Chapter 13

"Nonsense"I said outright.

After hearing Tobe's story about brother badmouthing a girl who was supposed to be the Festival Committee Chairman and remembering what Komachi had told what happened I was easily able to piece it all together.

That idiot girl was playing the victim and blaming brother for her own incompetence.

Why the hell Hachiman didn't say anything to me?

Right now I'm seething with rage.

"Now,now!"Yui said nervously,raising her hands"We don't hate Hiki..."

"Maybe you should tell that Chairman to do her job!"I said it and noticed Tobe squirming a bit.

In fact everyone looked a bit on guard.

A girl with short haired and glasses lost her what seemed to me a perverted look,I'm not sure but it looked creepy.

Oh yeah,there were also two other guys but I forgot their names already.

"It's obvious that girl was slacking off.

Why didn't anyone else take charge."

The blonde guy spoke up

"Now,now!We didn't mean to talk badly about your brother"

He smiled in a way I recognised.

Like when doctors and nurses give a fake smile to reassure me that everything is alright.

And I hated that.

He wanted to sweep everything under the rug even if Hachiman had to keep being scapegoat as a bad guy.

"You know what,I'm not hungry anymore"

I paid for my share and walked out of there,ignoring Hayama's attempts to calm me down.

I stepped outside of that place and the street was still busy.

"Rikka-san!"I stopped on hearing Saika's call as he ran up next to me.

I was a bit surprised

"Saika,you don't have to interrupt your dinner because of me."I felt a little guilty for walking off like that and gave an apologetic smile"I was caught a bit off guard on what I heard"

He shook his head

"No,I should be the one to apologise"

Now I was really surprised

"What for?"

I really had no idea.

He took a breath and looked at me with a serious face.

He actually looked less girly right now.

"I knew there was something more regarding the rumours but I acted like nothing was wrong."he actually had a pained expression"I consider him my friend and I did nothing to defend him"

He didn't had to blame himself like this.

I'm pretty sure brother did had some twisted logic behind what he did and I'm sure as hell I'll interrogate him about it.

I lightened up a bit and nudged him playfully

"Hey now!Don't work yourself up over it.

I know he's a bit messed up in his head and it's the job of slightly younger sister to place him back at the right path"

Saika giggled at that,it actually worked.

"Let me walk you home"

He offered and I agreed

"If it's alright with you then sure,let's go"

We started to walk towards our destination and decided for now not to talk about him.

Hachiman would be surprised when Saika comes over at our place.

Now that I thought about it,the way my brother acts around Saika was kind of suspicious but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.