"You... you..."
Yuuki Asuna's pretty face flushed red as she whispered,
"Kotoko and gumi are still here, so don't say weird things. We can talk about it tonight..."
Asagiri looked at Yuuki Asuna, who was wearing a loose short sleeved shirt and hot pants, showing her fair neck and shoulders, her slender, well proportioned legs, and a pair of beach sandals that revealed her delicate, fair feet. He crouched down, leaned close to her ear, and said with a smile,
"It feels like I'm reaching my limit."
"Then... then what should we do...?"
Although Yuuki Asuna usually seed strong willed and a little stubborn, she was actually soft by nature when it ca to being his girlfriend. She might complain on the surface about Asagiri's strange gas, but in the end, she would always submit to him completely.
"Ahem."
While Iwanaga Kotoko and Kato gumi were very deliberately "not paying attention," Yuuki Asuna quietly took Asagiri's hand and led him into the villa.
"To the room?"
"No. We agreed to set off fireworks together, so we can't be gone too long..."
Yuuki Asuna pursed her lips, then finally pulled Asagiri into the washroom on the first floor of the villa. Her cheeks were still red as she slowly crouched down in front of him. Her soft lips parted slightly, and in a voice as faint as a mosquito's hum, she said,
"I... I'll help you with that..."
...
Fifteen minutes later, inside the washroom.
"Honestly..."
Yuuki Asuna, now changed into a clean short sleeved shirt and freshly washed up, complained in a soft voice with a red face,
"That was too much... it got on my face and in my hair..."
Hearing that, Asagiri pulled her into his arms, lowered his head to look at her flushed face, and said with a smile,
"Then next ti, just swallow it..."
"No, what kind of thing are you saying?"
Yuuki Asuna lightly pushed against his chest and let out a small huff.
"If I just grant every request you make right away, wouldn't that only make you get carried away? If you behave well later, then I'll satisfy so special requests for you as a reward from , your girlfriend."
"Then shouldn't I reward you too?"
Yuuki Asuna's ears were extrely sensitive. Even though Asagiri was only speaking close to them, the faint brush of his breath was enough to turn them red instantly. Her voice beca slightly shaky, and a misty sheen appeared in her beautiful eyes.
"No... no, Kotoko and gumi are still waiting for us. We'll talk about it tonight."
...
By the ti Yuuki Asuna and Asagiri ca out of the villa and returned to the beach, they found Short-haired Mita waving a sparkler around, tracing all sorts of patterns through the air. She was clearly having a great ti, completely unlike her usual slightly boyish deanor.
The mont Short-haired Mita saw Asagiri co out, she froze for a second and imdiately tried to hide the sparkler behind her back.
"There's no need. Why are you acting like a kid who got caught doing sothing wrong?"
Asagiri walked up, raised a hand, and ruffled Short-haired Mita's hair. Though her expression looked a little reluctant, as if she felt he was treating her like a little girl, her body was far more honest. Not only did she not dodge, she even leaned toward him slightly.
"If you're here to relax, then relax properly."
Hearing Asagiri's smiling words, Short-haired Mita finally nodded. A faint smile of happiness appeared on her face before she hesitantly said,
"Alright then... but I've already played enough. Shouldn't it be their turn now?"
"No need to worry~"
Iwanaga Kotoko walked up to Short-haired Mita, patted her shoulder, and said with a smile,
"There are ten whole boxes of fireworks. You can set them off for as long as you like. There's more than enough for all the tas to have fun, so don't worry~"
While Iwanaga Kotoko, Short-haired Mita, and Asagiri chatted casually, Kato gumi walked over to Yuuki Asuna and said aningfully in her calm tone,
"That ended faster than I expected."
Yuuki Asuna's pretty face flushed red at once, and she stamred,
"I... I don't know what you an. We just went to..."
"You're really bad at lying, Asuna."
Kato gumi said it calmly, then handed a bundle of sparklers to Yuuki Asuna with a faint smile.
"Let's go set off fireworks."
...
The personalities of Yuuki Asuna, Kato gumi, and Iwanaga Kotoko were all completely different, so naturally, the way they played with fireworks was different too.
Kato gumi held a single sparkler in one hand. After lighting it, she did not wave it around, but simply stood there quietly, watching it burn and scatter beautiful sparks.
Yuuki Asuna held a whole handful of sparklers. Once they were lit, she swung them gently, watching the arcs of light carve through the air. With the joyful smile on her face, she looked just like a little girl.
As for Iwanaga Kotoko...
She grabbed huge bundles of sparklers in both hands. The mont they were lit, she spun around wildly and occasionally let out strange little cries of excitent, as if it were not the fireworks burning, but herself.
