Let's do it again, Yukino.

"no……"

"I already said it's okay, but you're not satisfied until everyone waits for you, are you?"

Without saying anything more, Yukinoshita grabbed the arm of Kasuga, who was still trying to turn around and look for her again, and walked towards the hall without looking back.

"But……"

"..."

"It's really not necessary anymore. Listen to me this time, okay?"

"Okay then, I'll buy you a new pair when we get back."

Chunri chuckled and, after thinking for a moment, let the girl pull him along.

"..."

The girl thought for a moment, then casually tossed her other hand, which was inside her coat, behind her, as if something had flown out at that moment.

thump……

A ripple spread across the distant lake surface.

"Um, Xiaoxue, did something just fall into the lake?"

"No, I didn't..."

A young girl answered without changing her expression.

Chapter Twenty-Two: She's not wearing a bikini!!

"As punishment, Kasuga, you're sent to chop wood!!"

This volunteer activity also included a bonfire party in the evening, as well as a test of courage that the elementary school students had been looking forward to for a long time. However, because he had delayed everyone's arrival and departure for so long, he was punished by Hiratsuka Shizuka by having to chop firewood for a full hour.

Fortunately, Haruhi had always been good at this kind of physically demanding work that didn't require much thought. Before long, when the remaining boys from Soubu High School arrived, the stacks of firewood, each as tall as two people, had all been chopped and neatly piled up near the woods.

On a spring day, I sat in the shade by the woodpile, leisurely fanning myself to cool off.

He watched as Hubu and Caijia carried the chopped firewood from beside him to an open area in the camp not far away.

Surrounded by forests, the area resembled a playground, with a warehouse-like structure next to it, seemingly used for storing tools.

After finishing everything, Haruhi followed the others to their destination. Hayama was piling up firewood to make a campfire for the evening, while Hachiman, exuding a gloomy aura, was arranging the firewood in a grid pattern.

"Hey, don't treat your job like a toy. Are you planning to play Jenga here?"

Under the scorching sun, Chunri gazed at the leisurely and carefree teacher.

Using Hiratsuka Shizuka's usual tone, she teased Hibiki.

"Even Jenga requires two people to play, right?"

Hayama also leaned closer to Hikigaya and Kasuga with a serious expression and spoke to them.

Hikigaya was speechless at the two "normies" who came to mock him.

Chopping wood, carrying, stacking, assembling

The boys at Zongwu High School are doing jobs that are suitable for boys.

As for the group of girls, they drew a huge circle with white lines at the location of the campfire that would be needed at night, probably for the children to use when they danced the folk dance.

When everything was finished and everyone regrouped, they found that the entire preparation process hadn't taken them too long.

The boys slumped to the ground, sweat dripping from their foreheads.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone."

Yui, who came from behind, somehow found a few cans of juice and handed them to Hayama Haruhi, Hachiman, and the three boys who had taken on the heaviest workload.

Hiratsuka Shizuka waved her hand, announcing the end of all preparations.

"Now everyone's work is done. Before the test of courage in the evening, everyone is free to do their own thing."

This could be considered the last free time for the volunteers from Zongwu High School.

……

After finishing the last drop of his drink, Haruhi parted ways with Hayama and Hachiman. He didn't want to spend such precious leisure time with those two boys.

He also overheard Yumiko and the others talking about how they had discovered a very clean and clear stream nearby.

If you're lucky, you might even catch a swimsuit show by those beautiful girls.

Following the babbling sound of the flowing stream,

Before long, Chunri saw a small stream of water, different from the lake of yesterday. It was shallow and narrow, like a ditch, perhaps a tributary of the lake from yesterday.

As you walk along, the ground suddenly widens, and the river source stream appears before you in springtime.

"It's really cool here."

"Hehe... Be careful, Yui-neechan. Also, my brother will be coming over later."

A forest like a fairyland.

