Chapter 4: Fiancée vs. Childhood Friend
Returning home, they opened the front door.
““We’re back.””
Their voices overlapped.
They looked at each other and chuckled.
Taking off their shoes, they stepped into the hallway.
Aino stopped and looked up at Toru.
“This is our home, isn’t it?”
“Should we put our names on the nameplate?”
Toru said jokingly, and Aino tilted her head, then giggled.
“That’s not a bad idea. But whose names?”
“Mine and yours side by side, I guess?”
“‘Renjō Toru’ and ‘Renjō Aino’?”
Aino laughed, “Ehehe.”
Having the same last name meant they were married.
Toru felt his cheeks heat up, embarrassed.
“That’s jumping ahead.”
“Is it? We’ll need to pick baby names too.”
Aino looked at him playfully, making his heart race.
Imagining her pregnant, he glanced at her lower body.
Aino, startled, pressed down her skirt, blushing.
“You were looking at me with naughty eyes, weren’t you, Toru-kun?”
“N-no, I wasn’t…”
“I don’t mind you looking at me like that, but don’t stare at other girls’ chests or butts, okay?”
“I know that. You’re the only one I look at like that, Aino-san.”
Realizing his slip, Toru admitted to his impure thoughts.
Aino blinked, then flustered, her expression panicked.
“R-really… just me…”
She said softly, shyly.
Toru noticed something.
Aino was always teasing him, being bold—joining him in the bath, letting him touch her chest in bed…
But he hadn’t really done anything to make her shy.
That’s why she was so flustered now.
In short, Aino was weak to being teased back.
Toru felt a slight urge to tease her.
“Besides, you said at home we could do embarrassing things we can’t at school, right?”
“W-well, yeah…”
“Can I?”
At his question, Aino stepped back, flustered.
Always overwhelmed by her, Toru found teasing her a bit fun.
As she backed toward the hallway wall, he stepped closer.
Naturally, he placed a hand beside her, against the wall.
She flinched but didn’t seem to mind.
“A wall slam…!”
“I guess it is. Sorry I’m not some manga hero.”
Aino shook her head.
Her sapphire eyes gleamed as she whispered, “It’s perfect because it’s you, Toru-kun.”
His heart pounded.
The tables turned; now Aino was making him nervous.
She said happily, “Weren’t you going to do naughty things?”
“W-well…”
“Want to touch my chest or butt?”
“Doing that in broad daylight is a bit…”
“So it’s okay at night?”
“Not exactly…”
“Then… want to kiss?”
“Huh?”
Aino shyly looked away.
“I thought if you kissed me, it’d feel like a real manga moment…”
Her words drew his eyes to her small, red lips.
They hadn’t kissed yet.
He wasn’t ready for that.
But Aino surely wanted it.
As he stepped closer, she looked startled, then closed her eyes tightly.
“T-Toru-kun…”
When he gently held her shoulders, she relaxed, leaning into him.
If this continued, they’d kiss. But he couldn’t stop.
Their lips drew closer…
A clear voice interrupted.
“Well, getting all hot and bothered the moment you get home?”
Toru and Aino froze, turning to the door.
Chika stood there, cheeks puffed, glaring.
Toru quickly let go of Aino and faced Chika. From behind, Aino muttered softly, “So close…”
“Why are you here, Kōnoe-san?”
“Isn’t it obvious? I said I’d live with you two. Guards are watching the house from outside, so my safety’s covered.”
“…Is that really okay?”
“I’m not the old me. I can push some boundaries in the Kōnoe family.”
“You admit it’s selfish?”
Toru said quietly, and Chika glared at him with her black eyes.
“It’s important to me. If I don’t watch you, you’ll get all horny and get Lyuti-san pregnant.”
Before Toru could deny it, Aino cut in.
“You keep saying ‘horny,’ but aren’t you the one who’s horny, Kōnoe-san?”
“What!? I’d never get like that over Toru!”
“Really? You seemed pretty panicked seeing us about to kiss.”
Caught off guard, Chika blushed and stammered, “T-that’s…”
“Like I said at school, you want to do those things with Toru-kun, don’t you?”
“I said that’s not it!”
“By the way, this house only has one bed, right?”
Aino’s eyes sparkled mischievously.
Toru and Chika exchanged glances.
Chika hesitantly asked, “I-is that true?”
“Well, yeah. So, Kōnoe-san…”
There’s nowhere for her to sleep.
