Let's Try Going to School (3)

When we arrived at the student council room, Masami-onee-chan wasn't there. Only Aizawa-senpai was.

"Ah ♪ You came right away, Shouya-kun. And Kaede-chan too."

"Yes, please excuse the intrusion."

"Thank you for always looking after my onee-chan!"

By the look of it, this was Aizawa-senpai's first time meeting Kaede, but she was already calling Kaede by name. She'd probably heard that Masami-onee-chan had a twin little sister and a little brother, so she at least knew the names.

"Aizawa-senpai, isn't Onee-chan here?"

After Kaede and I sat down side by side on the sofa, I asked Aizawa-senpai where Onee-chan was. The instant I said 'Onee-chan' I thought I felt her body twitch a little, but it had to be my imagination.

"Mii-chan went to drop some paperwork off with the teachers. That's the last of today's work, so she can relax once she's back ♪"

I was glad today wasn't a busy day for the student council. We'd just be in the way if we showed up to eat snacks while being completely useless.

"Let's open the sweets before Mii-chan gets back ♪ I'll brew some coffee ♪"

Aizawa-senpai brewed coffee for us, set the cups down, and sat on the sofa across from us.

"Sugar and milk are right here too ♪"

Kaede was loading her coffee up with extra sugar and milk, making it nice and sweet. Yesterday when Onee-chan made coffee for me she'd sweetened it, but I can drink it black, so I left mine as-is. It just feels wasteful to dump someone else's sugar and milk into a cup.

"Shouya, you're really going with black? It's bitter, you know?"

"Yeah, I'm fine…"

Kaede looked surprised watching me about to drink the coffee without adding anything. Apparently bitter coffee wasn't her thing.

"Even twins have different tastes, huh? ♪ How interesting ♪"

Aizawa-senpai was smiling brightly as she watched us. Was it really that interesting? Sure, we were twins, but we were fraternal twins, a boy and a girl, and even if our faces resembled each other, our personalities really weren't that similar.

For instance, Kaede was the cheerful type, while I was quiet and introverted. Mulling that over, I sipped my coffee and reached for a snack.

"Actually… I have a favor to ask you two…"

While we were nibbling sweets and chatting with Aizawa-senpai, her demeanor suddenly changed. A favor? She'd waited until Onee-chan wasn't around to bring it up… had they maybe had a fight or something?

"What is it?"

I asked her back timidly.

"Um… well… I want you two to call me 'Onee-chan'!"

The favor was so far off from what I'd been imagining that both Kaede and I were taken aback. So that was why she'd reacted when I said 'Onee-chan' earlier. It all clicked.

"I'm an only child, you see… so I always wanted little siblings like the two of you… Just once would be enough… I want to be called Haruka-onee-chan…"

Aizawa-senpai rubbed her stockinged legs together, fidgeting as she made her request.

"Haruka-onee-chan!"

"～～～～! ♡ K-Kaede-chan!"

Kaede had already gone ahead and called Aizawa-senpai onee-chan. I was too embarrassed to manage it, but Kaede could do it instantly. As much as we were twins, I always felt this was one of the places where we weren't alike. Aizawa-senpai's cheeks were flushed red and she looked positively enraptured.

"S-Shouya-kun, you too, please…"

"H-Haruka, onee-chan."

"～～～～～～～! Yes! That's lovely! Just wonderful! Both of you!"

Aizawa-senpai was practically bouncing in excitement. I'd gone a bit red with embarrassment myself, but I was glad she was happy.

Watching Aizawa-senpai's reaction, Kaede stood up from the sofa and moved over to sit beside her.

"Hehe ♪ Haruka-onee-chaaan ♪"

Kaede laid her head on Aizawa-senpai's shoulder like she was snuggling up to her. From this angle, it really looked like they were close sisters.

"K-Kaede-chan…!"

Aizawa-senpai reached out a hand to pat Kaede's head, then pulled it back, then reached out again, repeating it several times before finally steeling herself and resting her hand on Kaede's head.

"Ah ♡ I'm getting pet-pets ♪"

Kaede happily narrowed her eyes as her head was stroked.

"Shouya, come over here too. Next to Haruka-onee-chan."

Kaede waved me over to sit on the other side of Aizawa-senpai, sandwiching her between us. Of course, I couldn't press up against her the way Kaede was, so I sat down beside her with a little gap between us.

"Shouya-kun…"

Aizawa-senpai smelled really nice, and even just sitting next to her I caught a soft, fluffy whiff of it.

"Shouya, isn't that a bit far? ♡ Get closer! ♡"

Kaede pushed Aizawa-senpai over from the other side, and my shoulder ended up touching Aizawa-senpai's. She was warm and soft and smelled wonderful, and all my senses started zeroing in on her.

"Come on, Shouya, you snuggle up to Haruka-onee-chan too. Okay? ♡"

Doing as Kaede told me, I leaned my weight against Aizawa-senpai's shoulder and rested my head on her.

"S-Shouya-kun! Um, I had P.E. today, so… I-I might smell bad!"

The moment I leaned my head against her, Haruka-senpai suddenly started panicking. But I didn't think she smelled bad in the slightest. Aizawa-senpai's fluffy bob smelled nothing but wonderful. If anything, knowing she'd just come from P.E. somehow made the scent feel even nicer. Did that make me a pervert?

