Volume 3 - CH 18

“Aa…”

Arisa soaked herself in the bathtub, making an unladylike noise.

She stretched her arms and legs.

Whether it was thanks to the effects of the fatigue-relieving bath salts or not… she felt a pleasant sensation as if the fatigue was slipping away from her body.

Then, as she gazed blankly at the bathroom wall, she muttered.

“…Yuzuru-san didn’t see that, did he?”

Inside Arisa’s bag.

There was a towel and a change of clothes in there… but there were also other items as well.

“It’s weird that I brought my school swimsuit, right…”

Arisa had brought her school swimsuit with her.

It was just a whim.

The idea of taking a bath together in a school swimsuit had crossed her mind a little bit, just a little bit.

“I’m glad I didn’t go through with it…”

Arisa breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they were supposed to be in love, Arisa and Yuzuru were not officially lovers yet.

There is no doubt that they are in love with each other, but as long as they have not confirmed to each other that they are lovers …taking a bath together is indeed skipping too many steps.

(I wish he would just confess already)

Arisa muttered to herself internally

To be honest, Arisa was a little impatient with the fact that Yuzuru was not telling her how he felt about her.

Of course, Yuzuru is not the kind of person who would be hesitant about whether or not to confess… Or so Arisa thinks.

And Ayaka, Yuzuru’s childhood friend, told Arisa that Yuzuru is the type of person who prepares meticulously.

Although it is frustrating, between Arisa and Ayaka, Ayaka has known Yuzuru longer than Arisa.

And that Ayaka has endorsed that Yuzuru will confess his love for her, so there’s no doubt about it.

But that itself was bothering her.

That’s why Arisa came up with this “massage plan” to urge Yuzuru on.

Arisa is aware of the fact that her body is attractive to men.

She also knows that Yuzuru is attracted to her.

Therefore, if the two parties give each other a “massage” and their bodies touch each other…  Yuzuru will surely desire Arisa intensely.

…of course, it’s not that she’s expecting him to make a “mistake”.

Rather, Yuzuru would probably not do anything like assaulting Arisa… at least Arisa thought so.

Now that she thought about it, there were many times when she was defenseless, but Yuzuru did not try to do anything to Arisa.

So he won’t do it again this time.

His reason is very strong.

“Well… not that I wouldn’t… mind at all..”

It could be said that she’s trying to rush Yuzuru to confess, but in the end, what she is doing is the same as seduction.

Then it can’t be helped but if he does this or that.

Of course, it’s not that she wants him to do anything, and she definitely doesn’t expect him to do anything.

The kind of perverted tendency that expects him to force himself on her doesn’t exist in her at all, not even the slightest bit.

It’s just that if it’s him… if it’s someone she likes that’s pushing her down, she just thinks that it can’t be helped.

“I just want him to tell me how he feels about me as soon as possible, and I want to put the current situation of uncertainty behind me… It is not that I am expecting Yuzuru-san to become a wolf, nor am I inviting him to do so. Ju, just that… if something like that happens, at that time I am willing to forgive Yuzuru-san as it can’t be helped. That’s why…”

She had prepared contraceptives, just in case.

It’s not that she’s expecting anything like that.

“I, I mean, we haven’t even kissed yet…”

Arisa sank into the bath, her face turning bright red.

Just imagining it made her feel hot and helplessly embarrassed.

Her chest grew sad, her back felt as if it were on fire, and her lower abdomen tingled.

“A, As expected it’s impossible… It’s embarrassing…”

Arisa mumbled something like that, even though no one was listening to her.

Then she stood up.

“…Let’s get going.”

Arisa, now completely exhausted, decided to get out of the bathroom.

“….I’m done with the bath, Yuzuru-san.”

After getting dressed, Arisa called out to Yuzuru, who was sitting on the sofa playing with his cell phone.

Then, for some reason, Yuzuru trembled.

“A, ah…okay.”

For some reason, Yuzuru was fidgeting.

Then… he tilted his head.

“That looks really cold…”

“I thought this would be more convenient for the massage… I’ve brought my winter clothes separately.”

Arisa said and put her hand on her chest.

Arisa was wearing a thin short-sleeved shirt and shorts that she had brought as a change of clothes.

If she intended to do massage, she should wear clothes that were thin in fabric and could be wrinkled.

“.. I see.”

