"Huh! You're moving away!? But you just came in…aww what a waste, we were getting to know each other so well too!"
The white haired man walked up behind giving me few pats on the back, although they seemed more like heavy blows to me…
"Gah what! I didn't even stay for one night and you're saying you know me! Be serious here!"
"Ehh, we had some great conversations, in any case… that's a lot of wasted money isn't it?"
Damn it, don't need to rub salt in my injury… I could barely pay for college and it took every little fund I had left to pay for room and board. I need a job seriously.
"It's true but this room is still mine, so you know if I ever need it again I can come back."
"Let's have a going away party!" he said with a cheery tone, god this guy why is he so hyper all the time.
"Uhh…no thanks, I didn't even stay for one night, I thought I told you that!"
"Randall you coming?"
Damn it don't ignore me!
Randall my black roommate was laying on top of his bed fiddling with his phone, he didn't even glance at us, all that came out was a prompt "no."
Ahh so he could speak Japanese… no surprise though, why else would he be an international student in Japan.
"Seiryuu will you listen to me!"
"Oh?"
"I'm not moving right away! I'm still staying for three more days before all the paper works are handled."
"Ah, so you're saying there's time for a party!"
Seriously why is this guy holding a party for someone he doesn't even know? Thankfully it seems he couldn't gather enough friends to start one within three days… but unfortunately he delayed my misery a week longer. Damn that Seiryuu!
And just how many people was he planning to invite anyway!? "Ahh Kousaka about the party, sorry but it seems a lot of people are busy so let's hold it a week from now, I'll text you the exact date and location."
Now that I think about it…how the hell did he get my number!
I kept fidgeting around my bed, I just can't fully swallow the idea of me and Kirino living alone…together. Well to be honest it wouldn't really be a new experience would it? Our parents are rarely home, and when they are they're usually very lax on what we could or could not do, of course that all changed that day. Yet the idea was really exciting to me, what would we do? Hmm. Well also what will I do? I need a job to make money! I'm a poor college student I can't live off of ramen the rest of my life! And Kirino… Kirino is a picky eater; well her calories consumption is very strict…
"Yo Kousakaaaa!" Seiryuu slammed his hand on my chest causing me to jump up.
"What do you want!?"
Damn it what's wrong with this guy! 12 AM and he comes doing this!
"Oh you're still awake despite sleeping so early. What's keeping you up?"
"None of your business, now what do you want?" I grumbled, trying my best to show annoyance in my voice.
"Partyyyyy!"
"I thought that was next week."
And by then I will surely avoid you and not show up! Surely!
"Oh yeah." He looked as if he forgot…
"This is a different one, and scratch what I said, it isn't a party just drinking with a group of friends."
Friends? I don't know these people! Damn it. He pulled me without saying another word. I caught a glimpse of Randall, he lied against the wall on the bed, staring at his phone… just what is he doing?
Seiryuu lead me upstairs and through so halls before finally stopping before a door.
Ahh it wasn't locked. Seiryuu just walked right in, guess they were expecting us? The room itself was much smaller compared to the one I was staying in. Instead of having enough room for two bunk beds, it only had room for two beds, the spaces in between was also much more cramped.
"Oh Seiryuu, you're here, and this is your roommate?" a girl glanced over, she was pretty average looking, with red hair that looked extremely dry, poor dye product maybe? But her hair was in much worse condition compared to the natural smooth silk like hair of Kirino. She was practically caked in make up, so much to the point I didn't know if it helped her look more attractive or less attractive.
Behind her stood another girl, she seemed to be much more conserved as far as cosmetics go. Plain brown hair and brown eyes with very light make up, her hair was tied into a bun. And next to her was a fairly short chubby man, he looked older than even Seiryuu.
Now the room itself was rather plain, a single PC piled with messy papers and scraps of trash littered on top, directly across was another table with a personal mirror and various cosmetic products, so much that there was only enough space for the width of a textbook.
"Haha, so this is the otaku you've been talking about!"
Gah what there must be a misunderstanding! I'm not an otaku! I mean my sister forces those things on me! Wait how did Seiryuu even know of my otaku activities anyway!?
"Ehh…I thought he was black?" the other plain girl said as she walked over to me with an amused gaze.
