Lycoris ReLife

Clouds

The second thing that Chisato noticed when she woke up was the noticeable lack of sunlight flooding into the room like it usually did. Of course, the first thing that she noticed was the debilitating pain searing throughout her whole body.

"What the..."

Chisato was no stranger to muscle aches, but this was the first time she'd had one this bad.

I wasn't even doing anything that intensive yesterday, so why- wait, where's Takina?

In the matter of a few moments, Chisato stood up as fast as she could, regretted all of her life choices as she was reminded of the soreness in her legs, and headed out of the room despite this.

"Takina? You there?"

When she heard sizzling coming from the kitchen, however, Chisato breathed a sigh of relief.

"There you are. Seriously, Takina, you've gotta wake me up for these kinds of things. Are we going to the beach or wha-"

When Chisato made her way across the corner, the second thing that she noticed was that rain was pouring right outside the house.

Of course, the first thing that she noticed was the distinct lack of clothing on Takina.

She's wearing her bikini here?!

Takina turned around, allowing Chisato's nerves a moment to recover as her front was largely covered by an apron.

"Oh, I didn't see you there, Chisato-"

For a moment, it looked as though Takina was completely unbothered by her choice of dress at the moment. However, just as Chisato was wondering how unshakable this girl's composure was, Takina's face flushed a deep shade of red as she instinctively turned her back on Chisato before remembering that it was more exposed than her front, then turning back to face Chisato, looking straight at the floor.

"U-um, it was hot, and I was cooking, and you were asleep, so I figured that I'd just wear this since we won't be able to go to the beach either way, so..."

Chisato, whose eyes had been glued to Takina from the start, simply gave a weak laugh as she spoke in an equally timid voice.

"Ahaha... It really is hot in here, huh?"

The 2 of them stood there, Takina beginning to feel more and more embarrassed under Chisato's gaze until she grabbed the pan and set it off to the side before walking off to their room.

"U-uh, I-I'll find something to change into-"

"Hang on a sec."

Takina stopped, turning around to find that Chisato, despite her embarrassment and red face, had grabbed Takina by the shoulder, stopping her.

"D-did you need something?"

"It's, well..."

Chisato appeared to hesitate, but after a few moments, a cheeky grin appeared on her

"How about instead of that, I... join you?"

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"How do I look, Takina?"

True to her word, Chisato had changed into her own swimsuit. Takina, barely managing to keep her gaze on Chisato, merely nodded.

"You look good."

This brought a smile to Chisato's lips as she took Takina's hand and led her to the dinner table.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's eat!"