape,so I complained to myself. We were all just having fun together, really… So why did things become this way…?

~30 minutes before this situation~

“~ Dear me. By the way, it’s been a long time since we’ve had this group of people playing together properly. It’s fun to play with all these people you know so well.”

Afternoon on one day. I am allowed to use (without permission) an empty classroom at school in the name of a club activity, and try to say such a thing to everyone around me.

“Indeed. Recently, there have been some problems with timing due to class schedules, Nee-sama was abducted by a teacher, and some unscrupulous woman has tried to sneak out and go on a date with Nee-sama… And we don’t get to get everyone here together very often.”

“Personally, I’d rather be on a date with Mako alone only, but… she’s a lonely girl and loves to hang out with everyone. It’s not a bad idea to get together and have a fun time once in a while, is it?”

“… It’s pretty fun to play with people who you used to play together in middle school.”

Koma, Kanakana and Himecchi agree to my comment with wonderful smiles. And the other girl here…

“Me too! Me too! Since we don’t usually get to see each other, it’s so much fun to hang out with Mako-senpai like this!”

“Ahaha. I’m happy to hear that, Ren-chan. I’m also having fun playing together with Ren-chan.”

Ren Hiiragi, one of my kouhais in junior high school, was also jumping up and down with joy when she said so.

The other three of us can hang out at home or at school, but Ren-chan is still in junior high school and goes to a different school than we do… So, unfortunately we don’t get to play together much. That’s why I love to have fun with everyone like this sometimes.

“Rather, Hiiragi. I know it’s a little late for this, but why are you here…?”

“Muu… What is it, Kanae-senpai. Am I not allowed to stay here?”

“Not saying that you’re not allowed to be here, but… You’re an outsider, after all. How did you sneak into this school?”

“When I told them I was Mako-senpai’s little sister, they let me in without a hitch”

“Ha, Haa!? I’m the only little sister Mako-nee-sama has had, before or since then!?”

“… There, there. Calm down, Koma.”

Just with the addition of Ren-chan, see, this happens. We are more lively than usual. Yeah, yeah, I’m glad everyone is enjoying themselves.

“Even so… Are you really okay with it, Ren-chan? Such as classes and club activities… You didn’t have any plans?”

As soon as it was after school, out of nowhere, “Mako-senpai, it’s been a while! I came to visit and play with you!’, my kouhai came into our classroom excited.

Ren-chan is a third-year student, and this year she’s taking exams…Even when it’s after school for us, there were exams happening in her school, but… Is she sure she doesn’t need to go there? Even if she didn’t have classes, I’m pretty sure Ren-chan was in some kind of club…

“I’m fine! Thanks to a staff meeting today, I only had classes in the morning. And club activities…I quit as the manager of the soccer club a long time ago. And my club activities now…They’re also connected to being with Mako-senpai, which in itself is a club activity.”

“Ah, I see. I’m glad to hear that… Hm?”

…. Leaving aside classes. Why is being with me a club activity in itself? … Well, the other day, Ren-chan said to me, ‘Am I in a club? I’m in a club that proselytizes the merits of Mako-senpai!’ I thought she was joking about it, but… It couldn’t be, right?

“More importantly, Mako-senpai? What are we going to play today?”

“Let me think. I just brought some playing cards and so how about we play a card game?”

“It sounds nice. Speaking of card games… Is it the classic old maid card game, Nee-sama?”

“Uun… It’s not bad, but five girls getting together and playing old maid… It gives that kind of impression.”

“Yeah, it does. Then… We are just five people and it’s a good time, so let’s play a game of secure ‘Daifugou’.” (TN: Daifugou)

“… I approve.”

Like that, today, we decided to play a card game that ranks alongside Old Maid and Fan-Tan… which is Daifugou.

It’s a classic game, and I’m sure quite a few of you have done it before. Deal the cards evenly and put out the cards you have in order. The game is simple: when you have no no more cards left, the game ends. The cards strength is,

3→4→5→6→7→8→9→10→J→Q→K→A→2

and that’s the strength in order (however, since two jokers are included this time, the strongest one is the joker). The basic rule of the game is that players can only play cards that are stronger than the cards on the ground, and if they can’t (or don’t want to), you can pass.

The interesting thing about this game is that the ranking of the previous game determines your rank from the next game. In the case of five people, they are rated as “millionaire”, “rich”, “commoner”, ‘pauper’, and ‘great pauper’ in the order of winning… There is an interesting rule that the ‘poorest player’ gives the ‘richest player’ two strong cards from their hand, and the richest player gives the poorest player two cards that they do not need. (By the way, the poor and the rich exchange one piece each)

There are several other ways to play the card game with various official and unofficial rules… Well, I’ll leave that for later.

“We all start as commoners. I’ll hand out the cards now!”

“”””Yees!””””

I add the two jokers to the deck, shuffle the cards, and then distribute them evenly to everyone. Starting the game immediately.

Let’s see? My hand is…. Umu. It’s neither good nor bad. At any rate, it’s the first time, and the goal is to avoid great poverty! I’ll do my best.

“My?… I have 3 of diamonds. May I start?”

“OK. I’m fine with it. So we’ll start with Koma-chan and work our way clockwise.”

“… I have no objections.”

“I have no problem with that either.”

“Okay. Let’s start game one, okay?”

“Yes. Then… Let me get three 3s out of the way right away♡”

“”””!!””””

My dear little sis declares so, smiles and puts the 3 of diamonds, aces and clubs on the spot. From the first hand, three cards are played…!?

In this game, depending on the cards in your hand, you may have not only one, but two or three cards, as Koma just showed. And it is possible to put four cards out at once. In this case, the next player must also play three cards each. I can counter this if I have three of them…

“Guuu… I’m going to pass…”

“… I’ll pass too.”

“Uuu, me tooo…”

Our hands are basically random. Cards with the same numbers don’t always line up so conveniently. Me, Himecchi, and Ren-chan dare to choose to pass.

“Way to go, Koma-chan… Well, I’m going to play. Here, three cards of six.”

Only Kanakana was able to play three cards with the same number.

“Oh my. In that case… I have three 9’s too.”

“””…. Pass.”””

“Tch. I’m going to counter readily with a cool face. I’ll play with two tens and a joker.”

“I see you’ve bitten. Okay, I’ll do three 2’s.”

“””…. Pass.”””

… These two are heating up. And me, Himecchi and Ren-chan, who are out of the firing line. We haven’t played a single card, and already Koma and Kanakana can count the cards left in their hands on their fingers, as if they were in the endgame…?

“How many of the same cards do you have, Koma… Did you cheat?”

“That’s my line, Kanae-sama. Why are you able to handle everything… So? Are you going to reveal it?”

“There’s no way I can make a move when three of the most powerful cards are on the ground. I pass.”

“I’m glad to hear that. Then… 2 cards.”
“”””Pass!””””

All the strongest cards are now on the ground except for the one remaining joker. And someone who probably has the last piece would never play a valuable joker just to stop Koma’s rapid progress… It looks like it’s decided that Koma is Daifugou.

As, as expected of Koma…I didn’t realize you were so good at playing card games where luck is involved.

Hearing everyone’s pass, a satisfied Koma puts the last card on the field.

“With this, I’m done… Here, a joker.”

“””….. Hah?”””

And the card that Koma played was, of course… her last trump card. The joker’s card. It’s stronger than the 2 cards Koma just put out, in a way the strongest card that no one else can handle.

…. No, but this is…

“Uhm, Koma…? This is…”

“… The last 2, the 8 of 8, and you had the joker…”

“Then, loss from foul play…?”

… That’s right. This card was put out by Koma… No, her previous two cards. In fact, there is a rule in Daifugou that if a strong card like this is played, the player loses by foul play.

In that case, for example if you played it first… Unfortunately, it’s a violation of the rules, and you’d be a very poor person.

“My♪ I’m sorry, I forgot about it. Then… I have no choice but to say I’ll be the next great pauper.”

“No, no, wait a moment. If you forgot the rules… You can rewind it once, Koma…?”

“No, no, Nee-sama. Any way you roll it back, my last card in hand is a joker or two. I’m sure I’m the poorest of the poor since I can’t go up because I’ll lose by foul play in either case.”

“I, I see…”

Eh, wait… Eh? Why? Why did Koma make such an elementary and mundane mistake…? With such a strong hand, there were so many other ways to win…?

“Tch…! You’ve done it, Koma…! It should’ve been me paying a tribute… by becoming the poorest of the poor…!”
“Fufufu… If you resent it, please hate the luck of the card, Kanae-sama.”

My dear little sis, who for some reason is happy to be a great pauper. While Himecchi, Ren-chan, and I were questioning the meaning of the word, only Kanakana seemed to notice the intent of Koma and gritted her teeth.

… Hello, you two? I don’t know what it is, but are the two of them playing by different rules? Am I imagining it?

“Eh, eetto… Then, for now, Koma is the poorest of the poor… I’ll resume the game. Then, I’ll start. 4 cards.”

“…. 5”

“Ah, then I go 7.”

“I pass.”

“Eh? Aah, ah, un. Then… After ending with 8, I go with 5.”

“…. 6!”

“I’ll take out 7!”

“I pass.”

“…. Uhm, Kanakana?”

“Whaat is it, Mako? It’s Mako’s turn, but… What do you need from me?”

“No, why are you not playing cards?”

“Nhh? Aah… I’m sorry. I have no more cards to play. Mako doesn’t pay attention to me and sends out cards at a rapid pace.”

“I, I got it…”

Where is her momentum from earlier? Kanakana is making a series of passes as if suddenly she is unmotivated. No, she doesn’t have cards to play… She was playing a pretty strong card hand earlier…

Koma, and then my best friend. I don’t understand what their intentions are. At any rate, the remaining three decided to continue the game.

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And so the game continued—-

‘Daifugou’ is Me

‘Wealthy person’ is Himecchi

‘Commoner’ is Ren-chan

‘Pauper’ is Kanakana

‘Great pauper’ is Koma

The first game resulted in this order. First is Koma who lost with a foul and was the poorest, and after that, Kanakana, who made a lot of passes, was the poorest.

I was the only one to get through, followed by Himecchi and Ren-chan, with only a small difference in the cards.

“Okay, let’s continue with the 2nd game… But, before that. Nee-sama, here you go♡ From the poorest of the poor to the richest of the rich, a tribute of love.”

“Aah, un. Thank you. Then… Sorry, Koma, I’m sorry to impose on you, but I’ll give you this and this.”

“Wow…! Thank you very much, Nee-sama! Aah, this is the precious card Nee-sama gave me… I will cherish it and use it with care!”

Before the next game begins. Koma gave a very strong card to me. Conversely, I hand Koma a card that is relatively weak and unlikely to be useful. When she receives the card from me, Koma gazes at it in a trance.

…. Uhm, Koma? What are you doing?

“Daamn… This next game, I’m going to give to Mako…! Ah, Ohime. I’ll give you this. Use it as you like.”

“… Aah, I understand. I got it. I thought it was strange… Koma, and Kanakana too, so it’s like that.”

“….. Haah!? Senpais, I can’t believe that you’re after that…! So, unfair! You’re both unfair! In, in that case, I too…!”

“Uhm… Kanakana, Ren-chan you too… What are you saying?”

“…. Mako, don’t worry about it. I can’t be too careful.”

What is everyone around me talking about? Himecchi sighed when she said that concerning the people themselves and made a bit of a worrisome face…

“Then, I’ll begin the second game. Let me, as a great pauper, begin.”

~The hopeless sister and her friends are in middle of Daifugou~

Then we played a few rounds of Daifugou, however.

“…. Ah, sorry, everyone. I know it’s a little early, but I have to make dinner for Kaa-san… It’s getting time for me to go home.”

Himecchi, suddenly looking at her watch, apologizes to us while holding her schoolbag in her hand and says so. Oh… It’s already that late?

“It’s okay, okay. I’m sorry I made you stay with us all this time, Himecchi.”

“Please be careful on your way home, Hime-sama.”

“See you tomorrow, Ohime”

“Asao-senpai, thanks for staying.”

“…. Nh. It was fun today.  Till next time.”

We wave goodbye to Himecchi as she hurriedly leaves the classroom. Bye bye, Himecchi, say hi to your mother from me.

“Noow. Himecchi is not playing anymore,… What are we going to do? Continue playing Daifugou?”

“Yeah, I’m just finally getting heated up.”

“Me too. I’m still not at the good parts.”

“Same here! If senpai desires it, I will go as far as I can!”

I confirm with the remaining people whether they wish to continue. I’m happy to see everyone is motivated… Now. We all can continue having a good time playing together. For now, let’s just do what I have to do for now.

“Okay. I’d like to move on to the next game then. Before that.”

“””? Before that?”””

“… Stop with the tributing play, everyone!”

“””!?”””

I look at Kanakana, Ren-chan and smiling Koma. I break the ice with that.

“Tri, tri… Tribute play? Wha, what are you talking about, Mako-senpai…!?”
“Tha, that’s right. I have no idea what you’re on about.”

“Don’t play dumb with me. I thought it was weird from the first game, though… You girls are definitely losing on purpose so that I win.”

The first is Koma and then Kanakana. Ren-chan’s behavior was clearly strange from the middle of the game. They intentionally lose by penalties due to continuing to pass.

Or, they may adjust the game to the perfect degree so that I don’t fall in the capital (when a millionaire is beat, the winner becomes a millionaire from the next game)…

“I should have seen it sooner… No one in that game is a proper millionaire except me and Himecchi.”

“Ufufu♪ Not at all, Nee-sama. It’s all thanks to Nee-sama’s ability. Nee-sama is really strong.”

“How can you say that after all those wins!?”

The Koma that’s playing dumb is cute too, but that’s not the point! Good grief, these girls…

“Uhm, everyone. I’m glad that everyone cares about me and tries to make me feel good about winning. But as I thought, this isn’t a game? I’m not happy about winning on purpose… It must be tough for everyone to keep losing on purpose, right? It’s not fun, right?”

“(If I become a daifugou, I can’t say it wouldn’t be fun having Nee-sama pay me tribute!)”

“(If I become a daifugou, having Mako pay me tribute would be enjoyable…)”

“(If I become a daifugou, I’d enjoy a tribute from senpai…)”

 Well, I’m happy to win, but. But I don’t think it’s right for me to be the only one to win. That’s not a game.

“Games should be fair, and winning and losing is what makes them fun… That’s why, okay? Please. Promise me you won’t do this kind of thing again.”

“””………………”””

Everyone looks away awkwardly at my request… Apparently, they want to cover up the fact that they were playing to give tribute to me at all costs.

No other choice then…In that case—

“Okey. We’ll do it like this, everyone. I’m going to make it a punishment game from now on.”

“””…. Punishment game?”””

If they don’t want to lose on purpose. If I make it a rule where you don’t like to lose, then these girls will take me seriously. That’s what I suggest to them.

