[A gloomy beauty of an older sister and her puppy-like younger man, an older-woman/younger-man romance]
The first time Hoshino Chinatsu met little Inumaki, he peeked timidly out from behind his mother, a small white head, clutching his mother’s hem tightly.
The little guy couldn’t control his Cursed Speech well, and accidentally hurt other people as well as himself.
Since her ability made her immune to Cursed Speech, his mother sent him to live and study with her.
At first
She coaxed him with a bright smile. “Come on, little one, call me big sister~”
Looking at little Inumaki’s dewy puppy eyes, Hoshino Chinatsu grabbed his cheeks without hesitation and made him call out, unwillingly, “Big, sis, ter, ”
As soon as she let go, little Inumaki ran off. Before leaving, he turned around and made a face at her, protesting in his childish voice, “You’re not my big sister!”
Later
She watched the child she had raised standing before her, working up the courage to confess his feelings with a flushed face and halting words. “Big... big sis, I... like you...”
Hoshino Chinatsu raised an eyebrow and took the little guy by the shoulders, watching him squirm with discomfort.
She thought it over for a long time, then finally turned him down. “You shouldn’t feel that way, Inumaki. You’re my little brother.”
I treat you like my little brother, but you want to become my brother-in-law?
“Shouldn’t feel that way... how?”
The little guy, whose face had been red all along, suddenly erupted with strength unlike anything he’d shown before. He pinned her hands above her head against the door behind her. Inumaki leaned in, his voice husky.
“Like this?” His kiss landed on her forehead.
“Or like this?” His kiss brushed her cheek.
“Or maybe...”
His voice dissolved between their lips. Hoshino Chinatsu’s strength was suppressed, and she could only let the little guy she had raised have his way.
Was she indulging him, or simply unable to resist? She didn’t know.
“I was never your little brother.”
After the kiss, Inumaki looked seriously at the woman who had teased him from childhood, his tone earnest and firm.
Hoshino Chinatsu suddenly saw a hint of panic in herself reflected in the little guy’s eyes. She turned her face away, trying her best to ignore the strange feeling inside her.
Why was Inumaki, whom she had raised as her little brother, acting like this!
Where exactly had she gone wrong in raising him?!
◆ Single Cursed Technique, Inumaki pairing, 1v1, happy ending
◆ Their “sibling” relationship means nothing, he is only being fostered at the heroine’s home
◆ OOC warning, tons of author’s own settings!!! Inumaki’s Cursed Speech doesn’t work on the heroine, and the more he talks with her, the stronger his Cursed Speech becomes.
◆ Cover art generously provided by bs
◆ And finally, thanks for reading =3=
Theme: Love makes people stronger.
