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After spending the entire afternoon thoroughly satisfying Nagisa and Yukina, then taking a shower at home, it was barely 5:30 PM when Bokue Keikain appeared outside Asagi Aiba's apartment building.
He'd entered the bathroom with Nagisa and Yukina at five o'clock. Normally, given a certain True Ancestor girl's current personality, a three-person bath should've taken at least an hour.
But starting at five sharp, a certain blonde gamer girl had begun carpet-bombing his phone with calls.
First call came right as he entered the bathroom—when she learned he wanted to shower before coming over, she complained about him being too formal and that he should just shower at her place. Then she gave him five minutes. Less than two minutes after hanging up, she called again asking if he was done.
After that, she maintained a constant two-minute call interval to monitor his shower progress.
This forced Nagisa and Yukina to once again practice their special skill of "making absolutely no sound even when the youth center's gates are being violently rammed."
Even so, they only managed one round each before hastily ending bath time.
Ring—
Standing below the luxury apartment building, Bokue looked up at the towering structure bathed in orange sunset light, pressing his ringing phone to his ear.
The call connected in less than a second, Asagi's voice coming through.
"Hello? What now? Didn't you say you already showered?"
"Nothing, just letting you know I'm downstairs at your building."
"HAH??"
As expected, the blonde girl's volume instantly shot up several levels.
"Then hurry up and get here! What are you doing standing downstairs? Can't you just appear with a whoosh like usual..."
"But you said that was scary."
Bokue mentally facepalmed.
"So I'm calling first to give you a heads-up."
"Oh come on, I don't need any heads-up now! God, just get up here already..."
"Coming."
Before the words finished, Bokue vanished from his spot.
When he reappeared, he stood in a familiar girl's bedroom.
Looking up, a certain blonde girl—dressed in cute loose bear pajamas like a shut-in sister—lay sprawled on her bed. One hand propped under her chin, the other holding her phone to her ear.
"..."
Sensing the youth's presence, Asagi immediately swallowed whatever she was about to say. Without even hanging up, she tossed her phone into a corner, then nimbly flipped off the bed. She stood up and stared silently at him.
Hmm?
Bokue raised an eyebrow, wondering what this was about.
The next second, the blonde girl suddenly threw her arms around him and pressed her lips to his.
But even that wasn't enough for Asagi. Maintaining the kiss, she pulled Bokue to the bed. Like two pieces of mochi stuck together, they fell straight down, with her ending up on top.
It was an impressively long kiss.
After about a full minute, when they finally separated, Asagi was flushed and panting lightly. Her golden hair fell from either side of her face like curtains, enclosing their heads.
"Idiot, taking so long to come over..."
She looked down at him from above, pouting with a soft complaint.
Bokue habitually wrapped his arms around the girl's slender waist.
"What, did you eat breakfast late again, skip lunch, and now you're hungry?"
"...I'm not hungry!"
Asagi was completely exasperated by that comment.
How should she put it—she had him lying in bed with his arms around her waist, kissed him the moment they met, complained about him being late, and his response was to ask if she wanted dinner?
Are you kidding me??
Converting anger into momentum, Asagi couldn't hold back anymore and dove down for another forceful kiss with rocket-headbutt intensity.
"..."
"..."
"..."
This one lasted a full three minutes.
"Cough... cough! Hah..."
When she finally lifted her head, Asagi's entire face was crimson as she gasped for air.
"There... now do you get it?"
"Got it."
Bokue tightened his arms around the girl's waist.
He'd have to be an idiot not to understand at this point. Given Asagi's attitude, plus her tone during the morning phone call, it wasn't hard to guess what the girl was thinking.
"So..."
Asagi lowered her voice, eyes downcast as she pouted.
"Nothing happened on that island these two days, right?"
"It was fine."
Bokue thought back.
"Besides getting attacked by a wave of magical constructs at night, and taking down a mad scientist doing human experiments—oh, that was about Kanon Kanase. The mad scientist was her adoptive father, Kensei Kanase."
"...How is that 'fine'?"
Asagi's mouth twitched slightly.
That wasn't actually what she'd meant to ask. Her "nothing happened on the island" obviously referred to between Bokue and Sayaka Kirasaka.
Think about it—a man and woman alone on an isolated island overnight. Saying nothing happened seemed pretty unlikely.
At the very least, something ambiguous or inappropriate probably occurred.
But now it seemed she'd hit that small probability event.
After all, according to Bokue—first rescuing a stranded princess during the day, then fighting magical constructs at night, followed by dealing with a mad scientist.
Cramming all that into one day and night made for action-movie-level pacing.
If he'd still found time for something else... it seemed impossible, way too tight a schedule.
"Oh right, after we're done tonight... Bokue, you should stay here."
Asagi's gaze fell, her tone carrying obvious reluctance.
"Summer vacation's already more than half over. Two more weeks and school starts again. You said you live in Tokyo, right? So when vacation ends, you'll have to go back to Tokyo. Then we won't see each other until the next break..."
"Oh, about that."
As if reminded by her words, Bokue gave a light pat to the rounded area below her waist.
"I'll probably be moving to Itogami Island soon. Not temporarily—permanently settling here."
"Eh? Settling?"
Asagi froze, then showed surprise, followed by a thoughtful expression.
"But if you're settling on Itogami Island, housing's a problem. Honestly, real estate here isn't cheaper than Tokyo. And I remember you said things aren't great with the Keikain family, so if money's tight, you could stay here. Or worst case, I could ask Dad to see if he can get you housing allocation..."
"Don't worry, it's not that complicated."
Bokue said, patting again.
"What I mean is—by then, this entire island will be mine."
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