Chapter 125. Kiana: You Idiot!
"Hey~ calling this early—do you need something, Kiana?"
While his hand wandered along Seele's thigh, finding its soft, plump curve, Xander spoke leisurely.
"Nothing much! Just wanted to ask if you're free these next couple of days. Let's all hang out together again~"
After thinking it over, inviting Xander Masato alone seemed somewhat unrealistic. Kiana could only try to see if she could somehow send the others away and leave Sirin some alone time with him.
Xander said lazily.
"These two days?"
The call was on speaker, so Seele naturally heard Kiana's voice too.
Xander lowered his head and immediately met Seele's pitiful gaze.
He raised an eyebrow and gave her a look with a silent hint.
Seele, you don't want our two-person world being interrupted by others either, right?
Seeing this, how could Seele not understand her brother's intention? She bit her lip and gave him a reproachful look. As soon as Sister Bronya left, her brother started bullying her. But with her cheeks flushed red, she didn't refuse. Instead, she slowly slid down and lowered herself.
While keeping her eyes fixed on her brother's, she gently tugged at the zipper with her teeth, pulling it down. She knew exactly how to excite him.
Since Seele was being so considerate, he naturally wouldn't disappoint her.
He spoke into the phone at once: "Sorry, we won't be home these days, so we can't come out."
"Huh?
Not home?
But didn't you just get back?
Are you going back to work again?!!"
Kiana sounded puzzled, and her eyes also met Sirin's startled gaze.
"Bronya and Kaguya did go to the company.
They're preparing to develop a new game.
As for me, I've been tired for so long, so I'm planning to take Seele out on a trip.
We might be back in—tss...—a few days."
He lowered his head and looked at Seele's stuffed, bulging cheeks. Gently, he tapped her little head.
Having fun was one thing, but she didn't have to bite him! It hurt!
"Oh, alright then."
Kiana's voice was a bit dejected.
After a few more words, she hung up.
"What do we do?"
Looking at Sirin, Kiana asked.
"Th-then let's wait a few days."
In the quiet bedroom, the two—each with their own thoughts—stood in place in silence for a long while, then suddenly spoke in unison: "Sirin (Kiana), I have something I want to tell you."
"..."
"You go first!" *2
"Then I'll go first!" *2
"..."
After that, Kiana reached out to cover Sirin's mouth and said, a bit speechless, "Alright, you go first."
This sisterly tacit understanding really shouldn't show up where it shouldn't!!
Sirin nodded, looked at Kiana, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly spoke: "Kiana, how do you view Xander ?"
Oh ho, going straight for that question?
Kiana's eyes narrowed.
So, she's here to ask for advice?
Seeing the somewhat complicated look in Sirin's eyes, Kiana paused, then replied in a steady voice: "I think Xander is a pretty good person.
Good temper, gentle personality, and very capable.
He cares a lot about the people around him.
His flaw is that he's a bit of a flirt and likes a few too many people."
After speaking, she added: "But Xander 's status is what it is.
It's like those uncles from the clans our parents belong to, who have many different 'aunts' around them.
This kind of thing is actually very common.
Sirin, you can't let my words make you biased!"
Kiana firmly remembered her mother's words: what mattered most was for Sirin to experience her own feelings firsthand.
She must not let her own words influence Sirin.
"I see.
So that's how you see Xander ."
Her gaze dropped a little.
Sirin called softly, "Kiana."
"Mm?"
Just as Kiana expected Sirin to simply be frank with her, she heard Sirin say from across her, "You do like Xander , don't you."
Kiana: "?"
After hearing Kiana's conversation with her mother last night, the huge shock left Sirin's mind muddled for a while.
Kiana also likes Xander —what kind of joke is this!
How can sisters both fall for the same person?
That's way too weird.
Oh, right, Seele and "Ducky" don't count.
Those two were basically raised into it, with their affection naturally maxed out.
Unlike ever-upbeat Kiana, Sirin's first thought in that moment was to retreat.
She only had a bit of a good impression of Xander to begin with.
A year apart, plus time and distance, together with Seele and the others' praise, had placed a beautiful filter over him.
Honestly, how could she possibly like a friend's boyfriend.
It had to be her own misunderstanding.
Her mind was occupied by these chaotic thoughts, and that was right when Kiana left her room and came face-to-face with her.
So Sirin repeated last night's conversation, intending to help Kiana create an opportunity.
But then, when she went back to her room and calmed down on the bed, the more she thought about it, the angrier she got!
Of course, she was angry at her own uselessness.
Just like after every argument when you silently review it alone, recalling her bizarre operations made the Pufferfish so mad she was about to puff up and explode.
Why was I such dead weight just now?!!
Finally meeting a boy like Xander who left a decent impression, and I was even thinking of helping Kiana make an opening?
As for "too many people"?
Didn't you hear what Kiana just said?
They were raised in two long-standing clans closely tied to Schicksal.
This kind of thing is way too common, okay.
Seeing Kiana play dumb, Sirin's bellyful of anger burst out: "Kiana, drop the act.
I heard everything last night."
"Last night?"
Kiana froze for a beat, then reacted at once: "You were eavesdropping outside yesterday?!!"
"Eaves—what eavesdropping.
Don't make it sound so nasty.
I just happened to hear it when I was passing by.
Who told you not to close the door properly!!"
After being exposed, Sirin blushed a little, but still stiffened her neck and argued.
"Ugh, whatever.
That's not the point.
The 'friend' I talked about yesterday wasn't me!!"
"Heh~"
Sirin gave a cold laugh.
She didn't believe a single word of that.
Seeing this, Kiana got anxious.
She hurriedly explained, "I actually noticed something was off about you yesterday, so I went to talk with Mom!!
I said I had a friend because I didn't want to expose you.
How could you take my kindness for—that liver-and-lungs thing?!"
"Heh, keep spinning the tale."
Arms folded, Sirin calmly enjoyed Kiana's performance.
"Y-y-you—you're driving me crazy, you idiot!!!"
"You're the idiot!!"
"You're the idiot!"
"You're the idiot!"
"..."
Setting aside the twin sisters who had already started bickering, over on the other side, Seele—who had just finished brushing her teeth—was already tugging her brother along, excitedly starting to pack their luggage.
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