OniAi: Volume 3 Chapter 3

April 13th, 6:15 A.M.

Student Hostel – Dining Room

After the breakfast, Kaichou came up with a suggestion.

“The people in charge of our meals have been decided. It’s about time for us to think about the allocation of the other jobs; isn’t that right, Himenokouji Akito-san?”

“Ha?”

“You’re the head of the hostel. You shall be in charge of coming up with the list of chores that will be shared among us all. Even if we should work together for all sorts of things, it will still be better to assign someone to be in charge of each individual job.”

“Indeed. We should decide as quickly as possible, especially for things like the roster for cleaning duty.”

As there used to be only my sister and I living in the hostel, we only needed to clean the places that we used. However, that won’t work from now on.

Things like the bathroom and the washing machine will basically be shared by everyone from now on, and it doesn’t make sense to restrain the usage such that there’d a specific time period for each individual to use. Things like the second floor, the weed inhibited garden, etc., things that we had ignored, would have to be gradually cleaned up as well.

“No one here is used to living together with others, and there aren’t any seniors here who would be familiar with things like this. There are limitations to what’s within the rules that I brought here. In any case, we’ll have to feel our way through blindly; however, it still makes the most sense for you to be making the final decisions. Make sure you do it properly, Himenokouji Akito-san.”

“Ah, haha.”

If we’re going to talk, it just feels like Kaichou should have greater experience in terms of organization techniques, operations, etc. Did she hand the task over to me in respect of our current positions? Compared to her, as the Seito-Kaichou, my position in the student council is really nothing to brag about.

“If you can’t come up with anything within such a short time, how about trying to organize a spring cleaning first?

“Haa. Spring cleaning huh.”

“Yeah.”

Kaichou shot me a look while pursing her lips into a smile.

As a side note, that person’s typical attire is your so called “Kinagashi”. Her chest was revealed in a rather daring manner, and the way she stuffed her hands into her clothes, she sort of resembles a handsome vagabond who frequents Yoshiwara.

“Ignoring how things used to be back when you siblings are living together by yourselves, we’ve officially begun living together in this hostel from today onward. Meaning to say, this place will become a recognized as a facility of St. Ririana Academy; so it won’t do if we don’t make it more presentable. In the current state, with things like the garden full of weeds and many other problems, we won’t leave a good impression on our neighbors, and we can’t exactly lift our heads up high in front of the school board either.”

“Haa, well, you’re right.”

“It’s written on the rules as well. ‘All residents are to put effort into daily cleaning, to ensure the cleanliness of the hostel.’, as well as ‘All residents are to do their best to establish friendly relationships with their neighbors.’ Things like that.”

Just like she said.

In actual fact, this place was previously like a rented apartment for both Akiko and I, and we’d neglected a lot of areas which we were supposed to put attention to, due to us being busy with stuff like moving, and work. However, we can’t continue like that from now on.

“Also, from a brief look around yesterday and today, I’ve realized that there are quite a few faults with the hostel itself. There are lots of places with leaks, and rusty doors that can’t be opened, things like that.”

“Ah— that’s because this place is so old. We did want to repair the broken places, but we lacked the financial resources to do so.”

“No worries, I talked to the council about it. The school will be forking out some cash for the maintenance of this hostel.”

“Ohhh? Really?”

“Yeah. They have already set aside some funds for hiring a repairman, but it will be better for us if we can list all the faulty areas, right? We do have a budget, but it isn’t limitless either. It won’t do if we don’t prioritize what areas to repair first.”

“Mhmm.”

“Thus, we can make the list while we’re cleaning each and every corner of the building; that’s my plan. In addition, we can also find out which parts of the building require the most attention to clean, as well as how long it takes to clean each area. That will be useful when coming up with the roster later on.”

“Indeed.”

As expected from the Seito-Kaichou, her plan was indeed flawless. However, it would be much better still, without her unnecessarily strong sexual drive and crazy sense of fashion.

