CH 69

The Transcendental Beauty Picks Swimsuits

“Okay, I will pick some out for you, Akira-chan. Do you have any preference?”

“Uu……..the size will be apparent with bikini and doing a one-piece wouldn’t fit my height…….but with a one-piece, my chest should be pretty much concealed, still, it would look weird right……WHAT SHOULD I DO!?”

“A, Anyway, let’s choose something out for the time being!”

“Please, my dignity is in your hand!”

I don’t know if I can meet Akira-chan’s expectations but I will do my best to pick out some good ones.

Still, Akira-chan has a bright personality so I think she would look good in swimsuits with colorful patterns. Besides, I did say it before but smaller-sized swimsuits often have cuter designs.

With that being the case then I should be able to find something nice for Akira-chan.

“If Akira-chan thinks one-piece swimsuits wouldn’t look good on her, how about I try picking the off-shoulder ones…….they are quite fashionable with the frills too……”

In the end, I decided on the frilly off-shoulder swimsuits. Since I am by myself, I picked out 5 of them for Akira-chan to choose from.

When I returned to Akira-chan, she was waiting for me with her hands empty outside the changing room. Perhaps she couldn’t find any good one on her end.

“Akira-chan, I’m done.”

“OH! ……they are all frilly aren’t they……”

“They are. These frills will maximize your charm, Akira-chan.”

“…….certainly, they should hide my chest pretty well……in other words, if I hide my breast I can MAXIMIZE my charm right!?”

When it comes to her chest, Akira-chan becomes very self-conscious and begins to read deeply between the lines. I think this is Akira-chan’s bad habit though.

“It’s true that the frills will hide your chest but I didn’t pick them because of that you know. I picked them because the frills will compliment Akira-chan’s cheerful personality and this type of swimsuit gives you the ease of movement too.”

“Is, Is that so?”

“Yes…….I mean, I don’t look good in this type of swimsuit so I’m pretty envious of Akira-chan, you know? Besides, you don’t really have to worry about what to wear with a smaller chest right.”

“Ugh……that’s true…….”

“If you understand then please try these on.”

After that, Akira-chan entered the fitting room. That being said, I remember having a similar conversation last year as well.

……..come to think of it, I wonder why Akira-chan doesn’t use her swimsuit from last year? I couldn’t wear mine anymore but her old swimsuit should have plenty of roo-……….let’s stop thinking about that…..

After a short while, Akira-chan finished changing and opened the curtain.

“What do you think? I couldn’t tell how it looks myself.”

“It looks very good on you! So cute!”

“Really? Anyway, let me try on the next one okay!”

……Akira-chan tried on all 5 swimsuits after that but in the end, the one that suits her best is still the first one. Perhaps Akira-chan subconsciously felt that it would fit her best so she chose to try that one first.

The two of us lined up at the cash register with the swimsuits we picked and perhaps it is due to it being a weekday with few customers, we finished up in no time.

“Ahh, that was a good buy!”

“Yes. With this, we have a reason to go to the pool even without the photoshoot.”

“Come on, they will be there! At least I choose to believe so! Aren’t you looking forward to this too, Reika!?”

Being asked such a question, I can’t give her a straight answer but if we are going to go to the pool together and catch the photoshoot by chance then it can’t be helped.

It just happens that we get to sneak a peek while we head to the pool. There’s no helping it. I have no power to go against such a coincidence at all.

“Akira-chan always believes whatever they post on the internet so if we go by your belief alone then there’s only a slim chance that the shoot will really happen right. So, I think that it would be best for us to not expect too much and enjoy ourselves instead.”

“Well, if you don’t put much expectation on it then the surprise will be that much better after all! That’s why I added the pool to this trip as a reward for accompanying me you know……fufufu……..”

“……..you went through so much to just picking a new swimsuit so can we really call that a reward though…..?”

“Eh? Did you say something, Reika?”

It seems she overheard me talking to myself. My heart tells me to just say it again but my reasonable self is very much against doing that.

“No, I didn’t say anything.”

“Hmm, my mistake then.”

“Y, yes. Anyway, why don’t we head back home for today?”

“Right! I’m planning to buy some sweets too. See you the day after tomorrow, okay!”

“Yes, see you. I will be leaving first.”

Saying so, I parted ways with Akira-chan. I only have the swimsuit and my stationery on me so it’s not too cumbersome to walk home like this. It should take around 30 minutes for me to head back home from the mall but it is still bright out so I don’t think I will have to worry about getting involved in something dangerous.

……still, when I think about my baggage, I couldn’t help but end up thinking about Hiura-kun who naturally offered to help carry my bag the other day. I think that it was gentlemanly of him to offer to do that.

I must have thought about him because I might be able to see Hiura-kun works as Kamishiro Kousei soon.