“That’s right, a punishment game. This way, you girls won’t intentionally try to lose. Also… I think that if there is a penalty game, there will be a moderate sense of tension, and it will be more interesting than ever before.”

“Eetoo… I have no problems with the punishment game itself, but…”

“More precisely, what kind of punishment game are you going to do, Mako?”

“I’d hope you might… not be too harsh with it… Right now, my pockets are kinda light.”

Fumu, the punishment game’s contents. I wonder what’s good? … Not too strict, affordable and fun. And there’s no burden on my kouhai Ren-chan… Thinking of a proper punishment game…

“That’s right… How about this one? The loser takes off their clothes one at a time, something like that.”

…….. It was a joke. For my part, it was meant as a lighthearted joke to lighten the mood.

*Slam* x3

“””Taking one cloth at a time, daifugou…?”””

“Eh?”

——At this moment, everything around me became the enemy.

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Author’s notes: Thank you very much for reading. Mako is unaware. It’s like a duck with onion on its back entering into the water of a boiling pot in front of beasts.

Author’s notes: New chapter. Lately, Koma, Kanakana, and all the teachers have been all over the place… I felt that Mako, who is the most important part of the story, has not been showing her hopeless sister side, so let’s have her go back to being the hopeless sister that she seems to be this time around.

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“Ey, Kanakana, Himecchi… I, I might’ve just noticed something really unbelievable.”

“”Unbelievable?”” 

One day while on break. I was casually watching the news on my cell phone, and I was snickering to tell my two best friends the shocking truth.

“… What? Perhaps you’re finally becoming aware of your own inadequacy and perversity, Mako?”

“Yes, that’s it, Ohime. If it’s this girl then she’s just about to say something like, ‘I’ve realized that my little sis, Koma, is the only cute one in the whole world’ . Mako, we won’t listen properly to you if you start bragging about Koma-chan, which we don’t care about. I’ve grown tired of hearing it.” 

“You two are pretty rude today… It’s amazing what I’ve noticed. I think both Kanakana and Himecchi would be surprised out of your mind once you know about this.”

After all… I’ve just discovered an extraordinary fact that is the truth of the world.

“Fuun. Well, I’ll just listen to you. Just tell us, Mako.”

“I’ll hear you with a grain of salt.”

Saying that, Kanakana took the liberty of holding my hand, stroking it, and applying nail polish to my fingernails. Himecchi is listening to a recording of Himecchi Mother’s voice on her portable music player saying, ‘Hime, I love you!’.

These, these two… You said you’d listen to me, but you didn’t even listen to half of what I had to say.

“Okay, I’ll do so then. I’m sure you’ll change your attitude when you hear this. Okay, listen, you two? First of all, I want you to look at this news… It’s as it says. These days, there are all kinds of colds going around, right?”

“Aah, that’s right. There’s an epidemic going on all over the world – the common cold. I had a bit of a bad cold last week myself.”

“… This time of year, it’s especially easy to get sick. I need to make sure Kaa-san doesn’t catch a cold.”

In a certain school the classes were suspended temporarily. There are quite a few students and teachers with colds in our school. I hear that Chiyuri-sensei’s clinic is also very busy right now…

Well, it’s the time of year when people tend to get sick because of sudden temperature changes or environmental changes, so to say it’s inevitable is an understatement, however…

“But, you know. I saw on the news that there was such a cold going around… I suddenly noticed something strange.”

““Something strange””

“That’s right, something strange. Kanakana and Himecchi too. Also, my Koma too— I’m sure you’ve all had a cold at one time or another, to varying degrees or another, right?”

“Well, yeah.”

“… I think we all have at least once.”

“Yeah, yeah, usually that’s how it is. But… I haven’t gotten it even once. I’ve never had a cold or anything like that.”

I’ve had a fever that was like a fever of wisdom because I thought too much about unnecessary things. I have never had a so-called cold since I can remember.

Even my twin sister Koma, who works out more than I do, still catches a cold a few times a year… It made me wonder what’s wrong since I’m the only one who has never had a cold.

“”That, isn’t that simply because Mako is an idiot?””

“I’ll send you flying, you bastards…”

These two girls who, in almost no time at all, spoke up and clearly said what they thought would be said out of thin air. Enough with the “idiots don’t catch cold” theory.

“About that. I’ve been thinking about it. I wondered why, unlike everyone else, I was so resistant to colds and such. I wondered what was the difference between me and others. After much thought, I came to the conclusion. I finally understand why I have such a high tolerance for colds.”

“Heeh. That’s very interesting. It’s a rare case for Mako to have such an informative story.”

“…. The secret about not getting a cold. Let me hear your theory.”

They finally seem to be willing to listen, perhaps realizing that my story is useful. Good grief. That’s why I told you to take me seriously from the beginning.

“So? Why doesn’t Mako catch a cold?”

“… Don’t be a spoilsport and tell us.”

“Umusu. I’ll do so. The reason I don’t catch colds, that is—”

“”That is?””

And then, I… In a voice clear enough for both of them to hear,

“—-It’s because Koma and I have been kissing ever since I was little!”

“”…………”” 

I proudly proclaim the truth that I have arrived at.

“……. It’s just the usual. It wasn’t an informative story but just useless chatter.”

“…. I shouldn’t have bothered.”

While the two of them were mumbling to each other while exhaling a sigh, I began to prove my theory.

“Actually, I’ve had a dim sense of it for a long time. I was the one who kissed Koma every day without fail to restore her taste buds… Every time we put our lips together, I feel a warmth from deep inside my body and my immune system is boosted. And after she kisses me on the mouth, I’m so happy, I’m on a high all day long, and I’m excited and energetic. Our very thick kiss as twin sisters has no gaps, so I can’t even get cold germs in my body any longer. Basically—- Kissing my Koma is an ambrosia…!”

“…. Hey, Kanaa. Mako went crazy. Should we call an ambulance for this one?”

“Rest assured, Ohime, there is no need to call an ambulance… It’s too late for that. This is a disease that cannot be cured by modern medicine anymore. Bu, conversely, she’s idiotly cute.”

When I put it like that, it’s no wonder I’m the only one who doesn’t catch a cold. Since everyone else can’t kiss Koma forever. Kissing my little sister Koma—- It’s my, and only my privilege.

“Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any medical evidence yet, but… I’m staring at the possibility of eventually being able to cure any disease if research progresses and the wonders of my and Koma’s kisses are understood. What do you think about my investigation, you two?”

“…. Nothing much. I knew it, the theory that idiots don’t catch colds just proved correct…”

“How”

Himecchi, with a horribly cold face, picks up the music player again and starts listening to Himecchi’s mother’s voice playing, ‘Hime, I love you’.

“What do you think about it, Kanakana? My theory, is it strange?”

“Hmm, I see. Kissing is effective for illnesses… I see…. Fumu.”

Let’s leave aside the mothercon daughter who is indifferent to everyone but her mother. Now I’m going to ask Kanakana. In response to my question, Kanakana shows a little bit of a thoughtful attitude.

“… Well, there’s no medical proof about it. But, maybe, really, kissing can cure disease.”

“Right! I think so too, as well!”

After much contemplation, Kanakana agrees with me, looking like she has an idea. Fufun! My best friend, I knew you would understand me.

“That said. There’s no medical or scientific proof… I can’t say that the theory that Mako came up with is not entirely correct.”

“Muu… Well, now that you say it…”

“So let’s see if it is really effective for diseases—- Right here and now.”

*Dash* ← I guess Kanakana’s intentions and start running away

*Grabs* ← Kanakana catches me easily

*Thud* ← Kanakana pushes me down on the floor directly after capturing me

“Hey, where might you be off to, Mako♡ About the proof, let’s confirm it. The kiss theory.”

Tachibana Mako ran away!

Unfortunately, she couldn’t escape!

“Ha, haha… What might you be talking about, Kanakana-san? Let, let’s just calm down, okay? Let’s calm down and talk about it, okay?”

“I am calm. I’m always composed. I’m always composed– And while chasing after Mako.”

This is a school, and there are my classmates all around us. And yet, as if she didn’t care, Kanakana-san pushed me down and said such a thing.

“No, that’s, uhm…. That’s not it, not it, Kanakana? I, I said… It’s only me kissing Koma… That it might help with diseases…”

“Not at all, my Mako. Maybe kissing with Mako can have a beneficial effect on the diseases. After all, you and Koma are twin sisters. With that in mind—- I will now conduct a clinical experiment on you with my own body.”

Kanakana, with her eyes blazing, strips off her own uniform and mine (*in the classroom) and slowly closes in on me.

I’m, I’m a goner… May, maybe, I’ve stirred up trouble for myself? Did I wake up the snake beast of love…?

“Sto, Stop! Stop! Ka, Ka-Ka-Kanakana!? Please stop doing this—– Hi, Himecchi! Himecchi, Help me!”

“…. Haa, haa… Kaa-san, Kaa-san….!”　← She’s in heat from her recorded mother’s voice

“Himecchiiiiiii!?”

I ask for help from my other best friend, but she is already absorbed in her own world. By the way, my classmates around me…

“Eh, that… They’re really doing it? Kissing each other…? Dear god… Kanai-san is pretty bold…”

“It’s the first time I’ve seen two people kissing outside of a drama….”

“… Must be nice… I too, with Mako-chan….”

Instead of stopping her, they’re watching from afar while curious. Won’t you help me…!?

“Wai, wait… Please wait… This won’t end up just as a joke…!”

“What are you saying? You know I don’t do this kind of thing for fun. Now, before she gets in our way… Let’s prove that kisses cure diseases!”

“You don’t have to! You don’t have to prove that, so please don’t!?”

“Aah, you’re so talkative. Then let me kiss you, Mako, without getting proof!”

“Wait right there!”

Kanakana-san!? Aren’t you getting a little too excited!?

“Now, Mako. Present your lips to me quickly.”
“N, noo… It’s really, bad…”

“Don’t worrym I’ll be gentle. Look… Close your eyes, slowly.”

“——- With infectious diseases going around, this kind of behavior is bad, even as a joke… Kanae-sama.”

“Uwaah!?”

My and Kanakana’s lips… Several centimeters before they touched. My trusty knight-sama appears dashingly as usual.

“Really, I can’t let my guard down nor let anything slip near this person… Are you safe, Nee-sama?”

“Ah… Ko, Komaa!”

“I’m sorry. There, there, you must’ve been scared. It’ll be all right now!”

She pushed Kanakana aside, who was over me, and held me in her arms… She was nobody other than my own twin sister, Koma.

“Chiii….! Every time, all the time….! Showing up at the same time…! You keep me expecting, and then you get in the way! How cruel of you to stop me half-way doing it, Koma-chan…!”

“That’s my line…! Every time just when I leave Nee-sama’s side for a few minutes, this is what happens…! What were you intending to do with my Nee-sama at a public place like this, Kanae-sama…!?”

With me sandwiched between them, they begin to argue as usual. Dear classmates, I apologize for all the trouble I’ve caused you every time. It’s the usual thing from Mako Tachibana and her friends…

“What am I intending to do… It’s nothing suspicious or anything.”

“What kind of woman pushes my Nee-sama down?”
“You’re wrong, it’s a misunderstanding. I’m just… I was just trying to prove that kissing is a cure-all.”

“Haah…? Kissing is effective for diseases? What crazy things are you on about, Kanae-sama?”

“It’s not crazy at all. Anyhow, it was none other than Mako that said that.”

“…. Nee-sama did? Is that true?”

“Eh? Ah… U, un. I don’t get colds…. I said it was probably because I’d been kissing Koma all over the place.”

“See, it’s as I told you.”

Kanakana is explaining herself to Koma who came late and oblivious to it. And Koma’s response to Kanakana is…

“I see, makes sense. So that’s what it’s about. Then… Nee-sama, pardon me.”

“Fueh? What are, Koma—-”

She put her hands around my neck and held me close to her as before…

“Excuse me.”

“Nhm, muuuu…!?”

“Ah, aaaaaaaaaaaaaah…!?”

She took my lips with her own, as if she were showing off to Kanakana.

The place is public and there are people, and to say it again…. In front of Kanakana who had declared her love for me— I froze while panicking a bit.

Without worrying about me, Koma lays her lips on mine as usual, stretching out her tongue and licking my tongue, exchanging saliva with each other… 

Then, after enjoying it for a while, she slowly parted my lips… After lovingly licking off the transparent bridge that had formed between us,

“Kanae-sama. Please don’t misunderstand. Kissing is not effective for diseases. The kisses exchanged between me and Nee-sama… are effective for diseases.”

And with a triumphant look on her face, she declared.

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Author’s notes: Thank you for reading. Twin yuri sisters kissing will be a cure-all for diseases (I believe)

Author’s notes: I’m sorry I’m a little late. New chapter of Hopeless sister.
This time it’s about the cooking demon, Seino-sensei!

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“Nee-sama♪ Thank you for waiting, let’s go together!”

“Maako♪ Thanks for waiting. Let’s have fun today.” 

“…. Hah?”

“…. Aah?”

“Fu, fufufu. Kanae-sama. I haven’t called you. If you want to have fun then have fun alone.”

“Ha, Hahaha. Koma-chan. I didn’t invite you here. If you’re going to leave, go home alone and quickly.”

“… Hou?”

“…. Heeh?”

“What is it? Picking a fight?”

“I’ll go if you want to, you’re welcome, Koma-chan.”

“”…….!””

“….Ooi. You two there who are fighting each other in the usual friendly way, like the world’s most famous cat and mouse?”

“Uhm…. Hime-sama? Where do you see me and this person getting along?”

“Ohime, go and see an ophthalmologist now. We don’t get along at all.”

“….. This is unrelated, but—– If it’s about Mako, she’s already gone.”

“”Eh?””

“… The home economics sensei took Mako with her in her car… Is it okay to quarrel knowing that?”

“”…….””

*Surprise!* ×２

“I’m going, Kanae-sama!”

“I get it! I need to get Mako to safety as soon as possible, Koma-chan!”

“… Perfectly in sync. I knew you two were good friends.”

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~Side: Mako~

“Ah, aaaah…. Uhm, uhm, uhm…. Ma, Mako…. san…”

“Hoh? Aah, isn’t it Kiyono-sensei? What happened?”

After school one day. I was thinking of going home to play with Koma and Kanakana as usual, but I… Tachibana Mako am stopped by one woman.

I look back and see. That’s where my home economics teacher—– Kiyono Kazumi-sensei is hiding behind a pillar and fidgeting for some reason.

“Th, that… Uhm, that, that… Mako-san, right now… Might you, be free?”

“Right now, is it? Well, I am. I don’t have any specific plans, but do you need something from me?”

“U, un. Ah,… Ahm? Truth is…”

“Truth is?”

“Sen, sensei is… This time again… I’m planning to publish a new recipe book, but… Sampling of the dishes that will be in the book… I was wondering… if Mako-san would accompany me…”

“!? I, I’ll go!”

Having to taste the new recipes of my greatly respected sensei before anyone else… As her disciple.

