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With a loud thud, I closed the door to my house.
"Nee-chan, is that you!?" my little sister yelled from our living room. Probably lazing around after work again.1Wanted to use "big sis" at first, but it didn't feel right.
"Yeah! It's me!" I yelled back whilst I swap my good sandals for my indoor slippers.
Hina:2
Why I didn't wear heels on my date with Andy you ask?
Because heels are for masochists or models who want to go that extra mile. Or both. I could care less.
"Ack- Damn it. I should've put down my backpack first.." I quietly cursed myself under my breath. The heavy load on my back weighing me down while I'm bent over.
After I put on my last slipper, I make my way to the living room where lo and behold my 26 year old sister is spread across our couch like Cleopatra.
Gravity pulling her purple bangs down along with her square glasses. "Dressed" in a red tracksuit with the top fully unzipped to reveal her black sports bra and chiseled fucking abs.
Those darn abs serve as a constant reminder that she can fold a homebody like me with one swing, probably. My pride as the older sibling shrinks every time...
The name of this lazy woman? Akari Takamine. My little sister and the 2nd child of our 3-woman household.
"No overtime at the station today either?" I ask, initiating a conversation with a person who doesn't look like she's in the mood for one.
"Uh, huh. Crime rate is still low. Seems even troublemakers want to be good right before Christmas month." Akari spared me a glance, efficiently scanning me with her experience as a policewoman.
"How bout you, nee-chan? Where'd you go to come back this late? You rarely go outside, other than for those weaboo conventions. Another anime collaboration with a cafe perhaps?" Akari asks, her eyes glued to her phone.
'Usually I'd be irritated by her dismissive attitude, but not today!'
I put my hands on my hips and puff my chest out with pride. "Heheh.. Your nee-chan here went on a date with an angel!" I proudly boasted.
"Haa- So you got scammed by another rental boyfriend?" she sighed, still not sparing me a second glance.
I grab the couch rest with both hands and lean down, bringing my face closer to my darn sister's.
"Not this time! I actually found an amazing guy! An angel on earth!" I yelled. My tone very defensive. I have to defend my friend's (and future boyfie's) reputation, after all!
"Ugh. Get your mug away from me." Akari casually smacked my jaw, pushing me away.
"I'm telling the truth!" I retort. I then set my backpack down and take out my phone.
Bringing up my folder synced with my camera, I shove my phone screen in Akari's face.
"Behold! My pictures with Andy!" I proclaim with a smug smile. Confident that she'll believe me with these.
"...!?!" Akari's eyes went from disinterest to shock in mere seconds. She then snagged my phone so quickly I swear I saw afterimages.
With my phone in her grasp, she quietly went through my pictures, with a bewildered expression. My grin and older sister pride growing with each passing second. "Well? Do you believe your nee-chan now?" I ask with a cheeky tone.
Akari snapped to me. A worried expression on her face.
After placing our phones down, she grabbed me by the shoulders and asked in a serious tone, "Nee-chan, you didn't give him your entire savings, did you? That's the only logical explanation as to why a guy this cute and handsome would even bother with someone like you."
"Hey! Do you think I'm that stupid!?" I snap back, visibly offended.
"Frankly, yes." Akari responded instantly, without a shred of hesitation.
"Y-You! You muscle-brain!" I retort, embarrassed and angry at the same time.
"Thanks." she took the supposed insult like it was a compliment.
"Gahhh!!" I grab my scalp and scream in frustration.
Before I could pull my hair out, the sound of bells reached my ear.
Our eyes collectively turned to the noise. On my phone's screen is an incoming call request.
From who? Who else but...
"Andy!" I read Andy's name on the contact, with a beaming open smile.
I shrugged off my macho sister's grip and grab my phone.
With my heart pounding in my chest, I accepted the call.
"Hi Andy!" my voice a pitch louder than it should.
'I'm struggling to control my excitement! This is my (future) boyfie, after all!' I'm all smiles already. And Andy hasn't even said anything, yet.
"Hello Hina. Did you get home safely?" Andy asked in a relaxed, gentle tone.
'Me?? Who cares about me- I only care about you, Andy!'
"That's what I should be asking you! You're an angel- I mean, a really cute boy! If you had let me, I would've escorted you all the way home and not just to the station!" I reply. I really would have taken him all the way to his place, if he had let me. I don't want any scoundrel attacking my (future) boyfie!
"The rest of the way home from the station is pretty safe and populated, so I'm safe to walk alone, Hina. I'm happy that you're worried for me, though." his voice soothing in my ear. If Andy did ASMR, I would subscribe in a heartbeat! And if he had a Patreon, I would buy the highest tier!
I glance at my sister and notice her intently listening in.
With a grin on my face, I put the call on loud speaker so her muscle ears can hear everything loud and clear.
'Heheh... This'll show you not to underestimate your nee-san!'
"Anyways. I want to tell you that I genuinely enjoyed our date today. The movie was interesting, but don't go showing that to another guy, okay? I'm an exception, since I'm fine with lewd stuff."
'I think Andy tried to be all lecturey, but he's so, um, cute? That it didn't feel like a lecture at all~'
"A-Ah of course! I know that much. Ahahaha..." I say with a nervous laugh that even I don't believe myself.
"Reaallly~? Then what movie did you watch with the rental boyfriends before me?" Andy asked in his usual teasing tone. That darn voice always ends up playing me like a fiddle.
'Not that I don't like it...'
"Either romance drama animes like 'Weathering With You' or shounen films like the 'Demon Slayer' movie of course! Ah.. but none of them were interested in my choices..." I couldn't contain the disappointed tone from escaping my lips as I recalled the plastic smiles and fake interest my past rental boyfriends showed me.
