Chapter 413: Play to the Full
Inside the ryokan room.
Sakurai Saki was holding a collection of short stories by Kawabata Yasunari, reading with deep focus.
Reading Yukiguni in the middle of a snowy region truly has a special feeling — like reading a youth novel right inside the school.
"Kyaa~ Nino don't touch randomly!"
"Ichika's figure is so beautiful, that killer waistline, even though Ichika normally doesn't exercise at all, how does she still keep a curve like this!? So unfair!"
"I exercise too! And body management is a compulsory course for an actress, I'm not Itsuki."
No one knew since when, but the conversation of the two Bishoujo bathing had turned into a session of criticizing Itsuki.
Poor Itsuki.
"Itsuki is annoying! Eating so much every day yet still staying around 50 kg! That's totally unreasonable!!" Nino's voice was full of dissatisfaction and jealousy.
"That's right. We work so hard every day, so why can we only maintain the same weight as her?"
"But Itsuki's thighs are much thicker than ours, and her chest too…"
That's true.
Sakurai Saki nodded — since they had already "icha-icha" before, he had a very clear understanding.
Itsuki's soft thighs were truly a treasure!
Her voluptuous figure, big breasts and full hips were the best. Slightly chubby is much easier to hug than a skinny frame.
"Eh, Nino why is your place here…"
"What?"
"A grass patch."
"I naturally don't have any. I even suspect sometimes whether you're really my older sister."
"… A normal older sister doesn't care whether her younger sister has a grass patch or not. And sensei-chan is still in the room! What are you even saying?"
"What's there to be afraid of, it's not like he doesn't know. But Ichika you also don't have a grass patch, yet you're teasing me. Though I know Yotsuba has one…"
Inside the Japanese-style room.
Sakurai Saki shook his head, threw away all the images he had just imagined, and focused again on the book.
'It was a cold night scene, as if one could hear the sound of ice cracking from deep within the frozen earth. There was no moon. Looking up, the sky was full of stars, more than one could believe…'
Read the book, read the book.
"Ichika, do you think we should call Sakurai-san in?" Nino's teasing voice echoed.
"No way! You won't lose anything, but I will!"
"Our bodies aren't that different from each other anyway? Round it up and he's basically already seen you~"
"You mean after we get married in the future, whoever it is will be cheating on her husband?" Ichika said irritably.
"Then just marry the same person and it'll be solved~"
"… You definitely have bad intentions!"
"Eh? Ichika, why do you have a mole on your thigh here~"
"Hey, talk properly and stop touching! You pervert Nino!"
"… What, we're all girls here, I can't touch a little?"
"Why are you touching? Want to test it first for sensei-chan?"
"Why are you bringing him up? Obviously I just want to touch! And he won't come in. Even if he does, I'll protect you."
"Protect me? Don't let it become you helping him push the waist."
"Ehehe, when that time comes I'll be gentle, so you don't shout in pain."
Sakurai Saki put the book down.
I'm sorry, Kawabata Yasunari. I'm sorry, literary masters.
I have fallen into the deep pit called human desire and cannot pull myself out.
Just hearing their voices is enough to make my heart pound nonstop.
Moreover, is girls' private conversation normally this lewd? It's completely different from their usual behavior!
Even lines like "help push the waist" — they dare say that. If he weren't here… how much further would they go? Sakurai Saki truly couldn't imagine.
Sakurai Saki, read the book, focus.
Focus.
Focus.
"Nino, I bet sensei-chan is very excited right now."
You guessed right.
No no!! I'm focusing on the wrong thing! I'm supposed to read!
"Basically, aren't boys' desires all about these things… We're this pretty, and we're quintuplets, I'm sure he has thought about the two of us serving him together tonight..."
"Pervert! What are you even saying!?"
"I'm joking~ Though I'd agree, Ichika definitely wouldn't agree, right?"
"Wait, you'd actually agree to something like that?"
"If it's you or the other sisters then I'd agree. Switch it to Hayasaka-san… then nope."
"… You guys go that far?" Ichika's voice was full of disbelief.
"Not really. I'm just saying, there's no way I'd actually agree."
"Your expression just now didn't look like a joke."
"Who knows~"
...
Sakurai Saki took a deep breath.
Turned the page…
'The Milky Way was full of stars, each point of light clear, even the bright clouds looked like grains of silver sand, strangely transparent.'
If not for the cold outside, and the fact that this was his room… then Sakurai Saki would definitely have run several kilometers to get away from this terrifying space.
"Girls really are very scary."
Sakurai Saki once again affirmed the thought he had always had.
Even knowing full well that he was in the room, they could still say lines that were almost teasing like that.
Nino was one thing, but even Ichika joined that joke… Sakurai Saki couldn't help sighing.
Could it be that he had always been too gentle?
After that, the voices of the two girls became much quieter, but their laughter could still be heard.
...
In the open-air bath.
Nino looked toward the closed sliding door of the Japanese-style room not far away.
"How was my performance just now?" She looked at Ichika and smiled.
Those lines earlier were all secretly planned by the two of them.
Of course, some were improvised.
"Perfect!" Nakano Ichika gave her a thumbs-up.
Earlier, when Sakurai Saki hugged her, her heart almost stopped beating. That little incident could count as payback.
"Hm." Nino slowly sank her whole body into the hot water, leaving only half her head above the surface.
Ichika thought the two of them were acting, but a few of the things Nino said earlier… truly weren't jokes.
They soaked for more than ten more minutes.
Nino slowly stood up, took a towel.
Then she said to Ichika: "I'll go out first, you soak a bit longer."
Nakano Ichika nodded.
She had been cold all day, and even now hadn't fully recovered.
...
Sakurai Saki heard footsteps, but his mind was on the book so he didn't pay attention.
"You're done bathing?"
"Umu, 'Nino' is still bathing, she told me to call sensei-chan over to bathe together. Sensei-chan, don't do anything over the line, okay? I'm heading back~"
"Ok, I'll be right there."
Hearing the footsteps fade away, Sakurai Saki stood up and stretched, then went to the changing room, and afterward went to the outdoor bath, preparing to bathe.
Hot mist surrounded the bath.
Because the temperature outside was very low, the steam was so thick that after just a few meters one couldn't clearly see a person's face.
He put his foot into the water, waited a moment to adjust to the temperature, then sank his whole body into the hot spring.
A few meters away, he saw a silhouette.
"Who went in?"
Sakurai Saki reflexively responded: "It's me."
"...Eh?"
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