For someone as meticulous as Chika, it was unusual that she hadn’t investigated this house beforehand.
Since it was provided by the Kōnoe family, she could have easily checked.
(Maybe she decided to live here on a whim today and was too flustered to think it through…)
But this was a problem.
Aino, however, didn’t seem to think so.
“Kōnoe-san, want to sleep in the same bed with me and Toru-kun?”
“What!?”
“That solves the bed issue, right? And how about we all bathe together?”
Toru couldn’t read Aino’s intentions. Why would she suggest that?
Chika seemed just as confused, her face red and flustered.
“Tch… that’s too indecent!”
“Really? You’re here to watch us, right? Don’t you mind me and Toru-kun sleeping in the same bed or bathing naked together?”
“O-of course I mind!”
“Then it’s settled.”
Toru had thought there was no way Chika would agree to such an outrageous proposal.
Sleeping in the same bed or bathing with a guy she supposedly hated, her ex-fiancé, seemed impossible.
But Chika, shyly lowering her eyes, murmured, “F-fine… I have to keep an eye on you two.”
“Aino-san… what’s your plan?”
Toru whispered, confused, and Aino smiled back playfully.
“Don’t worry. I’ve got an idea.”
She puffed out her chest confidently with an “Ehem.”
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Chika went upstairs to unpack her things.
Toru offered to help, but she declined, saying it was light, so he stayed downstairs with Aino.
Her absence was a good chance to ask Aino’s true intentions.
Why had she suggested not just Toru but also Chika join them in the bath or bed?
Aino’s answer was this:
“To show off how engaged we are in front of Kōnoe-san. I’m thinking we should get all lovey-dovey.”
“That’s it?”
“No. I want Kōnoe-san to be honest with her true feelings. I think she still cares about you, Toru-kun.”
“Really? I thought… Chika hated me.”
Aino didn’t deny his words.
Instead, she said quietly, “You can hate or resent someone because they’re important to you. Kōnoe-san hates you, but I think she still likes you too.”
Her words seemed contradictory, but Toru couldn’t refute them.
He recalled Chika’s reactions.
Her comment about wanting him to hold her, her coming to this house to “supervise” them, her rivalry with Aino.
Considering all that, Aino might be right—Chika could still have special feelings for him.
Aino, as if reading his thoughts, said, “If Kōnoe-san still likes you and could be your fiancée again, what would you do?”
“Huh…?”
He’d never considered that.
Chika was still a precious childhood friend, even after their engagement ended and he was kicked out. He’d loved her back then.
When he couldn’t answer immediately, Aino puffed out her cheeks.
“See? You’re hesitating, Toru-kun.”
Startled, he said quickly, “I’ve got you now, Aino-san. Going back to being Kōnoe-san’s fiancée is out of the question.”
“Thanks. But… I want you to choose me without even a moment’s hesitation.”
Her clear blue eyes fixed on him.
She whispered, “That’s why I need to beat Kōnoe-san when she’s honest.”
“So that’s why you suggested bathing and sleeping together?”
“Yup. So, brace yourself. I’ll prove I care about you more than Kōnoe-san does.”
Aino giggled and leaned into him.
Clinging tightly, she made his heart race.
At that moment, Chika returned.
Seeing them so close, she looked indignant.
“You’re doing indecent things again…!”
“Jealous? Want to try, Kōnoe-san?”
“I’m not jealous!”
“Really?”
“Really!”
Watching Aino and Chika’s exchange, Toru’s heart pounded.
Their sparking tension was overwhelming enough, but this was just the beginning.
Tonight, he’d be bathing naked with both these beautiful girls and sleeping in the same bed.
Imagining Aino and Chika in their blazer uniforms, then naked, Toru blushed alone.
Aino was petite and delicate but had a large chest; Chika was tall, with a stunning figure.
Aino turned to him, giggling.
“You were just looking at us with naughty eyes, weren’t you?”
“N-no, I wasn’t!”
“Didn’t you say you’d only look at me like that?”
“I wasn’t looking at Kōnoe-san that way.”
As he lied, Chika puffed out her cheeks, looking dissatisfied.
Aino giggled.
“I’m more attractive than Kōnoe-san, right?”
She looked up at him playfully, pressing her large chest against him.
Chika watched, visibly annoyed.
Toru was at a loss.
Aino’s chest pressed harder against him.
“A-Aino-san… Kōnoe-san’s watching…”
“I’m showing off.”
