Chapter 199: Who’s Sleeping With Who Tonight?!

“So, Onii-chan, you understand now?”

After delivering such a long and wonderfully astonishing speech, Akiko’s little face, flushed with excitement, turned slightly red as she gazed at Himekoji with sparkling, hopeful eyes.

“I still don’t get it… No, it’s even more confusing now…”

Himekoji responded weakly, spreading his hands in resignation.

“Onii-chan is so stupid! What’s so confusing? In short, all you need to do is sleep with Akiko tonight!”

“…Hmm, you sleep in my room tonight.”

Himekoji remained silent for a moment before speaking.

“Onii-chan, you’re really stubborn! So what if we’re siblings? How could you let boring common sense brainwash you? Aren’t we in love? The important thing is love, LOVE! Being blood siblings is just an unimportant character setting! So, sleeping together is perfectly reasonable…”

Akiko didn’t even process what Himekoji had said properly. She started rattling on by herself. Halfway through, she suddenly realized something—

“Huh? Huh? Huh? Wait up!”

Imouto’s voice suddenly went up an octave.

“Did… did Onii-chan just say Akiko should sleep in Onii-chan’s room tonight?”

Her two small hands clapped together with a smack. Akiko was super thrilled.

“So Onii-chan finally gets it! Yes! This is the natural progression! All that talking wasn’t in vain. Well then, tonight is precious! Akiko will now serve Onii-chan for the night?”

Imouto rubbed her hands together impatiently.

Usually such a proper, ladylike, and calm girl, when she went crazy like this, she became completely unrecognizable…

Himekoji turned his head away, unable to look directly at her.

“Hey! Pervert! Huge pervert! Dead pervert! Stinking pervert! Super siscon pervert beast! Y-you! You couldn’t possibly be serious, right?! Sleep together? In your room tonight? That kind of thing?”

Poor Nanami; today really took a toll on her heart thanks to this perverted pair of siblings.

“Hmm, no way around it…”

“What do you mean ‘no way around it’?! Where exactly is there ‘no way around it’?! You! Y-you! Even a pervert needs to have some limits!”

Nanami was practically losing her mind!

While shouting the question, she seriously thought about rushing over to choke Himekoji’s neck.

But the reserve ingrained in her as a young lady prevented her from such rough, violent behavior, indirectly saving Himekoji.

“Just… there’s no way… No! You’re misunderstanding me!”

Himekoji finally realized his phrasing had been poor and tried to explain.

But then—

“Akito. Tonight… more.”

That idiot Mashiro had appeared beside him unnoticed. The girl gently tugged at his sleeve and said,

“Last night… not enough.”

“What are you even saying?”

Don’t add to the mess at the worst possible times!

“So. Tonight. Akito sleep with me again.”

After beating around the bush, Mashiro finally revealed her true intention.

“No way!”

The next instant, Nanami and Imouto spoke in perfect unison!

This seemed to be the first and only time the two were on the same side today.

“No! Whether it’s Mashiro or Akiko! You, you pervert! You’d definitely do something outrageously perverted to them!”

Righteous Nanami planted her hands on her hips, radiating indignation!

“Wanting to do a little something perverted with my sister… what’s wrong with that?”

…

Okay.

The united front formed by chance lasted only a moment before crumbling. Akiko and Nanami were instantly back to opposing sides.

“You shut up!”

One sharp remark from Nanami actually made Akiko close her mouth…

It even scared Himekoji nearby.

Honestly…

Nanami was really imposing when she got serious.

“Himekoji, tonight… tonight you’re sleeping with me!”

“Ohh… Huh?!”

Under the torrent of Nanami’s presence, he almost absentmindedly agreed!

Thankfully he snapped back in time.

Himekoji sighed heavily, his head aching.

“Ai! One Akiko is already enough! So, Shiina and Aoyama-senpai, stop adding to the chaos, please!”

“‘One Akiko is already enough’… Aah, Onii-chan is incredible! That’s the sweetest thing Akiko has ever heard! Even after seven years, Onii-chan hasn’t changed! Still so devoted.”

Himekoji could only respond by rolling his eyes at how Akiko twisted his words.

Even using basic logic, it should be obvious that “one is already enough” in this context clearly meant he found it troublesome, right?

…

Meanwhile, Nanami wasn’t sitting idle either. She spoke almost right after Akiko—

“It’s not ‘adding to the chaos’! I’m serious! Being in the same room all night staying safe? Properly protecting myself? I’m the only one here who fits that description!”

Nanami’s face was bright red.

Himekoji looked at Nanami. Her face immediately went even redder.

“D-don’t get the wrong idea! It’s only to do my job! Keep an eye on you, you pervert!”

Saying this, she glared angrily at Himekoji.

“What’re ya lookin’ at? Believe me, I’ll chop ya!”

Here it was! Nanami’s signature Kansai dialect!

“Won’t misunderstand! Absolutely won’t misunderstand!”

Under the threat of the girl “baring her claws,” Himekoji had no choice but to scramble to assure her like this.

“Won’t? Absolutely won’t? So what you’re really saying is… I have no charm?”

Somehow, Nanami seemed even angrier.

“N-no! Not at all! That’s not what I meant!”

“So… I am charming?”

“Y-yes!”

Himekoji obediently nodded.

Oh crap! While nodding, he could feel his sister’s sharp gaze boring straight into his back.

Whatever!

He could only deal with Nanami, who was furious and had to be calmed down. Everything else could wait.

“Charming? Really?”

“Yes! Yes!”

“Charming enough… you’d want to sleep with me?”

“Uhhuh…”

“Huh?!”

Oh shit!

“Wait! Aoyama-senpai!”

Himekoji suddenly realized his mistake!

He’d just been nodding out of habit! So that last reply didn’t count!

“Hmph! Finally revealed your true feelings! Well, don’t worry. Tonight, I’ll definitely stay on high alert against you!”

Nanami knitted her eyebrows fiercely.

“You’re not needed! Imouto will personally take care of Onii-chan! That’s the duty of the wife-sister!”

Akiko “patta-patta” patted her chest, cutting in.

“Akito. Don’t sleep tonight.”

Mashiro gently took hold of Himekoji’s sleeve.

…

“Hey! What the heck is going on?! No! Why has it suddenly turned into me supposedly having to sleep with any of you?! What I actually meant was Akiko should sleep in my room, and I’d sleep on the sofa in the living room!”

Because there were only three bedrooms.

“Wha-what?! O-Onii-chan planned it like that?! Akiko w-was so looking forward to it! Trampling on a maiden’s pure feelings?! Onii-chan is awful!”

Akiko shouted loudly upon learning the “truth,” unable to accept it.

“Compared to a maiden’s pure feelings, sibling ethics and proper conduct are way more important, right?!”

The siblings’ moronic conversation actually continued…

Damn, I’m so tired!

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