After Escaping from a Black Company, I Ended Up Being Pampered by Sexy Beautiful Women - Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Together in the Bath…!?

“…Phew, this is pure bliss.”

I never realized a bath could feel this good.

The reason it hit me like that was because, honestly, it had been a really long time since I last soaked in a tub.

Normally after getting home from the company I was too exhausted and just took a quick shower. On days off, filling the tub felt like too much trouble so I ended up showering again… But yeah, when it comes to a real bath, nothing beats sinking into hot water like this.

“It’s so warm… Feels amazing.”

The heat seeping deep into my body seemed to loosen up my mind too.

I wanted to stay wrapped in this feeling forever… Right when that thought crossed my mind, Mina-san’s voice echoed from the changing room.

“Takuya-san, is the water temperature okay?”

“…It’s really warm and just perfect.”

When did she get to the changing room…? Was she checking on me out of concern?

If so, she was way too kind… Both Mina-san and Reina-san were so relentlessly good-natured that it almost made me worried for them.

Of course, I would never repay their kindness with anything bad.

“…Mina-san?”

“What is it?”

“What are you doing…?”

On the other side of the door, Mina-san’s shadow was making some suspicious movements.

Unless my eyes were playing tricks… wasn’t she undressing!?

“Excuse me.”

“!?”

My guess turned out to be right—Mina-san stepped into the bathroom.

She had a bath towel wrapped around her body. When she saw me she gave a small amused smile, picked up the showerhead… Wait, hold on!

“No, wait, that’s really—”

“I got a little wet too, so isn’t it more convenient if we just bathe together?”

“…That’s true, I guess… Wait, no, that’s not the point!”

“Fufu, calm down, calm down.”

What do you mean calm down…!

“If your mom sees us like this…”

“Mom already knows. I told her I was coming in with you. She smiled and said ‘Have fun!’”

“What’s up with that woman!?”

“Oh, that was the most energetic voice I’ve heard from you all day!”

“……”

Seriously, aren’t Mina-san and Reina-san both a little off…? They have to be, right?

I immediately wanted to bolt out of there, but I didn’t have a towel to cover my… important parts.

If I stood up from the tub, she would see everything.

If it were another guy, no problem—but the person right in front of me was a woman, so that wasn’t happening.

“You’re not fully warmed up yet, right? Take your time♪”

“…Okay.”

She even drove the point home so I couldn’t leave… I had no idea what was going on anymore.

“Fufufu~n fu~n♪”

“……”

While I shrank into myself and couldn’t even make a sound, Mina-san hummed happily, completely at ease.

How could she look so relaxed…?

Lost in that thought, I kept my eyes down, but the moment I glanced up just a little, I saw it.

Even though I felt bad for looking, my gaze drifted over—and once again I thought how incredible her figure really was… Of course it wasn’t just her overall shape; every single part of her body that made it up was genuinely beautiful.

After finishing washing her hair and body, Mina-san walked straight toward me.

“Then, excuse me—I’ll sit right next to you.”

…At this point I decided to say nothing more.

The tub definitely wasn’t big. For two adults to fit, we had to keep our legs drawn up.

But having a naked woman sitting right beside me brought a level of tension and embarrassment I was pretty sure I would never experience again.

“It’s been a long time since I bathed with someone else like this. With a man… probably since my dad.”

“Your dad… Is this normal?”

“It’s normal in the countryside. So there’s no point worrying about it.”

“I can tell that’s a lie, you know…?”

“Tch, you caught me♪”

Mina-san stuck out her tongue in a cute way and admitted it.

Even so, it seemed she planned to keep this situation going… Still, when I fell completely silent, she asked in a slightly uneasy voice.

“…Did you hate it?”

When she asked straight out like that, I couldn’t answer right away.

Sure, I was overwhelmingly confused, but it wasn’t like I truly hated the situation from the bottom of my heart… In fact, as a guy, sharing a bath with a beautiful woman was something I had always dreamed about.

I didn’t hate it at all, but if I had to say one thing, it was that if none of the company stuff had happened, I might have been so thrilled that Mina-san would have been put off by it.

“I don’t… hate it, but I’m extremely confused.”

“If you don’t hate it, then I’m glad♪”

Mina-san smiled softly again, scooped up some hot water in her palm, and lifted her face.

“…I guess I was being a little selfish too.”

“Selfish?”

“Yes—I wanted to heal you even just a little, to be there for your wounded heart… But more than that, I wanted to see you up close.”

“Me?”

“…Of course I was worried, but it also reminded me a bit of my late father. You know, when you put that bandage on… It brought back those old moments so clearly.”

Mina-san spoke with an expression like she was remembering the past.

I see… So her father would have been Reina-san’s husband, and he was already gone from this world.

“Sorry for suddenly talking about something like this.”

“No… Actually, I think I’m glad you told me.”

“It’s fine—I’m the one who brought it up… Oh, right! Mom is really going all out on dinner tonight. She’s even making her specialty—nikujaga.”

“Oh… nikujaga!”

Nikujaga…!

Since I started living alone I hadn’t eaten it once, but that was exactly why the memory of how it tasted back then made my stomach growl.

“…A nice hot bath and even food like this… I’m on a lucky streak today.”

It was just a casual mutter, but Mina-san clearly heard it.

“If you want, it can keep going, you know? If you wish for it, Takuya-san, you can stay here forever.”

“No, no, that’s really—”

“I’m serious, you know?”

“!?”

Not only did she gently take my hand under the water, she also whispered it right into my ear.

Just sitting next to her already felt close, but when the distance shrank even more, I couldn’t help but look straight at her.

Her wet hair clinging to her skin, the deep cleavage visible now that the bath towel had slipped.

It was probably just my imagination, but in the eyes staring steadily at me, I thought I caught a glimpse of something thick and obsessive… Yeah, definitely my imagination.

“Anyway, there’s no need to rush, right? Are you warmed up now, Takuya-san?”

“Huh? Oh, yeah…”

“Then take this and go ahead out first.”

The strange atmosphere I felt for a moment faded away. I accepted the towel Mina-san handed me and left the bathroom.

While I changed in a daze, her cheerful humming drifted all the way over.

“…Seriously, what the hell is going on?”

Why would she… go that far and say those things?

I knew the “stay here forever” part was just to comfort me and definitely not her real feelings… It wasn’t something I should misunderstand.

“Could it be… I’m already dead?”

One theory suddenly formed in my head.

Maybe I actually died during that bus ride, and this was some happy dream shown to me in my final moments… Or maybe coming to the countryside got me bewitched by a fox?

The things happening to me felt so impossibly miraculous that I couldn’t help thinking something like that.