And as her fan. It couldn’t have been a more super-attractive invitation. I was OK with it in almost no time and was whisked away.

Well, there shouldn’t have been any problems up to that point…

“Th, that’s right…! I’m glad… Th, then… Let’s go before we get interrupted, Mako-san…!”

“Understood♪ We’ll be going to the lab kitchen, right?”

“…. U, uun. We can get interrupted… a lot there so that’s why… We’ll go to my house… to not be interrupted by anyone…!”

“…. Huh?”

“Th, then… Let’s go quickly.”

“Eh? Eh? …. Eeh?”

I was taken to her car, and then I was given a ride in sensei’s car, and then—

“We, welcome in, Mako-san… Please feel at home…. Without reserve in my home…”

“Ah. Yeah. Excuse me for intruding in.”

And so I found myself being taken to her home by sensei. Uumu… I’ve done it.

I didn’t even have time to say to the Koma and the others, ‘I’m off for a little food tasting’. I’ve left my mobile phone at home on days like this…. Well, it should be fine. A quick food sampling and then I should head right back to school and I’m good to go. I’m sure Koma and the others would understand if I contacted them after this ended.

“Wel, well then… Sensei is going to cook… I’ll immediately make it… Please wait for it leisurely…”

“Yes, sensei. I’m looking forward to it!”

“…..! U, un! Un! Sensei, will do her best…! I’ll make dishes to please Mako-san, a lot… a lot of dishes…!”

She said this and skipped off to the kitchen.

“(*Skip*, *skap*, *skip*) Fuhahaha! The kitchen is a woman’s battlefield…!”

Few seconds later. Sensei starts cutting cabbage into strips at great speed with a terrible noise as if she were firing a machine gun, and with a kitchen knife in her hand. She was so timid till just now, but as soon as she got hold of the cooking utensils. It’s interesting to see how much she’s changed…

It’s bad to interfere, and if I go near hier she’s going to become an oni drill sergeant. For now, I’m going to relax and wait in the living room, just like sensei told me to.

“Even so…This room has nothing…”

Looking around the living room, I let slip my impressions of what I saw by myself… The kitchen was crowded with all kinds of cookware, kitchen utensils and recipe books… In contrast, only a desk and a chair can be found in this living room.

This room, with only the bare essentials, even feels a little lonely. If there was a recipe book or something, I thought I’d get to read it since I’m here but… Sensei is a so-called minimalist, isn’t she?

“… Wait, but for a minimalist… Somehow… I’m getting an out of place feeling…”

I’m staring at the living room floor while being carefree, and I discover that the floor is burned in some places in a strange way… What’s with this?

“Somehow, it’s like…  Usually, this whole floor is littered with objects and furniture… But they’ve been taken away in… hurry…?”

*Creak*

“Hn?”

And that’s exactly when I was thinking. The sound of something creaking reached my ears from the back of the room.

*Creak*… *Creak*, *Creak*….

“What? What’s that sound? Eeto… Aah, is it from here?”

The source of the sound is apparently this closet. The closer I get, the more I hear, and the more I hear… The unpleasant sound gets louder.

For some strange reason, I’m standing in front of that closet.

And then, lightly… That’s right, really lightly. I touched the door a bit and—-

*Cre*…. *Creak*!

“Guueh…!?”

—— In the next moment, an avalanche happened.

Books, report papers, plastic bags, clothes, cushions, bedding, rubbish bags, empty bottles, cardboard boxes, etc…. All of it is rushing towards me with great force. It happened so quickly that I, with no motor skills whatsoever, didn’t have time to avoid it.

No rather, there’s just too much stuff to avoid properly in the first place… This small me is caught directly in that avalanche, pushed in and swallowed up.

“(Eh, it’s a joke.… I can’t… move…! Also… breathing…!?)”

I am buried alive in the middle of the room, crushed by books, furniture and other things. I struggle hard and try to crawl out, but I’m stuck under too much weight and material. Or rather, I can’t breathe properly…

“(I’m… going to suffocate…!?)”

It’, It’s strange… I was only supposed to be here to sample sensei’s cooking… But, don’t tell me I’m going to suffocate here? ‘The hopeless sister concludes here’—- Is it going to be?

“(Ah, not good… This is seriously no laughing matter….)”

I’m gradually losing consciousness. Following it, the happy days of my past with my beloved Koma and my best friends Kanakana and others somehow come into my view. Aah, those times were fun. Oh yeah, that also happened… Wa, wait a moment. Could this be the revolving lantern…? This is seriously bad…

I’m sorry, Koma… Onee-chan wanted to make Koma happier and happier, but… Forgive this hopeless Onee-chan who suffocates half-way to her goal…

“—–Mako-kun? What was that sound just now… What in?”

*Clang*…. ← Sound of cutlery dropped on the ground.

“!? Eh, eh, eh!? Ma, Mako-san!? Mako-saan!?”

I almost drowned in the Sanzu River, and if it had been a few seconds later when sensei noticed something was wrong and rushed to bring me back to this world, I would have been in danger.

“—-Hagh, agh… *Breathing heavily*”

“Ar, are you okay…? Mako-san…”

Sensei dug me up and I managed to get my breath back. I wander around to see what happened. A terrific room with a terrible mess is appearing before my eyes. There’s an overflow of stuff, rubbish, books and paper bundles randomly jenga blocks…..

Thi, this is… This scene is a deja vu…! It’s exactly like the scene in Aunty Meiko’s never-ending room…! In other words—- Isn’t this a dirty room!?

“… Uhm, sensei? This is?”

“… This, is that… Uhm…”

When I questioned Sensei with a stern look, she looked away from my gaze desperately with a frightened look on her face.

“E, ehehe…”

She shows me a friendly smile. And holds her head while saying few words.

“Senseii.”

“Ye, Yes!”

“Let’s tidy it up immediately!”

“….. Yes.”

~Side: Kiyono-sensei~

She embodies my ideals… I invited my lovely student Mako Tachibana to my house and tried to treat her to a tasting of my confident cooking… However, for no reason, the tasting was temporarily canceled. I’m going to tidy up my room.

I kn, I know it’s my room… I felt bad that I had to do this to Mako-san, who is my guest, so at first I told her, ‘I’ll take care of it’ and tried to clean up the mess in my own way…

“Sensei. I told you earlier, throwing everything that’s in the room, including rubbish, into a closet is not tidying up. In the meantime, sensei, please just continue cooking.”

And, with a smiling face (Mako-san at this time… was kind of scary…), I was given a roundabout ‘get out of the way and go away’ notice, and I was successfully notified that I was no longer a person that can help her…

“——- Fuii. For now, it should be like this?”

“Go, good work… Mako-san…. Thank, you…”

Thirty minutes later. My messy room, which had been so rough and tumble, has taken on a different look. My books and recipe books are organised and on bookshelves. Recipe notes that came to mind unexpectedly and were jotted down randomly in the middle of the night are filed for easy reading. My clothes that have been left lying around randomly are washed, dried, ironed, folded and put into the wardrobe in batches. Cans, plastic bottles, cardboard, oversize rubbish, etc., are all separated and—-

She did an amazing job of cleaning up and tidying up… This room, usually overflowing with stuff and dimly lit, looks different and shining… Mako, Mako-san, you… Are you maybe a witch…?

“I’m sorry, Sensei, cleaning up your room on my own. I’ve been influenced by my useless Aunty, and when I see a messy room, I get restless. Oh, and if you don’t like how I did it, you can move the furniture and stuff around as you like.”

“Un, un, it’s fine! Instead… Yo, you saved me… Thank you very much…!”

Oh, and then I’m self-loathing… I only invited Mako-san to cook a new dish to make her happy, but I didn’t expect her to clean up my room…

“No, no… Even so, it was a bit of a surprise. I didn’t think sensei was someone who had difficulty cleaning up.”

“Haauuu…”

When I hand her a cup of tea that I have brewed for her as well as for her good work, Mako-san sips it and says so sincerely. Uuu… It’s embarrassing…

“Since I finally got to invite Mako-san to my house…  I had to stuff away this mess beforehand so that it wouldn’t be exposed… To think it collapsed like that…”

“… Sensei. As I’ve said many times before, the act of putting everything in your room into a closet is not tidying up, okay? Rather, it’s such a mess, too… And if you force it in when it’s over capacity, it’s obvious that this is what will happen, isn’t it…?”

With a strained smile, Mako calmly tsukkomi’s me… Yes, it’s as you say…

“… Uhm. Are you disappointed?”

“Yes?”

I ask Mako-san that with tears in my eyes. Mako-san tilts her head as if to say, ‘What the hell is she saying?’

“Mako-san… You said it yourself, right? You said you respect me… I’m sorry… I’m not… a respectable and amazing Sensei…”

“…? What are you trying to say…?”

“I… I’m only amazing at cooking… For a long time, I only liked cooking. All I can think about is the cooking… Cooking is the only thing for me…”

“……”

I’m a strange teacher who even at her best is bad at communicating and whose personality changes dramatically when it comes to cooking. On top of that, today I was found out to be a trashy woman who couldn’t even clean her own room…At this rate, I’ll be hated by Mako-san… Even though, I was respected by her… If I continue like this, she might not even take my classes properly… 

Although, I’m shaking on the inside. When I fearfully ask, Mako says…

“What? How could I possibly hate you?”

“Eh…?”

She answered straightforwardly.

“It’s normal for everyone to have one or two things they’re not good at? Sensei is not good at tidying up. I’m not good at studying or exercising. Isn’t it natural that there should be something like that? Even if you can’t tidy up, it doesn’t mean you’re bad at other things. Kiyono Kazumi-sensei remains a worthy and respectable sensei to me.”

“….. Ah?”

Mako-san, who says such killing words with a lovely and wonderful smile.

“Rather, I feel closer to you. Keep refining the only area you are good at, the area you love… at the expense of everything else. I love that way of life.”

“Love…!?”

I am struck by that one word…..Hu, Huh? St, it’s strange…

“(What is this? Wha, what am I….?)”

Somehow… My face, is hot… Mako-san looks very sparkly somehow… My heart in my chest… it’s beating fast…

“…. Sensei? What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell, sensei?”

“Hyau!?”

Unable to control my emotions, I looked away, desperately trying not to look at Mako-san… For now, I was trying to catch my breath, but… Mako-san looks into my face with concern.

No, don’t… Don’t show me your cute face… I’ll become strange…

“(…… I know I’m late in saying this, but this girl… She’s extremely, cute…)”

Aah, no. Of course I’ve always thought she was a cute girl. But that’s only as a student…. And as a disciple I thought she was cute.

And yet… I wonder why? Right now, I… this girl… I’m looking at Mako-san in a strange way…

“(She’s good at cooking, hard-working, flawlessly handling cleaning and homework… She’s a lovely and beautiful girl…)”

This girl would definitely be nice, If she were to be a bride… No, wait, wait a minute… What am I thinking…? This girl… she’s my disciple and… a high school student…

“Sen, sensei…? Uhm…”

“(Her lips… They’re so plump and… look so soft…)”

I know that it’s bad but I feel the opposite. I naturally put my hand on Mako-san’s cheek. Mako-san looks at my incomprehensible actions with a confused expression. That expression… It’s also cute…

“Mako, san… I…”

“Eeh… Ah, etto… Uhm, sensei…? Sensei…!? Wha, what ar…!?”

I’m really sorry, Mako-san. But, I’m already… I’m not able to contain myself… While I’m apologizing in my heart, I’m approaching my lips with no hesitancy to Mako-san’s lips and——

“”Like we’ll let youuuuu!””

“Kyaan!?”

“Nyuyu!?”

— Just a few centimetres away from her, I was intercepted by two girls. Ah, huh…?

“Ne, ne, ne… Nee-sama, are you safe!? I’m sorry, it took me this long to get here…”

“Mako… Aah, Mako! Are you fine!? Are you unsullied!? Rather, have you been tainted!?”

“Eh, huh…? Koma, Koma and Kanakana…!? Wh, why are you here…?”

“Wherever is my Nee-sama, that’s where I’ll be. I’m glad you somehow managed to stay safe…!”

“That’s because I’m your best friend. I’ll be there in your hour of need… Anyhow, I’m glad your safe…”

The one who pushes me who has lost control and then hugs Mako is… Mako’s little sister Koma Tachibana-san and Mako’s friend Kanae Kanai-san.

The shock of being pushed by the two women brings me back to my senses quickly. What was I just about…?

“More importantly… Kiyono-sensei! You brought my Nee-sama, a student, into your house, and what were you intending to do with her, you lecherous teacher!?”

“I was a fool to think she was still a low risk… I can’t believe you’re messing with my Mako… I’ll contact the Board of Education!”

“Eh, uhm, no, that’s… It’s, It’s wrong!? You two got it all wrong!? I… I’m not trying to make a move on Mako-san or anything… It’s not like I was thinking about it… I didn’t take her to my home with that intention!” 

“”You’re already out the moment you brought a student to your home!?””

“I’m, I’m sorry….” 

They’re right, completely…!

“Ca, calm down both of you… It’s not like sensei did anything to me…!?” 

“You’re naive, Nee-sama! You were just on the verge of something being done to you!?”

“You still have almost no crisis management skills, Mako! Have a little more sense of urgency! Why are you going to sensei’s house so freely!?”

“Sh, she invited me to taste her food… And we’re both women… So there’s nothing really bad…” 

“It’s problematic enough! Just like that Nee-sama would’ve been tasted!” 

“There are many women around us who are sexually attracted to Mako like we are, so why don’t you think better of it, you little girl…!?”

“I’m, I’m sorry…” 

After that, my explanation and…. Mako-san’s desperate persuasion. I managed to get them to not call the police & school board… On the condition that I will never take Mako-san home alone.

… Honestly, speaking I’m grateful to you two. If it continued like that… I would’ve gone with my instincts and touched Mako-san… I could have done the worst possible thing, both as a teacher and as a person… At that time, I. Really, what was wrong with me. With what kind of eyes…. was I looking at my precious pupil Mako-san…

“(…. Mako, san….♡)”

… On this day, I. For the first time… I’ve begun to like something outside of just cooking.

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Author’s notes: Thank you for reading. She clings to Mako even more this time. It’s bad saying it like that.

TL: Fml, work is stupid.

Author’s notes: This chapter is as the title says. Just to give you a heads up, it’s a little bit ecchi… I believe?

Don’t worry, it’s not that a lot. I think it should be safe… So let’s get on with it~

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It’s only noon, but it’s pitch black and I’m starting to panic. I don’t get it, but… I could barely understand from the sensation of something covering my eyes.

I reach up to remove the covering in a panic…

“Not allowed♡”

“Wa, wawa!?”

Someone catches my hands and then I was late so they bind my arms with something string-like in a matter of seconds.

“Ko, Koma? Is it you, Koma? This… Koma did it…?”

Well, if I think about it calmly, the only two people in this house right now are me and Koma. Aunty and Editor-san are on a business trip and the only person who can do this is Koma, who was in front of me right up until the last minute… Inevitably, I know this is what Koma is doing. I know, however… What is she blocking my view or tying my arms for… That’s what I don’t understand. 

