I really don't want to be reborn.

"Stop talking about it! That's all in the distant future!"

After sending his adorable, timid younger sister away, Kousaka Kyosuke dressed and leisurely walked downstairs to wash up, noticing that she had made a mark on the living room calendar.

"Hmm? Where are you going this weekend?"

Yes, that's right.

"Where are you going?"

Kirino smiled with her eyes narrowed, then suddenly moved closer to him, took out a magazine hidden behind her back, and pointed to the cover: "Look, look!"

The cover features a beautiful girl with long, straight black hair.

She stared intently at the cover, muttering to herself, "Oh, this girl is so cute! I'm so envious..."

He was amused by her adorable appearance, and stroked her head, his heart filled with warmth: "In my eyes, you are the cutest, silly girl."

"Really?"

"Ah."

…………

“My sister can’t have black hair—or rather, my sister can’t be as soft and fluffy as in my dream.”

"My God, I think I'm having a nightmare!"

"I'm drenched in a cold sweat from this nightmare. I need to go take a shower..."

He hung up the phone while Kasumigaoka Utaha remained silent. He checked the time and found it was already around 10 a.m. He turned on the light and found that the power had returned to normal.

Did Kirino have someone fix it?

He felt completely drained. After taking a shower, he changed into his pajamas and went to the living room.

"What should we do today? How about going out shopping?"

"I'm afraid Kirino might suddenly decide to go to Akihabara again. I don't want to go to such a far place."

Like Kasumigaoka Utaha, his laziness also flared up at the end of July.

Muttering to himself, Kyosuke Kousaka opened the living room door—

"what……"

The moment she entered, Kirino hurriedly turned off the TV for some reason.

"Huh? What are you doing?"

My sister stood in front of the DVD player, glaring at him with a mix of annoyance and lingering fear: "There's nothing there! You walk like a ghost, so silent, it scared me to death."

"Are you feeling guilty—did you call someone to fix the electrical circuits?"

"No, no, it turned on the power by itself. Go and cook, you're starving!"

Kyosuke walked toward the kitchen.

See that, everyone!

This is what a normal younger sister should look like!

What on earth is that black-haired little sister in my dream? Her gentle demeanor is almost unbelievable, and her timid and adorable appearance is just too cute. Is she a little sister who stepped out of an anime?

I really want a younger sister like that—you guys think so, right?

The problem is, such adorable creatures simply don't exist in reality. Look at the one sitting on the living room sofa right now—rough, bad-tempered, and high-class.

Kyosuke Kosaka broke free from the bizarre dream, trying to forget everything that had happened the night before. He felt as if he had undergone a cleansing, both physically and mentally, and had experienced a qualitative leap.

Amen!

He called out from the kitchen, "Kirino, are you thirsty? Would you like some barley tea?"

She waved her hand dismissively: "Bring me some."

Kyosuke Kosaka glanced at the refrigerator, which was only a few meters away from his sister, and opened his mouth: "I suddenly remembered that Earth's water resources are scarce, so you'd better not drink it."

He didn't know that the reason Kirino, who had her back to him, refused to get up was simply because she had a movie disc under her bottom.

Her behavior clearly indicated that the movie was not a wholesome film, but rather a large-scale, explicit Western film.

While her brother was busy in the kitchen, she quietly went back to her bedroom to hide the disc before sitting down at the dining table, her silence possessing a pregnant tranquility.

"Kirino, what are your plans for today?"

"Huh? Hmm, let's catch up on what happened last night. Let's play the new game first, and then go find Saori to get revenge."

Kyosuke Kosaka brought over breakfast: "I just remembered something, I need to go out for a bit later—"

Seeing his sister's extremely dissatisfied expression, he smiled gently: "I'll definitely be back before noon and cook a more sumptuous meal for my dear sister than last night."

She then reluctantly lowered her head and began to eat.

Actually, for her, last night—after the power outage—was the real feast.

What are you going out for?

"Isn't Black Cat going to participate in Summer Comic next month? I promised to draw some illustrations for her, but I kept forgetting to send them to her."

