Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai:10 Year Reunion

The 10 Year Reunion

-------This story goes 10 years back.

10 years ago, meaning......When I had just met Kirino-san.

On a morning of a certain holiday, I being taken by Hinata onee-san, was on my way to the Kousaka residence.

I was wearing my favorite 'Comet-kun T-shirt', and plodding happily, holding hands with my beloved 'onee-chan' when nee-san noticed something and went “oh!”, and vigorously raised her hand.

“Oji-sa~~n! Good mor~~ning”

Hinata nee-san waves her arms with a beaming smile. She's a cheerful 5th grade elementary student whose trademark is her pigtails.

I also looked to where nee-san was looking. And over there stood an adult man. And when he noticed nee-san calling to him he,

“--yes, good morning”

He answers back with an austere voice. Because of his sturdy build and scary voice, I end up hiding behind my sister but, since his voice also sounded very gentle, I was able to relax a little.

“Good morning”

When I greeted him, oji-san shifts his sight to me and then,

“fu.......Good”

…........His smile is scary. I end up flinching a little.

I leave my sister's shadow, and enthusiastically bow down my head.

“Nice to meet you. I'm Gokou Tamaki”

“Nice to meet you too. I am Kousaka Daisuke”

“He's Kousaka-kun and Kiri-nee's father, Tama-chan”

“fuwaa”

I didn't think there was a lot of resemblance at all.

Nee-san without flinching the slightest speaks to him.

“hey~ hey~, oji-san, are you on your way back home now?”

“No. --I left something at home and was just on my way back to get it. It is a good thing I realized it before I reached the station”

“Heh~. You know something, the two of us were also on our way to visit oji-san's house actually~”

“Yes, I heard it from Kirino. Shall we go together then?”

“okay!”

I always thought about how amazing Hinata onee-san was for being able to make friends with just about anyone.

And so, we taken by oji-san, once again start heading for the Kousaka residence. But with us walking like this, we really looked like father and daughters.

--Just kidding. If Otou-san heard about this recollection, he would get mad huh.

Despite everyone slowing down to my walking pace, it didn't take too long to reach our destination.

“Shall we enter then?”

“Excuse me~~” “Excuse~ me”

I used to have a pretty garbled way of speaking back then, and just didn't seem to outgrow it very well huh.

By the way, I can't say I have outgrown it now either.....

Well then. Led by oji-san, I opened the door and went in but,

Just in front of us, a fearful event was taking place.

Dan dan dan dan dan! The one going down the stairs vigorously was---

“Uhhyo~~i! Tama-chan, Hina-chan welcome!”

A somewhat flashy mahou shoujo.

Wearing a pink outfit with her bellybutton showing, her figure with a staff in hands was the very image of Meruru.

However, her pigtailed hair was a brown color.

She who looked like, but was by no means Meruru, without even confirming who was at the entrance, was making her poses with great excitement.

“Stardust☆ Witch Meruru! Begins now~~~~♪! Look, look Tamachan, check out what I'm wearing! Isn't it amazing!? Isn't it way over amazing!? Cospa has finally done it! Up until now, they only made these small kid size you see~~!! Hey, only Kanako can fit into that, you hear!”

Uhihihi♪ with a blissful smile and brandishing her staff,

“Ultimate atta~ck! Meteo~~~~~~~~~! Impa......uge!”

Looks like she finally noticed,

That everyone standing there was making this face (°Д°)

“...........Kirino, what..... are you doing”

“......We, well.....A welcoming ceremony..... you see”

“You look like you're enjoying yourself huh”

“.......We, Well, I guess so”

This might have been the first time in my life I had seen someone cornered down this badly.

She was sweating beads.

“A, actually, Otou-san! Wha, whawhawha, what are you doing here!? Weren't you going to work this holiday......!?”

“I forgot to bring my bento, and came to get it back.--- and don't you change the subject”

“Kuu!.....Why now of all times......”

“.......Kirino, how old are you now?”

“......fif, fifteen”

“I see. Fifteen huh”

Oji-san glances at her bellybutton. His melancholic look directed at her spoke more than any word ever could.

Kirino-san blushes, hides her bellybutton using her hands, and looked away from her father.

“..............”

An unbearable atmosphere, was filling the entrance.

“......haa......if you were about 7, I would be able to praise you frankly but”

“N, no no, Oji-san! Kiri-nee you see, probably only did something this embarrassing to please Tama-chan, you know?”

Nee-san tries to help with an awkward follow-up, but oji-san cast a dubious look against Kirino-san.

“That's what you say but, she sure looked like she was enjoying herself, wouldn't you say?”

“Ah, no......I was just wondering if I looked cute as a mahou shoujo, you see”

Kirino-san squeezing her sides with her head hanging low, then looks up to Oji-san and,

“Ehe?”

“.................”

