When the Introverted Me Got Surrounded by S-Tier Beauties After a Seat Change, a Secret Relationship Began V2 Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Summer Vacation at the Beauties' Beck and Call
──And so, the first day of summer vacation finally arrived.
Just as summer vacation began, the season kicked into full swing, hot enough to make you break into a sweat just by being outside.
And where was I on the first day of this midsummer break…?
"Ryouta, Ryouta~, we're almost at Grandma's house~"
After an hour-and-a-half ride on a rickety old bus—no air conditioning, plenty of empty seats—through an endless panorama of rice fields along a country road.
When I stepped off the bus, I found myself in a rural town enveloped by forests, overflowing with nature, and blessed with crisp, clean air.
"Oh my, welcome, Airi."
"Grandma~, thanks for coming to get us! Oh, and this is my friend, Izumiya Ryouta-kun."
"Oh my, is he your boyfriend?"
"Geez, no, he's not~!"
That's right──I had come to Airi's family home in the middle of nowhere for a certain purpose of hers, as she was the winner of our rock-paper-scissors match.
It was a mountain village nestled between large mountains, about a two-hour bus ride, with transfers, from the city where we lived.
Looking around, all I could see was a landscape that screamed "countryside," as if I were looking at a diorama set: lush green nature, old folk houses, fields, and a community center.
Is the real countryside really this intense…?"Izumiya-san, thank you for always playing with Airi."
Airi's grandmother, who had met us at the bus stop, thanked me with a smile full of grandmotherly affection.
"N-No, if anything, Airi-san is the one who's always helping me out."
"Enough with the formalities! More importantly, we've gotta get ready to accomplish today's goal!"
"R-Right."
Urged on by Airi, I began to prepare for our objective.
Today's objective… huh.
I vaguely recalled the events that had led me here.
──It all started a week ago.
To decide who would get the first command during the punishment game (or reward, depending on how you looked at it) of ordering me around as they pleased during summer vacation, the beauty trio began a game of rock-paper-scissors.
"""Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!"""
I had expected the usual outcome of Rui winning by herself, but the result that unfolded before my eyes was different.
Airi threw scissors, while Yuria and Rui both threw paper, settling the match in one go.
"I did it, Ryouta~! I get to make the first request~!"
"Aww, man. I was so sure Airi would throw rock like always."
"I knew you two would think that, so I outsmarted you! After all that studying for tests, Airi's gotten a little smarter, you know!"
Airi puffed out her chest with a smug look on her face, causing her massive boobs to jiggle from the movement.
Ooh… my, my… Huh?As I was staring intently at her chest, I felt a negative aura emanating from my side.
Th-This aura is…"Heh… to think that I would lose."
Yes… it was Kuroki Rui.
Having lost at rock-paper-scissors, she was narrowing her eyes and furrowing her brow more than usual, but a smile gradually appeared on her face.
"Airi, that's great, isn't it? I also thought you'd go with rock, but I couldn't predict you'd do the opposite."
"Ehehe~, Rui-chan praised me."
Rui was talking to Airi with a normal smile, but I could catch a glimpse of her hidden hand behind her back, clenched tightly into a fist.
Rui's a perfectionist in everything, so she must be incredibly frustrated to lose even a game of luck like rock-paper-scissors.Or maybe she had something she really, really wanted to order me to do first… but let's not think about that."So anyway, Airi, what're you gonna make Ryouta do?"
"Um, well~, it's a command for Ryouta, of course, but it's also something I want to ask everyone to do~."
"Huh, us too?"
As Yuria tilted her head, Airi nodded.
"This year, I really, really wanna catch a rhinoceros beetle! And a giant stag beetle, too!"
"""Huh…?"""
"So my command is, as soon as summer vacation starts, we all go to the forest to catch insects! What do you think?!"
I wondered what kind of command it would be, but insect collecting… Airi really is Airi, huh."Um, I'll pass. I really can't deal with bugs."
"That's so mean, Yuria! The little buggies are trying their best to live, too!"
"Yeah… but if I see a bug, I'll die."
Yuria's eyes, as she said it with a straight face, were like those of a dead fish.
Jeez, how much does she hate bugs?"Then what about you, Rui-chan? Let's all go catch rhinoceros beetles!"
"W-Well, I think I'll pass, too… Bugs are gross—I mean, I have an important track meet right after summer vacation starts, so…"
Seriously, Rui too…?It seems the so-called bond of the three beauties is powerless before bugs.
"Sheesh~, you're both so mean! I want to go catch beetles with everyone."
"Sorry, Airi. But hey, you've got Ryouta this time, right?"
"That's right, Airi. Ryouta-kun is with you, so we're good, right?"
Yuria and Rui suddenly tried to use me as a human sacrifice.
"Hey, wait a minute! I'm not a fan of insects either—"
"You promised… you'd do whatever we command, right? Ryouta?"
"That's right, Ryouta-kun."
Yuria and Rui started saying devilish things.
Th-These girls…!"Ryouta, you don't want to go bug catching with me, either?"
Airi asked with an upturned gaze, her voice on the verge of tears.
D-Don't give me that look… that's cheating.I did make a promise to obey their commands, so I couldn't back out now.
"…F-Fine, I get it. I'll do it! I'll go bug catching!"
"Really?! Yay~!"
Airi's face, which had been on the verge of tears, broke into a wide smile as her chest jiggled.
And so, it was decided that Airi and I would go bug catching together…
Which brings us to the present.
Being dragged out to the middle of nowhere in this summer heat, getting bitten by mosquitoes left and right… sigh.
"We're here~"
"Hm?"
Airi suddenly stopped in front of an old folk house near the bus stop.
"This is my mom's family home!"
"Oh, your mom's."
"Let's drop our stuff here for now and get ready, okay? Is that alright, Grandma?"
"Of course, dear. I've got some watermelon cooling in the river, so make yourselves at home."
Ice-cold watermelon at an old country house… huh. Feels like the ultimate Japanese countryside experience.Alright, I guess we'll hang out here until evening… Wait, hold on a minute.
"H-Hey, Airi."
"What is it, Ryouta? Gotta use the bathroom?"
"That's not it! Won't the buses have stopped running by evening?"
"Yeah. They will. What about it?"
What do you mean, "what about it"?!"Does that mean… we're staying the night here?"
"Huh? Yeah, we are."
What do you mean, "yeah, we are"?!(Second time today)A sleepover with Airi, a super-exciting, surprise event that every guy would be jealous of.
"Huh? Didn't I tell you we were staying overnight?"
"N-No, you didn't!"
This reward is way too good!
For the past few minutes, my mind has been filled with nothing but pink-colored fantasies.
