12 - Meeting up under the scorching sun causes great psychological damage (Patreon)

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Finally, the day of going to the beach has arrived.
I didn’t manage to complete my original goal of finishing the assignments, I managed to finish 90% of it, so I consider it a good thing. All that's left is to finish this 10% using the rest of summer vacation, so it would be very easy.

Last night's Hiuri reminded me to look forward to it, so I'm greatly anticipating it.
If it wasn't for this kind of project, I wouldn't have come to the beach, so on that point I'm grateful to Tadashi.

“Now then, shall I go.”

Today we will meet on site. That is the beach a few dozen minutes away by train.
Most people in the area go to that beach, so there are probably a lot of people at this time of year. The fact that the train station is near the beach may be one of the reasons for the increase in the number of people.

“...”

As I am being rocked by the train, I spot someone from the next class in the back of the train. He is also riding alone, probably because, like me, he will be meeting his friends there.
That said, I'm not so cheery a person that I’d talk to someone I'm not involved with, so both the other person and I remain silent. The other side probably notices me too, but it doesn't seem like he is going to talk to me.

Just like that, we arrive at the beach with a slightly awkward atmosphere.
Perhaps it’s because of Tadashi’s luck, but today's weather is clear. It's a perfect day for swimming in the sea, while at the same time, if you're not in the sea, your body will secrete a large amount of sweat.

For the time being, I move to the meeting place. There is a plaza near the parking lot, and we are supposed to meet there. There is still about 20 minutes left until the meeting time, so I arrive with plenty of time to spare.

“Oh, you’ve come, Kazuki!”
“Yeah... Tadashi, you sure are hot even though it's hot out.”
“And, you aren’t feeling excited, are you?”

I take out a bottle from my bag and take a sip of the tea inside. It's a pity that the tea is a bit lukewarm, probably because of the long train ride.
I casually look around and see that Hiuri hasn’t arrived yet.

“Oh, are you looking for the Black Thorn Princess?”
“Aah... yeah, well.”
“She hasn't arrived yet. She didn’t tell us that she'll be absent, so I think she'll be here in time.”

Tadashi said that much to me and went to talk to another classmate who came separately. I want to learn from his proactivity.
Since we can’t just stay in the sun until the meeting time, my classmates who have arrived early, including me, move to the shade of trees or under the roof of a building. I heard from Tadashi that the number of participants today is about 30 people, that number is just enough that we won't be a nuisance to others.

While I was waiting, sometimes drinking tea and chatting with one of my few friends other than Tadashi, about five minutes before the meeting time, Hiuri finally arrived.

After saying hello to Tadashi, Hiuri came over to me.

“Good morning, Nakano-kun.”
“Good morning, Sakura-san.”

Come to think of it, the dream Hiuri said earlier that she would pray in her mind so that real life Hiuri would show me her swimsuit, but I wonder if that went well.
It's not that I absolutely want to see it, but, you know... it would be nice if I could see it.

...

We change into our swimsuits and prepare our parasols and such. Since we'll be moving in a group, we'll leave all our luggages here. As long as someone is here, if a problem occurs, we will be able to deal with it immediately.

“I'm looking forward to seeing the girls' swimsuits!”
“That’s vulgar, Tadashi...”

The male to female ratio of participants this time is almost 1:1, so there are about 15 boys preparing here. The remaining 15 girls are still changing their clothes.

“You could say that today's project exists solely to worship the girls in their swimsuits! Because we don't even have swimming lessons in high school!”
“You’re really vulgar.”

Apparently some high schools have swimming lessons, but it is not part of the curriculum in our high school. That’s why if you want to see girls in swimsuits, you have no choice but to make this kind of project.
I think it's wonderful that a cheery person can plan something so quickly like this.

“Oh, the much-anticipated girls in swimsuits have arrived!”

At Tadashi's voice, the other boys' eyes turned to the direction of Tadashi's finger.
I also slowly turned around. Well, I'm a boy too, so it's natural for me to have expectations for girls' swimsuits, but I'm only interested in Hiuri's swimsuits, so there's no reason for me to be impatient.

“““Oooo...”””

Voices are leaking out from the boys.
Certainly, these are sights there that we would not have been able to see in our daily life. Perhaps because the bare skin that can be seen between the swimsuit is not usually visible, it looks sensational.

Now then, when it comes to Hiuri's swimsuit... it was a bikini-type white swimsuit with frills.
Hiuri's black hair and white swimsuit look great.

Hiuri generally doesn't like to expose too much skin, so I thought she would wear a separate type of swimsuit, I didn't think she would wear a bikini.
Her stomach and shoulders are generously visible, how should I put it, yeah, my girlfriend is cute.

“Oi Kazuki, don't gawk.”
“I don't want to hear that from you, Tadashi.”

Or rather, most of the boys are gawking. There are many beautiful girls in our grade, so they can't help but pay attention to them.
When I look around, I notice that a group of men who appear to be college students who were playing nearby are also watching the girls. Ah, he’s being hit by a woman who seems to be his companion.

“Okay, now that we're all set, let's go swimming! We'll be preparing for some events over here, so gather here when it's time.”

The current time is roughly ten o'clock. Apparently they have their first plan in an hour.
That means we can swim freely until then. Since we came to the beach, just resting on the sand is a waste, and above all, it's too hot, so I want to get into the sea as soon as possible.

The boys and girls are scrambling to be the first to get to the sea. Even though I want to get in as soon as possible, I’m not so energetic that I’d run there, so I slowly make my way to the sea by walking.
At that moment, a voice calls out to me from behind.

“Nakano-kun.”
“Sakura-san?”

Hiuri is also standing there instead of running to the sea.
Even when I turn around, Hiuri doesn't say anything. On the contrary, she looks at me as if she is waiting for something.

Eh, no way. But in real life, we aren't lovers yet, and even though dream Hiuri prayed in her mind, I don’t think that would make her take such an assertive action, but the fact that she's waiting means...

“Um... I think it's very cute and suits you well.”
“...Fufu, thank you.”

After saying that, Hiuri also runs to the sea.
On the other hand, I was stunned for a while because Hiuri's expression when she thanked me was too cute.

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