When I returned home after my tutoring job, Emma-chan came out of Charlotte-san’s house after hearing the sound of the key and asked for a cuddle.
She seems to have learned what time I come home these days, and Charlotte-san told me before that she was sitting on the front porch waiting for me.
Naturally, Charlotte-san, who’s very protective of her little sister, was standing behind Emma-chan.
I took Emma-chan in my arms first, and as usual, she let out a cute little laugh and rubbed her cheek against mine.
She’s still as sweet as ever.
“I’m sure you’ve already taken it for granted that you can carry Emma in your arms.”
“I can’t say no to her when she asks this much.”
I stroked Emma-chan’s head gently and carefully as I turned to Charlotte-san.
It seems that Charlotte-san has already taken a bath and was wearing pink pajamas with white polka dots on them.
It’s a color that suits her girlish figure well, and I couldn’t help but admire it.
“Umm… I’m embarrassed if you stare at me too much…”
I’m not sure if I’ve been staring too much, but Charlotte-san quickly averted her gaze as she put her right hand, which was lightly clenched into a fist, over her mouth.
And yet, as she glanced up at my face and fidgeted, I felt like fire was going to burst out of my face.
“Onii-chan, is Emma cute too?”
What’s going on all of a sudden?
As I was staring at Charlotte-san, Emma-chan, who was wearing pajamas with a cat ear hood, suddenly looked into my face.
She just said “Emma too”, but I’m pretty sure I didn’t say Charlotte-san was cute, did I?
Could it be that my expression gave me away?
“Emma-chan is also very cute.”
At any rate, I can’t not answer the question if asked, so I answer honestly.
I mean, you don’t have to ask me if Emma-chan is cute or not, but of course she is.
“More than Lottie?”
….This is a hard question to answer.
Isn’t this the question where if you stand up for one of them, the other one will get hurt…?
Moreover, even Charlotte-san was staring at my face when she heard Emma-chan’s words.
How should I answer this?
To begin with, the concept of cuteness is different between Charlotte-san and Emma-chan.
Charlotte-san is cute as a woman, but Emma-chan is cute as a young child.
To be honest, I don’t think we should compare them.
Should I say Emma-chan here so as not to hurt her?
I’m sure Charlotte-san will think that I chose Emma-chan because she’s so young.
Children cry when they don’t know any better, and it’s usually natural to stand up for the younger ones.