She moved slightly, her chest rubbing against his. A soft, sweet “Nnh” escaped her.
Unable to take it, Chika tried to intervene.
“I came to stop you from doing indecent things, and you’re doing this right in front of me!?”
Aino giggled.
“You should be honest, Kōnoe-san. Or you’ll lose to me.”
“I’m not competing with you!”
“Oh? Then it’s fine if I’m the only one getting lovey-dovey with Toru-kun?”
“No way!”
“Then why don’t you cling to him too, Kōnoe-san?”
“Why does it come to that?”
“If you cling to him, I’ll let go. Deal?”
Aino proposed a strange bargain.
(She wants to change Chika’s attitude…)
But her methods were bold.
Would Chika even agree?
Yet, after hesitating, Chika nodded.
She moved behind Toru and wrapped her arms around his chest.
Her firm chest pressed against his back.
His heart jumped. Slightly smaller than Aino’s, but the softness was unmistakable.
Flustered, he said, “K-Kōnoe-san…!”
“I-I’m embarrassed too, so just deal with it…”
“If it’s embarrassing, you don’t have to do this…”
“Otherwise, you’d keep letting Lyuti-san cling to you and get all mushy.”
Chika said that.
Aino, still smiling, pressed her chest against him from the front.
Her chest in front, Chika’s from behind—Toru was overwhelmed.
Aino teased, “A flower in each hand, huh, Toru-kun?”
From behind, Chika said irritably, “Let go, Lyuti-san!”
“Oh, you want Toru-kun all to yourself, Kōnoe-san?”
“That was the deal!”
Over his shoulder, the two girls sparked, their sweet voices tickling his ears.
(What’s going to happen…?)
Feeling their soft bodies, Toru’s cheeks burned.
This was just the beginning.
Later, he’d bathe and sleep with both Aino and Chika…
Could he keep his composure?
Aino, blushing, giggled.
“You’re cute when you’re embarrassed, Toru-kun. Don’t you think, Kōnoe-san?”
And just like that, night arrived.
Wanting to bathe before dinner, Aino and Chika requested an early bath.
Now, Toru was soaking alone in the tub.
The luxurious bathroom from yesterday, where he’d bathed with Aino.
Aino and Chika would join him soon.
The spacious bath could easily fit three, but…
“This is a mess…”
Usually calm, Chika was completely swept up by Aino.
Why was she acting so out of character?
As Toru pondered, the bathroom door opened quietly.
“Um… Toru, you there?”
Chika entered hesitantly, her black eyes shyly fixed on him, wrapped in just a towel.
She was, he realized, as beautiful as Aino, one of the school’s top beauties.
Her tall, slender frame had a high waist and perfect proportions.
The gentle curve above her towel showed a chest and hips large for a seventeen-year-old, with a slim waist.
“W-why are you staring?”
“S-sorry.”
“…It’s been since sixth grade that we bathed together, right? Back then… you looked at me weird too.”
“N-no, I didn’t.”
“Liar. …But back then, it was okay. I was going to marry you, after all.”
Chika’s words made his heart skip.
She stared at him. He had been her fiancée.
She said softly, “I’m going to rinse off, so turn around.”
“O-okay.”
Toru quickly faced the bathroom window.
Behind him, he heard the rustle of fabric and the shower running.
Chika was naked, rinsing off.
How could she be so unguarded in front of someone she supposedly hated?
If he had impure thoughts, he could turn, grab her from behind, and pin her down.
Didn’t she consider that?
If she trusted he wouldn’t, did that mean she still trusted him?
The shower stopped.
A splash followed as Chika entered the tub.
(Where’s Aino-san…?)
Aino and Chika’s rivalry was nerve-wracking, but being alone with Chika was even more tense.
Especially nearly naked in a bathroom.
“Hey, Toru… you can turn around now. I want to talk.”
“O-okay…”
Summoning courage, he turned and found Chika right in front of him.
Wrapped only in a towel, barely covering the essentials, her cleavage drew his eyes.
He tried to look away but noticed something alarming.
Her towel was thin and, when wet, seemed to… become see-through.
“Toru, what’s wrong?”
She tilted her head.
Chika was in the tub, inches away, in a single towel that was now transparent.
She hadn’t noticed.
Toru panicked.
Her innocent smile only added to it.
“I never thought I’d talk to you like this again.”
“Me neither. You’re calling me ‘Toru’ now?”
Since their engagement ended, she’d stubbornly called him “Renjō-kun.”