"Oh, maybe your family has a curfew, Ryouta, or you're not allowed to sleep over?"
"I don't think so, but I'll get permission later just in case."
"Really? Thanks, Ryouta! Please say hi to your mom for me!"
Airi isn't reluctant at all about a sleepover with a guy… She's way too unguarded.We may be friends, but I'm still a guy, you know?There's a chance I might attack her in her sleep… No, I'm too much of a chicken for that.I wonder if Airi really doesn't see me as a guy.There's a good chance she just thinks of me as a close friend of the opposite sex.I was about to follow Airi into the house, but she suddenly stopped in front of the old house's sliding door.
"Hm? Airi?"
"Um… The truth is, okay? I thought I'd be nervous if it was just the two of us for a sleepover, so I wanted Yuria and Rui-chan to come too… but in the end, it turned into a sleepover for just the two of us, didn't it?"
Airi said so with a troubled brow and a grin.
"I think I might be nervous after all."
H-Hey, does that mean… Airi's conscious of me as a guy… or, or is it something else?I had a feeling a confusing sleepover was about to begin.
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"E-Excuse me for intruding."
I bowed my head, took off my shoes, and entered the house.
The floorboards underfoot creaked, and the aged, faded wooden walls and paper screens that made you want to poke a hole in them gave me a sense of coming home, even though I'd never been here before.
What is this house, like a collection of all things nostalgic?"Hey, Grandma. The only room we can really sleep in is that one, right?"
"That's right. The other rooms are used for storage."
It seems Airi and her grandmother are talking about the room they'll sleep in tonight…"What's 'that one'?"
"The attic!"
"The a-attic?"
I thought this short, old house didn't have a second floor, but apparently, it has an attic.
Guided by Airi, we climbed the ladder leading to the attic.
"So this is the attic, huh."
A room of a decent size with a gabled ceiling.
There was a carpet on the floor and a low table, but that was all the furniture; otherwise, it was a bare, empty room.
Looks like they don't use this room for storage.
Airi opened the small window in the room to air it out.
A cool breeze flowed into the dusty attic.
"I love this room! It's like a secret base, don't you think?"
"Yeah, it is. It's the kind of room that brings out your inner child.""Mmph, I'm not a child!"
No matter how you look at it, Airi is a child. Except for her huge boobs."So, is it okay for me to sleep here?"
"Yep! Tonight we'll line up our futons here and sleep, and tomorrow morning we'll wake up bright and early for the main event!"
"Yeah, got i— Huh? Wait. Line them up?"
"Yep!"
"Y-You're sleeping here too, Airi?"
"Of course! This house is small, so the attic is the only place we can sleep."
N-No way!Then tonight, I'll literally be spending a night with Airi! I didn't bring that with me today!"If you don't want to, Ryouta, I can sleep under the dining room table, but…"
"Don't sleep in a place like that! It's fine! Here is fine."
I'm putting on an "I guess I have no choice" act, but inwardly, I'm more than welcoming this."…Okay! Then let's sleep together, 'kay?"
"Y-Yeah."
I don't know what Airi is thinking, but this is the first time I've slept in the same room as a girl since kindergarten nap time, so I'm getting pretty nervous…
If, by some chance, things escalate with Airi and we go all the way, bug catching will be the last thing on my mind…"Oh! This is still here!"
As I was leaning forward, lost in my wicked thoughts, Airi found something in the dresser and took it out.
"Is this a photo?"
"Yep! A photo of my grandma when she was young! She's super pretty, isn't she?"
"Hmm… Hmm?!"
The black-and-white photo Airi handed me showed a person who looked like her grandmother in her youth… but.
Airi's grandma… her boobs are way too big.Airi's grandmother, wearing a pure white one-piece dress by the seaside, had a hairstyle that was completely like Saza●-san's, but her chest was on a level that you could never show on a Sunday 6 PM TV slot, boasting a super-class level of eroticism.
Whoa, so that grandma used to have such huge boobs… S-So this is the busty gene.Now I really want to see Airi's mother."I wish I could become a grown-up woman soon, too."
"Don't worry. You're already plenty impressive."
"You were treating me like a kid just a second ago. Now what do you mean 'impressive'?"
Busty Grandma/Baba (or BB for short) really gave Airi something wonderful, huh.BB, your genes are the best."Ryouta? Why do you have such an enlightened look on your face?"
"Oh, uh, it's nothing. Anyway, you said something earlier about doing something this evening. What are we doing?"
"Heheh. I'm glad you asked! …We're going to go apply the honey!"
"H-Honey?"
"You don't know what honey is? It's a basic part of catching rhinoceros beetles, you know?"
"W-Well, even if you say it's basic…"
A self-proclaimed city boy like me has never been bug catching.
"Besides, aren't there tons of rhinoceros beetles in the forest? They're probably flying around right now, right?"
"So naive! Your thinking is way too naive, Ryouta! If it were that easy to catch rhinoceros and stag beetles, nobody would have any trouble!"
"R-Really?"
I don't really get it, but I thought if you went to a forest in the countryside, there'd be tons of insects on the trees, and you could catch them easily and go home right away… Is it really that difficult?
"First of all, the best time to catch rhinoceros beetles is from late night to early morning, and you need to lure them out by spreading bait!"
"O-Oh…"
"So let's get started with the preparations right away!"
"Huh, right now?!"
"Of course! Come on, let's go to the kitchen!"
Airi gets really passionate when she talks about things she likes.
I followed Airi to the kitchen, where BB, Airi's grandma, was holding a strange-colored substance that was a mix of banana and shochu.
"Here you go, Airi. I've got it all ready for you."
"Thank you, Grandma!"
Airi took it from BB and placed it on the kitchen sink.
"W-What is that… It's gross."
"This is the bait to lure in the rhinoceros beetles, you know?"
"Bait? We're going to use this?"
"Yep. When you use this honey, a mix of shochu and banana, lots of rhinoceros beetles will come flocking!"
"O-Oh…"
It looks fermented, and it definitely smells strong… Does this smell something like the tree sap that rhinoceros beetles like?
"So, we're just going to spread that on a tree?"
"We'll spread some on the trees, but this time I also brought this—"
Airi pulled something rubbery out of her pocket.
"Ta-da, stockings!"
Airi, presenting it like a certain cat-shaped robot, showed it to me while stretching it out.
In Airi's hand was a pair of beige stockings, the texture of which was enough to tickle a man's fancy just by looking at it.
S-S-S-Stockings?!"We're going to put the honey in these stockings and wrap them around a tree overnight! Then, by the next morning, lots of rhinoceros beetles will—"
"W-With these…!"
"Huh? What's wrong, Ryouta?"
