It's a romantic comedy for everyone, so why am I the only one single?

"Shower gel? Then what's with the sweat smell on your body?"

Upon hearing this, Iura Hide was stunned again, and raised his arm once more to sniff it forcefully.

However, experienced people know that most people usually cannot smell their own sweat or body odor.

He wasn't the type to sweat excessively, nor did he have body odor. Although he had played a role-playing game with Kitagawa Kaimu for over two hours and sweated quite a bit, the smell of his sweat wasn't actually that strong, at least not enough to exceed the threshold he could smell.

However, the scent emanating from him was as conspicuous to Jizi as a light in the darkness.

The moment she saw him, Kiko keenly caught the fleeting guilt in his eyes and smelled the unusually strong odor of sweat on his body.

Then it was thrown out at that moment, delivering a fatal blow.

After all, the fragrance of regular shower gel can't last all day, especially when you're sweating a lot.

Hideya Iura realized the same thing and couldn't help but chuckle awkwardly.

"Actually, it is..."

"You have a girlfriend, right?"

""

Although Kiko had absolutely no experience in that area.

Even the only boy who took the initiative to strike up a conversation with her and made her feel a little good about him was turned gay by Iura Hide's handsome iaido when he first came to her house to do homework together.

But thanks to her keen intuition, she guessed the truth.

"Um"

Plans don't change quickly.

Iura Hide's smile froze. After hesitating for a second, he finally chose to admit it.

Before he could say anything more, Kiko's already cold face instantly turned icy again. She reached out and pulled hard on the wooden door of the Japanese-style room, as if a loud 'bang' would be heard at any moment.

However, Iura Hide reacted faster, reaching out to block the wooden door that was about to close.

"what are you doing?"

Kiko pulled hard on the door while angrily shouting.

Unfortunately, she wasn't good at sports and was much weaker than other girls her age, so it was impossible for her to close the door despite Iura Hide's obstruction.

At this moment, Iura Hide didn't know what to say. After racking his brains for a long time, he finally decided to be honest.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lied to you," Iura Hide said first, apologizing.

His sincere, apologetic tone finally made the slightly out-of-breath Kiko stop pulling the door open and look up at him, though her face remained icy cold.

However, she couldn't hold back for long.

"Actually, whether it's tsundere or fierce, I find them both adorable. To be honest, I really like this kind of character too—"

Iura Hide's gentle voice was like a warm breeze, quietly melting the frost on her face.

Then it transformed into a warm current, quietly flowing into her heart, making her feel a sweet sensation involuntarily, and her eyes became somewhat shy and evasive.

However, the next second, she froze, her eyes widened, and she was completely stunned.

But we are siblings after all, so it's destined that we can't be together.

Ji Zi was stunned for several seconds before she came to her senses, and then, with her face flushed, she pushed him away.

"Idiot! Pervert! Pervert!"

"boom!"

The door was slammed shut.

Iura Hide hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to say, and finally turned and walked towards his room.

Meanwhile, in the room, Kiko's heart was pounding like a deer's, and she was practically steaming with excitement!

Unconsciously, the scene from that fan comic that she had just accidentally seen, which she had only read half of before hurriedly closing it and not daring to look any further, resurfaced in Ji Zi's mind, and she couldn't help but clench her legs.

However, she immediately thought of what Iura Hide had just said, her eyes darkened, and she couldn't help feeling disappointed.

"It's okay, as long as I can stay by my brother's side forever!"

After a while, Kiko finally cheered up and then couldn't help but frown.

Although she could accept that her older brother had a girlfriend, they had only been dating for a short time, right? And he was already staying out all night and coming home so late.

Wouldn't that further reduce the little time she could spend with her older brother?

Moreover, judging from this, the reduction in time is not just a little bit.

Thinking about this, she couldn't help but feel nervous and worried.

"No! I will not allow anyone to break the bond between me and Onii-chan!"

"After all, you can have many girlfriends, but you can only have one sister!"

"Only I can stay by my brother's side forever!"

Ji Zi clenched her little fists with a serious expression, her mind replaying the embarrassing scenes and lines from the manga, when a bold idea suddenly popped into her head.

It's been reviewed and revised several times.

Chapter 62 Bold Foundation

"Wow--"

Warm and bright, the bathroom was no different from a typical Japanese-style layout, except that it was significantly larger, comparable in size to a typical 1DK apartment. Iura Shu, who had just taken off his clothes and stood in front of the showerhead to take a shower, was startled by the sudden sound of a door opening behind him.