But since Aino became his fiancée, Chika had reverted to “Toru.”
At the Kōnoe mansion, Aino pointed it out, and Chika had faltered.
Now, she nodded calmly.
“We’re childhood friends, aren’t we? It feels natural.”
“You still call me that?”
“It’s the truth. Even if we’re not engaged, even if you hate me, we’ll always be childhood friends.”
She lowered her eyes shyly.
Her towel was still precarious, but more surprising was her saying, “You hate me.”
It was the opposite.
Sure, he might have abandoned her by escaping alone. But he didn’t hate her.
He thought she hated him.
She’d said she didn’t want to remember being engaged to him and had been cold, pushing him away.
He thought he was the one hated, for abandoning her to the kidnappers.
When he said as much, Chika fidgeted, clasping her hands in front of her large chest.
“That’s right. I hate you. But… it’s not because you abandoned me.”
“It’s not?”
“It’d be a lie to say it wasn’t a shock. But what I really hated was our engagement being called off.”
“Huh?”
“You just accepted it, didn’t you? That it was fine to end our engagement and be kicked out of the house.”
“Well, yeah.”
He had felt guilty toward Chika and the family. As a distant Kōnoe relative, he thought being treated poorly was inevitable.
But not everyone might have felt that way.
Chika said, “Why… didn’t you fight back then? If you’d just said, ‘I want to stay Chika’s fiancée,’ I could have forgiven you. We might have stayed together!”
Her voice was pained.
Toru had no idea she felt that way. He thought she’d given up on him.
Her black eyes looked up at him.
“Was I that unimportant to you, Toru? Your cousin, your childhood friend, your fiancée—did you not care at all? You left the house like it was nothing.”
“The Kōnoe family told me to. It wasn’t your decision, but I couldn’t defy them.”
“I know. I know I’m at fault too. But… seeing you happy with Lyuti-san… I can’t forgive it. It makes me feel like I was the unwanted one.”
A tear fell from her eyes, and she began to sob quietly.
Before him was the same weak, lonely girl from their childhood, needing help.
Toru forgot her nearly bare body and the see-through towel.
He just wanted to comfort the fragile girl in front of him.
So he gently wrapped his arms around her back.
“Toru…?”
Chika stopped crying and looked up at him.
He hugged her tightly. It wasn’t romantic; it felt like familial love.
But not everyone might see it that way.
The bathroom door opened, and Aino appeared.
Humming cheerfully, “♪ Hmm-hmm,” she stopped dead.
She saw Toru hugging Chika in the tub.
Aino was, as before, in a barely-there towel, just covering the essentials.
But unlike usual, she seemed a bit shaken.
“T-Toru-kun and Kōnoe-san, did you make up?”
Toru and Chika exchanged glances, then, embarrassed, quickly pulled apart.
Chika moved to the tub’s edge, putting on a composed face. But her red eyes betrayed her recent tears.
“N-no, we didn’t make up.”
“Really? Your eyes are red… you were crying, weren’t you?”
“...!”
Chika’s face reddened.
Proud as she was, she wouldn’t want Aino to know she’d cried.
Aino looked troubled.
“I thought you two needed time to talk, so I came in late on purpose…”
That explained her delay, Toru thought.
Given her goal to make Chika honest, it made sense.
Aino tilted her head.
“But I didn’t expect you to hug her, Toru-kun. …If I’m in the way, I can leave.”
“You’re not in the way.”
“Really? I thought you might need more time alone.”
“No way. We’re all bathing together, right?”
Toru said, flustered.
Without Aino, he’d be alone with Chika.
And from her words, it seemed she’d wanted to stay his fiancée.
He wasn’t ready to process that.
He didn’t know what to say to her.
So right now, Aino leaving would be a problem.
Aino smiled, a bit happy, and said, “Okay,” stepping into the tub.
But Chika grabbed Toru’s right arm tightly.
Her chest pressed against him, making his heart race. Glancing at her, he saw the cherry-pink tips visible through her soaked towel.
He nearly lost all composure.
Chika, unaware of his turmoil, stared at Aino.
“You told me to be honest, Lyuti-san. What if I said I don’t want to give Toru up?”
Aino touched her pale cheek and smiled.
Her sapphire eyes glared back at Chika.
“Toru-kun is my fiancée. I’m not giving him up.”
“But I liked him first…!”
“What matters is now, this moment. Right, Toru-kun?”
