Suzuka had a neutral mask when she heard Haru's voice.
Haru then spoke up.
"The cause of my feeling for you is complicated. In the beginning, we're extremely close despite our non-blood-related status. You always follow me around when we're little."
Suzuka blinked her eyes. "Yeah. I always followed Onii-chan around. At the very least, until that day," Suzuka commented, nostalgia also lacing her low voice. She had a faraway look.
"That day, huh?" Haru understood what Suzuka meant by that. "Sora had yet to join our family at that time. We went to an amusement park with Dad and Mom. You got separated from us after you got angry when I told you, "we can't marry because we are siblings." Then, you snapped at me after I took the blame for breaking Mom's important glasswork."
"Yes. That day," Suzuka said. She had a faraway look as she recalled that moment. She regained her focus and gave Haru an apologetic gaze, "Although this is kind of late, I'm sorry for snapping at you at that time."
"Don't worry. That's already in the past. I think I understand why you were so angry at me that time. I kinda realized it after we fought several days ago when I opposed your decision to transfer to another school."
"I see…" Suzuka nodded and lowered her gaze, unable to meet Haru's eyes. "Me too. In the past, I was confused and enraged. I didn't know why I felt so angry at Onii-chan. But, after that fight, I finally understand the reason."
"I think we are the same, you know."
"What did you mean by that, Onii-chan?" Suzuka quizzically looked at Haru.
Haru smiled wryly and then replied: "That we are selfish. I want you to be happy without caring if I am happy by doing so. You're the same, are you not? You also want me to be happy without caring for your own happiness."
"When you put it like that, Onii-chan, we are really selfish, huh?"
Haru and Suzuka laughed at the same time. Haru was right; the cause of their strained relationship was due to misunderstanding. At the same time, Suzuka also realized that miscommunication and misunderstanding had caused their relationship to become strained.
"All right. *cough*…" Haru faked a cough and continued where he'd left. "So, our relationship got strained, and then, Sora came to live with us. As you already know, I tried to get closer to Sora. At the same time, it was an attempt to distract me from our strained relationship. I was confused at that time."
Haru paused and recalled his predecessor's past. Several seconds later, he snapped out of his recollection and looked at Suzuka. "And then we grew up without mending up our relationship. It destroyed the foundation of our sibling bond. Then, I became conscious of you as a girl. After all, you blossomed into a pretty and amazing girl. Before I realized, I fell in love with Suzuka, in spite of my feeling for Sora."
Haru paused and then darted his gaze between Sora and Suzuka.
"I know that my feelings for both of you are wrong. It's unfair for you two. But, when I imagine how you end up with another guy, I can't accept it! Sora, Suzuka, I am in love with both of you! Please, give me a chance to make you two happy!"
Haru ended his confession and lowered his head.
Sora and Suzuka looked at their beloved brother with a complicated expression, seemingly at a loss for words. A couple of minutes later, they exchanged a gaze, conversing silently. Haru kept his head low in front of them.
Sora and Suzuka shared a curt nod. Then, they approached and called Haru at once.
"Haru."
"Onii-chan."
Haru straightened his posture and looked at his sisters, who were standing in front of him.
*SLAP!*—*SLAP!*
Haru got slapped by them. Admittedly, he allowed them to hit him. He perceived that slap as penance for manipulating Sora and confessing to them at the same time.
As an aside, their slap It didn't feel hurt. Haru's over 50 STR gave him absurd defense, and a slap from an ordinary girl wouldn't even give him a sting.
"All right. I suppose I deserved that," Haru remarked.
Then, Sora and Suzuka pulled his hands, separating them from his cheeks. After forcing his body to lower and get closer to them, they kissed the spot where they slapped before. Because of the difference in their heights, they tiptoed and made Haru bend lower slightly.
Haru was stunned.
After pulling their faces, the girls averted their eyes. Red hues stained their cheeks. They couldn't meet Haru's eyes due to their embarrassment.
