Why Not Make Both Twins 'Girlfriends'?-Chapter 1Volume 2 .4 - Somethings Off...?

Something’s Off…? 4

The next day, during lunch break.

Chikage had apparently been called out by Tachibana sensei again, and she had sent a message on LINE asking to have lunch without her.

Hikari was—for some reason—unreachable.

Since there was no read receipt on LINE, Sakuto gave up and headed to the cafeteria alone.

(Well, days like this happen…)

While it couldn’t be helped that Chikage’s meeting with Tachibana sensei was of unknown duration, Sakuto wondered what had happened to Hikari.

As he walked with these thoughts, he saw ‘Chikage”s figure down the hallway.

“Huh?”

“Ah… Sakuto-kun, hello. You’re heading to the cafeteria, right? Shall we go together?”

She smiled cheerfully.

“Is it okay to ignore Tachibana-sensei’s request? Weren’t you called out?”

“Yes. I thought I’d give her the cold shoulder.”

“You can’t do that… Tachibana-sensei will get angry if she hears that…”

“I thought she might be the type who likes being ignored.”

“Uh, what’s with that prejudice…?”

Sakuto scratched the back of his neck in exasperation.

“…I mean, what are you doing, Hikari?”

“Huhh!? H-how silly~ What are you talking about? Ohohoho…”

“I’ve never seen Chikage laugh like ‘ohohoho’… nor anyone else…”

It was indeed Hikari.

Hikari was wearing one of Chikage’s favorite ribbons instead of her usual hair ornament.

Her speech and laugh were quite suspicious, but her walk and behavior were similar to Chikage’s, and she wasn’t wearing the headphones she usually had around her neck.

At first glance, some students might mistake her for Chikage.

But there was one thing that was unmistakably not Chikage—

“So, what are you up to, Hikari? Planning another prank on me?”

“…Sigh… How did you figure it out?”

“Well, that’s because——”

Sakuto pointed awkwardly towards her chest area.

The only person who would wear their clothes so disheveled was Hikari.

If it had been Chikage, it would have been a cause for concern for her.

“Oh, right!”

It seemed Hikari had realized it too, as she hurriedly tried to fasten the buttons on her chest, fumbling quite a bit.

Whether it was due to her bust being too big or the shirt being the wrong size, it was clear she was struggling to button it up.

Unable to just silently watch, Sakuto averted his gaze and waited.

Finally, she finished buttoning up.

Now, the transformation into 『Usami Chikage』 was complete.

“It’s not quite perfect, is it…”

“Hmm… you still have a lot to learn, huh?”

Hikari giggled as if she had been caught playing a prank.

Sakuto wondered why she was pretending to be Chikage.

After all, she had been scolded by Chikage herself for it before.

“…So, what’s all this about?”

“Actually——Oh no!”

Hikari quickly straightened up and cleared her throat with a cough after noticing something behind Sakuto.

Curious, Sakuto turned around to see——

“I found you! Usami Hikari!”

Approaching with a fierce look was a girl with twin tails.

She was a first-year student, and although Sakuto didn’t know her name, he had seen her around the school a few times.

They were in different classes and had never spoken; in his memory, she was “a girl with twin tails”.

Paying no mind to Sakuto’s presence, the twin-tailed girl confronted Hikari who was pretending as Chikage.

“Listen, today I’m going to——”

“Cough! …Excuse me, I am Usami Chikage. Do you need something?”

“Eh? …Ah!? Usami Chikage…!?”

As soon as Chikage’s name was mentioned, the twin-tailed girl became visibly flustered.

Perhaps she had a fear of Chikage as she stepped back two, three paces while her face tensing up.

“That’sright. If you have the wrong person, then perhaps you should be on your way?”

Sakuto listened in amazement to the words of the fake Chikage, unsure if they were meant to sound refined or not.

This disguise would be seen through in no time—or so he thought, but the twin-tailed girl seemed completely convinced that she was indeed Chikage.

Her earlier momentum had vanished, leaving her shaken and pale.

Having made a mistake himself once, Sakuto could somewhat understand how the twin-tailed girl felt.

Then——

Pop——Swoosh!

“Ow…!? What was that…!?”

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The twin-tailed girl panicked and clutched her forehead.

Then something rolled towards Sakuto’s feet and stopped after hitting his shoes.

Picking it up——

“——A button?”

“Oops, that’s not good…”

He looked towards the source of the voice. Chikage’s—or rather, Hikari’s—shirt, which had just been buttoned, had burst open at the chest, revealing a cleavage.

The three of them froze for a moment, but then——

“Ahahaha… my button popped off~”

Seeing Hikari laugh,

“That reaction… Hikari, it was you!?”

The twin-tailed girl finally realized.

“Oops!? S-Sakuto-kun… I love you——”

Hikari whispered in his ear at the last moment, leaving behind a mischievous smile as she breezily run away.

“Ah!? Wait! Hikariiiiii——-!”

The twin-tailed girl shouted as she chased after Hikari, who started to run away with a “uhyaa.”

Holding the button he had picked up, Sakuto watched the scene in amazement when,

“——Ah, Sakuto-kun. Have you seen Hii-chan?”

Chikage (the real one) arrived just as Hikari had left.

“Yeah, she was here a moment ago, but she went off somewhere…”

Upon closer inspection, Chikage seemed to be in a foul mood for some reason.

“What’s wrong? Did something happen with Tachibana-sensei?”

“It’s not that. I was about to go to the staff room when Hii-chan suddenly snatched my ribbon and ran off somewhere… seriously…”

“Ah, I see… that makes sense~…”

Feeling exasperated, Sakuto offered Chikage the button he had found.

“Here, take this.”

“Could it be… Sakuto-kun’s second button!?”

Chikage’s eyes suddenly sparkled.

(TN: Being the closest to the heart on the uniform, the second button is often equivalent to a confession of love. This custom typically happens after high school graduation ceremonies in jp.)

“Don’t make me graduate alone… It is a second button, but it belongs to someone else…”

“Eh… then I don’t need it…”

Her mood plummeted just as quickly. She is very easy to understand.

“No, you might need it soon… By the way, you haven’t had lunch yet, right? Want to go to the cafeteria together?”

“…Huh? Y-Yes, let’s go! Yay!”

Chikage cheerfully bounced off to the classroom to get her lunchbox.

(…but why was Hikari being chased?)

Sakuto tilted his head in confusion, unaware that he was already entangled in the unfolding events.