Kisshouin Takateru
I have a sister 7 years my junior.91Please respect copyright.PENANAzuMrfK8K32
Lately she’s been acting strangely.
Because of her upbringing at the hands of my pampering parents, my sister was a wilful and brazen child.91Please respect copyright.PENANAPP8pA1FfQH
Because mother was always around her, mother’s influence affected her tastes and thoughts, and she turned into a miniature version of mother. As I watched all this happen with slightly cool eyes, I thought, ‘At this rate she’s going to to turn out like those haughty rich girls at the school that I go to, isn’t she’.
I do respect my parents, and I cherish my family too.91Please respect copyright.PENANA6xxaLmIyTs
But my parents, and the way they look down on people below them is just something I can’t get used to. Even though, it’s those same people that they look down on who are the ones supporting our company, you know?91Please respect copyright.PENANA7y3ba67xzk
I’m the first son, and one day I’ll take over the family and company.91Please respect copyright.PENANAz5SQlkArf3
When it happens, I might oppose my father’s way of doing things.
Anyway, about my sister.91Please respect copyright.PENANAoWd5UoyYh6
The girl that I thought was a miniature version of mother changed around the time she entered the primary section of my school.91Please respect copyright.PENANAbT3h2gonCg
How do I say this, she turned into an idiot. In a good way.91Please respect copyright.PENANAHlN8xdAaVg
Should I call it innocent instead?91Please respect copyright.PENANAQhPb0LMRpG
And she seems to be sneakily up to something.
Apparently her grades aren’t bad. She’s even diligently attending the lessons that she used to skip because she felt like it.91Please respect copyright.PENANAQUFsmFMuOA
Even though she’s only six, she knows right from wrong now, and occasionally she even says things that would be difficult for a child her age.91Please respect copyright.PENANAxIkncffS3u
Seeing just this, you would think that she’s a talented girl.91Please respect copyright.PENANA8a21pK6x7R
But well, she really does do weird things on occasion, and I find it a little funny.91Please respect copyright.PENANAtPT2qnQWzP
Recently I’ve taken to observing my little sister.
My sister has always been attached to me, but recently her attachment has become quite intense.91Please respect copyright.PENANAigj2pw2tYF
Whenever she sees me, her face lights up and she runs to me. She’s kind of like a puppy.91Please respect copyright.PENANAhDF4GQkjZv
Her invisible tail wags about.91Please respect copyright.PENANAuWTCyhfQas
And well, she’s being this open about her attachment to me, and she’s my real sister after all, so as you’d expect it’s quite adorable.91Please respect copyright.PENANAbQoG6LvYHJ
And when I’m kind to her because of it, she gets even more attached.91Please respect copyright.PENANArlexczReQ5
The spot next to me on the sofa has basically become her default seat.
One day she suddenly said that she wanted to go to cram school.91Please respect copyright.PENANAl5IDAS6L0J
She insisted that she wanted cram school, and not a tutor. The reason she gave was a fishy one.91Please respect copyright.PENANAPRpx2rcHWz
But that enthusiasm was real, so I just helped convince our parents a little, and she thanked me with a broad smile.91Please respect copyright.PENANAe5h8XHpO3q
When I questioned her a little because I felt like teasing her, as expected, her eyes began to swim.91Please respect copyright.PENANA93OvXoPcMV
So she really did have some other motive. Well, that’s fine though.91Please respect copyright.PENANAAJ1NNo2fes
When I told her that her eyes were giving her away, she stiffened enough that anybody could tell.
My sister’s reactions are really too interesting.
Because she looked foolish with her mouth hanging open like a haniwa statue, I couldn’t help but laugh.91Please respect copyright.PENANAPaGNDoUv8i
The next time she turns into a haniwa statue, maybe I’ll try throwing candy into her mouth.
I was telling the truth about her looking upwards to the right, but there’s actually another habit that she doesn’t even notice herself.91Please respect copyright.PENANAGuHbHJEgyb
When my sister tries to bluff through something with a smile, her dimples twitch.91Please respect copyright.PENANAjUSusrnMbz
It’s something I’ve noticed because we’ve been spending more time together recently.91Please respect copyright.PENANAd7lyR7WZn9
I’m pretty sure she has no idea herself.91Please respect copyright.PENANAJuWHzfig7x
But I’m not going to tell her.91Please respect copyright.PENANAFDmwo1YIm1
It’s more interesting this way.
