I, Kousaka Kyousuke, the Knight of the Helping Table

Kirino fell on the sofa, staring at the doll on the coffee table that Kyosuke had bought for her.

"Is that really a joke..."

Recalling that extremely serious look at that time, Kirino herself was not very sure. Or maybe deep down in Kirino's heart, she didn't want this to be a joke, she hoped that what Kyosuke said at that time was true——

Now that I think about it, there must have been other reasons why I was so furious about my brother working there.

"Sure enough, I still..."

Kirino ruffled her hair with her fingers and muttered to herself. She felt as if she was stuck in an argument.

“Mo—! Why am I so upset because of that guy—!”

Kirino got up from the sofa angrily. She planned to go out for a run to vent all her inner depression.

However, as soon as she opened the door, she saw the culprit who had confused her thoughts, and his posture looked like he was about to leave.

This made Kirino, who had been pent up with resentment for a long time, finally explode, "Kousaka Kyousuke, are you planning to run away?!"

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"No!"

Kyosuke knew something was wrong when he saw Kirino's fierce look. He tried to calm Kirino down, but was not very successful.

"Then tell me, what do you want to do? Do you hate me so much? You want to leave when you see me!"

"How could that be... I just wanted to go to the kitchen to take a look..."

Kyosuke felt himself covering his mouth halfway through his words. He couldn't say the second half of the sentence, "See if you are home."

"snort--!"

Kirino covered her chest with her hands and snorted. She really hated Kyosuke's heart-felt behavior.

"It's my fault, please don't be angry..."

Kyosuke then noticed that Kirino was wearing low-cut casual home clothes. Although it was not enough to expose her private parts, it was not the kind of clothes that could be worn outside.

[This girl seems to be going out...]

Just when Kyosuke was hesitating whether to remind Kirino about her dress, Kirino spoke first, "Tell me, what are you doing here, Master Kousaka Kyosuke? Aren't you happily living in your female classmate's house? Why are you back to this shabby Kousaka house now?"

When she thought about this guy running away, her anger started to rise. In her opinion, Kyousuke's behavior was just like those little boys who were afraid to face girls after their confession failed. Although Kirino would rather let other boys like this die as far away as possible, she was very angry about Kyousuke.

"Don't be so aggressive. I'm just staying at Yu...Miura's house for a while. I'll be back as soon as the water leak in my room is fixed."

"Really--"

Kirino drawled out the tone.

"really."

Kyousuke nodded repeatedly.

"I see - what the hell! You must be kidding! It's just a leak, can't you just sleep in the living room for two days?!"

[It's not a water leak, the whole room is flying! ]

Faced with Kirino's complaints that were like a landslide and a tsunami, Kyosuke could do nothing but shrink his neck and take the scolding obediently.

“I’m so sorry…”

After Kirino finally finished complaining, Kyosuke finally stuck his head out again and apologized to her.

"Tsk."

After venting, Kirino calmed down a little. She looked at Kyosuke with trembling lips, as if she was going to greet Kyosuke again with her body language.

Kyosuke was a little scared by Kirino's actions. He stared at Kirino's movements closely, and as long as the other party raised her hand, he planned to protect his head directly.

I have to attend a banquet in the evening. If I go to the banquet with "cat's paw marks" on my face and get seen by Mashu and others, the stimulation will be much higher than that of lipstick marks. I'm afraid there will be another fight.

“Hmph! Hmph!”

Fortunately, after a fierce mental struggle, Kirino did not scratch him directly. She just snorted twice to show her dissatisfaction, and then stood aside to make way for the entrance.

"Forehead?"

Kyosuke looked at Kirino in confusion.

Kirino gave him a sullen look and said, "Come in, why are you still blocking the door?"

[Is this considered closing the door and beating the dog? ]

The corner of Kyosuke's eye twitched. This entrance hall that he had walked through for more than ten years now gave him the illusion of walking through the gates of hell.

But now, Kyosuke has no other good solution except to go in obediently.

So Kyosuke walked into the Takasaka family with the spirit of a martyr who felt that the wind was whistling and the Yi River was cold, and that the hero would never return once he left.

[If Jing Ke knew I was playing like this, she would probably stab me to death with a knife...]

Kyosuke thought boredly as he entered the house. He had to think of something else to distract himself, because Kirino felt very wrong right now, and Kyosuke was very afraid that he would lose control and do something that Daisuke would beat him to pieces.

Snapped.

As soon as Kyosuke took off his shoes and stood on the floor of the entrance, Kirino closed the door.