I called out for Koma in a bewildered manner, and the Koma-like presence came close to my ear—

“… *Fuu*”

“Hyauu!?”

And she took a small breath. Instantly, a shivering sensation strikes me to the very core of my body… My, wow,… what, is this…!? 

If I try to shake her off, I can’t resist because my arms are tied behind my back. I tried to wriggle and resist, but from behind she gently— And then I’m held tightly and can’t escape.

“… I said it, didn’t I, Nee-sama. It’s punishment game time… I did say it. You’ll be paying me back with your body.”

“Thi, this… Is punishment game time…?”

“Yes, it’s punishment game time… I’ve actually been wanting to try it for a while. It was a good opportunity, so I thought I’d give it a go with punishment game time as well.”

“You thought you’d give it a go… What exactly?”

“Covering your eyes… And tying your hands.  I thought I’d try to do whatever I wanted to my Nee-sama. Nee-sama likes it too, right? S&M play. You said you used to feel pleasure when you were hit.”

“I don’t like it and I never said that.”

I did bad things, Koma scolded me and hit me… I’ve thanked her for that before, but it’s not like I took pleasure in being slapped…!? I feel like I’m being grossly misunderstood…!? Why is it that Koma and all my friends are talking about me like I’m a masochist again…?

“Eh? Then, you’re not interested? Shall I stop it?”

“Eh…… No, no… That. Interested…. I won’t…. say I’m not, but….”

Well, that’s that. I didn’t say I wasn’t interested.

…. I knew it you were an M, you say? It, It’s different… Sexually… I’m curious about it intellectually, not like that.

“I’m happy to hear that♪ It was worth looking around and buying lots of stuff today!”

“Looking and buying…? Don, don’t tell me…!”

“It’s as you imagine, Nee-sama. That thing you’re blindfolded with right now is an eye mask I bought at the drugstore a while ago. By the way, Nee-sama’s arms are tied—- It’s the ribbon I gave to Nee-sama earlier.”

“……!?”

As soon as I hear that, my whole body tenses up. At this moment, what binds me is not just a ribbon made of cloth, but has become the same kind of chain made of solid iron.

“It’s also a White Day gift. I wrapped Nee-sama as a return gift♡ Nee-sama, it suits you really well.”

“Eh, seriously… I’m seriously wrapped up…? And I’m tied up with that ribbon Koma bought me earlier.”

“Yes. Ufufu ♪ It’s the first time I’m tying you up, and I’ve tried to take safety into account so you don’t get hurt or anything! Aaah, Nee-sama. If you are scared, don’t hesitate to resist. Because I think that ribbon would easily be torn off.”

Koma says it gently, but… Am I able to do that!? I don’t think I could tear off the ribbon that Koma gave to me as a present with my own hands…!? 

My, my lord… This is more turning than being badly tied with chains. This makes it impossible to resist properly…! I’m starting to get the feeling that the level of punishment game time is going to be much higher than I imagined, this is…

“In addition to the ribbon… Let’s put on this choker too! Now, Nee-sama. Give me your neck.”

“Auuu…”

“Aaah…! You’re just as lovely as I thought you’d be, Nee-sama…! So kwuuute!”

Despite my body being stiff with nervousness. Koma happily fits me with the choker she has just purchased… Apparently, Koma bought this choker for S & M play. The mood is truly that of a domestic dog obedient to Koma.

As per my first impression when I first saw it, this is not a choker but a collar…

“Now. Now that we’re ready… Nee-sama, how is it? Trying to be blindfolded for the first time…”

“How, how is it, you ask me… It’s pitch black and I am not able to see anything… I only have Koma’s voice to rely upon… I’m nervous.”

“How does it feel to be tied up?”

“Being tied up… The feeling of being oppressed and not able to resist… I’m receiving a direct message that I’m truly restrained…   Koma is going to do whatever she wants to me… I thought that. somehow…”

“Somehow?”

“… Somehow, all over my body… I’m feeling tingling…”

“Yes, nicely said♡”

I’m being hugged from behind by Koma while she gives me feedback on my play. When I tell her honestly, she pats me on the head and tells me I’m a good girl.

“… Nee-sama. In the meantime, we will do it in the form of punishment game time… If you really don’t like it, please say you don’t like it. It’s my first time and I’m easily carried away… So there is a possibility of me overdoing it.”

“I, I got it…”

“Then…”

A kind Koma gives me a few words of intro before she starts… It’s fine. I got it. I trust that Koma would never do anything I really don’t want to do…. Well, of course I know that she will pounce me at least one step before I don’t want to, but.

I nodded slowly, and Koma’s hand was patting my head… She slowly headed down to my thighs.

“Nhmm….”

Koma slowly traces my thighs with the perfect touch or no touch sense. The tickling with her fingertips makes me feel uncomfortable and I try to escape, but I’m tied up and held from behind by Koma, so I can’t escape after all.

“Yahn…. Nhgh….”

I was on a date in the clothes specified by Koma, so it was because I was wearing a micro-mini skirt, which is unusual for me… My exposed thighs easily caressed. Every time her fingertips crawl on my skin, a sweeter numbness than usual hits me, and my body jerks in response.

… Terrifying.  This amount of body touching… Even though I should be doing this with Koma always. It’s like a light skinship for us. I feel like if I am not careful… Strange voices will come out from my mouth…

“Hya….!? Oh,o oooh, Fu, aaahn….!?”

“Ahaa… Nee-sama, as I thought you’re sensitive in the ears…. Your reaction, is adorable…”

I was caught off guard because I was so preoccupied with my thighs. The moment she lightly nudges my earlobe with her opposite hand, a scream escapes, even though I should have been holding back.

Originally, my ears were my weak point. I’m already giving up from my ears being pressed on a completely unpredictable timing. Koma, too, is happy to see my reaction and starts to assault me, this time focusing on my ears with a happy tone of voice. Breathes in it, plucks the earlobe, tickles the edge of the ear…

“How do you feel, Nee-sama? It’s as I think, you’re feeling better than usual?”

“I, I don’t understand… I’m feeling… just… ticklish…”

“Really? Just ticklish? …. Here, try to sense it even more…”

“Ah… fua… ahmn….”

I’ve learned one thing from being eye-masked… This is, terrifying. The thrill of not knowing what she’s going to do next is even greater than usual because I can’t see, and because my other senses have become so acute with my vision deprived, even a light touch of skin is enough… Just listening to Koma’s voice in my ear… Even the smell of the sweet aroma peculiar to Koma is a bizarre turn-on.

Ah, the eye mask is incredible… I can’t believe that such a risky product is sold at such a low price in drugstores everywhere in the country… Japan, are you all right…!?

“Your ears, seems you liked it. Then, next is… .Aam”

“Ha, aaanh!?”

While I’m thinking weird things, I’m panicking because I’m blindfolded (?), Koma starts to develop even more merciless accusations.

She puts my other ear in her mouth. She licked, sucked and then sweetbited me with her mouth as if she were eating my ears.

“Aauh…. Aaahaah… Fuhyan!”

“Nchuu… *Lick, lick*… Nmhu…”

Licking, splashing sounds, slurping—– The sound of such lewd saliva is transmitted directly to my ears. Koma takes her time to slowly and gently torture my ear.

She tortures my other ear with her mouth too. She licked, sucked and then sweetbited me in the mouth as if she were eating my ears.

“Auu… Aaah, aah,… Fhyan!”

“*Smooch*…. *Lick*, *Lick*,… nmu…!”

Licks, splashes, slurps—- The sound of such lascivious saliva is transmitted directly to my ears.

Koma takes her time to slowly and gently torture my ears. 

One with her fingers, the other with her mouth and tongue… The different kinds of torture coming from the left and right make me feel like I’m losing my mind…

“Wai, wait… Time out, Koma. Wait… Ju, just a little bit… Let me res—- Hyiaaa!?”

I need to take a rest before it goes out of control. I thought about it and tried to plead with her, but…Midway my plea was terminated by her. Koma’s warm, raw tongue slithered into my ear. The stimulation from her tongue is so intense that I feel almost dizzy, and it hits me mercilessly.

“My? Were you saying something, Nee-sama?”

“I, I did…! I say to give me a brea—- Iggyaaa!?”

Koma drowns out my plea again and begins to steadily and intensely insert her tip of the tongue inside my ear. The sound and stimulation of my brain being stirred up, sizzling, makes me feel as if I’m about to stop breathing.

“*Lick*, *Lick*…. *Smoo*…. *Shlur*”

“St, stop… Koma, stop…! That’s too much stimulation… Aah, fu…. Nhnnhn…!”

The obscene sound of the water without a stop is ringing in my ears. I can’t stop shuddering… I’ll end up strange… I’d shake her off if I could. I want to escape.

But being tied up and hugged tightly, that will never happen…

“Ko, Koma… Wait, forgive me…! It, it’s scary…! Not good, I’m becoming…. Strange…!”

“… You’ll be okay. You’ll be fine, Nee-sama… Don’t be scared, it’ll feel nice. That’s right… you’ll feel nice… feel nice… nic, e…”

“Fuaaaa…!?”

I try to show some resistance by shaking my head, but. The choker that Koma had put on me—- No. She whispers suspicious words in my ear while tugging on the collar attached to me.

She treats me as if she were disciplining her own dog, and for some reason it makes my heart flutter. More pleasure than being licked and played with by the person I love, who whispers seductively in my ears… It makes me fly even greater heights.

“Aaah…! No, don’t… Koma… Somehow, already… I’m… I’m….!?”

“… Yes. It’s fine, it’s fine. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. More obediently… And you’ll feel amazing. Feel it… with me…. *Smooch*…!”

“Nhm!? Mu…. Nhhhnn!? Fumuguuuuu…!?”

Without warning, Koma pulls me by the collar again, and I think she’s got me by the chin and… She kissed me forcibly from behind. Our tongues intertwine, wrapping around and rubbing against each other as if in an embrace. The obscene sound of water in my mouth, as if I were hearing it in my ear.

I was already over-stimulated. That sweet kiss from Koma was the final trigger. I lifted my hips and an unbearable pleasure ran through my body—- My consciousness just flew away.

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“—- I, I can’t believe it… Just with that… I lost consciousness…”

Few minutes later. I speak a few words as I regain consciousness and catch my breath…. The only thing Koma did to me was touch my thighs, torture my ears and kiss me. Not even a single piece of clothing has been removed. Not being touched at all in areas that are inherently sexual. And yet, I never thought I’d be over stimulated like this…. SM Play, it’s terrifying…

“Honestly speaking, I was surprised too, Nee-sama…. It was that good?”

“… Speaking frankly…. Un…. I felt amazing…”

I’m being taken out of my eye mask and being asked how I feel while being untied from my ribbon and being cared for by Koma… I never knew it could feel so good to have Koma do whatever she wanted to me…

“I feel like… I can easily get addicted to it… I think. Being dominated by Koma… It’s terrifyingly nice…”

“Fufu… Nee-sama? This, it should be punishment game time? We don’t want you to become addicted to punishment game time. If so, you wouldn’t reflect on what you’ve done?”

“Ahaha… Sorry, sorry.”

I’m apologising with my hands together to a bitterly smiling Koma. Surely, I can’t enjoy the punishment game time… Including that, maybe everyone is right and I am an M…

“Now. Well then, Nee-sama… Next is… Shall I use this one?”

In such a friendly mood. Koma rummages around and pulls out one of the things she bought for me on our date and shows it to me.

… That’s, Koma bought it at an electronics shop…

“Electrical massager? Etto… Maybe you want to give me a massage, Koma?”

“Yes! I want to make you feel even better with this!”

That’s right, Koma bought… It was a handheld electric massager. Why a massage at this time…?

Maybe she bought it for me to heal me, as I would be tired from today’s play? Jeez… Koma is so nice.

“Ahaha! I’m fine, I’m fine! I’m not that tired!”

“… Eh?”

“I don’t have to use that stuff, I don’t have a stiff body, so I’m fine!”

When I answer that, Koma looks at me strangely for a moment. She tilts her head to the side for a few seconds and looks thoughtful about something.

“…. Maybe, Nee-sama. You don’t know… the use of this?”

“Yeah? Usage? … My, asking me about usage, isn’t it about giving a massage?”

“Aah… As I thought it was like that. Fufu, fufufu… Ahahaha…!”

“Ko, Koma…? What’s wrong? What’s so funny…?”

“Nothing, I’m sorry. I see now, you didn’t know about it…. Fufu ♪ Nee-sama, Nee-sama, hear this—”

And then Koma whispered in my ear while laughing heartily.

“—– Fumufumu. ….  Fu, mu…. Fumuu? ……….!? …….!? ~~~~~~~~~~~!?”

This massaging tool… She described another use for it.

“Eh, it’s a lie…? This… You can use it like that!? You can find these things at any consumer electronics shop anywhere!?”

“Well, the original use of the massager is correct, however… The proof is in the pudding. That being said—- Let’s use it right away, Nee-sama!”

“Eh, no, please wait, Koma…! Don’t tell me…. Punishment game time still hasn’t ended!? If so, I’m really sorry! 10 minutes more… No, just five 5 minutes to let me rest!”

“So let’s get back to the dazzling world of pleasure—- Nee-sama♡”

And like that, once again, I… I had an eye mask put on me. Then I had been forced to continue with the punishment game time.

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Author’s notes: Thank you for reading. Having her ears licked, is at least safe… I’m sure it’s safe.

Continuing? I haven’t written it yet, but I’ll put it up on R18 version in the near future… I hope so.

Author’s notes: I’m sorry for being a bit late. This chapter is a continuation of the belated White Day story.

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“—If I have to say it, Mako is more of an M than an S.”

“Wha, what are you saying all of a sudden, Kanakana…?

“…. I know, right. No matter how you look at her, she’s an M. Her initial is M, too.”

“Himecchi, how’s that relevant…?”

“S… M…? … Is that how it is? Mako-senpai is tiny and cute, and no matter how you look at it, her clothes are a size S, right?”

“Ren-chan, you should never be poisoned by these useless senpais and  always remember your innocence.”

“Then, Mako herself thinks she’s an S? You’re not the kind of person who enjoys hitting people up, are you? You’re more the type of person who gets off on having someone they like do whatever they want to them.”

“…. You’re not suited for S at all. I think you’re a natural-born M.”

“No, let me tell you one thing first, Kanakana, Himecchi. In the first place, you two. Why are S and M the only two choices…? I’m normal…. I think?”

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White Day is in full swing. I, Mako Tachibana, received chocolate for Valentine’s Day from the love of my life, but of all things, I have developed a fever.

Then, with Koma’s devoted loving care, the fever itself went down easily….

“Valentine’s Day return gift. It’s punishment game time for being late on White Day. And then… Punishment for pushing yourself too hard without caring for yourself. All together, you are going to repay me with your body three times♪ For the rest of the day, Nee-sama is absolutely obedient to me!”

