I Can Distinguish the Twin Sister - Chapter 5

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” …… ”

Awkward.

I had thought it might be possible, but I was surprised that it was the day after I talked with Rin’ne-san.

She took me to the rooftop, which reminded me of yesterday.

But I laughed a little when she told me she was her sister. Well, neither Yomi-san nor Rin’ne-san knew that I could recognize them.

“I’m sorry to bring you here out of the blue. I just wanted to check something.”

“…Is it about your true nature that your sister was talking about? ”

“Don’t call it ‘my true nature.’ ”

She gave me a sharp look, and I apologized frankly.

But she immediately changed her expression from stern to soft and also apologized to me as if she was sorry.

“I’m sorry I called you out, and I didn’t mean to glare at you… but I’ve never been face to face with a man like this before, so I’m a little out of my depth.”

“I see… well, it’s not like it’s a confession or anything.”

Well, what can I say? Should I say being glared at by a beautiful girl is a reward? Yomi-san exhales reassuringly when I tell her that I don’t enjoy being stared at but that I don’t find it offensive either.

“Good for you. My Aneki… Ahem, my Nē-san said―”

“I don’t know if I should say this, but… You don’t have to cover it up for me, okay? ”

“Okay? Well then… I’ll just do what I normally do. Aneki said you saw how rough I was. ”

“…. I’m sorry I lied to you.”

“No need to apologize. It’s my fault for talking to myself in the first place. ”

I’m relieved you’re not saying, “Why are you sneakily listening to me?”

“I was thinking the day before yesterday, you call her ‘Aneki’? ”

“Oh, yeah. It’s a remnant from the past… Well, there was a time when I did. In public, I call her Nē-san, but when we’re alone, she’s more pleased if I call her Aneki.”

“Hmm.”

She said happily.

This makes me wonder if I’m really mishearing her words, but it seems she will talk about that now.

“Just to make sure… you also heard me say ‘that kind of Aneki, ‘ right? ”

“…yeah.”

“I knew it. But did you tell her? ” ”

“Of course not. We talked about it yesterday… but I’m having trouble distinguishing between the two, so can I call you by your name just now? ”

“No problem.”

“Rin’ne-san really loves Yomi-san, and I think she really loves her sister from the bottom of her heart. That’s why I couldn’t say what you said to her… Then I wondered what and why Yomi-san’s comment was, and I couldn’t understand it.”

“… Well, you’re right.”

It’s only now that I’m even more confused.

Yomi-san never dislikes Rin’ne-san, and she doesn’t even seem to be trying to undermine her in any way.

Of course, I can’t read her mind, and I don’t know enough about women to know her… but I somehow know that Yomi-san likes Rinne-san, too.

“You know, I don’t have that much of a relationship with Rin’ne-san. I’m not going to talk to Rin’ne-san voluntarily, so don’t worry. Even if we were to get to know each other in some way, it’s nothing to talk about.”

“I’m relieved to hear that. I imagined that if I didn’t want my sister to hear something about this, I’d have to do anything that you said.”

“I wouldn’t do that !? ”

I had to make a desperate excuse for what she thought was terrible.

Yomi-san seemed to have known that, and she was relieved to hear that I didn’t seem to have the guts to do such a thing.

“Well, you asked, so I’ll tell you.”

“…… is that okay? ”

“Yeah. Nagase-kun… seems like the type of person who would be concerned about things like that at home. People are always curious about something, aren’t they?”

“That’s not true!”

“It’s easy to understand. Hmm…”

Ugh… it seems I’ve been successfully tricked.

I feel a little frustrated with her giggling with her hand over her mouth, but she is a very beautiful woman, I knew it,… she looks good when she giggles.

But I listened to what she said.

“Oh, nothing. It’s just a little jealousy… for a sister who can do more than I can.”

“…I can’t imagine that.”

“I’m not as good as her in many areas, like studying, socializing, and so on.”

” ……. ”

That doesn’t sound right to me.

Not only because I don’t have that much contact with them but also because our high school doesn’t have test rankings posted or anything like that…. Well, I guess if you’re part of the same family, you probably talk about test scores and stuff like that.

“I’m a little bit of a bad person sometimes because of that. But normally I love and respect my sister a lot and thank her for being my big sister… I mean, that’s what I am.”

