>>5646969<span class="mu-i">I surrender, the AI does not want to generate tan skin right now</span>
As you all board the bus, you decide to sit next to Enatsu Mari.
You haven’t been able to speak with her much during the trip, so might as well do that now.
<span class="mu-g">“Ah, Manager-san,”</span> says Enatsu Mari, <span class="mu-g">“Hello~”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“Good afternoon, Mari-chan,”</span> you say.
Enatsu Mari is one of the few people that is clearly shorter than you are and she’s basically drowning in the large coat she’s wearing.
<span class="mu-g">“My~,”</span> you say, <span class="mu-g">“Isn’t that coat a little large on you?”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“Is it?”</span> says Enatsu, opening the coat a bit to glance it over, <span class="mu-g">“It used to be my brother’s coat.”</span>
Right, Enatsu comes from a big family.
Hand-me-downs are inevitable.
<span class="mu-g">“Well, it looks good on you,”</span> you say, trying to salvage the situation somewhat.
Enatsu pulls the coat closed and grins, <span class="mu-g">“Right!?”</span> she says, <span class="mu-g">“It’s so warm!”</span>
The both of you get comfortable as the bus prepares to take off.
Once it’s true and well on the road, you turn to Enatsu.
<span class="mu-g">“I’m sorry I wasn’t able to spend more time with you all at the hot spring,”</span> you say, <span class="mu-g">“I had a lot of things I had to talk about with other adults.”</span>
Is that a weird way to put it?
Enatsu Mari is sixteen, but you can’t help but treat her like she’s younger because of her small stature and cheerful demeanour.
<span class="mu-g">“That’s okay,”</span> she says, <span class="mu-g">“Adults are busy all the time. It had fun with Aoi-chan and Haru-chan.”</span>
Haru-chan? Ah. Matsudaira Haru. One of the granddaughters of the owner.
<span class="mu-g">“Oh, Haru-chan,”</span> you say, <span class="mu-g">“One of the girls that was helping out her grandfather at the resort. She seemed like a nice girl.”</span>
Albeit an extremely depraved one.
<span class="mu-g">“I know, right?”</span> says Enatsu, then pulls out her phone, <span class="mu-g">“I added her to Line, so we can talk more.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“Ah,”</span> says Enatsu, staring up as she’s trying to remember something, <span class="mu-g">“Manager-san, you’re close with Watase-san, right?”</span>
Geh! Well, closer than you are comfortable being, maybe.
