"Onii-sama, Rice Shower... feels like she can't hold it in anymore…"
Rice Shower's burning gaze fixed on Mizuno, her chest rising and falling with every breath, obviously hoping for something.
Mizuno was taken aback for a moment, then raised a hand to point behind him.
"The bathroom's over there."
"That's not what I mean!" Rice Shower puffed out her cheeks, wiggling impatiently where she sat on Mizuno's lap.
"Onii-sama, can't you give Rice Shower a reward?"
"A reward?" Mizuno arched an eyebrow.
"Mhm…" Rice Shower nodded, cheeks flushing scarlet. She wrapped her arms around Mizuno's neck, scooted her face closer, and her soft pink lips opened and closed with anticipation.
"Like the thing Onii-sama did with Gold Ship back then..."
Rice Shower figured her hint couldn't be any clearer. What else had Onii-sama and Gold Ship done that counted as "intimate"? Obviously—kissing!
The fact that Gold Ship had stolen Mizuno's first kiss had always been a sore spot for Rice Shower—and for the other Uma Musume too. Every time they remembered, they'd stew over why they hadn't been his first. But what's done is done, so all they could do now was try to beat Gold Ship tenfold, or even a hundredfold, in total kisses—just to vent their frustration.
If first place for the first kiss was out of reach, at least they could fight for the top spot in the total kiss rankings.
Now that Gold Ship wasn't around, all they needed was to land a single kiss with Mizuno and take that first step from zero to one—after that, getting affectionate would only get easier.
They could kiss him whenever they wanted: a good morning kiss, a lunchtime kiss, and at night… well, it wouldn't just be kisses on the lips~
And so, with these thoughts, Rice Shower sent her signal to Mizuno.
"Onii-sama, is it okay?" She licked her lips, locking eyes with him. If Mizuno wanted to taste the sweetness of her lips, he only needed to lean in a little.
But when faced with Rice Shower's hint, Mizuno just blinked in confusion, not quite grasping what she meant.
"What I did with Broshi?" He looked up at the ceiling, wracking his brain for any rewards he'd given Gold Ship.
But after thinking for a while, the only thing he could remember giving Gold Ship was a toy spaceship.
Could it be... Rice Shower wanted a toy spaceship too?
"That's not it!" Seeing that Mizuno was totally missing her meaning, Rice Shower grew anxious and just blurted it out:
"I want… Onii-sama to kiss me..."
"Ah?! Ki—kiss you?!" Mizuno was struck as if by lightning, staring in disbelief at the little sister straddling his lap.
The "reward" Rice Shower wanted—just like Gold Ship's—was a kiss?!
"Can't I?" Rice Shower mumbled, her light purple eyes—reflecting Mizuno's face—shining with expectation.
Mizuno had planned to refuse, but seeing Rice Shower act so cute and coy, the words caught in his throat. He just couldn't bring himself to say no.
He hesitated for almost a full minute, wrestling with himself—then gritted his teeth and finally agreed.
"Fine!"
After all, when his little sister asked for something, no matter what it was, as her Onii-sama, he had to do it.
Besides, Rice Shower was only asking for a simple kiss. It wasn't like she was asking him to strip naked! As long as he kissed her in a proper spot, it still counted as normal sibling affection.
So Mizuno summoned up his courage, cupped Rice Shower's cheeks, his eyes trembling, and nervously swallowed. Then, slowly, he leaned in and kissed her forehead.
Chu~
It was just the lightest touch, barely lasting a second, and Mizuno immediately pulled away. But for Rice Shower, that fleeting kiss was the key moment—a step toward a future of happiness with Onii-sama!
"Hehe~" Rice Shower savored the lingering warmth on her forehead, her eyes curving into crescents of joy. A little line of drool trickled from the corner of her melting lips, face full of bliss, a bouquet of pink flowers blooming over her head.
Still, even though getting kissed on the forehead by Onii-sama was wonderful, it wasn't the spot she truly wanted.
"Onii-sama, a little lower." Rice Shower pressed her lips together.
"Lower?" Mizuno's eyes drifted down from her forehead, frowning, another long internal struggle beginning.
What spots could a big brother kiss his little sister, besides the forehead?
"…Alright!" After thinking it over, Mizuno finally steeled himself, lifted Rice Shower's face again, and leaned in once more.
This time, he kissed her on the cheek.
In some more open Western countries, a kiss on the cheek was just a friendly greeting. Even in more reserved places, it wasn't unusual for siblings—especially a big brother and his younger sister.
So, as far as Mizuno was concerned, a kiss on the cheek was still within acceptable brotherly boundaries.
But even after all that, Rice Shower still didn't seem satisfied.
"Onii-sama, even lower…" Rice Shower touched her lips with a finger.
"Eh? Even lower?" Mizuno was startled, his gaze traveling downward—carefully ignoring any forbidden zones—until it finally landed on Rice Shower's tiny hand.
"Oh, so that's it!" Mizuno relaxed, letting out a huge sigh of relief.
That scared him for a second—he'd thought she wanted a kiss on the lips.
"No problem, I can do that!" Mizuno nodded earnestly, then gently took Rice Shower's hand and, like a knight swearing loyalty to his princess, kissed the back of her hand.
"It's here!" Rice Shower, realizing Mizuno was deliberately playing dumb, grew impatient. She tilted her head up and puckered her lips, making it very clear where she wanted to be kissed.
"Hm?" But Mizuno just couldn't understand, his pupils unmoving, face blank—a spinning loading icon practically hovering over his head.
The idea of kissing Rice Shower on the lips… simply didn't exist in Mizuno's programming.
Just like a robot can't hurt humans, Mizuno's first protocol was: as Onii-sama, he absolutely could not cross the line with his little sister. But the problem was, he had a second protocol: as Onii-sama, he must grant every one of Rice Shower's wishes.
So, faced with Rice Shower's request for a kiss on the lips, Mizuno's program glitched—completely unable to process a solution.
"Are you okay, Onii-sama?" Rice Shower waved her hand in front of him, but Mizuno showed no response.
When she looked closer, she realized—he'd rolled his eyes back and lost consciousness entirely…
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