In terms of type, she was the complete opposite of Martina, Yuu's mother, but she looked 30 years old at most.
「Oh my! You're still so young, but you're very good with your words, aren't you?」
Hearing Yuu's words, Rei's mother's eyes widened as she held her mouth in surprise.
Her cheeks were slightly flushed with crimson.
The effect seemed to be outstanding.
「Fufufu. Even if you're Rei's friend, having a boy say something like that to me still makes me happy. Err… Come on, Sato, say hello to Yuu-kun, too.」
She urged the girl, who for some reason was clinging closely diagonally behind Rei.
「I, I'm Rei's younger sister… Satomi.」
When she and Rei stood side by side, there was almost no difference between them, but she seemed to be slightly shorter than Rei.
Her long black hair, which reached her back, was tied in a two-sided updo with a pink ribbon.
The two siblings looked so much alike that Yuu couldn't help but wonder if they were actually twins, but he remembered hearing that the younger sister was still in middle school.
Rei himself had an androgynous and sweet face, so his younger sister was pretty enough to be called a beautiful girl as well.
Her slender body was well suited to the pale orange one-piece dress decorated with frills.
She was wearing a thin black cardigan, but the bulges in her chest were hardly noticeable.
「Hello. Satomi-chan.」
Yuu greeted her with a smile, but she ended up hiding behind Rei as if somewhat on guard against him.
Was she a shy person?
Yuu found it refreshing to see a different reaction from that of the girls at school.
「Oh dear, Sato… Since middle school, Rei has never brought a friend over, you see. I had heard that you were a boy that was very manly, good-looking, dependable, and unperturbed by anything, so dear me, I was so excited and looking forward to meeting you, unbecoming of someone my age. But this girl is a shy child, so please forgive her.」
「No, I don't mind at all.」
If anything, he was curious about how Rei had talked about him at home.
「This way. Yuu-kun.」
「Yeah.」
「I'll bring you some tea cakes later, okay?」
「Ah, please don't bother.」
As Rei's mother went toward the living room, Yuu followed Rei into his room.
Arrangement wise, it didn't look much different from his own room.
「U, um, I cleaned up the room in a hurry, so don't mind if there are some parts that look a little unsightly.」
「Nah… I think it's plenty neat.」
Like Yuu's room before the switchover, Rei's room was clean and tidy.
However, while Yuu's room was decorated in the basic color of blue and green, which were standard colors for boys, Rei's room was decorated in pastel colors of pink, cream, and light purple, which were more girlish than boyish, making it difficult to comment on them toward the person in question.
In general, a man's room didn't have a stuffed bear on the bed or lace curtains on the shelves.
And then, above all else, what bothered him the most was that that fact that Satomi, Rei's younger sister, who he thought would go back to her own room or go to the living room with their mother, had followed Rei as if it was only a matter of course and sat right next to her elder brother.
It was such a natural of an action that Yuu was speechless.
Rei was also smiling wryly, but he didn't try to make her leave.
He must have given up from the beginning.
Yuu also sat across the apple-shaped table.
The cushions on which the siblings were sitting were purple and pink, while Yuu's was light blue.
「It's quite a nice room, isn't it?」
「Is, is that so? I was embarrassed to show you the room as it is, but I also found it questionable to suddenly remodel it, you see.」
The person in question must have some inklings about it, too.
It was a show of kindness from Yuu to deliberately not throw a retort saying: it's not so manly.
Albeit vaguely, he had more or less guessed that apparently, Rei ending up having such preference was due to the influence of his family.
When he asked him before, Rei said that before he moved here, he lived in a town in the western part of the prefecture whose name Yuu had never even heard of.
He had been living in the Saiou city since that time, and apart from his father, who came by twice a week, he seemed to have a familial relationship where he was surrounded by women, from his grandmother, aunt, cousin, mother, and little sister.
For a while, they talked mainly about the things they could find in the room.
Midway, Rei's mother brought them tea cakes and drinks.
Incidentally, it was iced cafe au lait for Yuu and Rei and orange juice for Satomi.
It seemed to be a usual occurrence for his little sister to hang around in his room for a long time, but seeing that she was sitting there as if it was only natural even now, Rei's mother showed a troubled face.
As if to say: I don't mind; Yuu shook his head and showed a smile on his face.
And then, not wanting to leave Satomi out of the group, Yuu boldly tried to talk to her.
「Satomi-chan, I believe Rei told me before that you are in junior high school, what grade are you in now?」
「Second year.」
She was willing to make eye contact with him, but her answer was minimal.
「Which means you'll take the entrance exam the year after next, huh. By any chance, for high school, are you thinking of going to Sairyou Academy (our school)?」
「But of course! I'm going to get in for sure!」
「Hohou. You seem confident. I heard that the competition among the girls is intense, though?」
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