"We're here!"
After stopping by Haruna's place on the way, the group headed straight to the water park where, right at the entrance waiting for them, they found Run, Yui, Risa, and Mio, completing the group.
After going in, Lala ran excitedly toward the changing rooms.
The rest just watched her with smiles, completely used to the way she was, before the girls followed after her, while the guys, who were only Yuuji and Rito, headed to the men's changing room.
After a few minutes, Yuuji, having changed into swim shorts, came out, and just a few seconds later Rito followed.
"Yuuji, you're still here... amazing!"
Rito was about to thank Yuuji for waiting when he saw his physique and nodded in surprise.
"Yuuji! Have you always had those muscles? They're incredible!" he said excitedly.
"Um... I grew recently, you know I'm not a normal person, right?" Yuuji said, a bit uncomfortable, not expecting that reaction.
"So powers give that kind of advantage? I wish I had them" Rito sighed before looking at his own body in disappointment.
"Damn, with that body you'll definitely attract all the girls!"
"...though I don't really..." Yuuji was about to say he didn't really care about anyone other than Lala when he realized where the voice came from.
"What are you doing here?" he complained, turning toward Saruyama.
"Tsk, since my friend decided to betray me..." Saruyama clicked his tongue while throwing an arm over Rito's shoulder "...I had to buy a separate ticket, I didn't know what day you were coming so I just bought for today and yesterday" he explained with tears in his eyes.
"Ha ha" Rito scratched his head awkwardly. "Sorry"
"It's fine, Rito, I know you and I know you did it thinking about everyone's safety. But now's not the time to worry about that!" he declared dramatically. "We have to join forces so Yuuji doesn't take all the girls"
"I'm not interested in anyone but Lala" Yuuji shrugged immediately.
"And I... well..." Rito stuttered.
"Yeah, yeah, same as Yuuji but with Haruna. To think I'd meet two puritans like this" Saruyama muttered as if looking at two idiots, but then his eyes lit up with excitement. "Wait, doesn't that mean that, aside from Lala and Haruna, the rest of the girls are a free buffet reserved for me?"
"No, Saruyama, girls aren't..."
"I know, I know" Saruyama interrupted Rito. "I mean visually, I'll enjoy the sight of all of them in swimsuits, hehehe, Yui's huge chest, Risa's sensual figure, Mio's cheerful as..."
"Let's go, they're waiting for us" Yuuji urged Rito, ignoring the pervert and his fantasies.
Rito looked at Saruyama for a second before shaking his head and deciding to ignore him too, leaving the changing room with Yuuji.
"Finally, why did you take so long?"
Risa's voice rang out, drawing their attention to where the group was.
All the girls were there in their swimsuits.
Before Yuuji could react or Rito could start stuttering at the sight, a dramatic shout was heard beside them.
"This can't be, what is this?!"
"Saruyama, you were here?"
"Forget that, Rito! The girls... the girls... why the hell are they wearing normal clothes?!" Saruyama shouted dramatically as he dropped to his knees like he had been mortally wounded.
"What? But they're wearing swimsuits" Rito said, confused by his reaction.
"They... they are?" Saruyama muttered before turning toward Yuuji with understanding and resentment on his face. "You! It had to be you. What did you do?"
"I put a crystal around your face where I project the image of their clothes, impressive, right? My control has improved a lot lately" Yuuji answered honestly with a bit of pride.
"You! You bastard! You can't keep this up forever! You need to concentrate to maintain this thing"
"Don't worry" Yuuji smiled mockingly, placing a hand on Saruyama's shoulder. "I have experience doing multiple things at once, I can keep this up as long as I want while enjoying the view on my own"
"You! Bastard! Why?"
"You didn't seriously think I'd let you look at my girlfriend in a perverted way, right?"
"You said she's not your girlfriend. And I wasn't going to look at her... just everyone else!"
"True, she's not my girlfriend, then my... Lala? I feel like my Lala sounds even closer" Yuuji frowned, unsure how to define it. "Well, whatever, the point is you won't see her.
But I'd feel bad if I only covered her and Yami and not the rest, so I did it to everyone" Yuuji admitted.
The truth was, he first thought about blocking Lala, then thought about Yami too, wanted to do Rito a favor and add Haruna, then added the rest just so no one would be left out, and since he could do it, he simply made it so he couldn't see any girl in a swimsuit.
"This is a crime!"
"Don't talk about crimes while thinking about harassing girls, please" Yuuji said with disgust, walking away.
"Yuuji, what happened to him?" Yui asked once he approached, pointing at the boy still crying dramatically on the ground.
"I made it so he can't see girls in swimsuits" Yuuji shrugged.
"That... might be more evil than not letting him come, hehe" Risa said with a mischievous smile while watching Saruyama suffer. "By the way, what do you think of my swimsuit?"
Risa asked while puffing out her chest, she wore a golden bikini that drew attention by highlighting all her curves, walking a dangerous line between what it shows and what it doesn't.
"It suits you" Yuuji said simply.
"What's with that boring reaction?!" Risa complained.
Not just Risa, all the others were wearing quite attractive swimsuits, especially because their figures were truly worthy of an ecchi anime, where the concept of a non-sexy body doesn't exist.
But Yuuji, coming from a normal world, had no interest in other girls beyond the one he liked.
He looked at Lala who, like Risa, wore a yellow swimsuit, but unlike Risa's gold, hers was yellow, so yellow it was almost bright.
Even though the two-piece swimsuit was her size, Lala's body still made it look a bit tight, the fabric straining in some areas while her figure pushed against the edges where there was no fabric.
"Lala, you look... beautiful" Yuuji said, unable to stop himself from swallowing as he looked at her like that.
In his mind, he thanked himself for blocking Saruyama's view and even considered doing it to all the men there, but quickly shook his head and dismissed the idea.
'Have I always been this possessive?' he wondered internally.
"Hehe, thank you" Lala smiled, satisfied with Yuuji's reaction. "Yuuji, you look amazing too!"
"Really? It's just shorts"
"But Yuuji has a lot of muscles, they look nice" Lala murmured as she approached and touched his arm in amazement.
"...Lala"
"Ah! Sorry!" Lala apologized, stepping back.
"It's fine, I don't mind you touching" Yuuji told her.
"Really?!"
"Really" he nodded.
"Then..." Lala moved closer again, wanting to touch his abs this time, but a voice stopped her.
"Alright you two, stop flirting and let's go in already" Risa interrupted.
Looking to the side, Lala saw everyone watching her with amused smiles and blushed before running away in embarrassment.
"Yuuji, did they ruin your fun?" Mio teased with a giggle.
Yuuji just looked at her with an annoyed expression that said everything.
"Don't corrupt Lala, please" Yui said from the side.
"Me? She's already pretty perverted on her own" Yuuji defended himself.
"Is that so? Run, what do you think? You haven't said much even though you were the one who invited us" Risa called out to Run, but she was just distracted, murmuring to herself.
"Run?" Risa tapped her shoulder.
"W-what? Ah, I... don't know. Let's just go in" Run said nervously, running off just like Lala.
"What's wrong with her?" Rito asked.
The group just looked at him like he was an idiot again and went in, leaving him without answers.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Rito ran to catch up with the rest.
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