CH 60

Act 2 - Summer Break

15-6 

"Let's leave the details for another time. There's a right time to tell things." (Mia)

"......I see." (Rintaro)

I decided to withdraw from the conversation.

If she doesn't want to tell me at this point, she probably won't tell me anything, no matter what happens. No matter how much I question her, there is nothing but stress that will result.

Anyway, it is enough to know that there is a reason.

"At least I don't have any negative feelings toward you, so don't worry." (Mia)

"Yeah, I'll take that as a reassurance." (Rintaro)

"Well then, can we continue?" (Mia)

"...... as you wish, milady." (Rintaro)

"I was a princess earlier, but now I got demoted?" (Mia)

"If you call yourself a princess, it makes me feel like I'm a prince or so, and that makes me cringe. However, if you call yourself a lady, that makes me feel more like a servant." (Rintaro)

"Hmm, Rintaro as a servant....... it's not bad." (Mia)

"Well, I'm going to be cooking for you for a week after we get back, so in a way, I'm already like a servant." (Rintaro)

"Ooh, you remember it. Impressive." (Mia)

The promise I had made during the beach ball game had been etched in my memory. It's not my principle to break a promise once made, even if it's inconvenient for me to do so.

"......Then why did you listen to her request the other day?" (Mia)

"Pardon?" (Rintaro)

"I'm aware of that myself. It's not healthy for a man and a woman of our age to take a bath together. However, you did what Rei asked and took a bath with her. This time with me is just a punishment game, but the time with her is not, is it?" (Mia)

"...... You're right. I could have just said no if I wanted to." (Rintaro)

But I still didn't say no――――.

"――――I'm not going to tell you anyway." (Rintaro)

"Stingy." (Mia)

"You didn't tell me either, did you? So we're even." (Rintaro)

"Tsk. well, that's okay." (Mia)

In the end, Mia never asks me anything more.

One of the reasons I like Mia, and by extension all three of the MilleSta, is that they don't go into things others want to hide.

This distance between us, no matter how far, is comfortable for me.

"There, your back's done." (Rintaro)

"Thank you. Now do my front." (Mia)

"Alright, "are you sure"?" (Rintaro)

"...........As I thought, I'm not." (Mia)

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Pfft, you coward.

It's a secret that I'm also relieved inside.

"Then how about having my feet washed instead? I'd feel like a real lady somehow." (Mia)

"What a bad taste......" (Rintaro)

"That's fine, isn't it? It's not like it's going to make me any less of a lady." (Mia)

Well, it's better than washing her front.

Mia sits on the edge of the tub and points her toes in front of me as I kneel.

The angle from which I look up at her makes it possible for me to see the base of her thighs, which are hidden by her swimsuit, and my heart, which should have calmed down, jumps again.

"Oh my goodness? What's wrong, you turn your face away." (Mia)

"......it's nothing." (Rintaro)

"Hmm, well, I'll just do your honor and not pursue the matter any further." (Mia)

It is always made me think that men are weak creatures against women.

I run the foamy sponge over Mia's hairless legs.

Her thighs are the most reluctant for me to touch.

The moderate amount of flesh on the inner side of them is so soft even through the sponge, and my hand almost stops every time I do so.

However, if I stop my hand, it will take longer to finish washing――――.

"......H, hey, that's enough, isn't it?" (Rintaro)

"Eh!?" (Mia)

"Don't just "Eh!?" me here!? If you want to humiliate me, you've already achieved your goal!" (Rintaro)

"A...... ah! You're right, this is enough. Yes, it is." (Mia)

Mia flaps her hands in panic as she puts her feet down and stands up.

If I look closely, I can see that her face is also quite red.

Ah, so she is embarrassed as well?

"You're not used to this kind of thing, even though you're the one who initiated this." (Rintaro)

"It......It is natural. I've never been touched by a man other than my father before." (Mia)

"You don't have to go this far, though." (Rintaro)

For the longest time, I couldn't understand why she would use her own body to make fun of me.

If she's enjoying it, it's fine, but if she's embarrassed like this, I think it's even more pointless.

"I'm going to soak in the bathtub and then leave, so you can leave whenever you want." (Mia)

"Hmm, I see. Then, I'll leave after I wash my body." (Rintaro)

Sigh~. It seems that this is the end of my work for now.

In the end, it was a nothing event. It's just fortuitous that I was able to get her to use her right to order me to do something like this.

"Phew......." (Rintaro)

After getting out of the bath, I use a hair dryer to dry my hair while cooling my body that had been burned by the hot water.

About two months ago, I used to dry my hair with just a bath towel, but recently, after realizing that it has grown longer, a hair dryer has become a must for me to dry it off.

Just as the heat and moisture have dissipated from my body, the door to the changing room is suddenly opened with a loud noise.

I am just about to put on my loungewear so I quickly cover my waist with a bath towel.

Rei, the very one who opened the door, is looking at me with a more impatient face than before.

"......I'll just mention it since it's a common practice, but can you at least knock?" (Rintaro)

"Mia didn't do anything to you, did she?" (Rei)

"O-oh, she didn't do anything to me." (Rintaro)

"――――Okay, then that's fine." (Rei)

After telling her so, Rei closes the door to the changing room.

Is that what you want to ask a man when you peek into his dressing room?　

I thought I had understood a lot, but I guess I still didn't understand Rei very well.

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I have finished changing my clothes for a while. I am sitting on the sofa in the cottage's living room, licking a popsicle we have in the freezer.

Mia and Rei, who have already taken a bath, are sitting on the same sofa.

Kanon, the last one to take a bath, has not yet returned, and we are each busy with our phones, waiting for her to return.

"Phew~! I feel refreshed!" (Kanon)

While I'm browsing through the internet news, Kanon appears from the bathroom with a towel over her shoulder.

"Hey......." (Rintaro)

"Hmm? What is it?" (Kanon)

"...... No, it's nothing." (Rintaro)

"Huuh? You're such a weird, Rintaro." (Kanon)

I swallow the words that are about to escape my mouth and let out a sigh instead.

I am tempted to say this again and again, but I still think they are too defenseless.

All three of them are dressed even more lightly than usual, probably because they have just finished bathing and feel hot.

They are dressed in shorts and T-shirts, which is far too stimulating for spending time under the same roof.

From the deepest bottom of my heart, I am so glad that I have a strong sense of reason.

"Rintaro, do you want some of this?" (Rei)

"What?" (Rintaro)

"You've been glancing at me since a while ago, so I thought maybe you were curious about this flavor." (Rei)

I chose the grape flavor, while she chose the orange flavor. The taste is certainly different. However, it's not to the point I'm curious about――――

"Then, here it is." (Rei)

Rei takes her mouth off the popsicle for herself and points the tip toward me.

Due to the heat in her mouth, the popsicle is a bit melted and about to fall onto the sofa. I find it strangely captivating.

"Putting aside the time we had bubble teas, I'll refrain from having what you have licked, no matter how much you've licked it." (Rintaro)

"Mm...... Certainly there is the resistance of having what someone had licked." (Rei)

Rei pulls back the popsicle and put it in her mouth again before the melted part falls out.

What is she going to do if I put it in my mouth without saying anything?

As I look sideways at Rei enjoying the popsicle without a change in expression, I suddenly have this question in my mind.

She must not have thought anything of it.

The fact that she offered it to me so easily makes it an act that didn't mean much to her.

――――I had not noticed the slight blush on her cheeks because I had made such an assumption.

Even if I do, I will have chalked it up to the fact that she has just had a bath.

And so I turn my eyes away from the crux of the matter once again.