Chapter 32: Going Home

After we finished our pointless small talk, it was already late enough, so we went to bed.

When I opened my eyes the next morning, Nyako was lying next to me, already awake and staring right at me.

"…Kana-chan…"

I leaned in quietly toward her.

"You're trying to kiss me, aren’t you? Tama’s not Kana-chan, you know."

"…Why are you in my futon?"

Every morning, my routine was to wake up hugging Kana-chan and bury myself in her fluffy warmth.

"This is Tama’s territory, nya. You’re the intruder here."

When Nyako said that, I glanced behind me—and sure enough, the futon where Kana-chan had been was empty.

"…You’re right."

When did she move?

"You're a messy sleeper, nya."

"Fine, then I’ll just invade Chihirochi’s futon instead. Here we go!"

I rolled over, tumbling past Nyako.

"Heavy, nyaaa—"

Ignoring Nyako’s complaint, I reached the next futon over, where a blonde girl was sleeping peacefully.

"The gal’s asleep."

"She’s a deep sleeper, nya. When we stayed at Shachou’s place, she barely woke up, too."

Hmm…

I quietly lifted Chihirochi’s futon and slipped inside.

"She’s warm."

"That’s a really pervy thing to say, nya. You’re literally a 26-year-old crawling into a minor’s futon."

Fair point.

"Think she’d get mad if I kissed her?"

"Pretty sure she’d panic, nya. Also, reminder—she’s a girl."

Right now, she’s a girl, yep.

I hugged Chihirochi tightly.

"Mm… huh?"

Chihirochi’s eyes fluttered open.

"Good morning."

"Good… morning… wait, what?"

"What’s wrong?"

"Why is Eromi-neesan in my futon…?"

Still half-asleep, Chihirochi blinked up at me.

"Don’t you remember? I gave you a little lesson last night."

"A lesson… on what!?"

"You’re so young, Chihirochi. You came at me with so much energy, your big sister could barely keep up."

"On what!?"

Now she was panicking.

"Eromi, that’s enough, nya. You’re gonna traumatize her, nya."

Fair enough. I decided to stop teasing her.

"Alright, next target—Shachou! Here we go!"

Once again, I rolled forward, tumbling right over Chihirochi.

"Ow—heavy! Also, please stop brushing your boobs on me!"

I ignored her protests and reached the next futon—where the brown-haired older woman wasn’t asleep at all. She was sitting up, watching me with a look of total exasperation.

"Shachou, c’mon, play along and pretend to sleep."

"You’re way too noisy. For the record, I’ve been awake since you started messing with Tama."

Guess that’s what happens when you get older—you sleep lighter.

"Chihirochi!"

I turned back and dove once again into her futon.

"Enough already… let’s just get up."

"But it’s cold…"

"After all that rolling, you’ve gotta be warm by now. Come on, let’s go take a morning bath."

She had a point.

"Chihirochi, you’re such a perv. You really want to go into the women’s bath that bad?"

"Honestly, I regret choosing a high school with no field trips or pool classes more than anything in my life."

Ah… yeah.
Can’t really blame her. Seeing your classmates naked probably beats random strangers any day.

"That’s unfortunate, nya."

"I kinda wish I could go back to high school too."

Me too…
We had school trips.
I still remember joking around with my friends, wondering if we could somehow peek at the girls’ bath…

"Let’s drop those dirty thoughts and detox in the hot spring instead."

"You definitely should, nya."

So we went to the hot spring.

After a relaxing soak, we went to breakfast—an extravagant morning feast.
When we finished eating and bought souvenirs, we headed back to our room to pack up and change.

"That was a nice inn."

"Sure was, nya. I feel like all my fatigue and stress just melted away, nya."

Totally agree.

"Thank you, Shachou."

Chihirochi bowed politely.

"I was just invited along, really. But I’ll let my acquaintance know you all had a good time."

Shachou really does have an incredible network of connections.

That’s our Shachou for you.

"Make sure to tell them I said thank you. I had a great time."

"Yeah… By the way, you’re really heading back without wearing anything under that?"

As I slipped into my white knit one-piece, Shachou gave me a look of disbelief.

"I didn’t bring any normal panties in the first place."

"And instead, she’s got an ero-band strapped around her thighs, nya."

It’s called fashion, okay?

"Eromi-neesan, that skirt’s seriously too short. Anyone below the stairs can see everything!"

Honestly, you pervy little brats…

"Fine, fine. I’ll put something on, alright?"

I pulled a pair of panties from my bag and slipped them on.

"A thong…"

"You’re incorrigible…"

"Eromi, show us your butt, nya."

"Like this?"

I turned around and lifted my dress.

"Whoa, that’s hot."

"Nice ass."

"I can understand why Kana-chan would wanna smack it, nya."

Kana-chan’s got a sexier butt than me, though.

"Alright, that’s enough, isn’t it? You already saw plenty at the hot spring."

And I’d seen all three of them completely naked too.

"Still, the whole lifting the skirt thing is way sexier than being fully naked."

"That’s true, nya."

"Yeah, I get that."

Can’t even argue with that one…

"Anyway, how about you all get dressed too? How long are you planning to sit there half-naked and nodding?"

I’d finished changing ages ago.

"Yeah, guess you’re right."

"Let’s get dressed and head home, nya."

"I need a smoke first."

Now that I think about it, Shachou didn’t smoke at all while we were here. Maybe she held back because of us?

She really didn’t have to.

Once we were all dressed, we checked out of the inn and headed home.

"I'm home!"

After Shachou dropped me off, I opened the front door and called toward the back of the house where Kana-chan was.

She came out to greet me right away.

"Welcome back! How was it?"

"It was great! Oh, here—your souvenir."

I handed her a box of manju.

"Thank you! But I wish I could’ve gone too."

"Let’s go sometime. It was fun with everyone, but honestly, I’d rather go with you, Kana-chan."

I want to see Kana-chan in a yukata.
I want to spend a quiet day together—just the two of us.
I want to hold her close and make love to her.

"Once work settles down a bit, we can go."

"Yeah, sounds good."

"Ah, senpai, you must be tired. I’ll take care of the laundry, so please rest, okay?"

Kana-chan said that as she picked up my rolling suitcase.

"Thanks!"

"And we’re having curry tonight."

"Yay!"

Such a good girl.

I’m never letting her go—and someday, we’ll share the same grave.

I swore that to myself with absolute conviction.