"This is great! It's so much fun!! My body feels light, and there are so many fish! This is amazing!"
"Glad you like it. Diving is a great sport!"
"Yeah!"
Aina Yoshiwara, having discovered a new world, refused to leave the water. She was like a child who had found their favorite toy.
"Sigh~ Kotobuki-senpai is in charge of taking pictures this time? That's nice. I want to take pictures too."
"Kohei, you like taking pictures?"
"We can talk about that after you've mastered diving. You can't take good pictures if you're fumbling around!"
"That's right~ So please, by all means, let me take pictures next time! It's a request for my entire life!"
Miyazawa Yu, having completely taken off his wetsuit, was still completely absorbed by the gravitational pull of Nanaka Kotegawa's amazing curves.
Looking at the camera in Ryūjirō Kotobuki's hands, he regretted not thinking about this earlier.
Memories fade, but if he could save a few pictures and stick them on the ceiling to re-examine every night before he went to sleep, what a beautiful thing that would be!
"Oh? Did you see something nice this time?"
It was the first time an underclassman had prostrated himself before him. Ryūjirō Kotobuki could only attribute it to Yu having seen an unforgettable sight.
But they were only diving in shallow water this time, and the fish weren't even gathered in groups. Was he already satisfied with this?
"Yes! I saw a defiled female knight. It was a feast for my eyes!"
"What in the world did you see..."
"Are you hallucinating from a jellyfish sting?"
With baffled expressions, Shinji Tokita, who had been diving for several years, had never heard of such a strange creature. Was Yu's brain fried? Had he gotten decompression sickness?
Or was this a secret language of the youth, and they, the old seniors, were out of the loop?
"..."
With a serious face, Iori Kitahara's group with Chisa was the last to get out of the water. Hearing Yu's words, he immediately went over and patted the other's shoulder in agreement.
Completely unable to get involved in the mutual appreciation of two perverts, Kohei Imamura turned his head and looked at Chisa, who was constantly picking sea cucumber guts out of her hair. He seemed to have found the source of the "defilement"...
"How did it go? Did you two make up with Chisa?"
"Yeah! Chisa in the water is really easy to talk to. Everything's fine now!"
"That's good. Now Nanaka-san can rest easy, right~ In that case..."
Miyazawa Yu let out a sigh of relief. He could see that Nanaka Kotegawa genuinely wanted to help Iori and Chisa get closer. But then, his expression instantly became one of contempt—
"He just fixed their relationship, and now he wants to come to me to get on my good side!"
He kicked Iori back to Chisa's side. He put his wetsuit on his shoulder and walked away, leaving Nanaka-san with the impression that he was a reliable person.
"...Tch, he just wants to look cool in front of Nanaka-san. What an overly dramatic guy!"
With his butt sticking out, Iori Kitahara slid on his knees to Chisa. He grabbed her outstretched hand and stood up, inwardly complaining about Miyazawa Yu's shamelessness.
But being able to make up with Chisa and even get her help was a development he had never considered.
Diving was really fun!
Rubbing his nose, the boy and girl lagged behind everyone else and walked towards Grand Blue.
Chisa Kotegawa, with her hands behind her back, enjoyed the sea breeze and asked without looking at him, "How was it? Diving?"
"It was amazing, of course!"
With a hearty, toothy grin, Iori Kitahara closed his eyes and savored the beautiful scenery in the water. He couldn't help but sigh, "Chisa—you really are Nanaka-san's sister!"
"What?"
"When I was watching from behind, I was thinking..."
The breeze blew Iori's hair from his forehead. His next sentence made Chisa Kotegawa freeze in place, her face turning blank.
"Your butt has the most perfect curve."
"...Did Yu think so too?"
"Yeah, after all, Nanaka-san's is even more magnificent..."
Iori Kitahara instantly opened his eyes, realizing that something was wrong. He was met with Chisa Kotegawa's twitching eye and her look of contempt.
"Wait, Chisa! That's not what I meant! Quack!"
"Hmm? What's that sound? Oh my..."
Miyazawa Yu, who had just forgiven Azusa-senpai, was busy getting closer to Nanaka-san. He heard a strange sound from behind him and turned around to see Chisa running towards him like a madwoman.
The next second, a powerful Martian punch landed on his face, sending him flying and tumbling three and a half times in the air. He finally landed face-first on the ground with a solid splat.
"!! Chisa, what are you doing? You can't bully Yu!"