"Using something as precious as a girl's stockings to lure in rhinoceros beetles! You'll attract perverts, not just beetles!"
I pleaded with Airi, my eyes wide.
"H-Huh? Ryouta, what are you saying—"
"To be legally allowed to swarm a girl's stockings like this, rhinoceros beetles are way too privileged!"
"Hey, Ryouta, calm down!"
"How can I be calm?! Listen! I'm confiscating these right now—"
"Those! They're brand new, I bought them at the 100-yen store!"
…B-Brand new?
So, Airi hasn't even used them… is that it?
"Whew. Alright, let's hurry up and fill this with honey."
"Sheesh! What's with you?!"
I immediately cooled my head and urged Airi to put the honey in.
These brand-new stockings… they're just stockings, after all (philosophically speaking)."Ryouta, you really are a pervert, aren't you?"
Airi looked at me with an exasperated, deadpan expression.
"W-Well, I won't deny it… but all guys are perverts."
"They are?"
"Of course. But girls are no exception. When a girl sees a hot guy, she's definitely thinking, 'Take me!' right? It's the same kind of thing."
I said something plausible but totally random.
Actually, that's a complete prejudice.
"Hmm. I don't really feel that way. I'm not interested in hot guys in the first place."
"N-Not interested? Surely that can't be true, right?"
"It is true! I prefer personality and heart over looks!"
Personality and heart… huh.That's so Airi, or maybe it's because she's like that herself."Well then, have you found this Prince Charming with a pure personality and heart yet?"
I asked, deliberately being a little mean.
Knowing the childish Airi, there's no way she's found someone like that.
"I-I have…? Though she was more of a princess than a prince."
"Huh? A princess? Airi, are you into girls? Not that there's anything wrong with that, though."
"Sigh… That's not it! You're such an idiot, Ryouta!"
Huh, an idiot?But it seems Airi isn't into girls.
Then who is this princess…?"You really are just a book-smart dummy, Ryouta!"
"Why are you suddenly dissing me like that?"
"…Hmph."
"What's wrong? Are you mad?"
"Yeah, I'm super mad."
"No, people who are mad don't say they're mad."
"I really am mad! Alright, that settles it! This time, I'm not just using the stockings, I'm going to wrap the bait in your underwear and hang it on a tree!"
"Huh? What kind of stupid— Hey!"
Airi started spouting nonsense and immediately reached for my lower half, trying to pull off my underwear.
"Off with them~!"
"Hey, wait! Don't be ridiculous!"
"Oh my. You two are quite lively for the middle of the day."
"B-I mean, Airi's grandma! Th-This is a misunderstanding!!"
I was doing everything I could to protect my lower half.
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We quickly started preparing by stuffing the honey, a mixture of banana and shochu that BB, had prepared in advance, into the stockings.
Perhaps because it was fermented, the honey gave off a unique smell, one that could make you dizzy if you didn't pinch your nose.
"This just plain stinks."
It smelled like the socks my sister used to leave by the entrance when she was still in high school.
"Rhinoceros beetles are attracted to this smell, so you'll have to bear with it, Ryouta."
"M-Maybe so, but…"
Pinching my nose, I finally finished the task of putting the honey into the stockings.
"You seem pretty used to this, Airi. Do you go bug catching often?"
"Hmm. Not so much recently, but when I was a kid, there wasn't much else to do, so I used to do it all the time. Besides, I love rhinoceros beetles."
Airi made the shape of a beetle's horn with her fingers and poked my shoulder with it.
"The Airi rhinoceros beetle was lured in by Ryouta's honey, too~, just kidding."
C-Cute… I'd want any number of beetles if they were this cute…"What about you, Ryouta? You're a boy, so you must like rhinoceros beetles, right?"
"Don't assume. I'm not a fan of bugs."
"Ehh? Not a fan? But you're here with me today!"
"That's because it was a promise, so I had no choice."
It was a promise from before the tests that I'd be at the mercy of the three of them during summer vacation, depending on the test results.
"But still! If you really hated it, you would've refused like Yuria and the others, right? Why did you come?"
"W-Why…? Well, because you…"
"Huh? Because I…?"
"Because you really wanted to go bug catching, right? If the other two didn't come, and if I refused too, you'd have to go alone. I thought that'd be a shame for you, I guess."
Pressed relentlessly by Airi, I told her what’s on my mind.
"So you came because you didn't want to leave me alone?"
"Huh? W-Well, yeah…"
Airi's eyes went wide as she asked, so I nodded while hiding my embarrassment.
"…I see."
Airi chuckled softly and picked up the honey-filled stockings.
"You really are kind, Ryouta. You're the first boy who's ever thought about me that much."
"R-Really?"
"Yep. That part of you is really cool."
Airi flashed a wide smile, showing her white teeth.
Except for the fact that she was holding smelly stockings, it was an absolutely perfect smile.
"Okay! We've filled the stockings with honey, and we've got the honey for spreading on the tree, so we're all set, right?"
Then, with an embarrassed look, Airi undid her twin-tail hairstyle.
"Ah, Airi! I'm going to go look for a straw hat!"
"Yeah…"
That last smile from Airi… it didn't have her usual childishness, it was just… natural.And more than anything, she called me cool…As I watched Airi's back as she went to get a straw hat, my heart wouldn't stop pounding.
Praised by Airi, I, a typical virgin who gets flustered so easily, held the plastic bag with the stinky banana stockings and the jar of honey, and waited for Airi by the entrance.
Lately, I've been able to talk normally with Yuria and Rui, too. Maybe it's about time I graduated from being just an otaku introvert.As I, who had deluded myself into thinking I'd leveled up to an elite otaku introvert, waited by the entrance with a cool expression, the door suddenly slid open.
"Ryouta, sorry to keep you waiting!"
Airi came out wearing a straw hat.
Her hair, freed from its usual twin-tails, was just as glossy and silky as Rui's, and as it swayed in the wind, a gentle scent tickled my nostrils.
Countryside, a natural beauty, a straw hat… a situation that Ke● would probably love.However, there was something Ke● probably wouldn't have: massive boobs.
"Ryouta, what's wrong? Ah! Ryouta, you're looking at my chest again!"
"Huh, yeah, I was… but you're the one who said I could look, right?"
"W-Well, that's true, but! Geez! Don't you feel like you should try to hide it a little?"
"If I have permission, I won't hold back. That's what it means to be a man."
"Sigh… You're such a pervert, Ryouta."
Am I the only one who thinks Airi, who gave permission, is a pretty big pervert herself…? No. Airi is also quite the pervert."Boobs aside. Let's hurry up and go bug catching!"
Apparently, the boobs are being set aside.
As Airi started walking briskly down the country road, I followed behind her.
