New Nightgown~

On Friday our parents were already packing for their trip since they were supposed to leave the house early in the morning for the airport. They also assigned us some chores, I was promoted to the lead chef, getting all the cooking responsibility, meanwhile, Kazutora decided to complain about getting to clean the whole house, as if you needed to do it every day. Which wasn't true he was just supposed to vacuum when it seemed dirty and take out the trash, like three times this week.

"What would you prefer making breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day?" I questioned and that made him stop the ruckus. To be honest, I wasn't planning to spend so much time preparing food, making a huge portion and reheating it seemed like a strategy. Kazutora that was spoiled with money all his life had a hard time navigating the kitchen. All he could do was boil water and fry some eggs. Maybe occasionally having him help with the food preparation would help him later in life. But wouldn't the school teach him a little about cooking? Right there existed cooking classes in Japanese schools, and this made me wonder which of the Toman members beside Mitsuya were taking them seriously.

"Let's go grocery shopping, since Michi you'll be in charge of making food you can decide what you need for the upcoming week." Yes, I purchased the snacks but now it was time to stock on the other items as well. We went to the store as a family, took a cart, and wandered around the mart. I didn't want to buy any frozen food, but now when my Japanese food craze was over I wanted to recreate dishes I ate in my previous life. I wasn't even sure whatever to call it that, thing is I could still be alive? But in a coma? Who knew, not me.

"How about I make a lot of spicy food?" Kazutora then protested, he and his meek tolerance.

"No way, you can make it once but for the whole week that's too much." I sighed though I guess I had to think about what Kazu-chan wanted to eat as well.

"Just make normal food." He soon added which made me wonder, wasn't he aware that it was normal to eat spicy dishes in other cultures.

"You meant to say, Japanese food..." I corrected him. Political correctness.

"But I will be grabbing some to Tteokbokki someday next week." Once we bought some chicken, a lot of vegetables and some seasonings we returned back home. We unpacked the load and I was already planning a schedule on which food I would make on which day of the week.

Later in the day, I was chilling inside my room, drawing while Kazutora busted thru the door, waltzed in, and then proceeded to spread himself like butter on top of my bed. He snatched some manga that I borrowed from Ryohei. Because I was concentrating so much on my art piece I decided to ignore this weird behavior, however, a few moments later I received a mission.

'Would you rather mention about unlocking your twin abilities, or pinch your brother's cheeks?' It was fascinating to see that the system already acknowledge him as part of the family, I chose the first option overjoyed at any opportunity for excellent jokes.

"Kazu-chan... we should try to awaken our twin powers... how about this, try to guess what I'm thinking right now." I was imagining that I was sending secret messages to Kazutora of delicious and juicy watermelons.

"I know!" He suddenly exclaimed, giving me hope that receiving this ability in fact could be a possibility.

"You were thinking about Baji's soft kissable lips." What did I even expect at this point? But I had a great comeback.

"I told you to read my thoughts, not your own... you should know better than that, I always call him Keisuke, stupid." I felt proud because he couldn't refute this statement, I even stuck out my tongue for greater emotional damage. That's when I got a pillow smashed into my face. No, he didn't. I grabbed my own mighty weapon and smashed him back. A large fight soon ensued and we were running around like crazy trying to strike each other with the pillow. Because of the chaos, we didn't hear when mother called us from downstairs, so when the door opened to my room, mom nearly got hit by a flying pillow, which to our surprise Keisuke stopped from transpiring. But then I saw Senju emerging from the shadows as well. How come they arrived at the same time? Such a mystery.

"What are you two doing?" Keisuke asked as mom left us to entertain our new guests.

"Don't you see... we're tormenting each other with the fluff," I explained, but then spotted a mischievous glint in Kazutora's eyes, so I ran to his side as fast I could.

"Baji, Michi called you-" Before he could finish I covered his mouth with my hands, I was safe. Until Kazutora decided to lick my hands, causing me to let go.

"Ew." I wiped it on his shirt, but he didn't seem to care, because busting me out to Keisuke seemed more essential to him.

"She called you a fly." Keisuke just stood there frozen in place, as if in a strange trance. I was ready to equip myself with another pillow to get back at Kazu-chan for spilling the beans.

"No, I didn't..." I said ready to ambush my bro, but before I could strike Keisuke asked.

"Why?" Was I supposed to be honest?

"Sometimes you buzz around my ear like one." Oh well. But shortly Keisuke picked me up and spun me around like crazy. Considering my low endurance points, my body didn't take it well.