***

And so.

The whole of today will be spent on cleaning the hostel.

Also, as it’d be pretty inefficient for everyone to be cleaning the same areas together, the situation became such that each of the five members of the student council had their own area to handle.

The task of cleaning the bathroom and the changing room was assigned to Akiko.

Kaichou will be in charge of the area from the entrance to the hallways.

Ginbe is in charge of the empty rooms that aren’t in use.

And the job of clearing the weeds in the garden was left to Nasuhara.

Ignoring the second floor, which could be postponed for later, in general, the areas to be cleaned have already been assigned to everyone.

Incidentally, while monitoring the overall progress of the spring cleaning, I’ll help out in areas that are falling behind schedule, or places that are difficult to clean.

The word ‘supervise’ does sounds rather nice to the ears, but, to put it bluntly, I’m the all-purpose errand boy, which is the most troublesome job. Since I’m the head of the hostel, as well as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the student council, it seems like this job was fated to become mine.

In addition, Akiko threw a huge tantrum about the job assignments.

“I want to be together with Onii-chan!”; like that. Well, that was her stance as usual, but Kaichou, Nasuhara and Ginbe had all disagreed. They said something like, ‘We won’t compromise just because you two are siblings.’

“It feels like someone has looked down on our blood-thicker-than-water relationship.”

Akiko was pouting while scrubbing the tiles of the communal bathroom with a *goshigoshi* sound.

“We are siblings who were left by ourselves, and we know each other better than anyone else. It is natural for us to be together. We are as difficult to separate as the two faces of a coin. You could say that our existence is unique, since we are like two souls sharing a single body.”

“Mhmm. Yeah.”

“But what is with that? Nikaido-senpai, Nasuhara-san, and Ginbe-san. They make it sound as if it is a crime for me to be with Onii-chan. It is just spring cleaning, so what is wrong with the two of us doing it together?”

“Forget it, what’s wrong with that? Despite all that, I’m still here helping Akiko. I’m helping you before helping anyone else.”

“You are not wrong, but…”

While putting on an expression that showed her unwillingness to accept the situation, my sister continued scrubbing the tiled walls of the bathroom with all her strength. It was as if she wanted to vent her burning anger onto the tiles.

Well, it’s not like I couldn’t understand her feelings.

It’s a fact that the three new residents of the hostel have formed an anti-sister alliance to pick on her brother complex. I didn’t say it explicitly to Akiko, but I guess she’s more or less figured it out already.

“I can not accept it. I really can not accept it.”

“… Compared to usual, you’re even more unwilling to give up today.”

“Because, today should have undoubtedly been a happy day, is that not so? Shopping with Onii-chan, buying things, eating together, then taking a stroll through a park or somewhere. Our hands would finally entwine together naturally, our bodies would get closer and closer, and then we would succumb to the mood and enjoy a sweet night together; if those people had not move in, that would be what happened.”

“Nope. I didn’t have those kind of plans.”

There has to be a limit to your wishful thinking.

“Well, in any case, we’ll have to do spring cleaning sooner or later. This bathroom is barely passable for use, so you can’t exactly say that it’s in a good condition.”

“It is as you have said.”

My sister gave a pout. It still seemed like she couldn’t accept it.

“Alright. It seems like we’ve finished quite a bit of the cleaning here. Since it looks like Akiko will be fine by herself, I’ll head off to check on how the others are doing.”

“Huuh? Onii-chan is saying that he wants to leave me, to be with some other women?”

“Despite you being correct, it still sounds wrong somehow.”

“You said you loved me; was that just a lie?”

“Of course not. But under the premise of loving you as a sister.”

“Boo.”

My sister gave out a really easy to understand onomatopoeia, and turned away.

“Onii-chan is always like that. Even though in the eyes of the almighty, love, blood related relatives, and stuff like that are all insignificant matters… Me, your cute little sister, has suffered several tragic experiences due to Onii-chan being bound by some silly outdated rules. A man should never make a girl cry. I request that you do some serious soul searching, and at the same time, improve how you treat your cute little sister.”

