"B, big sis...?!"

"Yes!"

Yuzu squeezed me tighter, while I stood idly frozen in a state of shock.

I had always wondered what it would be like to be hugged by Yuzu... but this was not the way how I imagined it was going to happen!!

"I can't believe you're back...!" Yuzu said next to my head. "It's really you, big sis...!"

"H, hang on--"

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming back? I would had picked you up from the airport! Oh, mum and dad are going to be so happy!!"

"Listen to me!"

I pulled Yuzu off me so that we were eye to eye.

God.

She was really cute.

...

And, she looked exactly like the girl I saw in the mirror.

The only real difference was the expressions on their face.

Yuzu had a more bubbly airhead type look, while the face I saw in the mirror had a naturally more mature serious type look.

Staring into Yuzu's face from this close made my cheeks warm.

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I had never been so close to Yuzu in my life.

This was the girl that I had a crush on throughout the entirety of my school life.

But, fuck...!

There were more important issues at hand here!

I couldn't let this mad charade go on any longer.

I wasn't her big sis...!

I was Taku Yamato!

A delinquent boy with dreams of one day becoming the top Yakuza in all of Tokyo!

"Yuzu..." I started. "I am not your..."

Tears welled up in Yuzu's hazel eyes, and I froze up instantly like a stone statute.

"I-I... I'm just so h-happy to see you again, big sis...!!"

Yuzu crashed into me with another bear hug.

"Y-you have no i-idea... h-how... *sob* hard it was... w-without you...!"

...

Oh fuck...

How was I going to do this now...

"D-don't cry, Yuzu..." I laughed weakly, raising a shaky hand to pat her on the back. "I'm sure it wasn't that hard..."

That was my feeble attempt at cheering her up. But, hey... can you blame me? Up until this point in my life, I had never had to do such a thing before!

"It was that hard!!" Yuzu cried, and I flinched. "You don't understand, big sis...!"

"Yuzu..."

"I-I missed you so much...!" Yuzu wailed. "Please don't ever leave me again...!"

 "..."

Come on...

I had to man up and tell her the truth...!

That was what a true yakuza would do!

"Yuzu... I have something to tell you..."

I grabbed her delicate shoulders, pulling her away gently, then stared her in the eye again.

She was like a blubbering mess of cuteness.

Sniffing with tears running down her face, Yuzu stared me back in the eye.

"W-what is it...?" She asked.

...

I took a deep breath.

"...I'm so glad to see you again, little sis!"