A few hours later, after bathing and dinner, everyone headed to their rooms. Most of the hotel rooms held two people, and Fujino shared one with Iori Muga.
Just before bed, a text message arrived: "Three o'clock tonight. Don't stand me up."
"...?"
Fujino stared at the message from Ooka Momiji, thoroughly confused.
Momiji sent another message, phrased with utter seriousness: "I'll be waiting for you at Oda no Yu."
Fujino was baffled. "What do you mean?"
"To soak in the hot spring, of course..." Momiji quickly explained. "When I mentioned it earlier, you tapped me on the head three times. You were obviously hinting at three o'clock tonight."
"There were too many people around earlier, so I made some arrangements for us to be alone."
"It'll be just the two of us. I've arranged everything."
Fujino glanced at Iori Muga, who had lain down on the other bed and appeared to be asleep, and fell silent.
Now Fujino understood why Iori Muga had insisted on sharing his room tonight.
It had been planned all along...
Did she put me in a room with Iori Muga so no one would catch us?
But wasn't she sharing a room with Ai Haibara and Ayumi?
Is she sure they won't notice?
Fujino's thoughts were a mess. "Momiji asking me over this late can't mean anything innocent..."
He knew perfectly well she wanted something to happen.
That was fine. They had already done just about everything they should do; only what they shouldn't do remained.
Getting caught, though, would be mortifying.
Night fell. Three in the morning.
Fujino sat up in bed and glanced toward Iori Muga. The man seemed to be genuinely asleep, so Fujino got dressed and left the room.
He had barely taken two steps when he spotted Ooka