"Does this mean…" Haru trailed off.
"We are annoyed because you have a gut to confess at two girls at the same time, but… well…" Sora began with an irritated tone but became flustered as she continued. In the end, she trailed off as she was at a loss for words.
"Just take the kiss as our acceptance to give you a chance to show us that you can make us happy at the same time," Suzuka said in a matter of fact tone. However, her roaming eyeballs and red hues on her cheeks destroyed the calm and confident impression that she wanted to portray.
Haru had a silly grin after hearing their confirmation. "Thank you!" He loudly thanked them, slipped his hands on their backs, and pulled them into his embrace.
"E-Eep!"
"H-Haru!"
They became flustered by Haru's sudden action and raised their voices, yet they didn't push Haru's body away. They rested their face, which had gone very red, on his chest.
Several seconds later, Haru grabbed their shoulders and pushed them a bit. They were confused by that, but their minds turned blank when Haru pecked their lips.
"Thank you, girls. Thank you very much for this chance! I swear that you won't regret it!"
Haru didn't care if they accepted this crazy relationship because of his past manipulation or one of his abilities—the Aura of Harem Protagonist. What's important is that they have agreed to be his. Now, they were officially lovers. At the very least, he got out with only a slap on each cheek. He had even imagined knives slashing and blood splattering in the worst-case scenario. And such a thing was something Haru absolutely didn't want to happen!
However, there was still a problem with their new relationship.
'It is impossible to show it off on the other side, huh?' Haru thought with a complicated feeling.
Although Haru and Suzuka weren't related by blood, their romantic relationship still raised some questions because they grew up together as siblings. Then, his relationship with Sora, who was his twin, was a taboo in society's perspective. Strangers didn't care about Haru's and Sora's happiness and only cared for was how it appeared in their eyes.
Furthermore, Japan was a country that didn't accept polygamy. Society would strongly oppose their relationship if it became public.
Although there were many problems in the future, Haru didn't really put them in his eyes. If push came to shove, Haru would bring his new girlfriends somewhere that wouldn't oppose their relationship. As a matter of fact, Haru thought about moving to another world to start a life as a married couple with his sisters didn't sound bad.
However, it was a topic for another time. Returning to the present, Sora and Suzuka finally recovered from their daze. However, their minds went chaotic because of Haru's surprise attack.
"Hwawawawa… K-K-Kiss! O-Onii-chan has k-kissed me! Awuuu~" Suzuka, with an extremely red face, mumbled incoherently. Her glazed eyes were roaming around, apparently unfocused.
When Haru saw that, he felt worried that Suzuka would faint again. In fact, Suzuka would fall on her butt if he released her.
Meanwhile, Sora had intense eyes, which made Haru feel as if he was a piece of meat under her leer.
Then—
"HMPH?!"
Sora pulled Haru's head and kissed his lips deeply. She repeatedly licked his lips, asking for entrance. Haru involuntarily parted his lips, and Sora immediately took the chance and shoved her tongue into his mouth.
Sora was giving Haru an A-Grade French kiss! Also, she roamed her hands on his back before settling on Haru's butts! She then groped his butts with fervor!
'Does she has a butt fetish?!' Shocked, Haru wondered in his mind.
"W-What in the world are you doing?!" Suzuka came to the rescue and forcefully split Sora and Haru.
Sora glared at Suzuka menacingly. "What did you stop me? What's wrong with you?"
"No! That's my line! What's wrong with you? R-ravishing Onii-chan's mouth like that?! How envi—*cough*, how scandalous and improper!"
Suzuka almost made a slip, but she quickly faked a cough and corrected her words. However, it was already too late. Suzuka had made an irrecoverable mistake, and Sora caught on it.
Sora gave her stepsister an unimpressed look.
Under Sora's blank gaze, Suzuka squirmed as she felt self-conscious and ashamed.
Haru, who had recovered from asphyxiation, wryly smiled at their byplay.