Hajime's eyes opened to see his cottage ceiling, realizing he's lying in his bed. He doesn't seem to remember how he got there in the first place. After a few seconds, he finally remembered. After everyone finished restocking the restaurant and emptying the barge, everyone left for their cottages cause of how late it was. Hajime being the most tired, waking up FOUR people in one day and doing most of the heavy lifting. Who could blame him?

But… something doesn't fell right. He felt hot, just when he was about to get up, Hajime turned to his left to see Akane sleeping in his bed with him. Instead of being shocked like he thought he would be, a small grin appeared on his face. He was happy to be so close to her. Though the two of them have slept in the same bed and kissed, once. She must have come in last night while he was sleeping.

Without realizing, Hajime's eyes started to wonder. He couldn't help but stare at Akane while she slept, his eyes eventually made it to her chest. At that point he quickly looked away and started to blush, at least she wasn't awake to notice, unfortunately he failed to see Akane had her eyes slightly open. She didn't see everything happen; she woke up the same time he turned away. But she can see him blushing. At that moment she also had a small grin appear on her face. Instead of saying anything, Akane reached out to him with both her arms. The moment her hands grabbed him; Hajime was pulled back into the laying position before he could react.

Once again, Hajime was lying down with his face deep in Akane's chest. It's almost like in exchange for using her chest as pillows, she was using him as a body pillow. She held onto him pretty tightly, smiling as she did it. hajime on the other hand was bright red, he then realized Akane wasn't doing this to comfort him like before, she was teasing him.

Her grip loosened so he'd be able to pull back and speak without worrying about suffocating. She couldn't help but laugh at how red his face was.

"Good morning, Akane".

"Morning". Still laughing with a smile on her face.

"As much as I'd like to stay in bed all day with you, we should probably get up and meet the others at the restaurant for breakfast. Unless of course, you're not hungry". Now it was his turn to tease her.

"Are you kidding? Don't turn this around".

"Ok sorry. By the way. Did anyone see you come into my cottage last night? Might be bad if they got the wrong idea".

"Nah, everyone was asleep… are you going to wake up someone else today? There's only five people left". She seemed very interested in the matter, most likely because one of those five was Nekomaru.

"Yeah… maybe I'll spend the rest of the day by the pool after all that work, I could use a break. Hopefully, everyone will join me".

"Sounds like fun, I think I'll join you". Hajime was happy to hear that, until he remembered something important. She once said that she thought being seen in a swimsuit was embarrassing, apparently more embarrassing then being seen naked. She seemed to notice the worried expression he had on his face. "Don't worry, I'll wear a swimsuit".

"Oh o-ok good, was a bit worried".

"I'm surprised you remember that".

"You didn't seem to be embarrassed when we were at the diner before the second trial, was it because you fought Nekomaru?"

"I guess I forgot about it". She missed sparring with Coach Nekomaru and couldn't wait for him to wake up so they can fight again, but she liked sparring with Hajime too. "Should we get up now?"

"Yeah. You go to the restaurant and tell the others about the pool; I'll go to the control room and get started. It's best I'm alone for that".

"Fine". They both got out of bed, Akane was about to leave until she turned around to see Hajime changing clothes. He was in the middle of taking his shirt off when he looked at her. The moment she was caught, Akane quickly left with a light blush on her face.

All he could do was smile. "This is nice".

"The pool, huh? I'd love to join you". Makes sense that Sonia would want to accompany her friend to something so fun.

"What about you guys?" Akane turned to face everyone else.

"Whatever". Fuyuhiko didn't seem to care, but at least it was something to do.

"I'll be there". No one was surprised to hear Peko say yes after Fuyuhiko gave his answer.

"I-I'll go too, if you're all okay with it". Mikan was next.

"Five girls in swimsuits, I'm in!" of course TeruTeru loves the idea, not a single person there was surprised.

"Okay". Mahiru didn't put up a fight, she didn't want to be the only one not there.

"Miss Sonia in a swimsuit… finally the time has come! I'll finally see Miss Sonia in a SWIMSUIT!"

"Great, a real bonding moment, let's go and have some fun". Nagito surprisingly gave a normal answer for once.

The more times he does it, the easier it gets. Instead of an hour, waking two people up simultaneously now takes forty-five minutes. He was able to get it done fifteen minutes early because he really wanted to go hang out by the pool with the others.

Like before, he made sure that one of the pods would open a few minuets before the next one. "Hopefully, this won't be like Mikan and Nagito all over again".

The first pod opened and the person inside sat up with their eyes closed, he really needs to do something about the lights, they're too bright.

"What… what happened? What's with the bright lights? Am I dead?"

"No, you're okay. I think". Seeing her like reminded him of how crazy and hyper she was while in the virtual world. "Do you know who I am… Ibuki?"

"HEY HAJIME!" He didn't expect her to jump out of the pod and hug him. He nearly fell over, luckily he was able to keep balance during the hug. "I love your eye, it looks awesome".

"Thanks, I'm glad to see that you're feeling okay".

"Where's everyone else?"

"At the pool in front of the restaurant, but you should probably stay here for a little bit".

"Huh? Why?"

The second pod opened; she was shocked to see it open on it's own. Ibuki was calm for the most part, but she kept asking questions. Hajime wasn't focused on her; he was focused on the second person waking up.

"Oh, my head hurts".

"Hiyoko?"

She turned to see Hajime and Ibuki standing there by her pod, she thought they were watching her sleep.

"What are you two looking at!?"

She sat up and got out of her pod, she stood up she realized she was the same height as Ibuki. Hiyoko looked down and saw that her chest was bigger than she remembered, she nearly started to panic. Ibuki was a little bit annoyed with Hiyoko's sudden growth spurt.

"What the hell? What's going on?"

"It's okay, I'll explain everything to both of you. By the way, she's alive".

"What are you talking abou-"

"Mahiru… Peko and TeruTeru too…"

"Really? That's amazing! Let's go see them!"

"First, go to the warehouse near the marina and get some swimsuits. Everyone's by the pool. They'll be very happy to see you".

"Come on Hiyoko, let's go!" Ibuki said as she grabbed Hiyoko's arm and pulled her away, heading straight for the warehouse.

"I better head down there too; I'll be sure to tell Mikan to apologise to the two of them. Hiyoko probably won't forgive her".

All the girls are awake now. All that's left is Nekomaru, Gundham and the Imposter. He started to get depressed when he realized Chiaki wasn't going to rejoin the group. "I really need to get it together, for everyone's sake".