I Can Distinguish the Twin Sister - Chapter 8

　To tell the truth, I did not consider what Rin’ne-san told me to be familiar to me.

　If you can’t tell the sisters apart, it doesn’t matter which one you are, and I thought I would never meet someone who would say such an insane thing.

　But I was wrong.

“May I have a word with you? Are you in the same class as the Aragaki sisters? “

　An honor student-like senior named Fushimi approached me.

　I knew some of the seniors, but I didn’t know this person, and the fact that he suddenly asked me about Aragaki-San and her sisters made me roll my eyes.

　The timing of the meeting was perfect: it was after school, and a senior had taken the trouble to ask me about those two by name. At this point, I could have guessed that confession was what he meant, and what followed led me to what I mentioned above.

“Actually, I have been wondering about Aragaki-san for a while. I just don’t know which one is which, but I thought it would be okay. I don’t care which one it is, but if they are still around, could you bring one of them to me? “

　From there, he elaborated that he didn’t know which was which.

　When he had seen them before, he had fallen in love at first sight with either Rin’ne-san or Yomi-san. He laughed and said he didn’t care which one it was because he recognized which one it was.

　He chuckled briskly, but I was appalled at that.

　I gave him a few words of advice, and I was recognized as a troublesome guy.

“You’re a pain to talk to… “

　He sighed, but I continued to say to him.

“I might be a troublesome guy from your point of view, but from a common-sense point of view, I think what you are trying to do is no better than a prick.”

　He easily changed his color when I said he was less than a prick.

　I don’t know what kind of person he is, and I’m afraid for my future life as a student if there are many others in his group, but I still couldn’t help saying…

( Well, I can’t stop him from confessing or not, after all. I’ve said all this, but I’m not in a position to tell him to stop anymore.)

　As I recall, they were still in the classroom, and that’s when I thought I could at least come right back and tell them.

“Hello!”

” ?! “

　I heard a voice behind me, and my shoulders shook.

　I thought someone had come when the Senpai’s eyes turned back to me, but when I looked back… I saw that it was them.

　They don’t have their bag with them, so it doesn’t look like they are going home, but I don’t know if it’s good timing or bad timing for them to come at this time…

“…You don’t even know which one we were then.”

　Rin’ne-san opens her mouth just as he is about to move toward them.

“I know I shouldn’t eavesdrop, but the topic was about us, so I listened. And before I hear from Senpai, I would like to answer you ―neither my sister nor I intend to go out with Senpai, so please stop.”

“If you say you don’t care either way, I’m going to question your humanity. I’m sorry, but please give up Senpai. “

　Both of them smiled at each other with the same face and voices and said their answers to the Senpai.

　Their smiles are so similar and beautiful that not only Senpai but I also look down for a moment in surprise.

　But in a way, it was probably a good thing that they were listening to me like this.

“No, I know exactly what you mean! I choose you! I was going to confess my feelings to Yomi-san! “

　How innocent.

　He seems to be an honor student, or rather, he looks serious, but the wrong impression of irresponsibility follows when he goes like this.

　Yomi-san looks uncomfortable as he points his finger at her, and there is no way she will accept this, no matter how it turns out.

“I see. Yomi? “

“I don’t think you need to tell me anything. I understand.”

“Are you ready? “

　What are you doing?

　They nodded to each other and closed their eyes once, and opened them after a pause…At that moment, I sensed that something had changed in the atmosphere.

　It seemed the same for the senior, who gulped as if in shock.

“Senpai. ”  “Senpai. “

“Which one do you think is Yomi? ”  “Which one do you think is me? “

　…What?

　The question was a quiz to find out which was which.

　Since they haven’t changed their positions, the left one is Rin’ne-san, and the right one is Yomi-san, as before… but I’m a little confused now.

(…No, don’t be fooled. Look calmly… yeah. No doubt. )

　I’m sure nothing has changed between them.

　When I asked myself to be calm, I could recognize each of them ―I couldn’t go wrong with either. I am sure that the one on the left is Rin’ne-san, and the one on the right is Yomi-san.

“… right… No, left is Yomi-san…? “

　No―that answer is wrong.

“No, it’s not. I’m her sister, Rin’ne.”

“I’m Yomi.”

　Both of them pointed to themselves and said their answers.

　I felt that my answer was correct, but simultaneously, I was surprised that the change in the air almost made it impossible for me to distinguish between them for a moment, even if only for a moment.

　It was as if the two of them were trying to blend in with each other.

“I don’t accept Senpai even if you choose the right person. I’ll say it again, right? We have no intention of going out with you.”

“That’s what we mean.”

　Senpai bit his lip in frustration at their words, then turned away and walked away.

“……Umm”.

　Now that the three of us were completely on our own, I wondered what… I should say to them.

　When I was at a loss like this, Rin’ne-san approached me with a giggle.

“I didn’t mean to be like this, but I heard what you said to him ―I’m sorry. I should have told him not to bother you if he wanted to see me.”

　Following Rin’ne-san’s bow, Yomi-san opened her mouth.

“I was more in the middle than Aneki, but I’m also sorry, Nagase-kun. I’m sorry for making you spend so much time on us.”

　Like Rin’ne-san, Yomi-san also bowed ers head.

　I was afraid that if other people saw us here, they would start some strange rumors, so I hurriedly asked them to raise their heads.

“It’s okay. It’s not something to be sorry for… well, maybe if you hadn’t talked about this to me before. I would have just returned to calling both of you, or I would have just left him alone.”

　If I didn’t know anything about it, I’d have just been stunned at being told it didn’t matter either way, and that would have been the end of it.

　It was only because Rin’ne-san had told me about it beforehand and I had a chance to talk with Yomi-san I could tell Senpai what I thought about it.

　As I scratched my cheeks, smiling at how pathetic it was to say it aloud, Rin’ne-san’s outstretched hand wrapped mine.

“You don’t need to talk about such a process. What’s important is now―and at this moment, you thought about us and spoke up for us. That honestly made us happy. “

　Rin’ne-san’s palm was very warm and strangely reassuring.

　Well, it was natural that my face would turn red if someone held my hand like this, and Rin’ne-san looked at me while grinning.

　She looked as if she were an older Nē-san… She was so enchanting.

“I’ll go get Aneki’s and my stuff.”

“Are you sure? Is that okay?”

“Yeah. So just give me a minute.”

“Thank you, Yomi.”

　Yomi-san turned her back and ran.

　I laughed a little when she seemed to remember the teacher warned her and started walking instead running.

　 Yomi-san was gone, and Rin’ne-san and I were left alone for a short time.

　Rin’ne-san keeps staring at Yomi-san’s back as she gets further and further away from us… she is holding my hand the whole time, and I’m unsure what to do.

“…Ah, I’m sorry. I’ve been holding your hand the whole time.”

“No, it’s totally fine.”

　Rather, I wasn’t fine when you removed your hand!

　Now I have nothing more to do. I think I’ll just go home before Yomi-san comes back.

　My mother has asked me to buy some groceries.

“Well, I’m going home. I have something to do.”

“Okay. Thank you for today, Nagase-kun.”

“I didn’t do anything that deserved to be thanked for. It’s like you two came in and fixed the situation.”

“So, …fufu, this is the same thing repeatedly. Let’s end this here.”

　I chuckled with Rin’ne-san after she said so.

　Then I waved goodbye to Rin’ne-san, but I felt a strange look at my back, so I turned around and saw Rin’ne-san’s eyes were exactly on me… and I thought she was saying something to me, but I couldn’t make it out the words.

“I didn’t think so, but… Nagase-kun. Did you recognize us? “