Chapter 228: Swimming Lesson
On Tuesday, the afternoon PE class was scheduled as swimming.
Although Sakurai Saki didn't understand why they still had to swim when autumn was almost here, since the teacher had arranged it that way, he had no other choice.
Moreover, swimming class was shared with other classes, boys and girls separated — truly nothing interesting, nothing worth watching.
"The girls are practicing right next door, should we go peek at them?" Toyosaki Saburou, a classmate of his, looked proper on the outside but his words were strangely perverted.
Sakurai Saki shook his head: "I've already been suspended once. If I get caught peeking, I might get expelled."
Beside him, Shirogane Miyuki — not in the same class but taking the same lesson — chimed in: "Sakurai, you're not refusing outright?"
Peeking at girls swimming? Isn't that a pervert's behavior?
"The school swimsuits… seem to be pretty conservative." Toyosaki Saburou rubbed his chin, "They're those one-piece school swimsuits, the kind you usually only see in anime."
"Hiss." Shirogane Miyuki sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.
A surge of excitement welled up inside him.
Wasn't that a 'sukumizu'!
'Damn it, now I want to see too.'
Sakurai Saki reminded them: "Our school's pool is indoors. If you want to go over to the girls' side, you'd have to leave the changing room, circle around a corridor, and in the process you'd probably be discovered by the girls."
"At that time..."
Toyosaki Saburou continued: "At that time it wouldn't just be simple social death."
Hearing that, Shirogane Miyuki frowned in torment, clutching his forehead: "How can we watch girls swimming without being discovered?"
... Was this really necessary?
Besides, even if you look, what can you do? It's not like you can touch.
Sakurai Saki — 'the one with a full stomach who doesn't understand the hunger' — absolutely couldn't comprehend the wonder of sukumizu!
"Shirogane, it's your turn." Sakurai Saki reminded him.
Today they had a swimming test, and results had to be recorded.
The last time Shirogane Miyuki invited Sakurai Saki to the water park, part of the reason was to get his help practicing swimming.
He… couldn't swim.
And now he wasn't much better.
"Umu."
Just as he responded, the teacher called out: "Next! Shirogane-kun!"
"Yes, sir!!" Shirogane answered loudly.
Sakurai Saki looked toward the pool and saw a boy finishing his lap and coming out.
Tanuma Tsubasa, Kashiwagi Nagisa's boyfriend, a textbook yasashii type.
"Sakurai!"
"What is it?" Sakurai Saki saw him walking over and asked back.
"I saw you guys chatting quite happily just now, what was the topic?" Tanuma Tsubasa asked.
"About how to peek at the girls' swimsuits." Toyosaki Saburou said in a very serious tone.
"?" Tanuma Tsubasa's face was full of question marks.
Swimsuits? Why would anyone want to see that?
"Don't you think it's really mysterious? Girls' swimsuits..."
"Uh." Tanuma Tsubasa showed an awkward expression.
"It is kind of mysterious."
If it had been before this summer vacation, Tanuma would definitely have been genuinely curious about such things.
But over this summer, he had stepped onto the sacred staircase, thrown away his virgin status, so toward these external things, he was no longer that curious.
"My girlfriend is still over there." Tanuma Tsubasa said, embarrassed.
"We were only joking around, how could we really go peeking? Besides, with your girlfriend over there, that's even more impossible." Toyosaki Saburou thought he had misunderstood.
'Huh? Just joking?' Sakurai Saki had thought it was serious.
He had even used today's randomly obtained ability — X-ray vision — to show off a bit.
Unfortunately, the scene wasn't as erotic as expected.
The sight of girls in swimsuits... was just ordinary.
At most, only the triangle formed by thighs and stomach, and the slightly raised chest, were a bit appealing.
"Right, speaking of my girlfriend, there's something I'm really curious about." Tanuma Tsubasa revealed a mysterious look.
The two immediately became interested.
"What is it?"
Tanuma Tsubasa glanced around, confirming no one was nearby, then lowered his voice: "I suspect my girlfriend has some issues with her sexual orientation."
Sakurai Saki & Toyosaki Saburou: "?"
Sakurai was the first to react: "Issues with her sexual orientation? Isn't she still dating you?"
That said, it was known that the bisexual rate among women seemed to be higher than men.
The possibility that Kashiwagi was like that wasn't low.
"Don't you guys think Nagisa is overly close with Shijo?" Tanuma Tsubasa covered his face, his voice filled with sorrow: "I happened to see on the street, my girlfriend feeding Shijo food! And on top of that, they were even drinking the same couple's drink! That kind with one cup and a heart-shaped straw!"
"Hisssss~" Just after swimming, Shirogane Miyuki ran over, taking in a sharp breath of cold air.
"Shirogane, why are you sucking in cold air?"
"It's just a little hot." Shirogane Miyuki wiped the water from his head.
Not bringing a swim cap today was a hassle, and his hair was rather long, now completely soaked.
"But, you can't really say that just feeding food is strange..." Sakurai Saki spoke up.
"No! That's really strange!" Shirogane Miyuki came closer to them.
"Logically speaking, even if girls have a good relationship, they wouldn't drink a couple's drink! Feeding food could still be excused..." Shirogane Miyuki hesitated, finally letting out a sigh: "Haizz, find a time to have an honest talk."
"What if it's because at that place they only had couple's drinks, and two cups would be too much, so they shared one, that possibility also exists..."
"Stop comforting me." Tanuma Tsubasa buried his face in his hands.
Sakurai Saki: "..."
Why are you guys so pessimistic?
Sakurai Saki was dumbfounded.
Could it be that after falling in love, not only women become foolish, but men are exactly the same?
He recalled the details when being with Hayasaka Ai, and realized that he and his girlfriend were nothing like that! Aside from occasionally laughing foolishly while talking endlessly with Ai-chan on the phone, Sakurai Saki felt he was still quite normal.
"Moreover, she going on a date with another girl, isn't that basically a 'come out'?" Shirogane Miyuki analyzed.
"Could also be shopping for a gift?" Sakurai Saki said.
"I don't remember any special commemorative days recently." Tanuma Tsubasa shook his head.
His birthday was during summer vacation, on August 25th, and he had already spent that day with his girlfriend.
"Sakurai, seriously, stop comforting me, just let it go."
At this moment, Sakurai Saki suddenly changed his tone.
"You'd better ask your girlfriend what she thinks about Maki, I don't think this is good."
He opened his X-ray ability, glancing at the girls' pool.
And discovered Kashiwagi Nagisa hugging Shijo Maki with a face full of embarrassment...
Hiss~
Remembering the previous sports festival, Sakurai Saki couldn't help but suspect that Kashiwagi Nagisa was actually Shijo Maki's biggest admirer.
Too twisted!
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Swimming class ended.
On the way to the bath, Sakurai Saki sent a message to Shijo Maki.
Sakurai: Maki, have you noticed Kashiwagi-san doing anything unusual with you lately? It seems like she likes you!
A few seconds later.
Shijo Maki: Saki-chan, are you stupid? Nagisa and I have always been like this!
Sakurai: "..."
He put down his phone, falling into deep thought.
After a few seconds.
"Hiss."
He too sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.
What a deep scheme, Kashiwagi-san, that terrifying.
[Today's battle: Sakurai Saki lost! (Unreasonably got scolded by Maki)]