Chapter 37: You move instead!

Arriving at Kitanomaru Park, an earthy scent hit him as he followed the lake all the way in, and indeed it was rare that anyone would swim in the lake even in this weather.

The lake was so extensive that he could not see each other at a glance, so he had to follow suit and rent a small boat himself.

There are two types of rental boats here, one is hand-rowed and the other is foot-operated, and the foot-operated type is also divided into single and double.

After paying he opted for the foot-powered boat with a shell towards the center of the lake.

The entire lake presents a large corner arc, so there will be a large degree of dead space, and it’s not unusual to not see the high bridge.

He continued on, the lake to his left and right didn’t strike fear into him, once upon a time he’d been taken by his dad one summer to learn how to swim, and despite his poor form, he’d had no problem at all swimming to the edge of the lake in his safety suit.

Soon he saw a small boat at a great distance, resting motionless on the lake.

That’s when the other side called as well.

“Are you, are you here ……” The tone became kind.

After all, it was a request for help, and any worse attitude would be truly stupid to the point of being brainless.

“Yes, you are already in sight, look back to see if a small boat is approaching.”

There was silence from across the room, then the voice rose an octave, “Yes! Yes!”

Natsuki Aoi shifted away from the screen, the suddenly raised voice almost didn’t shake his ears off.

Confirmation would be fine.

He sped up his approach and soon reached a position level with the boat, leaning down to see that a red-eyed Takahashi Midu was crouching inside.

“What have you been doing ……”

Aoi Natsuki guessed that this would be the case, so she also rented a double pedal type, but the weight of the double also exceeded quite a lot, and it was really a bit tiring to advance to this place alone.

“Slow down and come over here first.” Aoi Natsuki extended his hand to her.

A momentary reluctance flickered in Takahashi Mito’s eyes, but then she glanced at the lake close by, and in her heart she became even more fearful of the whole thing of stepping out of her foot and falling into the water.

Knowing that being on the water wasn’t like being on the road, especially in a small boat like this, where any body swing would cause the boat to tilt slightly, this lack of solidity underfoot made the distance between the two boats even if it was only twenty centimeters become like a chasm.

Eventually, she chose to reach out.

Made active first physical contact with Natsuki Aoi.

“Favorability +4”

The corners of Aoi Natsuki’s mouth showed a smile, being touched by the reluctant boy’s hand instead of boosting favorability, a girl’s mentality could be really hard to guess.

Other than that, Aoi Natsuki didn’t get any closer to holding her waist, or any other part of her body, just hand contact would do.

Takahashi Mito managed to reach the passenger seat, the tandem style boat was much smoother, and the sense of solidity made her breathe a long sigh of relief.

“What’s going on, all of a sudden you’re thinking of swimming in the lake alone, and coming so far away, a girl, it’s just too dangerous.”

Mito Takahashi, alarmed, stared right after him, and with his right hand in a death grip on his collar, said, “For all you care!”

Got to, everything hit back.

Aoi Natsuki was going to take a rest first, so the ship would just leave it parked here for now.

“You, move!” Takahashi Mito shouted in a hurry when she saw him in this state.

“I’m not an animal, I’m already tired from riding all the way here alone, let me take a break, if you want to hurry back you can just ride yourself for a while, you have pedals there anyway.” Aoi Natsuki pointed to the pedals under her feet.

Takahashi Mito was furious, but it’s not good to make any big moves on such an unsteady lake, and his head seemed to recall some bad memories as he said, “I just stopped on the lake and the pedals broke down in a bad way, so you’re going to give me a ride right away now! Don’t get us both stuck here!”

A cool breeze blew by at that moment, and Midu Takahashi sneezed.

The sun is gradually going down and the temperature is starting to turn cooler.

Aoi Natsuki understood the meaning when he heard it, except that he felt that labor shouldn’t be something that was given unilaterally, so he proposed that the two of them ride together.

Takahashi Mito couldn’t say no, so he nodded in agreement.

“Nah, the jacket you put on.”

“Eh.”

Takahashi Mito froze and watched as he took off the jacket he was wearing and handed it over, his feet already starting to give out as the boat drifted forward.

“……”

There appears to be a second of thought struggle, but, but ……

Seriously, she had known this guy for more than a month, at least there was some credibility in the piece of character, sometimes thinking that if only this guy wasn’t a boy, then the two of them would surely become very good friends.

Just a shame ……

Her hatred of boys was innate, not just in dealing with him, but with other boys, except he added the word most to that.

Takahashi Mito shivered and put on her jacket anyway, a scent that was exclusively his rushing up her nose, which caused two very different emotions, comfort and resistance, to arise in her body as well as within her.

About this misogyny of hers, Aoi Natsuki had asked Hayakawa about it, saying that Takahashi had explained to her that this was actually a mental illness, that she didn’t like boys, but she wasn’t a lesbian either, and that she could play around with some of the more neutral-looking people, but once if she learned that he was a male, the relationship would end immediately.

Is that a bad thing?

In the eyes of others it might be, but in the eyes of Aoi Natsuki, it could even be considered an advantage.

Isn’t it? If once the other person has changed her mind about you, then from now on you will be the only guy she likes, and this kind of loyalty to the relationship can’t be matched by any other ordinary young couple.

As the saying goes, the higher the difficulty of the raid, the better the final positive feedback, and shouldn’t the rewards of such a raid be more exciting to feel inside.

“Why did you suddenly think to call me? It kinda surprised me.” Aoi Natsuki asked during the ride.

Takahashi Mito frowned, then placed the phone in his hand on the flat surface in front of him, and said, “The phone was soaked in water and broken, the whole black screen, only a few touch-screen buttons still work, and it just happened to be able to call back the user of the last phone call, that’s why I called you, do you think I did it on purpose!”

“Oh, so that’s it.”

Since the two of them had made a special evening phone call yesterday about Yoshizou’s dog license, he had also become the closest contact for Takahashi Mito.

That’s quite a coincidence.

Going out and meeting Ayano Takahashi, and now Midu Takahashi, one really can’t get away from the Takahashi family.

“And what’s with the sudden rowing alone, you don’t look like you’ve got the leisure to do it.”

A rich family’s young lady coming out to swim in the lake all by herself, how can you think of that?

“…… “Hearing this, Takahashi Midu suddenly lowered her head perversely, and her foot movements slowed down.

Seems to be …… something on your mind?