Convenient Semi-friend ch40

No failing grades!
I've avoided make-up exams!!

Congratulations, Suuna-chan.
Well, she did study hard this time around.
Good girl for studying during break time too.

But what got you so motivated so suddenly?
You let out such a shriek on the first day I helped you study.
I can't take anymooore

That's...
Ah...

It was for the "reward"<3
Ah.
Erm...
I'm guessing it's something unwholesome!!

Those grades look like they were cutting it close, but she got the reward!

Oh, you were talking about a date.
Don't go making things weird.
You're the one who made the wrong assumption.

U-Um, Kohaku-san.
Thank you very much
for helping me study.

Kinda feels likes I was just dragged in to help Ruka go on a date...
You're fine, Suuna-chan.
It's fine, ain't it?
Be happy.

So about our date, anywhere you wanna go?
E-Erm, a-an amusement park... or maybe an escape room...?

...I'm surprised. You like those kinds of things, Suuna?
Ah... N-No... Um...
That lady I exchanged contacts with the other day told me about them...

That suspicious woman!? You stayed in touch with her!?
Are you close with that girl you were with?
Yes.
I see. Is she perhaps your girlfriend?
Yes.
Sh-She's really talking up a storm...
Y-Yes. She's been contacting me non-stop...
Hmm.

Then anything besides an amusement park or escape room.
A-Are you upset?
Not really~? I don't have the right to meddle with your affairs, after all.

...Um.
I actually like... the aquarium.

But it's dark and full of sealife(?)
I figured... you would prefer somewhere more lively, Ruka...

I
wanna go where you wanna go, Suuna.

Wah~
Such pretty skin~
Do you like fish skin?
I love how pretty it is when it reacts to light.

Fish are all about their skin.
Never seen a type like her before.

Is there... a type of fish you like, Ruka?
I don't know much about fish, but...

if we're talking a girl who's as pretty as a mermaid,
I'm looking right at her.

Wh-

What fish is that an allegory of!?
I wanna see it too.
Oh right. I forgot she's oblivious to pick-up lines.

Calm down.
You're making a scene.
B-But!

I want... to know more
about what you like... Ruka.

...
I see.

Well for starters, Suuna, what I said just now was referring to you.
~!?

Shark skin has a lovely matte feeling to it too.
Matte? Don't you mean rough?

That stingray's white stomach reflects the blue, huh~
Isn't that a manta ray?

Penguin skin is so silky smooth and graceful~
It has fur, so it's not really silky smooth, is it...

I heard aquarium dates were supposed to be all romantic and stuff,
You sure know a lot... huh, Ruka~
but I'm not getting that vibe at all.

The jellyfish are pretty too~

Do jellyfish even have a skin category?
There are creatures without skin?
There just might be...

chuckle
Wh-What's wrong?

Nothing.
I'm just having fun is all.

I-I'm having fun too!
Seeing... you have fun too makes me
very...

Ah...

Erm!
I-I'm just gonna go to the bathroom...!
Heh? S-Sure.
...She's really not used to this.

I ran away without thinking...

Ah, Suuna-chan.

I-I-I-I-I'm sorry for running away and then peeking at you from the shadows!
Fufufu. You sure seem lively~

Hah
...Bell-san?
Bell-san?

Ah.
S-Sorry. I didn't know your name, so I used your emoji...
Aah.

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Fufu. It's cute, so Bell-san is fine.
I-Is that so...?
So she's not going to tell me her actual name...

Huh? Come to think of it, you seem to know... what my name is.
Hm?
Ah... You introduced yourself on the day we met.

...Did I?
Is the date going well?

Fweh?

H-H-H-H-How did you...?
We were messaging each other about where to go on a date, weren't we?
O-Oh right.

Sorry. You gave me so many suggestions and yet...
It's fine. I think the aquarium is good too.

Did you... come here to hang out too, Bell-san?
Yeah. You told me about your date schedule after all, Suuna-chan.

...?

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Suuna's late.

She probably just ran away out of embarrassment, so I assumed she'd be right back, but...
Did she actually need the bathroom?

Wait, even if that were the case, she would've gone the opposite direction.
...I don't think she got lost...
She is a high schooler, after all...

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Honestly, my girlfriend is such a troublemaker.
Not too shabby.

I found her almost immediately.

Suu-...

p13

Ah, Ruka...
What
are you doing here with Suuna?

Confrontation.

Warning