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"Give it to me, give it to me, quickly give me the swimsuit."
Fujiwara Chika floated in the water, shouting with a flushed face.
Amamiya Natsuki said with a serious expression:
"I have a question."
"What?"
"If I give you the swimsuit, how are you going to put it on?"
"Of course..."
Halfway through her sentence, Fujiwara Chika suddenly realized that she couldn't actually put on the swimsuit.
This was in the middle of the sea, not on land.
Swimming required both arms for balance, so she definitely couldn't put on the swimsuit with one hand.
"Let's swim to that small Island." Fujiwara Chika quickly made up her mind, pointing with her hand, "We'll put it on there."
Amamiya Natsuki nodded, his gaze dropping to look into the sea.
It had to be said, Kagoshima was indeed a tourist destination. Now, as the sun rose, Amamiya Natsuki realized that the seawater was incredibly clear and transparent. Beneath the undulating clear waves, the girl's skin was fair and flawless. Due to the refraction of light, it was vaguely not very distinct, which instead made it more alluringly hazy.
"Cover your eyes!"
Fujiwara Chika puffed out her pink cheeks, shouting with a flushed face.
Even the unpredictable source of chaos was still a girl, so she would naturally be shy and blush.
Amamiya Natsuki retorted:
"If I cover my eyes now, I'll drown, won't I?"
"You were just floating on the water, you'll be fine." Fujiwara Chika said with a shy pout, "Hurry to the Island."
"Yes."
Amamiya Natsuki agreed. The race had already been decided, so there was no need to speed up; he swam leisurely a little in front of Fujiwara Chika.
"Eh eh eh, someone's coming over!"
Fujiwara Chika became nervous.
Amamiya Natsuki squinted, looking over. It was a female tourist surfing on a surfboard: "Don't worry, they're so far away, they can't see clearly at all. Even I, this close, couldn't see clearly."
Fujiwara Chika's cheeks puffed out even more: "What else do you want to see clearly!"
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"You just said you were a mermaid princess. It's normal for mermaids not to wear clothes, right?"
"Well, at least they have seashells!"
"..."
Talking as they went, the two soon swam next to the Island.
"I'll go up first."
Amamiya Natsuki swam around the small island, found a relatively flat spot, ascended the island first, then turned around to look at the Succubus Girl in the sea.
"Give me your hand."
Amamiya Natsuki extended his right hand.
Fujiwara Chika covered her chest with one hand, extended her right hand, and used his help to get onto the island.
"I'm up... Ah ah ah!"
The small island, constantly battered by waves, was already very slippery. Fujiwara Chika's attention was mostly on her body, and she didn't notice the situation underfoot. As soon as she got up, she felt her foot slip, and her body suddenly fell backward, causing her to involuntarily cry out in surprise.
Amamiya Natsuki was quick-witted, grasping Fujiwara Chika's wrist and pulling the girl into his embrace.
Thump.
The two collided directly.
At this moment, Amamiya Natsuki suddenly understood what it meant to "dribble and collide" and what it meant to be "smooth as congealed fat."
"..."
The air suddenly grew quiet.
Only their breathing and heartbeats were exceptionally clear.
The sun had just risen halfway above the sea, and in the brilliant morning light, the girl's cheeks were crimson like fire, exquisitely beautiful.
Looking at the secretary, whose eyes were wide and face flushed, Amamiya Natsuki felt his heart rate involuntarily accelerate, and he couldn't help but lower his head, wanting to tease the secretary.
"Wait, wait a moment!"
Fujiwara Chika suddenly extended her hand, blocking Amamiya Natsuki's lips, "Not now!"
Amamiya Natsuki argued, "I won the game just now."
"That's for tomorrow, not now." Fujiwara Chika's pretty face was incredibly flushed, like a ripe apple. "In short, not now, let go of me quickly!"
Amamiya Natsuki took a deep breath, used his willpower to control his body, and released the arm that had been wrapped around the girl's soft waist.
Fujiwara Chika quickly squatted down, covering her chest, and looked up with a red face, saying:
"My swimsuit, give it back."
"Mm."
"Turn your body away!"
"Okay."
"No peeking."
"If you say that again, do you believe I'll look openly?"
"..."
A moment later.
The secretary finally tied her swimsuit, patted her chest with a sigh of relief, and, covering her body, said:
"Let's go back, quickly, let's go back."
Amamiya Natsuki turned around and said:
"Do you want to compete again, to see who can swim back to the shore first?"
"No!"
Fujiwara Chika refused outright.
She couldn't win even with tactics just now, so it would be even more impossible now!
She wouldn't agree to a race she was 100% sure to lose.
"How about this?" Amamiya Natsuki extended his finger. "I'll give you a ten-second head start."
