Volume 1 - CH 29

My Little Sister Doesn’t Know Her Brother is Reckless

It’s only been three months since Haruta got his moped license.

Moreover, Haruta only ridden his motorcycle within the prefecture, he has never gone out of the prefecture using Reizen-go.

“Scary!”

Haruta suddenly screams so.

It’s already a little past 10PM, and of course the roads are quite dark.

No matter how many streetlights there are, it’s really different from riding a motorcycle during the day.

Moreover, Haruta is on a completely unfamiliar road.

Haruta drives on the main road as much as he can, but sometimes there are huge trucks passing by. It scares Haruta quite a bit, Haruta didn’t know there are this much trucks at night.

“It’s so cold! Come on, it’s still October! How can it be this cold!?”

Haruta is dressed in his usual hoodie and jeans.

Haruta is fine with this clothing when he takes a walk, but the cold air gets through his clothes when he’s riding Reizen-go at night. It’s as if the cold night wind is piercing through his clothes.

“…I can’t turn back now!”

Even though the night road is very scary and cold, Haruta can’t go back now. He has decided that he wants to meet Fuyu.

Haruta is in no mood to sit on the train doing nothing right now, so he decided to go there riding Reizen-go.

“It’s scary! It’s cold!”

Haruta screamed so and accelerates at full speed with Reizen-go.

Haruta remembers something, he hasn’t told Fuyu about his motorcycle.

Haruta will have a hard time explaining about his motorcycle name to Fuyu. Besides, it’s likely Fuyu will oppose Haruta riding a motorcycle because it’s dangerous.

Haruta has sent his father a Line message, but he hasn’t replied.

Tomorrow is a normal school day, so Haruta is sure that Matsukaze will have something to say about it later.

Of course Haruta still has his part time job to worry about, but the manager would just laugh and forgive him about it, even though Minami would most likely complain to Haruta.

If Haruta doesn’t show up for his part time job, then Minami’s work would be doubled.

Reizen also often asks Haruta, her tutor, questions regarding her studies, but it seems that Haruta won’t be able to answer them tonight and tomorrow.

Above all, Haruta wonders how angry Akiho would be being left alone like that.

Haruta understands that his action will make his friends around him angry.

But still, he decided to drive down the unfamiliar road at night.

Reizen-go continues riding down the dark road—

Haruta is desperate to know what Fuyu is hiding from him.

Haruta can only see mountains and greenery as far as his eyes can see.

The area is now completely lit by street lights and Haruta can see the road clearly.

“Still a long way to go…”

Haruta pulls Reizen-go over to the side of the road, parks it, turns off the engine, and takes a break.

A peaceful countryside scenery.

The area is surrounded by fields, and there are no houses can be seen nearby.

In the end—Haruta rides Reizen-go all night long.

Haruta didn’t take much break, he only went to a few convenience stores along the way for warm drinks and restroom.

“Hah… I’ve come a long way…”

Of course, since Haruta is riding Reizen-go, he can’t use the expressway.

According to the navigation system on Haruta’s phone, it would take six hours to arrive there.

However, Haruta was riding on a completely unknown road at night.

He couldn’t look at his phone while riding his bike, so he took a few wrong turns—In the end, it took about nine hours for Haruta to get there.

No wonder Reizen wanted the train to go backwards, it’s very far away.

Fatigue is a problem for Haruta as well.

He doesn’t get to sleep for even a second and it’s really hard to ride a motorcycle at night.

On top of that, the cold weather chills him to the bone.

“I just want to lay down and take a rest…”

But of course, Haruta can’t do that.

Haruta puts Fuyu’s address, the Fuyuno family house—into his navigation system.

It would take less than five minutes to get there by Reizen-go.

“7 AM…”

Haruta checks the time on his phone, which is on the verge of running out of battery.

Fuyu would still be at home now.

If possible, Haruta would like to meet Fuyu before she leaves for school.

“Almost there…”

Then Haruta took some rest for a while.

“I don’t want Fuyu to see my exhausted face. Maybe I should rest some more— No, no, no, I’ll definitely fall asleep at this point.”

As Haruta tries to check the route on his phone again—

“What?”

The time on Haruta’s phone shows 8:02AM.

“Ah… I took a rest for a while and ended up resting for a whole hour.”