That. Koma gave me a tremendously nice smile and declared that… Wh, what on earth, I… What amazing glare from Koma— That’s not it. What horrifying torture am I going to be assigned to…

As, as I thought…? Is it that? Lots of… ecchi… She’s going to make me submit to?

“Nee-sama? You don’t look well… Are you okay? Are you still not feeling well yet?”

“Huh? Ah, no, it’s something else. Thanks to Koma, Onee-chan is full of energy.”

“…. Are you, sure? You’re not pushing yourself again, are you?”

I was having many facial expressions with a mixture of anticipation, anxiety, fear and excitement about what was about to take place, and Koma looked at me with a slightly worried look on her face.

Uh, not good… I shouldn’t do anything that lowers the tension when Koma is trying to punishment game time me off in a good mood.

“I’m sure, I tell you. I’ve got plenty of energy now, don’t worry… More importantly, Koma.”

“Ah, yes. What might it be, Nee-sama?”

“That… You see. After this, I… I’m going to be submitted to a punishment game… Right?”

“…. Yes! I’ll give you plenty of that!”

A change from the childlike, innocent look of a child. Koma tells me clearly, her eyes glinting suspiciously and seductively.

“Maybe, you hate it, Nee-sama?”

“Huuh? Ah, not that I hate it…. I’d like to ask you to go easy on me, however… I know I’m the one who made a mistake, and I know I have to resign myself to it and I’m fine with the punishment game itself. Just that…”

“Just that?”

“…. That. Even though I’m going to be submitted to a punishment game… I was just wondering why I keep getting presents from Koma.”

I’ve been prepared for a lot since Koma declared [absolute obedience for one day]… Since earlier, Koma—-

“Nee-sama, Nee-sama! How about this ribbon? Isn’t it cute?”

“Eh? Aah, aah, un… It’s, cute, but… Don’t you think it’s a bit long…?”

“I’m buying this! It definitely suits you, Nee-sama!”

“You, think so? Will it… suit me? I don’t have long hair to begin with… So I don’t need a ribbon…”

“You’re buying it, right?”
“Ah, yeah… Mako’ll buy it… The bill…”

“No, I’ll do it! I’ll buy it! I’m going to give this to Nee-sama as a present!”

“You don’t have to give me a present!? It’ll be mine, so let me pay it…”

“… Nee-sama, you said yourself? [Absolute obedience for one day] you said so. So would you kindly obey me and accept your present from me, Nee-sama?”

— Like this. She stops by various shops like this and finds all sorts of things for me, and for some reason she gives them to me as gifts. I was just told I was in punishment game time, and I had to carry Koma’s luggage and stuff… Or I could buy Koma something she wants… Or to relieve Koma of her desires. I was expecting that kind of punishment, but…

She doesn’t even let me carry her luggage, she keeps giving me presents, and the skinship is healthy, just holding hands and holding arms, so it’s not what I expected… I think, frankly speaking, this is just a date…?

“At this rate, this wouldn’t be a punishment game time? Koma, you’re thinking about punishing me properly?”

“…. Fufu. Yes, of course I’m thinking about it. Besides, this is a fine way to punish my Nee-sama.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’m sure you’ll understand soon. More importantly, Nee-sama! Let’s go to the next store! Come, quickly ♪”

Despite my doubts, Koma pulls my hand very happily while saying something meaningful… I don’t get her well, but… Well, Koma looks happy, so be it.

~Pharmacy~

“Nee-sama. Nee-sama, you… You said you haven’t had much sleep of late, right?”

“Huh? Aah, un. Maybe I was so hyped up about White Day that I didn’t get much sleep.”

“Then how about this eye mask? I think this would help you sleep better.”

“Nhhn? Which… Uooh, this one is amazing. It’s pitch black. I can’t see anything in front of me. If I have this, I might sleep better at night.”

“….I understand you. You can’t see at all? Then, I’ll buy it♪”

~Accessory shop~

“Nee-sama. How do you feel about this choker? Don’t you think it’s cute?”

“…. Ah, aah, un. It’s cute… I think?”

“It suits Nee-sama, surely. What do you think?”

“… If Koma insists on it… I think, so…”

“I hope you like it too, Nee-sama! If so, I’ll buy this one too♪ Ufufu, cute…”

“(It looks more like a dog collar than a choker…)”

~Electronics store~

“Aah…. There, there, Koma… It’s so effective… I feel so nice…”

“You liked it a lot. Does it feel that good? This messaging machine.”

“Un… I know that my big breasts are useless and I have stiff shoulders, but I can feel them relaxing a lot… Aah, this is really nice…”

“Fufu♪ Nee-sama, your expression is loose. If it feels so good, it would be nice to have one in the house. Nee-sama, I’m going to buy this one too!”

“Eeh… But, Koma? This one is pretty expensive…”

“It’s fine. If it makes Nee-sama happy, then this level of expense doesn’t hurt me. Also… I think Nee-sama always wanted to use this.”

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“Aah, it was so fun!”

And so I, together with Koma, enjoyed a fun shopping date.

“Thank you for coming with me, Nee-sama. Thank you for your time accompanying me along my selfishness.”

“What are you saying? I’m the one who should be thanking you. I got to make it out with my beloved Koma, and I got all these presents. Really, thank you, Koma.”

Koma thanks me as soon as we get home. It is I who should be thanking you, rather than you thanking me. In the end, I didn’t spend a penny of my money, and Koma was just presenting gifts to me.

“Even so, Koma… Is it okay? In the end, what was the punishment game time about?”

“Eh?”

I ask Koma while I’m sitting on the bed. It’s great to get a gift from Koma, and the date was to die for, but the whole point of the day was supposed to be punishment game time after I messed up on White Day.

“Didn’t this become a prize rather than a punishment game? I was just wondering what happened to the punishment game.”

“… Aah, I understand.”

I’d been told to be prepared for a lot, and I was prepared for a lot… Perhaps the punishment game was Koma’s joke or something? Well, if there’s not any it’s fine but…

When I ask her this, Koma smiles at me—- With a smile that for some reason makes my back crawl, she tells me this.

“Nee-sama. The date we just went on wasn’t just any date. It included the punishment game as well.”

“…..???? Etto.. What?”

“Didn’t you notice that present I prepared at my own discretion for Nee-sama? That—- It’s the preparation for the punishment game.”

“Eh…. Kyaa!?”

Koma told me something I didn’t understand, and right after that, without warning, my vision went to zero.

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Author’s notes: Thank you for reading.

… I’m going to give you a heads up, just in case. Next chapter is R-15. It, It’ll be fine… It’ll be okay, because just barely, just barely, it won’t reach the R-18 bar line… I think.

Author’s notes: Think of it the other way round, if I’m late, you can use the idea of late in the main story. That’s why the White Day chapter was released very late.

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14th March—- It is the day of an important event that I must not forget to return the love chocolate I received on Valentine’s Day… That’s right, it’s White’s day…. What? It’s also a conspiracy by the Japanese confectionery industry just like Valentine’s Day? Such an event exists only in Japan and nowhere else?

I don’t know. A day to give thanks for the love you have received… It’s only natural that there is an event like that.

“… Gununu…”

Now. Before that important White Day. I, Mako Tachibana, was greatly distressed.

“What do I do about the return gift…?”

I know I’m acknowledged by others and myself as a hopeless person, however. Yet the only thing I am confident about is cooking and baking. Cherry blossom viewing, swimming, autumn leaf viewing, Christmas—- I’m used to making food and pastries appropriate for various seasonal events, and I’m pretty good at it, if I do say so myself.

So it’s a piece of cake to give back on White Day.— Is what I want to say, however.

This time particularly, to put it, it’s not simple at all. Why, you ask? That’s because…

“…. She gave me such a thick present… What should be a good return gift…?”

Koma’s present this year… It was amazing. Koma smeared chocolate on her body and seduced me with a glamorous ‘Eat me, Nee-sama ♡’. I can’t think of any other gift that has that kind of impact…. I don’t know any other gift that’s that amazing and delicious.

At that time, Koma was even more erotic. Chocolate smeared on Koma’s body… She tasted exquisite again. Thinking just about it, and it bothers me.

“What on earth is the right gift to give to her…?

If my wife has done so much for me, I’m inclined to repay her in some way that’s appropriate for her gift. I have a sense of pride as an older sister, and I want Koma to experience something more than the excitement and emotion that I felt from her gift.

But…The more I think about it, the more I don’t know what to give her as a gift. The memory of Koma’s Valentine’s Day is so strong that no matter what I give her, it’s hard because it all seems to be a blur compared to that…

“… I’ve been thinking about this and that and I’ve got less than a week.…”

I’m tilting my head left and right over this, staying up at night, sleeping in class, thinking about it. Before I know it, White Day is already just around the corner. I’m in a Koma situation… No, wops, I’m troubled… I can’t think of anything.

I think I can still afford to make some sweets and other treats that would satisfy Koma to some extent.

But I don’t think that’s enough for a return gift. Just like Koma on that day… or if I could, I’d give back more than that… Uun.

“… In times when I’m stuck, I should ask my reliable friends who’re my senpais and have a lot of life experience?”

I thought about it, and in the meantime I tried to get help from those close to me, but…

~Chiyuri-sensei ＆ Sayuri-san~

“Eh? Return gift for Valentine? What would make Koma-chan happy? If you’re asking about that, then—- The classic wrapping a ribbon that says I am the present♡ Okay, listen (*Wham*!) Ouch!? Why did you hit me, Sayuri-chan…!?”

“Don’t teach weird stuff to kids who take you seriously, sensei. Are you joking around?”

~Aunty Meiko and Editor-san~

“Hah? Return gift for Valentine’s day? Also one that Koma enjoys the most? …. Good grief. You’re an idiot, aren’t you, Mako. What’s so difficult to think about? You’ll get a developmental fever  if you think about it too much. Something like return gift—– You strip naked and put on the pastry you made on yourself and serve your woman’s body (*Whack*) It huurts!? What are you doing, you bastard, Shuuu!?”

“I just whacked her head instead of Mako-san and Koma-san. Even as a joke, please don’t give such idiotic advice to your precious nieces as their aunt, Meiko-san. I’m seriously taken aback…”

~Kanakana and Ren-chan~

“Return gift for Valentine’s day that she would be happy with? If it was me, it’s decided. It’s Mako.”

“The thing that makes me the happiest when I receive something is Mako-senpai herself!”

—– They all had roughly the same opinion like this… In short, it’s that? Me doing the same thing as Koma did to me… I should just show up with ‘Eat me ♡’ in front of the Koma…?

“No… But, but, hm…. I’m not a fan of reruns…”

I don’t want people to think that I didn’t think of anything for a return gift and just went with, ‘Well, if I do this, Koma will probably be happy’… Rather, to begin with.

“To begin with… Didn’t I read in a romance magazine that it’s not good to return a gift to a woman with an ulterior motive…?”

No, well, I was happy to death on Valentine’s Day… I also read in a relationship magazine that if you go for that kind of sex appeal on Valentine’s Day or White Day, there’s a big chance your partner will be turned off. Going along this line of thinking won’t do me good…? I think it’s also painful when you go for the sexy side and your lover doesn’t like it…

“No… But, wait… Koma’s stance is that she’s rather good with that sort of thing…?”

Why? Is it proof that I am being trained by my little sis on a daily basis that I can easily imagine Koma happily coming to strip me?

“Then it makes sense to pay her back with my body, doesn’t it? … Bu, but, if I try to seduce her with a waste of meat like mine, she might think I’m overconfident… But, Koma said that she doesn’t mind it… But if I ask her out and I strike out, it’ll be in vain… Then, let’s think about what else I can do to please her… Uun, uuun, uuuun…”

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That’s how I found myself worrying and worrying and worrying and came 14 March. That day, I—

“…. Kyuuu…”

I had a sudden high fever and couldn’t move a single step from my bed. My body is sluggish… My head hurts… It’s painful…

According to Chiyuri-sensei and Sayuri-san, who went out of their way to come and examine me, there is nothing particularly wrong with my body itself.

“From the looks of it, this isn’t a cold or anything…. It’s an acute psychogenic fever”

“Sudden stress, nervous, pressure—- It’s a fever caused by those things, Mako-san.”

“Unfortunately, medications and other things don’t work, and anyway, the best thing to do is to rest and sleep without thinking about anything difficult. Take care of yourself, Mako-chan.”

What they said. Well, it’s basically that. They say I was so worried about giving something back to Koma that I accidentally got a fever.

“Look, I told you so this would happen. I’ve already warned you that you’re an idiot and that if you think about it too much, you’ll get developmental fever.”

“… Haa… Haa… Sh, pipe down, Aunty…”

“Meiko-san, that’s not it. You often hear the term as slang, but there is no medical term for [developmental fever]. That originally referred to a fever infants caught within the first year of their life. The correct term for Mako-san’s case is, dare I say it, psychogenic fever, stress hyperthermia or functional hyperthermia.”

“Shuu. I don’t care about that trivia… Jeez. You’ve been worrying about White Day for almost a month, and then you go down on the day of the White Day, Mako. You’re trying to make Koma happy, and then you do something that might make her cry.”

Aunty Meiko thrusts a merciless verbal spear at me as I sink limply into bed… I deserve that, so I don’t say anything back… Uuuu….

“There, there, Meiko-san. Let Koma-san do the rest of the preaching and nursing. It would be much more effective for us to leave Koma-san to complain to Mako-san about what to do and to take care of Mako-san.”

“Ya’r right. Rather, in the case of Koma, she might say ‘It’s my role to take care of my Nee-sama. Please leave me in peace, you two ♡’. Then, all that’s left is to leave Mako to her. I’m going out for a drink today!”

“Take care, Mako-san. Me and Meiko-san won’t be home until the evening… If you have any problems, don’t hesitate to call us.”

“Thank you so much, Editor-san… As for Aunty, just get going already…”

Then Aunty Meiko and Editor-san wave and leave my room. After them. The person that came in to replace those two is…

“Mako-nee-sama, how do you feel…?”

“…. I’m, I’m fine… you see…”

She’s my best little sis Koma, the one I always want to be with, but I don’t want her to be with me just at this moment…

What do I do… After all, I haven’t prepared anything for White Day… Not only I haven’t prepared anything, but I was stuck on the day of the event, let alone returning a gift to her…

I might have been looking forward to a lot of things for Koma, but why am I so bad when it comes to it…?

“I heard from Sayuri-sama and Chiyuri-sensei. I’m glad to hear it’s not too serious for the time being.”

“… It, looks that way.”

“I’m glad that today was a holiday. Now I can stay at home and look after Nee-sama! Nee-sama! Please let me know if there’s anything you want me to do! I’d do anything for you, Nee-sama!”

“…..?”

‘I can’t believe you haven’t prepared a White Day gift for me. …… Koma, are you mad at me? I wonder if she’s sad?” I’ve been worrying about this, and nervous and anxious inside, but. Koma is peeling apples and making tea for me with a very nice smile on her face, as if she doesn’t even think about that.