"Ohh! No that's someone else, this is a new roommate! His name is Kousaka!"
Sigh I guess I have no choice but to introduce myself, considering that bastard Seiryuu doesn't even remember my full name. Not that I can blame him I don't remember his full name either. Guess that just shows how close we really are, which is to say not close at all.
"My name is Kousaka Kyousuke, pardon the intrusion."
"Eww… cut the formalities you're in college!" the red haired girl squawked.
Seriously, since when was being in college an excuse for bad manners? What upbringing does these people have? Speaking of manners, the chubby man was still on his phone, he hasn't even moved his head up once to acknowledge me, not that I wanted to talk to him.
"Anyways my name is Sarah." she did a quick curtsey, what in the world, stop pretending to be cute damn it! Because you aren't! And what's with giving me your English name anyway!?
"You can call me Kuroda Rika." The brown haired girl introduced herself normally, thank god for that…
"Ahh Kousaka ever drank Vodka before?" Seiryuu suddenly interjected in a cheery mood, he probably saw how annoyed I was at his friends.
"No, I live in a rather conserved family…"
"You know conserved family happens to be the most crazy heheheh."
"Yah, I heard some conserved family in the West does inbreeding ehehe."
Those two annoying girls continued giggling for what appears to be forever while I stood there with a big frown on my face.
"Ahh Kousaka, why so gloom? Loosen up!" Seiryuu chuckled, handing me a shot glass with a clear liquid in it. Is this what they called Vodka?
"So if you don't drink does any of your family drink? Surely even the oldest of old drinks alcohol."
"Ahh well my father does drink Sake."
"Reaaaally? How old fashion? Ehehe."
Damn again with the incessant giggles, this is such a pain I wish I could just stay downstairs and ignore these people but that would be rude of me.
Now my parents always taught me even as a kid to never take anything from strangers, especially food or drinks and now I'm following that advice, not because that I'm still a kid and can't distinguish between bad and good but because I just despise these people in front of me. They seriously annoy me to no end. I just held the glass and haven't moved it a bit; luckily no one seemed to notice yet.
Their talks was about nothing in particular and mostly gossip about people I don't even know… then they moved onto celebrities then they moved onto badmouthing their professors, seriously are they middle schoolers or college students? Because right now I could barely tell the difference between their conversation and the ones Kirino has with her friends…
About an hour later, the liveliness seemed to have calmed down, now they're mostly just laughing while talking about their past, which I have zero interest in. Apparently the story of the brown haired girl falling during a bike ride caused immense laughter throughout the room. I don't see what's so funny about that… but they're laughing pretty hard, that must be the Vodka…
"Ohh, Kousaka, you haven't drink your shot yet, what're you waiting for? Ahah."
Oh he finally notices…damn it.
"Sorry it's 1 AM, I have class tomorrow I really got to go."
I took my phone out to check the time but just when I was about to put it back in my pocket it got snatched away by Seiryuu.
"Hey hey I'll give it back to you when you drink at least a shot. Ahahah."
Damn this guy, his face was red as hell, just like father used to look when he's drunk. Oh well guess I have no choice, I needed to get out of this place as soon as possible, and arguing with a drunk guy is going get me nowhere. I forced the bitter liquid down my throat with one gulp, I felt a slight burning sensation as it slid down my throat. A bitter residual taste remained.
"Ack"
"Ah… you did it ahah."
"Now give me my phone back."
"W-wait why one ahaha? Take another shot then I'll do it!" he held the phone above and dangled behind his back. Damn bastard, I really wanted to punch him, the temptation was just as much as I wanted to punch Mikagami when I thought he was Kirino's boyfriend.
The chubby man whom I still don't know the name of poured another shot and handed it over to me with a huge stupid grin on his face. Damn it, I was about to say seriously last one but before that…
"Ohh… Seiryuu-kuuuuun lemme see Kyousuke-kuuuun's phone real quick."
The red haired girl blubbered my name in such a teasing way, what the hell does she think she is? Cute?
Damn it don't pass my phone around like that! Gah this Seiryuu, I can't wait to leave this dorm.
"Uhh…this girl what is she to you?" Sarah's voice finally seemed to be in a normal tone, for the first time since I met her. Although she still sound silly from being in a drunken state.