"So, where are we going to catch these all-important rhinoceros beetles?"
"The village chief's mountain!"
"The, village chief's?"
"The village chief owns the mountain behind us!"
Airi said, pointing to the mountain behind them.
Apparently, the mountain behind them was the ridiculously large one in the back of the village.
"My grandma got permission from the village chief for us to go bug hunting."
"Airi's grandma is too prepared."
"Well, everyone in the village is like family, you know~"
Everyone is like family… huh.As someone who has barely ever talked to my next-door neighbors, it's a feeling I don't quite understand.I guess this is the difference between the city and the countryside.After that, we continued talking as we walked to the entrance of the mountain path, and then we walked up the path, illuminated by the setting sun.
"Hmm, this tree looks good too."
As we walked, Airi was carefully selecting which tree to use from the suitable ones along the path.
If we take too long, the sun will set, and there are a lot of mosquitoes, so I wish she'd hurry up and set the trap.
"Hey, Airi. I think all the trees look the same… Huh?"
As I was waiting behind Airi for her to finish choosing a tree, I heard the sound of wings from above… H-Hey, hey!
"Whoa, it's a bee!"
Having hated bees since I was a kid, the moment I saw the bee above my head, I instinctively tried to run away, but.
"Ah!"
The footing on the mountain path was bad, and as I moved in a hurry, I slipped and was about to fall forward with all my might.
"Airi! Move!"
"Huh?"
I was about to crash into Airi and yelled desperately, but it was too late.
As Airi, who was choosing a tree, turned to look at me, I ended up diving into her chest, and Airi, who caught me, also fell on her butt.
"Ow! Huh? It, doesn't hurt. And what is this, soft… Ah."
As I tried to raise my face, I felt a soft, squishy sensation on both of my cheeks.
"Oww~, hey, Ryouta?! Why?!"
What was sandwiching my cheeks was none other than Airi's massive boobs (dekapai).
Unlike the marshmallow metaphor often seen in light novels, it was actually much more squishy and soft, and Airi's boob sandwich, pressing against me through her clothes, gently cradled my face like a low-rebound bead cushion.
B-Boobs?! Is this, the real feeling of boobs, of boobies?!It's so much better than an bobby mouse pad that I'm genuinely moved by the real sensation."W-Woaaaaaaah!"
"Geez, Ryouta! Get off me already!!"
"Ah, yes."
When I let out a roar of emotion, Airi got mad at me.
"Sheesh! You jumped into my boobs on purpose, didn't you!"
Airi brushed off her butt and asked, clearly angry.
"This time it's different! There was a bee flying over my head!"
"Suspicious… and there's no bee anyway."
"I-I was really startled! Believe me!"
"Sheesh, it's because of your usual bad behavior, isn't it~?"
Airi puffed out her cheeks and gave me a suspicious look.
D-Damn it! It's the truth!I've never resented my usual self so much."Sigh. But I'm glad you're okay, Ryouta."
"Huh?"
"It's my request that brought you all the way to the mountains, so I'd feel bad if you got hurt. So, I'm glad."
Airi smiled gently and brushed the dirt off my face.
"A-Airi… thank you. And sorry, for suddenly pushing you down."
"It's fine, really. I just fell on my butt, and I'm not mad at all, okay?"
Airi… she's seriously a ball of kindness."But you know, you might get disliked if you do things that could be mistaken for perverted acts to anyone else, so be careful, okay? Especially Yuria, she's scary."
I feel like Yuria said something similar...
"Come on, let's hurry up and find a good tree and go back, okay? We might get stung by that bee that may or may not really be there~"
"I-It was there! It really was!"
Teased by Airi, we set the traps and headed back down the mountain path.
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I had completely forgotten about the rhinoceros beetles and thoroughly enjoyed Airi's chest.
After that, I returned to the village, repeatedly reliving the sensation of that lucky perverted moment.
Airi's boobs… Airi's boobs…"Good work, Ryouta."
"O-Oh! Good work to you too, Airi."
"We've set the honey on the tree! Now all we have to do is wait until morning, right?"
On the way back to the house, Airi said so with a mischievous smile.
She says all we have to do is wait for the rhinoceros beetles to come, but still.
All we did was put a mysterious honey made of stinky banana and shochu into a stocking… I wonder how effective it will be.
"Hey, Airi. Are rhinoceros beetles really going to come with that? To an amateur like me, it seems like a ridiculously simple trap."
"Th-They'll come! And if they don't… we'll just stay another night and catch them!"
Apparently, Airi wants a rhinoceros beetle no matter what.
"Why do you want a rhinoceros beetle so badly?"
"B-Because…"
"…Because?"
"Um…"
Airi fidgeted and looked down.
Is there some reason she finds it hard to say?Come to think of it, I never asked Airi why she wants a rhinoceros beetle so badly.I thought she simply wanted to play like she did when she was a kid… am I wrong?"Is there some reason you want a rhinoceros beetle?"
"Y…Yeah. Actually, it's… um."
"Why are you so hesitant to say it? C-Could it be, Airi… you're going to sell it?"
"That's not it! I'm not that desperate!"
Airi said, lightly hitting my shoulder.
"Then you can tell me, right? Or is it something you can't tell me?"
"Th-That's not it. It's just embarrassing."
"Embarrassing?"
"Yeah… Actually, since the beginning of this year, you know? My mom's part-time job ends later than before. Lately, when I get home from my part-time job, I'm always alone…"
"Huh? What does that have to do with rhinoceros beetles?"
"That's why! I'm lonely! I'm lonely when I'm alone, and when I tell everyone 'I'm lonely, I want to call you,' they just tell me to 'do it with your boyfriend'! So, I thought about getting a pet, but… my apartment building doesn't allow dogs or cats."
And so, the choice she made was, of all things, a rhinoceros beetle…
"Pfft…"
"Ah! Ryouta, you laughed! That's so mean!"
"Sorry, sorry. But I mean, your reason for wanting a rhinoceros beetle is just too cute."
"C-Cute?! Y-You think so~?"
"Yeah. It's just… so like you, Airi."
So very, very childish."But now that I think about it, since you know I don't have a boyfriend, Ryouta, I wonder if I could have just been honest and asked you… I was thinking."
"Asked me? For what?"
"…Nah, it's nothing! 'Cause I just wanna live with Mr. Beetle!"
With that, Airi started jogging ahead.
"The first one back gets the first bath! Alright, I'm going to go first~!"
"Hey… Ai-ri."
I stood there, reaching out my hand, watching Airi head back to the house first.
Any guy would want to take a bath after Airi, obviously!Looking up at the starry night sky of the countryside, a warm smile spread across my face.
