V1C2 Part2

Translated by KuroNeko & 64990022 Edited by KuroNeko & 64990022

The hotel Nanase booked was clean and comfortable, although the rooms were a bit cramped.

I have no experience staying in hotels, so I can’t say whether the grade is high or low, but I thought 3,000 yen a night was a reasonable price. I got into the swing of things after putting my luggage down, taking a shower, and putting on the yukata-like garments that were on the bed.

“Then, let’s do it.”

Even though I ran away from my home and my environment changed, I can’t afford to break my routine.

I started up the laptop I brought from home and opened the browser.

Clicked on a certain Yotuber’s channel—“Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi.”

“Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi” is a Japanese word for “Praise the listener!” a Youtube channel which gives positive answers to all questions that come in during the live stream. I quickly opened the latest video .

“Just being alive is great! Hello! This is Yoshi of Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi! Now, I’ll read out the questions for today!”

The channel starts out like this, and then it answers viewers’ questions and concerns in a complimentary tone. In these stressful times, the answering style that cheerfully encourages every concern seems to have been in demand, and the number of subscribers has now surpassed 1 million.

The channel was also the source of my travel expenses for this trip.

Youtubers receive advertising revenue based on the number of views. I earn revenue by downloading Yoshi’s videos, editing and compiling them, and reposting them on my channel.

“… Sure. It’ll be more profitable in this way.”

I muttered while editing Yoshi’s video.

The tapping on the keyboard became louder as I recalled the fight with my parents that had broken out a few hours earlier.

“… Alright, done.”

I closed my laptop after I finished posting today’s video and reserving tomorrow’s as well.

The next thing I knew, I was just falling asleep. Apparently, I was very tired.

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October 24, Thursday. I woke up to several missed calls from my parents. Just to let them know that I am safe and sound, I send them a LIME message saying, “I am traveling, please don’t look for me.”

The phone shook again a few minutes later, but I switched it off. It is important that I talk now to avoid misunderstandings. But then I decided to leave the rest to my future self to put together and sort it out later.

After washing my face, I packed up, putting everything but my valuables in my backpack, and left the room to go to the hot spring today. I got down to the first floor entrance and met Nanase.

“Shall we go?”

“You know where you’re going?”

“I already did a search yesterday.”

“So you are thorough today, huh?”

Nanase looked doubtful for a moment. I wondered what it was, but then she switched over and began checking out. I left my luggage at the hotel and went outside. After a short walk with Nanase leading the way.

“What’s that?”

I found an unfamiliar building in the plaza in front of Atami Station. I must have missed it last night since it was dark.

“Foot Bath.”

“Ah, the rumored one!”

As the name suggests, this is a hot spring to be enjoyed by soaking only one’s feet. A ditch about the size of five tatami mats was filled with warm shallow water and some wooden planks were set up on both sides, and it seems to be designed for people to sit on and soak their feet in.

“Eeh, it’s known as Ieyasu’s hot spring. The footbath was constructed to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s visit, and its virtues include neuralgia, joint discomfort, cold sensitivity, and fatigue alleviation.”

Studious Nanase nods hmm as she studies the explanatory board.

Even if it’s outside the scope of a memorization test, that’s surely a big appetite for knowledge.

“All right, let’s go in!”

“It’s not going to help your brain recover, okay?”

“No, I didn’t know that crap was still going on.”

Bending forward, Nanase takes off her short boots and ankle-length ankle socks.

Her movements were so sensational that I couldn’t help but be taken aback.

“What?”

“No, nothing.”

With a nonchalant look on my face, I, too, went barefoot and dipped my feet into the hot water.

“Ah…”

The warmth surrounding my toes compelled me to sigh in relief. The somewhat hot water was pleasant to the touch.

Somehow, it smelled soothingly good.

The depth was around ankle-deep. Heat moved up my body, from the end of my toes upward.

Even though I only soaked my feet, my whole body felt warm and comfortable.

“… This is the best.”

I’m glad I came. The sensation of shamelessly taking a footbath in distant Atami whilst my classmates are studying is overwhelming.

“Ha…”

I turn to my right as I hear an erotic noise. Nanase dazed, with a loose look on her face.

Her sharp twin eyes were drooping, and her mouth, which was usually stiff, went limp.

“Glad you’re enjoying it.”

“H-huh?”

Nanase’s shoulders jerked up with a dribble of water.

“I-It’s not that I’m enjoying it or anything! How is something like this satisfying at all!”

“Then, are we going up now?”

She glances away abruptly, her cheeks flushed red with fury on her face.

“… Maybe if I stay in here for another 10 minutes or so, perhaps I’ll get a feel for how good it is.”

What a cute response.

“Oh, okay, about ten more minutes.”

It went on for about 30 minutes. Nanase was enjoying the energy of the mother earth and has closed her eyes and is not moving at all. Is she all right? Is she still alive?

“It’s okay… It will go nicely… There’s nothing to worry about.”

At that moment, I heard a voice from my left, and my heart fluttered. I was so preoccupied with Nanase that I didn’t notice that someone was sitting next to me before I knew it.