The body instinctively tenses up.

Because his parents' and grandfather's rooms were all on the first floor, and there was also a bathroom on the first floor with the exact same layout, the bathroom on the second floor was usually used only by him and Jizi.

Because of concerns that children might easily get dizzy while taking a bath, neither he nor Jizi had the habit of closing the door since they were young.

However, thanks to the light shining through the frosted glass, it was possible to tell from the outside whether someone was using the room, so there had never been a situation where someone suddenly opened the door and came in while either he or Jiko was taking a shower.

Therefore, when he turned to look towards the door and saw Jizi standing there, he was stunned for a moment. It took him two seconds to react before he quickly grabbed a towel from the side and covered his private parts.

"Are you going to take a shower too? Then you can go ahead and take a shower first," Iura Hide said, a little embarrassed.

Although he was the one who arrived first, considering that he had just angered Jiko, he could give up his spot if Jiko wanted to go first.

However, to his surprise, Ji Zi first glanced quickly at his muscular body, which resembled that of a cheetah and whose eight-pack abs were clearly visible, and then blushed and gently shook her head.

"Let's shower together, just like when we were kids," Kiko whispered.

But her words struck Iura Hide like a thunderbolt, leaving him completely stunned.

"what!?"

"Let's shower together!?"

Although the two of them still took baths together until Ji Zi was in fourth grade, that was four years ago when they were little!

Now that they're all grown up—at least he's grown up—is it appropriate for them to take a bath together again?

However, just as he was about to refuse, Kiko's words shut him up.

“Every winter when we go to Grandpa’s hot springs, don’t we always bathe together? Or have you become a pervert who gets lewd thoughts when you see your sister’s body, and that’s why you’re afraid to bathe with me?”

Kiko's heart was pounding so hard with nervousness and shyness that it felt like it was about to jump out of her body, but she held it in and deliberately spoke in a cold tone.

This left Iura Hide speechless once again.

He didn't know how Ji Zi, who was always simple-minded, not good with words, and a bit clumsy, could suddenly become so 'witty'.

The problem is, now he's in a bind!

Just like what Jizi said, according to the customs here in Japan, it is a tradition for the whole family to take a bath together, even if they are siblings.

However, because bathrooms in ordinary households are usually very small, especially bathtubs, which can be quite cramped even for one person, this situation is becoming less and less common now.

If he refuses now, wouldn't that be tantamount to admitting that he would have ulterior motives towards Jizi's body?

But if you don't refuse

However, having made up her mind, Kiko took advantage of his inner turmoil and hesitation to make the choice for him, her fair and delicate hands trembling with nervousness.

To be fair, due to her physical condition, Ji Zi's figure is slightly below average for girls her age.

To be honest, if Jizi hadn't been blocking the doorway right now, he would have run away in a panic.

But Ji Zi was blocking his way, preventing him from escaping. All he could do was keep his eyes closed and silently recite the Six Roots Purification Mantra.

However, it turned out that this was completely useless.

Left with no other choice, Iura Hide had to resort to physical means, turning around and turning on the showerhead under Kiko's astonished gaze.

With a "whoosh," icy cold water was poured down from head to toe.

Iura Hideki was jolted awake. His previously agitated body calmed down instantly, as if he had entered a period of deep meditation.

"As expected, physical attacks are the only way to win!"

Hideki Iura even started to amuse himself.

Meanwhile, Kiko, who had come to her senses not far away, burst out laughing, feeling a sudden sense of smugness.

Doesn't Iura Hide's reaction prove his feelings for himself?

At least I'm attractive to him, right?

Thinking of the scenes from the anime "As Long As There's Someone, It's Okay Even If It's Onii-chan!", Motoko blushed and felt incredibly shy, but she still deliberately put on a cold expression and walked over.

"You idiot oniichan! Hurry up and turn it into hot water, or the water will splash all over me!"

""

Don't come any closer!

For some reason, Bu Jingyun's meme popped into Iura Hide's head. Unfortunately, Ji Zi wasn't Qin Shuang, and he wasn't Bu Jingyun either.

In the end, he obediently accepted the idea of ​​taking a bath with Jiko.

Fortunately, the physical exorcism he performed was quite effective and the effects were able to continue for a while.