It’s a rare Tochika-chan day.
She sent me a LINE message during lunchtime.
『I have something I’d like to give you, could we meet up at the usual spot after school?』she asks.
Of course I’m going.
So, I went to the courtyard after school.
She was waiting in the usual spot.
I raised my hand and called her.
「Hey.
Tochika-chan」
「Senpai.
I’ve been waiting」
「Yeah.
Let’s sit for now」
I sat next to Tochika-chan.
I feel like this place is becoming one of my regular spots.
Tochika-chan holds off the hair blown by the wind and she squints her eyes from feeling ticklish.
「The weather’s nice.」
「Yeah.
It’s good that the weather is nice」
「It’s been raining a lot lately」
「How do you handle your practice when raining」
「I join my friends in their sessions」
Oh, the girls who came to the infirmary.
I didn’t get to see their face.
I’m sure they’re lovely since they’re friends with Tochika-chan.
「So, what is it that you want to give me?」
「Oh, that./
It’s this」
Tochika-chan took a small, transparent bag sitting beside her.
There’s cookies inside.
She offered it to me using both her hands.
「We made these during our cooking practical.
Please try them out」
「Sure.
I’m thankful to this.
Tochika-chan made this herself, amazing.
Oh wait, the others also made the same thing?」
「Fufu.
This was made specifically for senpai to eat」
Tochika-chan’s acting smug.
So cute.
I want to pat her head.
「Thanks, Tochika-chan」
I thanked her and accepted it.
I lift my head and saw Tochika-chan looking at me curiously.
Her eyes are so innocent and pure, like a small animal.
「Err, Tochika」
「Yes? Onii-chan?」
Tochika-chan smiles as if a flower bloomed suddenly.
Her face is flushed.
「I knew it, this is embarrassing.
This is too early for us」
「Fufu.
Is too early or too late even a question for us?」
「I’m beginner on being a big brother.
I’m not used to being called like that by a little sister」
「Me too, I’m embarrassed.
But it also makes me happy.
Ehehe」
Tochika-chan’s face is blushing.
Isn’t she just too good on tickling your desire to protect her? Geez, she’s making me fall for her.
「Oh right.
Cookies.
You’ll eat them, right?」
I casually open the cookie package to hide my embarrassment.
The aroma of rich butter tickled my nostrils, stimulating my appetite.
I stretched out to grab a cookie, but Tochika-chan already has her fingers inside the wrapper.
Then, she offered me a cookie with a shy smile.
「Here.
Aaahn」
「….Aaahn」
I reflexively bit into the offered cookie.
This is sweet. It’s melting my brain, Tochika-san.
「I think it came out pretty well.
What do you think?」
「I think I lost my cheek on how delicious it was.
Is it still on me?」
「Fufufu.
Silly senpai」
「Tochika-chan covered her mouth with her mouth and giggled.
That gesture, Mikiri also does that, but she’s just so cute.
These sisters sure are lovely.
I cheerfully bit into the cookies Tochika-chan made for me and said;
「While we’re at it, why don’t you play something?」
「Yes.
I’ll use this song toady」
Tochika-chan opened her case and prepared to play her clarinet.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere has changed.
She mentioned before that holding an instrument gives her courage, but seriously, when she holds her clarinet, she brims with confidence.
Tochika-chan’s performance has begun.
It’s a lovely tune.
I close my eyes and listen.
Before long, the music ended, and Tochika-chan sighed.
「I love Ootaki Eichi’s your natural color」
「That’s a good song.
It’s a catchy tune, yet it evokes a feeling of nostalgia.
I love it」
「This is the first song I played at our middle school band recital.
So, I have a lot of sentimental attachment to it」
「I see」
Tochika-chan looks like she’s feeling nostalgia.
That song must be a memory from her youth.
That’s nice.
After tucking the clarinet away in the case, she looked up.
「Senpai, what kind of songs you listen to?」
「I listen to pretty much anything」
I just go with the popular songs」
「I see.
I prefer the older songs.
It often happens that people play a required piece for their wind ensemble, listen to the original version, and end up getting hooked on it.」
「Oh, that’s nice」
I enjoyed my pleasant chat with Tochika-chan.
It was a peaceful time.
I love spending my time with her.
After a while, she rubs her sleepy eyes.
「Not enough sleep?」
「No.
I just have a fondness for naps」
I’m practicing alone here because I can take a nap if I get sleepy」
「I see.
Then, you can take a nap」
I pat on my knees.
I was wondering if she would be embarrassed to use my lap as her pillow, but she’s already half-asleep, she didn’t even think about it and leaned her head on my knee.
Her weight is comfortable.
I hear Tochika-chan’s sniffing noises.
「Hmm.
This smells good」
「Smell? Do I smell that bad?」
「No.
I love Senpai’s scent….I wonder why?」
「Hmm?」
I searched on my phone.
「Let’s see, when it comes to liking the scent of an opposite sex, it says that it’s because you’re a good match」
「A god match?」
Tochika-chan looks up with such a wonderful expression.
「Yeah.
They say you tend to be drawn to the scent of members of the opposite sex who are genetically compatible as mating partners.」
「I see.
Compatible…mating?」
Tochika-chan slowly turned red.
She realized.
I seem to have said something strange.
「Uh, Tochika-chan」
「…Guu, guu」
「Tochika-chan turned her face and pretended to be asleep」
She was red even up to her ears.
I looked at the sky and murmured.
「Perv」
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