"Ah-choo..." At the Doma Residence, B2 level, Sogo Doma, who was helping a certain useless dumpling clean up her mess, suddenly sneezed.
"Did Onii-chan catch a cold?" Umaru Doma, who was sitting nearby reading manga to pass the time, looked over at him.
"I'm more inclined to think someone's talking about me..." Sogo Doma said, rubbing his nose.
"Eh, so it wasn't a cold?" Umaru Doma said as she looked away again.
"Umaru, what do you mean, 'so it wasn't a cold'? Why do I hear disappointment in that? Isn't it a good thing that Onii-chan didn't catch a cold?"
"Eh?" Umaru Doma scratched the back of her head. "Onii-chan actually noticed?"
"You really wanted me to catch a cold?" Sogo Doma said, dark lines appearing across his face.
"But if you caught a cold, Umaru could take care of Onii-chan!" Umaru Doma said, tilting her head.
"You've got that completely backward. When you take care of a sick person, shouldn't you hope they get better soon? Who hopes someone else gets sick just so they can take care of them..." Take care of him? Her intentions were good, but Sogo Doma still wanted to cover his face.
"Is that so? But Onii-chan never seemed to have problems like getting sick or catching colds..."
"Umaru, it's only a common cold. How could it possibly invade Onii-chan's immune system?" Sogo Doma chuckled.
"Umm!" Umaru Doma tilted her head again. "But everyone says only idiots don't catch colds. Is Onii-chan an idiot?"
Sogo Doma: "..."
This was his little sister, this was his little sister...
After silently reciting the Heart Sutra several times, Sogo Doma finally calmed himself and sneered.
"If that's what we're going by, Umaru, you've never caught a cold either!"
Umaru Doma: "..."
R-right, that seemed to be true.