Thrown into the conversation, Toru froze. Chika had just casually said something huge.
Clinging to his side, she glanced at him.
Aino, crouching by the tub’s edge, peered into his eyes.
Sitting with her knees up, her towel barely covered her, making his heart pound.
But her cleavage and pale thighs weren’t the issue now.
She giggled, then, with a flicker of unease in her blue eyes, whispered, “You… need me, right, Toru-kun?”
He didn’t know why she asked that. For a moment, her face seemed shadowed.
But the next instant, she was beaming brightly.
Giggling, Aino looked at Chika.
Chika stared back suspiciously.
“What?”
“You’re kind of careless, aren’t you, Kōnoe-san?”
“Huh?”
“Maybe check your towel’s chest area.”
Chika’s face froze, then reddened as she looked down.
Her towel was still see-through.
She let out a muffled scream, covered her chest with both hands, and glared at Toru.
“Toru! Y-you noticed, didn’t you!?”
“S-sorry, I couldn’t say…”
“You’re the worst! Pervert! Freak! I hate you!”
Tearfully, she glared at him.
But her cheeks were flushed with embarrassment. And Toru now knew that Chika didn’t hate him as much as her words suggested.
Aino whispered into Toru’s ear from behind.
“Why don’t you touch Kōnoe-san’s breasts now that she’s being honest?”
Aino’s voice tickled Toru’s ear, and he felt his cheeks grow hot.
“N-no way, I can’t do that. Kōnoe-san would never forgive me.”
“Really? Well then…”
Aino gave a mischievous smile, quietly slipped into the bath, and moved behind Chika.
Chika trembled with a start, clearly on guard.
“W-what?”
“Taking Toru-kun’s place♪”
Aino reached around from behind, grabbed the hands covering Chika’s chest, and pulled them away.
“W-wait a second…”
Chika’s chest was exposed again through the wet, translucent bath towel.
As Chika tried to protest, Aino even attempted to snatch the bath towel away.
“Eek! W-what are you doing?”
“If you bare your body and heart, maybe Kōnoe-san can be more honest.”
“S-stop it…!”
“Kōnoe-san, I think you’d be better off being true to your feelings. You want Toru-kun to do all sorts of things to you, don’t you?”
“N-no, that’s not true…! Ah… kyaa!”
“I want Toru-kun to do naughty things to me, though.”
Aino tugged at Chika’s bath towel, and each pull made it flutter dangerously close to falling.
It seemed only a matter of time before Chika’s towel would slip off completely.
“P-please, stop!”
Chika, breathing heavily, pleaded with Aino.
Toru couldn’t tear his eyes away from the scene.
Two nearly naked beautiful girls were doing something outrageous right in front of him.
Aino, in high spirits, said to Chika, “Well, maybe I’ll let you off this time.”
Aino suddenly released Chika. Chika hurriedly fled the bath.
Chika looked relieved, and Toru, watching from the side, felt the same. But in her haste, as Chika climbed out of the tub, her bath towel slipped off.
“Ah…”
Chika’s pale, naked body was fully exposed to Toru’s eyes.
Her slender, beautiful form was mesmerizing.
Chika, seemingly short-circuited from being seen naked by Toru, let out a loud scream, “Kyaaaa!” and bolted out of the bathroom.
Toru and Aino exchanged glances.
Aino, looking apologetic, pressed her hands together.
“Maybe I teased her a bit too much.”
“Why did you do that?”
“I was jealous of Kōnoe-san.”
Aino said it casually, but her blue eyes gazed at Toru with seriousness.
“I realized you two are actually really close.”
“I don’t think that’s true…”
“Kōnoe-san still likes you, Toru-kun. You know that, don’t you?”
Aino was right. Chika still had special feelings for Toru.
But Toru and Chika were no longer engaged. Things couldn’t go back to how they were.
Aino peered into Toru’s eyes.
“I said I didn’t want to hand you over to Kōnoe-san. But if you two still love each other, I thought maybe I’m in the way. I…”
Aino smiled sadly.
Toru didn’t want to see that expression on her face.
He had promised to be there for Aino, and now, Toru was her fiancé.
Hugging Chika was more like familial love, nothing more.
But words alone might not convince Aino. She might not believe him.
So—
“Eh?”
The next moment, Toru hugged Aino in the bath.
Aino’s small, soft body trembled slightly in his arms.
“T-Toru-kun?”
“Sorry for hugging you out of nowhere.”
