A/N : Short chapter to begin the 3rd year
I get a feeling its going to be a lot more challenging to write this part and further. Hope you still want to keep up with this and not getting bored.
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We're finally in our 3rd years.
A highest grade in the school, no doubt people will never see us under them anymore, though it still means that we have to be a good example to everyone around school, no breaking the rules unless it's necessary or an emergency.
Nozomi seems to be wandering a lot too lately. She said she want to find the source of new energy that she felt. I could also feel them for some reason. Perhaps being close with Nozomi made me able to feel more?
Either way, she seems to be very busy with her own thing. I never complained about it. I can do the students council job myself anyway. Though I realize I'm a little lonely here, also a little hungry. Without Nozomi on my side, I have no one else that wants to take care of my other need such as food and drink. Though I began to wonder, maybe I can get something out from the other world. Can Kitsune make some food too?
She should be able to do it because she is me. To think about it though, maybe she can make Piroshky? I turned my eyes to the computer screen on the side of the room. It's not enough for my whole body, I might be stuck on my shoulder part. Though, what if I just put my hands in? I don't need to explain Kitsune anything right?
I looked around before I decide to approach the screen. I took out my persona card, putting it in and break it. I waited for a moment still with my hand inside. Then I began to feel someone is handing me something. It's like a basket— it's warm and a little heavy. I took it out before Kitsune's card flew out and get into my pocket.
I took out my hand to find it already holding— an actual basket, with a lot of Piroshky inside. I placed it on the floor next to me. There probably twenty of Piroshky inside. That's a little too much for myself… but it works anyway. I can always share with others later. Though maybe I shouldn't tell about this idea to anyone especially Honoka, I might know what she going to use it for.
The Piroshky that Kitsune made looks so warm and nice. I took one bite to it— and it's incredible. It taste just the same with one that I made and it's also filled with a lot of well-cooked meat and mashed potatoes, the vegetables are fresh too. Magic is surely nice. I just hope I could use it in the real world though I doubt I can summon her here.
I ate my lunch quietly as I keep working on my student council work. Nozomi returned with a bag on her hand which I assume to be her lunch and drinks.
"Ericchi, sorry I'm…" she paused as she looked at me eating Piroshky.
"Ericchi! How could you….!" She pouts as she drops her bag.
"What?" I asked.
"Piroshky! I want Ericchi's Piroshky!" she said.
"Go take it… here…" I turned my eyes to the basket. Nozomi quickly approached it,
"I don't remember you carrying this, when did you have this?" she asked.
"I don't know…" I turned my eyes away.
"Hmmmnn! Either way, I'm going to take it!" she said as she took the basket with her. She placed it on her table. She also goes to take her bag and placed it on her table too. She put one can of chocolate milk on my table.
"You should've told me you have Piroshky, I could've got you a better thing…" she said, her face still pouting.
"Well, I wanted it to be a surprise…" I said. That's a lie but I guess it would make her feel better.
"Ericchi is giving me a surprise?" she looks somewhat surprised. Well… that was the exact reaction I want but…. I don't know….. I feel off. I was actually just doing it because I was hungry.
"Yup…." I replied.
She ran to me and quickly sat on my lap.
"Thank you Ericchi! I love you!" she kissed me very close to my lips. She is somewhat acting like Arisa now, except Arisa wouldn't kiss me like that. She usually just goes for a really tight hug.
She jumped off my lap and go back to her seat. Then she starts to eat the Piroshky cheerfully.
"Porks! This is so good! Ericchi is so skilled! I love Ericchi!" she appreciated.
"Don't forget your work, ok?" I said.
"Yup! I'll do all the works for Ericchi! Thanks for making these Piroshky for me!" she said.
She began to work with the paper cheerfully as she munched her Piroshky too. She eats very quickly, I wonder if she will be alright. Ah well, I'll leave that for now. It's time to work.
