“Whoa. There’s quite a line as expected…”

On the stairs leading to the water slide, Riina and I stopped because the line extended all the way there.

Right next to us was a panel with… warnings written on it like “Must be at least 130cm tall to use”.

There were several other types of water slides, but the one we came to was higher than the others and looked like it would have some serious falling speed. It might be dangerous for elementary school kids unless they were in the upper grades with enough height.

“Riina-san and I easily clear the height requirement.”

As high schoolers, we could easily ride water slides, but since we were bored waiting in line, I brought up that topic.

“Well, we can’t exceed the chest measurements as well.”

“…No, that would definitely be impossible… Plus, it would be impossible for Riina-san too.”

“That’s right. But I think it’s over 100.”

“A hun…!?”

I couldn’t help but stare directly at Riina’s huge breasts. Hmm, it certainly looked like it could be 100… But how big was a 100cm bust anyway? All I knew was A, B, C, D, E sizes… did it correspond to one of those…?

“…Pervert. Staring like that must mean you really do like boobs.”

“Uh, no, um… yes, I’m sorry…”

I honestly apologized for staring, but if someone told me they were 100cm, of course I’d want to look!!

Also, when I’d been pulling Riina’s float, she’d asked me something about whether I liked boobs… I did like boobs! I was a guy, so of course I liked boobs!!

“It’s fine. I’m used to the stares.”

Stares…

Looking around, even though the main attraction was supposed to be the water slide, most of the customers (men) waiting in line were looking at Riina instead. Some were even going out of their way to peek at her…

Being a beautiful girl with big boobs seemed like it would be all winning elements for a game character, but this was reality. Unlike just looking at a screen, in reality it seemed like there were various hardships involved.

“Kasajima is getting stares too.”

“That’s because of my intimidating face. And apparently I have a player face too.”

I was also getting stares as usual. This intimidating face… I was getting used to it. Depending on how I used it, it was convenient. It was especially effective against pickup artists. They’d run away.

“We might be similar somehow.”

Riina said in a small voice, like she was talking to herself.

“Yeah, that’s right. We’re both easily misunderstood because of our appearance, right? …Want to have a misunderstanding episode contest?”

“Let’s do it.”

Since we were bored, I brought up that topic… and she surprisingly went along with it.

“Well, since I suggested it, I’ll go first. Despite being a virgin, I was called player Kasajima. Apparently I was going around eating up middle school girls all over Tokyo during middle school.”

“What a terrible guy. Next, me. A bitch who steals all her friends’ boyfriends.”

“What bad taste~ Next, me. Apparently I fund drug smuggling and hoarding.”

“You’re already terrible but that too, huh. You should just get arrested. Next, me. A perpetually horny cock-loving bitch.”

“You probably have a lot of bitch series…”

Riina and I went back and forth, occasionally making comebacks.

“I just tried to return a wallet I found, but a nearby policeman almost questioned me thinking I was mugging someone.”

“I just held a lost boy’s hand to take him to the lost child center, but all the men around got restless.”

“Apparently I’m organizing delinquents nationwide.”

“I supposedly made someone lose their virginity without even touching them.”

The conversation got more and more heated. And somehow the men around us started looking apologetic.

Toward the end it became like a title championship. It was chaotic, but… it seemed we both had quite a past of being misunderstood.

“Hah, hah… I feel like I just said a lifetime’s worth of misunderstanding episodes…”

“Me too… Hah. Being misunderstood is such a pain.”

“…But maybe it’s not so bad after all.”

“Being misunderstood…? Kasajima, are you a pervert…?”

“It’s not like I get excited by being misunderstood or getting nasty looks! Plus, in the beginning it really messed with my mental state!”

The beginning… when I’d been reincarnated as Kasajima Yuji. I was really in despair back then, and as expected, the impression from those around me wasn’t good…

First impressions probably wouldn’t change going forward either. I was not saying that was bad. People did judge to some extent based on appearance.

But.

“But not everyone stays misunderstood. When you meet someone who properly looks at what’s inside, understands you… when you encounter someone like that, isn’t it an incredibly happy feeling?”

I was smiling now because I was happy.

Hibari and Yuito. Tajima and

Satoshima too. And…

“Riina-san and Mahiro-san too. One way or another, you interact with me like this, and I’m happy about that.”

“…!”

The beautiful sisters I had feared. Maybe I just hadn’t stepped on any landmines yet, but they treated me normally despite my intimidating face.

“I might not be able to say from the bottom of my heart that I’m glad I have an intimidating face… but I understand gratitude a bit more than others. I can feel more than most people that it’s fun being with everyone.”

