Chapter 339 Swimsuit
“Gurururururu—”
In the dilapidated small room, morning sunlight shone in through the cracks in the mottled dark curtains, dispelling the dimness and gloom in the room, and also telling the owner of the room the current time.
But on the pure black small bed inside the room, the thin black-haired girl lay on her side like a koala, sleeping soundly. Even the sunlight that flashed past her eyes as the curtains fluttered could only make the girl’s long eyelashes twitch a few times.
The girl’s slender, white legs skillfully held a pillow between them. Her usually stiff face was exceptionally relaxed in her sleep, and her quiet appearance with squinted eyes showed a hint of the youthful spirit unique to a girl of her age.
But suddenly, the ear-piercing sound of a mobile phone ringing shattered the not-too-early morning tranquility.
The girl’s peaceful sleeping face gradually woke up. She dazedly opened her eyes, grabbed the mobile phone on the nightstand, and pressed the answer button. But before she could even see the name of the person on the other end of the call, her raised head naturally drooped onto the pillow, and her tired eyes closed again groggily.
“Hello…..”
“Hello, Kazumi, you’re not up yet?”
The young boy’s energetic voice came from the other end of the phone, but unlike usual, his usually energetic tone was tinged with a bit of anxiety.
“Still… sleeping… talk later…”
“You can’t sleep, Kazumi!! The car to the North Sea will be at school soon, we need to hurry over.”
The girl’s slow tone startled Sato Shinichi even more. His speaking speed instantly increased by a notch, trying to wake the girl who wanted to fall back asleep.
“zzz…..”
But the slight breathing sound from the other end of the phone completely dashed the boy’s hopes. Looking at the call still in progress on his phone, Sato Shinichi made up his mind, shoved the phone into his pocket, and walked towards the residential area in front of him.
“Huh? Is someone looking for me… Never mind…”
The girl, half-asleep, suddenly woke up. It was as if someone had called her name in her dream. She raised her head and looked around confusedly, then shook her head with a slight laugh. This was her room, how could anyone else be calling her?
She pulled the pillow from between her legs, placed it under her head, turned over, and lay down again, sinking back into a sweet dream.
Since Kazumi lost her abilities, as the death energy in her body decreased, the half-undead transformation of her body gradually receded. At that time, the girl had some awareness, but besides quietly waiting for her abilities to fully recover, there didn’t seem to be many other options.
Besides the emotional impact, the butterfly effect caused by it also began to affect the girl’s life.
Compared to her undead body, which was cold, emotionless, and acted only to achieve a certain purpose, Kazumi now seemed to have regained some of her human nature.
But humans have desires, and they are influenced and affected by their physical condition.
Just as before, relying on her half-undead body, Kazumi could always utilize her sleeping time at night, only needing very little sleep to maintain her daily activities.
Now, with the fading of her abilities, this enhancement was also gradually lost. However, Kazumi’s willpower was not as strong as her undead body’s.
Having been accustomed to going to bed at four in the morning every day, even though she now needed normal sleep to recover her body, her mind completely refused to let her body sleep at that time.
Coupled with her bad habit of staying up late from her previous life, and the fact that she was now on summer vacation, Kazumi had completely reverted to the “healthy schedule” of a programmer in her past life, sleeping late and waking up late, then leisurely getting up to eat breakfast, and then wandering to the convenience store to work.
After experiencing such a state of mind without desires, the price of recovering normal desires was considerable.
The consequences of staying up late were not particularly severe. Sleeping from four in the morning to noon was eight hours of sleep. It was summer vacation anyway, and adjusting her biological clock had no significant impact on her body.
But the problem was, what was she doing during that time of staying up late?
For the former Kazumi, after midnight was the most efficient and convenient time. The quiet environment, the hidden small room, and Sato Shinichi going to sleep meant that her only concern was gone. It was basically very suitable for planning and analyzing the current situation, researching and practicing her abilities, and even entering the “Black Coffin” territory to carry out some territorial construction operations to improve her strength.
But now, all of the above…
It was impossible!!
It was as if she had been possessed by the lazy person from her previous life. Even though she knew that her abilities were important to her and that she needed to work hard and plan like before to have countermeasures against possible dangers, her body always gave her many excuses.
[Vacation is for resting.] [Your abilities haven’t recovered yet, so you won’t be able to research anything. Why not just lie down, maybe it will help with recovery.] [You’ve worked hard for so long, you deserve to relax a little.] [Isn’t it fun to lie in bed and play on your phone late at night~]
Perhaps her current body had automatically categorized matters related to getting stronger as “studying.” Even a top student couldn’t be exactly like an emotionless robot. It was normal to have a slight resistance from the bottom of her heart.
Coupled with the amplification of emotions at night, the result was the familiar habit of staying up late playing on her phone, sleeping late, and waking up late.
“Creeaak—”
The girl on the bed was still fast asleep, but the room door was slowly pushed open from the outside.
A robust figure, dazzling blond hair, and a hint of anxiety and shyness in his azure blue eyes. Sato Shinichi, who had just spoken to Kazumi on the phone, appeared in the girl’s bedroom.
“Kazumi, Kazumi, wake up.”
Gently closing the door, Sato Shinichi looked at the girl sleeping soundly on the bed with a black line on his forehead. He walked a few steps to Kazumi’s bedside, reached out to push her shoulder, and softly called out to her.
“Mnn—”
A remarkably soft sound, like a waking kitten, came from the girl’s mouth. Hearing someone call her, Kazumi dazedly lifted her head and saw the figure she was so familiar with. The doubts in her heart eased again.