“Fine fine fine. You’re completely correct.”

“Uuuuh? That sounds like a perfunctory speech from you… Akiko has suffered a huge blow.”

“In actual fact, it feels like you’re still sticking way too close to me, even now.”

The *goshigoshi* sounds of her scrubbing the bathroom ring out as I continued.

“Ever since I started living with you again, how much time do you think I’ve spent where I wasn’t together with you? Almost none, right? We’re in different classes at school, but you come to see me during breaks. After school, we meet each other again, due to the student council. Even after returning back to the hostel, we naturally end up together until morning comes. I think, the time we spend together has already way exceeded that of any other siblings in the world.”

As for this seventy year old hostel, even though it was decided that it will be demolished, its cultural value is definitely not insignificant. It’s constructed by building a frame of metal and clay, then finishing it off with huge amount of oak; something rarely seen these days. It has a sense of sturdiness that it can pride itself on, far more so than any of those historical relics that one can see just about anywhere. The decision to destroy this place only came after various fights and squabbles, but despite all that, it’s still a perfectly fine hostel that can be put to good use.

This huge bathroom is the product of construction techniques that were popular back in the olden days, condensed into a single room.

The taps and water pipes are all made of brass.

The tiles that covered the floors and walls, have an elegant design consisting of a blue background with pictures of flowers.

Everything is quite old, but they’re all articles of beauty, and the fact that they’re still in good condition makes one feel deeply relieved. Regardless of the past or the present, one can easily see the depth of the funds of St. Ririana Academy prides itself on.

“I feel very blessed, and I’m quite satisfied already.”

I said that, while carefully clearing away the mold that was in between the joints of the bathtub.

“Despite having a troublesome side, ultimately, I’m still living together with you. For me, that’s something more important than anything else. Whenever I’m facing something that doesn’t go my way, it’s all irrelevant once I recall the happiness of my living conditions. Akiko, don’t you feel the same?”

“… Uuuuuuuh~~~~!”

Akiko gave yet another moan of dissatisfaction. She then scrubbed the tiles at an even higher speed than before.

“I understand all that! Of course, it is the most blissful to be living together with Onii-chan! Thinking back to those days, I will be punished by heavens if I am to make any sort of unreasonable requests. I think so too! But even so!”

*Goshigoshigoshigoshi*

The hands that were scrubbing the tiles moved at a faster and faster speed.

“But that is not it, this does not anything to do with my extravagant wishes, nor my facing the wrath of heavens! Instead, this thing about me being together with Onii-chan whenever I can, is something that could be considered a basic human right, a right that is bestowed upon the billions of younger sisters in the world since the day they were born! Or should I say, Onii-chan is a basic necessity for me, to the point that it is like water and sunlight for plants… Ugh, though I can not quite express my feelings clearly enough, but you could treat it like this; please marry me Onii-chan, as quickly as you can!”

“So things have still boiled down to that huh.”

I’m stunned, but I still managed to understand what she was trying to convey.

“I say Akiko. You have indeed followed my instructions, and have grown up to be a good girl. Entering into an elite school, getting good grades there, and being in the student council; I’m really happy about your achievements. You’re really impressive. Truly.”

“Fufu, of course. I am a cute little sister who listens closely to Onii-chan, and I will offer my body to no one else but Onii-chan either. You can treat me as Onii-chan’s faithful servant; no, perhaps it would be more fitting to call me your slave.”

“I think there would be quite a few problems if there was an elder brother who treated his younger sister like that.”

“Rather than being a slave, you could say that I wish to become Onii-chan’s sex slave.”

“You can leave those words to Kaichou or Nasuhara-san… In any case, we’re lucky you’ve became such an excellent lady. For myself, I have the duty to protect your position with all my might. You understand that?”

“Yes, I understand.”

