Yuzuru had a vision of her wagging her tail in front of her phone.
“How’s it going over there?”
[“I just took a bath. What about you, Yuzuru-san?”]
“I was just about to go to bed… So I thought I’d listen to your voice.”
[“I see… That’s right, considering the time difference it should be about that time.”]
When you live in Japan, you don’t really think about the time difference.
In that sense, it was a little interesting to receive a phone call from a traveler.
[“I’ve seen your photos. It looks warm. I feel rather envious…”]
In March, Japan is getting a little warmer… But it is still cold.
Compared to that, it was warm here.
But if anything, Arisa’s “envy” sounded more like a comment on the overseas trip itself than on the temperature.
When she was a child, she seemed to have traveled abroad quite often, but after coming to the Amagi family, she had never traveled… Yuzuru had learned this from Arisa.
“Well, next time when there is a chance, let’s go together. To the South Island.”
[“Eh, will that be okay?”]
“No, well… It might be difficult for a high school student though.”
If he asks his parents, he could bring Arisa along with him next year…
However, Yuzuru can’t push it if his parents implicitly tell him that they want to take a trip with just the family.
“In any case, we’re going somewhere for our honeymoon, aren’t we?”
[“Ho-honeymoon… I-it’s a bit… too soon…”]
Arisa said in a high-pitched voice.
Well, indeed, the honeymoon is still a long way off.
Although it is a future that will surely come.
“Well, that’s true. I’d rather go to the beach in the summer before that.”
[“The beach sounds great. I want to go with Yuzuru-san. … A pool trip like last year would be fine as well.”]
Come to think of it, he and Arisa had gone to the pool last year.
Yuzuru remembered.
At the time, even though she was close to him… it was not as close as she is now.
…Maybe now they can have a little more “fun”.
[“U-um Yuzuru-san…”]
“What’s wrong?”
[“Well, I’m …not a very good swimmer.”]
“Ah …you mentioned that before, didn’t you?”
I can’t swim twenty-five meters.
Yuzuru remembered that Arisa had said something like that to him.
[“Yes. I mean, it’s quite all right to play in the pool or something… But, the lessons…”]
“I can teach you if you want.”
Yuzuru replied, knowing what Arisa was trying to say.
[“Are you sure?”]
“Yeah, I don’t mind.”
To begin with, let’s teach Arisa how to swim…
And that’s what went through his mind last summer.
So, there were no problems for Yuzuru.
Of course…
(W-well… touching her body in order to teach her how to swim is inevitable…)
He had thought of no such evil thing at all, not even a little.
[“T-thank you very much… U, um…”]
“…what’s up?”
[“Please be gentle with me.”]
That was a very seductive way of putting it.
Yuzuru felt his body become a little hot.
Then there was a slight silence.
“…well, before that, though, the cherry blossom viewing is there, right?”