We returned to home— our home,
The place is surprisingly bigger than I thought. There's a tall old dead tree in the middle of the house, rising up until the top ceiling. It's already strengthened by a few ropes which connected to a few part of the house, it's tied neatly and it was also somewhat feel like an exotic decorations. We often use the rope to hang our laundry though. There's a big window on the wall, which let the sunlight shines into the first and second floor— decorated with a big dark brown curtains too. The stairs are curved in the corner and it only connects to the main bedroom and small balcony with a pair of chair and an elegant designed round table. There's a wall lamp on its side along with a small bookcase. We can watch the beauty of the first floor, watching the small round garden which only decorated with a few stones, grasses and the dead tree roots which still strongly hold itself in the ground.
We also could see the kitchen, simple and small yet looks neat and lively, we don't have dining room, but we have the big room. There's a big table with ten chairs on its side, placed at the other side of the kitchen. We put my big television on the middle, away from the sunlight, then the sofa on the opposite side, right next to the garden separated with small wooden fence.
There's also four doors in the first floor, one is the main door, second is connecting to the small bathroom, then third is one that connect to a bedroom which will be Arisa's bedroom. The fourth is a backdoor, but we didn't even open that one. Arisa's bedroom should be right under the main bedroom while the bathroom should be right under the bathroom that is inside the main bedroom.
There's also a few window other than the big window, it is all designed well and effectively. If I have to say, this house is excellent. It's small but it's very beautiful and exotic. Not to forget about the small front garden which Nozomi loves to tend.
But what makes me feel weird is, why is the house rent cost only twice of my apartment room rent in each month? Nozomi said, there's nothing to worry about. I was guessing that she might paid the big part of the tax and only show me the smaller amount, but she didn't lie about the rent.
When I asked the house owner, he said, there's no one that want to live in the house for like two months before we both moved in. He said, the first few peoples who live here always complained about a lot of strange and mystical things plus the evil spirits in the very next day after their move in.
I wonder if Nozomi did anything to this house…like exorcising. I never have any trouble with the house since last year. It's a very comfortable place and everything is set nicely too. The house also placed not so far from our school, we also have small garage that only fit for bicycles. We often travel with it— the most important memory about traveling on bicycles was at valentine day.
Nozomi was extremely bored and she said she want to go somewhere strange other than the other world. I took her to a miniature gallery which is pretty far from here, so we both traveled on a bicycle since she said she is too lazy to ride it. She was hugging me so tight on the back seat when I drive it in an extreme speed. I think I can even beat a scooter speed with it.
It was fun though, she got her hair all messed up— me too but it's easy to tidy it back. We laughed for a pretty long time in front of the museum.
Back to the main topic though, the owner also said that he will sell this house to us in cheap price if we can stay here until next year. He said it's more like a daring, but I seriously get so confused why it's a daring.
He said he tried to stay for a night in this house but he actually saw a lot of monsters and creatures lurking in the darkness, also a ghost girl that never shows but keep making some strange noise such as an evil laughter or something like that. I guess he was just scared of the dark like me, but I never heard or see that when it's dark— I just hate dark because it's dark.
Then about how I sleep, I've been sleeping at Arisa's room to test how it is like to sleep there. I don't want to make Arisa use an uncomfortable room; turn out the room is very comfortable, the best part is the small window above the dresser. There's a small flower bed right in front of the window. Nozomi planted it too. The color is ivory and cheerful red. It fits nicely with the natural green wallpaper that we chose together for Arisa's room. The room furniture was all originally white, yellow, and natural green too anyway. The transparent ivory curtain is also really beautiful, it really feel like home when I slept here.
Today though, I had to move all my stuff to the main bedroom. I'll be sleeping with Nozomi once Arisa arrived here. I can't wait until she arrives. I bet she must be really happy to live here. Nozomi too is really looking forward for this day. She said she want to meet Arisa.
As I finished with my stuff, I went to the main room, and sat on the sofa and stare into the television. It's turned off and I only could see my reflection there. Every time I'm in this state, I always wonder why and how that other world existed and why it has to be in a non-broken electronic screen. Then why those special persons existed and why they are needed to complete my persona's form.
