Hearing that question, Seiun Ryoka tilted her head and asked in a puzzled tone, "Why? Of course you take your clothes off when you're going to bathe."
As she said that, her voice grew even more matter-of-fact, as if she were asking: Why would Yui ask something so strange? That's weird. Don't tell me you've got a fever?
And really, only someone whose thoughts had become thoroughly scrambled could ask something like that.
The problem was, this was Chihaya Yui's room, and Yui was the one who was supposed to be taking a bath. She had already taken off half her clothes.
The moment she heard Ryoka's reply, Yui panicked and clutched at her clothes. She had already half wanted to avoid Ryoka while changing, but forced herself not to for fear of being misunderstood. Who would have thought Ryoka actually wanted to bathe together with her?
If she'd known this was where things were heading, she would have chased Ryoka right back to her own room from the start. Ryoka always slept alone anyway. As long as she gave a reason like, "You need to rest well and prepare properly for the race," there would have been no risk at all.
Unlike now...
"W-Why?" Yui's voice shook. She did her best to sound composed, but the corner of her eye still drifted toward Ryoka—and caught the smooth curve of her body and the enticing lines of her toned abdomen.
A vivid flush instantly spread across the girl's pretty face, and her heartbeat began to pound louder and louder. She hurriedly snatched her gaze away, chanting to herself in secret:
I didn't see anything. I didn't see anything.
"What do you mean, why?" Ryoka feigned ignorance and slowly walked up behind her, making no sound whatsoever. With Yui so distracted, she still thought Ryoka was standing where she had been before.
"B-Because..." Yui's ears had gone red as well by now. No matter how hard she tried, she could not come up with a proper excuse.
Because... they were both girls, weren't they? And girls bathing together was perfectly normal... right?
That was exactly what Ryoka said.
"We're both girls, so bathing together is normal, isn't it? Which means..."
She deliberately dragged out the last words, then struck first and talked later.
With a sudden swish, Ryoka seized the initiative and stripped away the last line of defense Yui had been clinging to. Then, slipping one arm around her slender waist and the other beneath the backs of her knees, she lifted her clean off the ground in a princess carry.
They were already standing at the bathroom door to begin with. In only a few steps, Ryoka carried Yui straight into the bathtub and jumped in, sending water splashing everywhere.
If she ever switched careers and became a diver, that stunt would probably earn her a perfect zero.
Yui sputtered after swallowing some bathwater and began coughing violently. Ryoka smiled as she patted her gently on the back—and while Yui wasn't paying attention, she deftly undid the very last clasp.
The surface of the bath rippled at once.
"Eek!" Yui cried instinctively, covering her chest.
Ryoka pressed forward from behind, the softness of her own body flattening warmly against Yui's smooth back. One hand held down her round shoulder, while the other lifted the piece of underclothing she had just removed and dangled it in front of Yui's face. Then she leaned in close to the girl's burning ear and murmured softly:
"So Yui wears white, huh? That really is pure and innocent of you."
Feeling that fine, pliant softness at her back and hearing those unbearably embarrassing words, Yui had no idea how to face Ryoka anymore. Almost whining, she protested:
"R-Ryoka, don't tease me!"
But then she felt the area of contact between them grow even larger. It felt... good, painfully so—but that only made it all the more humiliating. How was she supposed to look Ryoka in the eye after this?
Ryoka, however, was not satisfied. Pretending not to notice anything, she asked, "Oh? Your face is all red. But we're both girls, aren't we? There's no need to be so nervous~"
Her tone curved upward at the end, full of unmistakable delight.
Perhaps because Ryoka sounded so relaxed, a sudden question bloomed in Yui's mind:
When Ryoka bathes with other horse girls... is this how she acts with them too?
The thought swelled alarmingly fast, and before long Yui found herself caring about it far too much.
Ryoka's next action only made it worse. Her hands slid lower, one on either side, and boldly seized those soft, springy, bountiful curves—instantly turning the faint ripples on the water into churning waves.
Then she touched and fondled to her heart's content.
By the time it was over, Chihaya Yui's body had gone so weak that Ryoka had to carry her out of the bath.
And after that, they got into the same bed.
At that point, there was no way Yui couldn't be embarrassed anymore.
"R-Ryo..." she stammered, so flustered she could barely even manage Ryoka's name.
Ryoka, meanwhile, remained perfectly calm, as if their intimate little encounter just now had been the most ordinary thing in the world.
That reaction made Yui a little dissatisfied—but more than that, it made her uneasy.
She thought: Does Ryoka do those sorts of things with other horse girls when they bathe together? Maybe even...
H-horseplay?
Her fair skin, already tinged pink, flushed an even deeper shade as the image of Agnes Tachyon and Daiwa Scarlet trapping Ryoka between them popped into her head.
Yui's imagination promptly ran wild.
No, no, no. If it were Ryoka, maybe she'd take on both of them at once and leave the two horse girls stumbling out, barely able to stand.
After all, Seiun Ryoka had two hands and ten fingers.
"Your face is very red, Yui. You're thinking the sort of thoughts only bad girls think, aren't you?" Ryoka deliberately closed one eye, as though she had seen straight through everything.
That made Yui feel horribly guilty. She didn't even dare look at her anymore.
Still, Ryoka had always known exactly how far to push when teasing people. Narrowing her eyes with a small smile, she said, "Haha, I'm joking. No, I've never done anything like that with anyone else."
But Yui had no idea how she was supposed to respond to that. After hesitating for a long time, she finally forced out an awkward laugh.
"I-I see. Haha."
Inside, though, the pink-haired girl was screaming:
No, that answer was terrible! Totally terrible! She'll think I'm some weird woman! I have to salvage this somehow!
Maybe... maybe she should ask in return: "Really? Then why are you telling me that?"
Sure, that would probably make her sound like she was pretending not to care, and yes, it would be mortifying inside, and yes, maybe Ryoka would think she was one of those women whose mouth said one thing while their heart said another—
But at least on the surface, it might work.
Except Ryoka spoke first again.
"Let's just call it a joke, okay?"
She gave her a playful blink, her brows and eyes curving into a bright, delighted smile, and Yui's confidence immediately crumbled.
A joke?
Which part had been the joke?
The bit about bad girls?
Or the bathing?
But after that, Ryoka refused to say another word. She simply murmured good night.
Chihaya Yui felt like her entire mindset was about to explode. She wanted to grab Ryoka by the shoulders and shout at this unbearably mischievous horse girl:
Please! Explain properly!
Because if she didn't get a clear answer, there was absolutely no way she'd be able to fall asleep tonight.
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