Kisshouin Takateru
I have a sister 7 years my junior.92Please respect copyright.PENANACGlocZYVt2
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAgngNXeFqqV
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAiyC1p223ga
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?92Please respect copyright.PENANAQxFwepBclH
I’m the first son, and one day I’ll take over the family and company.92Please respect copyright.PENANAkeiIjon4R8
When it happens, I might oppose my father’s way of doing things.
Anyway, about my sister.92Please respect copyright.PENANA1oKgxnvvfC
The girl that I thought was a miniature version of mother changed around the time she entered the primary section of my school.92Please respect copyright.PENANAOgBAJb7nYg
How do I say this, she turned into an idiot. In a good way.92Please respect copyright.PENANAxumicO3kbB
Should I call it innocent instead?92Please respect copyright.PENANArlUDPndHfV
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAl4SH6GaEg6
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAuNTbEUMPeY
Seeing just this, you would think that she’s a talented girl.92Please respect copyright.PENANAogpL6JjaeJ
But well, she really does do weird things on occasion, and I find it a little funny.92Please respect copyright.PENANAKIXqOgF31E
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANABDcU0UXlJw
Whenever she sees me, her face lights up and she runs to me. She’s kind of like a puppy.92Please respect copyright.PENANASq5PDa5Sdz
Her invisible tail wags about.92Please respect copyright.PENANAS7OsRzQcem
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAHG7WLV3vWx
And when I’m kind to her because of it, she gets even more attached.92Please respect copyright.PENANAo4O6PJLDLA
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAOwf69cI4lQ
She insisted that she wanted cram school, and not a tutor. The reason she gave was a fishy one.92Please respect copyright.PENANAQyZRYHPLLc
But that enthusiasm was real, so I just helped convince our parents a little, and she thanked me with a broad smile.92Please respect copyright.PENANAIki8xZMF9W
When I questioned her a little because I felt like teasing her, as expected, her eyes began to swim.92Please respect copyright.PENANAycxrdulLjX
So she really did have some other motive. Well, that’s fine though.92Please respect copyright.PENANA6L7dlyJiPk
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAUn3nMRyuFY
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAaXBLLdPCMD
When my sister tries to bluff through something with a smile, her dimples twitch.92Please respect copyright.PENANASmIcEiA4la
It’s something I’ve noticed because we’ve been spending more time together recently.92Please respect copyright.PENANAXqXvKEqnZQ
I’m pretty sure she has no idea herself.92Please respect copyright.PENANA1y5QWswKd4
But I’m not going to tell her.92Please respect copyright.PENANAxXnkGoxFTr
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAPvUBKhcih3
Perhaps she wanted to show off the results of swimming school, because she enthusiastically started swimming, but immediately drowned.92Please respect copyright.PENANAYXmO9Ryzqf
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAVf5X6YsTFI
Because she conceitedly told me to go here and there while clinging to my back, I occasionally sank into a wave on purpose.92Please respect copyright.PENANAytJbYyjfKc
She looked like an idiot being drenched by the waves, and was quite funny.92Please respect copyright.PENANAERKF6hYktk
When I apologised for not noticing, she told me that the wave was the bad one, not me.92Please respect copyright.PENANAU7PceAOGhW
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANASvghYoNs6O
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAjK155jtMcs
As expected, she flew into a panic because of mother’s shock at her black skin though.92Please respect copyright.PENANASV5TcG63Uq
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAQvJzSjHIVK
She even added “Bun cha cha~” and weird lyrics like that, and cheerfully swayed her body to the music.92Please respect copyright.PENANAfqprwDiM74
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.”92Please respect copyright.PENANAPfx8mx0npR
Liar! What you played was Der Flohwalzer!92Please respect copyright.PENANAtSYloK2pt6
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAHSTLUj4bgF
She demanded that I show her our grade photo, but definitely not.92Please respect copyright.PENANAXZxdgFZrEf
She kept smirking at me. It was a little gross.92Please respect copyright.PENANAdpM6xRBSKs
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAGLo5JWE2Ai
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…92Please respect copyright.PENANAPTLFvCWp5M
…it didn’t have any taste.92Please respect copyright.PENANAq3gUtbXx8k
What the heck is a tasteless chocolate.92Please respect copyright.PENANASBekPKWGKl
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…92Please respect copyright.PENANAU43vrR6hDU
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:92Please respect copyright.PENANA98GZpFOBwu
One night, I woke up and went to get a glass of water.92Please respect copyright.PENANAgIqoRXX6QF
The door to my sister’s room was a little open, and I could hear a weird voice from inside.92Please respect copyright.PENANAgYe8ZXEmTl
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANAMZPSa0O0nU
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.92Please respect copyright.PENANA8ytgeFlzJc
And make sure to absolutely never go near her bedroom at night.