Of course, the most striking one was still Asagiri.
He was sitting on a small stool with lit sparklers stuck into the sand all around him. Surrounded by brilliant sprays of light, he sat there silently. At a glance, it looked less like soone enjoying fireworks and more like so evil god in the middle of a strange summoning ritual.
"What exactly are you doing?"
Hearing Yuuki Asuna's curious question, Asagiri, who was encircled by sparks, slowly spoke in a profound tone.
"Don't rush. Wait until I bring out this item..."
The next second, Asagiri took a kazoo out of his pocket. Before Yuuki Asuna even had ti to complain, he had already started playing.
"Toot toot toot toot~"
Even though the lody itself was fairly pleasant, the problem was simple. No matter what song you played on a kazoo, it would still sound ridiculous.
"At a ti like this, a guitar would fit much better, wouldn't it...?"
"What?"
Hearing the word "guitar" in Yuuki Asuna's complaint, Hat Mita, who had been setting off fireworks nearby, silently appeared at her side, pink guitar already in hand.
"Did soone just say guitar? Right?"
"What kind of concept god are you now...?"
Watching Asagiri playing the kazoo while Hat Mita suddenly joined in on guitar, Yuuki Asuna shook her head helplessly.
"Why does this feel like a band...?"
Standing beside her, Kato gumi said softly,
"But gathering together like this, without thinking about the ga at all, just relaxing... isn't that nice too?"
"That's true."
Yuuki Asuna sat down in a nearby chair, tossed the burnt out sparklers into the trash bin, rested her face on her hands, and watched Hat Mita on guitar, Asagiri on kazoo, and Iwanaga Kotoko still spinning around with armfuls of sparklers. A gentle smile appeared on her face.
"This kind of relaxing ti really is nice."
A few minutes later, Iwanaga Kotoko, Asagiri, and Hat Mita finally ca over to join Yuuki Asuna and Kato gumi.
"Alright, we've used up most of the small fireworks~"
Iwanaga Kotoko carried a large firework over from one of the boxes, placed it around ten ters away, then quickly ran back and looked at Asagiri beside her with a smile.
"My dear boyfriend, I leave the task of lighting the big one to you~"
"You three..."
Asagiri glanced at Yuuki Asuna, Kato gumi, and Iwanaga Kotoko. Their faces were full of anticipation, mixed with a little nervousness.
"Don't tell ... none of you dares light it?"
"Well... that kind of thing is scary."
Yuuki Asuna spoke in a low, slightly embarrassed voice.
"And I've never watched fireworks this close before, so it's only natural that I'd be nervous, right?"
"Have none of you ever gone to a fireworks festival?"
Yuuki Asuna shook her head, and a trace of sadness appeared in her eyes.
"Back in junior high, I focused entirely on studying. I was always preparing to get into Private Shuchiin High School. Sothing like going to a fireworks festival... would have taken too much ti."
"I haven't either."
Kato gumi also spoke softly.
"Yeah. Sa here."
Yuuki Asuna looked over at Asagiri curiously.
"What about you? Have you ever gone to a fireworks festival?"
Asagiri shook his head.
"No. Outside of school, I was busy either participating in sports competitions or fighting delinquents."
Hearing that, Yuuki Asuna could not help asking,
"Didn't you only fight delinquents outside school once?"
"Who told you that?"
Asagiri shrugged and answered with a light chuckle,
"It's just that the one ti on record happened because I failed to control my strength and hit them too hard. On top of that, we'd chosen a very secluded place to fight. If I hadn't called the ambulance myself, they probably would have died there. That's why there's only one official record."
After saying that, Asagiri walked over to the large firework on the sand, flicked his lighter, and lowered the fla to the fuse.
"Whoosh!"
Accompanied by the sharp sound of sothing cutting through the air, a bright streak shot high into the night sky, then burst open into a brilliant explosion of colors.
Yuuki Asuna, Kato gumi, and Iwanaga Kotoko all raised their heads together. Their eyes grew brighter as they stared up at the blooming fireworks, and they could not help murmuring,
"So beautiful..."
Only after the fireworks faded little by little did they co back to themselves. When they lowered their heads again, they discovered that Asagiri had never looked up at the sky even once. He had simply been standing there in front of them the whole ti.
"Huh? Did you even watch the fireworks just now? They were really beautiful."
"I'm not that interested in fireworks."
Asagiri shook his head, then said with a smile. His blunt words made Iwanaga Kotoko, Kato gumi, and Yuuki Asuna all flush red.
"You can watch fireworks anyti. But the sight of the three of you seeing fireworks bloom up close for the first ti... that's sothing I would never want to miss."
.....
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