I really don't want to be reborn.

In an effort to mend their relationship, after celebrating his and Sinon's birthdays together, he suggested they go to Nagasaki to relax. Sometimes, Kousaka Kyosuke wondered to himself if his fiancée wasn't worried at all about what might be going on between them.

Everyone knows about the ambiguous relationship between the brother-in-law and the sister-in-law, right?

Instead of worrying, she tried her best to improve their relationship.

Kyosuke Kosaka had mixed feelings. What made it even more complicated was that he and his sister-in-law were on vacation in Nagasaki, while his fiancée had gone to Hokkaido with her best friend who had pigtails.

"Eri seduced you again, didn't she?"

Kyosuke Kousaka sent a very informative email, and Utaha Kasumigaoka replied casually: "What are you worried about? This is a group trip for our first-year students at Mineo University. Besides Eriri, your Setsuna Touma is also there."

"No, no, those two are really not mine."

“We’re having breakfast, and I’m asking them what they think of you. Congratulations, you’re now recognized as a friend of women.”

"A hollow reputation, nothing more."

Kyosuke took a few pictures of Shino sleeping and sent them over. He put down his phone and stared at the girl's small face, and couldn't help but want to touch her cheek again.

He gently pulled the blanket down a little, revealing a beautiful silhouette like a jewel set in the morning light. Her eyes were closed, and he held his breath as he peered inside.

When his fingers touched his skin, the skin, though somewhat cool, gave him the illusion that his hands were on fire.

I poked it, but nothing happened.

"It seems she really is asleep."

"I'm awake."

A deep voice sounded, and Shino blinked her long eyelashes. The moment she opened her eyes, her calm, lake-like eyes suddenly sharpened, and she swiftly snatched his phone: "Who are you contacting?"

"Hey!"

Kyosuke Kosaka couldn't stop her from invading his privacy, and she immediately dug up his emails with Utaha Kasumigaoka.

Shino silently put down her phone and went back into bed.

This time, even their heads were covered.

"Shino? Shino? What's wrong?"

Shino's somewhat shy voice was sharp and impatient: "Who are you? Do I know you? Get out!"

Perhaps because Kyosuke's previous analysis that "she had already calmed down but was too ashamed to reconcile with him" was too hurtful, Shino is now in a state of mixed shame and anger.

However, perhaps due to the combined effects of the air conditioning and her mood, by evening she was not only still feeling ashamed and angry, but also had a cold.

"I told you a long time ago, you can't keep the air conditioner on all the time."

"Wordy."

After a low, displeased sound, Shino opened her mouth.

Kyosuke Kosaka skillfully fed her; after all, this wasn't the first or second time he'd done it. After each bite, he'd pat her head and smooth her vest, doing it with practiced ease.

"No..."

Shino ate her food, her cheeks puffed up like a squirrel's face stuffed with fruit, and her eyes were also puffed up, staring at him coolly.

"Eat this first before you speak."

She was still wearing her pajamas, and because she had taken a shower, her body odor kept getting into his nose.

"I said..."

She shut her mouth, then immediately said, "Don't hug me."

Kyosuke Kosaka wouldn't listen to her. Sick people are weak and powerless, so they have to obediently admit defeat. He not only hugged her tightly, but also squeaked triumphantly.

Are you a squirrel?

While eating, Shino muttered a curse that he would choke to death.

"You seem to be feeling much better. Has your fever gone down?"

After finishing his meal and rinsing his mouth, he pressed his forehead against hers, so close that he could kiss the handsome and lovely girl if he wanted to.

"Shina..."

"Salmon gravy...I want some."

The hard lines softened completely, becoming soft and red: "I'm a little hungry."

This is just changing the subject. Why didn't you say you weren't full earlier?

And could you please not talk when your foreheads are touching?

You know how alluring open and closed lips are?

Kyosuke Kosaka stepped back a little: "Let's just have some cake, we can talk about salmon rice and the like tomorrow."

Shi Nai blushed slightly, hesitated, and said, "Hmm."

"I'll go get it for you."

"And... yogurt."

With a flushed face, Shino propped her cheeks up with her hands, watching his departing figure with a puzzled expression.

She felt like reading.