Plus, it might be because I was Kasajima Yuji that I was able to meet everyone.

“Hmm… hmm…!”

“Hm? What’s wrong, Riina-san?”

It seemed like she was muttering something.

“It’s nothing! Idiot! Dummy!”

“Why!?”

What part of what I had just said contained elements that would make her blush slightly and hurl mild insults!?

After waiting in line for a while, it was finally our turn for the water slide.

The sliding entrance was divided into three. In terms of order, it looked like Riina and I could slide at the same time.

“Well then, come back alive.”

“Water slides aren’t the kind of place where you set up flags like that.”

The staff member blew a whistle, giving us the GO signal. I lay on my back, grabbed the edge and let my body slide. A vigorous start. The cold water hitting my back felt good, but only for a moment.

“Ooooh, ohhh!!”

I picked up speed and was swung left and right with that momentum. The scenery I could see went from sunlit to pitch black. Then colorful too. There was a bit of a drop partway through.

The curves near the end picked up speed more and more… when I was going so fast that my back lifted slightly, my vision suddenly brightened and then—I hit the water with great force.

SPLASH!! A dramatic spray of water went up.

“Puhaaa!! Hah… ahh, that was amazing!!”

I wiped the water from my face with my arm and couldn’t help but smile. Water slides really were the best!!

“Hah… mm, so much force…”

Riina had also hit the water with great force… she was wiping her mouth with a slightly tired expression.

The fact that her gestures and behavior looked a bit erotic was, I’d like to think, because I was a healthy guy.

“Want to go again?”

“Yeah. Let’s go again. I’m bored anyway.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Just to be clear, I meant sliding down the water slide again!

I caught a glimpse of Riina wringing out her wet hair. And… at that moment too.

Whether the strings had loosened from the water slide’s impact, or whether the strings had loosened from her bouncing huge breasts.

Riina’s bikini slowly shifted and started to fall—

“Whoa!!”

“Eek!”

I hurriedly supported her bikini with both hands to prevent it from falling. Phew, that was close… Riina was already monopolizing the men’s attention with those huge breasts that looked ready to spill over at any moment, but if they actually spilled… there would be cheers.

“Phew…”

“…Kasajima…”

“…? Ah.”

I heard Riina’s voice that sounded somehow angry and embarrassed… and I looked down.

Preventing Riina’s bikini from falling meant simultaneously touching Riina’s chest.

I was gripping Riina’s huge breasts. Really gripping them firmly to hold them up.

“Ah, no, um…”

I was definitely going to get yelled at, so I needed some excuse…

“I… I really do like boobs after all!!”

“~~~! Pervert!!”

“I’m sor—blub!?”

I got slapped hard. I was so sorry that I let the force of the slap carry me into the water and sank… blub blub blub blub~~

“…Hurry up and come back up.”

“Yes…”

I came up from the water. Riina looked displeased.

“…You’re going to buy me something later.”

“G-gladly…”

This was unavoidable. Rather, if buying something would settle it, wasn’t that cheap?

“What should I buy you?”

“…Shaved ice.”

“Shaved ice is fine?”

Surprising. I thought she’d make me buy something more expensive.

“Let’s go next then.”

The face of Riina saying that was slightly red. Even for Riina, having her chest touched was embarrassing. Well, of course it would be embarrassing.

It was one thing if Yuito touched her, but for someone like me, I was an outsider to her.

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SPLASH!! Water spray shot up vigorously.

It wasn’t just Yuji and Riina who had been playing on the water slides.

“Puha! Haha. Water slides are fun, Mahiro-chan!”

“That’s right, Yuito.”

Around the time Yuji and Riina were getting back in line, Yuito and Mahiro had finished sliding down the water slide.

“I want to slide one more time! Is that okay, Mahiro-chan?”

“Of course. I’m happy to go along with Yuito.”

“Yay! Thank you!!”

Yuito broke into a huge smile. Then he looked away from Mahiro and said,

“The one we just rode was good, but that water slide over there uses two-person floats… I’d like to try riding it with Yuji-kun too!”

What came out of Yuito’s mouth was about Yuji. His name had come up frequently even while he was playing with Mahiro.

Mahiro smiled.

“Yuito really likes Kasajima-kun, doesn’t he?”

As a “male friend”. There was no need to specifically add such an obvious qualifier.

“Yeah! I like him!”

Yuito said it with a smile. An even bigger smile than before, saying it clearly.

“I see. That’s good.”

“Yeah. Let’s go then!”

Yuito went ahead with a smile, but Mahiro’s expression behind him… darkened for a moment.