The biggest wonder if how Nozomi not have a persona yet with that much knowledge in her. Even if she isn't the chosen one, I still wanted her to be my precious one, one that always stay on my side until the end of my battle— which was said to be soon.
The ten headed dragon, an enemy that we need to defeat— but where we will find him? Japan is big— the world is bigger. Is there a way to defeat him before he summoned at the real world?
"Ericchi…" Nozomi called me, I turned to the main door. She went out to help out at shrine a while back, now she just returned along with….. Arisa?
"Arisa…?" I stood up from the sofa.
"Sestra!" She ran to me.
"Kahk dee-lah?" she asked how is me.
"Harasho…ah oo tee-bya?" I replied and asked her back.
"Arisa Harasho!" she replied cheerfully.
Nozomi seems to be confused at our conversation.
"Ah… Arisa, Nozomi can't speak Russian…" I said.
"Oh—! Uhmm… Da!" she said yes to say that she get it.
"I'll speak in Japanese…" she said cheerfully.
"Thank you…" Nozomi said happily.
"When did you two meet?" I asked.
"She was already in front of the door, just can't manage to reach the doorbell…" Nozomi replied.
"Oh, sorry, I'll lower it down…" I said shyly.
"I did, don't worry…" Nozomi said as she giggled.
Arisa began to examine the place, she seems to be amazed by the view.
"It's a beautiful house, Onee-san!" she said.
"Yup, thanks to Nozomi, she is the one who found the house…" I said.
"Nozomi-nee-san Harasho!" she appreciated.
"Harasho!" Nozomi replied too. I guess she just don't know what to say.
"Now let's put all your stuff in your room, we will help…" I said.
"Alright! Thank you,Onee-san!" Arisa cheerfully replied.
Late Night, Main bedroom,
After we finished with our night activity including dinner and study, I decided to rest my back on the bed next to Nozomi. She seems to be already tired from helping out Arisa.
I have to admit though, she was giving her all when helping Arisa, I really like it.
I stroke her hair gently, then trailing my finger down to her cheek, caressing her soft and warm cheek. I began to wonder why I have no courage to confess what I want us to be yet. We've been so close with each other, we share our house, we share our belongings, and we…. share our life; she is like a family to me.
I pulled myself closer to her,
She remained quiet in her sleep. I could see her mouth's small gap—I could see her tongue and a hint of her teeth inside. Is it warm there? How does it taste? I know she did brush her teeth since I could smell the mint from her breath, though… will her lips have its own taste? What if I lick it?
Perhaps I should call myself lucky since I didn't sleep with her like this ever since we moved in. We always sleep in different room, now that we're here together, I wonder if I could hold myself from not doing anything to her. I know my mind have been corrupted by a weird desire that I have ever since I got kissed by that Ghost Girl. She woke something up in me…
Could my persona be awakened from that kiss too? But how does it even related to? When did I actually or officially have this power?
There's so much mystery that I haven't reveal— including, how could you be so beautiful, Nozomi.
What if I pull you closer, like this?
What if I feel you with my hands? Your curve, your warmth, your soft skin, your tender lips, your cute cheek, your heart beat, and your silky hair…
What if I hold your hand, like this?
What if I press my lips into your neck? Your breast, your shoulder, your hand… and lastly…. Shall I steal your first kiss?
I'm clearly molesting her now.
I quickly jumped away from my position, sitting on the bed and take a deep breath. What I've done. That's so close to steal her first kiss. Sleeping next to her after all those years surely feel so different, especially when I've fallen for her more and more.
Ah, no, come on, Elichika, you can endure it. Just one more year to be with her— just one more year to feel all the happiness you create with her…. just one more year….until I have to go back to my homeland…
And leaving her behind….
No…
That is wrong….
That is not what I supposed to think about….
What I should do this year is, to tell her how I feel, to tell her how I want her to be, and to tell her that I want her to be mine and only.
What if she said no?
Should I force her?
How?
Why I want her so badly?
Why a best friend is not enough for me and her?