"Well, that's unfortunate, but hey, you have me as your friend now, right? We could go watch stuff together when we're both free. Maybe we could hang out at your place sometime. Oh and maybe play some games together! I've always wanted that live co-op experience online gaming can't provide." Andy said in a gleeful, excited voice.
'Ahhh!! I can't believe such a wonderful boy exists!' I scream to the sky in my head.
Andy Checklist (so far):
Cute & handsome
Has an interest in lewd things
Sadist potential
Playful and loves to tease
Has an idea of what women like.
Initiates physical contact (handholding)
Interested in manga and anime
Gamer Boy
Proactive (calls first instead of waiting to be called or messaged)
'If Andy was the love interest in a romance anime, the viewers would make fun of the author for projecting her fantasies into a fictional character!'
"I'd be more than happy to hang out with you anytime, Andy!" I reply with a way-too-excited voice.
'Gosh! I'm grinning like an idiot right now, but I can't help itttt!!'
I clench my free hand into a fist and jerk it rapidly to vent my excitement.
"Ah, speaking of. My mom wants to meet you, Hina."
""!!!!"" the two sisters's jaws dropped.
'Meeting Andy's mother!?! Doesn't this make us practically dating!?'
"I think she wants to see for herself that you're not a bad person. Mama is a bit overprotective, but I hope you understand, Hina. She's just being careful."
"M-M-Mama?!" I ask aloud, caught completely off guard by the title.
'I mean, there's actually a 22-year old boy who still calls his mother 'mama'?? Gah! I'm so jealous of Andy's mother! I want a son who calls me 'mama' even when he's an adult!' I grind my teeth out of envy for this woman I've never met nor even know the face of.
"Huh? Is there something strange about me calling my mom 'mama'?" Andy asked. His tone telling me that this is completely normal to him. Which makes me even more jealous!!
"Nothing! Just, when and where will we meet?" I choose not to pry further.
"Mama said she'll make time for any day. Leaving the choice of day up to you."
"Tomor- No, wait.. Today is my last day off. I'll be available... next Saturday! Saturday I can take a half-day and get off work at 1."
"Alright. Mama told me to text you the location on the day of, so see you then, Hina. Good luck with work! Call me whenever you're free, kay?"
I eagerly nod, bopping my head up and down rapidly.
"Okay, Andy! Talk to you later! Bye!" I then hang up the call.
With a shit-eating grin on my face, I slowly turn to my little sister.
"Well? Do you believe me now?" I ask in a cocky tone to my little sister whose face is a mixture of shock and envy.
"...... Introduce.." she muttered.
"Huh? What was that?" I lean in, genuinely not catching what she said.
Akari then grabbed my shoulders. Her trained grip firmly holding me in place.
"?!?!"
"Introduce me to him! We're sisters, aren't we!?! And siblings share, right?!" she yelled whilst rapidly shaking me back and forth. My homebody build rocking with laughable resistance.
"St-op!" I yelled back amidst the shaking.
"Oh! Sorry, nee-chan!" Akari apologized after letting me go.
After having my toothpick body violently shaken like that, my vision is spinning all over. So much so that if I didn't hold on to Akari, then I would tripped over something by now.
"I'm so sorry, nee-chan! I forgot to control my strength again!" Akari apologized again as she carefully laid me down on the couch.
"You.. stupid.. muscle head.." I say weakly as my world spins all over.
"? Thanks?" Akari again accepted the insult as a compliment.
'That wasn't supposed to be a compliment!!!' I yelled internally.
Despite the nauseating feeling, I heard the front door open and close. Likely by mom since she comes back from work at this time.
"I'm home!" she yelled from the door.
"Welcome home, mom!" Akari yelled back.
Soon after, I heard the sound of footsteps approach until I could see my mom leaning over the couch rest to look at me.
"Hinano, did you go out drinking? Why are you slumped over the couch like this?" my mother, Mina Takamine, asked. Her black ponytail falling down her left side.
Every time I look at her, I'm reminded how much I look like her. Way too much. I'll 100% look exactly like her when I reach her age.
'But if there's one thing that's different...' my steadying vision focuses on my mom's huge boobs.
'It's those damn huge jugs! Why didn't I inherit those?! Instead, me and Akari are teeny tiddies!'
"No..." I mutter weakly. "Akari got too excited and shook me like a wet rag."
"Oh, so it's because you were too weak to handle your little sister again." she said nonchalantly like it's genuinely my fault.
She then turned to Akari. "So? What was the cause this time?" mom asked casually like she's asking what we're having for dinner.
I tilted my head slightly to see Akari better and saw her bring up my phone and show the screen to mom.
"Nee-chan payed for another rental boyfriend which was this guy named Andy. I thought nee-chan paid him too much, but then he called her phone. He asked her if she got home safely, saying how he enjoyed their date and that he wants to hang out with her again. Oh and his mom wants to meet nee-chan."
"....." mom's face was unreadable as she gazed intently at my pictures with Andy.
Later, she turned back to me and suddenly grabbed me by the shoulders.
"Hinano, my dear daughter, be a good kid and introduce me to him, kay?" she asked with a straight face.
My response?
"No!"
Which I sort of wish I didn't since she began shaking me like Akari did earlier. My head jerking back and forth that I was starting to feel nauseous.
"Come on, Hinano! Help your mother out! I want to feel a younger guy! I couldn't do that at all in my youth, so please!" she pleaded.
"Why..." I muttered under my breath.
"Huh? Is that a yes?" mom stopped shaking me and leaned in closely.
"Why does my whole family want my (future) boyfie?!!?"
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