“Uhm… Koma?”
“Ah, yes! What happened, Nee-sama? Is there something you want me to do for you?”
“No, I don’t want that… Instead. You don’t have to force yourself to take care of me, Koma…?”

“….? Forcing myself, I’m not even in the slightest?”
“…. Is, that so…?”

Koma’s face… She doesn’t seem to be lying. Apparently, she really doesn’t find it hard to care for me. I’m grateful for that in itself, and for having Koma to care for me… I’m heavenly happy, however.

“He, hey, Koma…? May I ask, you something?”

“Yes, Nee-sama. Please don’t hesitate to ask me anything.”

“… Then, I’ll freely ask you. Uhgm, Koma… You’re, not angry with me…?”

“…? Am I not angry with you… Why do I have to be?”

“No, but, look… It’s White Day, isn’t it? And yet, I… I didn’t prepare a return gift for Koma? Not only that, but you’ve even gone so far as to cause trouble for Koma… I wondered… If you were angry with me…”

“……….”

I fearfully ask Koma. In response to my question, Koma smiles at me and says…

“If I want something in return, I’m getting it right now…”

“Hah…?”

She answered like that. She’s getting, her return gift…?

“…. Hn, hnn…? … Uhm, my return present… I didn’t give it to Koma? I said I didn’t prepare it in the first place? Koma, did you misunderstand something?”

“No, I received it properly.”

“????”

My little sister said happily that she received her gift. But unfortunately, I, the person concerned, have no recollection of this story. I have no idea why, and question marks fly over my head, but Koma smiles and talks to me.

“I’m telling you. Taking care of Nee-sama has become a return gift for Valentine’s day to me.”

“… Taking care of me, is a return gift…? No, why? Rather than being nursed… Nursing you would be a return gift…”

“Because Nee-sama is usually too healthy to be nursed, and a nice event like this only happens once every few decades. I don’t think it’s inappropriate to say this, but I feel sorry for Nee-sama who is suffering… As for me, I’m very excited♪”

Well, idiots don’t usually catch colds…

“What’s so exciting about nursing me in the first place…?”

“There is! My weak Nee-sama… This situation where you have to rely on me. I’m excited, to be honest…! Now, Nee-sama! Please let me take care of you! If you want to eat an apple, say ‘Aaahn’ and I’ll feed you♪ Or are you thirsty? If so, I’ll give you a drink mouth to mouth… Aah, if you’re feeling bad or sweating? Then I will lick every inch of you beautifully and clean, Nee-sama!”

Koma is unusually high spirit. I feel like there’s something strange with the way she’s saying and doing things, but let’s just pretend I’m hearing hallucinations from the fever… Let’s leave what she said aside.

“I can’t believe I’m receiving this chance on this day… It’s the best white day. Thank you, Nee-sama!”

“No, that, Koma… Nursing me being my return gift…. As I thought, it’s wrong, right? … Regardless of how Koma feels. I practically haven’t prepared anything for Koma…? For Koma’s Valentine gift… That. You put your body on the line to give me chocolate(love). For a return gift… In the end, I prepared nothing, you know…?”

I think Koma should be more angry with this hopeless Onee-chan. I wouldn’t complain if you slapped me, you know…? When I speak my mind out, Koma slowly shakes her head side to side.

“I’m not angry at all. Where’s the need for me to get angry?”

And she squeezed my hand and said that with a kind expression on her face.

“Wh, y…?”

“… I know Nee-sama because I see her every day. Nee-sama… Since Valentine’s Day you have worked hard and thought hard about what to give in return. That you were so full of thoughts about me and giving back to me that you came down with a high fever on the same day— I saw all of it.”

My cheeks burn with embarrassment. Oouuu… My recent series of actions… She’s seen all of it…?

“Nee, Nee-sama. Nee-sama… Just like on Valentine’s Day, you seemed to be wondering whether you should repay me physically or not.”

“Uu…U, un. Ugm… Yeah.”

“Honestly speaking, Nee-sama. I’m fine with anything. I certainly went in that direction for Valentine’s Day, but… you don’t have to force yourself to do such… naughty things just because it’s White Day. I didn’t mind. I could have returned homemade sweets to my Nee-sama who makes them for me like always, or I could have just put my gratitude into words.”

“Eeh, that is…?”

I, I, certainly… I just assumed that’s what Koma wanted.

“In the first place, I would’ve been fine even with a piece of lint. I’m happy with whatever Nee-sama gives me. Putting it simply, I won’t mind if I don’t get anything in return. I didn’t do Valentine’s Day for you to return the gift to me…. Just being able to spend time with Nee-sama is very special. In that sense, this return gift in the form of taking care of you—- It was just perfect, Nee-sama. I can’t believe I’m stuck with Nee-sama, spoiling her… It’s the best!”

“You really feel, like that…?”

“Yeah, I do.”

While giggling, Koma with a *woosh*… places her palm on my forehead. Aah… Koma’s hand is cool and pleasant…

“That’s right, rather than angry… I’m happy. You tried very hard to do a lot of things for me, to make me happy… I can’t believe that you think about me so much that you get feverish… It makes me happy. I’m overjoyed!”

“Koma…”

“Nee-sama’s feelings for me are enough for me, Nee-sama. Once again… Thank you for the White Day gift, Nee-sama.”

Koma is gently caressing my head with *Tap-Tap*… Surprisingly, Aunty was right. I should have been honest and expressed my gratitude…. without thinking about anything unnecessary or difficult… 

I’m continuing to be hopeless considering I still don’t understand it yet…

“… Uhm, Koma.”

“Yes, Nee-sama?”

“When my fever goes away… I’ll return my gift back properly again. I’ll do whatever you want me to do, Koma. For today… I just convey my thanks. Thank you for Valentine’s day, Koma. I love you.”

“Those words alone are more than enough to repay me, Nee-sama. I love you, too.”

Then we laughed on the bed together, me and Koma. I’m sorry. I know I’m late, however… Happy White Day, Koma!

“—– By the way, Nee-sama. That you will return a gift to me at a later date…  That means you’ll return a gift to me three times, you know?”

“Huh…? Three, times…?”

“You said it yourself? Double payback on White’s Day… And since you’re late, it’s triple. Because Nee-sama played with my body a lot on Valentine’s Day…. Now it is my turn! I will make out with Nee-sama three times over, so be prepared! Мyy, I’m looking forward to it! When Nee-sama is feeling better… I’ll show no mercy!”

“Hmm, huh….? Ko, Koma? Didn’t I tell you that you don’t have to force yourself to do anything ecchi, hm…?”

“You didn’t, or you never said it?”

“Ah, ahaha… Triple times… I don’t think I’ll last… You’re joking… right?”

“I’m always serious when it comes to you, Nee-sama. I’m never joking.”

“…. Uhm, Koma-san? Maybe…. As I thought, aren’t you angry that White Day got delayed…?”

“No, no. I said it earlier? Nee-sama’s return gift being late by itself is… Good grief. I’m not angry at you at all.”

“Tha, that’s right? If so, I’m glad—”

“…. However. For staying up nights thinking about returning a gift and pushing yourself too hard without taking care of your body for me and then getting sick… I’m, no, quite angry.”

“…..”

“I’m happy to look after your sister, but this is this and that is that. I will not allow anyone to hurt Nee-sama. I will not allow it, even if it is Nee-sama herself. It’s punishment game time.”

“….. I’m, so, rr, y…”

“You don’t have to apologize. More importantly… It’s the fun punishment game.”

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Author’s notes: Thank you for reading. It’s the usual punchline after all. Although it was a good idea halfway through…

Hn? The crucial punishment game time hasn’t been described? … I really don’t know about that. I’ve started writing it, but the content is a bit too much, so I don’t know if it’s right to release it here. Is ear licking safe? Or should it be released in the R-18 nocturne edition?

Author’s notes: A bit late of a new chapter. Here goes the last part!

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“””Of course it’s decided. Because we want the excellent talents—– If there’s someone willing to join a club, after all!”””

Why did they come to recruit me? This was the senpais answer to that question. From their words, my brain stopped working for a moment.

…. Excellent? Eh? Who is?

“…. Uh, m?”

“? What might it be, Mako-chan?”

“Senpais… Certainly.”

“””Un?”””

“Another person… Specifically, my twin sister Koma… Have you mistaken me for her?”

… I wonder if these people have mistaken me, the hopeless sister for my perfect superhuman Koma? We’ve only been in school for a short time, so maybe they don’t know the difference between Koma and me?

When I think about it, it all makes sense. Koma would be at the forefront of any club’s activities. It’s only natural that they want to invite my little sis, who I’m proud of and who does everything perfectly, into their clubs.

“Uun, we’re not mistaken…. Well, certainly, your little sister—- Koma-chan, too. I wanted her as much as you, but.”

“But that girl… Even before I started recruiting, she declared quite early on ‘I …… have already decided which club activities I want to join. So there’s no point in recruiting’.”

What’s with that, I didn’t know about it… Ko, Koma? Club she wants to join? I didn’t hear about it!? I’d be happy if you could talk to your Onee-chan about important matters like that!? I wanted to follow you, Koma!? I’m shocked, quite a bit…

“Well, It’s a good thing that Koma had a club she wanted to join, but… If that’s the case, hey? Why did the senpais recruit me? It makes me sad to say it myself, but I’m a hopeless person who can’t study, no athletics and no other talents. That’s me, Tachibana Mako?”

I don’t think I’m at least good enough for people to go out of their way to chase me down and trap me, however…

“””That’s not true at all!”””

“Hyan!?”

The instant I say that, all the senpais voice their denial in unison.

“Is Mako-chan unaware of herself? That wonderful escape you had just now… That’s already talent!”

“Eh…. My escape, is talent…?”

“That’s right, you have a talent! You should definitely put those well-trained legs to use on our track and field team!”

Koma, Kanakana and Ren-chan have praised me for my looks and cooking skills, but this is the first time I’ve been praised for my ability to escape…

“Ah, I won’t allow you to steal a march! Don’t listen to anything she says, Tachibana-san. Your menacing stamina and swiftness that lead us around by the nose… Tachibana-san has a natural talent as a tennis player. That’s why, Tachibana-san! Why don’t you enjoy your youth with us at the tennis club!?”

“Not at them! Here at the basketball club!”

“Her core strength is much more suited for the gymnastics club, isn’t it!?”

“No, no, no! It’s obvious she’ll join the parkour club!”

“Haa… I don’t know what idiotic delusions you’re spouting. Listen well, you girls. This girl has a hidden super talent for martial arts. Mako-kun already has no other choice but to join the women’s mixed martial arts club!”

Senpai members of the sports clubs surrounded me and verbally recruited me… Damn it. Apparently because I had a spectacular run away from my sports club’s opponents…. It seems I have caught the eye of more than one club.

No, that’s…. Sorry. I’m sorry to get your hopes up. I’m really bad at running, but I’m really bad at exercise. My talent is just the ability to run away and I’m really hopeless at sports…

“… tch… Stop right there… Women’s mixed martial arts club…!?”

“Ooh! If you’re maybe interested in it, Mako-kun! What a relief, we can start with the signature immediately then!”

“No, wait, senpai, why are you recruiting me to such a club? I’ve never done martial arts or anything like that in my entire life!”

I tried to act as if I didn’t hear it, but I couldn’t act as like I didn’t hear it and couldn’t help but listen back. Leaving aside the other clubs… Mar, martial arts!? I’m too frail, so why is this girl inviting me to join the martial arts club…?

“Fufu, don’t be too humble, Mako-kun. I know it… When you were in junior high school, you rode alone into a den of criminals to help your little sister who was being held captive by criminals and made a big stand against the adults…. You would have used your fists to KO and arrest the thugs in spectacular fashion, am I wrong?”

“Eh….”

“I’ve been thinking about you ever since that news broke. A brave and strong girl who can defeat grown people even though she is only in junior high school… I’ve been looking forward to meeting you.”

“No, no, that’s…”

Ah, aah… This certainly happened to me in junior high school. It’s true it happened, however… It wasn’t my own fists that I used. I KO’d them in a very outlandish way, mainly with surprise strikes to the bull’s eye and I used tear gas and stun guns, which I can’t help but feel sorry for the people in all areas of martial arts…?

“Just the other day, you single-handedly rehabilitated a group of pick-up artists who approached your little sister to pick her up and tried to molest her. It would be great if someone like you, with your strength and noble spirit, willing to go to the death for your little sister, could join our club. Now… Now! Let’s quickly train our minds and bodies with me and make a name for ourselves all over the country!”

“…..”

I’m sorry, but I’d stand up to any opponent to protect Koma, and I’m confident that I won’t lose to anyone when it comes to her, but. In other situations, I’m confident I could lose against a schoolboy…

… It’s, impossible for me! It’s impossible for me to do martial arts, I keep telling you!?

“Uh, I see everyone’s point from the sports clubs. Let’s put that aside for a moment…. Why!? Ey, Why are the cultural club members so desperate to recruit me too!?”

It would’ve been different if it was for example the cooking club, however. I feel like there’s no reason for me to be recruited from other clubs. I’m clumsy, I’m hopeless and I don’t feel like I can be helpful at all.

No, I can only see a future where I’m not only useless, but a dead weight… What in the world tugged at their heartstrings and made these people recruit me…?

“That is, because you’re a diamond in the rough!”

“…. Hah?”

“You don’t get it? I’m saying if I polish you you’ll be a glittering diamond.”

A strange senpai who has been putting emphasis on something to me. I’m sorry, I don’t understand at all…

“I’m the make-up club’s president. Your friend Kanae Kanai-chan told me about you in class. ‘My wife… or rather, my best friend. My best friend is a lovely girl with zero fashion sense but great material.’ In fact, I couldn’t help but have the same impression as Kanae-chan at first glance. Mako-chan! We need you to help us as a make-up model! Join our club and I’ll teach you the wonders of fashion to the bone!”

“I also, from your friend… Himeka Asou told me about you. You make your own clothes for your younger sister to wear in cosplay? … If you have a hobby like that, we in the clothing club would welcome you! I just wanted a sample model loli with big tits, and I would love to have one for the clothing club!”

“I’m in the cooking club! Kiyono-sensei told me! ‘I’ve got one of the best students in a millennium enrolled here!’ ‘ said the sensei in high praise. I’d like you to join our cooking club because you’re such a good cook!”

Senpais who had apparently heard about me from the Kanakana and others. Some of the older senpais, trying not to let me go, grabbed me by the shoulders or took my arms, and some of them were secretly trying to take my hand and put my thumbprints on the admission form.

“Aah! You’re all unfair! If that’s what you want to talk about, join our photography club! I felt a hell of a lot of passion from that photo of Mako’s little sister, which was a sneak peek of her! Even now I can lend a high-performance camera just for Mako-san! Please come to our photography club!”