I know her this long… we fought together, against a force that we don't know what and why. She guided me, she guided us through every battle. Even without a persona, she bravely charges into every battle with us. I know I love her, I know she loves me….. no… she love us….
She shares her love with everyone else…
I might be not that special…
It might be just me and my delusion to think I'm special for her.
….or maybe it just because I have the power of The Fool…?
….an Arcana that she said to be special….
Is that all the special thing I have for her?
No! No way!
Come on, think of something, Elichika! You have to somehow make her think that you're special! Make her cry in joy, make her clings into you forever, make her wants you more and more.
I need to plan where and when I want to confess to her… also how I will confess to her.
It might be not a big deal for tonight… we still have a really long time to go. Also, another matter to take care of…
Tomorrow will be a rainy night… after a year without rainy night; it made me feel so curious about what happen to the midnight channel. Did they stop to be aired somehow? Is it going to remain mystery about who and why someone appeared in there?
I have to see it later, maybe I'll just sleep right now.
The next day,
The trio gathered into the student council room— my room. They're giving me a form….a form to make a school idol…..why…..
"What is this…." I asked to confirm.
"We want to form a club, a school idol club…" Honoka said bravely.
"Whose idea is this…. And why…." I asked again
"It's my idea, we want to stop the school from being closed…" Honoka replied.
I know about the notification about the probability of school going to be closed. I even have argued a few ideas to the Chairwoman. I've tried too… and everything failed to pass her…. then suddenly they are making this for helping the occasion? What's their base? Do they even know what they are doing?
"I can't grant you this. I've known you for a year, but that doesn't make any difference with my decision when it's about school… you need a base… you need research… to create something that related to the school is not as easy as swinging your hammer to an enemy head. Sometime no matter how hard you do it, it results may never change…" I throw away their paper.
I can see Kotori and Umi's face changed a little, they might be a little shock with what I did, but this is for their good, besides… Honoka doesn't looks shaken by that. She is still full of fire…
"You need at least five members to make a club. Then you would also need to know your thing. I'm not going to help you with this… but if you really insist that much, prove me what you're capable of... then I'll consider it." I said again as I turned my sight away from them.
"I will!" Honoka said.
"You just need two more members…" Nozomi said.
"Then… Nozomi-chan wants to join to make it one?" Honoka asked.
"No, she is not going anywhere…" I said clearly.
The trio seems to be a little disappointed.
"You hear her, but I'll be supporting you from behind until you're able to prove it to her…" Nozomi said as she smiled at them. I guess she just always want to help out her friends, huh? No comment, but either way, she can do whatever she wants. I just have to make sure she will be staying with me for the other works until then.
"I'll do it!" Honoka said again before they gestured to me and left the room with Kotori and Umi.
The door closed, I sighed at them.
"Seriously, why it has to be school idol … it can be backfired to us if they failed…" I said.
"Ericchi, can you feel it?" Nozomi asked.
"Feel what? The world is crumbling?" I asked sarcastically.
"Honoka is trying to figure out her Arcana for you…. She is trying to find her strength and the meaning of it….." she replied calmly.
True. Even if I'm against that idea, I could feel her heart burning. I suppose it's not going to be hurt to let them try? Maybe I'll give them a slight support as well, because after all… they're my friends too.
"I know… but I can't just let them do it…." I said.
Nozomi giggled at me.
"You played your part, Ericchi… you did…."
Night time, in our home,
Nozomi and I sat next to each other on the sofa as Arisa sat on the cushion in front of the television with a glass of chocolate milk on the coffee table. She seems to be really happy to watch with the big screen. Even though it's a heavy rain tonight, she seems to not worry about it. She usually wants to cuddle with me when it's raining heavily.
Arisa watched the television intensely… she seems to be really absorbed by almost everything in there. It's not a surprise since she is very new to Japan. I was being amazed by a lot of things too when I arrived here. So many things aren't even existed in our homeland.
Suddenly, a very loud thunderbolt roaring so close to our home, Arisa quickly jumped to my lap and hugged me tight.
