Reincarnated as My Little Sister – Chapter 8.5

Translator: CloudLys (Flowingcloud + LysUltima from Ebisu TL)

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Previous Life’s Kouyou’s Point of View, In Front of the Grave

A year ago, my best friend Riku was killed.
Ever since, I just felt this gaping hole in my chest.

Honestly, I thought that his little sister would do that to him one day.
Therefore, in order to reduce the possibility, I did various things.
I tried minimizing the time he was together with his little sister, and put great effort into making him not feel stressed as much as possible.
However, Riku’s expression became more and more cornered.

Even though I held no power, Riku was my close friend.
I wanted to help Riku.
It wasn’t something like pity. However, I wanted to laugh and spend time together.
But, there were still limits to me who was not even a high schooler yet.

However, I couldn’t let him live by himself with his sister.
I, with that thought in mind, worked part time, and persevered to find a place of employment…
It was only a little bit more. A little bit more until he was possibility liberated from his younger sister!
But what was that timing…

…I understood the real reason.
While I didn’t notice, I probably gave him unnecessary stress.
Even when I had no time, Riku was paying attention to his surroundings.
He’s an idiot. It’d be good if he only thought about himself.
It would’ve been good if he threw away looking after his younger sister.

My feelings perhaps not be a feeling of loss, but might be my disappointment towards myself.

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As soon as something happened, it had reached the point where I would go to Riku’s grave.
I thought it was ridiculous, but when I went to in front of the grave, those feelings became one of wanting to returning back to those fun days.
Also, I feel like I have increased my monologues.

I certainly didn’t think that I would see my close friend’s grave this fate during that time.

“Then you see Riku. A college friend, man…… what am I doing….”

Occasionally, I would come back to my senses.
Also, I don’t think that Riku would be happy when I talked about such things.

“I’ll come again, Riku…”

When it was about time to go, I noticed a women coming towards this direction.

“Good afternoon,” the woman turned and greeted me.

“Yo, transfer student.”

I knew this woman.
It was during my second year of high school when she came as a transfer student, if I remember correctly her name is… Makita was it?
Riku was often looking at her, so even though we were in a different class, it was a face I remembered well.

“Ahaha… I’m not a transfer student anymore though. Is Morita-san also visiting Yuuyami-kun’s grave?

“Visiting his grave… well, something like that. Or rather, you knew about me.”

We should had never talked… I think

“Morita-san was close to the person that I was interested in.”

“That is in other words…”

“Yes, I liked Yuuyami-kun. Therefore, I also knew you, his best friend.”

Even though I heard that, I was not that surprised.
It might be because I predicted it from the start.
If that wasn’t the case, she wouldn’t usually come and visit his grave.

“May I ask why you liked him?”

I didn’t have to particularly ask, but for some reason or another I wanted to ask.
After the transfer student looked like she was thinking a bit, she seemed to have made a decision and looked toward me.

“I’ll tell you the reason why I came to like him. Therefore, could you tell me about the Yuuyami-kun that I don’t know?”

“Why do you want to know? It doesn’t mean anything anymore though.”

“Even so, I’m a bit lonely that I don’t know…”

“…I see.”

After, the transfer student told me why.
His atmosphere was similar to her previous acquaintance, and became interested in Riku.
She started watching him and started noticing his kindness and consideration, and she just fell in love.

It sounds like a story often told, but I somehow knew that it was true when I listened and understood.

“That’s how I felt…”

The transfer student was bright red while being shy.

“Aah, I understand. …If you were next to Riku when he was living, he might have slightly changed.”

“Eh?”

“Nevermind!”

During the second half of the sentence, the voice of my heart leaked out, but it seems like she didn’t hear. That was close, close…

Then, Morita-san. Can you tell me? About Yuuyami-kun…”

“Yeah, it’s a promise.”

After that, I told her almost everything that I knew.
How he was raised, what his character was like, also… how he died.

I didn’t understand why we talked so much, but maybe I wanted to hear about Riku. From the girl who liked him…

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“Thank you very much today.”

“I also somehow enjoyed today. Thanks.”

“How about talking some other time? Do something like today.”

“Aah, another day then.”

We left for our homes separately.

However, at the end of this meeting, I never saw that girl ever again. ¹

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