The mother and daughter widened their beautiful eyes.
After exchanging glances, they finally confirmed that the name they had just heard was not an illusion caused by too much longing.
Longing, longing…
Miyajima Tsubaki immediately denied this statement. How could she long for him? At most, it was just for her daughter's sake.
"Kobayashi… Murae, right?" Miyajima Sakura cautiously asked the attendant.
"Yes, yes?"
The attendant didn't quite understand why this mother and daughter were so shocked.
She thought to herself, no matter what grievances they had, she was just an ordinary worker and wouldn't get involved.
Run!
"This gentleman is very familiar with Mr. Kobayashi; you can ask him," the attendant threw the responsibility onto Bee Arrow.
Bee Arrow was so jealous his teeth were almost grinding to dust.
Kobayashi! Kobayashi again!
These two alluring mother and daughter were also here for that guy.
Why? Does he get all the good things?
"You are?" Miyajima Sakura looked at Bee Arrow.
Bee Arrow quickly changed his expression, displaying a friendly and polite demeanor:
"Hello, my surname is Bee Arrow. I am indeed good friends with Brother Kobayashi. He's not here right now, so why don't the two of you complete your check-in first, and then I can take you to find him. And since I'm here, I can help you with your luggage."
Miyajima Sakura put her hands together and said pleasantly:
"Then we'll trouble Mr. Bee Arrow."
After she spoke, Miyajima Tsubaki on the other side had already taken out her documents to complete the check-in procedures.
They had previously won free hot spring vouchers, which was one reason why she and Sakura came to this obscure place for a trip.
As for the other reason,
"Hello, you're all checked in. Please come this way," the attendant said. Entering the free voucher took a little time.
"Then let me help with the luggage," Bee Arrow said.
Although he knew these two were here for Hayato… Bee Arrow had a change of heart and actually hoped they were here for that guy.
Kobayashi, right? Unclear with Reina, right?
Heh heh, then don't blame him for returning the favor.
He then showered these beautiful women with attention, making their favorability towards him go up, up, up!
One of the mother and daughter was already no worse than Reina.
If both of them were soaring, wouldn't he just take off?
"No need."
Miyajima Sakura said, she had a rather heavy-looking suitcase beside her. Although the suitcase had wheels, there were stairs on the way to the room, so it couldn't be rolled all the way.
Bee Arrow originally wanted to show off his gentlemanly demeanor, but he only saw Miyajima Sakura refuse, then with a flick of her wrist, she effortlessly lifted the suitcase to the height of her ample chest with a single hand.
"Sakura," Miyajima Tsubaki saw this and helplessly admonished, "You don't need to lift it so high."
"But Mother," Miyajima Sakura explained, "I've been in a car all day today. My muscles will stiffen if I don't train."
"Coming here to travel is meant to relax your mind; you shouldn't always be thinking about training," Miyajima Tsubaki said.
"…Yes." Miyajima Sakura could only obey her mother's instructions. However, diligence makes one proficient, idleness makes one lax, and Sakura was still a little worried.
How about a morning run tomorrow, and call Ayaka… Oh right, there's also Ayaka.
S-super strength?
Bee Arrow didn't know the exact weight of the suitcase, but Miyajima Sakura's unchanging expression as she lifted it still surprised him.
He then saw Miyajima Sakura turn around and ask:
"Hello, I'd still like to ask if there's a girl named 'Ayaka' checked in here?"
Miyajima Sakura knew Kobayashi Ayaka was doing a photoshoot in Yaso Inaba.
↑ This was another reason why they chose to travel all the way to this small place.
However, Miyajima Sakura hadn't informed Kobayashi Ayaka beforehand.
This was Mother Tsubaki's idea; she planned to give her daughter a surprise.
"Ah yes, Ayaka—" Miyajima Tsubaki also looked up.
Her heart had been pounding from being startled by the name "Murae," and Tsubaki had completely forgotten about Ayaka.
…Huh, huh?
Miyajima Tsubaki suddenly thought,
Hayato is here, and Ayaka is here.
They must know each other; after all, they are both Sakura's good friends, and they even work together in the Kendo Club.
…Huh, so they both appearing here at the same time… Huh?
The attendant was about to reply, but then looked behind the charming mother and daughter.
She really liked a phrase that hot spring inn guests often said.
"Huh?"
The girl behind the mother and daughter said.
Hearing the familiar voice, Miyajima Sakura and Tsubaki both turned to look.
Kobayashi Ayaka was standing there.
Her usually languid eyes widened slightly in surprise, and her leisurely steps instantly quickened, as she jogged over to the mother and daughter.
"Sakura!? Aunt Tsubaki?" She was full of pleasant surprise.
Kobayashi Ayaka was inherently a Sima without a Sima, her daily listless demeanor second only to Hayato.
Upon seeing Miyajima Sakura, however, her expression showed emotion, and the change in her demeanor was second only to seeing Hayato today.
"Ayaka," Miyajima Sakura said with a smile.
She was quite a bit calmer and more composed than Kobayashi Ayaka.
She put down the suitcase and clasped Kobayashi Ayaka's hands in hers.
"How are you here?" Kobayashi Ayaka asked.
"Mom won a prize invitation ticket, so we came to play with you~" Miyajima Sakura smiled.
"Then you should have at least told me before you came," Kobayashi Ayaka said.
"Afraid you were busy with work…"
Miyajima Sakura was cut off halfway through her sentence by her mother, who asked with a smiling face, "And after we told you?"
"I could have gone to the station to pick you up—"
Kobayashi Ayaka replied as if it were obvious, but before she finished speaking, she sensed something was off, and her gaze shifted from Sakura's small face to the latter's mother.
Tsubaki also wore a smile, but compared to Sakura, her smile was a bit too gloomy.
It was like an interrogation or torture.
Kobayashi Ayaka suddenly felt pressure, and her mind began to recall the terrifying scene from her childhood when she went to play with Sakura, secretly ate the pudding from the refrigerator, and was then criticized by Aunt Tsubaki for two hours.
Generally speaking, Aunt Tsubaki was very gentle.
But when she showed that expression, it was 'unusual' times.
Ah, argh, but she didn't steal pudding this time.
In fact, she hadn't seen Aunt Tsubaki for nearly half a month, so what could it be about?
Kobayashi Ayaka racked her brains trying to recall her mistakes, but the more she thought, the less she could come to a conclusion, her small face tightening into a pale green.
But Aunt Tsubaki gave no hints, just kept looking at her.
Looking at her.
Looking at her.
An invisible pressure weighed on Kobayashi Ayaka's back.
"What are you all doing standing here?"
Just as Kobayashi Ayaka was wondering if it would be better to kneel and beg for forgiveness, the curtain of the men's bath was pulled open, and Hayato walked out. The moment he spoke, he saw the backs of the Miyajima mother and daughter.
"... Ah."
He also uttered that phrase so beloved by waiters.
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