325 Buying a Yukata

"Hmh~~, goudere, deredere, kuudere, dandere, tsundere, and shundere... Akira, is your hobby collecting childhood friends? Even harem protagonists don't have as many childhood friends as yours."

Veins were visible on her forehead and Nino smiled sarcastically.

After she listened to Akira's narration, she described each of her little brother's childhood friends' personalities.

"Cough Cough... Maybe because I'm used to interacting with the five of you, I've preferred playing with girls since I was little."

Coughing twice, Akira made an excuse that sounded logical. But women are creatures that cannot be measured by logic. This can be seen from Nino who does not accept this explanation.

"So you're blaming us because you surrounded yourself with cute and beautiful childhood friends?! Honestly, you want to open a harem, right?"

"..."

Akira's silent response further convinced Nino of her speculation.

"I don't know what mother would say if she knew she was raising her son to be a playboy." Nino shook her head and sneered, then added: "Perhaps this was influenced by us, among your childhood friends, there are also twin sisters."

"I told you, we're just friends." Akira said weakly.

"Hmph, it's up to you whether you want to open a harem or not. Even if one of the girls wants to stab you with a kitchen knife one day, you'll be fine."

After saying that, Nino looked away, not wanting to hear Akira's explanation.

She had mixed feelings when she found out that there were many women around her little brother.

"I'm sorry, Nino-Nee." Akira apologized even though he was innocent.

Women are selfish, especially in the modern era with feminist concepts. They demand forgiveness from men for trivial matters, they will make a lot of excuses if they are wrong and will not apologize until they are really pushed.

Akira had been in a relationship with such a woman in his previous life. Of course he knows that women in anime are not as ugly as women in the real world.

Even so, Akira still apologized for his big sister's jealousy of him.

"Forget it, your love affairs are none of my business."

Seeing his sincere apology, Nino's anger began to subside.

(If think about it, my attitude just now was irrational. It's like a girlfriend who gets jealous when she finds out that her boyfriend is friends with lots of girls.)

After calming down, Nino realized this and her face turned red quickly. She was embarrassed by her behavior earlier.

"I want to check the parstry."

Wanting to calm down for a moment, Nino stood up and headed for the kitchen without waiting for Akira's answer.

"A change in attitude is quicker than turning the page of a book." Akira shook his head, not thinking too much about the matter, then took out his cell phone and browsed a funny video.

This time Fuutarou didn't come to bother him because the Manager had returned to his original position, and he was told to record the raw materials in the warehouse that had just arrived.

Fuutarou reluctantly let go of Akira and got to work.

12 minutes later, Nino returned with a parstry that had just come out of the oven and two glasses of fruit juice.

"I made muffins. Try it and tell me what you think." Nino said, sitting opposite Akira.

"It looks good, it must taste good too."

"Taste first before praising."

"Okay."

Taking the muffin on the plate, Akira opened his mouth and took a bite.

"How?" Nino asked in anticipation.

"Delicious." Akira didn't lie, the muffin he ate tasted delicious.

"It seems like my skills haven't decreased."

With a satisfied smile on her face, Nino also tasted the muffin she made.

"Nino-Nee said you used to work part time here. Why did you stop?"

"The university entrance exam is only a few months away. I want to focus on facing this exam."

"I see. Turns out Nino-Nee—"

"What do you want to say?"

Before Akira finished his words, Nino looked threatening and something bad would happen if he continued his sentence.

"Ahem, where are we going after this?"

Canceling his intention to mock her, Akira changed the topic.

"Shopping center."

"Again? Nino-Nee really likes shopping."

This is not the first time Akira has accompanied Nino to the shopping center to shop.

In fact, he doesn't like accompanying women shopping. The reason is simple, it takes so long!

Every time women shop, they spend a lot of time just making their choice.

Akira wasn't physically tired, but mentally he was different.

"You don't like accompanying me shopping?" Nino said dissatisfied.

"It's the last day of the year. The shopping center will be very busy, right? Why not just order online?" Akira suggested.

"You have a point…" Nino felt that made sense. She also doesn't like being crowded in crowds of people.

"Then let's go to the yukata shop."

"Alright."

Akira nodded in agreement. According to him, it won't be too crowded.

The two of them were in the parstry shop for 15 minutes, after paying the bill, Nino said goodbye to the manager, then left with Akira.

"Huft. Very cold."

Coming out of the shop, Nino exhaled steam from her mouth, her body shivering from the cold even though she was wearing a thick jacket.

"Just take a taxi."

"Um."

Nino agreed with Akira's suggestion. Moreover, she was wearing a short skirt, and the winter temperature really made her cold.

....

At a high-end yukata shop.

Due to the high price of yukata here, there weren't many people in the shop, even if there were, they were rich people and usually didn't want to interact with foreigners, so the atmosphere in the shop was very calm.

"Nino-Nee, what color do you want to buy?"

"What color does Akira like?"

"Black."

Nino nodded, then pulled him into a men's yukata.

"This is a men's yukata."

"I know. You choose what you like."

"Hah? Didn't Nino-Nee want to buy a new yukata?"

"It seems you misunderstood, I bought you a yukata for your new year's visit tomorrow. Ichika and the others will also be wearing yukata, it would be strange if you were the only one dressed casually."

"…"

Akira looked at the yukata in front of him which was the longest and neatest. He doesn't really like wearing yukata because it makes it difficult for him to move freely. But because of Nino's good intentions, he couldn't refuse.

"This one."

He chose a black yukata embroidered with yellow thread like gold. The price is 150 thousand yen. That's a high price for an ordinary family.

But the Nakano Family can still afford it.

"You really know how to choose nice clothes, Akira."

Seeing the price, the corners of Nino's eyes twitched. Her pocket money is not enough.

"Let me pay for it myself."

Taking the yukata from Nino's hand, Akira went to the cashier and used his debit card to pay.

"You have a lot of money?" Nino asked surprised.

"Well, investing in shares in the stock market has shown results." Akira said humbly.

Then the two of them left the yukata shop.

"Want to go to karaoke?"

Nino saw a karaoke not far from where she was standing.

"Sure." Akira agreed.

Walked two minutes, the two rented one of the rooms, ordered snacks and drinks, and sang.