I Promised to Make the Class Honor Student My 'Little Sister'. It Seems She Wants to Be Spoiled a Lot - Volume 1 Chapter 1.1

TLN : Hello Everyone, i, ShieruTL  decided to take over this series because i really interested how this weak-willed MC gonna survive in house of predators. Hope we have a good time together.

Me, Running Away from Home, Encountering a “Family”

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“Hm? Oh, you’ve woken up? Cough. Hey, Takato-kun. Can you see my beauty?”

“…Huh?”

The moment I opened my eyes, I was greeted with such high energy, I unintentionally let out a strange voice.

The woman peering into my face──had distinctive, long eyes and wore glasses.

Brown hair tied in a side ponytail. Slightly thick eyebrows.

And from the collar of her blouse, an enchanting collarbone peeked out.

Who is this person──wait, huh?

Somehow, she looks familiar…

“…Ah. Kakogawa, sensei?”

As my groggy head began to clear up slowly.

I finally recognized that the person was someone I knew.

“Oh. It seems you’ve finally seen my beauty. No, it would be more correct to say you regained consciousness because of my beauty…?”

“I don’t really get what you’re saying.”

Responding vaguely to her arbitrary statement, I slowly sat up.

Then, I looked around the room.

This place──isn’t the park I was at just moments ago. It’s someone’s room.

And where I’m sitting is──apparently on a bed.

“Kakogawa sensei… where is this?”

The person by the bed is──Kakogawa Yukari.

A legitimate high school teacher who teaches biology in our grade.

If I remember correctly, she said she’s in her second year of teaching.

Perhaps due to her being relatively young, Kakogawa sensei usually interacts with students in a friendly manner. She seems to prefer this kind of buddy-buddy distance, which makes her popular among the girls.

But… why is Kakogawa sensei here?

“This is my house. I heard you were drenched in the downpour and lost consciousness. So, I rushed to bring you to my place.”

“Kakogawa sensei’s, house…?”

Ah, I see.

Without parental consent, unable to stay anywhere, and nearly dying in the park, I was──taken care of by Kakogawa sensei.

“Thank you for saving me. But……you said, ‘heard you lost consciousness.’ So, who told you about me──”

“Ah! Takato-kun, you’re awake!”

Just then.

The room’s door opened with a click, and a familiar girl entered.

Holding a basin of water and wearing an apron over her casual clothes.

It was──Kakogawa Ao.

We met abruptly in the rainy park.

The mere classmate who was in front of me until I lost consciousness.

“Kakogawa told sensei?”

“Yeah, that’s right! The first adult I could contact was Yuka-nee.”

“Yuka-nee… ah, right. Kakogawa and Kakogawa sensei are relatives, right?”

I hadn’t heard it directly, but I remember girls talking about it.

Kakogawa Ao and Kakogawa Yukari sensei are──cousins. (TLN : YES THE RAW ITSELF SAID COUSIN.)

“But more importantly, Takato-kun!”

“Huh?”

While I was absent-mindedly thinking about that.

Kakogawa, now with a serious look, briskly approached me.

And then.

“Why are you sitting up? Mo~… you should still be resting, you know!!”

She scolded me with a slightly stronger tone, and then.

Kakogawa placed the basin beside the bed, grabbed my shoulders, and pushed me down toward the bed.

“Wait… Kakogawa?”

“You need to rest. You were out in that rain without an umbrella, right? It’d be troublesome if you caught a cold.”

“That’s an exaggeration. I’m perfectly fine──”

“It’s not an exaggeration! The virus might already be lurking inside you without you noticing!!”

She stated dramatically.

Then, Kakogawa looked at me with moist eyes, gazing intently.

“For now, could you stay at our place tonight? Kannai… my little sister is out on a school trip. Yuka-nee and I don’t mind, so?”

“Wait, wait, Ao. When did I say I don’t mind?”

“You mind?”

“I don’t, but”

“See, it’s fine. So, Takato-kun… will you sleep with us tonight?”

