Although Sogo Doma usually advised others that overthinking was a disease that needed treatment, when he started overthinking himself, EMMM... Well, this was the useless little sister from his family after all. Compared to a leisurely, happy couch-potato life, was playing with Onii-chan important? Not important at all! ORZ!
"Umaru, even if Yukinoshita hadn't come over, you wouldn't have had time to slack off, right? Have you forgotten all about the special cooking training!?"
"Oh..." As soon as he finished speaking, Lady Umaru pinched her chin and said, "I see, Umaru still has special cooking training. I almost forgot, ehehe!"
"Not almost—you completely forgot, didn't you? And what the heck is 'ehehe'? Are you trying to act cute and muddle through? I've been emphasizing all this time that I brought you to the supermarket today so you could learn how to choose ingredients..."
"Onii-chan, during the sacred time of shopping, Umaru doesn't want to think about such sad things!" Lady Umaru said mournfully.
"Who was it that went on a snack-buying spree just because Yukinoshita came over to tutor Mashiro?"
"Who?" Lady Umaru looked around.
"..." Sogo Doma fell silent, though the corner of his eye began twitching again.
Amid that silence, Lady Umaru spoke again. "Onii-chan, aren't you going to retort?"
"Don't treat me like the designated straight man!" Sogo Doma finally snapped.
"Ah, he retorted! Umaru wins! The prize for victory is—the snacks in the shopping cart!" Lady Umaru wore a triumphant expression.
"What the heck is that supposed to mean? Why does that make you the winner? We never agreed to compete in the first place!" Doma, designated straight man, Sogo.
"Onii-chan, Umaru has already been deprived of her couch-potato time. Now you're going to deprive her of snacks too?" Stars sparkled in Lady Umaru's eyes: ☆☆→→