Ah…
if only my older brother were here right now.
He always liked watching ‘Man vs.
Wild’ and other survival documentaries, so he would definitely know exactly how to take the right first steps on this deserted island.
“Kato…
Megumi-san is far too polite!”
Yuigahama Yui scratched her pink head, looking both happy and incredibly shy after hearing the calm girl in front of her call her by her given name directly.
“In that case…
can I call you Megumi-chan?”
“Of course, Yui-chan.
Now, let’s go find some longer sticks so we can knock those green coconuts off the tree.
I’m getting a little thirsty…”
Kato Megumi said to the girl with the dumpling-hair buns, carefully recalling the survival TV shows she had watched on the living room sofa with her brother.
She was actually more than a little thirsty; under such fierce, baking tropical sunlight, Yuigahama Yui felt like her throat was literally smoking.
“Okay!
Leave the stick hunting to me!”
Fortunately, she was not completely alone on this terrifying deserted island.
After finally finding someone to talk to and rely on, Yuigahama Yui finally felt a genuine spark of hope for surviving this ordeal.
“Only after replenishing our water and physical strength can we hope to hold out and wait for the arrival of the rescue team.”
And I have to hold out for my brother…
Kato Megumi softly said her brother’s name in her heart, and then she and Yuigahama Yui began frantically searching for a sturdy branch in the dense woods by the beach.
“Yes!
As long as we can hold out until the rescue team arrives, we can definitely go back home!”
Inspired by Megumi’s calm direction, Yuigahama Yui was once again full of vibrant energy.
“Well…”
In a hazy, sleep-addled daze, Kato Jun suddenly felt a very warm, soft body hugging him tightly, clinging to him exactly like a terrified octopus.
He opened his heavy eyelids slightly, wincing at the bright morning sunlight streaming into the rock crevice.
Sure enough, even though we slept deeply inside this leeward cave last night, the ocean wind was still bitterly cold.
That was undoubtedly why the freezing girl had instinctively sought out the closest source of body heat and hugged his body so tightly during the night.
“However, this Yukinoshita-san is actually really cute when she’s entirely defenseless…”
Looking down at the girl who was currently using his chest as a warm pillow, Kato Jun admired her incredibly peaceful, cute sleeping face and smiled from the bottom of his heart.
When I was a young child, my sister Megumi seemed to hug me to sleep exactly like this…
However, that must have happened at least ten years ago.
Kato Jun shook his head to clear his nostalgic thoughts, and then deliberately coughed softly to gently awaken the girl lying draped over his body.
The moment he felt her stir, he quickly closed his eyes again, pretending to still be dead asleep.
Although this girl’s chest is famously barren, she is actually surprisingly soft to hold…
“Wow—!”
Yukinoshita Yukino’s eyes snapped open.
Realizing that her arms and legs were tightly wrapped around a strange man, she let out a muffled scream of absolute horror and hurriedly scrambled backward deeper into the cave.
But the small, shallow rock crevice simply didn’t have that much room to maneuver.
“Hiss…”
She accidentally bumped the back of her head hard against the jagged stone wall.
It hurts so much…
Yukinoshita Yukino actually had tears welling up in her beautiful eyes because of the sudden, sharp pain, and she gently rubbed the back of her head with a trembling hand.
After nervously checking and finding that the man sleeping in front of her showed absolutely no signs of waking up from her scream, she quickly lowered her voice and movements.
Holding her breath, she slowly and carefully climbed out of the cave on her hands and knees.
Although I must have looked incredibly desperate and embarrassed just now, as long as Kato-san didn’t wake up to see it, it should be alright… This chapter is updated first at g.com.
Her face burning with profound embarrassment, Yukinoshita Yukino slipped out of the cave as silently as a cat thief.
During this entire agonizing period, although Kato Jun desperately wanted to wake up and make fun of Yukino’s flustered reaction, he knew the girl had extremely “thin skin” and a fierce pride.
Considering that teasing her now might actually make her completely snap, he mercifully continued to pretend to be asleep.
…
“Kato-san, you finally woke up…”
A while later, Yukinoshita Yukino glanced sideways at Kato Jun, who was just leisurely strolling out of the cave while she was busy smashing coconuts on a sharp stone.
Thinking of the highly inappropriate incident of accidentally hugging him like a koala last night, her pale face couldn’t help but show a deep, rosy flush.
Well, that must be because I am so used to sleeping with my giant Pan-san plushie tightly in my arms at home…
That’s right, my exhausted, freezing brain must have simply regarded Kato-san as a giant, warm Panda-kun plushie.
It means absolutely nothing else.
Yukinoshita Yukino casually and ruthlessly rationalized her deeply embarrassing actions from last night in her own mind.
Her beautiful, shawl-length black hair was a little messy and frizzy this morning because of the relentless sea breeze.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, I actually slept incredibly well last night…”
Kato Jun stretched his arms high above his head; thanks to his locked stamina and the girl acting as a blanket, he really had slept exceptionally well.
“You…”
Yukinoshita Yukino was inexplicably intensely annoyed when she saw the other person stretching so comfortably, but she couldn’t exactly voice her grievances without admitting what she had done.
“Hmph!
Kato-san’s terrible morning breath has already spread across the entire beach, so go to the water’s edge and rinse your mouth immediately!”
Covering her embarrassment with icy venom, Yukinoshita Yukino expertly divided a smashed green coconut in half.
Despite her sharp, demanding tone, she carefully placed his half of the breakfast on a fairly clean, flat slate rock, silently waiting for Kato Jun to wash his face by the sea.
TO BE CONTINUE