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"The rest of the day was epic! They loved shooting and everything and OMG! I AM SO HAPPY!" I screamed into my cellphone.
"I knew you'd have a great time, Senky-chan!" Kimi squealed back over the phone, "So you really got that close to Hikaru?"
"Oh yeah! It was great!" I said happily, feeling a little pervy.
"By the way, did you get that email Kyoya sent us?" Kimi asked.
"What email?" I asked, clicking on the gmail app on my laptop.
Then I saw an email entitled 'Tropical Aqua Garden'. I scrolled through it to learn that Kyoya was treating the Host Club to a new water park his family was still building! We'd be the only ones there and the whole place would be to ourselves!
"Isn't it so cool!?" Kimi chirped over the phone as I looked at the photos attached to the email.
The park itself looked just like a rainforest get away! There were even some tropical birds in the shots and they weren't even native to Japan! Everything looked super authentic and I was getting really excited when I realized something.
"Um…but…I don't have a bathing suit…" I mumbled into the phone, a blush developing over my face.
"What!? Are you serious? Do you even know how to swim, Senky-chan?" Kimi asked, surprised at my confession.
"Of course I do! I just don't swim very often!" I retorted then my face turned even redder, "And besides…I'd get nervous being in a bathing suit around guys and my…"
"Your crush." Kimi finished the sentence for me then giggled, "I knew it! You're worried you'll be self-conscious around Hikaru!"
"S-stop it!" I said, my face heating up to the temperature of a volcano.
Kimi only laughed and laughed then decided to take me shopping for swimsuits the next day. I nervously went to sleep that night, dreading going to the mall with Kimi. Walking around all those pretty women in the swimming section always made me feel insecure…
"So what kind of swimsuit are you thinking of getting?" Kimi asked as we strolled into the mall.
"I don't know, really" I answered with uncertainty in my voice.
"How about a bikini!?" Kimi energetically suggested, "I can get a yellow one for you so it'll match mine!"
"No way!" I shrieked, "Do you know the history of bikinis? When they were first invented, they were considered really scanty!"
"You aren't saying I'm a slut are you?" Kimi pouted and I had to think up a way to save myself from being dumped in the middle of the mall.
We finally made it to a swim store and I gulped at all the skinny mannequins. Kimi had to drag me into the store as I half expected the mannequins to grow eyes and start silently judging me.
"How about this one?" Kimi asked, still trying to get me interested in bikinis as she pulled out a red one.
I, on the other hand, had hunched over in fright and was looking at all the white mannequins around me.
"What's wrong Senky-chan?" Kimi asked worriedly.
"Huh?" I gasped as I broke out of my horrified daze, "Oh it's nothing!"
"What's wrong, Senky-chan?" Kimi asked more sternly with death in her eyes.
I blew at my bangs and fidgeted a little before speaking up.
"I always feel insecure in stores like these," I mumbled, poking at a swimsuit, "Everyone in these stores are really pretty and the mannequins have perfect figures."
"Oh, Senky-chan," Kimi sighed, rolling her eyes.
She walked up to a mannequin and pointed an aggressive finger at it.
"Do you think people in real life are this skinny?" she asked.
"I-I…" I stammered unknowingly.
"My mother always says that they might as well use corpses to model clothes because if you were this skinny, you'd be dead!" Kimi explained with fire in her voice.
"Really?" I asked.
"Really! Now I want you to repeat after me! We can't start trying things on until we get this over with." Kimi said, holding both my hands and looking me in the eyes, "Now say 'I am beautiful and I'm going to share my beauty with the world!' as loud as you can!"
"Why?"
"Just say it!"
"Ok, ok!"
"Well go on!"
"…I am beautiful and I'm going to share my beauty…with the world." I mumbled weakly.
"You can do better than that!" Kimi shouted, alerting the entire store.
"I-I…" I began to say when she broke in saying 'louder!'
"I-I am beautiful and…"
"Louder!"
"I-I am beautiful and I'm g-going…"
"LOUDEEEER!" she finally screamed at the top of her lungs.
"I am beautiful and I'm going to share my beauty with the world!" I shouted through the store.
By now, we were getting threatening glares from the employees but Kimi didn't seem to care.
"That was amazing, Senky-chan!" she squealed, "Ready to start sharing your beauty with the world?"
"Yeah!" I declared with confidence.
Kimi grabbed about fifteen different suits from the racks and tossed me into a changing room. Some I just ignored because they were too hideous or they were bikinis she tried to sneak in. Finally I ended up deciding on two.
"So which one, Kimi?" I asked, holding the two up.
One was purple with a bow at the bust and the other was blue with ruffles on the sleeves.
"I don't know… I guess the bow one is cuter, plus you look better in purple." She suggested.
"I think you're right!" I said confidently.
The two of us walked out with a new bathing suit and a new set of confidence. That night, I wrote a little more of my story, mixing my pride and confidence in with my words and it turned out great! I felt like I was ready for whatever came my way!
Senka: Well I think I'm ready!
Kimi: Yay!
Senka: Oh wait! I'm not! I CAN'T DO THIS!
Kimi: *Sigh*, and you were doing so well too. Next time: Bathing Suits and Bananas.
Senka: WHY IS THERE ALWAYS A BANANA TO TRIP ON!?