Chapter 418: I Learned It In Hawaii
Takasu Ryuji gave Kitamura Yusaku a speechless look and said, "If you're lustful, just admit it. Don't sound so self-righteous, okay? Besides, aren't you in love with Kano Senpai?"
"Of course I love her, but right now, this is just a pure appreciation of beauty."
The glasses of Kitamura Yusaku reflected a philosophical gleam as he grabbed Uchimaki Subaru next to him and asked, "Uchimaki, what do you think? Fujiwara-senpai or Kasumigaoka-senpai? Which one?"
"Uh... can I not answer?"
Scratching his cheek, Uchimaki Subaru said awkwardly, "If Usami hears that, things won't go well."
"Ah, I almost forgot that you're a normie now."
As he spoke, Kitamura Yusaku distastefully let go of Uchimaki Subaru. "Then why are you still hanging out with us? Go have your girlfriend put sunscreen on you! Learn a thing or two from Asakura. Try to meet the parents before high school graduation and move in together during college."
"Hmm... we'll take it slow."
Shrugging, Uchimaki Subaru opened the sunscreen and began applying it himself. "I'll just put on the sunscreen myself. Usami gets embarrassed easily, and if she accidentally punches me, I won't be able to participate in any activities for most of the day."
Although they had started dating, Uchimaki Subaru was still wary of Usami's monstrous strength.
"Enough about me, Kitamura. Half a semester has passed, and Kano Senpai has already stepped down from her Student Council duties. Why haven't you made a move yet? Just like Asakura said, you're really too slow."
"Exactly, exactly."
When this topic came up, the club president, who had been lying on a lounge chair drinking, sat up and said with a smile, "Kano doesn't have the pressure of Student Council work anymore. In the last six months, are you really not going to make a move? You should at least confess your feelings."
"Don't worry, I've already made preparations. I'll ask Senpai out during the summer break!"
Kitamura patted his chest and spoke with a confident look.
After a flurry of activity, everyone finally finished applying sunscreen. Aside from Kaede, who enjoyed the enthusiastic service of his wife, the other boys applied it themselves, and the girls helped each other, including Eriri, who had Utaha help her.
After finishing, Eriri looked at Kaede's depressed expression, smiled, leaned in, and affectionately pinched Kaede's cheek, saying, "Alright, how about you help me put it on this afternoon, Kaede-kun? Is that better?"
There had been too many onlookers just now, so she was too embarrassed to let Kaede help her, deciding instead to apply it in the room this afternoon before coming out.
Nodding, Kaede said contentedly, "Mmm, that's more like it."
Seeing many people running off to play in the water, Kaede asked, "Eriri, what do you want to play? Should I take you surfing for a bit?"
Near the lounge chairs, they had prepared plenty of surfboards, inner tubes, and everything else imaginable.
After all, this was a high-end private beach, and the supporting services were very comprehensive.
"Kaede-kun, can you do it?"
"A little," Kaede nodded with a smile. "I learned a bit in Hawaii."
"Ehh~~~ Don't let some locked-room murder case pop up later."
Of course, this was just a joke; this was the world of slice-of-life, and there wouldn't be any Detective Conan-style plots.
Taking a surfboard, Kaede and Eriri went into the water together. Kaede had Eriri lie on the board and slowly played with her.
Shirogane Miyuki, holding a newly inflated water volleyball, found Shinomiya Kaguya sitting on the blanket and suggested, "Shinomiya, want to play for a bit?"
For this beach trip, Shirogane Miyuki had spent a considerable amount of time over the past two months specifically learning how to swim, desperately ensuring that he, a total landlubber, mastered swimming, and quite proficiently at that.
Looking at Shinomiya Kaguya, who was sitting on the blanket in a red swimsuit, Shirogane Miyuki felt his heart beating much faster than when they usually went on dates.
"Water volleyball?"
Glancing at the volleyball in Shirogane Miyuki's hand, Shinomiya Kaguya happily agreed: "Yes, let's play for a while. But I haven't warmed up yet. President, please warm up with me."
At the same time, she looked at Shirogane Kei, who was sitting next to her. "Kei, you should join us too. You can't just sit there when we're out at the beach."
"Mm."
Shirogane Kei had gotten used to the fact that Shinomiya Kaguya was now her brother's girlfriend, and she clearly understood that, barring any accidents, the other party would be her future sister-in-law.
Although she had been quite annoyed that her older brother, with his personality, could find such a wonderful girlfriend as Shinomiya Kaguya, deep down, she was actually very happy.
Furthermore, her relationship with Shinomiya Kaguya was excellent. The other girl was a Senpai she liked and respected greatly, and interacting with her was even less constrained than before.
Counting herself, that made three people, so they needed one more. Shirogane Miyuki then looked at Ishigami Yuu, who was lying on a lounge chair playing a game.
"Ishigami, since you're here, why don't you stop playing games? Want to play ball with us?"
Pressing pause, Ishigami Yuu glanced at the three-person setup and shook his head, saying, "I'll pass, President. I think it's better if I don't join your family's game activity. President, you can go find Fujiwara-senpai; she would definitely be happy to join."
Talking about family—Ishigami-kun really knows what to say.
Shinomiya Kaguya, who had initially been slightly annoyed by Ishigami Yuu's refusal, immediately cheered up after hearing his follow-up comment. Smiling, she tugged on Shirogane Miyuki's arm and said, "President, let's go find someone else. As for Ishigami-kun, we can let him play with Asakura-kun and the other boys later."
"Mm, let's do that then."
Nodding, Shirogane Miyuki gave Ishigami Yuu one last instruction before following Shinomiya Kaguya and Shirogane Kei to do warm-up exercises.
Looking at everyone who was active, Ishigami Yuu held his game console, thought for a moment, and said, "Hmm... I'll swim a little this afternoon."
Then he put his attention back on the game.
The morning time was limited, so after playing for a while, everyone returned to the villa for lunch.
After taking a shower and washing off the seawater, Kaede and Eriri went downstairs to the kitchen together.
Opening the refrigerator, they saw it fully stocked with various meats and vegetables.
"Oh!!! I just mentioned that we needed ingredients prepared for the first day, but I didn't expect so many varieties," Eriri said in surprise, pulling out a cut of beef. "It's super high-quality Wagyu beef, Kaede-kun. Let's cook this for lunch."
"We have a lot of people, so let's take out more."
"Mm-hmm!"
Swallowing, Eriri began taking out various ingredients to prepare lunch.