Don't you guys dislike me?

Yuichi really doesn't want to speculate or respond too much to the meaning of her words now, but the occasional perfunctory response is enough to make Tachibana Haruna happy for a long time.

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The slippery black silk stockings made Kasumigaoka Utaha, who forgot to wear slippers, dare not walk too fast. The voices coming from the restaurant made her walk more lightly and slowly. She looked over quietly and saw Tachibana Haruna's smile, and also saw the empty water cup in Yuichi's hand...

108. You are siblings.

People worry not about scarcity but inequality. Why didn't Youyi drink the water she poured, but instead ran to the kitchen to drink the water poured by Tachibana Haruna? It goes without saying what this means.

When emotions are surging, people's thoughts tend to become extreme. Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't believe that the sick Yuichi would forget to look at the water cup beside the bed. She didn't believe that Yuichi had no excuse to leave the room at this time, and she also didn't believe that Yuichi was really thirsty.

In her eyes, everything Yuichi did was just to avoid her. Does Yuichi hate her...?

For a moment, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt that the dry air seemed to contain malice. When it entered her nostrils, it felt like sand was wreaking havoc, making it painful and difficult to breathe. Her heart seemed to be grabbed by someone in vain, and the light in her eyes dimmed a little.

If I had known this would happen, maybe I shouldn't have gone to see Sister Hina. As soon as she heard that Youyi was sick, she rushed over to cook, as if she had even asked for leave from the company... just like me.

It seems like they have finished talking...

When Kasumigaoka came to her senses, she found that Yuichi had already walked to her side. Although his purple eyes were a little tired, they were still calm. He did not react too much to his sister's appearance. However, after looking into those calm starry eyes, Kasumigaoka Utaha seemed flustered and at a loss.

After all, she knew very well that she had been watching from afar, and Youyi's sudden intrusion seemed to reveal her thoughts.

The black silk jade feet couldn't help but take a few steps back. The smooth texture couldn't hold the floor. She staggered backwards and You subconsciously reached out to support her.

The dizzy Youyi didn't have much strength. He just felt his hands sink and he was thrown forward. Fortunately, neither of them fell, but at this moment they were hugging each other tightly, feeling each other's warmth.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's back was against the wall. As she fell backwards, she hugged Yuichi like a life-saving straw. The warmth of the hug made Kasumigaoka Utaha feel dazed, and a long-lost satisfaction filled her heart. It turned out that what she wanted was so simple. Was she so easy to satisfy? All she needed was a hug.

There was no shock, only the peace of mind that was lost and regained. Yuichi's broad chest and the familiar smell were all interpreted.

Kasumigaoka Utaha raised her eyes and looked into the purple eyes with drooped eyelids. For a moment, she seemed to have the urge to reveal her cards and tell Yuichi what was in her heart. She opened her cherry lips slightly, and it seemed that some emotions were about to come out.

"you……"

The ambiguous atmosphere was broken by an abrupt voice. It was Tachibana Haruna who came running over after hearing the voice. Kasumigaoka Utaha's face flushed instantly. It was the first time she hugged Yuichi like this in front of acquaintances. She felt nervous yet excited as if her secret relationship was discovered.

She held Yuichi's arms tightly around him and pressed her plump body against him, as if she was doing it on purpose for Tachibana Haruna to see. However, Yuichi's hands, which had just been tightly protecting her back, loosened at this moment.

Yuichi let go too suddenly and too quickly. Kasumigaoka Utaha really didn't expect Yuichi to be so decisive. It was as if she was saying that her waist was not strong enough to make him stay.

Only then did she understand that Youyi hugged her not because of that damn love, but because she was his sister, but just a sister...

Kasumigaoka Utaha laughed at herself in her heart. How self-indulgent was she to fantasize about the future just because of a contact that was not even a hug? The moment she was hugged, she felt that the black and white world was dyed with colorful colors. It was a bit ridiculous...

"My sister was about to fall down just now."

Yuichi explained the two people's postures that could easily be misunderstood with a normal expression, extinguishing the last glimmer of hope of Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"That's true... After all, you are siblings..."

Tachibana Haruna said this, but when she saw the strange expression on Kasumigaoka Utaha's face, her tender green eyes contained a hint of thoughtfulness.

She knew that now was not the time to inquire too much, so she chuckled and left, saying that she had something to do in the kitchen.

Tachibana Haruna left, but the words she left behind were deeply imprinted in Kasumigaoka Utaha's mind - after all, you two are siblings...

In fact, to her, the opinions of her parents and the gossip of her neighbors are irrelevant. It is not an exaggeration to say that the road to pursuing love is paved with thorns and bumps. It is better to say that such a journey is more memorable. In her emotional thinking, this is a love worthy of praise.

If they were in love with each other, Kasumigaoka Utaha could have said something cool like "So what? We are truly in love." when Tachibana Haruna said that just now...

But this is just an if. The funny thing is that this if could have come true, but it was destroyed by her own mouth. If Tachibana Haruna had not appeared, Kasumigaoka Utaha might have said what was stuck in her throat, because that was the release of emotions that had been pent up for a long time.

