Chapter 4

—Excuse us.

(Phew… All I did was come back from work, but I’m still completely wiped out.)

(At this rate, I feel like I’m gonna turn into an old man. Watch, I’m gonna be old and decrepit in ten years flat.)

(But that’d suck; I doubt I could continue my modeling career then.)

……

Oops. Sorry, I was ignoring you.

You can come in, Yuuki-kun.

……

(F–for some reason, he seems a little restless. He keeps looking around, like he’s some kind of tiny animal on high alert.)

(Maybe he’s just a little timid? Or maybe he’s scared of me—He won’t look me in the eye at all.)

(Well, I get scared too when I’m in a place surrounded by adults.)

Onii-chan…

Uh, yep, I’m Akiomi-onii-chan~ ♪ Let’s shake hands~ ♪

No… Where’s Onii-chan?

Oh, you meant Sena-kun. But just like I explained while we were on our way here, there’s no way he’s—

AAAAAAAAAAAA!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

(He’s here?! And he’s making weird noises and throwing a tantrum?!)

Akiomi, Akiomi.

Oh, Narukami-kun. You’re at the office late again; you should hurry home, or your parents will worry about you.

I’m fine. Anyway, do something about that kid, please.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Um. It’s a little hard to see him because he’s hiding, but that’s Sena-kun, right? Why is he here? What’s he doing over there…?

Don’t ask me.

Umm, I don’t really know. But I think that guy is gonna work at our agency from now on.

Really? Speaking of, the president did say something about transferring someone to our agency, right…?

They didn’t seem very happy about it, though, so I assumed it wasn’t a famous model or anything.

But I get it. Could it be they were talking about Sena-kun?

I don’t know. Anyway, hurry up and do something about him please, Akiomi.

Like I even know where to start…

Umm, Sena-kun. What’s wrong? Are you okay? If you cry, your eyes’ll get all red, and it’ll get in the way of your work tomorrow, y’know?

Akiomi, you suck so much at comforting people it’s almost sad.

Am I seriously being pitied by a kid?!

AHHH! Shut up, shut up, shut up!

I quit modeling! There’s no point without Yuu-kun! I hate Mommy and Daddy! I hate them! I hate theeeeeeeeeeeeeem!!!

Y–Yuu-kun—

Onii-chan!

…?! Yuu-kun!

It’s Onii-chan… ♪

Ehehe, it really is you, I got to see Onii-chan.

Thank you very much, uhh, Akiomi…onii-chan.

It’s all thanks to you. You’re always doing so much for me.

Onii-chan? Yuu-kun, why’d you call that guy Onii-chan?

That’s me, y’know? Yuu-kun’s onii-chan is me!!!

Yeah ♪ But that person is… also Onii-chan?

So you really are my enemy! You’re my enemy! Everyone at this agency’s my enemy!

… (silently smacks him on the face)

…?! Arrrrgh! You hit me?! I’ll kill you!

H–hang on, quit fighting! Why’d you hit him, Narukami-kun?! It’s not good to use violence!

You’re too loud… Shut up, can’t annoying people just disappear?

I’ll kill you! I’m seriously gonna kill you!

Ohhh, please calm down, Sena-kun! Narukami-kun will apologize once you do!

Why? It’s his fault for being so loud.

Aha~ ♪ Onii-chan looks happy and excited today!