“It’s Shinichi, morn…”
She greeted him leisurely, turned over, hugged her pillow, and fell back asleep.
“……. ”
Kazumi’s reaction completely surprised Sato Shinichi. He had braced himself to be scolded by his girlfriend before coming to her house. After all, barging into a girl’s room without permission was already a very excessive act, even if they were in a relationship.
However, regarding the group trip organized by the class, the boy wanted his girlfriend to participate more, no matter what.
Especially in this recent period, although it wasn’t very obvious, Kazumi’s condition had significantly improved. Both in their interactions and in daily life, she had gained more vitality, which was much better than her previous gloomy and listless appearance.
Emmm, except for her increasing tendency to stay up late and sleep in, which was a bit troublesome. But now that it was summer vacation, a little relaxation wasn’t a big problem.
That’s why Sato Shinichi was so concerned, even willing to jump through the window with his abilities to wake the girl up and get her to school.
“No, Kazumi, do you remember the car to the North Sea today?! Hurry up and get up, get up.”
Seeing the girl trying to fall back asleep, Sato Shinichi quickly raised his voice to wake her. Although the girl’s groggy appearance was indeed exceptionally cute, the current time did not allow the boy to appreciate such a beautiful sight.
“North Sea?… Okay… Five more minutes… I…”
Perhaps it was the boy’s voice or a certain keyword that triggered the girl’s memory. Kazumi lifted her head, responded a couple of times, and then… there was no more.
“This…”
Looking at the girl whose voice had become weak again, the boy was truly troubled now. In fact, Sato Shinichi had thought about forcibly carrying the girl to wake her up, but that idea was immediately dispelled when he saw Kazumi’s somewhat revealing pajamas.
It was already very impolite for him to come to her room without Kazumi’s permission. To take advantage of her trust and lack of guard to make physical contact would be even more beastly.
Moreover, seeing the girl’s drowsy and sleepy state, he really couldn’t bear to wake her up roughly.
[It’s okay, I’ll just carry her to the car later.]
“No, there’s not enough time!!” “Let’s pack first!”
He took out his phone from his pocket and checked it. The urgency on the boy’s face deepened. There were only thirty minutes left until departure. If they couldn’t get there in time, it would delay everyone’s time.
Moreover, with the girl’s personality, if she missed the car, she really wouldn’t want to go anymore. After all, the cost of traveling to North Capital alone was quite high, and Kazumi’s tight financial situation did not allow her to have extra expenses in such a place. He had quite a bit of savings, but the girl would definitely not want to use it.
“Kazumi, Kazumi, have you packed your clothes for the training camp?”
While shaking the girl on the bed, the boy looked around and prepared to help his girlfriend pack her travel essentials. This way, Kazumi could sleep a little longer, and when she woke up, she would only need to wash up and change clothes.
Coupled with the taxi he had already called, it should not make the teacher and classmates wait too long.
“Yes… on the cabinet…”
Fortunately, the girl could still hear the boy’s voice even in her deep sleep. She shifted her body and gave her fragmented answers.
Sato Shinichi quickly opened the cabinet and found the clothes Kazumi mentioned from the meager inventory. It seemed the girl had made preparations yesterday as well. Outerwear and underwear were neatly packed in two small clothing bags, placed together.
“Phew— Fortunately, the clothes were prepared. In that case, I didn’t see a backpack, so she must be bringing a handbag…”
This result made the boy breathe a sigh of relief. How to put it…
If he really had to help Kazumi pack her underwear, it would be quite embarrassing and awkward…
Well, and a certain expectation deep in his heart.
“But Kazumi, there are surprisingly few clothes in your cabinet… and for going out, she only has a handbag for school? Doesn’t she have any other backpacks at home?”
In Sato Shinichi’s impression, girls’ clothes were always too many to wear. Even Kazumi, who usually wasn’t very interested in dressing up, would change into several different outfits when going on dates with him.
But when he came to the girl’s room today, he realized that those were all she had.
[If I buy her one alone, she’ll probably refuse. Maybe I should consider giving her some for her birthday next time? But what kind would be good? I need to ask someone. Should I ask a girl?]
The unfounded imagination in his mind, sparked by the scene before him, flashed by. Sato Shinichi quickly realized the urgency of the current situation and put aside the thought of buying a gift for Kazumi, turning his attention to the desk where the handbag was placed.
“Water cup, umbrella, phone charger… I should also take some books. If she can’t play together, I won’t let her be so bored…”
While neatly putting the clothes and items into the handbag, Sato Shinichi thought about things to bring for the trip.
But when he had finished organizing everything, he found that where the clothes had been placed earlier, there was still a neatly folded pile of black items.
“Huh? What’s this?”
He picked up the black clothing somewhat curiously. The feel in his hand was exceptionally soft and smooth. The thin fabric dangled with gravity, revealing a rather blushing shape to the boy. Coupled with the faint unique scent of Kazumi on the clothing, the boy’s slightly flushed face involuntarily conjured up the image of the girl trying on this swimsuit. And now, his hand touching the clothes felt as if he were touching her body.
He quickly glanced back at the sleeping girl, afraid that his actions would be discovered. Then, feeling a bit guilty, he put this black swimsuit into the small bag specially designated for underwear and zipped up the handbag forcefully, as if nothing had happened.
“Cough cough… It’s a swim… swimsuit.”
“That’s good.”
(ps: fixed)