"That's my girlfriend."
I said that with pride, seriously who wouldn't be proud of having a girlfriend as cute as Kirino.
"Oh wow, I underestimated you, I saw her on a LED billboard in Shibuya once. I thought I recognize her from somewhere."
L-LED billboard! In Shibuya no less! Wh-when has my little sister become so huge!? What!
"This girl… she's probably going to end up as an idol one day by sleeping around for a job hahaha." It was Rika, her tone was that of a sneer, how dare she! Stupid foul mouthed girl.
"Don't talk about my imouto like that!" I snapped, pointing a finger towards Rika.
"Imouto? I thought she was your girlfriend?"
Crap, how do I explain? If I tell them the truth, I'll never hear the end of it… Barely started my life in college and I'm already ruined.
Seiryuu blinked in confusion for a few seconds before roaring loudly in laughter, "Oh I see Kousaka, you role play with your girlfriend like that? How naughty! To think you can get a 8/10 like that to do something as embarrassing as that, what's your secret?"
Role play? What!? And how dare you rate my sister like she's some object, d-damn you! But thanks for giving me an escape route anyway.
"Ahh…can't believe I let that slipped."
"Ahah! I knew it!"
"Whatever." Sarah handed me my phone back with an annoyed look. "How did such a dull guy like you score a girl like that? Young girls are so naïve these days."
"Watch your mouth." I muttered as I turned to leave, no one followed not even Seiryuu thank god for that.
I woke up early in the morning for some reason, excited? Yeah probably it's the day where I officially sleep in my apartment, an apartment I can proudly say I own. Seriously, what ambitious young man wouldn't be proud of that?
"Kekekekehehehe...kaahahah…"
A… giggle, a very excited giggle, I would have almost mistaken it for Kirino's giggle during an eroge if it weren't for the faint hint of gruffness.
I opened my eyes, directly across from me, on the top bed of the bunk bed was…was Randall. He was rolling around so much the sheets wrapped around him like a snake. He was obviously trying to contain it but… well he wasn't succeeding.
I think he's looking at his phone again, there's no way he could be holding something else small enough for me to not see. Plus the way he held it like that reminded me of what Kirino would do on her phone when she was busy tap tap tapping away.
But why is he giggling like an idiot? What is he doing? This guy is always on his phone ever since I moved here, the three days two nights, everywhere I go I see him. I looked at the bed below his and saw that Seiryuu was still sound asleep. He must have stayed up late partying, dumb bastard… didn't he have an early class today?
"Hey can you keep it down, I don't think Seiryuu got much sleep."
Despite my hate for this guy he did try and make me friends… ignoring the turmoil I went through because of his efforts and his foul mouthed comments he did have good intentions.
"Kekekeheheheh…!"
More giggling really? Was he even listening? Ah well, I don't care, it's better if Seiryuu wakes up anyway then he can still show up the class he was already 30 minutes late for…
I began packing my stuff, as usual I Kousaka Kyousuke, the super boring plain guy with no special hobbies or skills didn't have much to worry about when it comes to packing. Mainly porn magazines and the crap Kirino forced into my room because hers ran out of space.
In fact I think I'm packing more of her stuff than my own. Wow I do have a sad life.
I was quickly brushed aside as someone ran past me at lightning speed. Damn it, watch it. Eh, it was Randall, what's his rush…
Ahh… his phone, an iPhone like the one Kirino has… it was still on. If I remember correctly these things turn off briefly after having no usage and then it gets locked with a pass code. Well at least that's how Kirino's phone was. I glanced around; Randall is nowhere to be seen… Ahh I shouldn't snoop into other people's business…. But my curiosity got the better of me. What exactly is this guy keep giggling about.
Actually no, I don't care. Whatever it was, it doesn't concern me. B-but I just notice something…! There was some pillow, a large body pillow. Ah..! It was one of those hug pillows thingy that Kirino bought once before. On it was an image. An image of some anime girl in a really really erotic pose..!
