In My Second Life, I'll Do Everything To Win You Over—My Beloved Childhood Friend Will Never Be Given To Anyone Else - Episode 52

“I brought a bunch of stuff. Like balls and dolphin things.”

Saying that, Kusakabe proudly showed off the sea toy he was holding.

Air is already in both the ball and the dolphin.

I’ve seen both of them before. I remember getting a photo of Nagisa smiling, saying she went to the beach.

I really wanted a picture of Nagisa in a swimsuit, but I didn’t want to see her with Kusakabe.

So I cropped and saved only the part of the photo you sent with Kusakabe.

Nostalgic, somehow.

Even after all this time, it still hasn’t turned into a good memory at all.

Even now, when I think about my past life, I feel regret, anger, and sadness, and I want to cry. Why couldn’t I have acted sooner?

“Momoka-chan? Is this really that interesting to you?”

“Eh? Ah, yeah. Well, it seems fun.”

Oh no. I ended up watching too much.

“Then, shall we play? This is a bit hard to ride… Do you want me to teach you how?”

The moment Kusakabe offered the dolphin, Nagisa quickly snatched it from Kusakabe’s hands.

“This is a two-seater, right? Then Momoka and I should ride it.”

“Fujimiya-san”

“Or what? Were you planning to ride with Momoka? Isn’t that sexual harassment?”

“Got it.”

Kusakabe sighed in exasperation. Nagisa held the dolphin with one arm and pulled my arm with the other.

“Let’s ride together.”

In a photo I saw once, Kusakabe was sitting behind Nagisa.

Surely, they went to the beach with several men and women, including Kusakabe’s friends.

I was invited too, wasn’t I?

But I couldn’t go. I didn’t want to see Nagisa acting as someone else’s girlfriend.

“Yeah”

“If it’s hard to ride, we also have regular floaties!”

From behind, Kusakabe shouted. “It’s okay because I’m here!” Seeing Nagisa respond with a smile, my chest ached.

♡

“Huh? Am I in the front?”

“Yeah. Isn’t it easier to adjust that way? Momoka, you’re not good at balancing, right?”

“That’s true, but…”

“What? Are you saying I should sit in the front because I’m smaller?”

“Because, that’s not it.”

Even though I just stated the obvious, Nagisa puffed her cheeks out.

“Anyway, Momoka is in front! Come on, try riding it. I’ll support you.”

Float the dolphin in the sea, and Nagisa holds it in place with her hands.

Can you do it? Can you actually ride this properly?

I was worried, but thanks to Nagisa holding the dolphin steady, I was able to get on surprisingly easily.

“Okay, next, I’ll ride!”

The fact that Nagisa rides a dolphin means that the person who was supporting her is no longer there.

With a leap, Nagisa energetically jumped onto the dolphin, and at the same moment, the dolphin spun around.

In other words, we were thrown into the sea.

“Whoa…!”

Seawater gets into my nose and mouth, and the rash guard sticks to my skin.

Even my hair got soaked with seawater.

As I thought, “This is the worst…” and tried to cling to the dolphin, Nagisa hugged me from behind.

“Sorry!”

Nagisa, who apologized in a voice that didn’t seem to think she did anything wrong at all, slipped her hand right into my rash guard.

“Nagisa…!?”

Nagisa doesn’t answer. Even as Kusakabe, who had swum over, approaches and asks, “Are you okay!?”, they are groping my body underwater.

I traced my stomach and picked at my belly button. Just as that hand was about to reach my chest, I hurriedly moved away from Nagisa.

“Momoka, don’t get mad. I didn’t mean to spill it on purpose.”

“Huh? No, that’s not what I meant…”

“What?”

Nagisa tilts her head with a puzzled expression.

Absolutely, it was on purpose…!!

Could it be that Nagisa suggested wearing a rash guard to secretly touch me in front of Kusakabe?

For what purpose? Why?

I have no idea what Nagisa’s intentions are. However, unfortunately, it seems my guess was correct.

“Let’s give it another try, okay?”

While laughing, Nagisa once again slipped her hand inside the rash guard at an angle where Kusakabe couldn’t see.