Chapter 61: Kouta and Natsume karaoke.

//Author: Shorter chapter, but I'll being doing 3 today.//

Three buildings down from the arcade is a Karaoke venue. It seems Kobayashi-san is quite familiar with it, and in mere minutes she’s secured us a room.

“I’ll go first!” she says, and puts on some kind of song from this maid cosplay metal band.  

The song is a real thrill to watch her perform.  She’s got the microphone in her hand, and she’s really belting it out.  When she finishes I applaud.

She smiles big, and offers me the next turn.

I really am not the most versed in music outside of anime, so I try and pick one that aligns with the previous song.  It’s one from a popular VRMMO about a master tactician and a loli ninja.

So, I also try to belt one out, though the part I was the best at singing was the part in English at the start.  

Well, it didn’t go so badly!  I got a good fist pump from Kobayashi-san and we round-robined for a while.

After nearly an hour we took a small break.

We had drinks and some snacks delivered to the room already, and so while we took a break, Kobayashi-san began to start up some small talk with me.

“Feelin’ better?  Wanna talk about what’s buggin’ ya?”

I didn’t notice it really too much before, since I was always looking at Shi-chan, but this girl is very cute in her own way.

She looks like a farmer’s daughter, but not the one you dream about at night, but the one who leaves you dreaming after a night.  Her features are very rural japanese.  The suntanned skin, the almond shaped eyes, glossy black hair, and unusually attractive lips.

They would be nice to kiss.

“Oh, you’re lookin’ at me lots, you thinkin’ somethin’ ecchi?  Am I good?”

…

“Ah sorry.  I know it’s kind of inappropriate, I was just thinking that I didn’t get a look at how beautiful you are last time.”

“I’m beautiful ya’ say?”

“Maa, Well, I’m not trying to flirt by saying that, but your lips look very kissable.”

Kobayashi-san gives me a shy smile.

“Your flirtin’ needs some work, but if you are askin’ for a kiss…”

She scoots over just a bit, and gives me a little kiss on the cheek.

“So really, tell me what’s buggin’ ya?”

…

And I do.  Sort of.

I explain the beginning, about my crush on Shi-chan from school, finding her with dad, Kii-chan’s matchmaking, the erotic dates, and then moving in.  I omit any mention of Kanae and Ruru, and just blame the video call on Shi-chan alone, me running to stop her, and finding the scene of carnage.

Her response is a long whistle.

“That girl really is fuckin’ off the deep end.”

“But you aren’t bein’ honest either.  You forgot to mention the other two girls livin’ with ya.”

…

She knew?

“Aa…  I didn’t mean to hide it, but the relationship Shi-chan has created with me is a bit … weird?”

“It’s fine.  Look, we go the the same circle, so I know a bit about what’s up with your relationship.”

“Circle?”

“Yeah.  She hasn’t told you about it?”

“No.  I just know it’s something she does on Wednesdays with Miyajima Kii-chan.”

“Do ya wanna know what it’s about?  It’s not like I can’t tell ya, but it’s not good ta’ go spreadin’ stuff about it.”

…

Do I want to know?

…

I nod.

“We call our little group ‘sisters of the broken circle’ but it’s nothing crazy like one of those pyramid schemes or anythin’, it’s just a sexual abuse support group.”

“Support group?”

Kobayashi-san takes a sip of her drink and then continues.

“Everyone there has had a traumatic experience.  We got all kinda’ problem cases.  Even this cute girl before you’s got some damage.  Shi-chan… she’s a bit of a special case.”

I listen to her explain, but it doesn’t quite add up.

“Has she told ya’ anythin’?  I won’t say nothin’ if she hasn’t.  That’s just good manners an’ all.”

“She did, sort of.  About some event that happened three years ago, at a hotel…”

“Right.  So that’s when her problems began for the most part.  From what I understand, she was a really normal girl before that.”

“You mean the personality disorder?”

“?”

“You know.. how on some days she’s wild, and others she’s… a bit reserved.”

Kobayashi looked at me like I was saying something weird. 

“Shi-chan is always wild.  Always.  Part of it was ‘cause of you.”

“Me?”

“Yeah.  When she was done gettin’ messed up, she stumbled outta’ that place and collapsed nearby.  Some kid found her, and consoled her real fuckin’ good…”

She looks square at me.

“...Kouta-kun.  If you’d said those words to me, when I had my own trouble, I’d be every bit as fucked up.”

It’s my fault… for consoling her?

Try as I might, I can’t remember anything like that having happened.

