I handed Wakamiya-san the drink I had bought and sat down near her.
「I’m fine. To tell you the truth, I’m only half acting.」
「Why would you do that? You had others worried.」
「Well, if I don’t do so, we wouldn’t be able to talk alone.」
What? What are you going to say? I never had a one on one conversation with Wakamiya-san before. I’m already scared thinking that she’s going to say something that she doesn’t want others to hear.
For the time being, I took a sip of the juice I bought to calm down. The sweetness fills my mouth and I feel like my brain is being replenished with sugar.
「What do you think of Mei-chan?」
I almost burst out the juice in my mouth in surprise at her unexpected question. Will someone praise me for being able to swallow my juice instead?
However, what do I think of Mei? I can’t really put it in words but I don’t think she’s bad. I am comfortable when I’m with her. It’s just that I can’t quite put my feelings into words. I know that Mei is different from the other girls I’ve met but I just can’t seem to take the next step.
「Don’t be like that. You think too much.」
「Yes, in fact, I feel comfortable with her. I just don’t know what to say.」
「Are you confused by my straightforwardness? 」
「It’s not that far off. I just find it hard to say it in words. 」
Wakamiya-san said, “I know what you mean”. Right, Shinozaki and Mei have similarities and Wakamiya-san, who was confessed by Shinozaki, might have thought something similar to what I’m currently thinking.
「Well, that’s it. That’s the only answer I can give you. 」
「That’s fine as long as you don’t run away. 」
「Do you think I still can run away if the moat has already been filled? 」
I took my phone out of the waterproof case that’s hanging around my neck and showed her my contacts. There, she found the contact information of Mei, Iori-chan, and their mother. In addition, I also showed her the email sent by Mei’s mother this morning.
「Wow, they already accepted you as part of their family. It looks like there is already an answer. 」
「Even so, it’s not because I was swept away. I’ll answer based on my own decision. 」
「I see. By the way, did she confess the other day? 」
I was currently swallowing my juice and I almost choked.
「What? Bull’s-eye? If it’s the usual you, you would just casually shrug it off but you are being awfully honest that I thought that’s what happened.」
「No, that’s not what I---oh, our talk will end here.」
I said so while trying to shrug off the tension. I can already see Mei and Shinozaki walking towards us.
「How are you two doing?」
「I’m fine. I’ve recovered in less than five minutes. If you still want to slide, I’ll go too.」
I said “Okay, let’s go on the two-person slide!” and followed Mei who went one step ahead of us. When I turned my gaze back, I saw Wakamiya-san looking at me with a satisfied expression. For the time being, it seems like she gave me a passing score.
「Hey, are you okay?」
「I can do it.」
The couple in front of us was screaming so hard. Moreover, the course was much more complicated than the one we had just ridden. There are a lot of places where there are no tunnels but given the curves before and after the tunnels, I can already feel bad looking at them from above.
「Should I ride in front?」
「Ah, yeah.」
As Mei and I climbed into the float, the employee pushed us down the slide. Every time we came to a curve, my vision was filled with light as our body turns sideways with the floating ring.
I was freaking out when we landed and when I asked Mei if she’s okay, she cheerfully asked me if I wanted to go again.
I said “Seriously?” and she said “Yeah”. And so, I played on the waterslide with Mei four more times. I came back to the parasol while walking a little sluggish.
「Are you okay, Amane?」
「Ah, somehow.」
To be honest, if we rode one more time, it would have been a disaster but thanks to the fact that when it turned one o'clock, people who had finished their lunch started to line up. However, is that okay? I don’t think you’re supposed to swim after eating.
「Great. Then, let’s go eat for now.」
「Maa, I want to eat something light. If you’re the one who’s going to buy, buy it properly.」
「Okay, I’ll make sure to get you something light.」
「Wait, Kazuya, I’ll go with you.」
「Okay.」
I lay down on a lounge chair under the parasol to watch the couple who had gone to buy food together.
「The waterslides were fun.」
Mei, who also lied down to the other lounge chair, said that to me.
「I feel like I’ve slide enough even for my next life but it was fun.」
「That’s much less even in this lifetime.」
「Is it?」
「Did you push yourself too hard?」
Mei asked me with a worried expression. Perhaps she’s thinking that she pushed me around too much.
「No, not really. I’m just tired because I don’t usually do this.」
「Summer vacation has only just begun.」
That’s right. We still have a lot of plans that I don’t know much about. However, given that I’m already like this in just half a day….I wonder if my physical strength can keep up.