My Plain-looking Fiance is Secretly Sweet with Me Volume 3 - Chapter 2

Chapter 2
Looks like my fiance’s [brother] is coming to greet me

“Yuu-kun! Look at this! Special technique…”

[Voice Charge! Max Talking! Special technique—Shouting Shoot!]

“Chiiyuuuduuaaar!”

Holding the [Talking Breaker] voice gun toy in her hand, Yuuka let out a 'Chiyuuuuduuaaar' sfx.

“How’s it going, Yuu-kun?”

Even if she asks me that, I don't even know what kind of comment to make.

While I was at loss for an answer, Yuuka puffed out her cheeks.

“You should’ve reacted more! We watched the latest episode of [Kamen Runner Voice] together, right?! This is a demonstration of that episode!”

In a light blue one-piece dress, she tossed her black hair. Her eyes look sharp, and she made a satisfied expression as if she was a [Kamen Runner].

Really, today my fiancé is in high tension.

“Sakata Yuuichi—fight! Fighting is love, and love is…, [the voice of the earth].”

Oh, I remember that line.

It's the kind of line that comes out to encourage morale in a heated situation, but when you listened to it calmly, it's the kind of line where you'll feel like you don't understand what it means.

However, Yuuka who seemed to be at the highest point of tension, closed her eyes and clenched her fists.

“[Kamen Runner Voice] is really interesting, isn't it, Yuu-kun? …I've never actually watched tokusatsu works before…, but when Momo-chan recommended it to me, I became addicted to it!”

Momo-chan she's referring to here is our classmate, Nihara Momono, a girl with long brown hair and bright eyes. She had the appearance of a gyaru, with large breasts sticking out of her blazer.

Before, I called that girl an extroverted gyaru, but when I learned the secret she was hiding..., my opinion of her has changed a lot.

Although on the outside she looks like gyaru, on the inside she is an otaku who really likes tokusatsu.

“The Super Corps series is interesting too! When I see [Hanami Corps Mankaiger]—I want to see cherry blossoms!”

“Well, the only problem is that the broadcast time of the show doesn't coincide with the cherry blossom season.”

As Yuuka said, the [Kamen Runner Voice] and [Hanami Corps Mankaiger] that we started watching because of Nihara-san's recommendation were indeed interesting.

I'm curious as to why Nihara-san doesn't recommend those series to her other friends…, no, I don't think there's any way she can recommend them.

I don't even recommend the Alice Stage game that I worship like a god to anyone. After all, if my beloved Yuuna-chan is made fun of—a commotion will definitely occur.

The same goes for Nihara-san. If someone made fun of a tokusatsu work that she liked, even if that person was her friend, she would definitely get angry——that's why, because to Nihara-san both her friend and the tokusatsu were equally valuable, she decided to keep her hobby as e secret.

But, after a lot of things happened, Nihara-san told Yuuka the secret she had. And in return—whether this can be called like that or not—Yuuka also told Nihara-san that she is my fiancé, and we’ve been living together.

The result is the current situation.

“Alright! The first school day tomorrow will be filled with tokusatsu talk with Momo-chan! Yuuka, Momo-chan, the two of us are friends!”

Yuuka's love for Nihara-san has reached its peak.

Well, I don't know exactly what kind of social relationship Yuuka has as a voice actress, but at school, Yuuka didn't have any friends. It was because she was bad at communicating, and she also had the impression that she didn't let anyone get close to her.

Hence, it makes me happy to see my clumsy fiancé finally getting along with someone else, but...

[Voice Bullets! Max Talking! Special technique—Shouting Shoot!]

“Chiiyuuidooaar!”

...I'm still hoping for her to dampen his overly high tension a bit.

Though the first day of school was tomorrow, but since this morning she had been in this high-tension state.

Clack——at that moment, the door to the living room opened.

“…What are you doing, Yuuna-chan? Erm…, did you accidentally eat a strange mushroom?”

Staring at Yuuka who was having fun with a toy gun and making a shrill sound, a girl with short black hair with a neutral face that it was hard to tell whether she was a boy or a girl walked into the living room.

Her navel peeked through the t-shirt she was wearing under her jeans jacket, and her slender legs were sticking out of her shorts.

Yes, she is my little sister who is in her second year of middle school, Sakata Nayu,

“I've told you this many times, Nayu! You should’ve called me if you wanted to come back here!”

“Hah? It's really annoying to hear you always say that. Besides, it’s up to me to come back here whenever I want, right? Haaah…, it's really disgusting to have a brother who restrains his middle school sister too much.”

When I said a word, she would reply to me with a double. Good grief, she's still the little sister with the poisonous mouth and arrogant.

Putting down her carry-on bag, Nayu clicked her tongue and started to speak.

“Stop playing with that toy and be more flirting. Hurry up for making a baby so I don't have to worry anymore.”

“Don't say something like that, you idiot'!”

“Th-That's right, Nayu-chan! S-Something like that is still too soon…!”

Normally, Nayu lives overseas where our father is assigned, but during the summer holiday, she stays here. She spends her satisfying summers traveling with his friends in Japan.

“...So? You're done with your trip, right? Don't you want to go back to dad's place?”

“Hah? Are you trying to get rid of this cute little sister of yours? How scary... Oh, I see, this must be what is called domestic violence. Yuuka-chan, you have to be careful, this guy—he's a rough husband-to-be.”

“Aren't you taking my words too much? Besides, I didn't tell you to leave!”

“Is that so? In that case, I’ll stay here a little longer.”

Seeing the exchange I had with Nayu..., Yuuka chuckled, and then, she carried Nayu's carry-on bag into the living room.

“You two always get along, don't you? Seeing you guys makes me smile too.”

