Chapter 38
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 38
Chapter Title: 5.1 Sudden Shower and Sana
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“Hup!”
My room.
I was in the middle of my usual routine of sit-ups.
“……196!”
The waist is the center of the body.
I couldn't afford to neglect it even for a day.
“……197!”
Hanging upside down from the pull-up bar with my knees hooked over it.
I raised my upper body using only my core strength.
“……198!”
In each hand pressed to my ears, I held 20kg dumbbells.
“……199!”
A crushing pain gripped my back and abs.
I gritted my teeth and powered through the final 200th rep.
“200! Phew!”
With today's quota done, I unhooked my legs and dropped down.
Sweat poured off me from the light impact of landing.
“Haa, haa. Whew.”
Catching my breath, I wiped off the sweat with a towel.
“……Hm? Is it gonna rain?”
As I stretched my waist lightly and glanced out the window, I noticed the sky was blanketed in dark clouds.
Hm. Looks like a sudden shower's coming.
Sis probably didn't take an umbrella.
-Rattle.
I opened the window and stuck my hand out.
-Drip, drip.
Raindrops were falling onto my palm.
They started as single drops, then turned into a downpour, and soon it was pouring with a roar.
A drizzle had instantly become a torrent.
“Oh. Sana.”
From my bedroom window, I could see the front yard of Yuuki's house.
Sana was there, hurriedly taking in the laundry she'd hung out to dry.
I slipped on my indoor shoes and hopped lightly out the window.
“Hyah.”
Of course, I wasn't trying to kill myself.
I just wanted to help Sana.
Drip drop. I vaulted over the fence into Yuuki's front yard.
“Hey, Sana.”
“Oh, Naibusu.”
“Let me help.”
Sana smiled happily when she saw me.
Yuuki and I, the mischievous kids we were, had been hopping fences between our houses since we were little. It was no big deal.
“Thanks. Mind helping me take in the laundry?”
“Sure.”
Sana was so used to my antics that she didn't resist at all.
『As expected of Naibusu. So reliable at times like this.』
Meanwhile, the rain grew heavier.
Raindrops were soaking into our clothes.
“Sana, you go inside first. I'll handle it—you'll get soaked.”
Probably faster if I did it, being a guy and all.
But Sana smiled and refused.
“We'll finish quicker together, right?”
『I'm grateful he's looking out for me, but I can't just boss around my son's friend.』
We'd both be drier if one of us stayed dry, but...
Sana stuck it out in the rain with me to the end.
I rushed to gather the laundry as fast as I could, trying to keep her as dry as possible, then headed inside.
“Whew, thanks, Naibusu. The laundry didn't get too wet thanks to you.”
“No problem. Where should I put it?”
“On the living room floor, if you don't mind?”
Sana went to grab a towel, and I set the laundry down in the living room as instructed.
The clothes smelled fresh and sunny.
A bit damp from the rain, but they seemed okay.
“Sniff sniff. Hm?”
I was enjoying the scent when I realized the garment in my hand was something unfamiliar to me as a guy.
Unfamiliar, yet familiar.
It was a woman's bra.
“Hm.”
I spread the clothes out on the floor and analyzed them.
There were large, medium, and small sizes.
What did that mean?
……I see!
Large for Sana, medium for Yuuki, small for Hina!
I nearly shouted Eureka! in my newfound wisdom.
“Hm hm. Indeed.”
I nodded to myself and sorted the underwear by size.
Sana's (large) were mostly sexy overall.
Lots of lace, mature colors.
Sheer, semi-transparent ones too.
Did Sana wear stuff like this?
Truly an adult.
Checked the tag.
70F.
Hoo. One cup smaller than Sis.
But Sis was mixed-race, so comparing her directly to pure East Asian Sana would be unfair.
In that regard, I'd give Sana the edge. Not that it mattered coming from me.
I held up the sheer bra and examined it closely.
What would Sana look like in this?
I pictured her in my mind, striking poses.
Letting my imagination run wild.
Sana. You're amazing.
Next.
Yuuki's (medium) were plain overall.
Maybe she still resisted wearing women's underwear.
Few patterns, subdued colors.
You could sense her intent to pick the least noticeable designs.
White bra and panties, no frills.