And the moment Yuichi let go of her hand and explained to Tachibana Haruna, she had already lost the courage and impulse to burn her boats.

There were tears in the girl's eyes, and Youyi saw it clearly. She smiled softly but with a hint of sadness:

"Yuichi, let me help you upstairs."

Hoshino Yuichi's heart moved slightly and he responded.

"Um……"

After sending him home, Kasumigaoka Utaha went back to her room and lay on the bed. Without having time to think too much, Yuichi fell asleep in a daze.

…………

There were only Kasumigaoka Utaha and Tachibana Haruna at the table in the morning. Tachibana Haruna made a wide variety of breakfasts, and she took great pains to take care of the sick Yuichi.

But when she put the delicious dish into her mouth, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt that it was missing something, an indescribable flaw.

"What's wrong? Does it smell wrong?"

Tachibana Haruna untied her apron and sat opposite, asking worriedly.

"It's nothing, it's fine."

Kasumigaoka Utaha ate hastily, showing little interest.

"Shiyu is in a bad mood?"

Tachibana Haruna's voice was still gentle, and her sister-next-door attitude embraced her like a clear pond. Yuichi must have been deeply attracted by it, and Kasumigaoka Utaha felt inexplicably irritated.

"Hey... Sister Hina, why did you rush over to cook as soon as you heard that Yuichi was sick? You even took a day off to take care of him and ignored your work."

Kasumigaoka Utaha pressed her face with a gloomy look in her eyes.

Hearing this, Tachibana Haruna paused and continued to maintain a gentle smile:

"After all, Yuichi and I have been together for such a long time, and I have already regarded him as my family. Seeing that my family is sick, it is reasonable to do this."

"You've already rejected Yuichi's confession, why do you continue to pester him?"

The girl's wine-red eyes gradually became sharper, and her words were full of gunpowder.

"Before asking me this question, what position did Shiyu take? Sister? Or girlfriend? If you were taking the position of a sister, I think this topic would end here, and you would just say a few words of concern. After all, you are commenting on people who are in love from an outsider's perspective. How can you understand the difficulty of parting if you haven't experienced it yourself?"

Tachibana Haruna kicked the ball back. This was a ball that could not be avoided. She blocked all routes, but a gap was left. It was a blatant conspiracy that made people helpless:

"Of course, it's a different story from a girlfriend's perspective."

109. A family of five

"Ah~ That's not right. You two are siblings. How could Shiyu be Yuichi's girlfriend? Sorry, I didn't think it through."

Tachibana Haruna didn't feel like she was apologizing at all, her words were as gentle as the wind, but they stung when she blew on her face.

"You clearly know that Yuichi likes you, but you keep a distance between you and him. You keep trying to be clean and not accepting him. Even if you don't consider Yuichi's feelings, I still find it hard to agree with your behavior, Sister Hina. You are playing with Yuichi's feelings. This is something that anyone with no experience in relationships can see."

Kasumigaoka Utaha avoided the trap set by Tachibana Haruna and hit the opponent's soft spot directly. It didn't matter whether she was a sister or a girlfriend. She forced Tachibana Haruna to continue the conversation.

"Why can't you let Yuichi go? You should have other goals, why do you keep holding on to Yuichi? Since you have been together for so long, and since you already regard him as family, why don't you give him a quick death?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha was obviously a little excited, and her soft voice was like flying catkins. Why was she so excited? Was it because she hated Tachibana Haruna's green tea-like attitude? Or was it because she was dissatisfied with seeing that the person Yuichi liked kept grabbing Yuichi?

"It's really troubling... In Shiyu's eyes, am I really the kind of bad woman who likes to hook men?"

Tachibana Haruna frowned in embarrassment, holding the slightly cool soy milk in her bare hands. The oil film in the cup was shaking slightly, because Kasumigaoka Utaha was leaning on the table.

"It's hard not to think that way after what you've done."

Kasumigaoka Utaha was still angry, so she crossed her legs, hugged her chest, and no longer had the mood to eat.

"That's it..."

Tachibana Haruna smiled helplessly, as if she didn't want to argue with Kasumigaoka Utaha anymore, as if she had given up on herself, or maybe she felt sympathy for the girl standing on the other side:

"That's right, I did reject Yuichi. I thought I just treated him as a younger brother, and that my world would continue to function normally without him. But I was wrong. My world really lost its light without him."

"So I regretted it, very much... I tried to keep him, and wanted to go back to the way we were before, but Yuichi was very determined. He was so cute before, but now he treats me like a stranger. Every time we meet, the greeting is full of rejection..."

"I was tired of feeling left out, so I took the opportunity to confess my feelings to Yuichi."

"I thought that relying on the emotional foundation with Yuichi, this confession was a sure thing, but in the end, he rejected it without hesitation..."

Tachibana Haruna said it as if she didn't care, as if she was relieved, but the melancholy between her brows was as hard to erase as thick ink.

Hearing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes widened involuntarily, because the experience that followed was completely different from what she had imagined.

