"Um, Senpai, there's something I want to ask you to do. Is that okay?"
Yukinoshita Haruno, who had little interest in the Movie and was already starting to doze off, instantly perked up after hearing Shirai Mio's words.
She narrowed her eyes, turned toward her white-haired little kouhai, smiled, and said, "Go on. What do you need my help with?"
"Push me down, then kiss me."
"That's all?"
"Mm. That's enough."
After receiving Shirai Mio's affirmative answer, Yukinoshita Haruno did not immediately act. Instead, she pretended to think for a moment and said, "Then what price is kouhai prepared to pay?"
"Come on, we're so close. Talking about payment just hurts our relationship. Look, I haven't even used the favors you owe me~" Shirai Mio blinked, trying to appeal to their close relationship.
But Yukinoshita Haruno was still Yukinoshita Haruno. Completely unmoved, she said, "No. If kouhai asks me to do something, it somehow feels like I'm the one losing out."
"Then how about trading one of the favors you owe me for it?" Yukinoshita Haruno owed her several favors, so using one here was no problem at all.
"Fine. Then one last question. Where should I kiss you?"
"Anywhere you want."
Based on Shirai Mio's understanding of Yukinoshita Haruno, there was a ninety-nine percent chance that this bad woman would go straight for her lips. Shirai Mio had already given up resisting anyway. No matter where Haruno kissed her, Mio wouldn't exactly mind.
However, Shirai Mio's prediction was wrong. Yukinoshita Haruno aimed for her neck, and by the time Mio reacted, Haruno had already left a hickey on her flawless fair neck.
Standing in front of the mirror and looking at the hickey on her neck, Shirai Mio said helplessly, "Senpai, how am I supposed to face anyone tomorrow looking like this?"
"It's fine. Just say a mosquito bit you." Yukinoshita Haruno walked up behind Shirai Mio and rested her chin on Mio's shoulder. She was quite satisfied with the mark she had left on Shirai Mio's neck.
If it were not for the fact that they had not reached that point yet, one hickey would never have been enough to settle things.
With a soft sigh, Shirai Mio accepted that since the hickey was already there, she could only cover it with makeup.
After this little incident, Shirai Mio no longer felt like watching the Movie, while Yukinoshita Haruno yawned outright. Mio casually turned off the TV, and the two began settling down to sleep.
Perhaps she had worn herself out having fun that day. Not long after Shirai Mio closed her eyes, she fell into a deep sleep.
By the time she woke again, it was already eight the next morning.
When Shirai Mio woke up, she discovered that her face was buried in Yukinoshita Haruno's chest. No wonder she had just had a nightmare. She could no longer remember what the dream was about; she only knew that she had almost suffocated.
Shirai Mio carefully slipped out of Yukinoshita Haruno's arms. The moment she stood up, Haruno woke as well.
Seeing this, Shirai Mio said helplessly, "Senpai, why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"I'm not sleeping anymore." Yukinoshita Haruno sat up and stretched. Sleeping together with Shirai Mio let her rest much more peacefully than sleeping alone.
Shirai Mio had originally planned to wash up first, but Yukinoshita Haruno insisted on squeezing into the Washroom with her, so the two ended up doing it together.
After washing up, Shirai Mio immediately took out the makeup she had brought but had never used and began covering the mark on her neck.
"Actually, I don't think you need to cover it. No one here knows us anyway."
"Dame."
Although it really was as Yukinoshita Haruno said, Shirai Mio still felt that it was simply too embarrassing.
Only after Shirai Mio had concealed the hickey did Yukinoshita Haruno ask, "So, where are we going today?"
"How about going out to sea today? There's catching fish, angling, Diving, and things like that."
"As long as kouhai likes it, I'm fine with anything."
And so, after breakfast, the two immediately found someone, paid the fee, and headed out to sea.
In Shirai Mio's imagination, going out to sea was supposed to be great fun, whether it was catching fish, angling, or Diving.
But once they actually got out onto the water, Shirai Mio suddenly discovered a very serious problem—she got seasick.
Before Transmigrating, she never got seasick. Why was this happening now?
After vomiting once, Shirai Mio slumped weakly in a chair, looking completely drained.
Sitting beside Shirai Mio, Yukinoshita Haruno said with a mixture of helplessness and amusement, "You didn't even know whether you were prone to seasickness, yet you rushed out to sea this excitedly. What am I supposed to say about you?"
"I thought I didn't get seasick. Blech—"
Before she could even finish speaking, Shirai Mio leaned her head out again and vomited.
The constant rocking of the boat was simply too nauseating for her.
Faintly, she could even hear the crew saying something about "chumming."
After they finally reached the fishing spot, Shirai Mio had no strength left at all. She could only sit to the side and force herself to endure the nausea while watching Yukinoshita Haruno fish.
The two had originally planned to go Diving as well, but because of Shirai Mio's condition, they canceled that activity.
"Senpai, you can go try it by yourself. You don't need to worry about me."
"It's not like I've never been Diving before. Besides, without you beside me, doing it alone wouldn't be much fun."
"Sorry. Once I recover, I'll think of some way to make it up to you."
"Enough. Stop talking. I'm afraid if you keep going, you'll vomit again."
After finally making it back to shore and stepping onto the soft sandy ground again, Shirai Mio's whole body relaxed. Even so, it would probably still take a while before she recovered her usual energetic self.
Although Shirai Mio still wanted to force herself to take Yukinoshita Haruno somewhere fun, Haruno ultimately dragged her back to the Room and pushed her down onto the Bed.
"Senpai, I'm really fine."
"Enough. You understand me, don't you? To me, where we go or what we do doesn't matter. What matters is being together with you. If you want to make me happy, just get some proper rest. Once your energy comes back, we can head out again."
"Then... all right."
Shirai Mio sighed quietly. She could only stay peacefully on the Bed and wait until she felt better.
Meanwhile, Yukinoshita Haruno took out her mobile phone and looked through the photos she had taken over the past few days. Most of them were photos of the two of them together.
She casually selected a few, posted them to her Social Media Account, and added accompanying captions.
She wondered whether her love rivals would be green with envy when they saw them.
Unfortunately, it seemed that none of her love rivals knew which Social Media Account was hers.
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