Sister Hui Ye Wants Me to Be Reliable

"That……"

"I just think that this old wound should be taken out to bask in the sun." Shi Zhu withdrew her hand, "I've been hiding it all this time, but it won't get better, right? Even if you hide it, you know it well. I will definitely try not to mention it...but it will always feel like a stick in my throat."

"It's not like that, I just feel a little powerless, and I don't know how to heal that scar for you." Ai Hayasaka shook her head with a smile, "I don't have any complaints about Dianthus."

For Shi Zhu, she is different from other girls, she knows all the things hidden in his heart clearly.

Because of this, she understands the boundaries better, and has been carefully guarding the secrets belonging to Dianthus.

"...So I have to do it myself... It's just that it's not all smooth sailing in practice." Shi Zhu got up from her lap, turned her head and smiled lazily at her, "Anyway, even if I don't do it today, I will have to do it one day sooner or later. , to face that. Otherwise—”

"Otherwise?" Hayasaka slid down from the edge of the pool and dipped into the bath next to him.

"Otherwise, how can we go forward with you?" Shi Zhu looked away sideways, "What I hate the most is actually dragging others down."

"It comes down to self-loathing." Hayasaka bumped Shizhu's shoulder, "It's okay, if you feel like you can't walk anymore, I'll stop and stay with you—"

"En." Shi Zhu nodded and agreed with a smile.

"My shoulders are a little sore, give me a squeeze?" Hayasaka turned her back and asked Shizhu.

Shi Zhu tilted her head, asked with a smirk, "Is it just the shoulder? I want to pinch other places."

"Pinch wherever you like." Hayasaka replied, "You have the final say."

"...Hey..." Shi Zhu kissed the skin on the back of her flawless shoulder, and then muttered: "I said this to make you shy, not to make you tease me in turn... "

Hayasaka looked suddenly enlightened, "So that's how it is... It's a pity that we have only started dating for less than half a day, and we have reached the last step."

"Really..." Shi Zhu could not be an opponent at all in bickering, he gently pinched Hayasaka's shoulders and neck, "I suddenly realized that since before, I have never had an advantage in matters of lip service."

Hayasaka leaned back and leaned against Shizhu, and from this angle, she could see the scenery in front of her at a glance—although she had no intention of covering Shizhu from the beginning.

"No, Dianthus actually had the upper hand, you are too slow to notice." She said with a light smile.

Shi Zhu was stunned, "Huh? Has it ever happened?"

"Yes, many times."

"All right……"

"Speaking of which, I remember that during the summer vacation, I invited Shizhu to take a bath together."

"Ah, at that time..." Shi Zhu remembered, "Aren't you just kidding—"

Hayasaka, who turned her head back in an instant, made Shizhu stop the conversation with a look.

Now in this state, recalling the conversation at that time, no matter how you think about it, it can't be a joke.

"You're kidding." Hayasaka turned his face sideways, half-opened his eyes, and his eyes were blurred. "At that time, about [-]% of them were indeed jokes."

Shi Zhu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Doesn't that mean that it's probably true."

"Well, that's true."

"..." He couldn't help but bury his face in her hair and remained silent.

"what happened?"

"A little, a little bit sorry for you—" Shi Zhu said softly, "The weight in your words."

Hayasaka sat up suddenly, then turned around, holding Shi Zhu's cheeks, "I said this, not to express anything to you, or to ask for anything."

"Well... if you don't pay attention, you--"

"I know." Hayasaka put down his hands and looked at him softly, "But let me borrow what Guild President Shirogane said to Miss Kaguya just now. I may like Shizhu even more than Shizhu thought."

Without any scruple, Shi Zhu was stunned for a moment, her face was redder than before, obviously not because of the temperature of the bath.

He lowered his head slowly, "...in, in the bath, still naked, I don't know how to hide... Even if it's me, I'll feel very awkward..."

"Really, I think this can be more honest with each other." Hayasaka lowered his body a little bit, and leaned in front of Shi Zhu, "Answer?"

"Reply?"

"That's right, whether it's kissing, doing 〇, or something else, is Shizhu planning to finish listening to it?" Hayasaka pretended to be dissatisfied.

"There are so many straight balls today..." Shi Zhu muttered, "It was the same in my sister's room just now, and she suddenly bit my ear."

"Because I have already decided that from now on I will face Dianthus thoroughly and directly, and then convey all my thoughts." Hayasaka said seriously.

"Love……"

"Then let me change the form, how much does Shizhu like me? Don't say 'I like you more than you like me', it will become a Russian nesting doll."

Chapter No.16 A Shared Bath ([-])

Faced with Ai Hayasaka's request that seemed to be cornered, Shizhu regained her composure a little bit, and her ruby-like pupils met her blue eyes.

The eyes with the color of the sea are crystal clear, reflecting the figure of Shinomiya Dianthus.

"I never said...it would be that simple." Shi Zhu said in a very soft voice.

Hayasaka blinked her eyes, said nothing, with a faint smile on her lips, wondering how Shizhu would answer her.

"I like you."

Shi Zhu held her hand under the water, took a little deep breath, and brewed up his emotions.