"...."
"I'm not dreaming, am I?"
Makoto Amano blinked in surprise and then looked at the figure of the big sister who appeared on the gated camera.
How could she come to me at such a time?
"Let me in quickly, brother-in-law."
Outside the door, the anxious Yukinoshita Haruno was still desperately ringing the doorbell.
"Oh..."
Amano Makoto unconsciously opened the door of his house after hearing the voice of this big sister.
Then...
"Slippers..."
Don't you need to change?
Makoto Amano was planning to find a pair of slippers to welcome Haruno into the house, but unexpectedly, after the big sister walked into the entrance, she impatiently threw off the high heels on her feet and didn't even think about changing shoes.
She ran into the living room of his house with a pair of white and tender feet without socks.
"Hello..."
What's going on? Is this real?
Makoto Amano pinched his cheek again, and then he dared to confirm that what he saw was not a dream, but reality...
Could it be that Haruno finally understood and now she can't wait to come and join me... cough cough!
How can that be!
The Haruno I know is not like that!
"Which is your bedroom?"
Haruno was searching around the house for something.
"My bedroom?"
Ah, this...
It seems to be getting more and more outrageous... Why does Haruno ask me about my bedroom?
He was nervous and pointed out the location to Haruno in a panic.
To be honest, facing such a direct Yukinoshita Haruno, he was not mentally prepared at all...
"Strange, nothing..."
Haruno searched the toilet, utility room, bathroom, and Makoto Amano's bedroom, but couldn't find what she was looking for.
"What is this room?"
She even searched behind the sofa and under the bed in the bedroom, and now the only place she hadn't searched in this room was the locked room in front of her.
"It's my mother's room."
Just when I thought something good might happen, reality comes crashing in.
It seems that Haruno probably came to my house to find something... or someone?
Makoto Amano, who was gradually losing his enthusiasm, began to have some guesses.
"...Sorry."
After Yukinoshita Haruno stood at the door of the room and thought for two seconds, she gave up on the idea of going in.
"Nothing."
Makoto Amano took a glass of water and handed it to the tired and breathless elder sister who was barefoot in his house.
"Sister Haruno, why are you here at my house today?"
It seems like I have to mop the floor at home and do a good job of cleaning.
The attentive Amano Makoto noticed that his sister's feet had accumulated a lot of dust.
"Isn't Yukino at your house?"
Indeed, a little thirsty, Haruno held the cup and took a big sip, then squinted at the boy sitting across from her.
"Yukino, why would she be here..."
Facing the eldest sister's suspicious gaze, He immediately composed himself and sat up straight.
"She... ran away from home?"
Unexpectedly, the worst thing happened...
Even though he had guessed Haruno's reason for coming to his home, Amano Makoto was still surprised to learn that Yukino had run away from home.
Because the last time Yukino ran away from home was still...During the first five years.
"Yes..."
Haruno put down the water glass and rested for a while.
However, because of her bare feet, she felt too embarrassed to cross her legs on the sofa.
Especially with the dust on the soles of her feet...
"She had a big fight with my mother, and then she left without saying a word."
In fact, she was slapped by our mother, and now their relationship is very tense...
That's also why Yukinoshita Haruno was so anxious as soon as she arrived.
"You didn't stop her..."
Hearing this, Makoto Amano couldn't stay seated.
On this late night, Yukino ran away from home alone...
Although, based on Yukino's intelligence, she wouldn't go to any dangerous place, but...
It's better to be safe than sorry.
Makoto Amano grabbed his coat and planned to go out immediately to find the girl who had run away from home.
"I don't have the courage that Yukino has..."
Yukinoshita Haruno didn't dare to defy her mother, and she didn't want to either, because she knew it would be futile.
"Is Yukino really not here?"
Seeing him putting on his coat... Haruno glanced secretly at the locked door again.
She thought Yukino might be hiding there.
That's why she sat on the sofa and drank some water.
But now it seems...she is really not there.
But obviously, every time Yukino ran away from home in the past, she always came here...
"She's not here..."
Makoto Amano confirmed it to Haruno regarding Yukino today.
Although Yukino didn't say anything, He knew that her feelings must be quite complicated after finding out that he likes her sister.
Under such circumstances, why would Haruno come directly to his house?
"I'll find her as soon as possible."
But these words are obviously not suitable to tell Haruno right now.
And He is also very concerned about Yukino's safety at the moment and plans to go out and look for her immediately.
However, as he reached the door, he turned back to Yukinoshita Haruno, who was still wiping her feet on the sofa.
She was contemplating whether she should put her dusty feet directly into those delicate high-heeled shoes.
"Use this... to wipe your feet."
Makoto Amano took out an unused dry towel from the cabinet at the entrance and handed it to Haruno.
"Thanks..."
Looking at the soles of her feet, Haruno accepted the towel handed over by the boy with a somewhat uneasy expression.
Even if she didn't think about those aspects, any girl would feel a little shy in such a predicament.
"I didn't expect Brother Amano to care so much about my feet."
Using "aggression" to mask her shyness was also a common method employed by Yukinoshita Haruno.
"I..."
Makoto Amano was about to retort but stopped talking as soon as he opened the door of his house.
Under the moonlight, in the courtyard of his house, a tall, black-haired girl with a cold expression was silently watching him.
Yukino... She actually hid behind Haruno and came here.
Upon noticing that the door was opened, the cold black-haired girl immediately hid behind a big tree in the yard, like a startled rabbit.
"..."
He sighed but also felt relieved.
He quickly closed the access control monitor on his house's door and, without waiting for Haruno, who was still gnashing her teeth inside, he walked out of the house and locked the door.
"Brother Amano?"
Noticing that the door was suddenly locked and hearing the sound of it being locked, Yukinoshita Haruno quickly set aside the towel in her hand and hurried to the entrance.
Wait for me to go out together...
"Wait, why can't I open the door?"
The door lock didn't budge.
Haruno didn't fully understand the structure of the gate, but it seemed that she was locked inside?
Why?
The access control monitor screen was also black, and Haruno could only see glimpses of the outside through the peephole on the door at that moment.
"Yukino?"
Despite her limited visibility due to the darkness, she still noticed that there seemed to be a person standing beside Makoto Amano.
If her guess was correct, that person should be her sister, Yukino.
It could only be her sister, Yukino.
"Sister Haruno, what are you talking about... I can't hear you. I'm going to find Yukino right away. Can you stay here and take care of the house?"
Understanding his intentions, Yukinoshita Yukino emerged from behind the big tree in the yard with just a single eye contact.
"Let's go for a walk."
The moonlight is quite beautiful tonight.
Makoto Amano could clearly see the girl in her school uniform in front of him.
And the blades of grass sticking to her head and body because she hastily hid behind the tree.
"My sister..."
Yukino seemed to hear her sister's voice from behind the door.
"Don't worry about her for now. You don't want to go back with her right now, do you?"
Makoto Amano plucked a green leaf from Yukino's head and placed it in the cat's eye hole on the door.
"Is that you, Yukino?"
Haruno was pounding on the door panel vigorously.
"Hurry up and let me out, Amano!"
"Sister Haruno, there's a TV in the living room, and there's food in the refrigerator. You should rest for a while, and I'll bring Yukino back to you soon."
With the gate key in his pocket, He glanced back at his house, imagining Haruno gnashing her teeth at him inside, and he suddenly felt like he was hiding in a golden palace.
This is a feeling he had never experienced before...
Ah, I hope there will be more days like this in the future.
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