"Actually, it's because I hadn't seen Taihei-nii in ages..." Since he couldn't make Taihei Doma feel guilty by bluffing, Sogo Doma thought it over and decided to try the original approach after all: play on his feelings.
"Sogo, are you okay? Honestly, you're kind of freaking me out..." Though he'd fantasized about Sogo and Umaru calling him Onii-chan, Taihei Doma felt uneasy when Sogo actually spoke to him so tenderly. He'd taken too many hits from Sogo in the past.
Sogo Doma: #^_^
This was exhausting. He really wasn't suited to playing the sentimental type.
"I'll be straight with you. Umaru said it'd been ages since she'd seen you and asked what you'd been up to. She wondered if we could all get together sometime, if you were free..." Doma Sogo's tone was extremely displeased.
Taihei Doma, on the other end of the phone: "..."
He knew his little brother must want something from him! He hadn't expected it to be that his Imouto missed him. Hahaha! Sogo must be seething inside. He'd just put on that tender act because he wanted Taihei to say plenty of nice things about him when he saw Umaru...
My foolish little brother, has the battle for Onii-chan begun? First it was Umaru, and now it's you. Taihei Doma was the only Onii-chan in the Doma Family!
"My company just took on a project, and I was supposed to work overtime this weekend. But if it's you and Umaru, I can put it off. How about this weekend?"
"You have to work overtime this weekend? Then go ahead and work. We can meet up when you're free. I'm in no hurry..." Sogo Doma sounded as if he were hoping Taihei would turn him down!
But the more he said that, the more anxious Taihei