"Ah~ I accidentally said too much, but the misunderstanding between us has been resolved, right?"

"If you just want to explain the misunderstanding, why do you tell me so much? Emotionally and logically, I am not a suitable person to confide in."

Kasumigaoka Utaha asked in confusion.

"Hey~ Let me think about why..."

Tachibana Haruna tapped her cheek with her index finger, her playful look seemed to be teasing the slightly confused girl:

"I think it's because Shiyu and I both haven't won Yuichi's heart. I always feel like you can understand my feelings."

Her light words stirred up waves in Kasumigaoka Utaha's heart.

"ha--?!"

A red cloud flew above the waves, and the oil film in the soy milk in the cup, which had just settled, began to shake violently. Kasumigaoka Utaha slammed the table in embarrassment, causing the bowls, chopsticks, knives and forks to clink against each other.

"Don't be ridiculous! How could I be rejected by that scumbag? I never confessed my feelings from the beginning to the end. It was all Yuichi's wishful thinking. It's not that I didn't win his heart, but that I rejected him. How could I be attracted to someone I rejected? It's even more impossible for me to understand your feelings."

Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke very quickly, and her sentences came one after another like a barrage of comments, leaving no room for the other party to think, nor for herself to think more. She was embarrassed and nervous, as if she was covering up her self-deception.

"Scumbag? It seems like a lot of things happened between Shiha and Yuichi."

Tachibana Haruna chuckled and muttered something, then turned to look at the flame-out Kasumigaoka Utaha:

"Eat quickly, or the food I worked so hard to make will get cold."

The girl seemed to know that any excuse she made at this moment would be just an attempt to cover up her guilty conscience, so she just calmed down and finished her breakfast.

The dining table was unusually quiet. There were two beautiful women with great temperaments, but they turned this hot summer day into a wintery one.

Tachibana Haruna finished eating first, carefully selected a few dishes and put them on a plate, then said with a leisurely smile:

"I'll take the breakfast up to Youyi first, and Shiyu can just leave it there after she finishes eating. I'll come down and clean it up later."

Kasumigaoka Utaha raised her eyebrows and nodded. She really wanted to ask her to serve it to Yuichi, but what could she do after serving it? Feed him? Yuichi would definitely refuse her again. Everything she did was wrapped in a layer of teasing and joking. Yuichi avoided her...

Sometimes she wondered why she couldn't say the words that could usher in the ending. Perhaps it was her useless and extremely strong self-esteem that was at work. The precedent of Tachibana Haruna's failed confession was right in front of her again.

Kasumigaoka Utaha was a little afraid that if she mustered up the courage to speak up, she would end up with tragedy. She was afraid that Yuichi would treat her the same way he treated Tachibana Haruna. Her heart was retreating and she hesitated.

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Hoshino Yuichi woke up, being poked awake. His vision was still a little blurry, with a soft outline reflected in his eyes.

"Yuichi, it's time to get up and have breakfast."

The familiar voice whispered in his ear, and the fragrant breath blew on his cheek.

"Sister Hina?"

Yuichi's voice was a little distorted, and his ignorant look made Tachibana Haruna's heart beat fast. Usually, Yuichi always looked indifferent, which formed a strong contrast with this moment.

Tachibana Haruna raised her hand and rubbed Yuichi's hair, her eyes curved with a hint of reminiscence and sadness. It had been a long time since she had touched Yuichi's head like this. Only at this time did she allow her willfulness to be revealed.

"Yeah, I'm here."

Yuichi naturally rejected Tachibana Haruna's offer to feed him, which made her pout sadly. She watched him eat quietly, finding it really hard to swallow.

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By the evening, Yuichi's fever had subsided, but he didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the joy on both his sister and Tachibana Haruna's faces seemed a little forced.

As dusk approached, there were two knocks on the door of Hoshino's house. One was from Katsura Kotonoha who came to visit the patient, and the other was from Miura Yumiko who came to deliver handouts...

110. The elder sister is the younger brother’s bride

The sky pulled down a heavy black curtain, completely covering up the afterglow of the evening. Few stars could be seen, as if they were hiding behind the clouds and had no intention of showing up.

In the living room of the Hoshino residence, no one showed any intention of leaving. Sparks were flying in the air, and hidden arrows were lurking behind every seemingly ordinary word.

The output of the main battlefield is mainly from Kasumigaoka Utaha and Miura Yumiko. Katsura Kotonoha is shivering and hiding in the corner like an innocent little rabbit. Tachibana Haruna is not regarded as an opponent by Miura Yumiko because of her identity as the big sister next door.

A weird yet harmonious atmosphere spread a suffocating pressure in the air, as if every little movement would touch the two generals' tense nerves, and then be met with their thundering wrath.

Youyi really doesn't want to worry about these things. It obviously has nothing to do with him. Why would the battlefield move there every time he moves?

So he couldn't comfort the helpless Gui Yanye, so he could only pick up his phone and send her a message.

——Ye Yan, if you really feel uncomfortable staying here, you can leave first. Thank you for coming to visit me.

Seeing the message on the phone, Gui Yanye, who was at a loss, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.