“I’m from the… literature club. I heard that… You were in love with your twin little sister. Naked truth, based on sisters’ experiences of growing up in love….  Why not express it in writing?”

“The sheer breadth of your circle of friends makes you a treasure for the intelligence club! That’s why come to us, the intelligence club!”

“No, no. You all don’t realise how talented this girl really is… This girl has the potential to be a very good womaniser. She looks like the type that attracts women. I would like you to hone your skills here at the Love Studies Club, through a mixture of classroom learning and practical work—-”

“Wa… Sen, senpais, wait for a moment…. Gueeh…!?”

Like an avalanche, other clubs have entered the recruitment battle. All the clubs are pushing and shoving each other in a crowded battle to somehow win me over. I’m at the centre of all that commotion, and I’m already squirming.

“Oi, you! I told you the track and field team will have Mako-chan!?”

“Don’t screw with me. I told you, Mako-kun belongs to the women’s mixed martial arts club!”

“Basketball club!””Tennis club!””Volleyball club!””Gymnastics club!””Table tennis club!””Parkour club!”

The intensity is further increased by the addition of the members of the sports club who recruited me in the first place. 

“Ahm, uhm…. Senpais? For fairness’s sake… I was wondering if I could join the go-home club?”

“””Rejected!”””

“I thought so… O, Ouch, ouch!? It hurts, hurts!? Let me gooo…. You’re going to break iiiit!?”

My opinion was discarded. This place became completely chaotic. Th, this is dangerous… I can’t resist at all because I’m tied up with ropes to keep me from escaping… I’m going to be physically crushed… Somebody, help!

“Ah, you girls… What on earth are you all doing!?”

“Fueh…!?”

“””……?”””

Such an SOS in my heart got through somebody. Suddenly the closed door opened and a woman came from it. Oh, ooooh…? This voice…

“I thought it was kind of noisy, so I came over to see what was going on…. Second years and third years grouping up on a first year and chasing her, and crushing her…! Aren’t you ashamed as senpais!?”

“Ki… Kiyono-sensei!?”

Pushing herself between the senpais. She ran to me and untied the rope… She’s a sensei at this school, and a culinary mentor I respect—- It was Kiyono Kazumi.

“Aah, Mako-san…! … You, you’re not hurt or anywhere? Are you okay?”

“Ah, ahaha… I’m okay… I’m sorry, thank you for saving me, sensei…”

“I’m glad you’re safe… *Cough*. So, what is with all this uproar? Do, don’t tell me…You’re being bullied!?”

“””No, we’re just recruiting her to our clubs!”””

Wait a moment. The entire second and third years together chased down one first year student and set me up in a trap. So I don’t think ‘It’s just a club recruitment’ after all the realistic oookasabaki that is going on. (TN: It’s the JP equivalent of Judgement of Solomon)

“Club recruitment…? Ah, aah… I see. Today is the day the recruitment ban is lifted.”

And don’t be so easily convinced of that, sensei…! Could it be that recruiting for clubs at this school is this hard every year!?

“Ah. But, but, you see!? No matter how long it’s been since the ban on recruitment was lifted… Such aggressive recruitment like this. Recruiting her against her will… Not allowed! It’s clearly written in the rules!? Can’t you see Mako-san doesn’t enjoy it!?”

“””Uuuu……”””

“Good grief… Now that I look more closely, I can even see our cooking club, too… Please do not do this again…. I’m really sorry, Mako-san. You must’ve been frightened, right? It’s okay. No matter what the senpais say, Mako-san should do what she wants to do.”

Ooh, as expected of sensei. The senpais who had been making so much noise that they were losing control, were silenced with a single word of hers. And then she follows up on me gently.

She’s usually so timid, but she’s a great teacher too. I have a newfound respect for her.

“… Bu, but, Kiyono-sensei. Sensei, too… Don’t you want to get this girl to the cooking club as well?”

“”Haah?””

The next moment. Few words from the president of the cooking club changed the atmosphere.

“N, no…. What… I wonder what you’re talking about…?”

“Sensei said it, didn’t she? ‘Classes and special classes are not enough to train Mako-san… I wish she would join the cooking club.’ and ‘Then I could stay with her and enjoy teaching her how to cook.’”

“I th, think I said something like that…? Bu, but… Ultimately, it is up to Mako-san herself to decide whether or not to join the club… As for me… I’d like Mako-san to do whatever she likes…”

“Sensei, enough with your facade. Your actual thoughts?”

“Ac, actual thoughts? What are you…”

“Yes, here’s the ladle.”
“Aah… No, this is bad—–”

With a skilful hand movement, the president of the cooking club hands a ladle to Kiyono-sensei. Ah, dangerous… I’m going to let Kiyono-sensei have the cooking utensils…

“… Telling the truth? That—- Of course I want Mako-kun to join the cooking club! Mako-kun is a gem who could become the ace of our cooking club! Winning a national championship won’t just be a dream! And then, above all else… Mako-kun is the woman who will succeed me! I don’t want her to leave my sight even for an instant! She’ll have private lessons with me after school! And for that, I had no choice but to put her in the cooking club!”

“Like I thought…”

Her personality has changed drastically and she has shifted into sergeant devil mode, Kiyono-sensei hugs me and declares so. Oh no, things have gotten even more out of hand.

“Wait a moment!? Sensei is being unfair! I think it’s against the rules for sensei to put her favourite student in the club she is advising!”

“Rules and such don’t matter! I will not hand Mako-kun over to anyone!”

“Everyone, did you hear it? Sensei said rules don’t matter to her! I got your word!”

“So the last club standing can get Mako-san… Okay! Simple and very good!”

“Sto, stop it!?”

Of course, even Sensei, who is supposed to stop them, joins in, making the club recruitment war even more chaotic than before. All the senpais (plus Kiyono-sensei) jump on me at once, aiming at me, the prize.

N, no… Don’t…. Help me…!

“He, Help me, Komaaaaaaa! Kanakanaaaaaaaaaa!?”

“Sorry for making you wait, Mako-nee-sama.”

“Sorry, I got here so late, Mako.”

“Huh…?”

“””Wha!?”””

Immediately after my scream. Two princes who easily threw the senpais who jumped on me and then took my hand.

“…. Now. Senpais? What’s the meaning of this? Why is my Mako-nee-sama frightened like this?”

“If I look closely, there is even a sensei who can stop the students from rampaging. Even if you’re senpais and sensei I won’t sit quietly… When you’re giving my Mako such a hard time!”

“Ko, Koma!? Kanakana!?”

Dashing in my pinch were my twin sister and wife, Koma. And, my lifelong best friend, Kanakana. I’m going to fall in love with them all over again…

“… Yahoo, Mako. Are you okay?”
“Even Himecchi!?”

“Kuh… This is problematic… Her pesky guardians came…”

“Wha, what are we doing… As you can see. We’re just club recruiting her?”

“Isn’t it fine? I don’t know which clubs you are in, however you have already decided which club you want to join, and Mako-chan is not yet a member of any club! Then it doesn’t matter who recruits her to any club!?”

The senpais seem to be getting a bit intimidated by the stares of Koma and Kanakana. Still, they can’t seem to give up on my joining their clubs, and they protest while looking away.

Koma and Kanakana suddenly smiled at these senpais and said something like this.

“Please excuse me, senpais. Mako-nee–sama is so attractive that you want her to join your own club… I understand how you feel about her, but…”

“It’s unfortunate however. She’s already decided what club she’s going to join.”

“”Afterall, Mako(nee-sama)… She’s going to be part of our newly established club.””

“”’Haaah!?”””

This statement makes me the person concerned and senpais, ask for a repeated explanation. No, hum… Koma and Kanakana? I didn’t hear any of that….? 

“The conditions for the new club have also been properly fulfilled.”

“A new club needs at least four members to establish a new club. Me, Mako. And then, Koma… And finally, Ohime. Us four are just about right, so we’re clear on the number of club members.”

“…. Honestly, I’m just a filler.”
“Is that fine with you, Himecchi…”

“… Well, I didn’t want to join any clubs, but I’m fine with it because I’m trying to help Mako.”

I was wondering why she’s here… Sorry, Himecchi, for involving you here…

“And with the permission of five senseis, a new club can be established… We received that permission just a few minutes ago, too.”

“Threats to the senseis— *Cough*. It took me a bit long to convince them to help Mako, but I ended up late. You’re safe now however, Mako. As long as you join the club, these senpais won’t be able to recruit Mako in a way that could lead to her abduction.”

“With all of that done. Senpais… Get away from… Nee-sama right now!”

The senpais look greatly discouraged. They stare at me like they’ve had their hair pulled from behind on their faces, but.They leave the room reluctantly, with a look that says they can’t compete with two of my strongest guardians.

… Eeto. I don’t know much but before I knew it, thanks to my wife and my best friend working behind the scenes saved my life…. I think?

“…. I’m really sorry, Nee-sama. We selfishly decided on your club activities on our own.”

“I’m sorry. However… There was no other choice. We need you to join a club where there are no strange senpais or senseis, and where you can be seen by us, because Mako has no risk management skills… You’d be in danger in a lot of ways.”

“Aah, un. I’m okay. I feel like I should say sorry, I’m sorry. You must’ve done a lot of hard things for my sake, right?”

After all. It seems like this I won’t be unreasonably pursued. These two… Oh no, I can’t thank the three of them, including Hime, enough.

“Regardless… I see. Koma wanting to join a club… It was this. Hmmnm? By the way, you two?”
“Yes? What might it be, Nee-sama?”

“What do you want to ask us, Mako?”
“I know you’ve made a new club, however… What specific activities will we do?”

Is it that? What I did in junior high school… Is it something that we have to do work like the volunteer club ‘Seijokai’ again? I didn’t want to do those club activities in high school because that was pretty hard work back then…

In response to my question. They both answer me with a look that says, ‘I’m glad you asked.’ (And for some reason, Himecchi is desperately trying to hold back her mouth from spewing)

“Please be assured, Nee-sama. The club activities are not that difficult.”

“After all, the club activities themselves are established just by Mako being there. Besides, it’s the best club we’ve ever been a part of.”

“Fuun? That’s right. That sounds fun. So, what specific club activities are they?”

“They’re simple. The daily record of Mako-nee-sama’s life and.”

“…. Hnn?”

My?

“Mako’s activity is recorded through photographs and sketches.”

“… Hnnnm?”

I wonder, I feel somehow the current trend of events is suspicious…?

“Sometimes club members discuss the merits of Mako-nee-sama with each other.”

“Club activities where club members sometimes try to interact with Mako.”

“”The name of it!””

“It’s name is….”

“”Club activities to love Mako Tachibana— Mako love club!”” (TN: They’re doing a wordplay here, basically they’re using katakana ra and the kanji for club ‘bu’ to make ‘rabu’ that means love)

“………”

“….. Mako’s love club… Pupu… Mako’s love club…”

… I know why Himecchi was about to burst out laughing. Mako Love→Makoラブ→Makoマコラ部… Is it? I think one thing in my head, not minding that statement and idea they said. 

My little sis. And then, my best friend. I won’t intentionally tsukkomi the club activities contents, but… Couldn’t you have come up with a better name?

———–Later on———

“—— And, that said. I’m sorry, Ren-chan… I promised not to join the club for Ren-chan’s sake. That’s why I joined such a crazy club.”

“Th, that… That… Ma, Mako-senpai! It’s tough!”

“I’m, I’m really sorry! I feel bad for Ren-chan since I promised so much and then ended up joining the club—-”

“It’s really tough… Why, why… Why can’t I join such a nice club!?”

“……. Hah?”
“In two years’ time, I’ll definitely join it! Ah, no… Two years is too late….! I have to somehow join it now! I want to love my senpai toooooooooo!”

“Eeeh…?”

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Author’s notes: Thank you for reading. For Koma, Kanakana and Ren-chan, the Makoラ部 is a club where nothing in particular is done differently from usual. This naming sense is a bit…

And then, I’m sorry. I wrote a Valentine’s Day story the other day, but I couldn’t write a White Day story…! I might eventually write a story about ‘Mako was late on White Day of all days’, but I’m too busy right now to write it right away… Please wait for it.

TL Note: Tired and exhausted…

Author’s notes: Who said I was busy and would be late for an update? No, um, I’m really busy. I’m just too busy to stop writing when I need a break.

For the time being, it’s the usual hopeless sister update…

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Run, run…. Run from them….!

“””Waaaait for me!!!”””

“As If I’ll wait for you!”

I’m running as fast as I can down the corridor and go past empty classrooms. I jumped up the stairs and duck into a broom closet. I climbed over the window sill and forced my way down to the ground floor through the tree. Jumping into hedges and creeping and skulking on the ground… And then I run down the corridor as fast as I can repeatedly—– Running away from all the senpais who are chasing me.

Why on earth I’m being chased now, I don’t know the reason itself…. In these cases, my experience shows that getting caught is usually not a nice experience. The smartest thing right now is to quickly leave this dangerous situation.

“Kuh… Why is she so fast… What ridiculous leg power! At this rate… You’re making me want you more and more to join our athletics team!”

“Myy. Your unbroken stamina, your instantaneous power to scatter us pursuers with aplomb, is a waste for a track and field club. I would love to have you in our tennis club!”

“Haaah!? No matter how you look at her, she’s a fit for the basketball club! Are you off in your head, you girls!?”

“””What did yo usay!?”””

Behind me, all the senpai students are quarreling about something… I don’t know much about it, but I’m hoping they’ll just fall out among each other and destroy themselves….

“Stop saying idiotic things! Postpone that conversation! First comes… We have to catch that girl!”

“””Ah, you’re right….. We’ll do that, waiiiiit for us!”””

…. Well. Of course it wouldn’t go well.

“Eei, no other choice. Then, I’ll just have to escape from them like this…”

I pull myself and run as fast as I can. I steadily lose sight of my senpais. Fufun… This level of chasing is like a child’s game of tag compared to those days, when my life was always at stake.

This is my gale-like escape that I have been training since junior high… Try and catch me if you can!

“Ha, haaa… What fast legs she has… At this rate, I won’t….”

“Let’s create a plan. We can’t just chase after her randomly. There’s no end to it unless we first set a trap and then make it impossible for her to escape.”

“What are you going to do when you say ‘trap’? Anyone know Tachibana-san’s weaknesses and preferences?”

“””……..”””

“Fufu… If that’s what you want to talk about, this is where I come in!”

“””! That voice… It’s the news club!” 

“That girl… Tachibana Mako-chan, I got in touch with a girl from the same junior high school as her just a few minutes ago. She’s famous for a lot of things at her junior high school. If all goes well… You could easily catch her down.” 

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“….? I shook them off?”

I’ve been on the run from them like that for roughly 30 minutes… Suddenly, the sound of footsteps from behind me suddenly stopped and it was quiet.

I turn around to look carefully while catching my breath, but I can’t detect any sign of my pursuers. Not a shadow or a form of the group that had been chasing me for so long.

“Well, they’ve been running around for nearly an hour now… It’s no wonder they’ve given up on me.” 