Much smaller than Sana's, but with some cup to them.
Hm hm. So Yuuki's a 65B, huh.
I recalled touching her chest and felt the bra.
This size is B-cup, got it.
So Nanami's B too? Or C?
Reika's a bit bigger, so D?
Hm. Should I ask tomorrow?
Next.
Hina's (small) were cute.
Bunny patterns, cat motifs.
Lots of pink-pink shades, yellow, sky blue—bright colors.
Childish designs matching her looks.
Hina wears a bra too, huh. Obvious, but still.
Her cup size seemed small enough she might not need one.
Checked the tag.
60A...
“……Amen.”
I found myself invoking God.
Smaller than Yuuki, who was a guy until recently.
How cruel the world is.
……Hang in there, Hina! I think small is fine in its own way!
And there's still room to grow!
Still, smaller than me is kinda...
Er...
“Naibusu, want some warm tea?”
“Ah, yes. Thank you.”
Sana returned to the living room with towels.
Her eyes widened at the large bra in my hand.
“Oh my, oh my.”
She snatched the large bra away in a fluster.
“Ho ho ho, sorry, Naibusu. Living with just us girls, I hung it out without thinking.”
『So embarrassing! Well, Naibusu's at that age, so of course he'd be curious about women's underwear.』
Sana's face flushed red as she panicked.
“Ah, sorry. My bad too—I wasn't thinking.”
I apologized while drying my hair with the towel she'd given me.
I often did Sis's laundry at home, including her underwear.
So I'd gotten casual about it.
One wrong move, and I'd look like a total perv.
『……Come to think of it, maybe it's not such a big deal.』
Right?
What's the romance in machine-washed underwear?
『And I've already... done those things with Naibusu.』
Ugh.
S-Sorry. I didn't mean to...
『……Yeah. This might be a good chance.』
……Huh?
What chance?
『Maybe this is Naibusu's signal to fulfill our promise sooner.』
“Um... Naibusu. About what Auntie mentioned last time...”
Her slightly damp hair.
The scent of rain clung to Sana.
Through her thin, wet shirt, her black bra stood out.
Sana, who always exuded unconscious allure.
Today, it was boosted by +50%.
“If... you're okay with it right now...”
-Gulp.
I swallowed hard.
Her flushed cheeks and neckline.
And below that, my eyes drifted to her chest.
There were those breasts I'd kneaded freely just days ago, soft enough to melt my hands.
70F breasts.
“……Auntie could... keep that promise right now, if it's okay...”
I knew what Sana meant.
Before, to help Hina with Yuuki's rumors, she'd promised me the 'next step'.
But.
Sana was Yuuki's mom, my best friend's mother.
And she'd treated me like her own son since I lost my parents young.
Sana was like a second mother to me.
I couldn't betray her like that. Couldn't harbor such thoughts.
I still hadn't forgotten the regret after last time.
But even knowing that in my head, when the moment came...
Some mysterious force petrified my body, sapped my will to resist.
And I accepted the lewd acts with Sana as inevitable.
Was it this trash world's trash physics? Or remnants of the original Naibusu's consciousness?
I didn't know.
But after repeating it so many times, I had to admit: my will alone couldn't escape.
Even now.
My mind wanted to refuse Sana, but my body was frozen like under petrification magic.
That's why I'd avoided being alone with her.
If Yuuki or Hina were around, Sana wouldn't get bold.
But now...
Yuuki's presence wasn't here. Nor Hina's.
Just Sana and me.
Careless.
Why did my body move before my brain?
I jumped over without thinking, just to help Sana.
Not considering it might burden her.
This way, I'd end up going with the flow again.
I gritted my teeth.
“Hup!”
I slammed my fists into both thighs.
-Thwack!
Hard enough to sound like splitting a watermelon.
Sana's eyes went wide at my sudden action.
“Sorry, Sana! I've got urgent business!”
“Ah...”
I bolted up from my seat.
My thighs stung where I'd hit them.
“And forget that promise from before! See ya!”
“N-Naibusu?”
I fled Yuuki's house, ignoring her call.
A torrent poured outside.
“……Damn it!”
I dashed through the rain back home.
-Rumble.
As if scolding my pathetic self, thunder echoed in the distance.