In the clear stream,

As the sunlight streamed down, though no one was in sight, Haruhi could already hear Yui and Komachi's energetic voices. The two teenage girls were chasing each other in the river, and they seemed to be wearing swimsuits just as Haruhi had imagined.

Despite being only in middle school, Komachi Hikigaya was wearing a light yellow bikini and was splashing water on Yui, who was wearing a sky-blue bikini next to her. The wet water droplets fell down the girls' pure and lovely faces and collarbones.

As for what's below that...

"It's so big—oops, no, I mean it's so great. It's really fun to travel with everyone."

Having grown accustomed to the steep cliffs of spring, seeing those winding, undulating peaks again, I couldn't help but admire the wonder of nature.

What is the epitome of craftsmanship? What is a masterpiece of humankind?

Unexpectedly, Komachi, a junior high school girl, is more developed than Koyuki. Although the two girls are not that different, at least at a glance, Kasuga can tell that Koyuki is slightly inferior.

As for Yuihama, well, that girl is exceptional and cannot be compared to others. She really is a lucky guy like Hachiman who is incredibly fortunate in love.

Springtime touched his nose. He was squatting under the shade of a tree, staring intently and scrutinizing the shimmering, reflecting water.

"Um, does Haruki want to go swimming?"

The two girls seemed to notice Haruhi under the shade of the trees by the stream. Although she was a little embarrassed that the boy had seen her in her swimsuit, Yuihama, who had an enviable figure among her classmates, still politely asked Haruhi about it.

"No need, you guys have fun, I'll just sit here and rest for a while."

In addition, we'll be waiting for light snow.

Having known in advance that a certain girl was coming over, Chunri kept her eyes closed and shook her head with impeccable gentlemanly manners.

I remember Xiaoxue had a swimsuit in her luggage, although it seems she bought it the day before the event.

The boy was filled with anticipation.

"Aren't their swimsuits pretty?"

A calm question came from beside me.

Springtime shook her head indifferently at this as well.

"They don't show any of the youth that girls of this age should have. They're so vulgar that I can't even look at them. They don't have any girlishness at all. And even if they're sexy and pretty, so what? In my springtime eyes, they're like pink skull phantoms. My heart won't flutter for them."

Looking up, Chunri seemed to realize that there was a second person beside her, and immediately knelt down on the ground, clutching her heart.

"Thump thump, ah, is this an angel descending? My heart suddenly raced at this moment, is this what it feels like to be moved?"

The transparent white skin that catches the eye, the gracefully shaped calves that curve all the way to the waist, and the waist that is even more delicate than Yuihama's fullness.

She wore a milky white one-piece swimsuit, which, like the girl's name, made her as pure and proud as a snow lotus.

Yukino was quite satisfied with Haruhi's reaction at that moment.

Sure enough, as springtime casts a shadow over her face, her heart is also in turmoil.

Chunri wouldn't tell the girl in front of him that he had just knelt down because he was so frightened by Xiaoxue's sudden appearance.

but----

But in my heart, it kept repeating itself.

Not wearing a bikini

Not wearing a bikini

Although I had a premonition

However, I still didn't expect Xiaoxue to be so insecure.

Even Komachi's younger sister is wearing a bikini...

Chapter Twenty-Three: A Belief Completely Different from the Great Teacher's

When springtime was approaching and I was about to fall asleep under a tree by the stream,

The boy was gently nudged twice in a daze, and he was instantly awakened from his dream.

Aren't you coming with us?

"Rumi, how many times have I told you before? You should call me, Kasuga Gian, 'Big Brother'! By the way, what brings you here?"

"The teacher allowed me to have free time, so I came to find you. Aren't you going to play with them?"

At this moment, many familiar figures from springtime gathered on the water's surface.

There is a teacher named Hiratsuka whose age is impossible to guess as being over thirty.

A female fan of BL (Boys' Love) named Ebina arrived wearing an old-fashioned school swimsuit.

And then there's Yumiko, whose figure is in no way inferior to Yui's.

There are even some Saiga boys who wear a jacket before going into the water.

Really are……