…………

The next day, his cold vanished without a trace, and Miss Shino excitedly dragged him to the penguin enclosure.

The summer sun is blazing, and the humid sea breeze brings waves of heat.

Shina, however, was completely oblivious to the heatwave and happily fed the penguins among the flock.

"Troublesome, we still need to use a knife."

Kyosuke Kosaka stayed by her side, acting as her assistant.

He was cutting off the dorsal fin.

When feeding penguins, you don't give them mackerel directly.

To prevent the spines of the fish's dorsal fin from getting stuck in the penguin's throat, the dorsal fin needed to be cut off with a knife. Fortunately, he was good with a knife, and after cutting off the dorsal fin, he got bored and started cutting fish strips.

"By the way, how does this bamboo shoot fish taste? I don't think I've ever had it before."

I'd like to try it too.

She happily chased after a few little penguins, then suddenly stopped and grabbed his clothes: "Make it for me to eat."

"...We'll talk about it when we get back."

The two then went to Glover Park, where rows of neatly arranged yellow flowers resembled melting golden rivers.

Shina stood among the flowers, calmly watching the vibrant blossoms, when suddenly, as if sensing something, she looked up at the sky.

Many petals fell down, and Kyosuke Kosaka watched her with a smile from a short distance away. He thought that this carefully prepared flower rain program should be able to make up, right?

However, the other person's small face was expressionless and looked very indifferent.

"We need to go somewhere else."

Where are you?

She pulled him along and started running. There were still some rose petals mixed in with Shino's hair. Did the rose petals symbolize something?

When she got to the square, she became anxious... she couldn't remember the location of the two heart-shaped stones.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Alright, double update here!

Ah, there aren't many side stories, so please don't call it filler.

Is "handgun" a sensitive term? It's not a pistol, it's a handgun?

After the side story was remade

"This Nakano Azusa... her voice sounds a lot like your sister's."

"Maybe Kirino just had nothing better to do and went to do voice acting? Who can say for sure?"

In the Kousaka residence in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Kasumigaoka Utaha is watching anime with her fiancé.

This is quite rare, since the famous romance novelist, Shizuko Kasumi, enjoys reading novels, all kinds of novels—as for anime, even anime adapted from light novels, she has little interest in them.

They are currently watching the April 09 anime series, "K-On!".

It is now late spring of 2009, the end of their second college year and the beginning of their third.

Kyosuke Kosaka leaned back on the sofa, with the girl he had been with since high school, Kasumigaoka Utaha, the school beauty and head of the literature club at Chiba Benten High School, nestled in his arms.

Sometimes, Kyosuke Kosaka wondered if his fiancée was too outstanding. She had been publishing novels since her second year of high school. At first, they were light novels, then the style changed to a mystery-moe style similar to Nisio's, and then it became a stream-of-consciousness style by Tanigawa Nagare.

His fiancée's bizarre and ever-changing writing style amazed him; she even created a series of fanfiction collections featuring the adorable Nagato, clearly showing her deep love for the goddess.

It has now finally settled into a youth romance novel style, sweet and saccharine with the awkwardness of youth, making it a refreshing change in romance novels in recent years.

Excellent!

And her younger sister, Shino...

"I suddenly remembered that Shino, Kirino, and Kuroneko were in the same year. They should have graduated this year, right?"

When Kasumigaoka suddenly said such a thing, Kyosuke Kosaka was taken aback: "Don't you even know whether your own sister has graduated or not?"

A blush of embarrassment appeared on her fair face: "I was so busy here last year, I... I completely forgot about Shino's graduation."

"I advise you to go home, otherwise your sister who's obsessed with her sister will kill me."

"Sister complex? I think she's more like a brother-in-law complex."

She scoffed, "Don't forget why I've been staying here all this time. Who is it all for? Is it because I'm always attracting attention?"

He declared righteously, "Xiao Shi, I have never intentionally cheated on you!"

"Yes, I know you were the one who was cheated on."

She slammed the TV off, a chilling smile playing on her lips: "Just think of all the women here eyeing you. Touma and Eriri going abroad aside, Kogi used to be a regular at our house, then there's Izumi Chiaki, and all your sisters..."