Chikage Utsuki/The Charlatan Mocks Himself

My Sister

Backstage Stories

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Izumi	... Phew, it's gotten so late.
	(Omi-kun said that he wouldn't be at the dorm tonight, so maybe I'll eat somewhere and then go home.)
	(... Now that I think about it, I feel like Itaru-san and Chikage-san's workplace is around here... Wait, huh?)
Chikage	...
Izumi	(It *is* Chikage-san. I wonder if he just got off of work?)
Colleague A	You should come, Utsuki-san! Let's go to the second drinking party together!
Chikage	Mmm... Since you went out of your way to invite me, I do want to go, but...
Colleague B	It *is* a drinking party, after all!
Superior	Drinking with others is important, too!
Chikage	Not you too, Boss...
Izumi	(... He looks like he's busy. I shouldn't get in his way.)
Chikage	——.
	Izumi, so you were here.
Izumi	!?
Colleague A	Huh? Do you know her, Utsuki-san?
Colleague B	Who is she? Is she like your girlfriend or something?
Chikage	No, she's my younger sister.
Izumi	(Huh!?)
Chikage	I messaged you earlier, but did you just not notice?
Izumi	(I haven't gotten a single message recently, though!?)
	U-Umm...
Chikage	I messaged you, right? ... Right?
Izumi	(His pressure is immense...! I-I should just quietly go along with what he wants...)
	... Y-You're right. I'm sorry, Big Brother. I didn't notice.
Colleague B	Ooh, so you have a little sister, Utsuki-san. You two don't really look alike~.
Chikage	Haha, people say that all the time.
Izumi	A-Ahaha...
Chikage	I'm sorry, but I have plans with my sister today, so I'll have to excuse myself.
Colleague A	Aww, too bad...
Superior	If he has plans, there's nothing we can do about that. Be careful on your way home!
Chikage	Thank you. Well, then, shall we go, Izumi?
Izumi	O-Okay.

Chikage	... Yeah, I think about this far should be fine.
Izumi	Chikage-san, you sprang such an unreasonable request on me!
Chikage	It's because you tried to pass by and ignore me. I figured I'd have a little fun with you.
Izumi	You noticed?
Chikage	Of course. There's no way I wouldn't notice. I saw you right away.
Izumi	Is it okay that you turned down that drinking party?
Chikage	I was forcibly invited to the first drinking party so I joined them, but of course, I wanted to turn down the second one.
	I don't like women or big, noisy venues. But since they wouldn't let me go, I was stumped.
	Since it would affect your relationships at work, you can't just turn them down straight-up, right? Thanks to you, I was able to create an excuse to refuse. You were a big help.
Izumi	Even if you say that, I can't believe you made me your little sister...
	——.
Chikage	What's wrong?
Izumi	It's just... Now that I think about it, Itaru-san's said the same thing before.
Chikage	Chigasaki has?
Izumi	Yes. Just like today, I ran into Itaru-san, who was with some people from work, and in order to get away from going to a second drinking party, he said that I was his little sister as an excuse.
Chikage	Hmm... In that case, that would make me and Chigasaki brothers.
Izumi	I feel like that would be kind of difficult to pull off...
Chikage	I'm just kidding.
	For the time being, you're forbidden from coming close to our building, Director-san.
Izumi	Even if you didn't say that, that's what I was planning on doing!
Chikage	Anyway, thanks to you, I got to get away. This is as thanks for earlier, but want to have one drink on me?
Izumi	Rather than one drink, I'd like two to three!
Chikage	Okay, okay. Alright then, let's head into some random bar.
Izumi	I was thinking I would eat somewhere and head home, so this is perfect.
Chikage	Well, since we're doing this, should we invite Chigasaki? It seems like he's still at work, so if we ask, I'm pretty sure he'll come.
Izumi	You're right. Let's message him!
Chikage	Okay, then. ——Well, let's go. Izumi?
Izumi	Please stop treating me like your little sister!

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