Silly! People can't float on water! - 19

After being rescued from the water, Seia floats on a tube.

 

"Seia-chan☆ Are you going to keep floating on that tube?"

 

"..."

 

Nod, nod-

 

As Seia nods, her wet, droopy ears move along with her.

 

The way her ears didn't stick flat and followed her head movements was quite cute.

 

"Are you really not thinking about learning to swim? Seia-chan would be incredibly cute swimming..."

 

"...I agree. Honestly, I'd like to see Seia-san swim at least once...?"

 

Are they saying that even after seeing me struggle in the water?!

 

'No, it's probably because I was cute, right? Maybe it's worth learning at least once...?'

 

...It seems she's already aware of her own cuteness.

 

Mika looked at Seia for a moment and then spoke again.

 

"If you get off the tube now, I'll give you a special opportunity... to have me and Nagisa-chan as your exclusive teachers!"

 

"...!"

'M-Mika-chan and Nagisa-chan will stick close to me and teach me...?'

 

"Mika-san, we're not exactly good swimmers either-"

 

"Shh! This is a chance to enjoy our cute Seia-chan☆"

 

Nagisa, quickly understanding Mika's meaning, nodded and swam over to Seia's side.

 

"Seia-san. Come here and let me hold you."

 

"...?"

'G-Get off the tube...?'

 

Seia's expression showed her confusion as she pointed at the tube. Nagisa lifted Seia and held her in her arms.

 

"...???!?!!"

'W-What??! What is this?!'

 

"...That's unfair, Nagisa-chan!! Hogging Seia-chan like this!!"

 

"You're too late, Mika-san."

 

"Tch..."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

Nagisa is trying to put me down from the safety of the tube into the dangerous water.

 

"...!! ...!!"

'N-Nagisa... our bodies don't naturally float in water... that's why accidents happen every year-'

 

"I can't hear you with that expression, Seia-san."

 

"..."

 

I looked at Nagisa with a resentful expression, but would that change anything?

 

Nagisa, completely unfazed, let me float in the water.

 

"...!! ...!!!! ....!"

'Kyaa! I'm sinking!! I'm going to die here!!'

 

"...I'm holding you. And if you just stay still, you won't sink."

 

"...?"

 

Ah...? As Nagisa said, I was floating on the water.

 

'Staying still won't make me sink...! Do you think I'll fall for such a lie?!'

 

You move your whole body when swimming, and you move your legs even when floating still, so how can you not sink?

 

It must be a shameless lie!

 

"See? It works, right?"

 

I thought so, but it wasn't.

 

"..."

'I-It really works...'

 

My body, spread out like a star, was floating and drifting on the water.

 

"Wow☆ Seia-chan is so cute!! Especially your ears, they're the cutest~"

 

"...!"

'H-Hiee! She's after my ears again...!'

 

Mika looked at my ears with quite a chilling reaction, but maybe because it was in the water where anything could happen with a little prank, she didn't touch them.

 

"But just in case."

 

Still, maybe because I looked precarious, she held onto my legs.

 

"Hehe, I wonder when our cute Seia-chan will get her voice back..."

 

"I hope it's soon. I miss Seia-san's voice."

 

"Ahaha... that's true, but... Seia-chan is cute enough as she is now, so don't worry!"

 

Are they saying that to comfort me?

 

Whatever it was, I felt sorry for them. I felt like I had taken Seia away from them.

 

So, I gave up my pride and tried to make Mika and Nagisa happy.

 

'Ugh... as I synchronize more with Seia's body, my actions unintentionally become cuter...?'

 

I'll say it now, I'm not acting cute!

 

It's just that Seia's body is cute! It's not my fault!!

 

"Seia-chan!! Let's go back now!!"

 

"!"

'Ah, it's already this late.'

 

Nod, nod-

 

I nodded and trotted towards Mika.

 

...It's not me that's cute, it's Seia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

'Uuuuuuu...'

 

Swish- Swish-

 

My hair is being dried. More accurately, my ears.

 

Mika and Nagisa, as if it were an opportunity, stuck close to me and started rubbing my ears and hair vigorously with towels.

 

"...! ....!"

 

'Hii... Ugh...'

 

Even though I'm being petted every day and should be getting used to it, for some reason, my ears are still sensitive.

 

Because of that, I'm enduring the strangely creepy feeling and waiting patiently for my hair to be dried.

 

"Seia-chan. Now we're going to dry the inside of your ears!"

 

"I was going to let it slide, but... the inside of your ears are soaked, and it's not good for your health to leave them like that."

 

"...!"

'T-The inside of my ears... again...?'

 

Push!-

 

Swish- Swish-

 

"....!!!! .....!!!!!!"

'Hii... Drying my ears is... Hii...'

 

It felt like there was a little bit of personal desire in their actions... but it's probably just my imagination.

 

Push!-

 

Twitch!!-

 

"...?!!!!??!!!"

'Hiiiiiiiii?!?!!'

 

Ah, probably...?