Because Kirino was alone at home and hadn't turned on the lights, the entire corridor was dark.

"Um...Kirino?"

Frightened, Kyosuke quickly turned around, and then he saw Kirino standing in the shadow, her long bangs covering her eyes, making it impossible for Kyosuke to discern her expression.

"Hey, brother..."

Kirino slowly walked towards Kyosuke, calling Kyosuke's name softly.

"What……"

Kyosuke felt that at this moment Kirino looked very much like Miss Sadako who had crawled out of the TV screen, but with a flat chest.

"I……"

Kirino raised her hands towards Kyousuke——

Thinking he was going to be beaten, Kyousuke quickly protected his face, "I'm sorry, I was really... wrong... huh?"

The expected violent pink fists or sharp cat claws did not come, but instead, Kirino's soft body appeared.

Kyosuke was hugged by Kirino.

[Uh... what's going on? Brother and sister? Or a new prank project...]

Kirino just hugged Kyosuke without saying a word.

As time went by, Kyosuke felt more and more pressure. At this moment, his forehead was full of sweat. This feeling of being in mid-air waiting for approval was too uncomfortable.

Especially the familiar smell of orange-flavored shampoo in Kirino's hair kept drilling into Kyosuke's nose, and Kyosuke's thoughts became as confused as his sister's.

"Hey Kirino...is this your new prank?"

Kyousuke cautiously tested his sister.

Kyosuke's words made Kirino pause for a moment, and then she hugged Kyosuke tighter, "B-ga-ga, I'm not kidding, I'm serious--"

【Don’t take it seriously! 】

Kyosuke suddenly panicked, and he tried to say something with his hands and feet, but all he got in response was Kirino hugging him tighter and tighter.

"Don't move, let me hold you like this for a while..."

"Yes!"

Kyosuke's body immediately froze. Now was obviously not a good time to resist the great devil Kirino.

However, although his body was stiff, Kyosuke's mind was active.

[What should I do? What should I do? ]

In a trance, Kyosuke seemed to see two little men fighting in his mind, and the battle was very fierce.

One of the girls with silver hair and twin ponytails and mosaics on her face whispered in Kyosuke's ear: "[What are you hesitating about? Hurry up! The entrance is where I left my traces. If you take action here, I will help you. The law only says that brothers and sisters can't get married, but it doesn't say that brothers and sisters can't fall in love!]"

Another guy with short silver hair (I don’t know why his face is also mosaiced) said righteously: "[Yeah, yeah. Qiong is the best!]"

[You are a ghost! You two are just demons fighting! Get out of here!] (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

Kyousuke waved his hand to drive these two unreliable siblings out of his mind, and then he watched Kirino making the final struggle in her heart.

"Um... Kirino..."

Kirino looked up at Kyosuke and wanted to say something, but she didn't say it.

"Well..."

Kyosuke looked at Kirino's slightly trembling lips, and he was torn between the three options of "kiss it", "kiss it", and "kiss it".

[Hey! These three options seem to be the same! Are there no other options? ! ]

"..."

Kyosuke wanted to twist his body, but he found that Kirino had held him tightly, and she seemed determined not to let him go until he opened his mouth.

"What are you hesitating about? I'm serious!"

Seeing that Kyosuke was slow to act, Kirino's eyes became sharp. Kirino's hand, which was originally just hugging Kyosuke, began to move. Kyosuke, who had interacted with other girls countless times, knew very well that this was a prelude to a two-finger Zen from a girl.

[Why do I know this kind of thing...]

"[So what are you still hesitating about...]" The silver-haired girl who had disappeared before reappeared in Kyosuke's ear without knowing when, "[My sister is already so proactive, you'd be unworthy of being a brother if you don't show some support~]"

"Kirino, I..."

Kyosuke stared into Kirino's eyes. Although he had seen those blue pupils countless times before, this time Kyosuke found them unusually cute. He gently pushed aside the hair beside Kirino's ears and prepared to move his head closer -

"I am back!"

“!!”*2

Kanono appeared at the entrance with a bag in her hands. She frowned when she saw her two children clinging to the walls on either side. "Kyosuke, Kirino. What are you two doing?"

Kyosuke tried to relax his stiff body, but unfortunately his muscles were completely out of control. "Nothing... nothing, I just saw a cockroach running past..."

"Yeah...it suddenly came out and scared both of us."

Kirino looked at Kyosuke with complicated eyes. She felt regretful, annoyed, and a little relieved that her mother interrupted this intimate contact with her brother.