As the two of them strolled leisurely to the end of the breakwater, under the white lighthouse.
Kazuya looked at the simple yet magnificent structure and took out his phone.
“Mame, do you want to take a picture?” Kazuya asked.
“Sure.” Mame stood under the lighthouse, facing the sun, stretching out a warm and lazy yawn: “Kazuya, remember to take a nice picture of me.”
Kinoshita Kazuya couldn't help but laugh, taking his phone from her, and taking a photo with both phones.
“Kazuya, hurry up.” Nanami Mame urged.
The breakwater looked beautiful from afar, but up close, the sea breeze made his face hurt.
“Hang on, just take a picture and we'll leave.” Kazuya held his phone, taking a few steps back: “Come on, lovely lady, come on, a lovely smile.”
“Seriously.” Mame, though complaining, still followed Kazuya's instructions.
“Okay, one, two, three, cheese!”
Looking at Kazuya treating her like an elementary school student, Mame's face showed a cute, girlish blush.
After taking the picture, Mame called out to Kazuya.
“Kazuya, come here.”
Kinoshita Kazuya replied: “Is something wrong? Mame-chan.”
“Come over here, let's take a group photo together.”
“Kazuya's photos are not bad either!” Nanami Mame admired her own photos.
Blue sky and sea, a tall white lighthouse, and, the girl smiling as brightly as a flower.
“Click.”
“It seems like my picture with Mame is still lacking.”
Kinoshita Kazuya noticed that, after all, Mame was an S-level beauty, while Kazuya was currently just at an ordinary human level of attractiveness.
“No way.” Nanami Mame, while using a phone app to edit the picture, retorted: “I'm happy to take a picture with Kazuya.”
“Really…?”
…
Back at the hotel.
“Kazuya, let's just play in the hotel pool later.” Nanami Mame suggested.
Indeed, it was too early to go swimming in the sea, and the hotel pool would be a good alternative.
“Okay, let's go back to our rooms and put down our phones first.” Kazuya suggested.
Arriving at the hotel’s fourth-floor swimming pool.
In this modern atmosphere, the rooms looked out onto the sea, and the round glass window just happened to be over the pool, allowing people to enjoy the beautiful, natural scenery while lying in the pool.
“Kazuya, why don't you jump in the water first?” Nanami Mame, holding her swim ring and inflatable shark toy, came straight to the pool wrapped in a towel.
“Waiting for you.” Kazuya casually replied.
“Seriously, you're so flirtatious...”
Nanami Mame threw the inflatable toys and swim ring into the pool.
“Kazuya, did you do any warm-up exercises?” Mame put away her towel and started doing warm-up exercises by the pool.
“More or less.” Kazuya looked at Mame with an appreciative gaze, her white skin, tender yet not small, complimenting her slender figure, really nice.
“By the way, Mame-chan, why are there so few people here at the pool this morning?” Kazuya was curious about the empty pool, after all, the scenery here was unique.
“Oh, you're talking about that.” Nanami Mame showed a mischievous smile: “I reserved the pool earlier, how about it, just the two of us?”
Looking at Nanami Mame's smile, Kinoshita Kazuya understood that she was joking.
“Really? That's such a waste, why would Mame-chan rather reserve the pool than take me under her wing.”
After saying that, Kazuya jumped into the water, the splash hitting Mame's white feet.
Nanami Mame smiled nonchalantly, seeing Kazuya emerge from the water, she said softly: “Really? How much would it cost to take Kazuya under my wing?”
“Forget it, forget it, I'm still young and full of teeth, I don't want to be taken care of by a big sister. ”
Seeing the intent in Nanami Mame's eyes, Kazuya decisively refused.
“While we're young, it's our duty as men of the Reiwa era to eat hard-earned food.”
…
“Shinbo-chan, are you going back today too?” Kibune greeted.
“Yes, what’s wrong?” Shinbo Yōko nodded.
Kazuya and Suihara Chizuru’s groups met while checking out of the hotel lobby.
“Are you guys taking the train?” Kibune asked, a bit embarrassed: “We drove two cars, we still have space, do you want to go back to school with us?”
“Really? Won’t that be a bother.”
Both Kazuya and Kurumi could tell that Kibune was interested in Shinbo, so as friends, they naturally had to play wingman.
“Don't worry, as classmates, it's more lively to go together, right, seniors?” Kazuya gave Sasano-senpai a look.
“Yes, juniors, let's go back together, after all, we're going the same way.” Sasano-senpai nodded in response.
“Then we’ll bother you, Chizuru, is that okay?” Shinbo Yōko asked her companion for her opinion.
“Then I’ll bother you too.” Suihara Chizuru was running a fever, and her spirits were low.
…
“Then I’ll ride with Kazuya.” Nanami Mame leaned against Kazuya.
“Chizuru-san is also with us, okay?”
If it were any other time, Suihara Chizuru wouldn’t easily agree to ride in the same car as Kazuya, but now, the situation was a bit special, her brain was half a beat slower than usual.
“Okay.” The fever had made Suihara Chizuru much slower to react.
“Then I’ll sit in the front, Mame-chan, remember to take care of Ichinose-san, she’s not feeling well today.” Kazuya directly sat in the front, then instructed Mame.
“Can’t you just sit with me, Kazuya?” Mame complained in dissatisfaction.
“No.” Kazuya felt that their progress was too fast, even with the atmosphere of the trip, there was still much they didn’t know about each other.
Besides, Mame wasn't a pure girl, she was a little devil, it was hard for her not to cause trouble.
Besides, he, Kinoshita Kazuya, wasn't the kind of person who liked to bully the single dogs around him.
…
All was silent along the way.
In the car, everyone was quiet today, completely different from when they went to Shimoda.
Kazuya didn't want to talk, the senior was driving, Suihara Chizuru was feeling unwell, and Nanami Mame was looking out the window because of Kazuya’s deliberate coldness.
“Are you getting off in front of your apartment, Kazuya?” Sasano-senpai asked.
“Yes, thank you, senior.” Kazuya politely replied.
“Okay, we’re here.”
Sasano-senpai pulled the car over.
“Senior, my dorm is nearby too, I'll get off with Kazuya-kun. Suihara Chizuru's forehead was even redder.
“Can Ichinose-san manage on her own? Sasano-senpai knew that she was not feeling well today.
‘Don't worry, senior, we live close to each other, I’ll help her.” Kinoshita Kazuya offered to take care of Suihara Chizuru.
“Really?” Sasano-senpai was relieved: “Then I'll leave Ichinose-san in your care.”
“Bye, Kazuya, see you at school.”
Nanami Mame waved from the back seat, her hopeful smile was heartwarming.
“Bye, Mame-chan, see you at school.”