"Onee-san!" she cowered.
"There…there… it's alright…" I said as I pat her back.
Nozomi looked at us in awe.
"Want to join in?" I asked teasingly. Nozomi giggled,
"Ericchi!" she hugged us.
"Waa..Nozomi-nee san is so warm!" Arisa said as she giggled.
"Arisa is so warm tooo!" she replied as she snuggles to her.
They began to snuggle against each other and me have to take the weight of the two. I can't believe they're pretty heavy if combined together.
"Does Arisa like to snuggle with Ericchi?" Nozomi asked.
"Yup! It feels so safe in her embrace— Onee-san is brave until the lights go off…." Arisa said. That was a direct hit, Arisa….
"Ericchi is afraid of darkness? I didn't know…" she giggled.
"Yup, she would be the one who hug me if the lights go off. She doesn't even know why she hates it… Onee-san is so silly sometime." Arisa said.
"Oh…" Nozomi grinned. I don't like that look.
"It's also a good way to make her sleep, if she doesn't want to sleep, just turn off the light and she will go to sleep…" Arisa said.
"Ohhh…?" Nozomi still grinned at me mischievously.
"By the way, you two are so heavy…. I'm out of breath…" I said, trying to change the topic.
"Ah…right, sorry…" Nozomi went back to her proper seat while Arisa still sat on my lap.
"Oh— by the way too! I heard Nozomi-nee-san can do fortune telling?" Arisa asked.
"Yup, I can…" Nozomi said.
"T-Then! Arisa want to do fortune telling! B-But! I don't want Onee-san to see!" she said.
"Hmm… Ericchi?" Nozomi calmly smiled at me.
I know what she means.
"Alright then, I wanted to study too anyway… then going to bed, Good night, Arisa…" I said.
"Good night, Onee-san! Thank you!" she said cheerfully.
"Don't go to bed too late, ok? I'm responsible of your action here…" I said as I stood up, letting Arisa to sit on my seat.
"Don't worry, I'll join you once I'm finished so you know we're done…" Nozomi said.
"Yup, Arisa will go to bed too after we're done!"
I smiled at them before walking upstairs.
Late night, waiting for the midnight channel in main bedroom,
We put Nozomi's exotic wall television in the main bedroom. It fits perfectly and it doesn't take any space too. I sat on my bed as I keep reading on a study book while Nozomi, who already returned a while ago, lay down next to me and joining me reading as her hands playing with her card.
"Ericchi-Ericchi!" she called.
"Hm?"
"Arisa is an angel, I tell you…" she said.
"How so?" I asked back.
"She is so innocent, so pure, so kind in the same time. I'm very sure she has The Justice Arcana in her…" she said.
I got a little bothered with that.
"You mean, she might be able to poses a persona too?" I asked. She giggled at me.
"Everyone supposedly have a persona in them, it just about how strong or special it is. Though I doubt that's what you want to hear…" Nozomi said.
"I'm not taking her to battle…" I said. She giggled at me again.
"There, you just put up a face of The Hierophant…" she said.
I sighed at her. I closed my book, placing it back to my school bag and resting my back.
"What's that mean?" I asked.
"The Hierophant… a symbol of education, authority, conservatism, and obedience to rules, it's funny that Ericchi put up this face just now, considering Ericchi is always more into freedom when it's about living her life, a typical personality for a person with Blood type B… but then again, that's also what Ericchi as The Fool Arcana do. All Ericchi want is to be able to make everything perfect, right?" Nozomi said.
I remained quiet. She was then giggled at me before she cuddles me.
"The Hierophant is usually a father figure, Ericchi…" she said again.
"So?"
"Ericchi might be more fit as a father than a mother…" she said again teasingly.
"W-Whatever that means…"
"If Ericchi is The Emperor and The Hierophant, then I want to be The Empress for Ericchi. So that we fit together in a way… so that I will always support you too… but…." she paused.
I remained quiet to wait her.
"I wish I could choose my Arcana, yet I'm already destined to be born with specific Arcana…" she said.