"It's nothing, I'm just making him forget something!"
With a dark expression, Chisa Kotegawa crouched down, grabbed Miyazawa Yu's ear, and asked coldly, "Does my sister's butt look good? You'd better forget it!"
"Cough, cough! Never! That's already been etched into my DNA! One last question, who sold me out?!"
"...Iori."
"I knew it! You're a bastard, Iori!!!"
He managed to weakly put up his middle finger at the fallen Iori. Miyazawa Yu then immediately pretended to pass out to avoid any further physical pain.
"Now, now~ Don't etch weird things into your DNA."
"I don't know what happened, but Chisa-chan should be satisfied now, right?"
He was afraid that they would lose a new member and have to pay for two. Ryūjirō Kotobuki, with a laugh, carried Miyazawa Yu on his shoulder, so the angry Chisa wouldn't kill him.
"...Hmph!"
Chisa Kotegawa snorted. She knew Yu was faking it, but she couldn't take a person from her senior.
She angrily pulled clothes out of her waterproof bag and forced one on each of the girls.
Feeling the weight on her butt, Aina Yoshiwara was moved to tears—
She had felt so shy with her butt exposed in the wetsuit. But now that Chisa had proactively gained some shame, it was a timely relief!
...
"So, why did you have to run your mouth, Iori..."
Ten minutes later in Grand Blue, a few boys sat in a row, being scolded by Azusa-senpai. The number one culprit was Iori Kitahara, the one who spread the trust issues!
It was because of his words that Miyazawa Yu was brutally hit in the head, so he was the one primarily responsible for this incident!
"My apologies! I accidentally let it slip..."
"You pervert!"
"Why didn't you just look at the ocean!"
"You need to compensate me for my emotional distress and medical bills!"
"Don't be ridiculous! This is all because of gravity! And Yu, you looked too!"
Iori Kitahara jumped up, pointing at Yu, who was extorting him for medical bills even though he had no wounds. Iori was desperate to get rid of his pervert label.
In response, Miyazawa Yu touched his non-existent conscience and said dismissively, "That may be true, but I kept my looking to myself. I wasn't perverted enough to discuss it with the person herself."
"He has a point. A gentleman is judged by his actions, not his intentions. Iori, it's so lame to talk about someone's curves to their face!"
Kohei Imamura, who was a witness and was innocent, chimed in, and his words held a lot of weight.
Even the idiot male protagonist in a galgame knew that talking about a girl's body would lower her affection for him. Iori's actions were clearly a case of his little head controlling his big head!
"...How much do you want?"
"I refuse dirty cash transactions. Compensate me with snacks!"
"Oh! Then we don't have to buy snacks for the victory party tonight! Kotobuki, buy two more bottles of alcohol!"
"Okay!"
Shinji Tokita slammed his fist down, showing no shame at all for scamming his junior.
He immediately took out the shopping list, crossed out the snacks, and reallocated the entire budget to alcohol.
"Huh? We're having a drinking party?"
Miyazawa Yu leaned back and lay down on Shinji Tokita's lap. He pointed at Aina with a speechless expression. "She's a girl! Can't we welcome her in a more civilized way?"
"Don't worry! We'll buy non-alcoholic cocktails for the girls! How about that!"
"Hmm... that's very sincere!"
He nodded in agreement. The chance to drink non-alcoholic beverages in the Pab club was a benefit that you couldn't get even if you begged for it! From this, he could see that the seniors really valued Aina!
"..."
Aina Yoshiwara had no idea what these guys were talking about. She couldn't feel her seniors' love from a cocktail.
But a drinking party just for her... she was actually a little excited!
Back in Tinker Bell, forget a personal party, even at the new member welcome party, she was always the one being sent out to buy things and could never enjoy herself!
"What's wrong, Aina? You don't like drinking parties?"
Nanaka Kotegawa, who was sensitive to Aina's change in mood, sat down next to her. The latter's body trembled as she frantically waved her hands.
"No, no! I was just thinking about the past..."
"Hmm~ Is that so? Don't worry, Ryujiro and Shinji are great seniors. Let's have fun at the party!"
"..."
Looking at Shinji-senpai, who was asking Iori what kind of snacks to buy, and Kotobuki-senpai, who was collecting their wetsuits to be washed with Yu, Aina Yoshiwara's face flushed. She nodded excitedly, full of anticipation. "Yes!"