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If you asked me whether it was barely safe or barely out, yesterday was totally out.
So, was it really something that shouldn’t have been found out? I tried so hard to hide it, but what’s the point of saying it got found out? It’s not like the original story changes just because it got discovered.
Ah, but… she asked me to handle the school tour because she thought that was me, right? And it was just that one fleeting moment, barely a glimpse. If that alone changed the original story, then I’m really starting to wonder what’ll happen to the parts we already altered
Ah, scary, scary. Thinking about the future is pointless anyway, since I’ll never know. I’ll just focus on protecting the original story right in front of me with everything I’ve got.
More than that, who’d have thought there’d be a pool event not in the original story? Could such a self-serving event for me really exist? I was so excited I couldn’t fall asleep for ages. I’ve been having trouble sleeping lately.
By the way, I couldn’t swim before my reincarnation, but now that I’m Mizuno Shota, can I swim? I don’t know if it’s because I’m Mizuno Shota, but I feel like I can swim.
Man~ I’m so excited.
…Huh? Wait a minute. Does that mean I might get to see Niiro or Hisada-chan’s swimsuit?
…Haa—that is truly outrageous, isn’t it? The original work has a swimsuit event during the summer training camp, but I… I’m not going to the camp.
So I have to fill my eyes, my mind, and my memory to my heart’s content today.
If she wears the same swimsuit as in the original work, I might cry. Or I might get so excited I get a nosebleed like in anime or manga.
Mwahaha. If I’m lucky, maybe it’ll be a bikini? Wait, I might prefer a school swimsuit. Then I wouldn’t know which would be luckier.
Too bad for me. Even if I get looked at like I’m trash by Niiro and Hisada-chan, I’ll keep watching. I’ve got the mental fortitude to handle it.
Oh, don’t get me wrong—I’ll totally look at the other girls too. That’s obvious! I mean, it’s swimsuits!
Hold on, pool! Here I come!
Well, obviously she’ll wear a rash guard. She’s a girl at that age—she wouldn’t want some creepy guy like me staring.
Dammit! I should’ve known better! But I got my hopes up anyway. I just couldn’t give up on the possibility of swimsuits or bikinis! I wanted to see Niiro-chan or Hisada-chan giggling and having fun in swimsuits or bikinis!
“Kyaa!”
“Whoa!”
“Awesome!”
Girls playing in the pool even in rash guards are nice. This might not be so bad after all.
They look like they’re having fun. Once you become an adult, the barrier to just going to the pool all at once gets higher, right? I was a NEET, so I could go anytime.
I wanted to jump into the pool too, but out of the corner of my eye, I saw Hisada-chan watching everyone playing in the shade.
Hisada-chan sitting cross-legged in the shade is too cute, it hurts.
Hisada-chan helped clean the pool too, so she should be free to play. I mean, I did invite her over, but I only asked her to help clean the pool as a formality. I never thought she’d actually come.
“I’ll sit next to you.”
“… ”
Kuda-chan didn’t say anything specific, but she didn’t seem genuinely upset, so I decided to sit next to her.
“Just you here, nee san?”
“…”
“Did you come to swim in this pool too?”
“…”
“If you’re bored, wanna hang out with me?”
“…”
Typical Hisada-chan, not reacting to my joke at all.
“…Haa~ So, what?”
She finally spoke to me today. Just hearing Hisada-chan’s voice made coming here worth it.
“You came today.”
“…I was bored.”
She came because she was bored. That makes me happy.
“Thanks for coming yesterday.”
“…Whatever.”
“Aren’t you going in the pool?”
“…Not feeling it.”
Aww~ If you’d been in the mood, you would’ve gone in~. Too bad.
“You came even though you’re not going in?”
“…It’s fine, right?”
“I’m happy you came.”
“Oh, okay.”
So blunt, but I like that.
“…You’re not going in?”
“Me?”
Hisada-chan gives a slight nod.
“I want to… but I can’t.”
“…Why?”
“Well…”
I meaningfully rub my arm through my clothes.
“You’re lying…”
“Actually… I kinda did it a little.”
“Really?”
“Want to see?”
“…”
Hisada-chan neither confirmed nor denied it. She just fell silent, unsure what to do.
“I’ll show you, Haruka-chan, as a special favor.”
“……”
I slowly lifted the hem.
Hisada-chan swallowed hard.
Who would’ve thought the day would come when I’d show this to Hisada-chan…
“…Huh?”
A hollow voice escaped Hisada-chan’s lips.
Well, that makes sense. What I showed Hisada-chan was the dragon I worked so hard to draw with magic markers. It was super hard since I drew it while looking in a mirror.
“What do you think?”
I worked hard on it, so I want Hisada-chan’s opinion.
“…Gross.”
Just as I thought, she found it gross. She still looks at me like I’m trash (happy). Well, this was all part of the plan. I knew this might happen, so I had a backup ready.
“Wait a sec. Actually, there’s something on this side too.”
Saying that, I rolled up the sleeve on my right arm.
There was a poorly drawn bear. Since I drew it with my non-dominant hand, it turned out to be a shaky-lined bear.
“…Huh? What’s that?”
She tried to draw scary eyes but messed up, ending up with a sleep-deprived bear. Seeing my bear drawing, her expression finally softened.
Phew~ I was worried since she found the muscular dragon on my left arm gross.
“I can’t go in the pool because of this drawing.”
I know you know this, but I can totally go in. It’s just drawn with a marker.
I woke up early just to draw this so I could show it off. I couldn’t sleep because I wanted to see everyone’s swimsuits AND show off this.
“It’s just marker, so you can go in, right?”
“No, look closely! See? There’s this scary bear on my arm? I can’t go in looking like this!”
I shoved my arm with the bear tattoo right up close to Hisada-chan.
“Hmph, it’s not scary at all.”
“Eh~ Look, it’s roaring ‘Gao!’”
“Well, if it’s roaring like that, it’s just a cartoon. It’s not a tattoo or anything.”
Oh~ Herlong-winded retort. This is pretty rare. I think it only happened once, if at all, in the original work. I’ll have to make sure to write this down in my diary.
“Why don’t you go wash it off?”
“Ah, I accidentally used an oil-based marker, so it’s really hard to get off.”
“…Huh?”
I was so focused on drawing that I mixed up the water-based and oil-based markers. I was so excited to show this off that I totally forgot about that. I’m the kind of person who forgets one thing when I try to do another.
“Look, I’ve already drawn all over my stomach too~”
I pull up my shirt to show the mass of animals drawn all over my stomach.
I actually wanted to draw on my back, but I couldn’t reach it, so I gave up.
“Are you stupid? Your stomach’s turned into a zoo!”
“I kinda grew attached to them, so it’s hard to erase now.”
While drawing, I started finding these guys so cute I couldn’t bear to erase them.
“Hey! Mizuno! What are you doing?! Hurry up and come over!”
The idiots in my class are calling me.
“I wanna show them too, so I’m heading over.”
Hisada-chan didn’t say anything, just waved her hand dismissively.
I wonder if Hisada-chan enjoyed it even a little? If she did, then drawing it was worth it.
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