Life is always going to be unexpected.......but for some reason my unexpectedness even seems to be focused on where the hot water is.
　I honestly don't know.......why I'm in this situation now.......

　I was taking a bath in the wooden bath at the cottage when Lilia-san, wearing only a towel, appeared in front of me with a bright red expression on her face.
　It's a good thing that you're not going to be able to find out what's going on in the world, because it's a very shy person, and even though we've only been lovers for a few days, even when we're talking to each other, she still turns bright red. How did that happen, and how did it get to the bathroom I'm in?

...Oh, um, Lilia?
Ha, ha, ha, yes!
What the hell are you...
Well, now that I'm ready, I'm ready to...

　Are you ready?　For what?　Wait, wait, really wait!
　
　

　In front of my confused face, Lilia-san takes a few deep breaths before she goes inside and closes the door.
　Then she opens her mouth with a bright red face while picking up the sponge.

''Ah, um, Kite-san.......so, if you can, please don't look at me too much.......''
'Oh, yes!　Sorry!

　Hearing Lilia-san's words, I hurriedly flip over in the tub and turn my back to Lilia-san.
　Then I hear the sound of hot water flowing and sponges moving, as if she has started washing her body.

　Oh no, oh no, this is completely swept away. I'm getting done, with no idea of the situation at all!
　I mean, isn't this still more dangerous than ever?　Because this bath isn't exactly a hot spring, it's not a muddy water bath or anything... and the tub isn't very big to begin with.
　So that means it's..........

Here you go, sir.
Huh?

　To my horror, the situation didn't wait for my thoughts to settle down, and with a shaky voice, the hot water moved and I felt a presence on my back.
　The two of us entered, back to back in the rather narrow tub, and I felt an inexplicable tension.


'What?　What?
No, no, no, I'm fine. I'm ready for it.

　So what are you prepared to do!　I wonder if this is some kind of dream I'm having about the skinny me...
　No, or maybe you're too tired to hear the hallucinations.　Well, if it's a hallucination, then it's a hallucination...

...Mr. Kite?
Huh?

　It's an auditory hallucination.
　So, even if I turned around here as I said I would, I wouldn't see anything.......?

!
I'm....embarrassed...
''~~?

　What the hell, am I dead?　Is this heaven?　A beautiful woman, like the princess in the story, is in the hot water without a trace.
　Looking at Lilia-san, who shyly hides only her important parts with her hands and turns her red-faced, moist eyes toward me, my thoughts go completely blank.

　 I thought I heard my own throat rumbling.
　Looking at Lilia-san, who is so close to me that our skin could touch if I'm not careful, I mobilize all my reasoning in a desperate attempt to squeeze out a voice.


...What?

　At least in my image, Lilia-san is not supposed to be someone who would do something like this on her own, that's why I stopped thinking until I was in this situation and couldn't stop it beforehand.
　
　When human beings are on the verge of a crisis, their brains start to spin faster, and right now my head is spinning as fast as a computer's, searching for a way to break this situation.

　It's a good thing that you're not the only one who has the ability to do this.
　Hearing my words, which I desperately told her while thinking that, Lilia-san makes a puzzled expression for some reason.

''.........because........wha......wha......me and Kaito-san......are.......lovers.......... Right?
'Ha, yes. Is that correct?
........this lover must have a mixed bathing experience.......right?
...Yes?

　What are you waiting for?　
　Do you always have to take a mixed bath when you become a lover?　Do you have a unique view of love in this world?　No, it's not.
　It is true that I have experienced mixed bathing with Isis-san and her two lovers in Kuro until now.......but I haven't done that with Zeke-san, and this is the first time I've heard of lovers having to mix baths with each other.

''........Lilia-san?　A lover has to mix and mingle... from where did you get that strange story...
'What?　You know, because Luna said that when you're lovers, you must bathe together or you're not really lovers. ...

　You've been getting your information from the worst places!　He's the person you shouldn't trust the most, that's who!　And to believe that............................Angel or this person is too pure.
　Seeing my reaction, perhaps sensing that her actions were somehow different, Lilia-san's bright red face turns bluer and bluer.

''Lilia-san, um, I feel terribly sorry for you, but.......that's a lie.
"...what?　Because... it's not that... it's just... I want to be honest with you, Kite, and be your girlfriend. And then I was embarrassed, but I got the courage to... what?　What?
Lillia?
Because then I'd be, what?　
What?　Mr. Lilia!

　Understanding the fatal misunderstanding, Lilia's face changed to a bright blue color, and she began to sweat profusely, not due to her bathing, and her blue eyes moved so violently that it was as if there was a whirlpool forming in her eyes.......and then she passed out.
　Again, I passed out ... and here I am in the tub.

'Get a grip, Lilia-san, get a grip!　Huh?　Shall we excuse you!

　Lilia-san has fainted, and she doesn't have the time to worry about her hands leaving the part she's been hiding, and I hurriedly grab her body and hold her up before she sinks into the hot water.
　I've got to be able to get out of the bathroom, holding her body in my princess's arms and trying desperately not to move my gaze downward as I move my hands to Lilia's back and below her knees, feeling my heart leap powerfully against the soft, smooth skin.

　I then lower Lilia-san's body onto the floor of the changing room and drape a larger bath towel over her, but I hope you'll forgive me for looking at her a bit in that case, as it's inevitable.
　But what should I do with this.......if I don't do this, I'm going to catch a cold, Lilia-san......or I'll have to wipe my body?
　No, no, that's a last resort. Let's call out to them before that.

'Miss Lilia!　Mr. Lilia!　Wake up!


　If I don't do this, I'll be in a lot of trouble. Mainly my reasoning........so I managed to call out desperately to Lilia-san, and as if that wish had been answered, Lilia-san twisted around and slowly opened her eyelids.

''Yo, good........you noticed.
"...Huh?　Mr. Kite?　I--?

　Then, opening her eyes, Lilia-san slowly starts to raise herself up, and her eyes widen and stiffen.

''........''
....

　I realized that I had made a serious mistake.
　I was so busy carrying Lilia-san that I wasn't thinking about myself at all.......what I'm trying to say is that I'm currently completely naked.
　Lilia-san looks at me and completely stiffens, and immediately afterwards her face turns bright red as if she could hear a bong and an explosion sound.

''Kyaaaah!
?

　Then, with a scream that ripped through the silk, he fled from the changing room at a terrific pace.

　Dear Mom, Dad - they say that happenings come with travel, but this time it was an extremely hard one again. I don't know if it's bad that Lilia-san is too pure, or if it's all Luna Maria-san's fault... But even now, the image of Lilia-san is burned into my brain so intensely - I may not be able to sleep tonight.