"What can we make, Asuna?"
"Hmm, curry...?"
"Fine—camp-like fun."
"Few options anyway."
Curry it was. Hachiman, Kazuto chopped per Asuna—skilled, solo habits.
"Simmer now. Rest?"
Kazuto: "I'll watch. You two stroll."
"Yeah? Asuna, outside?"
"Sure. Kazuto-kun, thanks."
Star-filled sky awed them.
"Beautiful..."
"Can't see in Kanto."
"Some spots."
Asuna sneezed, giggled.
"Chilly? Day warm, night not."
"Karuisawa summer—cool nights."
"Elevation. Here."
Hachiman jacketed over both, pulled close.
"Short, but helps."
"You're warm—fine."
Blushing.
"Aincrad no stars. Like it, but real sky grounds us."
"After that talk, more."
"Yeah..."
Shooting star: "Forever with Asuna."
"Forever with Hachiman-kun."
Laughed.
"Thrice?"
"Two counts—bonus."
Giggled; Asuna snuggled.
"Karuisawa meteor shower—amazing, endless."
Hands waved; stumbled.
"Kyaa!"
"Gotcha."
Faces close; eyes closed, kiss. Lingered, parted, snuggled.
"Love you, Hachiman-kun."
"Love you, Asuna."
Light kiss.
"Back? Kazuto waits."
"Yeah. Next shower—check dates, go?"
"Yay! Kit anywhere. Show Yui-chan, Kizmel stars."
"Blind spot—they never saw."
"Aincrad none."
"Consult Kazuto."
"Yes!"
To kitchen. Kazuto teased: "Lipstick, Hachiman."
Asuna startled; Hachiman calm: "No lipstick—natural beauty. Lip balm."
"Kuh..."
"Naive."
"Damn—revenge fail."
Hachiman: "Consult?"
Explained.
"Camera, mic, speaker—easy convo link."
"Yeah."
"I'll think—Argo advice."
"Thanks."
"Blind spot—Yui, Kizmel starless."
Kazuto gazed out: "Show them."
"They'd love."
"You're kind."
Smiled. Curry done; Asuna served, Kazuto fetched Kikooka, Hachiman Yōno-Rinko.
Overheard: "Friends?"
Eavesdropped, blessed mentally.
(No friends—good.)
Timed call; casual. Ate, chatted.
"Full! Asuna cooks great."
"Thanks, sis."
"Hikigaya flavor?"
"Yeah—home taste."
Asuna fist-pump; Yōno giggled.
"Approved!"
"I did it!"
"Good girl."
Patted head.
"Bath: split or mixed? Yukata fine."
Hachiman: "Ladies first."
"Okay, Asuna-chan, Rinko, Hachiko-chan~"
"Huh?"
Yōno dragged hand; Asuna other.
"Hey, Yōno-san! Asuna!"
"Can't heaaar~"
"Wait, Kazuto—help!"
Kazuto cool: "Ladies first—you said."
"Ugh..."
Echo: "Traitor~!"
Kazuto, Kikooka bitter smiles.
"Popular."
"Not me—fine."
"Yukata safe—no issues. Console toy later."
"Yeah..."
Rested. Hachiman cornered changing.
"You first—one minute, we enter."
"Cowardly... Rinko, stop them."
"No resistance~"
"Guh..."
"Forty seconds~"
"Real 40s prep..."
Stripped, yukata, hid deep. Washed back-turned, frantic.
Touch: "Uwo!"
"Back scrub, Hachiman-kun."
"Phew—Asuna..."
Yōno, Rinko distant, washing—nude. Averted; Asuna yukata—relief.
"Why nude?!"
"Washing. Yukata in tub."
"Please..."
Scrubbed.
"Wide back—muscular."
"Compared to you. Post-rehab training."
"Unexpected."
"Forget old self—anxious."
Asuna worried: "I'll try—at your place."
"Some good. I'll watch."
"Okay."
Done; Yōno: "My back."
"Then mine."
"I..."
Asuna: "I'll front—then mine."
"Refuse...?"
"None!"
"Yes..."
Defocused gaze—avoided disaster. Mission done. They soaked; Asuna's turn.
"Wore nerves..."
"Sorry—overdid."
"No—can't defy sis."
"No nerves for mine."
"Yeah..."
Yōno, Rinko: "When marry? Couple already."
"Jealous~"
"Students—no. Invite wedding."
"See, Yōno."
"Youth..."
Sake bottles—drunk.
"Geh..."
"Now what?"
"Warm, extract."
"Yeah."
Skilled scrub; soaked, snatched bottles.
"More!"
"Tyrant!"
"Heat stroke? Out."
"Fine—bathed with Hachiman."
Hachiman: "Told Yōno SAO open-air?"
"Yeah..."
"Admired since."
"Sis..."
Sigh: "Bit more. No stripping."
"Eh~ Flag?"
"Idiot—stop! Asuna, restrain!"
"Back sane!"
Rinko laughed: "Close trio."
"Jealous?"
"Obviously! I'll join someday!"
Women's circle; Hachiman's night deepened.
Later carried drunks, sweated, rebath—needless say.
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