“However, should you continue to put your brother complex on full display, and should you continuously repeat those perverted words and action, the work that took you great pains to accomplish will collapse all that. It would be very troublesome if you were to declare your love for your twin elder brother in public; you understand that too, right?”

“No. I do not.”

My sister was that direct and straightforward.

“I am faithful to Onii-chan and my life revolves around Onii-chan. The feelings I have of being deeply in love with Onii-chan are something irreplaceable, and I have always thought that loving Onii-chan is not something to be ashamed of. Therefore, no matter who preaches to me, or what they say, I will not stop loving Onii-chan; no matter what I lose, I will still deeply love Onii-chan.”

… Uh— mmm.

That was, indeed, her honest confession, and it would stir the hearts of people; if the person in question wasn’t me.

“That’s really troublesome… Since you finally became such a fine lady, I was hoping to assist you in living the life that you deserve.”

“A life that I deserve? Generally speaking, what sort of life is that?”

“For example. Finding a guy who’s much better than me, have you marrying him and probably starting a family with him. Something like that.”

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuhh?!”

My sister’s arched her eyebrows immediately.

“Impossible. Unbelievable. Onii-chan has said something incredibly violent just now. Being Onii-chan’s younger sister, as well as your lovely wife, I demand Onii-chan retract what you just said, right now.”

“No no no. What do you mean by violent speech? Common sense says that it’s something totally decent, no?”

“Common sense or whatsoever does not have anything to do with this. I have been saying, the Himenokouji household has its own Laws of Himenokouji.”

“And I’ve been saying as well, I don’t remember such a set of rules existing. Also, I was almost fooled by you, but me being your other half is something that isn’t true, yeah?”

“In any case!”

My sister gave a loud yell, and turned away from me,

“My feelings right now are at rock bottom. I do not care about Onii-chan anymore.”

“Even if you’re feeling angry due to that… what I said was something surprisingly normal.”

“In the eyes of almighty love, normal or not does not matter at all.”

“Speaking of which, I said it just now. I’ve spent too much time with you, just like how we’re together now. I think that you could give me more plus points for that.”

“Indeed. If you increase our time together, I will not whine. Yup.”

“Uh. Is that you being sarcastic with me?”

“Yes~. Pre~cisely.”

My sister was still facing away from me,

“Even though I feel really happy just being together, that alone will not satisfy me. I wish to receive much more doting and loving from Onii-chan.”

“Am I not doting on you enough already? Like right now.”

“No, this is still very, very, far off. I use my loves-Onii-chan-the-most beam constantly but Onii-chan has always been ignoring it… As such, my desires and dissatisfaction will only become worse and worse.”

“Eh— so I see~”

“Enough is enough, you have reverted back to your casual and perfunctory replies?! If you do such a thing to your cute little sister, you will be struck by lightning some day!”

“Ah— so I see~ Eh—”

“Urgh! You have time and time again ignored my warnings; I understand, I have finally understood! If so, I have my own plans as well! Up until now I was apprehensive because I was being a respectful younger sister but as of tonight, I will be assaulting Onii-chan’s bed at night—”

Her rattling speech came to a halt. Just like a radio with its batteries removed.

The reason wasn’t anything else, but me.

“How’s this? Are you satisfied with this?”

“…”

“Hmm. So you’re in a state where you can’t even answer me.”

I shrugged and left my sister’s back; by loosening my arms that had hugged her tightly from behind.

“Oi~. Akiko~?”

I scooted in front of her to look at her expression. It seemed like time had stopped for her just when she was saying “I’ll be assaulting Onii-chan’s bed at night—”. Meaning, she was petrified.

See— I shrugged just like that. I know everyone here understands without me having to explain anything, but I do have my own concerns as well. Do you think my love will lose to yours? Pfft.

***

Well then.

It seemed like my petrified sister won’t be released from that state any time soon, so I shall leave the bathroom for now and look at how things are going elsewhere.

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