“(Maybe a local high school student…?)”

A girl our age or maybe older was murmuring something with her hands clasped together as if she were praying. Her well-toned face was as white as snow, with reddish eyes and a short, gold-tinted bob cut that adds to her glamor.

A blouse that reveals her neck, a red necktie around her collar.

A necklace that emphasized her voluminous bosom, earrings that suspend under her small ears, glittering.

Around her waist wrapped a cream-colored cardigan, her mini-skirt displayed her healthy, bare thigh.

She was what we call a gal. Okay, let’s get away from here before she notices, just like a breeze.

If I get caught up in the galnication of the cheerful world, I, a loner, would be instantly stripped of language and turned into a stone, mute.

A gal who was kind to lones was a creature beyond mythical.

I inhaled, soaking in the soothing atmosphere of the onsen, and called Nanase.

“We should get going, Nana–”

“Excuse me, you there, but you’ve been noisy for quite a while.”

Did she need to interrupt me!

“Hya!”

The gal yelped as if someone had poured Coke in her ear.

Her apologetic gaze fell on us. “I said it out loud!” she squeaked in her high keyed squeal.

“I’m sorry! That was too loud! I’m so sorry!”

She bowed her head vigorously and brought her hands together with a clap.

“If you know what you are doing then could you please keep your voice down? I was just about to enjoy the onsen when you ruined it with that incantation of yours!” accused Nanase.

See? She admitted she was enjoying it! At Nanase’s verbal attack, the gal backed away with a gasp.

“S-scary! How could you be this aggressive to someone since the first meeting! It would be a shame, you know, if guys run away in fright despite how beautiful you are.”

Nanase’s brows furrowed.

“In the first place, which one of us is rude again?”

I just think it was both of you…

“Too bad for you, I have no slightest interest in romantic affairs. I’d even turn them down even if someone confessed to me.”

In response, the gal tilted her head and pointed at me.

“So who’s that? Isn’t this guy your boyfriend?”

“Huh!?”

That, of all things!? You gal!

“…You have quite interesting fantasies, don’t you? Maybe you should go home and spend your valuable time writing fantasy novels.”

“Huh? Did you just compliment me? Hehe~ I’m not that good actually~” Her golden hair bounced happily.

“I’m telling you to go home in a polite way… I shouldn’t expect someone of your intellect to comprehend that, huh. I’m sorry you are born this way.”

“My mom says that people who can’t speak to others properly are idiots! I’m sorry for you too!”

As their glare met, electric crackles sounded at the back of my head.

It seemed that Nanase, who prided herself on her intellect, had been caught off guard.

“I wonder which of us is spewing nonsense.” she growled.

“Kya! She’s going to kill me!”

The gal caught my shoulder and yanked me back, using me as a shield.

“Hey!”

At that moment, I felt a soft, squishy sensation on my back.

‘H-her b-breast!?’ My eyes widened in surprise.

My heart pounded as if it was trying to burst out of my chest. A smell sweeter than whipped cream assaulted my nostrils, my body temperature, which was already on fire from the onsen, flared.

“Step aside, Takahashi-kun. It’s my duty to sanction that bitch.”

“‘Bitch’!? Aren’t you cruel!? I’m just an innocent girl!”

“Self-proclaimed maidens always turn out to be bitches,” she accused, “I’m going to sew your mouth shut so you can’t seduce innocent men for a while!”

“Heh! Scary, scary!”

“Whoa! Hey! Calm down, both of you! I’m dizzy!”

I was being tossed around as Nanase tried to force her way to the gal, on her face a malicious noh-like grin.

With my feet intertwined in the onsen, escape wasn’t an option.

“Hey! Wai–”

With a snap, Nanase’s magnificent twin mounds flew towards me.

To capture the gal, Nanase leaned in as if to hug me.

As two bountiful breasts pressed, sandwiching me, I–

“Got you! Say your prayers!”

“Hieeehhh!?”

In the spur of the moment, Nanase appeared to be unaware of the position she was in.

The warmth of her skin, even through fabric, the sweet aroma that could be either lavender or citrus bombarded my consciousness. My brain overheated from the overwhelming amount of the heavenly sensations.

“I’m… in…painnn…” I cried feebly, but they didn’t seem to notice.

to be pressed between the breasts from the front and back, a supposed ideal situation, had become a hellish event for me, dizziness assaulted as I fought to remain conscious. Being in the onsen certainly didn’t help.

“Boyfriend Kun, help me!”

Finally, the gal shifted her posture and I could finally get a clear view of the situation.

“Pffthah!” I gasped for breath “…Hey you two, that’s enough…I mean, I’m not her boyfriend, so…?”

My vision distorted, nauseating vertigo made the world spin, my body screamed as I desperately fought to remain conscious. I was at my limit.

“T-takahashi-kun!”

Nanase noticed my pale face and pulled herself away. But it was too late.

“Boyfriend-kun!”

The gal’s voice faded into the distance… Darkness swallowed the world whole.

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