"How is it?"
"Pretty."
Jiu Ming, who had just been splashed head-on with a bucket of water, lazily looked at Kaguya, who stood beneath the sun holding a little pail. Just as Kaguya had said, she wanted to come play at the beach—and so they had truly come.
"Why is there no pressure at all wearing this kind of outfit in a place like this, while it's completely different at home?" Jiu Ming sized up Kaguya in her two-piece swimsuit. With foundations like hers, she looked good in anything!
"Because dressing like this at home isn't much different from wearing **."
"That's exactly why it's strange. The situation should obviously be the other way around." Jiu Ming shook his head. There were not many people on the beach, which had to do with the time they had chosen. It was neither a holiday nor any special occasion, so naturally few people came here.
Aside from the occasional person who showed a dazzled expression upon seeing Kaguya, nothing else happened.
"Well, who knows? In any case, I don't feel burdened here." Kaguya flung the small bucket aside, then stood before Jiu Ming and looked down at him as he sat on the sand. Her long, straight black hair drifted lightly in the breeze. She was a girl whose charm, with only the slightest display, could make people unable to pull themselves free.
"Then enjoy yourself. Just be careful not to get carried off by a shark."
After staring at Jiu Ming for quite a while, Kaguya suddenly narrowed her eyes. "Say, with the sun this vicious, shouldn't you be taking the initiative to put some sunscreen on me right about now?"
"...You can get tanned?" Jiu Ming waved at Mai Kashiwagi, who was quietly watching the waves some distance away. "Mai!