Arisa felt that Yuzuru’s gaze …went to her chest.

It’s not just the chest, but also the legs that stretch out from the slightly shorter-length shorts that Yuzuru’s gaze focused on.

…It’s not that she was aiming for it.

It’s not that she remembered that Yuzuru used to occasionally cast passionate glances at certain parts of her in her gym clothes during the sports festival.

It wasn’t that she dared to wear a shirt that would show off her body lines or pants that would show off her legs as much as possible.

She is aware that her breasts are very attractive to men and that her legs are classified as “beautiful”, but she has never chosen to wear clothes that emphasize them.

It really is just a coincidence.

It’s just embarrassing that Yuzuru would look at her like that, and there is no such emotion as happiness or anything like that… not at all.

“… Well, I guess I should put on a thin shirt for a change as well.”

Yuzuru muttered something like that.

Yes, as Yuzuru admitted, it was an extremely rational decision to wear a thin fabric garment for a massage.

So the reason why Yuzuru is feeling lustful for Arisa in such a way is that Yuzuru Takasegawa is a really troublesome person, and he is a pervert…

It’s not that Arisa is weird.

Arisa is perfectly normal, not weird at all, and there is no such thing as being a pervert like Yuzuru.

“Then, I’ll get in the bath.”

“Okay. Have a nice time.”

Yuzuru disappeared into the changing room.

Arisa sat down on the sofa where Yuzuru had just sat down, feeling nervous.

“…I messed up a bit.”

Arisa blushed a little as she remembered the mess she had made of her clothes in the changing room.

At the time, she had been in a hurry and had been so upset that she hadn’t had the presence of mind to straighten her clothes.

In addition to that, there is a side of conceit that Yuzuru will not come into the changing room and it will not be seen…

However, in her haste, she forgot to bring a change of clothes and a towel, and her carelessness allowed him to see her dirty clothes and… underwear.

It was very embarrassing.

“As expected… he must have seen that, right…?”

Maybe the reason why Yuzuru was so fidgety was that he saw Arisa’s dirty clothes.

No, that must be it.

When she thought about it…

“No, No way… Yuzuru-san.. he didn’t do anything weird to my clothes, did he?”

Looking back on it, it seemed like the position had changed a bit…

She couldn’t help but feel that way.　

No. it’s probably just her imagination, but it’s not out of the realm of possibility.

“…It’s not fair that only mine was seen, right?”

As she said this to herself, Arisa stood up.

She went to the changing room and… gently opened the door.

Yuzuru seemed to be taking a shower in the bathroom.

At least he doesn’t seem to notice her.

“……”

In the changing room, she found Yuzuru’s gym clothes strewn all over the place.

There was also a piece of underpants on the floor.

“…… It’s not my fault. It’s Yuzuru-san’s fault for leaving them here like this.”

In the first place, it was Yuzuru who saw Arisa’s gym clothes that were taken off.

… It was Arisa’s fault for taking them off in the first place, but in Arisa’s mind, Yuzuru had become the definite villain.

Yes, it was Yuzuru who did the wrong thing first.

So, Arisa should have the right to get back at Yuzuru.

“Yuzuru-san is… probably a smell fetishist, right? Sometimes he tries to smell me, doesn’t he? He really is a… pervert, isn’t he? I can’t believe he’s my fiancé… I really don’t know what I like about him… But even if he’s such a pervert, he’s my fiancé.”

She needs to understand him. 

Yes, this is an action to do the same thing as Yuzuru, to understand how Yuzuru feels.

… Apart from the fact that it was not an observed fact (for Arisa) that Yuzuru smelled Arisa’s gym uniform. Such details were not important.

The important thing is that Arisa has …a good reason to do it.

She picked up Yuzuru’s gym uniform with her fingertips as if she were handling something dirty – yes, this is dirty to her, and it’s not that she likes doing it. She had no other choice, yes no other choice, but to touch it – she picked up Yuzuru’s gym uniform.

It was moist and wet with sweat.

“….”

Arisa gulped.

Could it be that she was doing something terrible right now?

As a person, as a girl, she was going beyond the realm of what she should not be stepping into.

Such concerns flashed through her mind…

Ignoring all of this, Arisa put Yuzuru’s gym clothes near the tip of her nose.

Then she took a deep breath.

“Ha~a… what am I doing…?”

Later.

Arisa sat slumped on the couch, self-loathing.