CH 63

Swimsuits!

Somehow, Suzuka’s reaction was delayed on the word “pool”. No, what she stuck at was probably the words “Seiya” and “pool” together.

“See, even if it’s me, Suzuka wouldn’t want to go to the pool with another man right.”

“But weren’t you two went to the aquarium together last time?”

Manager-san looks like he is asking what is so different between the aquarium trip and this pool trip.

“The aquarium and the pool both have water but the difference is the swimsuit right…….rather, how did you know that we went to the aquarium together?”

“Ara, didn’t you follow my account yourself? I’m the one who runs the magazine’s SNS you know?”

“Oh, is that so……”

Certainly, I did follow the people in the agency and my coworkers. There are like 3 people other than Suzuka but if I start following strangers and they follow me back there would be no end to it so I guess this number is just right.

…….or rather, I haven’t checked my SNS ever since my trip to the aquarium so the notifications must have accumulated a lot by now.

“So, how about it, Asuka-chan? Don’t you want to go to the pool with Kousei-kun?”

“Eh, I, If Seiya is fine with it then……..”

Suzuka shyly answered.

…….that being said, she’s fine going with me huh…….

“That’s what she said. So, how about it, Kousei-kun?”

“Uhh…..if Suzuka is fine with it then I guess it’s okay but……is it really okay? Are you not pushing yourself? You would feel uncomfortable being seen in swimsuits right? I don’t mind if you turn it down, you know?”

It would be bad if we pressured her into it. If we are going together then I want us to enjoy the pool to the fullest after all.

At that question, Suzuka started waving her hands.

“I, I’m not pushing myself at all!……..Rather, I can show you the swi-…….”

“Nn? What did you say?”

“Anyway, I’m not pushing myself alright!”

“Is, is that so…..uhh, sorry.”

Hearing that, Manager-san clapped his hands.

“So, you both are willing to go, right?”

“W, well, that’s the case I guess…..?”

“Then it’s just right! Actually, when I was getting permission to rent the parking lot there for our shooting next door, they actually gave us a couple of free tickets you see!”

I see, that’s why Manager-san brought the pool up with us huh. Before, everyone was having an understanding that Suzuka and I are just coworkers so they didn’t say anything extra but since they knew that I went to the aquarium with her from SNS, it wouldn’t be strange for them to offer us something like this huh.

He wanted to give us the tickets since he knew that we hung out together I guess.

“B, But…….”

Suzuka tried to say something. 

Thinking that she might find it hard to refuse, I tried asking her how she feels.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, I just remembered that I only have the swimsuit that I bought last year……”

“Eh, I was thinking of wearing my old swimsuit myself though……is that no good as a model?”

“No, it’s not like that but…….?”

“Then what’s the problem…..?”

Squirming a little, Suzuka answered.

“Uhh…..you see? Actually…..uhh, they are getting bigger……so it probably doesn’t fit me anymore……”

Hearing that, my line of sight shifted a little downward. Well, in other words……her chest is getting bigger…..eh…..

“S, s, s, S, Sorry! I, I, I, I didn’t mean it like that!”

“I, I know! So, in short, I don’t have any available swimsuits right now!”

“The, then let’s give up on the pool this time! That would solve everything!”

“Y, Yeah! We can always find the chance anyway!”

Why we were panicking, Manager-san clapped his hands and we were brought back to our senses.

“Both of you, calm down! In short, Kousei-kun only has your old swimsuit and Asuka-chan doesn’t have any swimsuit available right?”

“Y, yes…..”

“Th, that is the case ……”

“That’s why we can’t go.”

When I said that, Manager-san smiled at us.

“Then it’s just right! They are not for Asuka-chan but we do have bikini-type swimsuits of all sizes for the planned swimsuit feature. You can take them back without doing a shoot for them too. The fact that you wear them would give us free advertisement after all. How about it? You two want to go to the pool right?”

“Uh, i, if, that’s the case then……”

“Alright, you can try them out in the fitting room okay! There are a lot of colors to choose from so pick whichever you like. Ah, we have men’s swimsuits too so how about it, Kousei-kun?”

Suzuka went back to the fitting room.

“Eh, I don’t really……”

“Well if you don’t mind then I’d like you to have them. Ah, the stuff for men is size-free so they were already prepared in a bag. You can take the whole bag home okay?”

“I understand.”

The swimsuit was already packed into the bag so maybe this all went according to Manager-san’s plan?

While feeling terrified at Manager-san, I waited for Suzuka to finish trying her swimsuits.

“I’m done. I can take this home, right…….?”

“Yes. Ah, you don’t have to say the color okay. It would ruin Kousei-kun’s fun on the day after all.”

“F, fun……?”

Certainly, that sounds a little fun but……well, since she would feel bad if I look at her that way, I will not go there.

“T, then, should we go home now?”

“Yeah.”