The long day in the countryside came to an end, and oursurroundings becamecompletely dark.
When Airi and I got back to the house, BB had dinner ready for us.
"Wow! My favorite mixed mushroom rice and oyster tempura! It looks so delicious!"
"Oh my~. When I told everyone at the village meeting that Airi brought a boy home, everyone in the village gave me all sorts of things."
BB chuckled as she arranged the dishes on the dining table.
Oyster tempura, mixed mushroom rice, clam miso soup, natto, avocado salad… huh.
I had an image of countryside food being all boiled dishes, but contrary to that, this is a rather fancy dinner… but, something's strange. If my knowledge is correct, all the ingredients in this menu are aphrodisiacs… or something like that.
When I looked at BB, she gave a sly grin.
I see… so I can take this as official approval?She's giving me aphrodisiacs and won't stop whatever happens at night…?Come to think of it, she didn't say anything when we talked about sleeping together in the attic, so this means…"Looks delicious! Let's eat!"
"Hey, Airi! Don't be so greedy in front of our guest."
"Okay~"
Warned by BB, Airi started eating her dinner quietly.
"Now, now, Ryouta-kun, you eat too."
"Ah, yes. Thank you for the meal."
Urged on by BB, I sat down next to Airi and started eating dinner.
"Don't hold back, Ryouta-kun, eat a lot, okay? Ahh. I want to see my great-grandchild's face soon."
"Munch munch, hm? Great-grandchild? Grandma, what do you mean?"
"Oh, it's nothing."
BB winked at me as she brushed it off.
This BB… she's definitely doing this on purpose.Of course, if I had the chance with Airi, I'd be more than happy, but… Airi is childish, and she probably thinks of sleeping in the same room with me as nothing more than a little school camping trip.
So, no matter how many aphrodisiacs I eat, it'll only end with me being frustrated (of course, I'll hold it in until I get home).
"Thank you for the meal! Ah~ that was delicious~!"
"Whoa, you're already done?! You eat fast."
"You're just slow, Ryouta~! Anyway, since I was first earlier, I get the first bath! I'm heading off~."
The ever-bustling Airi headed towards the bathroom, her huge boobs jiggling as she went.
"I'm so sorry about Airi all the time."
"N-No, no! It's alright. I'm used to it."
Now that I was alone with BB, I had a conversation with her while eating dinner.
"Heheh. To think there's a boy who gets along so well with Airi."
"D-Do we look like we get along?"
Since I've been with Airi the whole time since we got here, being left alone with her grandmother like this makes me feel a bit restless.
This situation is tough for a shy introvert like me.
W-What should I talk about?"You know, Airi,"
As I was eating my dinner in silence, BB spoke up.
"She lost her father before she could even remember him. She lived here for a while, but as soon as her mother finally found a job, she moved to the city."
"Is that, what happened?"
"That's right. Honestly! That girl's mother is an idiot. My husband and I scraped together what little money we had to send her to a university in the city, but she started doing gravure modeling or something and dropped out of college in a year, and then the next thing I know, she's had a child. Honestly, as a parent, I'm just embarrassed~"
"O-Oh…"
BB started dissing her daughter, and as a complete outsider, I was just confused.
Wait, gravure modeling… so Airi's mom was an ex-gravure idol? I should ask Airi for her mom's name later…
"But you know. Even a foolish daughter like her, after her husband died, she worked desperately for Airi's sake. Even in poverty, she raised Airi to be an honest and straightforward girl…"
Tears welled up in BB's eyes as she spoke.
"U-Um. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Still, I'm so happy that Airi brought home such a fine young man."
"A-A fine young man? Me?"
"That's right. You look just like her grandfather."
"O-Oh…"
Someone who looks like me.I'm just an introverted, virgin otaku."Please make Airi happy."
"Uh, ah… yes."
We're not even dating, but reading the room, that was the only answer I could give.
☆☆
After dinner, I waited in the attic for Airi to get out of the bath.
I could have stayed in the living room, but being alone with that BB again felt awkward, as she might bring up another topic that I wouldn't know how to react to, so I went back to the attic.
"Sigh… Airi is taking a long bath."
The more of Airi's essence in the bathwater… I thought that was too gross, but I can't help but think about it.The chance to get into the bath after a female classmate is not something you normally experience.
Airi's bathwater… Oh, crap, just thinking about that is making my lower half…!"Ryouta~! I'm done with my bath~!"
Airi poked her head into the attic after climbing the ladder.
My lower half was all worked up, so I momentarily pictured my mother's face in my mind and instantly calmed the blood flow down there.
This is the technique of a master who has perfected the Art of Instant Lower Body Sedation.
Having experienced so many mom-interruptions, my experience level is different from other guys."Ryouta? Hurry up and get in the bath."
"O-Oh! Right, I guess I'll take a bath too."
Though I was walking a bit pigeon-toed, I responded with a calm expression.
"U-Um, Ryouta!"
"Hm?"
"Um, earlier, you were talking to my grandma… a-about me, um."
"With your grandma? Oh, what is it, Airi. Were you eavesdropping?"
"N-No! The hook on the bra I brought to change into broke, so I was going to get another one, and I just happened to overhear!"
Airi said, seeming rather flustered.
So Airi heard my conversation with BB… Wait, hold on!A-A-A bra hook broke?!D-Does that kind of thing happen all the time when your boobs are too big?"Hey, Ryouta? Are you listening?"
"…Huh? W-What?"
"I said! That you would make me hap… N-No! It's nothing! You're an idiot, Ryouta!"
"Eeeh?"
For some reason, I got yelled at even though I didn't say anything.
Could she have figured out I was thinking about her bra?
"Hurry up and go take a bath!"
"O-Okay."
Feeling a bit remorseful, but inwardly skipping, I went to the bathroom. When I arrived, I gently stepped into the steamy room.
The act of taking a bath… when was the last time I felt so exhilarated by it?
No, wait──this is the first time.Right now, for the first time in my something-teen years of life, I'm excited to take a bath.
During my middle school trip, I remember my male classmates saying that the water from the girls' bath flows into the boys' bath, so it's practically like bathing with the girls. I scoffed at such a ridiculous theory with a mature mindset back then… but now it's different.
"This… is the bath… that Airi was in…"
After washing my entire body in the shower and cleansing myself, I stood naked in front of the small bathtub.
Before me was the leftover bathwater of a female classmate.
Any guy in puberty would gladly dive in face first.Huh? A normal guy would refrain and not get in?Heh, sorry, but I'm getting in. Of course, as a perverted gentleman."Alright then… it's about time."
Suppressing the urge to do a Lupin dive, I slowly entered the tub, feet first.
