The Case of My Unknown Childhood Friend Who Became My Girlfriend Without Me Even Knowing It - Chapter 17 - In the Hot Spring

Chapter 17 – In the Hot Spring

I’ve had a lot of fantasies about when I’m going to have my first experience in life.

Besides, I had a choice.

I know that some of the girls who came on to me would have let me have their bodies if I had seriously wanted to embrace them.

In fact, I was told such stories by friends.

Some of the girls said seriously that they wanted to be embraced by Enjou Kanata.

However, it’s just that I never liked anyone.

Everyone said that to me, but I liked how I pretended to be an idol because I belonged to everyone.

I used to say I wasn’t a narcissist.

I wonder if I really was one…

Now I understand how disgusting I was in the past.

And now…

Now I seriously want to hold one girl.

That’s what I’m thinking…

“Do…it…”

“Ah, you thought it was something naughty, didn’t you?”

“What? No.”

“Fufu. But you’re not wrong. Yes, I want to give Kanata-kun all of me.”

“T-That’s…”

In other words, is it alright to do that kind of thing?

She said, smiling a little shyly at me as she leaned forward.

“Let’s do naughty stuff.”

At those words, my reason flied somewhere…

I found myself holding her close and kissing her without her commanding me to do so.

I pushed her down.

I placed my hand on the side of her face as she collapsed, breathing heavily.

“…You’re rough, Kanata-kun.”

“Ah, sorry…”

“No. I also like Kanata-kun’s desperate face.”

“Aya…”

Why is she so cute?

Why does she look so happy?

If she makes that kind of face, I think I’ll fall in love with her.

I looked at her with a troubled face.

“Fufu, you’re having a hard time.”

“W-What…are you talking…about?”

“It’s okay. I totally understand. You don’t have to do it.”

“……”

“Forcing it might be a good idea, but… I wonder if we’re going to smell like sweat if we stay like this. Shall we go take a bath?”

“Huh?”

“Did you want to do it like this? Fufu, you’re very vigorous, aren’t you, Kanata-kun?”

“……”

At once, I released my hand that was holding hers.

I didn’t want to appear forceful or hasty, and for some reason, such pretense seemed to fill my lack of reason…

It calmed me down.

“Well, go ahead and go in first. I’ll be right in.”

Being told that, I head to the outdoor bath changing room outside my room…

There is a strange tension in taking off my clothes when Sakatoki is right there.

Feeling the blood flowing again in the lower half of my body, I desperately try to hold it back and soak in the hot spring…

“…It feels so good.”

The lukewarm hot spring water is moderately hot.

It makes my head feel light-headed, which was a bit of a blur earlier.

…There is no turning back now .

I know that if she asks for it, my calmness will be blown away again, I know that much because it’s myself.

Sakatoki Aya.

She’s definitely a nasty girl.

But even if I know that, I can’t stop.

That’s all there is to it, and I don’t have the experience or the gall to resist her advances.

I wonder when she’ll get here.

I can clearly feel my heart rate gradually increasing.

Thump, thump, thump, my whole body is pulsing.

My head is getting fuzzy.

“Wow, that’s a nice breeze.”

I heard Sakatoki’s voice.

Her silhouette peeked dimly through the steam.

Her figure, wrapped in a towel, soon came clearly into my view.

“You’re so relaxed, Kanata-kun. Does it feel good?”

“…It’s a bit hot.”

“Really? Ah, this is the kind of bath that will make you hot if you take it too long. But it feels so good.”

With a light splash sound, she soaked in the hot water and rushed to swim next to me.

“It’s kind of like we’re a couple when we’re in the bath like this, shoulder to shoulder.”

“…Aya, I…”

“Do you want to kiss here?”

“Y-Yeah.”

I don’t care if I lose everything here.

I had thought that way.

Her glossy cheeks, her torrid eyes, her beautiful collarbones.

They’re taking away my ability to make decisions.

The kiss is the finishing touch.

“Nn… Nnn…nn…”

Making a little noise, we kissed each other deeply.

Perhaps because of that, I gradually lost consciousness.

I was in total darkness.

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“…H-Hmm?”

“Ah, thank God, you’re awake.”

“…Where are we?”

Apparently, I lost consciousness.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Sakatoki looking down at me with a worried look on her face.

I understood immediately that I was on her lap.

But my body didn’t move.

“You look like you’ve had a skin attack. I was so surprised when you went limp, you know?”

“…You were the one who cared for me?”

“Yeah. It was heavy, but I managed. But thank goodness you’re awake…”

Cluck.

Something cold fell on my cheek.

Sakatoki is crying.

“…Why…are you crying?”

“Because…I was worried. I wondered if Kanata-kun collapsed because of me… I’m sorry.”

“……”

I gently touched her cheek with my right hand, which was still free.

It’s warm.

I wiped her tears away with my fingers.

“I’ll be fine.”

“Yeah. But you need to rest for a while. I’ll get you a drink.”

“…Yeah.”

She supported me as I sat up, puffed, and rubbed my back a little.

And as I watched her quickly leave the room, I thought that maybe she was a better girl than I thought…

I don’t feel bad for a girl who cares for me and cries for me.

And maybe my mind was unstable because of my weakness, but…

I’m sure it was not my imagination that made me love her back.

“(Thank you for the food).”

I thought I heard her mutter something, but I didn’t care about that anymore.

I was hoping Sakatoki would come back soon.

That’s what I thought.

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“Gulp, gulp… Fuah… I’m calm now, thank you.”

I downed the sports drink in one gulp and finally regained my consciousness.

Sakatoki, next to me, also looks relieved.

“The hot springs here are a bit hot. I’m a bit hot too.”

“This is my first time. I’m sorry I troubled you.”

“It’s fine. More importantly…”

Sakatoki looked up at me with a fidgety, squirming body.

She came up to me on all fours like a cat, breathing heavily.

“…What?”

“We were…in the middle of kissing, weren’t we?”

“I-Is that so?”

“Yes. Let’s do it again?”

“……”

It’s not because she helped me.

She forced me into this place in the first place, and it’s her fault that I collapsed, I know that, but…

…But I can’t treat this girl who cried because she was worried about me when I collapsed.

It’s the same thing once and a hundred times.

I kissed her with such excusable thoughts in my head.

Then her hand slid down to stroke my body.

The sensation gave me goosebumps.

Once I got away from her…

“O-Oi…”

“Do you feel ticklish? But I thought it was nice and steamy to kiss in a hot spring.”

“Ah, I don’t remember much…”

“Well, that’s a shame. But it’s a long night.”

“……”

It’s still early evening.

It’s getting a bit dark outside, but dinner isn’t ready yet and it’s a bit early for bed.

“TV, can I watch?”

“Yeah, okay. But I think they only do news, don’t they?”

“Well, I want to watch the news.”

I think I’m out of the game when I kiss naked in a hot spring, but I still have to hold the last line, so I picked up the remote control as a distraction.

Once I’ve made love to Sakatoki, no excuses will be accepted anymore.

If I did something to her and called her a ‘stalker’, I’d be more likely to be taken to the police.

I have to get through this evening somehow…

“Hey, Kanata-kun.”

While idly watching an evening news programme featuring the zoo, Sakatoki called my name.

“What?”

“What are you going to do after dinner?”

“…Sleep.”

“Right. We’ve got an early start tomorrow.”

“Is that so? I didn’t know that, but I’m going to sleep.”

“…Kanata-kun.”

“What?”

“Fufu, I think you’re misunderstanding something.”

“About what?”

“You see…”

After a short pause, Sakatoki snuggled up to me and said,

“You can’t leave this room unless I say yes.”