The blue sea, my youth

Kohei threw out the bait first: "Did Kitahara treat you to a meal?"

Although Otoya thought the question was strange, he still answered: "No."

Kohei said meaningfully: "Really..."

Otoya was curious about Kohei's attitude: "What happened?"

"Actually, that bastard," Kohei said his purpose in another way, "won the lottery a few days ago."

Otoya changed the topic and said: "That's really lucky."

"Yes, I also wish him well from the bottom of my heart." Kohei never mentioned How the store treats Iori, instead, he continues to guide Otoya, "The question is how he will use the money."

Otoya is very cooperative: "What do you mean?"

Kohei supported his chin with both hands and said very seriously: "It seems that the bastard intends to pay tribute to the woman with the money."

"What!?" Otoya was hit by this sudden news. Kohei's words made him mistakenly think that Iori wanted to use the money to threaten the girl. With tears in his eyes, he sighed in disbelief, "I didn't expect Kitahara to do that..."

Kohei added that it was not messy enough: "No, it's more than that. That Trash seems to be planning to take a woman on a trip."

After Kohei added, Otoya no longer misunderstood and just repeated lightly: "Kitahara-san is traveling with a woman... just two people?"

Kohei: "Two people."

Otoya said shyly: "This... is a bit..."

"A mere Kitahara is so arrogant." Kohei then told his plan, "Just let him be so busy that he has no time to travel."

Otoya hesitated, unable to get over the moral barrier in his heart: "This..."

Aina across from him finally chose what she wanted to eat, and she didn't care at all. Kohei excitedly raised his hand to signal, "Okay! I choose spicy pasta!"

Kohei completely ignored Aina and continued to persuade Otoya, "Is there any accidental opportunity that can make that guy full of classes..."

Otoya: "Ahaha..."

Aina was confused when she heard Kohei's words: "What are you talking about?"

Near their table, Busujima, who was hiding behind the wall, heard everything and muttered to himself, "That idiot is going on a trip with a woman..."

As he said this, Busujima bit the order card in his hand lightly, as if he had made up his mind.

...Two days later...

When Takaharu came to the diving shop again, he found that Iori had lost a lot of weight and was lying on the table, looking weak.

Nanaka asked with concern across the table: "Are you okay, Iori?"

Iori's voice was light: "I've been working part-time recently..."

Takaharu looked at Iori's miserable appearance and was glad that he didn't have to work part-time again, and then heard Aina's worried voice: "Are you bullied?"

Iori: "No, I'm used to it."

Aina: "Really..."

Takaharu: "I'm used to being bullied. How many times have I been bullied..."

Iori continued: "For some reason, they have arranged a lot of shifts for me, especially on weekends."

Takaharu was obviously happy when he saw Aina's expression, and his tone could not help but be excited: "Huh? Really?"

Amei poked Aina and whispered: "It's too obvious."

Sure enough, Iori also noticed this and looked up at Aina: "Why are you so happy?"

Even though Aina was reminded, she still panicked when she heard Iori's doubt and shook her head to the side: "No——"

But she was secretly excited in her heart: 'That's great! Although I don’t know the whole story, the plan went smoothly. ’

Nanaka worriedly advised Iori: “You still have to go to class, it’s too hard to not rest.”

Iori was also a little resentful: “That’s right... I also want to find a vacation to go diving.”

Nanaka: “Oh my god…”

Iori comforted himself: “But next week, the store where I work part-time will be closed for renovation, so I just have to wait until then.”

Nanaka was also happy for Iori: “That’s great, Iori!”

But Mana’s smile disappeared. The sudden news completely hit Mana.

Takaharu took the opportunity to ask Akemi: “Then let’s go on a trip at that time. It’s just right to get the diving certificate that the seniors talked about last time.”

Akemi: “Yeah.”

…In the evening…

Kiyoko received a call from Mana.

Aina: "--So the battle plan is..."

Kiyoko: "Ha--I see."

Aina: "I'm done with everything..."

"I see." Kiyoko suggested to Aina, "How about Aina taking a diving trip?"

Aina: "Eh...?"

Kiyoko explained: "Since we're all going to dive, it's also good to go to Okinawa.It's natural, maybe you can meet at the destination. Do you usually have pocket money?"

After being reminded, Aina suddenly realized: "Yes! Thank you! Let's do it!"

"Come on-" Kiyoko asked with a piece of potato chips, "By the way, are you going alone?"

"No, after all, it's diving," Aina's voice came, "and Mingmei will go with Takaharu, I'll ask Kohei to go together."

Kyoko found the blind spot: "Huh?"

Aina didn't realize that there was anything wrong with her words, and continued: "Then I'll go to prepare for the trip, see you later."

Kyoko: "Yeah."

After hanging up the phone, Kiyoko looked at the screen of the phone and sighed: "... In other words, Aina is also going to travel alone with a man?"

Aina was still trying to pack her luggage in the room, and didn't find anything wrong.