Otouto: Baku Ane

Sora stared. Then, unexpectedly, his eyes glistened. “Nee-chan, you can’t just—”

“Ow!”

Rin stared at the empty chair across the kitchen table. Her little brother, Sora, was late. baku ane otouto

“I can and I did.” She stood up, walked to the fridge, and pulled out two cans of beer. “Here. Drink. Tomorrow, we make a plan. You’re not a failure. You’re just a younger brother who tried something brave and lost. That’s not the same thing.”

She opened the door.

“It failed,” he said. “Completely. I lost the scholarship, the lab space... everything.”

Her phone buzzed.

“Because of that startup thing? The one you said would change the world?”