"Ah, it's warm… It's like my body is being embraced by Airi from behind."
This is the overwhelming power of a pubescent boy's imagination.But since it's Airi's leftover bathwater, the expression of being embraced by Airi isn't entirely wrong.
"This place… is now all of Airi."
☆☆
After enjoying the bath for about an hour, I returned to the attic with a satisfied smile.
"Ah, welcome back, Ryouta."
"Yeah. Thanks for the bath… Huh?"
In the attic room, two sets of futons were laid out side by side.
Apparently, while I was gone, Airi had laid out the two futons for us.
"S-Sorry, Airi, for making you get the futons out."
"Sheesh, don't mention it. What are friends for?"
Airi patted my shoulder and said with a smile.
"Y-Yeah. Thanks, Airi."
"Well, I'm the one who insisted you stay the night, so it's the least I can do. Anyway, how was the bath?"
"The bath? It was the best… Definitely number one out of all the baths I've ever taken."
"Geez, you're so dramatic about a simple bath, Ryouta. But was the water temperature a little hot? I didn't get in the tub, so I didn't really know how hot it was."
"…….Huh?"
The moment I heard Airi casually say that, the clothes I was holding fell from my hands.
W-W-W-W-What…?!"Hm? What's wrong, Ryouta? Your mouth is hanging wide open."
"W-Wait, wait, hold on! What did you just say? You didn't get in the tub?"
"Yeah. I just showered, I didn't get in the tub."
"Wh-What?! Why not?"
"Well, I thought you wouldn't like it if I got in the bath before you, Ryouta."
"Nuaah!"
W-W-W-What… did you say?! Airi didn't get in the bath?!Th-Then the warm embrace of Airi I felt in the tub, was it just an illusion?!"And also, I thought my long hair might float around in the bath and startle you, Ryouta, and it was a little embarrassing. Ehehe…"
Airi smiled shyly and sweetly.
She usually seems so thoughtless, but Airi was being this considerate of me…Damn it! And what about me?! I was grinning at Airi's leftover bathwater (plain hot water) and thinking all sorts of wicked things! Have you no shame?! As a human being!I was tormented by self-reproach, filled with shame and guilt towards Airi.
"Ryouta? Why are you biting your lip?"
"I-It's nothing, Airi. I'm just a failure as a man."
"A failure? I don't really get it, but come on, Ryouta. Sit on the futon, and let's… do it… together?"
Huh? In the futon… together…?My lower half reacted at the speed of light.
"You don't mean, se—"
"Ta-da! The playing cards and Ba●tle D●me that I brought! Let's play with these, okay?"
Hearing that, my lower half calmed down in an instant.
Airi took out a ridiculously large Ba●tle D●me from her suitcase with a wide smile.
She brought this ridiculously large fortress all the way in her suitcase…? I was so disappointed that I couldn't even manage that retort."Sigh… Airi is Airi, after all."
"What's that supposed to mean! Come on, have a blast, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah."
I, who had held a slight hope for the possibility of a romantic encounter, ended up playing Ba●tle D●me until Airi was satisfied.
☆☆
Midnight.
Airi and I lay side by side on our futons.
Of course, there was no air conditioning here, but the country nights were reasonably cool, and by hanging a wind chime by the window and turning the fan to "high," we were able to manage the heat somehow.
However, because some of the fan's blades were broken, it made a loud whirring noise.
It was about as loud as the buzzing of the bee that led me to my lucky perverted moment.
"I'm turning off the light, okay?"
"O-Okay."
When Airi turned off the attic light, only the moonlight shining through the window brightened the room slightly.
Alright… I'm tired from today, so I think I'll go to sleep."Hey, Ryouta, are you awake?"
"Of course I'm awake. It hasn't even been two minutes since you turned off the light."
"R-Right, of course~"
I could hear Airi's voice from the futon to my left.
"This is kind of like a school trip, isn't it?"
"…Yeah, it is. But normally, on a school trip, boys and girls sleep separately, and I think it's a bit problematic for you and me to be sleeping side by side like this, don't you?"
"It's fine. Because you're not the kind of guy who would do anything to hurt me, Ryouta."
With that, Airi quietly turned her body towards me and looked at me as she lay down.
Airi was wearing a T-shirt and hot pants, a getup that could hardly be called pajamas, but the cow print on her T-shirt was stretched so tight over her chest that its torso became as long as a dachshund's.
Sooo hot."Um, Ryouta."
"W-What is it? Why so formal all of a sudden?"
"There's something I want to tell you, Ryouta. Something I couldn't say during the cultural festival."
"Huh, wha…?"
Something she couldn't say… during the cultural festival?Could this be, a c-confess—"You know, Airi──I think the boy who gave me the wafer back then might have been you, Ryouta."
What Airi told me was, in a way, shocking.
"…Huh? A-A wafer?"
"I told you before, right? The story about how, when I was poor and sitting on a bench at a dagashi shop, a boy gave me a wafer."
Ah, yeah, come to think of it… she did say something like that at the dagashi shop before."And, you're saying that was me?"
"Yeah. The blue bag that boy had was probably the same as the one at your house, Ryouta, and you used to buy that wafer a lot back then, right? When we went to the dagashi shop the other day, I had a feeling that you and that boy were similar."
"R-Really?"
"Yeah. But well, this isn't really proof, and you don't remember, do you, Ryouta?"
"That's… s-sorry."
It was the same with my memory of Rui, but I can't be expected to remember one particular day from my childhood forever.
Besides, it's not unusual for the person who was saved to remember, but for the person who did the saving, the memory tends to fade.
A light novel protagonist might conveniently remember with a "That time!" but… reality is cruel."But you know, it's okay even if it wasn't you! I want the boy who gave me the wafer back then to be you, Ryouta. I want it to be you, and I want to believe it was you…"
Airi's cheeks flushed slightly as she said so with a serious expression, then she turned her back to me.
"A-Airi?"
"E-Ehehe… That was a little like a confession, wasn't it?"
"Wha-! Y-Yeah, I guess so!"
"Just kidding. Sorry for talking so long. We have to get up early tomorrow, so let's go to sleep now, okay? Ryouta."
"O-Okay!"
Airi suddenly said something heart-pounding, and I became completely flustered.
What do you mean, "like a confession"?! That's a sweet development straight out of a shoujo manga!C-Could it be that Airi actually confessed to me…?The more I thought about it, the more my head became filled with thoughts of Airi.
Just as I was clutching my head in excitement, I got a LINE notification on my phone… Hey, hey.
The moment I saw my phone, my eyes nearly popped out of my head.