"What! You're giving me a ten-second head start, you're clearly looking down on me!"
Fujiwara Chika put her right hand on her hip, raised her delicate chin, and said crisply, "...I accept."
Amamiya Natsuki said speechlessly, "What about the 'no' you just said?"
"I didn't say that." Fujiwara Chika pressed her hands together, a sweet, triumphant smile on her face. "A promise is a promise. I'm definitely going to win this time."
Amamiya Natsuki said, "Let's be clear, the conditions for winning and losing haven't changed, right?"
"...No problem!"
Fujiwara Chika quickly agreed.
Anyway, she was already going to eat chocolate sticks, so eating them again wouldn't matter.
"Then let's start." Amamiya Natsuki said, "You go first."
"Count to ten seconds, no cheating." Fujiwara Chika warned, "Otherwise, you're a big fat liar."
"..."
Watching the girl splash into the water, Amamiya Natsuki was not in a hurry and began to count down aloud.
After making sure the secretary couldn't hear him, Amamiya Natsuki jumped into the sea and swam vigorously to catch up.
Then he realized... he really couldn't catch up.
The rocky island was only about two hundred meters from the shore. Giving Chika a ten-second head start, it would be impossible to catch up unless he could walk on water.
After understanding the situation, Amamiya Natsuki took a deep breath and suddenly shouted:
"My leg, my leg is cramping..."
"Eh?"
Hearing the voice, Fujiwara Chika suddenly stopped, turned her head to look behind her, a little suspicious.
He wouldn't be lying, would he?
But the next second, she saw Amamiya Natsuki sink into the sea.
Fujiwara Chika's eyes widened, and without a word, she quickly swam over.
Splash!
The secretary hugged Amamiya Natsuki from behind, pulled him out of the water, and anxiously asked:
"Are you okay?"
Amamiya Natsuki smiled and said, "I'm fine."
Seeing the smile on Amamiya Natsuki's face, Fujiwara Chika instantly realized she had been tricked.
"Wahhh—"
Fujiwara Chika was so angry she puffed up like a ball, her pink cheeks highly inflated.
"You actually tricked me!!"
Amamiya Natsuki said righteously:
"It's perfectly normal to use tactics during a competition, isn't it?"
Fujiwara Chika: "..."
He even copied her words, how outrageous!
The outcome goes without saying.
Amamiya Natsuki ultimately won.
"Why is your face so red?"
Shinomiya Kaguya asked curiously.
"Cough..." Fujiwara Chika lightly coughed twice, a little "I swam too fast just now, I'm a bit tired."
"Why are you still pouting?"
"I accidentally choked on seawater."
"..."
Watching her guilty best friend walk away, Shinomiya Kaguya narrowed her eyes, feeling that today's sun was a bit green.
The group played on the sea for a while longer. After watching the sunrise, they changed back into their clothes and returned to the inn together.
"Everyone, let's go soak in the hot springs again." Fujiwara Chika had already recovered, with excellent mental fortitude. "Then let's have breakfast together. After breakfast, we can go to the station."
Amamiya Natsuki said, "Call me if you need anything."
"I won't call you!"
Fujiwara Chika was still thinking about what had just happened.
Seeing the Sheltered Ojou-sama cast a suspicious glance, she quickly said, "Hot springs, hot springs!"
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki returned to his room and, naturally, did not see the energetic junior sister. There was only a sticky note on the table.
"Senpai~ I suddenly received a super urgent call, so I'm heading back to Tokyo first. See you tonight."
Amamiya Natsuki had expected this. He put away the sticky note and prepared to take a bath.
Just as he finished undressing, there was a sudden knock on the door.
He walked over to open the door, and outside was the Succubus Girl with brilliant blonde hair, a black choker around her neck, and an incredibly bright smile.
"Natsuki, good morning."
Kitagawa Marin made a peace sign, her smile bright and her voice clear.
Amamiya Natsuki was surprised: "Why did you come over?"
According to their conversation last night, Kitagawa Marin was supposed to have breakfast with her father this morning, and then they would all meet at the station to take the Shinkansen back to Tokyo.
"Dad got a call saying he had work to take care of, so he left in a hurry." Kitagawa Marin walked in, pulling her suitcase. "I was bored alone, so I came early. Aren't you surprised?"
It's a good thing you didn't suddenly come last night, otherwise it really would have been a surprise.
"We just came back from swimming at the sea," Amamiya Natsuki said casually.
"Eh eh?" Kitagawa Marin's beautiful eyes lit up. "I really wanted to go swimming too, and you didn't call me."
Amamiya Natsuki said expressionlessly, "If you had time this morning, why didn't you send a message?"
"Eh heh~"
Kitagawa Marin stuck out her pink tongue. "How about we go swimming now?"
