The blue sea, my youth

That night, after seeing Kohei coming to the diving shop, Aina went straight to him to discuss the problem alone.

Mingmei, who was drinking coffee with Aina, was left staring at Aina's back in a daze, complaining to herself: "What? She just said she had something to ask Kohei, but she didn't make it clear at all."

But when she found out that Aina didn't leave far away, but was just sitting at a booth nearby, Mingmei's curiosity increased instantly, and she pulled Takaharu, who had just entered the store, to the booth behind Aina to eavesdrop.

Although Takaharu was surprised to be dragged forward suddenly, he immediately held back his doubts when he saw Aina and Kohei face to face alone, and crouched down at the booth behind Aina with a sense of stealth.

Aina, who had something on her mind, and Kohei, who was flipping through a comic book, didn't pay attention to Takaharu and the other person who were sneaking around.

Aina held the coffee cup and thought for a long time before putting it down, and the cup hit the table and made a "click" sound.

This sound made Kohei temporarily come back to his senses from the world of comics for a moment, and then Aina's voice brought Kohei back to reality.

Aina: "... Kohei."

Aina, who had been acting very calm, suddenly asked Kohei with tears in her eyes: "Help me!!"

Kohei closed the comic book in his hand and looked at the crying Aina helplessly: "You called me here just to let me see your ugly face?"

Aina couldn't help crying, so she wiped her tears and said: "I can't think of a solution no matter how hard I think. And I don't know how to tell Mingmei, Kohei, you know a lot of despicable and dirty tricks, right!?"

Kohei: "That's too much."

Aina has calmed down: "Am I wrong?"

Kohei: "No, it's the truth."

Aina: "That's what I said. So please! Think about it with me!!"

Kohei was about to leave with the comic book: "I refuse, I'm busy."

Aina had no choice but to use her trump card The means of the bottom: "I'll give you the beautiful girl game that Kiyoko forced on me!"

Amei whispered to Takaharu: "That game is said to be able to explore and develop the love lines of 804 different characters."

Kohei sat back immediately: "Oh my... Tell me, what do you want me to help you with?"

"Well, it's..." Aina explained hesitantly, "I want to stop two people from traveling together."

The two people who were eavesdropping from behind already knew Aina's thoughts, and Kohei asked in confusion: "What's the situation?"

Aina emphasized: "This is the story of a friend of mine. The person she likes recently has some money on hand, and the man plans to use the money to invite other girls to travel. This trip will definitely bring them closer, so I want to stop them!"

Aina said it smoothly, without realizing that her words had exposed herself.

Kohei calmly exposed Aina's thoughts: "You said Kitahara and Kotegawa were going on a trip."

Aina blushed with shame and didn't care that they were in a diving shop. She loudly retorted: "Didn't I say this was a story about a friend of mine!?"

But Aina quickly returned to her timid look: "Then... what do you think we should do?"

Kohei instantly thought of an idea: "Anyway, it's because you got a lot of windfall that you want to travel, right? Just burn the lottery ticket."

Aina couldn't accept it. She was a normal person before she put on makeup or drank. Takaharu, who was eavesdropping behind her, didn't quite agree with Kohei's idea. Things like feelings can't be stopped by these means, but if you just want to stop her from traveling, you can still do it.

爱菜放不下心里的道德底线，再次询问：“就没有别的办法了吗？”

“要求好多啊。”耕平为了游戏又想到一个主意，“那巧妙制造一起背债事故怎么样。”

爱菜：“过！”

耕平：“雇小混混揍他。”

爱菜：“换一个！”

“那干脆直白点，”耕平发现爱菜放不下手段，再再次想了一招，“你去求他怎么样？”

爱菜脸色再次通红：“我怎么干得出那种事嘛！！”

耕平反问爱菜：“为什么不行？”

爱菜一下有些结巴：“为、为什么……因为……又不是男女朋友关系，这么挽留人家多奇怪……”

耕平顺势提议：“那就表个白再挽留他好了。”

“表！？”爱菜听到耕平的提议后更加手足无措，双手慌张得上下摆动。

Kouhei: "Is it not possible?"

"But..." Aina said shyly what she had been worried about, "But if it goes wrong, even the current relationship... won't be able to be maintained..."

Kouhei also pondered: "Hmm..."

Aina hurriedly started to make excuses: "It's my friend! It's my friend who is soOh, I said it!"

Takaharu heard Mana's true feelings and felt a little annoyed that she didn't fight for it. If he didn't dare to speak up because of these worries, he would be doomed to fail. (This is just the author's thoughts as a virgin, I don't know what to do specifically.)

The door of the diving shop suddenly opened, and Iori's voice came: "I'm so tired..."

This sentence scared Mana, who had just spoken her true feelings. Mana was glad that Iori didn't hear what she said just now.

Kohei: "You work so late."

Iori: "I'm helping the day shift people. There are not enough people in the lobby recently."

Iori took a bottle of beer from the freezer and sat aside, curiously asking: "You guys look idle, but why are you sitting separately?"

Kohei: "I was called out by this guy"

Kohei was blocked by Mana before he finished speaking: "We just have something to discuss! ! "

Takaharu on the other side explained relatively calmly: "Amei and I are dating here, and I don't want to participate in their discussion. ”

Iori was extremely jealous: “Are you showing off?”

“No, no.” Takaharu’s tone was very humble and apologetic, but Takaharu’s expression seemed to say: ‘Of course I’m showing off in front of you.’

Iori became even more annoyed: “You bastard, put away the smirk on your face before you deny it!”

Takaharu retorted without any fear: “Who told you to ask such an idiotic question?”

Iori and Takaharu started to argue with each other, and Aina didn’t care that Takaharu was eavesdropping behind her, but took this opportunity to say: “We still have something to talk about, bye!! ”

Only Takaharu and Iori were left confused. Takaharu turned back decisively and continued chatting with Mingmei, enjoying the hard-earned time together.

Before they had talked for long, Mingmei's phone started to ring continuously. Then Mingmei opened her phone apologetically. After reading the message on her phone, Mingmei said, "If you have anything, please contact me. Let's talk when I come back." She also left the diving shop.

(I was too sleepy, so there may be typos. Sorry.)