Chapter 20
"Will you stop sulking like a drama queen already?"Rikka told her brother who had been just lying on his bed ever since returning from middle school.
She had been hearing bits and pieces of him having a hard time,particularly when it came to girls.
She felt she knew the reason for his current heartache.
"Did you confess to another girl again?"she probed and his body tensed up a bit.
That was the answer to her question.
She sighed and shook her head.
"At least invite her home first to see if she is interested in you."
While her interactions outside of family had reduced to almost none she knew enough to judge people by appearance.
She didn't even read boy magazines Komachi started to borrow from her friends,not that she'll ever criticize her hobby.
She sat next to him at the side of his bed.
"I should have listened to you"he said weakly.
Unexpectedly,she snorted and shook her head.
"I'm glad that you didn't."
He was surprised by this and he turned to look at her.
"Because you see..."
He listened carefully while she paused for a moment and then sighed.
"I was jealous and being condescending. A literal stay at home person like should be the last person passing judgement."
This was certainly he was not expecting and it took time for him to process.
"Jealous of me,a literal loser."
She flicked him on the forehead and he yelped kn pain.
"Ow!What was that for!"
She shook her head.
"You are getting more and more self-self-depreciating rants lately. Dad and Komachi are already calling you out about your dead fish eyes. Atleast mom still loves you."
Hachiman took offense to what she just said.
"What is with people talking badly about my eyes?!"
While things seemed to get rougher for Hachiman in the future but some things never changed in his family and he was grateful for that.