Chapter 420: Blindfolded Watermelon Smashing
At three in the afternoon, Kaede's phone rang.
Groggily opening his eyes, he removed Eriri's hand from his body, turned to pick up his phone, and saw it was Utaha calling.
After answering, Kaede asked, "Senpai, is something wrong?"
"What do you mean, 'what's wrong'?"
On the other end of the line, Utaha, who was lying on a lounge chair, said helplessly, "Look at the time, everyone has already played a round at the beach."
As she spoke, Utaha's gaze turned to Fujiwara Chika, who was blindfolded, holding a stick, and spinning in circles not far away. In front of her was a large watermelon.
They were playing the watermelon smashing game.
Kaede fully woke up when he heard Utaha say this and checked his phone, realizing it was already three o'clock.
"Uh... I overslept."
"Overslept?"
Utaha said with a disbelieving expression, "Really? While I know Eriri has a habit of napping, don't take me for a naive little girl when both of you oversleep together."
"Ah... Ah haha~~~ Well, we really did oversleep."
"But you're not denying there was something else, right?"
Hearing Kaede not refute, Utaha naturally understood instantly. She chuckled and said, "Alright, hurry up and wake Eriri too. We've prepared three watermelons to smash here, you'll definitely get some if you come quickly."
"Okay, I understand, we'll be there in a bit."
After hanging up, Kaede scratched his head, not expecting that he had really overslept. He had only intended to take a short nap.
He turned to wake Eriri, only to be startled by a pair of big eyes in front of him.
"Hiss!!! If you were awake, say something!"
Eriri was curled up under the blanket, with only her eyes showing, staring straight at him.
"Hehe, because I saw you on the phone."
As she spoke, Eriri sat up, stretched, and said, "Oh my, I can't believe we overslept, Kaede-kun, I'm going to take a shower, do you want to come?"
"En, let's go together."
This time, of course, they didn't continue to mess around, as Utaha had already urged them once.
After taking a shower and putting on their swimsuits, the two arrived at the beach together.
As soon as they arrived, they saw Fujiwara Chika lying on the sand, muttering, "So dizzy."
The person chosen to smash the watermelon had also changed from Fujiwara Chika to Aisaka Taiga.
"Taiga! Left, left!"
"Not left, right!"
"Three o'clock direction, you're off!"
Various prompts came from all directions, making Aisaka Taiga hesitant. She had no idea where the watermelon was, and after spinning a few times, she had long lost her sense of direction.
As for the correct direction of the watermelon... it was actually behind Aisaka Taiga. After spinning a few times, she had turned her back directly to the watermelon. If she didn't step backward, she would probably never hit it.
Seeing this, the onlookers naturally couldn't give the correct hints. Even the upright Iino Miko was now being led by Kawashima Ami and Fujiwara Chika to cheer on.
After deliberating for a while, Aisaka Taiga finally couldn't hold back.
"Ah ah ah, I don't care, here I go!"
Then, as expected, she swung at nothing.
After a stumble, Aisaka Taiga took off her blindfold, saw nothing in front of her, and immediately said angrily, "Who? Who took the watermelon?"
"Nobody took it, Taiga-chan."
Shinomiya Kaguya covered her mouth and chuckled, "Look behind you."
"Eh? Behind me?"
Turning around, Aisaka Taiga saw the large watermelon lying right there, and her face quickly turned red.
"Waaah! Change! Ryuji, you come!"
"Eh? Me?"
In a daze, Takasu Ryuji took the wooden stick from Aisaka Taiga, then someone put a blindfold on him from behind and forced him to start spinning.
While it was lively over there, Kaede and Eriri didn't go over immediately. Instead, they went to Utaha.
Seeing Utaha wearing sunglasses and looking leisurely, Eriri approached her indignantly and directly pinched her full but firm thigh: "Why did you only call now?"
Taking off her sunglasses, Utaha said calmly, "Who told me I knew you two went in together? And if I hadn't stopped her earlier, Fujiwara Chika would have probably knocked on the door already. If she interrupted your fun, it would have been impossible to clean up."
"It's not as exaggerated as you say!"
Although she said that, Eriri imagined the scene of Fujiwara Chika knocking on the door in the middle of it and couldn't help but shrink her neck.
It seemed... quite terrifying indeed.
Kaede also nodded solemnly. It would be bad if they developed some psychological trauma from being startled. He was still young!
However, they should be more well-behaved for the next two days. No more playing like this during the day.
Utaha looked at the two in front of her, pushed up her sunglasses, and said with a smile, "But I really didn't expect you two to be so bold. Still, you should be more moderate, and take care of your bodies. At home, Eriri, remember to give Asakura-kun more nourishing food."
..." Kaede's mouth twitched, and he said speechlessly, "Don't worry, my body is fine."
Then, at everyone's call, they went to watch Takasu Ryuji smash the watermelon.
Eriri originally wanted to go too, but Utaha waved her over. Having no choice, she could only lie down on a nearby chair first.
"Is there anything else? Oh, by the way, everyone probably doesn't know, right?"
"Don't worry, I know my limits," Utaha said with a smile. "I just told everyone that you two were quite tired from arranging things these past two days, so you wanted to sleep in a bit longer at noon."
"Phew, that's good."
Eriri patted her chest, feeling much relieved. After all, Colette and Shirogane Kei, those two little girls, were among the people who came today. It was better not to be too direct about it.
"You were clearly a little worried yourself, but you still did it."
With slightly red cheeks, Eriri whispered, "You don't understand, when you're alone, the atmosphere is naturally easier to get into."
"Oh my, so you two do this at home too? Just like that, all the time..."
"Don't talk nonsense, no we don't!!!"
Unfortunately, Eriri's defense, after today's incident, sounded particularly unconvincing. No matter how she explained, Utaha just listened, not believing a single word.
"Speaking of which... did you use protection?"
"Stop talking about it! And isn't that obvious?!