Ah, still delay—thou art so ■■■■ 4
A few minutes later, at the agency Kunugi Akiomi belongs to
Akiomi: —Excuse us.
(Phew... All I did was come back from work, but I’m still completely wiped out.)
(At this rate, I feel like I’m gonna turn into an old man. Watch, I’m gonna be old and decrepit in ten years flat.)
(But that’d suck; I doubt I could continue my modeling career then.)
Makoto: ......
Akiomi: Oops. Sorry, I was ignoring you.
You can come in, Yuuki-kun.
Makoto: ......
Akiomi: (F–for some reason, he seems a little restless. He keeps looking around, like he’s some kind of tiny animal on high alert.)
(Maybe he’s just a little timid? Or maybe he’s scared of me—he won’t look me in the eye at all.)
(Well, I get scared too when I’m in a place surrounded by adults.)
Makoto: Onii-chan...
Akiomi: Uh, yep, I’m Akiomi-onii-chan~ ♪ Let’s shake hands~ ♪
Makoto: No... Where’s Onii-chan?
Akiomi: Oh, you meant Sena-kun. But just like I explained while we were on our way here, there’s no way he’s—
Izumi: AAAAAAAAAAAA!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Akiomi: (He’s here?! And he’s making weird noises and throwing a tantrum?!)
Arashi: Akiomi, Akiomi.
Akiomi: Oh, Narukami-kun. You’re at the office late again; you should hurry home, or your parents will worry about you.
Arashi: I’m fine. Anyway, do something about that kid, please.
Izumi: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Akiomi: Um. It’s a little hard to see him because he’s hiding, but that’s Sena-kun, right? Why is he here? What’s he doing over there...?
Arashi: Don’t ask me.
Umm, I don’t really know. But I think that guy is gonna work at our agency from now on.
Akiomi: Really? Speaking of, the president did say something about transferring someone to our agency, right...?
They didn’t seem very happy about it, though, so I assumed it wasn’t a famous model or anything.
But I get it. Could it be they were talking about Sena-kun?
Arashi: I don’t know. Anyway, hurry up and do something about him please, Akiomi.
Akiomi: Like I even know where to start...
Umm, Sena-kun. What’s wrong? Are you okay? If you cry, your eyes’ll get all red, and it’ll get in the way of your work tomorrow, y’know?
Arashi: Akiomi, you suck so much at comforting people it’s almost sad.
Akiomi: Am I seriously being pitied by a kid?!
Izumi: AHHH! Shut up, shut up, shut up!
I quit modeling! There’s no point without Yuu-kun! I hate Mommy and Daddy! I hate them! I hate theeeeeeeeeeeeeem!!!
Akiomi: Y–Yuu-kun—
Makoto: Onii-chan!
Izumi: ...?! Yuu-kun!
Makoto: It’s Onii-chan... ♪
Ehehe, it really is you, I got to see Onii-chan.
Thank you very much, uhh, Akiomi...onii-chan.
It’s all thanks to you. You’re always doing so much for me.
Izumi: Onii-chan? Yuu-kun, why’d you call that guy Onii-chan?
That’s me, y’know? Yuu-kun’s onii-chan is me!!!
Makoto: Yeah ♪ But that person is... also Onii-chan?
Izumi: So you really are my enemy! You’re my enemy! Everyone at this agency’s my enemy!
Arashi: ... (silently smacks him on the face)
Izumi: ...?! Arrrrgh! You hit me?! I’ll kill you!
Akiomi: H–hang on, quit fighting! Why’d you hit him, Narukami-kun?! It’s not good to use violence!
Arashi: You’re too loud... Shut up, can’t annoying people just disappear?
Izumi: I’ll kill you! I’m seriously gonna kill you!
Akiomi: Ohhh, please calm down, Sena-kun! Narukami-kun will apologize once you do!
Arashi: Why? It’s his fault for being so loud.
Makoto: Aha~ ♪ Onii-chan looks happy and excited today!