Summer Vacation Arc: 57 The Beach and Splashing

Summer Vacation Arc
57 The Beach and Splashing

The blue ocean.
The beautiful, expanding, sandy beach.
People in their swimsuits…

“We’ve arrived!”

Fuuga raised his voice in high spirits.

The members of the student council had come to the beach.

“It’s hot…”

Meru murmured while fanning herself with a handheld paper fan.
It couldn’t be helped because the sunlight was dazzling, even if she was wearing a straw hat.
It was perfect beach weather.

“Kyaaaaaa! There’re hot guys over there!”

The beach grew hotter with the appearance of the executives. Today, Laila was in his male form, so although the number of male voices was fewer than usual, the female voices were stronger than ever.¹
Meru went to take a step away from the executives, but Hayate immediately caught her.

“We finally came here. Have some fun.”

Hayate directed a smile that brooked no refusal toward her. Meru laughed uneasily.

“Meru-chan, you’re definitely going to wear a swimsuit, right!?”
“Nope.”

Fuuga was dumbfounded by Meru’s instantaneous reply.

“Why not!?”
“A look like that which is hardly different from being in underwear is embarrassing, so it’s impossible.”
“Exactly.”

When Meru spoke with narrowed eyes, Shoutarou agreed with her.

Right now, Meru was wearing a straw hat, hoodie, shorts, and flip-flops.
Shoutarou was wearing sunglasses, a T-shirt, shorts, and slippers, both of them sporting a field trip style.

“Shoutarou-kun predicted it, but! Meru-chan has to wear a swimsuit!”
“I’m not going to swim that seriously in the ocean, right? Then this is fine.”

Fuuga spoke while clinging to Meru, and she replied while trying to escape from him.

In any case, the number one good-looking guy from the group of good-looking guys was clinging to an ordinary girl while giving out such a loud voice. They were drawing considerable attention.

When Meru gave up, allowing herself to be hugged by Fuuga, Hayate grabbed the back of his T-shirt and tore him off of Meru.

“Cut it out, Fuuga. And Meru is fine like that.”

Meru stared blankly, having unexpectedly received approval from Hayate.

“Hayate-kun! Why!”
“Could you not make so much noise right by my ear?”

Hayate glared at Fuuga and Fuuga paled.
Laila chuckled watching them.

“What’s so funny? Hiiragi-san.”
“I was thinking Hayate has adorable points, too.”

Yuuri didn’t understand what Laila meant by that and remained puzzled.

“Let’s leave Ruu-chan and Shou-chan who aren’t participating as well as Hayate and Fuu-chan who are reveling in their youth and go play, Yuu-chan!”

Laila smiled cheerfully and took his shirt off. Yuuri also followed suit, leaving just his swimming trunks, and the two of them headed to the ocean.

“Ah! Laila, Yuuri-kun! That’s not fair!”
“It’s because you say stupid things. Come on, let’s go.”

Hayate and Fuuga also took off their tops and followed Laila and Yuuri toward the ocean.

“Everyone looks like they’re having fun.”

Meru murmured as she watched the four leave her and Shoutarou behind.

“It’s especially surprising that Laila-chan is in such high spirits.”

Meru watched Laila without his top on who was having fun splashing Fuuga.
She was surprised that Laila, who normally wore women’s clothes, didn’t feel any reluctance to be in that appearance, nor seemed to be worried about getting sunburned.
Though it felt like Laila definitely would have developed a perfect sunscreen…

Shoutarou exhaled a little, looking at Meru as she thought about that.

“Hiiragi originally lived like that.”

Shoutarou’s words seemed to carry another meaning.
Meru couldn’t respond. She couldn’t really figure out what Shoutarou meant. She could ask him to elaborate, but she felt that that wasn’t something she should do.
Shoutarou smiled faintly, looking at Meru who didn’t say anything.

“I like Hiiragi as he is now and feel like he’s more himself, but what about you?”

Meru answered Shoutarou without needing to think.

“I like Laila-chan.”
“Which one does that mean?”
“What d’you mean? No matter how Laila-chan looks, he’s Laila-chan, so my answer is enough, right?”

Shoutarou faintly smiled again at Meru’s annoyed tone.

“That’s what I’d expect from you.”
“What is?”
“Nothing.”
“Ruu-chan! Shou-chan!”

Laila was waving his hand at the two of them.

“You’re fine in those clothes, so hurry up and come over! It feels great!”

He was smiling happily. It wasn’t any different from Laila’s usual sweet smile.

“It’s cold!”

Meru took over her flip-flops and stepped into the water.

“Ruu-chan, over here.”

Laila held out his hand and Meru stretched hers out to him. As they did, a slightly bigger wave swirled around their feet.

“”Wah!””

The two of them fell into the ocean with a splash.
Because Meru fell on top of Laila, she was only wet up to her thighs and upper arms, but Laila who fell backward was soaked from head to toe.

“Kyaa, it’s cold.”

Seawater got into one of Laila’s eyes, so he got up with one eye closed.
Laila was a little sexy like that, and Meru blushed.

“Ruu-chan, revenge!”

Without noticing her reaction, Laila splashed Meru’s face with water.

“Puhah! Uwah.”

Meru shook her head from side to side, scattering drops of water.

They exchanged a glance and smiled.

“Laila! Why are you playing alone with Meru-chan!?”

Fuuga joined in the war. Laila pulled Meru to himself and embraced her tightly.

“Right now, I’m being lovey-dovey with Ruu-chan. Don’t get in our way.”

Laila stuck out his tongue. Fuuga made noises in complaint and fluttered his legs. As he did, the water he kicked up scattered around the area.

“Oh? You have quite some nerve to splash water on me, Fuuga.”

Behind Fuuga, Hayate spoke with a full-faced smile and pushed Fuuga down into the ocean.

“Wah! Hayate-kun! I’m sorry!”
“Kamishiro-kun, I’ll assist.”

Yuuri, who had been playing beach volleyball like it was weight training, quickly plunged into the ocean and joined in bullying Fuuga since he had gotten in his way, too.

“You all, don’t splash! My clothes will get wet!”
“That’s natural at the beach, Shou-chan.”
“Katsuragi-kun, get soaked as well.”

Everyone messed around in the ocean. They slipped underwater, splashed around, and the sound of laughter filled the air.

Meru and Shoutarou no longer cared about their clothes getting drenched.

A group of beautiful people had fun with the lovely ocean as a backdrop. Amidst them, there was one single normal girl mixed in.
They had become the center of attention at the beach.

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1 And we are back to ambiguity, so I will be using he pronouns for Laila when in the male appearance and she pronouns in the female. T_T

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A lovely, light-hearted chapter. ❤ Mandatory beach episode haha.

28 chapters left in the summer vacation arc!

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