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The current situation was rather awkward.
Honestly, even Bokue Keikain wasn't entirely sure what had happened.
By all rights, he should've just left the bedroom to get Asagi some water downstairs. But the instant he stepped out, a subtle wave of spatial magic had engulfed him.
With Bokue's power level, nobody could forcibly teleport him or escape from him using spatial movement if he didn't want them to. Yet when that spatial magic wave had washed over him, he'd sensed something oddly familiar within it.
Thinking it was someone he knew looking for him, he'd simply let himself be transported.
But he hadn't expected... well, it was indeed someone familiar, just not the "familiar" person he'd anticipated.
After all, in Bokue's memory, Tokoyogi Yuuma was just an ordinary girl—someone who should have absolutely no connection to "supernatural powers."
Yet here he was, appearing in... what had to be Yuuma's hotel room in downtown Itogami Island.
Hmm~
Taking a second to sort through his thoughts, Bokue looked back at the girl before him.
"So... this is your room, Yuuma?"
"Yeah, it is~"
The short-haired girl still seemed embarrassed looking at the young man wearing nothing but shorts, her cheeks flushed as she turned her head slightly aside, stammering.
"I mentioned it at the BBQ place, right? That I was heading back to the hotel first. I'd just finished showering and came out of the bathroom to find you here in the living room, and you're..."
She didn't finish, but her meaning was crystal clear.
It was pretty terrifying, really.
Imagine—a girl traveling alone to an unfamiliar city, checking into a hotel, just finishing her shower, then walking out of the bathroom to find a naked man standing in what should've been an empty living room...
Even if said naked man had a great body, was handsome, and was someone she knew.
That still wasn't an excuse to appear in a girl's hotel room dressed like this!
It was only because Bokue met all those criteria, and because they'd grown up together as childhood friends with a relationship already beyond mere friendship.
Otherwise, the short-haired girl would probably already be frantically calling the Itogami Island Special Security Force to arrest him.
"God, I'm sorry. Honestly, I don't know what happened either."
Helplessly rubbing his forehead, Bokue covered his face with a soft sigh.
"I was at Asagi's place. I was just going downstairs to get her something to drink, but the moment I stepped out, I somehow got teleported here."
"Oh, so that's what happened." Yuuma nodded seriously.
"...?"
Bokue paused.
"You believe me, Yuuma?"
"Um, yeah, I believe you."
The short-haired girl seemed to have no intention of doubting him, nodding again.
"Of course I believe what you say, Bokue. Besides, I never mentioned where I was staying during dinner tonight. Even if you wanted to find me, you'd have no trail to follow."
"And most importantly..."
"Most importantly?"
While the trust in her earlier words touched Bokue, this sudden shift put him on guard.
For some reason, he had a bad feeling about this.
"Obviously—I know you're not an exhibitionist~ Why would you run around in just shorts?"
Yuuma shrugged matter-of-factly.
Bokue: "...Thanks, I guess."
The words still conveyed complete trust, but something felt slightly off.
"But it's fine anyway~"
Before he could speak, the short-haired girl waved it off.
"It's not like I haven't seen you in just shorts before. Remember when we went swimming together as kids in summer? I still remember your jaw-dropping expression when you saw me take off my clothes to reveal a girl's swimsuit, hahaha... But speaking of which, you've really changed a lot since then, Bokue."
"..."
Changed? Changed where? Was this "change" she mentioned appropriate?
Bokue didn't know what to say, just thinking silently.
But judging from the short-haired girl's constant sneaky downward glances, probably not very appropriate.
"Well, since you're already here, why don't you sit and chat for a bit?"
Seemingly excited about this long-awaited opportunity to be so honest with each other, Yuuma smiled and gestured toward the living room sofa.
"Perfect timing—I just finished showering too. I'm only wearing this towel, no clothes. It's like we're sitting in a mixed bath sauna."
Yeah, neither wearing clothes—this atmosphere felt a bit dangerous.
Soon they were both seated on the living room sofa.
Yuuma unwrapped the towel that had absorbed most of the moisture from her hair and tossed it onto the coffee table. She tightened the knot at her chest to secure the bath towel more firmly, making herself appear more "womanly."
After all this, she turned to the young man beside her.
"Hey Bokue, you said you were at Asagi's place, dressed like this—were you two just being intimate?"
"More or less..."
"Don't move, let me smell."
Yuuma leaned in actively, closing her eyes and bringing her nose close to his shoulder and chest, sniffing lightly.
"Mm, there's definitely a girl's scent of sweat, and a faint shower gel smell. Looks like you two even showered together. How nice."
The envy in those last three words seemed genuine. Then the short-haired girl pulled her legs up, hugging them together on the sofa while resting her chin on her hands propped on her knees, sighing softly.
"Honestly, I never expected Asagi could develop this far with you, Bokue. Life's unpredictable, I guess. On the way back and while showering, I kept thinking—if I hadn't moved away from Kyoto back then, would things be different now... But that's just wishful thinking."
"Oh right, more importantly—Bokue, could you close your eyes? I have a surprise for you."
"A surprise? What surprise?"
Bokue was puzzled.
Surprises were surprises for the receiver, but for the preparer, they were expected outcomes.
But his encounter with Yuuma tonight was completely unexpected. How could she have prepared any surprise for him?
"Oh come on, don't ask so many questions. If I tell you what the surprise is, how is it still a surprise?"
The short-haired girl pouted, urging him on.
"Just close your eyes already. I won't hurt you."
"Oh..."
Thinking she had a point, Bokue obediently closed his eyes.
After closing them, he heard the short-haired girl beside him seem to stand up from the sofa, carefully moving in front of him.
Then—
"Mm..."
Along with the clear, soft sensation on his lips, a soft, warm girl's body pressed into his embrace.
Along with it came the sound of a towel hitting the floor.
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