On our summer trips so far, under my mother’s influence, my sister would avoid the beach because she didn’t want a tan. This year, that same girl ran to get there first.91Please respect copyright.PENANARtArWlDD4C
Perhaps she wanted to show off the results of swimming school, because she enthusiastically started swimming, but immediately drowned.91Please respect copyright.PENANAN5ETBrNvr2
It was such a perfect example of drowning that it’s a mystery why she was so confident.
What the heck are you doing, little sister.
I became worried about her after that so I was always keeping an eye on her. At some point she discovered the technique of climbing onto my back to make things easier.91Please respect copyright.PENANAPJ3bKohTbS
Because she conceitedly told me to go here and there while clinging to my back, I occasionally sank into a wave on purpose.91Please respect copyright.PENANABbm3Fn9GvN
She looked like an idiot being drenched by the waves, and was quite funny.91Please respect copyright.PENANApgB8qGWbuj
When I apologised for not noticing, she told me that the wave was the bad one, not me.91Please respect copyright.PENANAwYJTq2gTxN
It really is true, what they say about stupid kids being cuter…
Even though up until last year, she almost never went to the beach, this year she did nothing but, and got darker and darker.91Please respect copyright.PENANAPigoWuBWrg
I thought that mother was going to get angry later, so I told her to properly reapply her sunscreen, but she just said ‘yep, yep’ and went back into the sea.91Please respect copyright.PENANABpgoIT6Djz
As expected, she flew into a panic because of mother’s shock at her black skin though.91Please respect copyright.PENANAmWSCBw97RU
That’s why I told her. Honestly, what an idiot.
I came back home one day, and found that my parents were out. When I headed to the piano room, I don’t know why, but my sister was playing Der Flohwalzer, ridiculously happily.91Please respect copyright.PENANAcF5CRAiL4p
She even added “Bun cha cha~” and weird lyrics like that, and cheerfully swayed her body to the music.91Please respect copyright.PENANATLL9k4gDId
But later that evening when mother asked her what she was doing, she nonchalantly said “I practised my piano. The music set for my piano recital.”91Please respect copyright.PENANAA9zRqAdkQP
Liar! What you played was Der Flohwalzer!91Please respect copyright.PENANAB7EvZtXpCg
When did that turn into the recital piece!
When my sister is by herself, I have no idea what she’s doing, but it’s incredibly suspicious.
On Valentine’s Day, she was careful to check through the chocolates I brought home.91Please respect copyright.PENANAgso3qNZ8FC
She demanded that I show her our grade photo, but definitely not.91Please respect copyright.PENANAYK33uJmBNt
She kept smirking at me. It was a little gross.91Please respect copyright.PENANAkFgCPNE7VZ
I also got what was allegedly a hand-made chocolate from her, but because I was preparing for my year-end exams, I was hesitant to eat it.91Please respect copyright.PENANA06mcUaUa1O
She insisted that it would be okay because she got one of the maids to help, so I found my determination and ate it but…91Please respect copyright.PENANA5klkeHlusK
…it didn’t have any taste.91Please respect copyright.PENANAaeFcBJ0mgz
What the heck is a tasteless chocolate.91Please respect copyright.PENANAmaBspE7OV5
My sister waited for my impressions with a completely confident smile. For now, I just decided to tell her that it was delicious, and thanked her.
I wonder if next years’ is also going to be hand-made…91Please respect copyright.PENANAcndUxwaewh
Next year I have my high school section entrance exams as well, so if possible I want to find some skilful way of avoiding it.
The clincher for her weird behaviour was this:91Please respect copyright.PENANAWv5r5fPaAo
One night, I woke up and went to get a glass of water.91Please respect copyright.PENANAZzHyIr26DB
The door to my sister’s room was a little open, and I could hear a weird voice from inside.91Please respect copyright.PENANAK6iO4Iu5aq
Wondering what was going on, I peeked through the gap and found that in the room with only the bedlight on, sitting on the ground between the bed and closet with her back to me, was my sister, laughing eerily.
…I thought it was a youkai or something.
Not realising I was there, my sister was muttering something as she laughed.91Please respect copyright.PENANAIGI228bBUq
It was scary, so I just quietly shut the door and went back to my room.
I wonder if something weird has taken ahold of her.
I’ve decided to watch over her for now.91Please respect copyright.PENANA8OLsUEFT02
And make sure to absolutely never go near her bedroom at night.