10 years had passed since I started playing the game of sekkusu with my childhood friend. - Chapter 25. It's time with only the two of us, you know~

25. It’s time with only the two of us, you know~

As evening fell, we headed home, looking upon the red-tinted sea as we returned. Since we had been playing all morning and had gotten into all kinds of trouble in the process as well, we were completely exhausted.

As the four of us lay on each other’s shoulders, taking turns sleeping, in no time, we were at our respected stations. The first to leave was Fukuo, followed by Inawashiro.

“That was fun!”

“Let’s play again!”

Both of them left with a satisfied look on their faces. I was deeply moved when I thought that Fukuo’s eccentricity seems to weaken when he is in front and together with a girl.

Naturally, Haruhime and I got off at the same station and walked along the road side by side to our house. The sun was setting and the streetlights were beginning to crackle on in the deserted residential area.

“It’s getting all late already, isn’t it?”

“Un…… right.”

Somehow, Haruhime was less on the talk.

Given the incident where she cried so much at the beach, her eyes were a little swollen and red. Subsequently, even I was going with the flow, not trying to talk more than enough.

Since we were going towards our home, completely silent like that, made me feel kind of awkward, I tried to open a conversation with a different topic altogether.

“…… The beach, there were a ton of people there, wasn’t it?”

“Un. …… was that bad?”

“Nope, not really, that was not the case.”

“I see. After all Tet-chan, you never liked crowdy places all that much.”

“Un, I didn’t, but still, that was fun.”

“… I’m really glad to hear you say so.”

Haruhime said with a slight blush on her cheeks.

“But why did you decide to come along? Was it because Marie who invited you?”

“As if, I don’t have any kind of obligation to that girl.”

“‘…… Marie-chan’s swimsuit was cute, wasn’t it?”

“Dream on, Haruhime’s swimsuit was the cutest among all.”

“Eh?”

“–AHH…”

What am I even saying out loud, ME!

I wasn’t able to say anything after that. I had a feeling that, if I were to open my mouth, only unintentional and unwanted words would pop out of it.

Haruhime also couldn’t open her mouth either, just averted her gaze every time. Eventually, after a long, awkward moment of silence, we arrived home.

“So, then …… I’ll, with this.”

It may also be because of the heat of summer was getting to my head.

As I waved and was about to leave, Haruhime called out to me from behind.

“Well… um”

Haruhime said that with her face still cast down as I looked behind.

“Today is Wednesday, isn’t it?”