Chapter 24: Himari is doing her best

　After that, it was 6:00 AM and I couldn’t sleep at all.

　I don’t think I could sleep no matter how much I lay down, so I decided to just get up.

　I went to the kitchen and made myself a cup of coffee.

…… What an amazing experience.

　I can’t believe my quiet, poker-faced teacher showed up like that…….

　Alcohol is scary.

　Half an hour later, Tsumugi came out of the room.

　She must be getting ready for breakfast. She really is a splendid younger sister.

“Good morning, brother. You’re early today.”

“Yeah, I’m kind of wide awake.”

　Galap. Himari came out. She’s up very early today. I usually sleep until around 9:00 on my days off.

“Oh, good morning, Yagami …….”

“Oh. What’s up?　Are you dying to study?””

“Oh, no, uhm……”

“Himari-sama woke up early to learn how to cook!”

“Hey, don’t say that!”

　Studying is studying, but learning how to cook? But it’s not a bad thing.

“Wow, that’s great.”

“Ehehe…… Really?”

“It’s always good to know how to cook. But why all of a sudden?”

“Uhm, It’s……”

　Himari’s face was turning red.

　I guess that’s why she wants to keep it a secret. If that’s the case, I won’t force myself to ask.

” Yeah, it’s okay. Don’t worry about it.”

“U-un!”

“Okay, Himari-sama, time to crack some eggs.”

　I sipped my coffee and watched the cooking class.

Himari slammed the egg down on the kitchen table and spilled the contents all over the place. Doesn’t she have any concept of moderation?

“Be more gentle!　It’s konkon!”

“KON!!!!!　KON!!!!”

　Eggs splattered on the cooking table again.

　Are you under a curse that you can only use eggs as a weapon?

“You can’t have that kind of kon!　Think of it as a man’s balls and treat it gently!”

That’s not a way to describe it!

“Sei!!!!”

　The eggs splattered loudly.

　I’ll never be able to have a physical relationship with Himari. My balls are crushed.

　And so, Himari splattered the entire carton of eggs on the kitchen table and we responsibly eat them all.

“Bon appétit!”

　With all the eggs lost and the sausage turned into a black meat stick, the sausage and egg set meal was changed to natto and rice.

“I made breakfast for you today!　What do you think?!”

　Himari’s eyes sparkled as she leaned in closer to Shino.

　What is it with her confident attitude after such a spectacular failure? She really is a happy woman.

” Just because you made natto doesn’t mean you did it good!　That’s not something to brag about!　Besides, you stirred it too vigorously!　There’s a hole in the bottom and the sauce is leaking out!?”

“You are so annoying!　Why can’t you say, “You’re good for your first time!” Why cant you say that?!　You’re not a very cute sister!”

　She’s not too good at it, even for the first time. Probably better to let a smart gorilla do it.

“How is it Yagami ……?　Tasty ……?”

　Himari looks at me anxiously.

“Yeah, it’s good.”

　That’s right. Natto is the soul food of the Japanese people and there is no reason why it should taste bad.

　As long as you don’t mix in anything weird, it’s bound to taste good no matter who does it.

“Ehe……I’m glad!”

　Himari smiles at me. –Well, if she’s happy, that’s fine.

“Sakurako, how is your hangover?”

“Hmm, well …… I didn’t drink that much, so ……”

　Sensei is moseying around, eating natto rice.

　I’ve been checking on her since she showed up, but she looks exactly the same as usual. After all, she doesn’t seem to remember anything.

　I’ll keep what happened last night in my mind and take it to the grave. Sensei will get hurt and I might end up in trouble with the police.

“…… Sakurako-chan, what are you doing?”

　Sensei is staring at the string drawn between the chopsticks and the natto.

“—–Hmm, nothing.”

　Sensei glanced at me, then began to munch again.

　After breakfast, it was time for Himari to study.

　It’s been more than a week since I started teaching her math (or rather, arithmetic), and one thing surprised me.

“13 times 15?”

“195!”

” 544 devided by 17?”

“32!”

　Himari answers immediately with her mental arithmetic. Just a few days ago, she could not even figure out multiplication.

　Perhaps she is not an idiot. She simply didn’t like to study.

　Moreover, although she was probably too young to start with, her growth in mathematics (arithmetic) is better than in other subjects. Is this girl a science major?

“Good. Now that the warm-up is over, let’s get down to business. Now, I want you to find the area of this triangle.

“No way!　I can only do the area of a square!”

　If I taught her the formula for triangles, the current Himari could easily calculate it.

　But there was something I wanted to try.

“You have to figure out how to do it yourself.”

“Waa!?　You’re supposed to teach me how to do that!”

“That’s true. But I’m thinking you can do it.”

“Ara, oh……?　Well, I’ll give it a try!”

　You have to understand why it’s “base x height / 2”. I want to teach Himari that properly.

　I was surprised at how professional I was, despite the fact that I didn’t want to work as a tutor.

　It took her half an hour to figure it out.

　Himari realized that a triangle has half the area of a parallelogram.

“Eight times four divided by two equals sixteen!”

“Correct answer!　That’s great!”

　Himari smiled happily, “Ehehe.”

　Without a single hint, she had figured out the answer on her own. Is it possible that this girl is faking?

“You’re finally at the fifth grade level. Congratulations.” (Shino)

　Shino, in full makeup, called out to her.

　Is she going to go somewhere now?

“You’re so sarcastic.……!　That’s why you’re unattractive!”

“What?　I-I’m very popular.　Don’t you know that I’ve been hit on by a lot of senior members of the soccer team?”

　It seems that Shino has been confessed to by two more people since then, and within a month, she has shot down five more people.

“Ha!　It’s just five, right?　I’m much more popular than you!”

　Umu…..Well, it’s true that Himari is popular…….

“It’s just that Himari-chan is a slut!”

“What?　I’m not a slut!　I mean, I’m–“

　When Himari glanced at me, her cheeks turned red and she fell silent.

“Yes, yes, that’s enough. Let’s keep studying.”

“Senpai!　I’m more popular than her right!?”

{1 [“Yeah, that’s right.”] }

{2 [“No, you’re not.”] }

What the hell… it’s annoying.

　Man, it’s so …… annoying already.

“Yeah, thats right.”

“See, I knew it!　I have won Himari-chan!”

“Huh!?　Yagami!　I’m more popular than her right?!”

{1 [“Yeah, that’s right.”] }

{2 [“No, you’re not.”] }

I really don’t know, jeez.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Wait, no no!　You’re changing what you’re saying!　I’ll ask you again!　It’s me, right?!”

{1 [“Yeah, that’s right.”] }

{2 [“No, you’re not.”] }

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Waa?　It’s me right?!”

{1 [“Yeah, that’s right.”] }

{2 [“No, you’re not.”] }

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“”Mou! Who is it!””

　Unbelievably, this question and answer went on for half an hour.