(Un) Fortunately the Yandere is Not After Me

Spa Date

After everything he had been through, a spa was a nice reward. He was glad that they were able to do everything available to them. First off, was getting a back massage along with the others.

"Oh, it's just so nice to get those knots out." Hine said, really enjoying her annual massage.

"You know it." he spoke much more relaxed than how he was feeling this entire trip. The Summer heat, having to run in said heat, carrying that taxi. If he was some shonen main character, that would've been a fun training arc. Too bad he wasn't going to see any results from it.

"Yeah..." Erina was feeling very sleepy from this. If she was allowed to, she would just pass out right at this moment.

"So what else do they have at this spa?" He got up when he finished his massage.

"I know they've got waxing." Erina explained her plan. "I gotta get that done, that way I can have my body for the beach, and Yogi." She left to go to the room where that was done. Hine had other plans for Arata.

"Say, the others got they're own places they want to go, but I got someplace for you." He trusted her, and he didn't really know this place, so he came with her.

"So what are we doing then?" He asked her.

"A young man like yourself ought to take care of your skin." She answered. "So what better way than with a facial?" His face could always use a nice cleaning. He never cared about how he looked, but he also wanted to keep his skin healthy at least.

"Thanks. I probably wouldn't have thought of this, but it is a pretty good idea." She was glad he liked the idea. Plus, it would give her the chance to talk privately with him again.

Getting the facial was not something he was used to. Feeling the cold cream sent shivers down his spine. Arata was no professional, so he wasn't actually sure how any of this worked. All he could do was just accept that it was going to.

"I hope you're enjoying this." She asked him, once the workers left to give them some time with the treatment.

"Of course I'm enjoying this." He responded. "And I don't just mean right now. I know I might sound like I've complained a lot, but I'm happy we're taking this vacation."

"That's good to hear." It was nice to spend more time with him. Usually when he was tending to her garden, there were days when he'd want to focus more on that, than talk with her. Hine was glad he accepted her offer. "And that includes the others?"

"You already know why I'm even hanging out with them. It's not like I'm actually friends with any of them." She was certain that wasn't an entirely true sentence. He may not have noticed it himself, but she could see the changes from him ever since he got blackmailed.

"A shame, but I do think you should consider their feelings more often. After all, you're all still young."

"What are you talking about?" It seemed like a weird thing to bring up right now.

"You know that young girl that's known Yogi for a while now. Akiba, I believe her name was." Of course he did, what stuck out more to him was that Hine almost always referred to people by first name, regardless of her relationship to them.

"Of course I do. I sat next to her during our bus trip."

"That's kind of the problem."

"Huh?"

"You know, she talked to me about that." So that's what was bothering her when he tried asking. She took issue with the seating arrangement he created. Knowing that now, he was a little glad she didn't speak up to him. "I know she tried to frame it about how she has known him for years."