Only then did Sakura let out a sigh of relief, thinking, So they were just bickering like usual. I almost misunderstood... Also, Sister, maybe you should leave early?
"Brother, don't always bully Sister." Sakura walked over. "Girls' hearts are very delicate. They get angry when people say overly harsh things."
"Sakura," Shinji slowly climbed up from the floor and sighed softly, "don't confuse girls with female mountain gorillas."
"Who are you calling a female mountain gorilla?!"
Rin's fist smashed heavily into Shinji's head.
"That hurts! Can't you, you mountain gorilla, go a little easier?! Is even your head at gorilla level?!"
"You're the gorilla!"
"Sorry, Miss Gorilla, but I think you have the wrong person. I'm not one of your kind. Go a few kilometers south from here, to the house on the hillside—that's the gorilla home!"
"A few kilometers south, on a hillside..." Rin caught on. "Isn't that my house?! Just die already!"
Watching the two start arguing for the umpteenth time, Sakura quickly stepped in. "Both of you, calm down! Brother, hurry and apologize to Sister! Any girl would get angry if you called her a gorilla! And besides... if Sister is a gorilla, then wouldn't I be too..."
Rin was the first to stop moving. She turned her head and stared at the slightly angry Sakura with an odd expression.
Sakura, whose side are you even taking?
At two in the afternoon, not long after Sakura had returned, Rin left the Matou Family residence.
After all, if she stayed any longer, Rin felt she would probably be unable to restrain the urge to beat Shinji up. She might even lose control and use Gundam.
Before leaving, Rin told Sakura to get to bed early lately, which was actually a subtle reminder not to go out at