Toru held Aino tightly in the water. But shook her head, her face turning red.
“No, I’m happy… but why so suddenly?”
“I thought this might be the best way.”
“Because you hugged Kōnoe-san, so you’re doing the same for me?”
Aino looked up at Toru with clear eyes.
It was true that Toru had hugged a crying Chika, comforting a nearly naked girl. To Aino, it might have looked like Toru showing romantic affection for Chika.
But that wasn’t it.
Toru took a deep breath and said, “Kōnoe-san, even if we’ve had our differences, is my cousin and childhood friend. I’ve always thought of her like family.”
“…I’m jealous. I’m not your cousin or childhood friend.”
“But my fiancée now is you, Aino-san.”
Aino’s eyes widened, staring at Toru. Then she smiled happily. “That’s right. Toru-kun… you’re mine.”
“And you’re mine, Aino-san.”
Toru tightened his embrace slightly. He could feel Aino’s soft chest against his, but he tried not to focus on it.
Toru felt indebted to Aino. She seemed to be holding back because of Chika.
It was likely due to the complex emotions Chika showed toward Toru, and Toru’s own actions probably contributed.
If asked whether he had no lingering feelings for Chika, Toru couldn’t fully deny it. Still, he had accepted being Aino’s fiancé. He had promised to support her.
(Plus, we’ve bathed together and slept in the same bed…)
So he didn’t want Aino to hold back because of Chika.
Aino trembled in Toru’s tight embrace.
“Toru-kun, you’re being a bit forceful today. But… I don’t mind this side of you.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. Having you do things to me… it makes me happy.”
Aino nodded shyly. Then she closed her eyes and tilted her lips upward.
Toru’s heart skipped a beat.
(Is this… the so-called kiss-waiting face!?)
Toru could hug Aino, but he didn’t have the courage for a kiss. Yet Aino said, “I want you to do things only a fiancé can do.”
“T-that’s…”
“You wouldn’t kiss a childhood friend or cousin, right?”
Aino whispered.
She was right.
Aino gazed at Toru with sapphire-blue eyes, leaning into him sweetly.
“Please, do it.”
“B-but… I can’t just do that out of nowhere.”
“I wouldn’t mind if you got me pregnant, you know? There’s nothing you can’t do.”
Aino confessed shyly, her heart clearly racing. She said she was okay with kissing or even getting pregnant, but Toru couldn’t go that far.
Aino looked up at him, her eyes sparkling with anticipation.
“Not just a kiss, you can touch my breasts or butt too.”
“N-no way, I can’t do that.”
Aino giggled at Toru’s flustered reaction.
“You’re so red, Toru-kun, it’s cute!”
“Don’t tease me…”
“I’m serious. Not just kissing, you can touch my breasts or anywhere. I want you… to make me yours.”
Aino’s whisper was seductive, resonating thrillingly.
Toru gently pulled away from her.
Since they were pressed together, he had to step back to avoid touching her chest or body.
(N-not that I was planning to do anything…)
Aino, in her bath towel, her skin faintly flushed, gazed at Toru with anticipation and longing.
Toru almost reached for her chest but stopped himself.
He’d learned today that Aino was weak to being teased.
When caught off guard, she got flustered. Toru found that side of her cute. And he couldn’t just do whatever she said.
“Aino-san… how about I wash your body instead?”
“Eh?”
Aino looked surprised at Toru’s suggestion.
She fidgeted.
“T-Toru-kun’s going to wash my body?”
“Yup.”
“You’re planning something naughty…”
“Nothing like that.”
Toru said it, but even he didn’t find himself convincing.
“Is that okay?”
“I’d prefer a kiss, but… that’s not bad either. You wouldn’t do that for Kōnoe-san, right?”
“Well, yeah.”
Aino smiled, satisfied.
Toru gently took her arm. She trembled but didn’t seem to mind. Still holding her hand, they stepped out of the bath and walked to the shower.
Toru pointed to a chair.
“Sit here.”
“O-okay…”
Aino sat down nervously. Toru stood behind her. In front of them was a mirror reflecting Aino in her bath towel. Her smooth, graceful curves were clear through the towel.
Aino puffed out her cheeks.
“Your eyes are getting naughtier, Toru-kun…”
“You’re the one who made me like this, Aino-san.”
“Are you saying I’m some naughty, bad girl?”
“Well, I think you are.”
Toru laughed, and Aino made a deliberately pouty face.
