After a week like the one I just had, the weekend is welcomed with open arms, and I'm hoping to make good use of it.

My sister plans to use her time to read more books, I think. Not sure exactly which kind; might be textbooks, might be... her other kind, but I'm sure she'll be relaxed regardless.

As for me? I'm going out to buy a game.

I managed to work a deal out with Kouta yesterday- I got a fourth of all proceeds he'd made off me that he still had on hand, and get the same deal on everything he makes off me in the future. This resulted in me suddenly having more money than I could possibly know what to do with come yesterday evening, when he dropped by to deliver it. I don't think I've ever had this much yen on hand before in my life. If this is only a fourth of what he's made off just me, and of that only what he hadn't already spent... Kouta basically has his own business going. A pretty lucrative one, too. Wow.

Anyways, I definitely have enough money to pick up that game Himeji suggested now, so that's what I'm doing. I didn't make much progress on my "Realization" plan on Thursday or Friday, so I'm making up for lost time now.

It takes me a little longer to get to the video game store than it probably should have- I've never been here before, so I had to use a map.

Okay, let's see... where in this store should I be looking for this game? There's games everywhere in here, and things aren't labeled all that clearly. It should be a computer game though, right? I sure hope so, I never asked, and I don't own any consoles...

...Ah, found it!

I pick up the game case and examine the front. Three guys, each with a different hair color and shirt- the latter of which all seem to be slipping off- stare back at me, winking.

Can't say I know what's normal for video games, so okay then.

The female cashier only seems to be a little older than I am. While she's ringing up my selection, she glances up at me with lidded eyes and smiles knowingly. I can't return the expression, because I have no idea why she's giving it. What is that look supposed to mean?

The blank stare I give her in return elicits a small giggle for some reason before she bags the game and I hand over the money.

"Have fu-un!" she calls to my back as I leave the store, sing-songing the last word for some reason. Fun isn't really why I bought this, but hopefully it at least won't be boring. With any luck, I'll learn something useful from this.


...I'm about an hour or so in to this thing, and I'm becoming more and more confused. It started out as a sort of... dating simulator, I think is the term, with a female protagonist and about five different guys you could choose to interact with to varying degrees depending on your choices. I was still on board at this point. It makes sense, getting to know different aspects of "manliness" from each of them by getting close to them. My plan was to commit to whoever I figured I would most want to emulate, and then study them in particular to see what traits I should be trying to cultivate.

But the protagonist's best friend draws stuff involving these guys you're trying to romance that seems to involve some of them getting together, despite what I thought your actual goal in this game was. Plus, practically every scene that includes more than one of these guys has at least one still shot of them, surrounded by sparkles, with their faces in close to each other. It's reminding me more and more of...

Huh. Are all video games like this? Guys like Akihisa and Yuuji play this sort of thing? I didn't realize my sister shared any interests with them at all.

Maybe once I'm finished I can give this to her to see if it could help make amends? She's been avoiding me since Thursday's summoning incident other than to get breakfast and dinner, both of which she carries up to her room. A gift might help fix things up a bit, especially if it's like a playable version of her books.


"HIIIIIDEEEEYOOOO- GAH!"

I look up from where I'm making breakfast the next morning to see Yuuko, having charged downstairs screaming my name only to stop dead in the doorframe, looking at me with... er, horror?

"Um. What is it, sis?"

She holds up the game I left at her door with trembling hands. I'd finished two endings before cementing my opinion that it probably wasn't going to be of much use to me. Interesting characters, but overall not very helpfu-

"Th-this game," Yuuko stutters out, "Where did you- nevermind that for now, WHAT are you wearing?!"

I look down.

"...an apron?"

"WHERE'S THE REST OF YOUR CLOTHES?!" she shrieks.

Well, I just got up, so I've only got on my underwear and the apron, but-

"PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!"

Oh come on, this is already MORE than I'm supposed to be wearing with it!


"Now that THAT embarrassment is over," Yuuko says after I go get changed to accommodate whatever issue she had with the apron, "WHY did I find this sitting in front of my room this morning?!"

She holds out the game out under my nose, as if I don't already know what it is.

"So you don't want it then?" I ask, disappointed.

"It's... not that..." Yuuko fidgets, looking uncomfortable. "It's just... why do you have this...?"

"Well, I bought it for me, but after playing it I figured you'd-"

"You WHAT?!"

Another bizarre chase around the house begins, and I reflect on the sad fact that maybe I just don't understand my sister at all anymore.