Why Not Make Both Twins 'Girlfriends'?-Chapter 1Volume 2 . - Somethings Off...?

Something’s Off…? 1

At the beginning of July, they stopped by a café in front of the station on the way home from school and the conversation turned to the upcoming summer vacation.

“It’s the long-awaited summer break, so I want to finish my assignments early〜”

“Really? I’m the type to pile them up and then do them all at once at the end of the vacation.”

Chikage and Hikari were chatting happily in front of Sakuto.

“If you say that, then I won’t help you out this year, okay?”

“Eeh〜, that’s mean… Oh, but if Sakuto-kun helps me, I guess it’ll be okay♪”

“What did you say!? ——Sakuto-kun! You mustn’t spoil Hii-chan!”

Imagining the end of the summer vacation in the Usami household, Sakuto couldn’t help but give a wry smile.

“Arisuyama Academy seems to have a lot of summer assignments, so you might want to get started on them as soon as possible, right?”

“That’s true, it looks like it’s going to be a summer vacation soaked in assignments〜…”

“Then how about the three of us have a study session? I want to finish early and have plenty of time to play.”

“Agreed! Sakuto-kun too… ——Sakuto-kun?”

Sakuto was glancing out the window.

Beyond the window glass, he could see people coming and going——

“You’ve been fidgety for a while now, what’s wrong?”

“Is there something on your mind?”

“…Ah?”

Sakuto hurriedly put on a smile and said “no” after seeing the puzzled faces of the two

“If it’s your hairstyle, I think it looks as cool as usual?”

“Ah, no… I’m not the type to be so self-conscious that I’d worry about how my hair looks reflected in the window glass…”

Sakuto replied to Chikage with a look of dismay, but his attention was still drawn outside the window.

Lately, he had been feeling someone’s gaze.

It started around the time he got first place on the proficiency test.

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He felt as if someone was following him, and he noticed more and more often.

If this was just his imagination, that would be fine, but he just couldn’t shake off his discomfort.

He knows he has already drawn attention to himself, so the fact that he was concerned about his surroundings might indeed be a sign of being self-conscious——

While he was preoccupied with the surroundings, the conversation had moved on without him noticing.

“You know, how about the three of us go on a trip? Maybe for two nights and three days?”

“A trip with just the three of us… does that means…!?”

Chikage’s face suddenly turned red.

“Sakuto-kun, what do you think about my suggestion?”

“A trip, huh… What’s the reason for making it an overnight stay?”

As he asked back, Hikari began to speak excitedly.

“It would be nice to go somewhere where we don’t have to worry about the eyes of others and can have fun. Plus, having more time means we can enjoy ourselves more as a trio, right?”

“I see…”

Just as he was about to be convinced, he turned to look at Chikage.

“Sleepover… with the three of us, enjoy ourselves more… which means, enjoy ourselves more as three-person——”

Muttering to herself as if casting a spell, her face flushed red, so Sakuto couldn’t help but let out a stifled “ugh.”

It was that usual thing—she had entered her delusional mode.

The content of her thoughts was probably obvious, but Sakuto just made a wry face and chose not to voice it out loud.

Instead, Hikari looked at Chikage with a sly grin.

“Chii-chan, I wonder what kind of fantasies you’re having?”

Chikage snapped out of it and started to panic.

“I-I’m not fantasizing anything! I’m not that kind of dirty girl! I’m definitely not having any lewd fantasies, not at all!”

No one had mentioned anything about her being “dirty girl” or “lewd.”

But you are, aren’t you?

——Sakuto added that retort in his mind.

***

(When was the last time I went on a trip——)

After leaving the store with the three of them, Sakuto suddenly thought of this.

Looking back, the last time was during May of his third year in junior high to Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara for a school trip.

Back then, he was still a “robot,” just following the schedule and moving along with everyone else.

He had no particular attachment or strong impressions and it was just a trip where he went and came back—that was Sakuto’s school field trip.

However, the two-night, three-day trip that Hikari had suggested sounds like a lot of fun.

What would a trip with her—or rather “them”—turn out to be?

It would surely be fun, but he had one concern

“About what we were talking about earlier, I don’t know if I can go on the trip until I talk to my mom and aunt.”

“Aunt? …Oh, right. Sakuto-kun, you’re living at your aunt’s place now, aren’t you?”

Walking to his right, Chikage said as if she had just remembered.

“Yeah. I’ll talk to my aunt first. And I should probably inform my mom as well——”

But of course, his worrywart aunt might not give her permission if he mentioned going on a trip with his girlfriend (two of them.

He’s not sure if he should tell her that he’s going with two girls.

He felt reluctant to deceive his family, but maybe it would be better to say he’s going with male friends.

His mother—might agree quite easily.

His mother, who showed great understanding towards him, trusted that he wouldn’t do anything foolish and allowed him to do whatever he wanted.

With the stance that parents would take responsibility if anything happened, she always told him, “Do what you want.”

“If Sakuto-kun is okay with it, then all that’s left is for us to get permission from Papa and Mama?”

Walking to his left, Hikari beamed with a smile.