I Can Distinguish the Twin Sister - Chapter 11

A few days have passed since the day I spent tea time with Rin’ne-san.

However, Yomi-san, I’ve been receiving more frequent glances from her since Senpai’s confession fiasco, and our eyes have been meeting in the classroom more often.

Whenever I see Rin’ne-san and Yomi-san, I get nervous, but I try to give them a casual nod of greeting because I think it’s rude to avert my eyes from them…

[ I kind of want you to… do that. ]

I remember that she told me that in the coffee shop.

So I have not told Yomi-san I can recognize them, and it seems that Rin’ne-san has not told Yomi-san either.

I don’t know why Rin’ne-san said such a thing, but since I have not had a chance to talk to Rin’ne-san alone since then, I have nothing more to say about it.

“What are you thinking? ”

“No, nothing in particular.”

Perhaps because I was thinking about Rin’ne-san, our conversation stopped, and Masashi, who was walking with me, looked puzzled.

I told him it was nothing, and although it was a bit forced, I decided to change the subject by mentioning Yoshiki, who was not present today.

“I wonder if Yoshiki’s okay.”

“That’s right. I hope he gets well soon.”

As we were on our way to school, Yoshiki, one of the usual group members, was nowhere to be seen.

We had exchanged messages last night that the three of us would go to school together for the first time in a while, but Yoshiki seemed to have caught a cold this morning.

Yoshiki seemed to have a fever, but he seemed to be in good health in his message.

“What are you going to do after school? Should we go visit him? ”

When I said so, Masashi nodded as if it was a matter of course.

Well, if I hadn’t said that, I think Masashi would have suggested it, so it’s the same thing after all.

“Speaking of which…”

“Hm? ”

“You guys did that before. I caught a cold that time.”

“……”

Masashi’s words reminded me of him.

It’s June of my sophomore year, so it was exactly half a year ago, or maybe it was winter when we were still freshmen. Like Yoshiki, there was a time when Masashi also had a cold and had to take a day off.

By the way, I have never had a cold since I started high school.

“So? What about that time? ”

“No… I asked Yoshiki about it, and he said that it was Akito who proposed to come to my house to visit me.”

“That’s right. If Yoshiki didn’t want to go, I was going to go alone.”

“… really, you’re a nice guy.”

I laughed at him.

It’s true that high school students usually don’t bother to visit their sick friends… but I went to visit Masashi because we have known each other since starting high school and have become good friends.

“Akito’s parents are also very nice people… and it’s like hereditary.”

“Your and Yoshiki’s parents are good people too. ”

Because we are good friends, we know each other’s parents since we have been to each other’s houses many times.

They are always nice to us when we go out or stay over and even give us a lot of sweets.

(…which sounds like they are feeding me.)

But I’m sure I’ll eat sweets when I visit again.

( …Well, thanks to Mom and Dad, I’m like this, isn’t it?)

It’s not that they strongly told me to be like this.

But my mother and father were kind to me anyway, and they never denied me outright and got angry with me. They also listened to what I had to say… Of course, that’s not all.

Mom and dad cared for each other deeply. So I learned to be kind to others by watching them.

Of course, I don’t go out of my way to be nice to people who have bad intentions or people I personally don’t like ―people like that Senpai.

“Anyway, I want to eat some ice cream after school. Do you want it? I’ll buy you one. ”

“Yeah, I guess so. I might try not to eat it today because I might catch a cold, in which case, and if you do, I’ll put them in the freezer when I go home.”

“Okay.”

We arrived at school after such an exchange.

When we entered the classroom, we both took our seats, and I looked at her when I felt her eyes on me.

Then I saw Rin’ne-san staring at me.

(…I wonder what it is. I don’t feel scared by her gaze. On the contrary, I think she is really gorgeous.)

When our gazes met, Rin’ne-san smiled, and it was a smile that made me think she was even prettier.

I take my eyes off her and take out my bag, but her smile still makes me nervous…

However, Yomi-san could notice Rin’ne-san’s condition.

I looked at Yomi-san, and she smiled at me with the same expression as Rin’ne-san… She got up and came to me.

“Good morning Nagase-kun.”

“Ah, good morning…”

It was true that I had become friends with these girls, but I did not talk to them openly in front of my classmates’ eyes like this.

I was puzzled about what was happening, but I immediately recognized what she held in her hand.

Looking at the left side of the blackboard, I saw that the name of Yomi-san and me was written in the column for today’s duty. She and I were in charge of day’s duty.

“I already got your logbook. Can you write down your name? ”

“Okay.”

“I can write down everything else, but what do you want me to do? Split it in half? ”

“I think that’s good. I don’t want to leave it all up to you.”

“Alright.”

I take the journal from her, write my name, and then fill in the other columns.

“Hey, Nagase-kun.”

“What…huh! ? ”

I turned around and was surprised to see her.

She was looking at my desk with her hands on her knees, so her profile was right next to me.

She looks so beautiful in profile as she peers into the journal beside me.

Whatever I thought about Yomi-san, it would all be similar to what I thought about Rin’ne-san, but I noticed a slight difference there.

(…The way she smiles and her mood is surprisingly different from what I expected. I felt subtle about it before, but now that I know them, I think it’s clearer.)

Their faces are the same. Same voice. Same physique. Most of the elements are the same.

But… they are still different people, with different gestures and atmospheres. That’s why I can confidently say that they have their own personalities, which is definitely the difference between Rin’ne-san and Yomi-san.

“What’s wrong? ”

“… ah, sorry.”

My hand stopped, and I was caught looking at her sideways.

Yomi-san did not complain but smiled at me and made a move to brush her hair up to her ear.

“Were you admiring me by any chance? ”

Yomi-san winked at me with her right eye. Thinking she was cute, I gently turned my eyes back to my journal.

Yomi-san borrowed a chair from the seat beside mine and sat beside me.

“By the way, haven’t we talked like this since then? I told you that time, but thank you so much, Nagase-kun.”

“No, I told you then, too. I don’t need you to thank me. I told him no clearly when he came to me, so I’m done talking with Senpai.”

“That’s true. I remember what you said to him in front of us, and I remember it as well as Aneki. I was really happy to hear you say it like that.”

Yomi-san lightly bumped her shoulder against mine.

It was one of the kinds of playful gestures that Yoshiki and Masashi used to do to me, and I never thought that Yomi-san of the opposite sex would do it to me.

Yomi-san just smiled at me and didn’t react anymore, but I thought I heard a familiar voice at that moment.

[ Akkun! ]

It was the voice of a little girl.

I felt a déjà vu, as if I had experienced such a situation in the past…

Reflexively, I looked at Yomi-san’s face, and she also rolled her eyes at me.

“Yomi…san? ”

” …ah, I’m sorry ―Somehow, I was feeling a little nostalgic.”

” …….. ”

From then on, the atmosphere between Yomi-san and me was a strange one.

In the end, she returned to her seat right after that, so I didn’t know what happened, but I was sure I felt something in that sequence of actions.

…But more than that, Yomi-san.

(…That, you mean she unconsciously gave me a shoulder bump? The smile on her face is just too destructive.)

Most guys would fall if they were hit like that, seriously.

I really thought so.

TN: Thanks for the tip, IllegalAle! 1/1