'Kuroki: Hey, Ryouta-kun? I stopped by your house after track practice today, and your mom told me you weren't coming home tonight. Is everything okay? Could you be staying over at Airi's family home?'Th-This is… really bad.Even though I just got out of the bath, I couldn't stop breaking into a cold sweat.
The one person I really didn't want to find out about the sleepover just found out!While Airi started letting out soft snores from the futon next to me, I stared wide-eyed at my phone, my hand trembling.
Alone in the now silent attic, my heart was pounding.
This wasn't a sweet "my heart is beating so loud, I hope he can't hear it~" from a shoujo manga; this was the "zawa zawa" from a certain gambling manga.
Of all people, for Rui to find out about the sleepover…Rui has a mysterious obsession with me, the one who saved her from a tight spot twice.
She tries to win me over (the pervert) by sending me selfies, and in fact, because of those selfies, I'm currently in a situation where I have no choice but to become the vice president.
If a girl like her finds out I had a sleepover with Airi, what will happen now… Well, I don't know either.
For now, since things have come to this, it's a complete misunderstanding to be thought of as having done it when we haven't, so for the sake of my honor, I should probably just tell her the truth.
If I tell her the truth, that should be the end of it, right? Probably.
I boldly opened the chat screen that I had been viewing without marking it as read by long-pressing it.
Now, where should I start…'Kuroki: Heheh. You finally read it, Ryouta-kun ♡'The moment I opened the chat, a message from Rui came through.
D-Don't tell me she was monitoring the chat screen until I marked it as read…?This is almost like something out of a horror movie.
But if Rui has been watching me the whole time, if I don't tell her the truth quickly, it wouldn't be strange for her to think I'm coming up with an excuse.
With all my might, I immediately typed a reply.
'You: Actually! It seems it's better to catch rhinoceros beetles in the early morning, but there were no buses in the countryside, so I ended up staying at Airi's grandmother's house! And just so you know, we're sleeping in separate rooms, okay? Don't get any weird ideas.'Th-There. Perfect.Even though I told a simple lie at the very end, it was to appeal that we didn't do anything, and about 90% of it was the truth. I'm not wrong.
This way, she should understand that the sleepover was just for the sake of bug catching and unavoidable, so it should be fine… or so I thought.
'Kuroki: Hmm, I see~. But, that last part was a lie, wasn't it?'My lie was exposed in an instant.
Huh, how did she… Is she bluffing?'You: How would you know that?''Kuroki: You know, I was pretending not to know about the sleepover earlier, but I was actually talking with Airi on LINE beforehand, and when I asked her about the situation, she sent me this picture. See?'This picture? …Whaaat?!
The picture Rui sent showed me and Airi playing Ba●tle D●me in the middle of two futons.
Only Airi was looking at the camera and making a peace sign, so she probably secretly took a selfie while I was putting away the Ba●tle D●me.
'Kuroki: Futons laid out side by side. On one of the futons, clothes that seem to be what you took off in the bath, Ryouta-kun. In the corner of the room, both of your belongings. Are you still going to insist you're in separate rooms?'I completely, messed up.I underestimated the insight of a flawless superhuman.
'Kuroki: I see right through you, you know? Ryouta-kun?'Airiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!I glared at Airi, who was sleeping soundly next to me.
I really shouldn't have lied to Rui.'Kuroki: Since you lied, when you get back, I'll have to give you a proper, punishment, won't I? Well then, good night, Ryouta-kun.'Rui ended the conversation without listening to my excuses, just saying what she wanted to say.
Punishment… huh.If it were something like getting my butt spanked, I'd gladly take it, but I know that with Rui, it won't be something so half-hearted.
And I'm already at the mercy of the three beauties during summer vacation… and on top of that, a punishment…
"Sigh… I'm just going to sleep."
I slowly closed my eyelids, contemplating living in this countryside forever.
☆☆
──The next morning, 5:30 AM.
"Ryouta! Wa~ke~ u~p~!"
I was woken up by a loud voice first thing in the morning.
As I, who had been sleeping soundly, slowly opened my eyes, in my blurry vision, I saw an unfamiliar ceiling and a busty beauty with twin-tails.
"Huh? An unfamiliar ceiling and a busty beauty… Don't tell me I've been reincarnated into another world? Then, does that mean you're my mother, and you're about to give me your breast…"
"This isn't another world! And I'm not your mother! Geez, stop being half-asleep and let's go catch rhinoceros beetles!"
"Ngh… ah, right, I… stayed over at Airi's house, huh."
As my sleepy, fuzzy head gradually cleared, I was able to take in the situation of Airi wearing a straw hat, long-sleeved shirt, and long pants.
Come to think of it, I came here to catch bugs…The more I remembered the current situation, the more I also remembered that Rui found out about the sleepover, and I started to feel a little depressed.
A punishment when I get back… What the heck is it going to be?"Come on, get dressed quickly so we can go check on the traps!"
"A-Alright, don't rush me."
Urged on by Airi, I finished getting ready, and the two of us left the house.
The sun was already out, but the mountain path had poor footing, so we walked with a flashlight on.
"I'm so excited~ for the rhinoceros beetles~"
Airi was like a child on Christmas Eve, excitedly and lightly climbing the mountain path.
However, seeing her like this, she’ll probably be incredibly shocked if we didn’t catch any rhinoceros beetles.
And it would be even more cruel if, instead of rhinoceros beetles, there were just drone beetles or cockroaches gathered there.
"Ryouta, we're almost at the tree where we set the honey."
"Ah, yeah…"
"What's wrong, Ryouta? You seem down. Not a morning person?"
"That's not it, but… I was just thinking, what if there aren't any, when you're looking forward to it so much."
Airi would surely be disappointed, and being childish, she might even sulk.
I honestly told Airi what I was worried about.
"You really are considerate and kind in times like this, aren't you, Ryouta? Even though you're usually just thinking about perverted things."
"Sh-Shut up. That has nothing to do with this right now."
"Ahaha! But you know. I cherish both the kind Ryouta and the perverted Ryouta. Like I said before, both are a part of you, Ryouta!"
"A-Airi…"
"Besides, even if we don't catch any rhinoceros beetles, as long as I have the memory of spending time with you, Ryouta, that's enough for me. Because I had fun spending time alone with you!"
I see. I thought she was excited since morning because she was looking forward to the rhinoceros beetles… but Airi was enjoying her time with me.Knowing that made me genuinely happy.
At first, I was worried that being alone with me would bore her.
In that case… I should enjoy myself too."Alright, let's go then, Airi. Don't be scared even if the banana trap is swarming with cockr●aches, okay?"
"I won't be! I'm used to dealing with cockr●aches!"
"No way… A-Airi! There's a cockr●ach on your shoulder!"
