Chapter 13: Life with the Nishimiyas

The day the Nishimiya siblings moved in, my father told me to take care of them.

"Why didn't you tell me about this beforehand!!??" I asked him.

"EH, I didn't tell you? It must have slipped my mind then." He looked at me with a surprised expression on his face, then ignored my angry expression,"Anyway, just take care of them when their mother and I are on our business trip."

I turned towards my mother, who just turned away while whistling. Rubbing my temples, I sighed.

"As the most mature kid here, it's your responsibility to take care of them when your mother isn't here, alright?" My father asked me with a mocking stern expression.

"Sure, of course I will." I replied with the most sarcastic smile I could possibly give planted on my face while thinking to myself 'this old man will be the death of me one day'.

And so my days of living with Shouko began. Yuzuru and Raiha became even close than ever as they were together 24/7, from sleeping to going to school to even showering. They did everything together, and when we tried separating them for a while, they even sulked for a whole day, ignoring me and Shouko.

Meanwhile, Shouko was very dependent on me. She follows me wherever I go. She even followed me to the bathroom once, but I kicked her out and forbid her from entering when I'm in the middle of showering. I thought it was time to teach her the differences between men and women. So before I went to sleep that night, I taught Shouko all the knowledge she needed to know, and by the time we finished, Shouko's face was bright red for the entire night.

In school, I have gotten used to being surrounded by girls not only from my class, but from other classes as well. Some of them were even secretly stalking...ahem, I mean watching me during class hours. Random girls competing against each other, and the two winner gets the chance to share their bento with me and Haruma...

Yep...they decided on it without asking for our approval, or even our opinions. At first we didn't mind, frankly we're kinda happy as it shows our popularity. Personally, having someone to compete just for me was something I haven't experienced in my previous life...this kind of daily school life isn't bad.

Of course the other less popular boys are a bit envious towards us. They also have girls competing for them but with far fewer girls. After all, boys are a rarity in this world, and people are naturally attracted to rarity.

However, I can't accept their bentos as Shouko makes a bento for me everyday, and if I accept theirs, Shouko would pout and ignore me for the rest of the day. Shouko always seems to be angry at something in school, but whenever I asked her what was wrong, she refuses to reply me. But she seems to be angry only in school, whenever I walk home with her, Shouko always seems to be happy. Her mood further improves after we see our cute little sisters~

After reaching home, we take turns to have a bath, while Raiha and Yuzuru takes it together. Shouko and I do our homework for a while before I start preparing dinner with the girls' help. My mother just gave up on cooking for us already since the children clearly liked my cooking more than hers, which made her depressed for an entire day. Raiha and Shouko seems to enjoy cooking a lot, but Yuzuru was there just because Raiha was there.

Shouko's cooking skills have improved a lot, and I daresay that she was as good as normal food stalls, considering that she was only 11. I didn't allow Raiha to use the knife or stove as she was too young and it was dangerous for her, plus my mother would glare at me the moment she touches anything dangerous. But I allowed her to wash the vegetables and meat and watch me and Shouko as we cook for them.

After dinner, we all help to wash the dishes as I continue with my homework. It doesn't take a lot of time as I basically have the knowledge of a high school student at this point. But after my homework I continue with my studying of university subjects to increase my proficiency in the subjects.

I also helped Shouko in her studies by teaching her things that she does not understand, resulting in her results steadily rising and my proficiency in teaching increasing as well. She was very hardworking, never slacking off on her studies. Meanwhile, Raiha and Yuzuru would either be playing or watching the television programme in the living room.

Our house was built with a mix of traditional Japanese house and modern housing, with tatami mat flooring and sliding doors in the living room. There were 3 bedroom on the second floor, one for each children each with standard polished wooden floors, a bed and a study table. There was another bedroom on the first floor for my parents similar to our rooms with the only difference was that it was bigger than ours and had it's own toilet. There was another toilet on the second floor, and one on the first floor for doing your business.

And so days passed, another year flew by, and it's a brand new year. We're both turned 12 years old, while Raiha and Yuzuru started going to the same elementary school as as as first graders.

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Name: Fuutarou Uesugi

Age: 12 years old

Sex: Male

Lovers: None

Skills:

-Basic waitering proficiency (0/100)

-Basic law proficiency (90/100)

-Intermediate teaching proficiency (100/300)

-Intermediate finance and business proficiency (0/300)

-Intermediate basketball proficiency (0/300)

-Intermediate swimming proficiency (0/300)

-Intermediate taekwondo proficiency (70/300)

-Advanced science proficiency (50/500)

-Advanced social studies proficiency (30/500)

-Advanced history proficiency (30/500)

-Intermediate geography proficiency (253/300)

-Advanced mathematics proficiency (240/500)

-Advanced Japanese proficiency (195/500)

-Advanced music proficiency (230/500)

-Advanced sign Language proficiency (203/500)

-Advanced Japanese orientated cuisine proficiency (363/500)

-Grandmaster piano proficiency (0/2,000)

Inventory:

1) A sleek pair of shoes (Makes everyone envy you for having them)

2) 3x weakened senzu beans

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