“Your wording, your wording! Kakogawa, that could be misunderstood, so stop it!?”

That’s way too outrageous.

I don’t know if she’s a natural or a mischievous devil in disguise with a serious face……but such statements are enough to raise my temperature, so please, spare me.

…Hm?

“Stay at our place……but isn’t this Kakogawa sensei’s house?”

“Ah…well, there are various circumstances. Ao and my little sister are currently living with Yuka-nee. So, this is our house for the three of us.”

“I see, so that’s how it is…?”

The house for the three of them, which means……Kakogawa, her sister, and the teacher are living together without either set of parents.

It’s unusual for cousins to live together, not to mention without any parents.

I guess there must be circumstances──I’m not one to talk. I won’t pry.

“Ah, by the way, Takato-kun… this is Ao’s room. And this bed you felt so warm in──is the bed Ao always sleeps in!”

“──!!”

Startled by Kakogawa sensei’s sudden revelation, I fell off the bed.

“Kyaa!? Takato-kun, are you okay?”

Kakogawa quickly pulled me towards her.

Her large, soft chest touched my left shoulder.

A sweet, milky scent wafted around.

It was exactly the same scent as the bed I had been sleeping in──causing my head to spin.

“Yuka-nee! It’s not nice to tease the sick!!”

“Hahahah! Sorry, sorry, Ao. Well, that being said, Takato-kun… for today, why don’t you quietly stay over? I’ll contact your parents.”

──Contacting my parents.

The moment I heard those words, I felt my entire body go cold.

“…I’m sorry, sensei. Please don’t contact my parents. If you do, they’ll──probably take me back right away.”

Trying not to let my emotions show, I replied as calmly as possible.

Then, listening to our conversation, Kakogawa.

Seemingly having thought of something──began to gently pat my head.

“Hm? Ka, Kakogawa!? What are you doing!?”

“Huh? Because it seemed like Takato-kun was suffering. ‘Pain, pain, go away’……I wanted to do that for you. That’s what I thought.”

She said it as if it were the most natural thing, then smiled softly.

That smile was like a gentle mother’s. Like a guiding light in a dark path.

──I think I understand why everyone admires Kakogawa.

“Hm, I’ve got the gist of it.”

Kakogawa sensei, with her arms crossed, nodded significantly.

“But you know… harboring a minor without parental consent could get me in trouble with the law. At the prime age of twenty-four, I don’t want to become a criminal.”

“…So, you’re going to turn me over to my parents?”

“No, that’s not it.”

With a wry smile and a decisive wink.

Kakogawa Yukari sensei declared confidently.

“──Well. Leave it to me, okay? I’ll smooth things over.”

──A few minutes after the triumphant Kakogawa sensei left the room.

When she returned, smartphone in hand, she said with an even more triumphant look.

“I talked to Takato-kun’s father. He gave the okay for you to stay over tonight!”

“Yay! As expected of Yuka-nee!!”

Kakogawa joyfully jumped around, clapping for the sensei.

Sensei proudly puffed out her chest, beaming with pride.

But I was……too bewildered to know how to react.

My stubborn, inflexible father approved? This absurd overnight stay?

Such a thing… could it be possible? No.

Perhaps it’s not impossible. Maybe, in his eyes.

His son, who defies him, has already become──an “indifferent existence.”

“Well. For today, just sleep well, okay? We’ll think about everything else… tomorrow.”

“Yeah, yeah! We “family” welcome you, Takato-kun. So rest easy today, okay?”

Thinking negatively about my blood-related family, and on the verge of feeling down, the warm words from these two strangers──sank deeply into my heart.

“Thank you, sensei. Thank you, Kakogawa. “Family”… That’s a nice term. Indeed, the two of you seem more like sisters than cousins.”

“Eheheー. Thank you, Takato-kun! Being told we look like a real family makes me really happy. It means our “family contract” looks like a strong bond!”

────”Family contract”?

What’s that?

…At that moment, all I could do was tilt my head in confusion.