"Huh? N-No way! No no no!"
Airi's face clearly paled as she checked her own shoulder.
"Hey, there's nothing there! You're such a liar, Ryouta!"
"Well, you said you were used to them."
"Sheesh!"
Airi mercilessly hit my shoulder over and over.
It genuinely started to hurt.
"Don't be mad. Look, the tree is right in front of us."
"Mmph… Well, if we don't catch any rhinoceros beetles, maybe I'll make you my pet instead, Ryouta~."
"I wouldn't mind that at all."
"I thought you'd say that. But I don't want a perverted pet~"
Airi stuck her tongue out and teased me.
Damn… to think the day would come when I'd be jealous of a rhinoceros beetle that gets to be Airi's pet…"Ryouta, let's approach quietly so the rhinoceros beetles don't get away, okay?"
"R-Right."
Airi and I stealthily approached the tree where we had set the banana trap and the honey… and then.
"…! Th-They're here! Two of them!"
Airi whispered, unable to hide her excitement as she shook my shoulder.
Sure enough, on the stocking of the banana trap we had set on the tree, there were two rhinoceros beetles.
However… there was one problem.
"Ryouta? Why don't you look happy?"
"W-Well, because."
The two caught in the trap were a male and a female.
And those two… were shamelessly mating first thing in the morning.
The male was on top of the female, and the male's erect thing was, well… passionately.
This pet is even more of a pervert than I am!"These guys are awfully quiet, aren't they? Okay, while I have the chance… got 'em."
Airi, who was ignorant of sexual matters, caught the two beetles with a net and put them in a bug cage while they were in the middle of getting it on.
It was a midsummer morning that made me realize how cruel children can be.
☆☆
After capturing the pair of rhinoceros beetles, we checked the other traps, but the honey we had smeared on the trees only attracted small insects; the rhinoceros beetles we wanted weren’t there.
So, in the end, the banana trap with the stocking was the most effective.
"We caught two, a male and a female rhinoceros beetle! We did it, Ryouta!"
Even on the way home, Airi said happily as she peeked into the bug cage.
In any case, I'm glad Airi is in a good mood.I was worried about what would happen if there were no rhinoceros beetles, but they were there (though I was shocked that they were doing it).
"But is two a good number? Do people usually catch more?"
"Hmm. I'm sure there are times when you can catch a lot more, but I'm super satisfied!"
With that, Airi pointed inside the bug cage.
"The male's name will be Ryouta, and the female will be Airi!"
"Huh? Our names?…For the beetles?"
"Well, they were sticking so close together even before we caught them, and since they're such good friends, our names are perfect for them, right?"
H-Hey, hey, that would mean that you and I are already in a relationship where we do 'that'…"Is that okay, Ryouta?"
"Huh, o-oh. I don't mind."
"Then it's decided! From now on, you two are Ryouta and Airi~"
I don't mind giving them our names, but… the lifespan of a rhinoceros beetle is short.
I hope the two of them live even a little bit longer.Since she named the male Ryouta, I wonder if that means I've lost my virginity by proxy.Even a rhinoceros beetle has lost its virginity, and here I am… at this rate, I feel like I'll never lose mine.Even last night, I slept in the same room as Airi, but nothing lewd happened at all… sigh.
But in Airi's case, she probably has more fun playing childish games like this.
"Ah! Ryouta is on top of Airi again~! They're such good friends~."
Even Airi, with a body of a gravure idol and the sexual knowledge of an elementary schooler, will probably learn about 'adult games' with someone someday.
She's so busty and her face is so cute, so if she goes to a university in the city, she'll immediately…Thinking about that makes my heart feel a bit cloudy.
"Ryouta, Ryouta! I want to send a picture of the beetles to Yuria and Rui-chan, so can you take a picture of me and the beetles together~?"
"…"
"Hm? Ryouta?"
As I was walking with a heavy heart, Airi, walking next to me, lightly tugged on my clothes.
"What's wrong? You look grumpy."
"Ah… no, it's just that… I was thinking I want you to stay the way you are, Airi."
"Me, stay the way I am?"
I said it without really knowing what I was saying myself, and Airi asked me to repeat it.
What am I saying all of a sudden?!'Stay the way you are,' I'm nothing to Airi, so who am I to say something so arrogant!"That was weird, wasn't it! S-Sorry!"
"No. It's not weird at all. I don't really know what 'the way Airi is' means, but I'll always be me, and I'll be with you… forever, okay?"
In contrast to me, who was getting worked up over nothing, Airi answered with a genuine, wide smile.
Forever… huh."Thanks, Airi. I just… I like you better when you're your usual childish self, so it bothered me a little to think that you'll grow up someday."
"Sheesh! I'm not a child!"
"No, that was just a figure of speech."
"But if you say you like the way I am now, Ryouta, then maybe I'll stay this way? Besides, I don't really know what the definition of an adult is anyway!"
Airi grinned, showing her white teeth.
A 100-point smile, and bouncing, massive boobs.
I might have never seen a girl as lovely as her before.
With that much destructive power, if Airi weren't so childish, she'd probably have all the boys in school wrapped around her finger… I can't help but think.
"Anyway, the picture! Take a picture of me and the beetles!"
"A-A picture?"
"I have to send it to Yuria and Rui-chan!"
"They both dislike bugs, so I think it's better not to send it."
"It's fine! Especially Rui-chan, she was nagging me to report to her if anything happened."
I think the "anything happened" she meant was something different…With a bitter expression, I took a picture of Airi smiling and holding the bug cage.
☆☆
After a two-day bug-catching adventure, we decided to take the 10 AM bus home. We finished packing and went to the entrance.
Airi was carefully holding the bug cage with Ryouta and Airi in it, so I ended up carrying her luggage… No, I really wish she would leave the Ba●tle D●me behind.
"Well then, Grandma, we're going now."
"Th-Thank you for everything. The food was delicious."
"Oh ho, don't mention it. More importantly…"
BB took something red out from her pocket.
"Here you go, Airi. I fixed your bra."
BB took out a huge, bright red bra with rose lace from her pocket… W-W-W-W-What is this!
Th-That's Airi's massive bra!!!"Hey! Geez, Grandma! Don't take it out in front of Ryouta!"
"Oh my, I'm sorry. I must be getting senile."
As she said that, BB winked at me.
As expected of a former busty grandma, she knows how to please a man… You're amazing, BB."Ryouta, did you see that?"
"I… did, but it's a surprisingly, mature bra, isn't it?"
"Mmph! It's the only one that fits my size! Just forget about it!"
"Y-Yes!"
And so, the turbulent bug-catching trip came to a peaceful end.
Alright… a certain someone's punishment awaits me when I get home.
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