I pat my chest in relief. I’m glad… For now, I’ve sailed through the storm. Well, there’s always the possibility that they’ll catch me off guard and surprise me, so I’ll have to stay alert and hidden for another 10 minutes or so, just in case. In the meantime, I’ll have to think about future measures and so on—-

“……. Sa, ma….”

“……?”

At the very moment when I was thinking what the hell. A faint voice reached my ears from afar.

“… Nee, sama….”
“Hu, h…? This, voice…. It’s”
“Ma, ko-ne…sama…”

“……!?”

The morning bustle of students and senseis, the chirping of birds, the sound of construction work near— A small but very beautiful tone that I can clearly hear, mixed in with the noise, and which is very small but very memorable to my ears… Don’t tell, me…!? 

“Mako, nee-sama…”

“Koma!?”

There’s no way I could have heard it wrong. This voice… Without a doubt it belongs to my beloved twin sister and… It’s the voice of the I should protect, my Koma of the most dainty and beautiful bride in the world! Ican hear it coming from an empty classroom in the old school building, far away from the gymnasium where I’m hiding now.

Why on earth am I hearing Koma’s voice from an unpopular place where there is absolutely no need to go early in the morning? If there is a possible reason for this, based on my current situation…. There’s only one.

“They’ve done it…!? Don’t tell me, they’re chasing after Koma…!?”

I was careless. Why didn’t I realise this until just now…? I still don’t know for what reason I am being chased… If I’m being chased, it’s even possible that my twin sister, Koma, is being chased as well…!

Maybe Koma, like me, was chased by those senpais… And so she may have been captured. She may be in a terrible situation. She may be asking me for help right now…!

“Wa, wait for me, Koma! Onee-chan is coming to you immediately! I’m coming to save you….!”

I couldn’t stand still. My body naturally ran sideways towards her voice.

I went by the students that were coming to school, ‘Ma, Mako-san? Mako-san? You mustn’t run in the corridor! ……’, and I run proudly past the sensei who warns me, and I stumble and falls, but keep on running, running, running towards her voice. I’m running—

“Koma…. Komaaaaaaaa!”

I arrived at the door of the empty classroom and opened it with the force of kicking it open, and what I saw was.

“””We, lc, ome♡”””

“….. Huh?”

“”That said, capture heeeeeer!””

“Ginyaaaaa!?”

‘Mako-nee-sama, Mako-nee-sama ……’, with a voice recorder in one hand that repeats playback, and a very beaming smile… It was the senpai with a spine-chilling smile on their faces.

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“—– No, no. I didn’t think you’d fall for it, but I can’t believe you really fell for it, Mako-chan.”

“…. Uu. I never thought I’d be fooled by a voice from a voice recorder.”

A few minutes later, I was tied up with ropes (somehow, by the way…in a kind of tortoise shell bondage, which is often done by Koma while playing) and surrounded by senpai members of the clubs.

Damn it… If it was as usual, I can at least afford to distinguish between the machine-recorded voice of Koma and Koma’s live, angelic, singing voice…. I can’t believe I misheard it because I was being chased and I was in a hurry… Tachibana Mako’s, the greatest failure in my life…

“It’s no use trying to escape, Mako-chan.”

“I’ve got this place completely surrounded, there’s no escape… I won’t let you escape”

“Rather, you’ll get a severe fist bump when you try to escape.”
“…. Yeaaah.”

Now that I’ve been so spectacularly surrounded and captured, resistance will be futile. I’ll have to listen to them very carefully. Halfway to giving up, I decided to be prepared and ask the senpais what one thing I wanted to ask them.

“… So, senpais? Can I ask you one question?”

“Whaat is it, Mako-chan?” 

“…. I know it’s extremely late right now, but. Why were you, senpais after me? Did I do something to make my senpais resent me…?” 

I was being chased to my deaths without knowing it. I think I have the right to ask why before they boil me or eat me.

When I ask this, senpais look at each other and then say,

“””—– It’s to get you to join in my club!”””

As a matter of course, they answered with a mouthful…. Clu, club!?

“Look here, Tachibana-san. If you don’t know, I’ll tell you. This school has a lot of clubs. A wide variety of clubs with a wide range of activities, from well-known to minor genres.”
“Ye, yeah. I’m aware of that somewhat, but… What does that matter?”

“So many clubs and so many different types of activities…. There is a natural limit to the amount of club budget that can be secured. As more members join the club, the club’s budget goes up by that much. If you don’t get the members, the club’s budget will go down by that much. Everyone’s desperate to have more than enough club budget.”

“In the case of clubs with few members, it is literally a matter of life and death to recruit new members.” 

“So everyone wants to do everything in their power to get new students into their clubs. Do you get it?”

“Ha, haaah…”

…. Eh? Wait. Then, what? I’ve been chased by so many senpais just for the sake of recruiting me into their clubs? For that reason, they had me running for my life?

Not good… I’m feeling somehow tired suddenly… For that kind of reason…

“Even so… Why so suddenly? I didn’t have any invitations or anything at all until yesterday…?”

“Hnn? … Aah. Maybe you don’t know about it, Mako-chan? The date on which the ban on club recruitment was lifted?”

“Lift on, ban…?”

I haven’t heard about it…

“As I said before, there are many different clubs in this school, and they all have their own reasons, and they all work hard to get members every day. Sometimes they headhunt from other clubs, sometimes they hold one or more positions.”

“Recruitment of first-year students, especially those who have not joined any clubs and have just started their studies… It’s already been a state of war between the various clubs, without metaphor.”

“The competition for new students was bad, and it was bloodshed for a while. It almost got to sword cuts or something.”

“Eeeh…”

This was an all-girls’ school, a ladies’ school, right? Bloodshed at a club recruitment event… Sword wounds, what… I’d like to think it’s a joke of some kind.

“To avoid that kind of trouble, the school has declared it. ‘New students are not allowed to officially join club activities during the first month of their enrolment. As well as recruitment.’”

“That’s why we haven’t done any fancy recruiting until today. At best, we hand out leaflets and do PR to promote our activities.”

“Well, girls who have tried out or joined the club as a trial… I wouldn’t lose them even if it kills me!”

“Kidnapping, confinement and brainwashing…. I’m definitely not leaving until you say ‘I’m joining this club’.”

“…….”

The radicalism of the senpais is coming to an extreme… Hey, this supposed to be an all-girls’ school, a graceful lady’s school, you know!? Somehow I’m getting the same kind of feeling from junior high school!? 

“I understand the reason for it being… But. I still don’t get it.”

“Eh? Don’t get it? What?”

“The reason for chasing me. Senpais… Why are you trying so hard to recruit me again?”

Yes, that’s the part I don’t understand the most. Why do these senpais. They paid little attention to the other first-year students today. For some reason, they relentlessly targeted me and pursued me.

Instead of chasing after me alone, it would be less troublesome to capture the first-year students who are still around and who are sneaking off to school without knowing what’s going on. So why did they go through all these dull traps to get at me again…?

My senpais responded to my question in this way, again, as a matter of course.

“””Of course it’s decided. Because we want the excellent talents—– If there’s someone willing to join a club, after all! ”””

“….. Hah?”

That statement was one word that my brain refused to understand. Excellent, talents…?

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Author’s notes: Thank you for reading. Next time I’ll probably be late in post new chapter, sorry….. No, I’m not pretending or anything.

Mako’s setting is to be basically athletically inept, but when it comes to escape techniques, she is seriously amazing. It’s all the fault of those junior high school days.

Author’s notes: Next week and next month are going to be a bit busy, so I’ll try to post a new chapter as soon as possible.

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“——— Mako-senpai, Mako-senpai! Long time no see…! I wanted to see you so much—–!”

“Ooh, Ren-chan, long time no see!”

On a certain day. On my way to do a bit of shopping, I bumped into Ren-chan, a kouhai in junior high school who, for some reason, adores me so much. Ren-chan invited me to a nearby coffee shop for a chat and I went with her.

“… I know I said that, but I just met Ren-chan three days ago. It doesn’t feel like it has been that long, does it? Don’t need to be so weepy from being happy about reuniting…”

“For me, it’s painful not to see Mako-senpai, even for a day… Uuuuuu… I can’t wait to graduate from junior high school. I want to graduate and enroll at Mako-senpai’s high school… I want to enjoy high school life with my senpai…”

“Eeh, etto… Ar, are you okay, Ren-chan? Are you properly enjoying your junior high school life…?”

I am a little worried by the dark and gloomy expression on the face of my bright, loyal junior puppy. This girl… I wonder if she is doing well in junior high school…? 

“Ah, I’m doing fine in that regard! Junior high school life without Mako-senpai is… Speaking my mind, I miss you so much, but I’m busy proselytising for Mako-senpai! That’s why, I have no time to feel lonely!”

“Fuun. I see, I see. I’m glad to hear tha—- Un?”

…. Hmmm? Didn’t you just say some strange words now, Ren-chan? Slump? Did,I imagine it…? Un, I think I imagined it! I just imagined it so it’s not important!

“Leaving me aside! How are you, Mako-senpai? Are you enjoying high school life?”

“Nhhn. That’s right. I’m having a lot of fun. I’m with Koma. There’s Kanakana and Himecchi, too. I’ve also made new friends. I’ve met a teacher I respect. And… I’m having trouble with studying, but I can learn a lot.”

“Heeh… For example, what kind of things do you do?”

Although it hasn’t even been a month since I started school. Even so, every day is filled. Ren-chan is curious and eager to hear about it, so I decided to explain a lot about my high school life to her. About Koma, my friends. About Koma and classes. About Koma, about sensei, about Koma—

“….. I get it! You seem to be having a lot of fun! I’m also looking forward to going to high school with my senpai the year after next!”

“Fufufu, I knew you’d say that.”

“By the way….Mako-senpai? Now that you’re talking about it, there was no mention of club activities…. Senpai, did you not join any clubs in high school?”
“Huh? Club activity?”

And. In the midst of talking about my high school life. Ren-chan asks that question while being a little curious. Muu. Club activities, club activities…

“Look! Mako-senpai was active in the Seijokai in junior high school, weren’t you? Just like in junior high, senpai surely—- No! I was thinking that you are even more active in many situations than you were in junior high school, so I wondered if you do any club activities or anything like that!”

“No, no, wait, Ren-chan…? I don’t think it was me who was active in junior high school, I think it was the perfect superhero, Koma?”

“….? Mako-senpai, you were as active as Tachibana-senpai, am I wrong? You solved my problems, and I always had a lot of people asking me ‘Where’s Tachibana?’ and you were so dependable that people were always chasing after you.”

“…..”

Aside from the matter of solving Ren-chan’s problems. When I was in secondary school, people chased me around and it was never because… I was popular and they relied on me.

I was just being chased around by people who were jealous of my best position as ‘Koma’s lover’, who were jealous and envious of me and wanted to assassinate me…

“That’s why, I thought, even in high school Mako-senpai is depended on. And then, ‘Tachibana-san! Please join our club!’ I thought you were being chased around by all sorts of clubs…!”

“No, not at all. It’s nothing cartoonish like that, Ren-chan. Well, it’s true that our high school is said to be quite active in club activities, but in the end, it’s a flowery girls’ school? I’ve never been forcibly recruited by my senpais. Everyone is graceful, you know. They’re not as crazy as those of junior high school.”

“Is, that, how it is?”

“That’s how it is. In the first place, I can’t do anything other than cooking. The only club activities that would recruit someone like me would be the cooking club at best, right? Well, even if some whimsical person recruited me to join their club. I don’t think I want to do unreasonable club activities anymore. It’s too tiring. I’ll have less time to play.”

“I get it! It’s true that if my senpai joins some club, I won’t be able to hang out with you on holidays like today… I’d be lonely in that case! Senpai, please do not join a club if you can help it!”

“Hahaha. Okay, okay. I’ll do that for Ren-chan!”

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The next day after such a happy exchange of conversation with my cute kouhai. At the girl’s school. Girls’ schools where girls are supposed to be ladylike. I, Tachibana Mako…

“””Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch heeeeeer!”””

“ Hyeeeeeeh!?”

Somehow I was being chased around by bloodthirsty senpais all morning.

“Tch…! I lost sight of her…! Where did that girl disappear!?”
“She shouldn’t have gone far…! Search every nook and corner to find her! And then hold her tight with your strength! Depending on the situation, abduct and confine her! I’ll also permit brainwashing and education with medication!”

“HQ, HQ! Target is lost! I need immediate assistance! I repeat, target is lost! Please send, immediate assis….!”

“Maakoo-chaan…? Why are you running…? Are we playing hide and seek….?”

“We’re not scary at all, as you see…? Your Onee-sans are really kind… Obediently… Come out…!”

“… *Heavy breathing*…. Haa…. Haaaaaaa!”

I used my proud escape on foot, which had been trained by being chased by the Koma fan clubs during my junior high school years, to my advantage. I somehow managed to escape from the clutches of the second and third year senpais who were chasing me.

As I hide in cover and catch my breath, I think wistfully.

“….. Why!? What is this!? Why!? Why are they chasing me…!?”

It’s morning. The moment I arrived at school with no worries and went through the school gate  as usual. My senpais, each clutching a paper and pen, pressed me hard. I got out of my old habits and ran away quickly, but… Why am I being chased…!? Until yesterday, there was nothing!? Did I do something!? 

“Did I anger someone? Or like in the past… Am I being attacked by Koma’s fans? But then I don’t feel anything like murderous intent or jealousy from them…?”

I’m trying to turn my empty head and analyse it, but I have no idea. I don’t feel any of the ‘Tachibana… I’ll kill you!’ feelings like I did in junior high school, so I don’t know why.

… Rather, if they’re chasing me because of that, I’d be fine. I’m used to it. Precisely because they’re chasing me so relentlessly even though they have no negative feelings directed at me.

On the contrary, they scare me…

“An, anyhow… If I don’t manage to somehow join up with Kanakana and the others…”

“””Fouuuund youuuuuuuu!”””

“Migyaaaaaaaa!?”

The moment I try to sneak away. Senpais found me and we started playing tag again. Scary, senpais are genuinely scary…! This fear of being pursued at all costs, not only by senpais who I know, but also by strangers and nameless senpais… What is going on with today…!?

“Please calm down, senpais!? Why are you chasing me around!?”

“Why, you ask, that’s because Tachibana-san is running away! Wait for me, Tachibana-san!”

“Listen up! For the time being just be obediently caught by me, Mako-san! I don’t mean anything bad! I just need you to sign here for a bit!”

“No, don’t listen to her! Please come with me, Mako-san! Let’s have lots of fun with me from now on! Yeah, okay?”

“I asked you, what are you on about!?”

“””Just obediently, enter, our, club!”””

… Yeah, I didn’t know about it. In this school, today…

【Day of lifting the ban on recruiting for club activities】

That was today.

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Author’s notes: Thank you for reading. (In a way) Mako has been irresistible since the start of high school.