I Heard You Want to Raise a Cat

Chapter 7: I Heard You Want to Raise a Cat

When Mayu opened the refrigerator, she was stunned to see a lonely note where the fish had been. Fish was stolen from the refrigerator. 

"This is..."

\[I'm sorry, that little fish was requisitioned by me. I'll give it back to you next time. by Kaitou Yukio.\]

"Phantom thief??? I've never heard of a phantom thief stealing things from his own house!"

When she saw the note in the refrigerator, her delicate little face bulged with anger. She had bought the fish to improve tonight's meal, but now the main course was gone. It was a very annoying thing to have her dinner plans affected.

"Damn it, what on earth does the idiot brother want to do by stealing a fish? I don't understand. Are you going against me? Or are you angry with me? But I haven't gone too far recently, have I?"

Mayu didn't quite understand her brother's intention. She really couldn't figure out what he intended by stealing an uncooked fish. No matter how you looked at it, it seemed that this method had no effect other than annoying herself.

Mayu thought for a while and shook her head. Although her brother was stupid, not as smart as her, and his grades were very poor, he wasn't the type to do something disgusting like this to himself.

"It's possible that he also started learning to cook?"

Mayu thought of this, and a wise light flashed in her eyes.

"That's right, that's right. Sure enough, after eating the food cooked by me all day long, I finally realized how good my cooking is, and he started feeling inferior. Does he wish to become a chef in order to get my approval ? That's definitely the case, that's right."

"Humph, really, why don't you ask me, a master of cooking, to learn how to cook? Are you still doing it secretly? Do you want to surprise me?"

When Mayu thought of this, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and her mood suddenly improved a lot.

"When the time comes, no matter how good your cooking is, I'll give your cooking some serious criticism. Hey, hey, you actually asked me to cook for you for so long, do you treat me as a nanny?"

Mayu considered herself to be a very outstanding person, a genius completely different from ordinary people.

When she was in elementary school, she was able to achieve perfect scores in every subject. She was ranked first in her grade in both junior high school and high school. The key point is that this is not the point. The point is that Mayu didn't study at all. She just listened casually during class and did homework at most after school. She could understand general math and physics formulas at a glance, and English classes were even easier. Mayu felt that after watching American TV series for a while and studying on her own, she could already watch American TV series fluently without subtitles. She was also among the best in sports.

"I guess I am the kind of person who is born to study in Kyoto. Moreover, I have a good image. Among the ugly girls in school, I am the most eye-catching and the most beautiful one. I am also proficient in housework and cooking. What am I if I am not a genius? Alas, it is absolutely unfair for some ordinary people to have a genius like me in this world."

If there is any shortcoming, it is that for Mayu, she has a very ordinary, salty brother.

Of course, none of this is important. For someone like her brother, it's okay to be ordinary and make do. If you don't take it out and be seen by others, you won't lose yourself.

But the most intolerable thing for Mayu is that her brother is unaware of her own excellence. There are no jealous eyes.

But her idiot brother completely ignored all her good points and treated her as an ordinary sister. Even when she won first place in the provincial math competition, that idiot brother could only say one sentence...

"Wow, that's amazing (no emotion)."

What is this?

Moreover, Mayu discovered that her brother didn't even have any jealousy in his eyes, as if the first place was worthless, and he often regarded himself and the silly girl next door (Mayu's nickname) as the same person. He let himself play more with silly girls and joked around. Did he really not know how good his sister was? Does her own excellence mean nothing in his eyes? During that time, Mayu, who considered herself a genius and invincible, even fell into deep self-doubt.

However, the self-doubt did not last long. After all, Mayu was a genius. She quickly got rid of the negative emotions and regained her former self.

Mayu figured out that it wasn't that she wasn't good enough, but that her idiot brother had some brain problems and his eyesight wasn't very good either.

"No wonder I did so poorly in the exam and couldn't find my own strengths. So pitiful. What can I force myself to do to a disabled person who is also my own brother?"

However, Mayu still hopes that her brother will notice a little bit of her own strengths and discover how outstanding her sister really is.

Dinnertime

Because the fish disappeared, Mayu made her best tomato and egg noodles for dinner.

When Yukio was eating, he didn't know why, but he felt that today's dinner tasted better than usual. Is it because his sister was in a better mood than usual?

Yukio glanced at his sister and Yukio found that she glanced at him from time to time, her eyes were crooked, and she seemed very happy.

Sure enough, she was in a better mood today than usual. It's odd that she doesn't feel upset about taking the fish. It's quite difficult to fully understand.

"Mayu, you did a good job," Yukio praised.

"Yeah, right," Mayu's eyes curled into crescent moons, and she seemed to be in a better mood.

Can Yukio cook? In fact, he can. In his previous life, he often cooked for himself, although he wasn't very good at it.

But every time when his family is not at home, Mayu will instantly transform into the head of the family. It seems that she wants to show off her cooking skills, cooking meals for two people by herself, and it is very delicious, and she has never asked Yukio to do it. Yukio stopped cooking the dishes.

"She is indeed my sister, very similar to myself."

The only drawback is that sometimes I don't know what is going on in her mind.

"By the way, Mayu, did you really like cats before and wanted to raise one, right?" Yukio seemed to have thought of something while eating and asked.

"Um?"

After Mayu heard Yukio's words, she tilted her head and thought carefully, "Have I ever wanted to have a cat?"

"Didn't you say that?"

"Huh, you remember it wrong. When did I say this? Did you not wake up in the morning?" Mayu couldn't help but said.

"You forgot, forget it," Yukio lowered his head and continued eating, as if he just mentioned it casually.

"When did I ever forget anything ?. I never thought about raising a Cat" Thought Mayu.