Episode 349: Popular period?

While being scolded by Aki, we arrive at the entrance.

"Th, this is ..."

"Isn't this a Love Letter in a shoe locker!! As expected, you are an enemy!! Stay right there!!"

Several letters are in the shoe locker.

Seeing that makes Aki even angrier.

"Wa, wait a minute, it's strange no matter how you think about it."

"What's strange! Damn you!"

I panic and try to calm him down, but Aki won't listen.

If it is just the first one, well, miraculously, there was someone who liked me, I could have been honestly happy with that, but it's strange that there are multiple letters that look like love letters in the shoe locker.

"Until yesterday, there were no such signs, and I didn't change anything, and it's normal that it won't suddenly change like this."

"You don't know that!!"

Aki threatens me through clenched teeth.

"No, even if you say so, the possibility is not zero, so I can't deny it, but even so, the possibility is extremely low. That's why there must be some reason."

"What kind of reason is it!!"

"I've thought about it many times, but I have no idea."

In short, there must be some reason for this. However, no matter how much I think about it, I can't think of any reason why I would be treated like this.

Even when my appearance changed to the extent that I no longer looked out of place around beautiful girls due to the SpaEmo treatment, there was nothing at all, what exactly happened to make it like this now.

"If that's the case, then you just made yourself more popular!! That's enough!!"

Aki turns around and walks away with an even gloomier face than before.

"Nn."

For some reason, Shia sticks to me.

"What happened?"

"Fuu-kun is cool. Naturally popular. As your wife, I'm proud."

"No, no, we're not yet married, are we."

When I ask Shia, she naturally emphasizes her wife position.

"Not yet, means that it will be so in the future. In other words, there is no doubt that we are already married now."

"No, wait, that theory is absolutely ridiculous."

I shake my hand and head to the side towards Shia who catches my words and develops her own theory.

"If you want a Love Letter, shall I give you one that's about 1,000 sheets of manuscript paper, desu?"

Shia skillfully pushes Noelle away while talking to me. Even so, Noelle approaches me without losing out and appeals by emphasizing the pronunciation of the Love Letter part in a cool way.

"1,000 sheets of manuscript paper is no longer a Love Letter."

1,000 sheets of manuscript paper is 400,000 characters. It's already at the level of a three volume blockbuster. What's going on in Noelle's head that it's considered to be light?

"By the way, I can't come up with an answer even if I think about it here any longer, so I'll put it on hold and think about it later. Let's go to the classroom now."

"That's right."

"Nn."

"Yes, desu."

For the time being, I pretend that I had thrown the letter into my expansion bag and store it in the shadows, and everyone hurries to the classroom.

When I check my smartphone during lunch, there is a message back from Rei.

[ In that case, it would be better to go sooner, so I'll visit the Satou Family home after school today. ]

That's what it says.

"Alright. Even so, you're always matching my schedule, but aren't you overdoing it? I'm grateful, but it's okay if you don't force yourself to match my schedule. Give priority to yourself, okay? Over"

I am worried that she would be burdened because she is always thinking about us.

It's really reliable and helpful for us, but it's usually in the form of pushing troublesome things.

[ Alright. Even though things may appear this way, I've lived longer than you guys, so I bear that in mind. So, don't worry about it, just leave it to me. But, thank you for your concern. ]

In response to my reply, a manly reply is returned.

After all, she is a very reliable older sister.

"Welcome back."

As soon as class ends, we meet up and arrive at the house, where Rei, who was already there, greets us.

"Here, you guys sit down and drink this too."

As soon as we enter the living room, my mother brings tea and asks us to take a seat. We follow my mother's instructions and sit at the table.

Zu zu zuu. We enjoy tea for a while.

"Well then, I will talk about the request I received if everyone's settled down. I thought about the possibility of information being leaked, so I've already checked things considering that, so it's fine."

The six people here are my mother, me, Nanami, Shia, Amane, and Rei. Of course, Noelle isn't a member of our party, so she's not here. Mira is also at Makoto-san-tachi's place, so she isn't here.

After hearing the details from Rei, we once again confirm that there are no problems, confirm the future flow, and end the conversation.

"Fuu-kun. Got a Love Letter."

"Eh!? Onii-chan, you got a Love Letter!?"

When the business conversation ends and the conversation turns to chat, Shia reveals that. Nanami is terribly surprised by that fact.

That's right, there's no way I can get a Love Letter.

"Ahh, actually ..."

I start talking about the events that happened today in order.

"I wonder if I was a little careless ..."

After listening to the story, Rei looks down and mutters something.

"What's wrong, Rei."

"No, it's nothing. It's something else."

I ask about it out of curiosity, but it doesn't seem like there is anything in particular, and Rei quietly shakes her head.

If Rei says it's nothing, then it must be so.

I decide not to worry about it.