“You’re the naughty one, Toru-kun.”
“Maybe. But it’s your fault for being so cute.”
Toru whispered, and Aino flustered, probably embarrassed by the direct compliment. She really was weak to being teased.
Then, as if realizing something, Aino said, “Hey, what about the bath towel when you wash me…?”
“Uh…”
True, she couldn’t be washed with the towel on.
Toru steeled himself.
“Can I take it off?”
“T-that’s…”
“You said I could do anything, right?”
“You’re so mean… But okay. If you really want to see me naked… I’ll allow it.”
Aino’s sapphire-blue eyes sparkled mischievously.
She showed no fear, only trust and anticipation as she looked at Toru.
Toru gently reached for the towel on her back.
He slowly pulled it down, and Aino’s large breasts spilled into view.
He removed the towel completely.
The mirror reflected her naked form, but Toru instinctively looked away.
Aino, blushing deeply, covered her chest and lower body with her hands.
“I-it’s embarrassing…”
“Should we stop?”
“No, it’s okay. It’s embarrassing but… I’m happy. My body… it’s about to be ravaged by you, Toru-kun, isn’t it?”
“I-I’m just washing you…”
“Even my breasts?”
“N-no, just your back…”
“Really?”
Aino giggled.
Toru wasn’t planning anything, but he worried about maintaining his composure.
When he didn’t respond, the air grew awkward.
“W-what if you end up attacking me?”
Toru shook his head vigorously.
“I won’t do that.”
He needed to change the subject. Toru grabbed the body soap and started washing Aino’s back with his hands.
Aino yelped, “Hyau!”
“D-don’t make weird noises.”
“B-but your hands are cold!”
“Sorry.”
“No, it’s okay. But you’re bold, Toru-kun…”
Now that he thought about it, he was touching her bare skin.
But he couldn’t stop now.
Aino’s back was small, as expected from her petite frame.
Her skin was smooth and white as snow, reminding Toru of her Nordic heritage.
Aino murmured, “Your hands are big, Toru-kun.”
“Are they?”
“Yeah… you’re a boy, after all.”
Aino sounded happy.
While she openly enjoyed their closeness, Toru couldn’t help but feel impure thoughts.
His eyes drifted to her chest in the mirror. He tried to shake off those thoughts.
For now, he decided to rinse her back with the shower.
But the water, supposed to be warm, came out cold.
Toru was startled by the cold splash, but Aino, directly under it, was even more shocked.
“C-cold!”
Aino shrieked and jumped.
Toru hurriedly stopped the shower and adjusted the temperature.
“Sorry, Aino-san, you okay…?”
Looking over, Toru saw Aino nodding repeatedly, but in her shock, she seemed to have let go of the hands covering her chest and lower body.
The mirror reflected Aino’s completely naked form.
Though petite, her large breasts and slender limbs made Toru’s heart race.
Aino, flustered, hurriedly tried to cover herself again, but Toru stopped her hands. He didn’t even know why he did it.
“T-Toru-kun…? What’s wrong?”
“Aino-san…”
“Y-your face looks scary! A-are you really going to attack me?”
“I won’t do that. I won’t, but…”
“Then, want to wash my breasts too?”
Aino lowered her eyes and whispered.
A naked Aino stood before him, gazing at him with expectation.
She’d said she wanted him to wash her breasts, but of course, he couldn’t do that.
(Or maybe… there’s no reason I can’t.)
Aino wanted it, and Toru was happy to be needed by her… Right now, he was holding her arms.
If he pulled her closer, her body would fall into his arms.
Aino’s blue eyes sparkled mischievously.
“If this keeps up… I might really end up pregnant.”
“I-I wouldn’t do that.”
“What kind of thing wouldn’t you do?”
“That’s…”
“I wouldn’t mind having your baby, Toru-kun.”
Aino whispered in a sweet, feverish voice.
Toru slowly reached for her chest.
“T-Toru-kun…?”
“I’ll wash your breasts too.”
“Eh, but… hyau!”
Toru put more body soap on his hands and began kneading Aino’s breasts from behind.
“Fwaaa! T-Toru-kun… not there… n-no… ah!”
Aino squirmed, trying to escape, but Toru’s strength held her in place.
“Ah, nngh! No…”
“Didn’t you say I could do anything?”
“I did, but… this is… embarrassing! Au!”
Aino panted heavily but accepted Toru’s touch. While being toyed with, she gave a seductive smile.
“I’m going to become yours, Toru-kun.”