"We probably don't have enough time." Amamiya Natsuki said, "But soaking in the hot springs is fine."
Kitagawa Marin was a little disappointed: "Then let's soak in the hot springs."
Amamiya Natsuki said:
"Juju and Chika's rooms are next door. You can go soak with them."
Kitagawa Marin blinked, put her hands behind her back, leaned forward, and whispered:
"Everyone doesn't know I'm here yet. It's okay to soak in the hot springs with Natsuki, right?"
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki extended his right hand and grasped the Succubus Girl's wrist.
"To the bathroom, I'll help you bathe."
"Wait, wait." Kitagawa Marin's pretty face flushed, and she quickly said, "I was just kidding."
"I remember Kitagawa's Home rules, which state one never lies."
"My family doesn't have such a rule!"
"..."
Without special circumstances, Kitagawa Marin ultimately felt too embarrassed to soak in the hot springs together. After talking for a while, she pulled her suitcase and ran to Juju's room.
The final outcome was that Juju was sandwiched between Komi and Marin, her spirit suffering a double critical hit.
After finishing the hot spring.
Amamiya Natsuki and several girls gathered in the hallway and left the hot spring inn together.
Japan doesn't have specialized breakfast shops, only 24-hour Convenience Stores and Old Man fast food restaurants.
After a simple breakfast, they went to a Convenience Store to buy some snacks, then headed directly to the station to take the Shinkansen back to Tokyo.
"We're on the train now." Kitagawa Marin exhaled lightly, fanning herself with her right hand, "It's so hot outside."
"It was clearly cool this morning." Fujiwara Chika put away her luggage, raised her hand to wipe the thin sweat from her forehead, "Who knew it would get so hot so soon after the sun rose."
"Here."
Amamiya Natsuki took out a freshly bought drink and handed it to Fujiwara Chika.
The secretary glanced at him, took the drink, and gulped it down.
Angry or not, thirsty is thirsty, Chika-sama clearly separates grudges and thirst.
"Natsuki, I want a drink too."
Kitagawa Marin also raised her right hand.
Amamiya Natsuki took out a can of juice and handed it over, casually saying, "Don't spill it."
"I won't spill it like yesterday!" Kitagawa Marin blurted out.
Juju-sama looked over curiously: "Marin spilled her drink yesterday?"
Kitagawa Marin's pretty face quickly flushed red, and she stammered:
"Uh... last night, I bought a milk tea in Osaka, and there was still a little left. Who knew that when I got on the train, a child ran into me and accidentally spilled the milk tea. That's all!"
As for the aftermath of spending the night in Amamiya Natsuki's arms, she would absolutely not say it out loud.
"Kaguya-san, what do you want to drink?"
Amamiya Natsuki turned to look at the Sheltered Ojou-sama sitting beside him, recommending, "I just bought a bottle of summer refreshing drink with coriander and mint flavor."
"What kind of combination is that?!" Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't help but retort, "I absolutely don't want to drink it!"
"It sounds interesting." Mrs. Shimizu, however, was quite interested, "Mommy wants to drink it."
Amamiya Natsuki said, "You can't drink it."
"That's not necessarily true." Mrs. Shimizu wagged her finger, "Last time in Haunted Town, I could eat Dark Cuisine. Coriander drinks sound very dark, so I might be able to taste it."
Hearing this, Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't help but hesitate.
It seems... there's some truth to it?
Coriander-flavored soda, calling it Dark Cuisine, isn't an exaggeration at all.
Time passed.
As the novelty of the train ride wore off, everyone quickly grew tired.
They had all woken up too early that morning to go to the sea, so now they were all sleepy, even Amamiya Natsuki was no exception.
As drowsiness set in, Amamiya Natsuki put away his phone, closed his eyes, and began to rest.
In a daze, Amamiya Natsuki only felt a fragrant, orchid-like scent appear in his arms, and subconsciously hugged it.
After who knows how long, Amamiya Natsuki opened his eyes again and found himself holding a fragrant, soft, orchid-like body in his arms. He looked down and was surprised to find it was the Sheltered Ojou-sama.
It was probably too cold in the train's air conditioning, and Shinomiya Kaguya unconsciously leaned closer after falling asleep.
"Hmm..."
Seemingly disturbed by Amamiya Natsuki's movement, Shinomiya Kaguya's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she groggily opened her eyes. The girl's just-woken eyes were full of hazy mist, looking exceptionally soft and lovely.
Their eyes met.
Amamiya Natsuki originally thought that given Kaguya's personality, she would discreetly get up as if nothing had happened.
Who knew the Sheltered Ojou-sama blinked, then hazily tilted her pretty face up, her pink, moist, cherry-colored lips slightly pouted, as if she wanted a kiss.
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