"What the…"
Worse yet I have seen this character before. But where? Uhh hmm… I don't really watch anime outside of the ones that Kirino and Kuroneko forces on me so I honestly had no idea. But it really did look familiar like I've seen it before. Now I can't actually name all the Meruru and MASCHERA characters off the top of my head nor could I name them all even if their pictures were placed in front of me. But still I could recognize which character is from which anime, and this picture was from neither… Well why? One was very childish and vibrant in colors the other was very dark and detailed. This drawing has a different style than both. But I swear I've seen this from somewhere before…
"Why are you looking at my bed?" a voice spoke, it was heavy with a weird accent however the Japanese spoken was still very fluid.
I turned back and saw none other than Randall.
"Uh nothing, your pillow just caught my attention that's all."
"Oh…that…" he walked casually not even phased by the fact I saw such an erotic drawing of an anime girl printed on a pillow! Seriously this guy!
"If you wanted to see, just ask."
"Gah what! Don't act like I want to see it!"
"Hmph."
Ehh, what's with that snarky attitude? I didn't insult him or anything.
"That character looks very familiar, can I ask which anime it is from?"
"What? You don't know about the awesome Rino!?"
You know if I was drinking something I would surely threw it up or gag, one or the other… probably both.
I thought I saw it from somewhere before… Rino the main character from Maisora. Maisora the cell phone novel Kirino wrote…that got turned into an anime. Oh yeah I remember that torturous conversation like it was yesterday.
"Do you know Maisora is being turned into an anime?"
"Huh? The novel you wrote?
Kirino nodded proudly, she took up her cell phone, clacked some numbers in to unlock it, I glanced down and saw a whole cast of characters that are going to be in her new anime…
"No one knows about it yet, I've only told you, so keep it a secret understand?"
T-that arrogant tone she used when she bragged about it to me, damn! What can't my sister do? To think it got this western guy to buy a pillow over it as well.
Wait
Wait
Wait
That's disgusting! Rino was modeled off my little sister! I mean according to her she only half as cute as the real one but still! Her character and everything is like based off of her. Now I really feel like throwing up..!
"Ah…don't tell me you were reading it on your phone as well..!"
"No, I've finished both series of the novel a while back in America, now I'm just watching the anime, I can't wait for the new episode! Kekekeke."
S-Stop giggling like that! With that face, that laugh and that pillow… it'll make you look like a pervert! Wait you are one, d-damn, it's a good thing I'm moving out.
"I'm such a huge fan of Maisora, the author is simply a genius, what a natural talent."
"I didn't ask about any of that! Stop telling me! And don't call Kirino a genius!"
"Kirino..? Do you know the author?"
Damn me and my stupid mouth.
I wonder how Kirino would react when I tell her that I promised a signature on all his erotic fan arts for this creepy perverted otaku. Wait… Kirino is a pervert too so I guess she wouldn't mind.
Ahh speaking of her…
Today marks the first day I'll be living with Kirino. Alone. Damn I can't believe it, just a little more than a year ago my relationship with Kirino was so bad one would assume we were both complete strangers… and now… for it develop like it did now…
I feel giddy. Although I can never let Kirino know that. I mean she's just going to shout "SISCON!" "PERVERT" "IDIOT" "DIE"
I think if I had to choose one thing to brag about as my personal skill, it's definitely masking my emotions.
But in any case, I wonder how it will be. Hmm…
"I'm home."
"Ah… Kyousuke welcome back."
"Ahah Kirino, don't pretend to be all nice!"
"I-I'm not idiot! A-anyway, I'm preparing our dinner, so you don't have to worry about any of that."
"Ahh okay, I'll get right to my study then. College work is several steps ahead of high school…"
"W-well if Kyousuke is stressed, then maybe allow your imouto to give you a massage..?"
Ahh so meek and tamed, the blush on her cheeks! Too cute!
"Ahh!" her hands so soft and warm rubbing into my shoulders, while I'm busy studying. Too good! Just too good-
To be true.
Once I opened the door to our new apartment, I found Kirino lying on the couch in her usual position laying on top her stomach, swinging her long legs about… giggling about stupid gossip…
Yeah…
Too good to be true.
"I'm home."
And… ignored. What else could I expect? As if she would ever put away her phone to greet her aniki.
"Hey."
"Huh?"
"Welcome home Kyousuke."
My little sister is this cute..!