"I've been sweating so much. I want to take a bath with everyone too."
"..."
The four of them spent two hours bathing together. They didn't finish until nine that evening.
Zhuzhu had used up too much energy and was already fast asleep. There were still tear tracks at the corners of her eyes, and she clearly couldn't go home by herself.
Fortunately, Marin had Zhuzhu's little sister's number, and the girl knew Marin too. One call was all it took to arrange for Zhuzhu to stay over.
"It's a shame I still have to go home."
Amamiya Natsuki sounded regretful.
He'd been back in the real world for a whole day now. He needed to go home and check on Miko first, then use Dream Link to see if he could contact the Miko in the other world and ask her for information about the supernatural being Evil Neighbor.
Whether he could get any answers was one thing; whether he acted on them was another. There was no harm in trying.
"Go on home, Natsuki." Kitagawa Marin walked him to the door. "Zhuzhu's in our hands."
"Mm." Amamiya Natsuki nodded lightly. "I'll be going, then."
"Wait."
The Succubus Girl rose onto her toes. The flush on her lovely face hadn't faded as she pointed a slender finger at her soft, rosy lips and pleaded:
"You can't leave until you give me a kiss."
Amamiya Natsuki cleared his throat twice.
"Did you brush your teeth just now?"
"Ugh—"
Kitagawa Marin puffed out her cheeks.
"That's so mean! Natsuki, you're rejecting me!"
Amamiya Natsuki denied it.
"I'm not. I didn't."
"I didn't brush my teeth, but I did rinse my mouth." The Succubus Girl tilted up her lovely face. "After treating me so roughly earlier, you didn't complain about me... Hurry