She was met with, overpowering silence. Even Hinata-san who was just watching from the sidelines went “uwaa......” with a somewhat turned off expression, and couldn't help but become silent.

Oji-san with a really troubled face, rubs his hand to his forehead,

“........Enough. …..Just do it in moderation, you hear”

Leaving those words, he trudged sadly towards the living room.

After the agitation at the entrance settled down somewhat, Kirino-san brought us to the living room.

This was the 2nd time we were coming here, but every time I saw this big television, my heart beat loudly.

I held on with great cherish to the staff I was borrowing and,

“Kirino onee-chan, thank you very much for inviting us today”

“Seriously. Thanks, Kiri-nee”

After watching over his melancholic back, Kirino-san sighs and speaks.

“.... do you think my cute pose worked?”

“I don't think so, Kiri-nee”

Hinata nee-san retorts with a serious face.

“Please let me hold that too”

And as for me, I was deeply interested in the staff Kirino-san was holding

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“You're welcome, Tama-chan, Hina-chan. Actually, no need to thank me. This is good for both of us, you know”

“Does Kirino onee-chan feel lonely with onii-chan going outside too?”

“No, not really........ it's not...... like that, you know”

Kirino-san pouts.

Explaining the situation; today, both Ruri nee-san and Kyousuke onii-chan are outside of the house.

And Hinata onee-san who had nothing to do, called Kirino-san not too long ago and,

“Hey~ Tama-chan, Kiri-nee is asking me ‘want to come play at my house?’ you know! You want to come too?”

And that's what happened.

Kirino-san let me see Meruru on her big television before, so the me back then, after being at loss for a while thought; ‘That person sure is creepy, huh’, I ended up cheerfully responding “okay!”

Which leads up to now.

“Hyahho~,itadakima~su!

Hinata onee-san went straight to grabbing the food.

Voraciously swallowing cookie after cookie, she was the very image of a hungry beast.

“Go ahead, eat as much as you please♪”

“Itadakima~su”

Surrounding the table, the 3 of us merrily ate the snacks.

Eventually, Hinata nee-san who finished eating before everyone then said.

“Kiri-nee, what are we playing today?”

“How about we take a bath together!?”

She dove in with incredible gusto. Somewhat turned off, onee-san then asks.

“eh~? Why~ do we have to start taking baths in the middle of the morning huh?”

“.........”

Kirino-san starts thinking about with a serious expression and,

“......In that case, let's go play outside to sweat some. And then, let's take a bath!”

“n, no, I hate sweating, you know. And since Tama-chan came to visit too, she wants to play inside, right?”

“yes!”

I cheerfully replied.

My interest, ever since I entered the living room, was completely nailed to the big television.

After being declined by both us sisters, Kirino-san pouts her lips in vexation.

“Ts~k, Geez.....Youngsters nowadays sure have grown soft huh~. You can't stay healthy if you don't play outside, you know?”

“No no, ‘youngsters’? That's not something for a junior high school student to say anyways!

Actually, back when I met you for the first time, I thought it was kind of weird but, just why is Kiri-nee so obsessed with us all taking baths?

Is that how you go Beast Mode?”

“Hm, if I had to say it, it's kind of a hobby of mine I guess”

She said it very proudly.

“You could also say it's the secret to my beauty” “Oh, I see~” Nee-san's gives a generic response as if to say “I'm so not interested”, while gulping down her juice. 10 years later, she now struggles daily against the fat in her legs but, I guess that's a story for another day huh. “Fuhihi, yep, that's right~. Imouto essence is great for your skin you see~” Thinking back about everything now, this person's statements were always very dangerous. Are you Elizabeth Báthory who used to bathe in the blood of virgin women by any chance? You are more of a witch than I am, really. “I don't really understand what you're saying anyways. Well, what should we play then?”

“pant pant! Ho, how about we play doctor or something!?”

Ignoring Kirino-san who just won't quit, Nee-san asked me instead. “What do you wanna play, Tama-chan? By the way~ I sure would like to play on the PS3~” I'm sure Nee-san came to this place so she could play on the game console she didn't have at home. But of course, I back then, with no way of knowing. Without reading the mood the slightest, said this. “Meruru!” Well then, how did my beloved 'Onee-chan' reacted to my unwanted proposal, you ask? “Ah~ that's what I thought you would say huh~. --All right, let's go watch Meruru then~?” Fufu......She's a wonderful onee-chan isn't she? I'm not giving her to anyone, you hear? “I'm sorry Kiri-nee~~, is that okay with you?” “Of course! There's no way I wouldn't grant the request of an imouto, right?!” Kirino-san completely into it, showed off her smile. “Actually, that was my intention all along, you know” “Isn't that completely different from what you said just now!?” “As I was saying, I was actually planning on us taking a bath, playing doctor, and after that, watch my Meruru recordings as well as BD's all along!”