Chapter 25

"…" (x3)

Sakurako, Himari, and Kohaku were all standing in front of one of their biggest dreads, a lingerie store. The place were they forced to accept the reality that they either got heavier or that they wouldn't be getting any bigger… At least, that was true for Kohaku and Himari, Sakurako on the other hand just found it too troublesome to choose underwear for herself

"… *Deeply breaths in* Haa… Alright, let's go!"

Calming her nerves as best as she could, Himari stepped inside the lingerie store with Sakurako and Kohaku following after her, before they immediately split up to find lingeries

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A few minutes later

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"…"

Himari was walking aimlessly to the area with underwear for women who lacked in both areas after she received a shock from the size of one of the store clerks. Then as she walked by, she found Sakurako throwing a bunch of bra tops inside her shopping basket

"… … … Oi, Sacchan"

"Hm? What is it, Himari-chan?"

"Why are you only picking bra tops?"

"Because they're comfortable and easy to wear"

"That's the complete opposite of the entire point of why we came here!"

"You're supposed to be picking cute and combining underwear designs!"

"… Haa… Fine… But I'm still taking these with me"

Sakurako sounded a bit unwilling, but she decided to just go with what Himari was saying

"Good, now let's go find some cute designs for you"

"Hm? But the B cup sizes are around here"

"I'm sure you grew a size or two, Sacchan"

"Himari-chan… … … I already accepted the fact that I'll forever have a B cup size!"

Sakurako said so with a lot of confidence and a lack of shame

"Don't say that! If you say it, that means I'll never get bigger either!"

Himari shouted back in desperation because she didn't want to accept the fact that she would never get bigger, but then as the two were shouting at each other…

"Have you two found something already?"

Kohaku came in with her shopping basket filled with a number of underwear sets, which got Himari's attention as she looked at the size Kohaku had picked

"… … … ?!"

And when she saw the letter F on the size, she made a shocked face and slowly turned to look at Kohaku's bountiful chest, which made Himari's face turn from shock to anger as his eyes also began to tear up

"…" *Slaps Kohaku's chest*

"Kya!" *Boing*

*Slap*

*Boing*

*Slap*

*Boing*

Sakurako on the other hand used that situation to just pick a number of cute lingerie designs, without giving too much of a care, aside from the comfiness of their materials, and then went to pay for them before Himari could complain to her again

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Some time later

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"…" (x3)

Three were all walking in silence, Sakurako still had her usual expressionless face, but Kohaku on the other hand was looking quite concerned over Himari, who was currently making a despairing face, the reason for that was simple… She was forced to buy bra tops since every the other A-cup bra ended up too loose on her

"H-H-Himari-chan? L-Look! How about we go buy some new swimsuits?"

"… Do you want to make me suffer more?"

"No, no, no, no, I don't! I just want you to- Ah!"

"What's wrong?"

"Sacchan already walked inside the swimsuit store"

"She what?!"

Himari then turned 180º and saw Sakurako immediately picking a jacket swimsuit

"Put that back right now, Sacchan!!!"

For once, Himari was able to prevent Sakurako from picking up a set of uncute clothes

"If you're going to pick up a swimsuit, then it must be cute looking like this one!"

Himari then showed Sakurako a two-piece swimsuit that had a frilly design, but also showed quite a lot of skin

"No, no! Since Sakurako has beautiful white skin, she must use a black design like this one!"

Then Kohaku stepped in as she held a pretty basic two-piece string black swimsuit

" "What do you think, Sacchan!" "

"…"

Then with a blank face, Sakurako showed the two a one-piece striped swimsuit with a jumpsuit design

" "Put that back!!!" "

The three had a quite lengthy back and forth until they were forced to settle for a pretty cute two-piece frilly white swimsuit that didn't show as much skin and that also came with a long navy blue wrap skirt that covered most of Sakurako's legs. Which for Himari and Kohaku that in itself was already a victory for them

The two now satisfied with their victory, went on to look for swimsuits for themselves, since they also had grown quite an amount since the last time they went to the beach which was years ago, especially Kohaku. The two were pretty quick to decide on their swimsuits, Himari picked a design pretty similar to Sakurako, but with more frills, mostly because those were the only ones that fitted her and hid her almost non-existent sizes, as for Kohaku she had picked up a two-piece swimsuit that was quite beautiful and that also covered her chest quite well

After that, the three passed by a few more shops and even used a photo booth, which everyone's mood get better by the end of their shopping trip

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"This was quite fun"

"Yes, it was! Don't you agree, Sacchan?"

"…"

" "… *Sigh*" "

Himari and Kohaku were both wide awake, which could not be said for Sakurako as she was soundly asleep while using her scarf as a blanket. And seeing her like that, made the two smile since Sakurako was always the first one to give up due to her low stamina, and today she endured the entire trip. But when they turned back on talking to each other, Himari made a serious face

"Kohaku, as the one who proposed this outing. I expect you to not have overexerted yourself"

"I know! I've been doing pretty well for the past few days, so I'm sure I'll be completely fine tomorrow!"

"Haa… If you say so, I'll believe in you, Kohaku"

"Thanks, Himari-chan!"

The two smiled at each other, as the driver took them back home

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Two days later

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"Himari-ojou, I'm sorry to inform you this… But Kohaku-sama is currently still bedridden from overexerting herself on Saturday, and I also want to thank you for spending your time with her as well and apologize for any trouble she might have brought you"

"It is fine, I enjoyed my outing with her yesterday"

"I see, I'm glad that Kohaku-sama has a good friend like you by her side"

"No, no, it is my pleasure to be her friend, now if you forgive me, but I need to hang up soon, my lessons are about to start… Thanks"

Himari then ended the call and looked at her phone screen with reflected her with a happy smile on her face

"… … …" <That idiot!>

She shouted so to herself inside her mind

"Is Kohaku bedridden again?"

"Yes…"

"I guess, we should visit her then"

"I guess we should… Wait… What about, Ichiro-san?"

"He has club activities today"

"Oh… I see… That probably sucks for him"

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