“…you mean you’re a troublesome person? ”

“You’re really frank, aren’t you? ”

I bowed my head again and said I was seriously sorry.

But I see, that’s why Yomi-san said those things to Rin’ne-san.

“It’s strange for me to say this, but I felt a little relieved. Yomi-san doesn’t really dislike Rin’ne-san.”

“It’s funny that I should say, ‘Don’t worry about that.’ ”

“That’s true, too… haha.”

“I know, right…fufu.”

And so we laughed at each other.

I wonder if it’s too soon to think that we’ve become friends or if I have this simple line of thought because I’m a v*rgin… Well, I guess it’s both.

As I was smiling at such a thought, Yomi-san was right in front of me before I knew it.

“Whoa !? ”

“You’re too surprised, aren’t you? ”

Anyone would be surprised if someone suddenly looked into your face right in front of you.

Even though it was my fault for being lost in thought, it was still mean to come up to me without making a sound… but I couldn’t say anything because I might have been so absorbed in my thoughts that I just missed it.

“…hmmm ”

“What’s wrong? ”

She stared at me, and I tilted my head.

After thinking for a while, Yomi-san said something like this.

“It was strange to spend time with Nagase-kun, who I have never talked to much like this. Normally I wouldn’t talk this much… but for some reason, you were very easy to talk to or something… I don’t know.”

“Hmmm? ”

“You and I, have we met each other before? ”

“Rin’ne-san told me that too, but I don’t think so. ”

“I know, right… ”

I didn’t expect Yomi-san to say the same thing.

But as she said, today was the first time we had talked in such depth, even though we only had known each other as classmates.

Despite this, the initial nervousness was already gone, and I could talk with Yomi-san naturally.

( I wonder if I was like this with Rin’ne-san yesterday…)

However, it’s almost the end of the lunch break, so I’m going back to the class.

Various people saw me walking with Yomi-san, so I was a little afraid of what kind of looks they’ll give me when I went back to the classroom… Well, nothing happened, so I should be proud of myself.

“Uh, that’s right.”

“What’s wrong? ”

I finally turned to Yomi-san.

I know it’s a bit…. meddlesome, and there is a possibility that he might say, “You think you know what you’re talking about,” but I wanted to tell her something.

“I don’t think having negative feelings toward people is wrong. I think it’s totally fine, although Yomi-san seem to be bothered by it. It doesn’t make your relationship with Rin’ne-san any more complicated, and I know you both think about each other, so I think it would make your bond even deeper if you could talk about it someday. ”

“… Yeah? ”

“Yeah. That’s just my own idea, though. I’ve had a chance to talk to both of you in turn, and I’ve been thinking about it.”

“Well, I’m not worried about Aneki and me either… because we’re kind of, I don’t know, weirdly close.”

I don’t know if I’m being creepy… But if that’s all you say, then it’s totally fine.

“Let’s get back to class then. We’re running out of time.”

“Okay.”

I said that and started walking this time.

As I walked down the stairs and down the hallway slightly faster, Yomi-san stepped in front of me and said,

“Nagase-kun is a good person. There are a lot of things I don’t know about you, but I believe that there is no bad person in my intuition who is easy to talk to. Since we are classmates, can we talk like this again in the future?”

“…Ah, yes.”

“Hey, what’s your reaction? ”

I was surprised because I didn’t expect such a proposal.

But it was a good response from a classmate, wasn’t it?

* * *

“…Fufu, I’m glad you guys are in a good mood.”

Rin’ne looked at the two of them as they were talking amicably.

She was worried that my sister might complain that I had talked to her, but my fears were unfounded.

Of course, Rin’ne did not hear what they were talking about, nor did she know what they were talking about.

In other words, Rin’ne did not hear anything that Yomi was concerned about.

“…That guy …Why does he care so much?”

Actually, Rin’ne had been thinking about it since she got home yesterday.

She had a strange feeling that she had met someone… before, and she cared enough to keep thinking about what it was.

[ Ri-chan !!! ]

” !? ”

Rin’ne looks around when she hears this voice, but there is no one.

After thinking for a while, Rin’ne returns to the classroom to keep up with the others.