"Is that means you know your Arcana?" I asked. Nozomi shook her head,
"I don't know. That's why I'm worried. I just began to doubt I'm The Empress for Ericchi…" she said.
"What's the Empress Arcana?" I asked.
"It's an Arcana that represent a motherly figure, one that maintain peace just like how an ideal mother figure would… also one that able to provide comfort to others…" she said.
What she's talking about now, that's totally something she has been doing.
"But I think you might be my empress…" I said. She blushed madly,
"E-Ericchi! Don't flirt! We're living together now… don't make me…." She paused.
"Make you what?" I asked. I didn't even try to flirt by the way. I wonder why she takes it as that.
"N….Nothing…Ericchi…" she quickly jumped off the bed. I wonder what she wants to say.
She suddenly turned off the light.
"W-Wha! Nozomi! Turn it back on!" I yelled. I could hear her giggling.
"Don't joke about this one or I'll be angry! Turn it back on!" I yelled again.
She just walked to the window and opening the curtain. It's still raining heavily, though I could see the moon from here.
"Look, Ericchi… can you see the moon from here?" she asked.
"I can, what about it?" I asked.
"The Moon arcana, it's associated with creativity, inspiration, dreams, madness, illusion, fear, fantasy, the subconscious and trickery… It's not negative arcana, not positive arcana either…" she said.
"What are you trying to say…?" I asked.
"Hmm… just wanted to remind you, you're an important person, Ericchi, if you fall, the other might fall as well. When you're scared like that, you may want to always remember this Arcana—so that you can fight even without being able to see what you're fighting…" she said.
"We can always attack randomly and win against random thing…" I said jokingly.
She giggled at me,
"Ericchi! Don't you ever do that!" She said between her giggles.
"But how do we even know that we win if we don't know what we're fighting? That's strange you know!" I said.
"That's the point. It's an Arcana that should give you an ability to sense things without being told or without anyone else knowing…" she said.
Just right after she said that, I once again feel a terrible headache— don't you miss this feeling, Elichika? Every single time I fully learn about a new Arcana, this headache attacks me. Though I wonder why I didn't get this when I got The Hanged man… maybe it because everything is already too painful to compare with the headache.
"Ericchi?" Nozomi called my name in worry. She quickly approached me.
"I hate this…. Why can't it be any friendlier…." I said as my head still hurting. Nozomi hugged me tight.
"Hang in there, Ericchi, I'm here…." She said as she gently strokes my head.
Well, I have to say this is comfortable but not enough to fight against the pain on my head. I decided to just rest in her embrace.
Midnight,
Even though the headache already gone, I still remained in her embrace, still waiting for the midnight channel,
"One minute until it shows up…." Nozomi said.
I nodded weakly.
"I wonder who's going to appear now…" Nozomi said again.
One minute passed.
The midnight channel showed up.
But something is wrong….
Why is it still all black?
"D-Don't look at me! Please! Don't look at me!" a girl voice from the midnight channel. She sounded very nervous and shy.
"No one is allowed to look at me!" she said again.
"What are you talking about, Kayochin! There's nothing wrong with you! I'm the one that shouldn't be looked at!" another voice.
"No—No! Rin-chan is fine! I am not fine!" the voice said again.
"Kayochin is fine— I am not fine! I can prove it that I am not fine!"
The midnight channel ended.
What is that….
"Sounded like someone want to be molested then the other want to be molested too… there's nothing going to happen that way. They need a molester…" I commented.
Nozomi laughed hard,
"Ericchi! How could you joke about something like that!" she said.
"Huh what? I'm just saying. They are seriously makes nonsense…" I said.
"Not everyone is a molester like me and you…" Nozomi said.
"So we're going to approach them and molest them?" I asked jokingly.
"You're only allowed to molest me, Ericchi, keep it a fair fight!" Nozomi replied jokingly too.
"Then let's begin molesting each other?" I asked jokingly again.
"Alright then, we can even go naked if we want!" she replied jokingly too.
"Sumo style huh?" I said as I giggled at her,
"Sure! You go first, Ericchi!" she said.