"It's fine, Haruka-onee-chan! Shouya doesn't mind girls' scents at all! Right? ♡"

"Um, Aizawa-senpa… I mean… Haruka-onee-chan smells really nice… actually."

"R-Really…? Then I'm glad… A-and may I pet you too, Shouya-kun?"

Aizawa-senpai breathed a relieved sigh at Kaede's words and mine, then timidly asked if she could pet me. Aizawa-senpai was a different type of older beauty from Masami-onee-chan, and there was no way I'd refuse being patted on the head by someone like that.

"Yes, please…"

"Th-then, here I go…"

Aizawa-senpai gently placed her hand on my head and slowly began to stroke. She moved her hand kindly along the flow of my hair, and it felt really good.

Being petted by Aizawa-senpai, I felt like I finally understood how Sakura must feel when she always narrows her eyes blissfully under my hand. This really does feel good.

"Phew～, I'm back～"

I was enjoying Aizawa-senpai's head-pats when the sliding door opened and Masami-onee-chan came back. The moment Onee-chan caught sight of me, she froze in place.

"Sh-Shouya? What are you doing?"

"What am I… hmm… what am I doing…"

Even when she asked, the situation was exactly what it looked like. If I had to put a name on it, I guess… siblings make-believe?

"M-Mii-chan! It's not what it looks like!"

Aizawa-senpai was scrambling about like a kid caught hiding something.

"Shouya and I just became Haruka-onee-chan's little sister and brother! She said she wanted us to call her Haruka-onee-chan, so we did, and then we figured snuggling up to her like this would make her happy, and that's how we ended up like this!"

Without paying the panicking Aizawa-senpai any mind, Kaede explained the situation in full detail. Aizawa-senpai got even more flustered, fidgeting and fretting about with no composure left.

"Haruka, that's unfair! Shouya wouldn't snuggle up to me for the longest time, and now you got him this easily!"

Onee-chan started getting upset, but somewhere slightly off-target. It was like the reaction of someone seeing the cat that won't take to them happily taking to a stranger.

But it was true that I'd only recently become able to lean on Onee-chan and the others, after Sakura started leaning on me and I came to understand the joy of having someone rely on you.

When Onee-chan sat down on the sofa across from us, I went over and sat next to her to get back in her good graces. Unlike with Aizawa-senpai, I didn't leave any gap. I pressed right up against her and leaned on her right from the start.

"M-mmh… ♡ Y-you can't fool Onee-chan with just that."

Doing the same thing she'd just been watching me do probably wasn't going to be enough on its own. But I could tell I'd made some headway. Just one more push. I shifted away and sat back a little distance from Onee-chan.

"Aww…"

A disappointed little sound slipped out of Onee-chan, but I paid it no mind. The main event was still to come. I slipped off my indoor shoes, sat sideways on the sofa, and lowered my head onto Onee-chan's thighs.

"Sh-Shouya…!"

I had my head resting on Onee-chan's plump, silky-smooth thighs, getting a lap pillow. With this, Onee-chan was sure to forgive me.

"Whoa, Onee-chan, lucky! Giving Shouya a lap pillow like that!"

"Mii-chan, I'm jealous…"

Onee-chan rested one hand on my stomach and used her other to stroke my head. Then, as a final push, I took the hand on my stomach in mine. Smooth and silky, but she had a small callus where she gripped her pen. A hand that worked hard.

The other two's comments were probably stoking Onee-chan's possessiveness and piling on too. With this, Onee-chan's mood was sure to recover.

"You're right… Shouya and Kaede are my little brother and sister… I shouldn't get rattled just because they snuggled up to Haruka a little!"

I could feel from her words that Onee-chan was gradually getting her energy back. Case closed. That said, it was true that I hadn't been letting Onee-chan spoil me much lately, so I figured I'd let her dote on me a while longer.

"I want a lap pillow too～!"

Kaede slipped off her indoor shoes too and started getting a lap pillow from Aizawa-senpai. Lying down made her skirt ride up a little, and Kaede's bare legs looked more enticing than usual. I'd seen her naked before, but somehow with clothes on it looked different. Even more beautiful.

It made me think. Clothes aren't there to hide the body. They're there to make it look more beautiful.

"Shouya, if you get sleepy, you can just nod off, you know ♡"

While stroking my head, Onee-chan suggested I take a nap. But it was still evening, not the kind of time I'd usually feel sleepy. Plus, I'd had coffee, so I was even less likely to nod off. But even if I wouldn't fall asleep, I could relax, so I decided to just enjoy it to the fullest.

"Hehe ♪ Shouya, you're so cute ♡ I'll feed you a sweet, okay? ♡ What would you like?"

"Th-then, the chocolate…"

"Here, open wide ♡"

Maybe because I usually didn't let myself get doted on much and was actually letting her dote on me now, Onee-chan was making the most of the moment and spoiling me thoroughly. She brought a small chocolate to my lips and fed it to me. The sweet chocolate melted in my mouth, and a happy feeling spread through me. Really, what I wanted to do was sit up and drink my coffee, but I could already picture Onee-chan looking sad about it, so I gave that up.

Instead, I took Onee-chan's hand from my stomach, brought it to my cheek, and nuzzled against it as a little extra spoiling. At that, Onee-chan made a strange noise, 'foooh ♡', clearly delighted.

After that, I went on playing with Onee-chan's hand and being thoroughly spoiled for a while, until Arisa messaged that club activities were over. Then we left the student council room with Onee-chan and the others and parted ways with Aizawa-senpai.