I quit my job at a major publishing house and, after being recruited by the deputy editor-in-chief, ended up launching a new label.
I met with Editor-in-Chief Kamimatsu for detailed consultations at a nearby café.
It was just past nine o’clock at night.
I made it back to my apartment building. “I’m beat…”
Habitually, I headed straight for the bedroom.
I’d been busy with post-departure paperwork and sorting out my belongings.
Still, getting home this early compared to usual really shows just how shitty my previous environment was. Coming home at dawn was practically normal. “Time to sleep…”
I shuffled along, dazed, toward the bedroom.
Without even changing out of my clothes, I collapsed onto the bed… squish… ♡
“Huh? S-so soft… wha… t’s…”
…There, a black-haired high school girl was sleeping.
“Mmm~… ♡ Zzz… ♡ Sensei~… ♡” It was Nanaeko, the older of the twin JKs.
Why is Nanae here…?
She didn’t even know it was my bed…?
Ah, no, I slept in a different room this morning…
“Mmm…♡ Teacher…♡”
Nanae hugged onto me tightly.
A large, soft sensation pressed against my chest. …That’s when I realized it.
Nanae was only wearing a single shirt.
No bra, no underwear—just the shirt over it.
And on top of that… that wasn’t even my dress shirt.
My underwear had been carelessly tossed aside at the foot of the bed.
Wearing my shirt, in my bed, barely clothed like this…
What the hell was Nanae up to…?
And just as I was left completely bewildered…
“Oh, Akarin’s gone home…” “Ah, Akari…?”
My twin sister, Akari, the blonde gal.
She was wearing a skirt and shirt with an apron over it.
Her blue eyes darted between me and Nana before widening in surprise.
But the next moment, she flashed a sly grin.
“Okei. I get it, Akarin.”
“Hold on a sec. You’ve got a major misunderstanding going on here.”
“Nah, nah, just enjoy yourself then— bye-bye!”
“I’m literally telling you to stop right there.”
Hearing all the commotion, Nana finally stirred awake.
”…Mmmph, At-chan… it’s so loud…” Nana whined like a little baby.
Come to think of it, my sister has low blood pressure and suffers terribly when she wakes up.
“Sis, this is bad! Okarin’s home. You were wearing her shirt and sleeping in her bed—we got found out.” “I was… wait, seriously?”
Was that after she’d been masturbating…?
”!?！？！？！？！？！？！？！”
Nanako, who had looked sleepy, snapped awake in an instant.
Her face flushed a deep red in a flash; she looked at me… and turned even redder.
“N-n-no! It’s not what you think! This isn’t…”
Nanako shook her head vigorously—thump, thump, thump!
Because she wasn’t wearing a bra, her breasts bounced and jiggled with the motion. Ah, the other person is just a kid… a child.
“I know what I’m thinking, but Okarin’s eyes locked onto your sister’s bouncy, massive boobs—” “Akari!!!!!!!” “Hehe~★ Sasen ★”
Before long, we made our way to the living room. “Whoa… this is…”
“How? Totally different, right? This living room?”
There, spread out before him, was a living room in perfect order. Not a single thing was left on the floor.
The laundry that had been piled in the corner of the room was now neatly folded.
The flooring gleamed with a bright shine. Had he waxed it…? “Who the hell did this?” “Hm? Me, obviously.”
“……S-sorry, sensei-.”
Her older sister, Nana, looked apologetic.
Incidentally, she was properly dressed.
“…I tried to stop her. Telling her not to go rummaging through sensei’s house on her own like that.”
“Aww. Big sister really doesn’t need to be so polite. It’s fine to use the cleaning supplies, right? And if you leave laundry alone, it gets all wrinkled, you know? Besides, I don’t mind at all.”
“Ah, y-yes… And, thank you.”
“Anytime, anytime. I’ll forgive you with a reward kiss~ ♡” “Don’t get cocky.” He flicked Akari’s forehead.
Heh heh ♡ She smiled happily.
“…Akari. You… really are… sorry for my sister being so rude and making a mess of things.”
“Nah, it’s fine. Just like Akari said, you don’t need to be that stand-offish.” “Soo soo, big sis is really uptight,” the little sister laughed, snorting with glee.
On the other hand, the older sister sighed deeply.
“Akari-chan’s amazing, right? By the time Akarin came back, she’d already cleaned up, done the laundry, and even made dinner.” “Wait… she cooked?”
“That’s right. Dinner. Just wait a bit, okay?”
Akari padded into the living room. She rummaged through the refrigerator as if it were her own home.
“Um… Sensei. I’m sorry for doing all sorts of things without asking permission… I’m really sorry…”
At a moment when the little sister wasn’t around, Nanaiko bowed deeply.
“She… didn’t mean any harm by it. She cleaned and did everything thinking about Sensei’s well-being. Please, don’t be offended.”
The big sister bowed her head instead of the free-spirited little sister.
Ah right, those were the kind of girls they were.
It was the same ten years ago when we were at the cram school.
“Hey, you don’t really have to be so formal about it.” “Eh…?”
「Well, I’d be pissed if it were some complete stranger. But you guys are my students, former or not」 I ruffled Nanaiko’s hair.
“I know a lot about you two. So… don’t hold back. That much” 「Sensei…」
Damn it, I did it again—stroking her head out of old habit.
Back then, Nanaiko would always come begging for head pats every time something happened. 「Sorry about that…」
「…No, please do more… go on」 I stroked her smooth black hair.
She melted into a dazed, blissful smile.
「Hey, hey—cheating while Akarin’s preparing dinner? In broad daylight? You bastard!」
Akari let out a heavy sigh. 「It’s not cheating (！」)
「Whoa, you guys are hot today, huh? Alright, Akarin, your sister’s sitting down, sitting down!」
On the table sat a truly magnificent dinner spread.
Beef stew with baguettes, mini gratins, and so on…
This was a level of cooking that could pass for any high-end Western restaurant.
“Aaah, my tummy is rumbling.”
“You guys haven’t eaten? Right up until this time?”
“……Yes.” “Obviously.”
The two nodded, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
“We… waited for both of you. We were waiting for Sensei to come home.”
“Just so we could eat together~ But waiting for Onnee got boring, so I was go-karari-gorogoro…”
Nanako desperately clamped her mouth shut. …No, why on earth?
“Why were you waiting for me? Did you feel like imposing?”
“No! Don’t I know why?”
Akari puffed up her cheeks with a pukku.
“We wanted to eat together with Akarin. Right?”
“……Yes. It’s better when we’re together with Sensei.”
…This was the first time since I got married that this had happened.
My wife, Misae, had never once prepared a meal for me or invited me to eat with her.
“Damn it, that crazy woman is such a loser. Your husband comes home dead tired from work, doesn’t he? Isn’t it obvious she should be preparing dinner for him?”
”…Yes. I think so too. Sensei works himself to the bone out there, comes home completely worn out, and yet… not only does she fail in her duty as a wife, but she actually cheats on top of that. I can’t forgive it.”
It was unusual for the reserved Nanako to be so openly angry. …She was doing it for me.
Cooking for me, waiting up for my return… getting angry on my behalf.
Just being around such a gentle soul felt like it washed away the grime from my heart. “Thanks, you two.” The two of them turned their smiles toward me.
Though the sisters had completely different personalities, their smiles were exactly alike.
Just looking at that pure smile made all my bad mood from the day blow right away.
“Well then, Karin, and big sis… Itadakimasu!” “Itadakimasu!”