I Want to Fall in Love After Getting Reincarnated as the Heroine on the Verge of a Bad Ending, but My OP Older Brother Won’t Leave Me Alone!? - Chapter 156
Translated by: ShinigamiTori
Chapter 156 ? A Night for Two
My face heats up, as I don’t expect to be confessed to in public in an imposing manner. Julius, on the other hand, is as unconcerned as usual, tilting his head and saying, “My head kind of hurts.”
“Everyone here knows that already.”
“Right? We aren’t even related by blood, you know.”
“Oh my, that’s the first I’ve heard of it.”
Mylene-sama casually said, “That’s good, isn’t it?” and “You really don’t resemble each other at all. Rene is cute, unlike Julius,” without any hint of surprise.
I had already told Yoshida about it, and Arnold-san must have heard about it from Julius, as he nodded in agreement.
“Well then, we’re heading to bed.”
“Hmm?”
Even though I was still flustered, Julius stood up as soon as his hair dried and took my hand.
Feeling embarrassed, I thought it best to leave and go to sleep quickly, so I stood up. I intended to enter the room with one bed among the two bedrooms, but…
“No, no, doesn’t this seem strange?”
“What is?”
“Normally, it should be Mylene-sama and I…”
For some reason, Julius tried to enter with me, so I hurriedly stopped in my tracks. Considering the options we had, that combination was the only logical one.
“Oh, you don’t need to worry. I prefer to use the bed by myself, so sharing a room with these two isn’t a problem for me.”[1]
(T/N: There’s been a mistranslation in Chapter 154. It should be two rooms, but one room is filled with two beds, and one room is filled with one bed. I’ve already edited that chapter.)
Nevertheless, Mylene-sama, who is sitting on the sofa, waves her hand lightly and says such things. This level of freedom doesn’t seem fitting for a duke’s daughter before her marriage.
“I’ll leave it up to you.”
“Eh? I would have preferred to share a room with Rene-chan instead of Mylene.”
“Arnold, be quiet.”
“Really… Well, goodnight.”
“W-Wait!”
Julius tugged at my arm to enter the bedroom, so I frantically clung to the door frame with my other hand.
Although I’ve shared a bed with Julius countless times, things are different now.
Given that I’m not blood-related to Julius and he has declared his feelings for me, I can’t shake the awareness of him as the opposite sex, making it hard to sleep properly.
Thinking this, I called out, “Y-Yoshida!”
“I’ll sleep with Yoshida!”
“Huh?”
“What? Yoshida-kun, what’s going on here?”
“I’d like to know that too.”
Mylene-sama wants to sleep alone, and Arnold-san is definitely not an option; so, the best choice is to sleep with Yoshida.
There would be no problem sharing the same bed with Yoshida, it would be perfectly fine. The only issue would be if his older sisters found out.
“Come on, we slept together the other day too! Right?”
“… What? I thought Yoshida-kun was my ally.”
“That’s all a misunderstanding, I’m the victim here.”
“Well, that’s good to hear. Keep up the good work.”
“Ahhh!”
I’m dragged into the bedroom and the door closes unceremoniously.
At that moment, through the crack in the door, I saw Yoshida looking exasperated and the other two wearing unusually cheerful expressions.
“Let’s sleep, shall we?”
I am carried to the bed and gently lowered, and Julius lies down right next to me, propping himself up on his elbows and looking down at me with a smile.
The room was only faintly lit by a small lamp beside the bed, yet the closeness made his face clearly visible, causing my heart to race.
I resigned myself to the fact that I couldn’t escape anymore, closed my eyes, and pulled the blanket up to my mouth. I had no choice but to sleep.
“Are you really going to sleep? I feel a bit lonely.”
“Who was it that said, ‘Shall we sleep now?’“
“I’m annoying, right? I’m just desperate to get some attention.”
“…………”
From the way he playfully poked my cheek, there was no sign of desperation whatsoever.
Still, it’s also true that Julius helped me a lot today. I thought I’d humor him with some conversation and turned a bit to face him.
“Let’s talk for just ten more minutes.”
“Hahaha, Rene-chan, you’re so kind. Thank you!”
Julius laughed happily like a child.
“Why is it okay with Yoshida-kun, but not with me?”
“Err, well, that’s because…”
“Yoshida-kun isn’t related to you by blood either, and he’s a man too.”
“Because Yoshida is just a friend, it’s not like that.”
“Oh? So, does that mean I’m ‘like that’?”
I was caught off guard, suddenly faced with the crux of the matter.
If I keep talking to Julius like this, I might get carried away and end up blurting out all sorts of unnecessary things.
“I am like that. If I were alone with anyone other than Rene, I wouldn’t feel any nervousness about sleeping together.”
“T-That’s a lie! Y-You’re not nervous at all.”
“It’s true, though. But, well, you can believe what you want.”
Julius raised the corners of his mouth into a confident smile and called out again, “Hey.”
“Rene, you actually like me quite a bit, don’t you?”
“…!”
The moment he told me this, I gasped. I felt I had to say something, but the words wouldn’t come out.
Because I couldn’t possibly say, “That’s not true.”
I truly couldn’t think that what Julius was saying was wrong.
However, I couldn’t bring myself to say, “That’s right.”
If I answered that way, everything would surely change. I was still a little scared to change our relationship.
I guess it’s because I really cherish Julius as the first ‘family’ I’ve ever had in this world. Julius seemed to read my feelings and softly narrowed his eyes.
“It’s fine. I can wait a little longer for you, Rene-chan, since you’re still a child.”
“… H-How much is ‘a little longer’?”
“Just a little bit, okay? I’m not good at waiting.”
Indeed, his expression makes it easy to think that everything will turn out fine without having to be patient.
Julius moves his face even closer to mine and presses his forehead to mine. In his ice-blue gaze, I caught a glimpse of an innocent young girl’s face.
“Please be more conscious of me, look only at me, love me so much to the point that you can’t hide it.”
Julius said, “Please,” but it didn’t sound like a request at all. It almost feels like a curse. When he speaks, it feels as if everything could turn into reality.
“Can I hug you?”
“U-Um, no.”
“This room is really cold and it’s hard to bear. I might catch a cold.”
“…… I-I guess it’s okay if I face the other way.”
I honestly think it’s unfair. I knew that Julius was sensitive to the cold, and when I reluctantly replied like that, he smiled playfully.
“You’re really kind, Rene-chan. I hope you won’t be nice to anyone else because it would be a problem if everyone started to like you.”
“I’m not popular at all.”
“People don’t know what they’re missing. It works out well for me, though.”
Julius then embraced me tightly from behind. His body warmth felt so nice and comforting.
I’m aware that it’s my feelings towards Julius that make me think like this.
“Thank you, it feels really warm. Good night.”
“… G-Goodnight.”
“You’re too flustered. I promise I won’t do anything more, so don’t worry.”
“W-What do you mean by that…?”
“I want to do a lot of things, but it looks like tomorrow will be pretty tough.”
“Ahhh!”
Imagining all sorts of “things,” my face felt like it might burst into flames.
I guess it was too early for me to fall in love—or rather, it was too early to fall in love with someone like Julius Wainwright, I thought to myself, and closed my eyes tight tightly.
Hi, I’m Tori, the translator of this novel! If you like the novel and would like to support me, feel free to click the button below to go to my ko-fi! (??`?) Please also consider sending some love by leaving a rating/review for this series on Novel Updates! Thank you ??