"I take it back, just stop!" My head was already spinning like crazy. I guess when Senju realized how uncomfortable I looked she came to my rescue.

"My savior," I said hugging her dearly, it took me some time and a glass of water before I returned to a normal state.

"So why did you come Senju?" I felt like she came here with a set goal in mind, not to laze around inside my domain.

"I came here to take you out on a shopping spree!" Why and what for, I still had a lot of clothes which I have never worn before.

"What clothes are you planning to buy?" I asked as she finally admitted.

"I think you need a cuter set of pj's for the sleepover, I saw your closet. None of them fits the other girls' cute getups." Did she have a problem with long-sleeved plaid pj's and T-shirts with pants? What kind of nightgown did she want me to wear?

"Please." I guess I could see what kind of clothes she wanted me to wear, I assume it was one of those more sexy night dresses.

"I guess, let's go long sleeve PJ hater," I said, standing up but then both Kazutora and Keisuke exclaimed.

"Let us tag along." Why do those missions appear at the most inconvenient times sometimes?

'Would you rather allow your brother and Keisuke Baji to tag along or confess your undying love to someone?' I had no might to play with anyone's feelings for that matter, what if they actually liked me, wouldn't it be soul-crushing to know I was joking? I sighed realizing what the system wanted me to agree to.

"Just tag along I guess." Were they so bored that a shopping spree with girls made them so excited? Hence they sounded like they won a lottery ticket. We headed out but for the longest time, I could feel as if someone was watching me. I looked around but couldn't see anything out of ordinary.

"Is something wrong?" Keisuke asked me as I whispered.

"I have this strange sensation someone is following me but I can't see shit." I couldn't imagine anyone stalking me, none of my friends had enough rotting brains to pull something like that right? Keisuke looked around but couldn't see anyone either, I guess his piercing gaze scared the troublemaker away because after this I felt so much better.

"Strange," I said to myself scratching my head.

We reached the store and to my surprise, Keisuke was actively engaging in our shopping experience. I think I heard him mutter.

"Yes, I think that would look good on you Michi." But all the nightgowns Senju was looking at were dresses, she was also joking about checking out the see-thru lingerie.

"No way Senju, put it away, I will not buy it."

"How about just trying it on?" I shook my head.

"You can do it yourself if you want, but I will refuse." I was stern in letting her know this was not happening. Upon further search, we just settled for a purple sexy nightgown. Which made me question, which girl decided to change the theme into something like this? Wasn't I supposed to be the host? Senju later let me know it was both her and Emma's idea.

"You could always send a picture of the nightgown to Keisuke once you wear it at home." Kazutora wouldn't let it go, would he? At this point, both Senju and Keisuke left, so it was only us two returning home.

"Only if you send a picture of yourself to Keisuke where you wear only underwear and then we can talk."

"Hmmm, I will think about it." He wouldn't seriously try it, would he? When I returned home another notification popped up.

'Would you rather try the nightgown on and take a picture of it or send a picture of your nostrils to Yasushiro Muto?' What was wrong with the second option even? I decided to take the damn photo of the nightgown like I would send something like this to Muto. He would probably call me out on my weird behavior, how embarrassing. If it was someone like Chifuyu I wouldn't mind, since we already shared our quirky parts with each other.

I took a photo of the gown which wasn't showing my face, but once this mission was finished I realized my mistake, I walked right into the system's trap.

'Would you rather send the picture you taken to Souya Kawata or this unknown number?' Since my face wasn't showing maybe it was better to send it to a stranger and then apologize because I typed in the wrong digits, rather than messing with Souya and having his twin come running to my house. I could tell Nahoya was overprotective of his twin and I didn't want to mess with that.

"Let's take a leap of faith," I told myself and sent the picture to the stranger's number, and right after I sent a message apologizing, the text said something along the lines of.

'I'm sorry this was meant for someone else, I just mistyped the phone number.' I thought this would be left at that, but the stranger responded.

'Tell me do you have a boyfriend?' I guess my first mistake was to respond truthfully.

'I don't.' this was followed by a wall of flirting messages and me just watching as they were flooding my screen and then he even dared to call, I answered only to say.

"Piss off I'm not interested." but suddenly I realized I recognized his voice somehow.

"Come on~ Give me a chance." Yes, I was certain I knew this person so I decided to say.

"Then send over your photo... I will reconsider once I see your face." Seriously what kind of scenario was even this?

"If you say please~" I held my temples and decided to do it since I was way too curious for my own good.

"Please." The call ended and hold and behold the person I was talking to this whole time was Ran Haitani. I didn't even answer him, just blocked this number on the spot.