"Tch, that dead cat..."

"Would you like to come with me?"

"Ugh, the sun is so strong, I'm not going out."

Kyosuke didn't say anything more. He was eating breakfast, and his expression was very satisfied and happy.

The girl, who occasionally glanced up at him, felt a sense of happiness.

That's all she can do; she's happy with his happiness.

------(fifteen)

Chapter Seventeen: Time is too fleeting, and life is too short.

I got up at noon to cook.

It was noon, but she made the first meal of the day.

Wearing a white apron, the black cat, who had stayed up all night again, yawned several times, sighing slightly as she thought about how her parents weren't home today.

At times like this, she probably fantasizes about how wonderful it would be to have a brother she could rely on.

If she had an older brother, she could sleep as late as she wanted right now, but unfortunately she doesn't.

She only has two adorable younger sisters—the older one, Hyuga, ran off early in the morning, while the younger one, Tamaki, also got up at eleven o'clock, played in the living room for a while, and is now fast asleep in the kotatsu.

The black cat placed the prepared food on the table and gently shook his sister: "Good morning, it's already noon."

She gently shook her younger sister awake, then sat down and put her feet inside the kotatsu. She frowned; even without electricity and with the quilt removed, she still felt a bit hot.

After all, it's already the height of summer.

Zhu hope rubbed her eyes and sat up: "Good morning..."

This adorable little animal looked at the food on the table and gave a pure smile: "It looks delicious."

Actually, it was just a bowl of white rice, some vegetables, and a little bit of meat. That was the amount of food the younger sister ate. But the black cat herself didn't eat much either. She always said that she didn't have a big appetite, but she just wanted to save money for the family.

Where are Mom and the others?

"They won't be back until tonight."

The black cat clasped its paws together, silently expressing its gratitude for the food. Unexpectedly, little Tamaki climbed up to its side, her big, round eyes wide open: "So, are we going to stay together all day?"

"...Yes, I've been staying home all day."

Looking at his sister's happy expression, the black cat suddenly understood why Kirino Kousaka, that woman driven by desire, always liked cute little girls so much.

Yes, my little sister is so cute.

She's a black cat, and Gokou Ruri is actually a typical siscon (sister complex) too.

Of course, even when facing her youngest sister, she couldn't resist a touch of pride: "It's good to do this once in a while."

Little Tamaki made a happy "hmm" sound.

After finishing her meal, the black cat was sewing a rabbit doll for her younger sister. She glanced down at the little one sleeping soundly on her lap and thought, "Children are so wonderful; something like this can make them happy."

Children are such innocent creatures.

The cell phone on the table suddenly rang. Kuroko flipped it open and saw that the caller ID showed it was Kyosuke Kousaka, who rarely makes calls.

"Cough, hello?"

"Black Cat, are you home?"

She looked down at her younger sister, Xiaozhuxi, who was still asleep, but she lowered her voice and asked, "Why did you suddenly call me?"

"It's nothing serious. Um... are you free right now? What are you doing?"

A young man's gentle voice came from the phone. The black cat was stumped by the question, opened its mouth slightly, and swung its eyes from side to side, making a very interesting facial expression: "Hmph, hmph, making props for a curse."

"Very busy?"

She tucked the phone between her ear and shoulder, and stuffed cotton into the rabbit doll's coat with both hands: "No, things like this only require a little bit of magic. You must have something to do."

"Okay, could you please open the door?"

The black cat, confused, asked, "What?"

"I'm at your doorstep."

…………

"Why don't you ring the doorbell?!"

As soon as Kousaka Kyosuke entered, he heard her ask this question and sighed helplessly, "If I bring you an illustration, what am I supposed to say if it turns out to be your parents or elders?"

The black cat asked, puzzled, "What does this have to do with anything?"

His tone became even more cryptic: "It's a big deal. I don't know if your parents know about your homebody hobbies, and I'm afraid they might accidentally cause you a huge problem."

Oh, is that so...?

The black cat's body stiffened slightly.