“What if that happens?”
“That might be nice… ah!”
Aino’s large breasts shifted shape with Toru’s movements.
He then touched her butt.
“Ah… my butt again… nngh. A-at this rate… my breasts and butt might take on your shape…”
Aino whispered in that same feverish, sweet voice.
If things continued, Toru probably wouldn’t have stopped. He would have kissed her, ravaged her small body, and gone all the way.
But that didn’t happen.
Not because Toru held back or Aino stopped him.
“You… you two! W-what are you doing?!”
Turning at the shout, Toru saw Chika standing there.
For some reason, she was wearing a school swimsuit, her face bright red.
Seeing Chika, Toru didn’t exactly regain his composure.
His rationality was half-gone.
Right in front of Chika, he continued kneading Aino’s breasts.
Aino trembled.
“N-no! Kōnoe-san’s watching…!”
Even those words couldn’t bring Toru back to his senses…
“Au!”
Aino moaned sweetly, still being freely handled by Toru.
Chika, unable to stand it, tried to force her way between them.
“I won’t forgive you for doing such indecent things right in front of me!”
Chika tried to pull Toru and Aino apart.
But in the process, Toru lost his balance. The floor, slick with soap, didn’t help—
“Eh? Kyaaaaaa!”
Toru fell forward, taking Chika and Aino with him.
The three of them tumbled onto the bathroom floor.
“Ow…”
Chika’s small voice snapped Toru back.
Chika and Aino lay on their backs on the floor, with Toru on top of them.
Aino looked slightly amused, while Chika gazed at him shyly, both with faintly flushed cheeks.
“G-get off…”
At Chika’s words, Toru quickly said, “Sorry,” and moved off.
His head cleared all at once.
(That was close…)
If Chika hadn’t shown up, who knows what would’ve happened…
In that sense, he was grateful to her, but he had one question.
“Why the school swimsuit?”
Chika’s face reddened at Toru’s question.
“Because this way, I don’t have to worry about the towel being see-through or falling off like before, right?”
“Well, sure, but…”
Aino, still naked and covering herself with her hands, giggled and chimed in.
“Kōnoe-san was really looking forward to bathing with you, Toru-kun!”
“T-that’s not it…! A-anyway, if I’m not here, you two would do something scandalous like earlier, wouldn’t you? You’d really end up pregnant!”
“I wouldn’t mind that…”
“No way! You’re both high schoolers! From now on, I’ll supervise whenever you two bathe!”
Toru thought maybe they should just be banned from bathing together, but he kept quiet.
Chika cleared her throat.
“Lyuti-san… put a towel on properly.”
“Okay~”
Aino nodded obediently, then tilted her head.
“There’s still soap on me. I need to rinse off.”
“That’s fine, but… Toru, don’t look, okay?”
Toru nodded, knowing better. Still, he couldn’t shake the feeling he’d almost done something outrageous in front of Chika.
Chika had said she didn’t hate him, but now he worried she might really hate him.
But while Aino was using the shower, Chika leaned close to Toru’s ear. Shyly lowering her eyes, she whispered softly.
“I’ll wash your back.”
“Eh?”
“It’s not fair that only Lyuti-san gets to…”
Chika muttered, sulking, her face still red.
“B-but…”
“Just do it! Sit down!”
“Y-yes.”
Toru sat on the chair as told.
Chika began washing his back with her bare hands.
Her small, soapy hands gently stroked his back.
“How’s that? Feel good?”
“I-it does, but… why are you doing this?”
“Washing a boy’s back is a childhood friend’s privilege.”
Chika giggled as she spoke.
Toru had never heard of such a privilege.
Still, he was happy that his once-estranged childhood friend was treating him so kindly.
“Ah! Kōnoe-san, that’s not fair! No sneaking ahead!”
Aino, having rinsed off and wrapped in a towel, came over.
Chika puffed out her cheeks.
“Who’s sneaking? You’re the one who started it!”
“I’m his fiancée, so it’s not sneaking—it’s my right.”
“Well, I’m his childhood friend!”
Aino and Chika glared at each other, sparks flying.
Toru, watching his fiancée and former fiancée, broke into a cold sweat.
Both girls planned to live with him and cared deeply for him.
And both were among the most beautiful girls at school, special to Toru.
“Tomorrow night, you’ll bathe with me again, right?”
“I’ll be there to supervise!”
Aino and Chika looked up at Toru, giggling.
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