I swear I glimpsed it once in that hotel room, but nothing remotely tangible stuck around in my mind.

“Anyway, I was gonna see if I could seduce you for the night, since Shi-chan stole my boyfriend once, I want ta’ pay her back.  Whadda’ya say?”

…

“Honestly.  If it was just Shi-chan I would hurt, I’d say yes right now, but there is another person.”

“Ah, the other girls.”

“Just one of them.  One who I think wasn’t involved with the crazy shit that happened today...”

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“Wanna fill in the parts you left out? I’ll even give you some advice on what to do.”

So I go back, and include the circumstances of Kanae and Ruru.

“So.. She’s your like… actual blood sister?”

“Yeah.”

“Why not fuck her too?”

“Eh? Well because…?”

“It’s not gonna kill ya’.  If it did, I’d be dead.

That’s my damage… I flirted around with my Onii-chan too, until I went too far…   Well, it was really scary at first, but then it became exciting, sneaking around doing it with him.  Eventually we got caught, and I got sent to live with some relatives here, then I realized what happened had messed me up a bit for relationships....”

“That’s not very reassuring.”

“I’m alive, aren’t I?  Though unless I can find somethin’ so exhiliaratin’ like that again...”

She puts her hand to my face and pinches my chin.   Looking at me from left to right.

“You need a nice scar above your eyes, and I’d show you some real crazy lovin’.”

“I’ll keep my nice skin, thanks.”

“I’d have done it with you that day, with her.”

!!!

“Why not find out then, if this other girl’s worth keepin’ then?  If she’s not, and you are okay with me callin’ you Onii-chan a whole lot, I’ll take care of ya’ real good for a while <3”

…

It’s motene.  Definitely.

“Thank you, Kobayashi-san.“

“Call me Natsume, or Nacchan, Kouta-kun.”

“Natsume-san.”

She smiles at me.

“We got another twenty minutes, any good songs ya’ got left?”

So we sing away the time.

When it’s done, I part company with her, but not before exchanging contact information.

 I then sent a text to Ruru.

[To Yoragata Ruru:

Call me when you are alone.  It’s important.  Don’t tell Kanae or Shiori.]

Another text to Senpai.

[To Miyajima Michio-senpai:

Senpai, call me when you get a chance.  I need a place to crash for a night, otherwise I gotta use a net cafe. Please.]

…

I’ve headed to the nearby net cafe. It’s close to the Seven, and I’m just trying to sort out some things, I’ve rented a room for an hour to start, and to collect my thoughts.

Namely, if Shi-chan is going to a support group for that kind of thing, shouldn’t she not being doing all the crazy stuff she’s been doing?  I mean, it’s a place to help keep you normal, right?  To get out all your feelings, so you don’t do that kind of thing?

…

I really have only such a little understanding about Shi-chan after all, don’t I?

I think about how it will be when we go back to school.  The thing I can be thankful for is that at least she’s not in my classroom.

And then there’s Kanae.

I don’t even know where to begin with her.  What exactly happened, Onee-chan?  Why did you become that way?

A text comes in.

[Miyajima Michio (1)

Kouhai?  Come over.  I’ll put you up for a while if you need.  Let’s talk.  I might not be able to do much for you, but I am your friend.]

Senpai!!!  You are a true bro!

I take a few minutes and get a text from Ruru, instead of a call.

[Yoragata Ruru (1)

What happened?  Kana-chan is just lying down in the kitchen.  I was going to call an ambulance, but she said not to.  Also, Shi-chan isn’t back yet.  Is something going on?]

…

Does Ruru not know?

Somehow it wasn’t beyond my thoughts to think she was in on this nightmare plan with Shi-chan and Kanae.

I will give her the benefit of the doubt for now.

[To Yoragats Ruru:

I’ll text you in a bit.  I’m not okay, but Im somewhere safe. You should stay at your house for the night.]

…

Thankfully, the MIyajimas are close by, so I head over, and this time I am greeted by Gendo-san.

Am I Shinji?

I would like some healing from Rei, please.

Oh.  Hiromi is Asuka.

Does that make Kimiko Rei?

….

Somehow I’ll pass on that healing after all.

“Yo, Kouhai!  Come in.”

Kimiko is there, but looking worriedly at me.

Did what I say earlier affect her?

sigh.

Looks like I’ll have to start at the beginning with senpai, and see what he thinks.

(Secret 53: Michio-senpai does in fact have a Rei plug-suit.  However, he has been trying to get her to wear a Misato costume instead.  She hasn’t been too interested in wearing his cosplay though, since the arrival of Hiromi.)

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