“W-We don't get along!”

“Yeah, yeah. Really, you're so cute, Nayu-chan! It makes me envy…, I wish I had a little sister like you too.”

Seeing Yuuka who was smiling brightly while saying that, I suddenly felt uncomfortable.

I'm pretty sure that Yuuka also has a sibling, but for some reason, I feel like I don't really want to talk about that topic.

---

“Yo, Yuichi... how are you?”

“Looks like you're so tired.”

Masaharu Kurai, aka Masa, smiled wryly while touching his disheveled hair. The dark circles that were etched under the black-rimmed glasses he was wearing looked really bad.

Masa and I have been friends since we were in middle school, but this is the first time I've seen Masa looking so exhausted like this.

“What happened to you? At least if you want to talk, I’ll listen to you, Masa.”

“Thanks, Yuuichi... Actually, for the past three days, I attended the Alice Stage event without sleeping, so I didn't get enough sleep——”

“Ah, that’s enough, don't talk anymore.”

I feel so stupid for worrying about him.

“Yaa-hoo, Sakata!”

The one who called out to me while slapping my back was none other than the [extroverted gyaru] who has now become a [tokusatsu-loving gyaru], Nihara-san.

When Nihara-san saw Masa, she sighed.

“I'm guessing that Kurai must have played games to the point of not getting enough sleep, right? Good grief, you really are an idiot for being so lethargic just from playing games.”

“Like I care whatever you want to say! After all, thanks to that, I was able to get so many of my waifu, Ranmu-sama..., so I’ve absolutely no regrets! But well, someone like you who doesn't have any special hobbies won't understand how I feel!”

“Hahaha, you’ve a point.”

Even though seh looks like this, but Nihara Momono—(according to LINE's research with Yuuka) she went to school after 24 hours straight watching past tokusatsu masterpieces.

Maybe she doesn't have any visible dark circles under her eyes, but it must be because she hides them with makeup.

Masa, I can't tell you this directly, but… surprisingly Nihara-san is also someone who stands by the side of people like us, you know?

“Oh, Watanae-san!”

As I was lost in my thoughts, Nihara-san started waving her hand at the person in front of her, namely Yuuka who was in school mode.

She tied her hair in a ponytail, wore a neat blazer according to school rules. Up to that point everything was normal, but she was surprisingly expressionless. The eyes peeking out from her thin-rimmed glasses looked squinted…, giving off a sense of intimidation.

In her completely different appearance from when she was in the house, Yuuka responded coldly to Nihara-san.

“...It’s been a while, Nihara-san.”

Uuugh, I can't wait to meet Momo-chan. What should I do if I grin when I meet her?

Last night, Yuuka muttered that, but...

“How are you, Watanae-san? I'm so glad to see you again!”

“Normal.”

Heck, the response was really cold.

Far from grinning, she didn't even move a single muscle in her face!

The first school day tomorrow will be filled with tokusatsu talks with Momo-chan!

“Hey, have you seen the film that I recommended to you…?”

“I’ve.”

“So what do you think?”

“Nothing special.”

Yesterday you had a lot of fun playing [Talking Breaker], right?

Yuuka, Momo-chan, the two of us are friends!

“...Well, it's not like that I want to hear your opinion here too. Well, then, can I come to visit your house another time?”

“Why?”

“Isn't it obvious that I want us to talk slowly? After all, we have a lot to talk about, don't we?”

“Not really.”

Heck, where's the friend concept she talked about yesterday?

But well, because Yuuka is really bad at communicating, she's always been a salty character at school. Because of that, I can understand that it's not easy for her to change that character...

“Lessons are about to start, so let's end this conversation here.”

“You're still as cold as ever, aren't you… But well, you're cute like this too!”

And thus, the first day of school in early August ended in a way that Yuuka herself didn't want.
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“…Hmm, so that's the reason why Yuuka-chan seems so depressed?”

While looking at the listless Yuuka in the living room at home, Nayu said that,

Lying on the sofa facing me, Yuuka kept muttering something like “Why am I wasting my time like that”, “I really am an idiot...”.

“Nihara-san knows your personality…, so I'm sure everything will be fine as long as you follow up on LINE.”

“Uuu…, thanks for giving kind words to this stupid me, Yuu-kun…”

Heck, she's really depressed.

But even so, she managed to muster up her will to pick up her phone and fiddle with the screen——

“…Eh?!”

Just then, Yuuka frowned.

While keeping her face expressionless, she then put her phone to her ear.

“…Hello, what's wrong? I'm busy right now... Eh? Next Monday? Don't make decisions on your own like that. At least ask Yuu-kun's schedule first... Huh? Wouldn't it be fine if I called my future husband like that... Huh? What do you mean by [you can call me 'kun' too]? Isami is still Isami! Anyway, here we also have our own plans——”

With a tone that sounded even fiercer than usual, Yuuka suddenly stood up with the phone in her hand.

“Hey, did you hear me, Isami?! ——Eh, the phone has been hung up! Mou~!”

“W-What’s wrong, Yuuka?”

Seeing Yuuka looking annoyed, I timidly asked her that.

When I thought that she was taken aback by my question, Yuuka then looks shyly.

“Erm…, sorry for the noise.”

“I heard you say Isami...kun? Could it be...”

He is Yuuka's [little brother]?

As I was about to ask such a question, Yuuka nodded her head.

With a face that seemed difficult to speak, she opened her mouth:

“Isami said that next Monday…, my family will come to greet you, Yuu-kun.”

Even though it was our parents who made the decisions as they pleased, it was a fact that we were engaged.

I've also prepared my mental that sooner or later this event to meet my fiance's family will definitely happen, but even so...., isn't this too soon?

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