Haruta’s body is more exhausted than he thought it would be.

Haruta never thought travelling long distance by a motorcycle would be this tiring.

But Haruta can’t rest any longer.

Haruta starts the engine and rides Reizen-go once again.

“I’m almost there, Fuyu…”

Haruta turns off the engine and parks Reizen-go in front of a store, or rather, was a store.

The building seems about to collapse at second now.

Since there is no one to ask permission, Haruta decides to park there.

There is an old building about fifty meters ahead.

A shed—or is it a warehouse?

Haruta sees a few people going in there.

It’s hard to see each person’s face in such distance, but they are all dressed in a black sailor-like uniform.

The uniform looks familiar from the photos Fuyu sent—

Haruta walks toward the warehouse.

Haruta can’t see their faces clearly—but he thinks he sees a familiar face.

“That’s why I’ll be in trouble if you keep daydreaming in class.”

“……”

A sharp voice came from inside the warehouse.

The entrance has shutter windows.

There are five bicycles in front of the warehouse.

It seems that all these schoolgirls in sailor suits commute to school by bicycle.

Haruta can see some schoolgirls behind those shutters.

Haruta takes out his phone.

“Whenever you’re in class, the atmosphere gets tense, you know?”

“You always look like you’re really bored, even I get annoyed when I see your face.”

“But that transfer student is a real eyesore, isn’t she? It’s annoying to see her sulk all the time.”

“…nobody would listen to what I’m saying.”

Haruta is startled hearing that weak voice.

Haruta’s legs almost ran towards the voice on its own, but he managed to control himself.

The conversation is still going on.

“What, so it’s our fault?”

“You are so nervous all the time that I can’t understand a single word you’re saying. Your conversation is boring as s**t, and I don’t even know anything about your school before you transferred here.”

Haruta can tell by their voices that they are in an acrimonious mood.

There must be around four or five people there telling from their voices.

“If you have a problem here, why don’t you just transfer into another school?”

“I-I don’t transfer here because I wanted to either…”

“You don’t talk much to girls, but don’t let the guys make you feel so good about yourself! Don’t get ahead of yourself just because you have a beautiful face!”

“I-I’m not doing anything like that…!”

“All of the students here are talking behind your back, you know!?”

“Those honorifics also pisses me off…what do you think you are, a young lady? You’re not rich, are you? You have a normal house just like the rest of us.”

“No, that’s not it…I just have a habit of using honorifics…”

“That’s a lie. You’re just trying to get people’s attention.”

“Seriously all the boys are being deceived.”

“I mean, you do have a pretty face and nice b*****s…”

“That’s true.”

“Ah!”

A small shout can be heard at the same time as Haruta took a photo.

“Many people want to have your photo. Even the alumni are asking for it.”

“Kyaa…!”

This time a scream can be heard as Haruta took a photo.

“Yamazaki said he would pay 500 yen for a photo of Fuyuno’s panty. That guy is an idiot.”

“Ah, I got it… she’s wearing spats today as well. Fuyuno, you never forget to wear them, do you? Why don’t you serve the boys once in a while?”

“No, please, don’t take a picture of my skirt…please, stop…”

“It’s fine. It’s just a prank between girls.”

“You even don’t change clothes with the rest of us girls for PE. That is really annoying, you know?”

“I think you’re being too self-conscious. We won’t take a picture of you while changing.”

“B-But…”

“But what? That kind of thing really pisses me off! Finish your sentence, tell us what you’re talking about!”

“Unlike the rest of you guys, Fuyu has good manners.”

Haruta is at his limit.

Never in Haruta’s life a couple of minutes felt so long.

Even for such a short time, Haruta had to endure it with all this patience, but he couldn’t listen to it any longer.

Haruta walks through the entrance and approaches those girls.

There are four girls in sailor-like suits.

And—there is one girl who is surrounded by them, pushed back to a wall.

“O…o-onii-chan…?”

“I’m sorry Fuyu. I should’ve come out earlier.”

Haruta stands in front of those girls with his arms folded in front of him.

Haruta knows he is late, but it is still not too late.

Haruta can’t afford to do any mistake here—

Haruta stares into each one of those girls’ eyes sharply—and finally, Haruta gently looks at Fuyu’s face.