Tokyo Ghost Diary

When Hoshino Gen fell into a deep sleep, a scream followed by crying woke him up.

Hoshino Gen got out of bed as a reflex and rushed out of the door. Then he saw Hoshino Rin kneeling on the sofa, crying and wiping his tears.

It only takes a moment to understand the current situation. After the sleepiness subsided, Hoshino Gen immediately understood the current situation.

Well, this is normal, right? It’s not incomprehensible that a sixteen-year-old girl was killed countless times in her dreams, and that she would break down and cry when she woke up.

After confirming that nothing unexpected happened, Gen Hoshino sighed and planned to go back to the room, put on earplugs and continue sleeping. However, he didn't know if he opened the door a little loudly, which made Rin Hoshino, who was sitting on the sofa crying, notice it.

The girl raised her pretty face stained with tears, looked at Gen Hoshino, and then pitifully shouted with a heavy nasal voice: "Onii-chan..."

His two small hands kept touching the teardrops rolling down like pearls from the broken thread, and his delicate shoulders were still twitching.

Hoshino Gen's turning movement froze in place.

"Onii-chan"-brother.

The last time I was called "brother" in this way was probably thirteen years ago. When my parents divorced, before my mother took my younger sister on the plane, three-year-old Rin struggled desperately on her mother's shoulders and cried like this. Call him "Onii-chan".

At that time, he just watched calmly as the little girl who had been by his side for three years and almost never left her disappeared from his sight amidst her cries.

When we meet again after more than ten years, the chubby little girl has turned into a slim and beautiful girl who is so beautiful that people can't take their eyes away.

But the girl who calls him "Onii-chan" has never called him like this. Even the number of times she called him "Nissan" can be counted on one hand in this year.

The sleepiness disappeared completely for some reason.

Hoshino Gen walked to Hoshino Rin silently and sat down, his voice calm: "Did you have a nightmare?"

Ignoring my crying sister and choosing to continue sleeping is really not what a normal brother should do, right? So it seems natural to come over and "ask" the reason yourself and then give you some comfort?

But what surprised Gen Hoshino was that the girl, who was wiping her tears and choking, shook her head at his question.

The uncontrollable sobbing made her unable to speak, and she couldn't seem to wipe away the tears no matter what. And probably because she cried so hard, she even hiccupped while crying. Although she looked pitiful and cute, Hoshino Gen found it a bit funny.

So under Hoshino Gen's gaze, Hoshino Rin cried for more than ten minutes before he managed to regain his composure, but sometimes he could not help but sob.

Gen Hoshino held back his laughter and took out a piece of paper from the coffee table and handed it over: "Wipe it, the mucus will come out."

"!" Hoshino Rin quickly took the paper and wiped her nose. She was an idol. She cried and burped. How could she be seen with a runny nose?

Wiping his nose in a panic, Hoshino Rin raised his little face and looked at Hoshino Yuan. His eyes and cheeks were red, and his aggrieved look was quite endearing.

"Better?" Hoshino Yuan asked with a smile.

Hoshino Rin nodded sheepishly: "Sorry for waking you up..."

"It's okay. It's not your fault that you had a nightmare."

After saying that, Hoshino Gen stood up on the sofa and seemed to be planning to go back to the room.

"Oh...Onii-chan..."

Hoshino Rin shouted to him softly.

"..."

"That... wasn't a dream, was it?" Hoshino Rin lowered his head and said.

"Why do you say that?" Hoshino Yuan turned around with a gentle voice.

"I remember that I entered my brother's room and saw a strange knife. I didn't know why I pulled out the knife and touched the blade with my hand. I cut my finger and then passed out. .”

"In that strange place, I kept being killed by a black shadow, then resurrected and then killed again...it kept repeating until finally my brother appeared and saved me...I remember all this."

When Hoshino Rin said this, her soft and soft voice trembled slightly. She lowered her head so that no one could see her face, but presumably her expression must be that of fear, because her hands unconsciously hugged herself tightly out of fear. shoulders.

"Oh, you had such a dream. It is indeed a bit bizarre, but no matter how real a dream is, it is just a dream. Don't confuse it with reality. Did the concert during the day make you tired and confused? Take a good rest." Hoshino Genmai He walked towards the room, but unfortunately he still couldn't leave.

Because his left hand was grabbed by a cold little hand.

"Then... why is your right hand injured?"

"I was accidentally stabbed by a knife." Hoshino Yuan pulled away his hand with a slight effort.

He went back to the room, closed the door, and locked it.

Hoshino Rin, who was sitting alone on the sofa in the living room, raised his head slightly. Although his eyes were still red, those beautiful eyes were staring at Hoshino Gen's closed door, which was frighteningly bright.

Curiosity outweighed fear.

She sniffed, feeling more excited than ever before!

I was completely mistaken before. This brother is not an ordinary and dull introverted boy, but a mysterious and magical luxury treasure! !

Hoshino Rin recalled the last scene that happened in the "dream", and a smile like a little devil suddenly appeared on his pretty face.

"...You're too handsome, Onii-chan~"

......

"Tuk tuk tuk..."

About half an hour after Gen Hoshino returned to his room, there was a knock on the door of his room. Because now the only other person in the family besides himself was his sister Hoshino Rin, so it was obvious who knocked on the door.

Hoshino Gen had severe insomnia symptoms. Unless he was extremely tired, he usually had difficulty falling asleep, so even if he returned to the room for half an hour, he would just lie in bed in a daze.

Hearing the knock on the door, he smacked his lips, feeling that this sister was annoying.

He got out of bed and opened the door. Outside the door, Hoshino Rin had changed into a thin blue and white nightdress, holding a pillow in his arms, his little head hanging slightly, looking pitiful.

"Sorry brother, I'm still a little scared to be alone..."

Gen Hoshino sighed, and then put on his polite smile again: "The fear caused by nightmares is similar to watching horror movies. If you want to relieve it, I recommend you to play games for a while or watch comedies to divert your attention. At the same time, relax your mind and play until you can basically fall asleep when you are really sleepy. When your body and mind are fully rested, your fear will naturally disappear."

"But...but I'm very sleepy and tired now."

"Then just go to bed."

"Being alone...scared."

The smile on Hoshino Gen's face was a bit unbearable, and he asked tentatively: "So?"

"I want to sleep on the floor in my brother's room, is that okay?" Hoshino Rin raised his little face, with a pair of moist pupils, like a desperate and injured deer asking for help from a hunter.

If she faces her fanatical fans with this expression, I believe that no matter what request she makes, she will be immediately agreed to.

"No." Hoshino Gen is not a person who doesn't know how to refuse. He hates others entering his room, and he can't stand others spending the night in his room.

Hoshino Rin blinked cutely: "Eh?"

She really didn't expect that she would be rejected so decisively.

Of course, rejection is a rejection, and it’s not that Gen Hoshino cannot understand it. Rin Hoshino is just a sixteen-year-old girl. It’s normal to be scared to sleep alone after experiencing something like that. It can even cause mental trauma and psychological shadow. very likely to be.

Even he himself, after meeting a ghost for the first time that year, was so scared that he couldn't sleep all night long.

The feeling of fear lingering in my heart was not pleasant.

So after rejecting his sister's request, Hoshino Gen immediately added: "Sleeping on the floor is not good for your health. Go to the living room and sleep on the sofa. I can wait for you to fall asleep next to you before leaving."