"Is there still a signal in the mountains?"
"Even though my phone is slow, the signal is still good."
Murae sat by the window.
The open window let in a cool evening breeze.
He was on the phone.
The call went all the way to Tokyo, answered by Yayoi.
"How does it feel to live in the mountains?" Yayoi asked, her voice sounding quite lazy.
If Murae's guess was correct, Yayoi was probably lying on her bed right now, her legs stretched as far as possible, propped against the wall.
"It's really good," Murae said, stroking his cheek with one hand, his elbow resting on the windowsill.
The sky outside was pitch black, but it was dotted with countless dazzling stars; the Milky Way was visible.
"~~That's nice~~" Yayoi said glumly, "Hiro went on a trip too, with some of his friends."
"I know," Murae said.
Hiro had sent him a message earlier, saying that five of the Shiraki Four Heavenly Kings, excluding him, had already gathered and were heading grandly towards Hiroshima.
But he said it was a trip, when in fact it was working while traveling.
From Yamamoto Sakito's demeanor, he was determined to end his single life in Hiroshima.
Murae, on the other hand, chose to see through it without saying anything.
Sometimes, if a person isn't capable, you can't really blame the environment... but he still sincerely wished him well.
"Hello, hello, can you turn on the camera?" Yayoi suddenly perked up; judging by her tone, she must have sat up.
...I can,
The zero-cost phone was good enough if it just made a sound; Murae didn't expect it to do anything major.
Saying that, he clicked on the camera option.
Immediately, Yayoi's face filled his entire phone screen.
It was as if she had gone to find someone but had been rejected, and she pressed her head hard against the peephole (camera).
"Can you see me? Hello?" Yayoi even tapped the screen twice.
"Yes." Hayato chuckled, a person of his age, still playing house? "Do you want me to see something?"
"Hehe, I'll give you a performance."
Yayoi reached out and took an ice pop from outside the phone camera.
After skillfully tearing open the packaging, she held the ice pop stick, placed the creamy ice pop in front of herself, and exhaled a puff of hot air onto the ice pop.
Then she stuck out her pink tongue and continuously licked the cream on it.
Once the cream gradually melted, she swallowed the ice pop deep into her throat in one go.
After a short while, she slowly pulled it out, and then the mixture of saliva and cream made a clear "pop" sound.
After completing the entire process, Yayoi raised an eyebrow:
"Did you want it?"
And then:
"Eh, eh? Why did the screen go black? Hello, hello, hello! Open the door! Hurry and open the door!"
Thump, thump, thump.
Yayoi continuously knocked on the phone screen with her knuckles, and it was a while before she finally saw a glimmer of light.
Hayato finally let go of the hand covering the camera.
"Boring," Hayato said.
"You've got a new love and forgotten your old one, haven't you?" Yayoi leaned forward on the bed, her chest distorted from the pressure, and she covered her cheek with one hand, clicking her tongue in annoyance.
As for the ice pop, it was finally being used for its intended purpose.
She began to eat it properly.
After saying this, she seemed to remember something: "…No, in terms of appearance order, Nanao Akane seems to be the old love."
"You too," Hayato said helplessly.
"I'll take what you said as true for now," Yayoi snorted.
Then her face moved closer to her phone camera again, as if she wished she could drill into the phone.
"What mischief are you up to now?" Hayato retreated a bit.
"…Is it my imagination? Why do I feel like your skin is even better than usual today?" Yayoi was suspicious. This guy's skin quality was already as good as a high school girl's; if it got any smoother, how could she, as a woman, live?
"Have you considered that it's because the front camera is 130W, so it comes with a smoothing effect?" Hayato said.
"I thought it was because the gentle healing function was so excellent," Yayoi said while chewing on the ice pop. "But speaking of which, you've already taken a hot spring bath, haven't you? After all, you're already wearing a yukata. You look pretty good in a yukata, hehe. Next time, big sister will send you a yukata to wear during summer festivals or fireworks displays~~ Ah, but you should be with Nanao Akane for those festivals. So I won't send it then, hmph, big sister is a little selfish~~"
"If there's a chance, we can go together," Hayato said.
"I'm not going to be a third wheel," Yayoi pouted and said, then asked, "Didn't you take a bath with Nanao Akane? Using your girlfriend's bathing time to call other women~~ What's wrong with you, young man?"
"Then I'm hanging up."
"Eh, eh, eh, don't! I was just kidding~~" Yayoi quickly said.
"Akane is bathing with others, and she won't be sleeping with me tonight either," Hayato said.
"Oh? Who?" Yayoi asked, "Friends Nanao Akane met there? I warn you, don't be a philanderer."
Although she didn't want to be a third wheel, Yayoi also didn't want others to be a third wheel. Especially since the young man on the other end of the phone was like a walking aphrodisiac.
"Uh, Ayaka," Hayato said.
"…Ayaka? Kobayashi Ayaka!? How is she there too?" Yayoi suddenly exclaimed.
"She came here to work with Kurashiki. I only found out recently," Hayato explained.
"Kurashiki!" Yayoi's voice grew even louder, "Is that Kurashiki Reina you used to pursue? And then you hooked up with her mother?"
"How can you call that hooking up?" Hayato said.
It was truly an unexpected combination. Yayoi pondered for a moment. Kobayashi Ayaka was fine; because someone in the Kendo Club often got injured, she had dealt with the Kendo Club Vice Minister several times. But Kurashiki Reina… her relationship with this guy wasn't very friendly.
"Are you sure they won't fight?" Yayoi asked.
"Don't worry, Senior Miyajima will be watching," Hayato said.
"Miyajima!?" Yayoi's voice grew louder each time, this time almost making her stand up. She slammed the table: "Is that Miyajima Sakura?"
"Yes," Hayato said, "They're all here."
"Tsubaki is here too!?"
"Mm."
Yayoi remained silent for a long time.
Her eyes slowly lost focus. Eh, eh? What's going on? Wait… let her sort this out.
Miyajima mother and daughter, Kobayashi Ayaka, Nanao Akane, are all in Yaso Inaba?
And they've all checked into the hot spring inn?
There was some despair in Yayoi's voice,
"Don't tell me that slut who lives upstairs from you is also here."
"No, she's not," Hayato said flatly. "We only met on the Shinkansen. After arriving at Yaso Inaba Station, she went to the next— "
"Don't say it!"
Yayoi stopped him.
The ice pop in her hand suddenly lost its sweetness.
What's going on with this déjà vu?
There's a party in Yaso Inaba in the summer, and only one person isn't invited. Guess who.
"You guys are bullying me…" Yayoi was on the verge of tears from grievance.
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