"Alright then I—…."
Before I could do anything, a phone call coming to my cellphone.
"Ah…phone…" I turned around and get the phone.
"S-S-Senpai! Senpai! T-T-This is bad!" Umi said.
"Calm down, what's happening?" I asked.
"T-The Midnight channel! They took two other people!" she said.
"We know, but we can't possibly do it right now… It's our bedtime…" I said.
"T-That can't be! We must hurry up and save them. We don't know what might be happening if we slack off…." Umi said again.
"Ah, I guess I just forgot to tell them…" Nozomi said,
"Tell what?" I asked to her.
"Give me the phone, I'll talk to her…" Nozomi said.
I handed Nozomi the phone, she put it on loudspeaker.
"Umi-chan… Good evening…." Nozomi greeted her calmly.
"Oh…Nozomi-senpai… you're sleeping over Eli senpai's home today?" she asked.
"I'm living with her, Umi-chan, how could you not know about that…" Nozomi replied.
"Ah…..oh….uhm….. I see…. So Kotori was right…." She said.
"What Kotori said now…." I asked, a little annoyed since Kotori often make her own fiction when it comes about us.
"N…nothing! A-Anyway, senpai! What about the two kidnapped people? We should hurry up and save them!" she said.
"Don't worry about it for now, Umi-chan. They will be fine. The shadows are only brutal in a foggy day…" Nozomi said.
Suddenly, another incoming call on Nozomi's cellphone— Nozomi accepted it and put it in loudspeaker.
"Nozomi-senpai! I saw it! I saw it!" Kotori yelled. Lucky it's on loudspeaker so no one break their ears.
"Saw what?" Nozomi asked.
"The Midnight channel! I was about to call Eli-senpai, but her phone is busy…" Kotori said.
"Oh…Kotori…" Umi said.
"Ehhh? Umi-chan?! Why are you in Nozomi senpai's place at this time of the night? Eli-senpai will be very angry!" Kotori said.
"N-No! Kotori! I'm the one who is on call with Eli-senpai…" Umi said.
"I'm here…." I said.
"Ah… what a relieve…" Kotori said.
"You two are so loud, are your parents not bothered?" I asked.
"It's alright! My room is far away from my parent's room!" Kotori said.
"Me too…" Umi said.
"What about you two…?" Kotori asked.
"We're not living with our parents…" Nozomi said.
"Waaaa…. How romantic!" Kotori said.
"K-Kotori… calm down, don't say things like that in front of them…." Umi said. Kotori giggled,
"Ne-ne-ne! Nozomi-senpai! How much fingers tonight?" she asked.
What fingers…..
"Uhmm…One, two, three, four, five?" Nozomi said.
"W-Wha…. Fingering to Fisting?!" she asked.
"Yup… Need to feel the stretchy-stretchy!" Nozomi said playfully.
"Whaaaa...must be so skillful..!" Kotori appreciated.
"Ericchi is very crafty!" Nozomi replied cheerfully.
I don't know what they're talking about. Why is it even related with craft anyway...
"Uhm…Eli-senpai… I'm really sorry for Kotori…" Umi said.
"It's alright, they seems to be having fun…" I said.
"Ah….uh…true…" Umi giggled shyly.
"What else, Nozomi-senpai?" Kotori asked.
"Uhm…. Sixty nine?" Nozomi said.
"W-Whoaaaa! You already go that far…" Kotori said.
I'm seriously has no idea what she is talking about. What with these fingers and numbers anyway.
"Ah…well… Eli-senpai, I'm sorry for bothering your night, I'll see you tomorrow…" Umi said.
"Alright then, Umi. Good night…" I said.
"Yup, good night…" Umi said before she closed the phone.
Nozomi is still talking to Kotori about whatever things they're talking about right now. I decided to ignore them and go to sleep. I must save my energy for tomorrow's adventure.
A/N : Yup, so next chapter would be rescuing Hanayo and Rin.
Then yes, The Strength Social Link is unlocked!
