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“Hey guys.”
“Welcome back Shiomi-san.”
Kotone limped through the entrance to the dorm, covered in sweat, marked her name down in the sign-in sheet, before unceremoniously tossing her bag behind the counter.
Akihiko smirked at her.
“Looks like you’ve worked up quite a sweat.”
“No kidding. Rio’s working me to the bone in tennis club.” She stretched skywards, groaning as she did so. “Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun and all, but I does mean I leave all gross like this.”
“It’s nothing to be ashamed of, a sweat like that is proof of your hard work, you should wear it with pride.”
Yukari sighed, half-annoyed, half-amused.
“You don’t get girls at all, do you Senpai?”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“Never you mind Senpai.” Kotone chuckled as she fiddled with some hair that was sticking to her soaked forehead, pouting slightly. “Anyway I’m in desperate need of a shower…”
“Couldn’t you have used the showers in the school changing rooms?”
“They’re out-of-order on the girls’ side Senpai.” Yukari said. “I was hoping to take one myself after archery practice but they still haven’t got around to fixing them, had to just take one as soon as I got back here.”
“I’ll use the shared one, since Mitsuru-senpai has the only room with an ensuite.”
“I’m sorry Shiomi-san, they made it that way for me when I first moved in, but I suppose it is rather unfair…”
“You don’t have to apologize Senpai, the shared one is fine too.” A lightbulb went off above Kotone’s head, and a devious smile spread across her face. “Although, I really am tired today, I could definitely use someone to wash my back for me~”
“OO OOH!” Junpei’s hand immediately shot up. “ME! I can do it for you!”
Kotone ignored him, and continued to lock eyes with Mitsuru.
“What do you think Senpai? You don’t need to apologize, but I’d certainly feel a lot better if you could help me out?”
Mitsuru started to blush.
“You want me to…? I-I don’t think—”
“I’d REALLY appreciate it~
“I um…”
“I’ll return the favor of course, if you wash my back I can wash your front maybe?”
“G-goodness…” SEES’s newest member- Fuuka- went wide eyed as she joined in the blushing session.
“I-I d-don’t think that’d be a-appropriate Shiomi-san.”
“Aww…” Kotone pouted and shot her senpai her best ‘puppy-dog-eyes’ expression, but eventually relented. “That’s okay, I don’t want to make you uncomfortable after all.” She turned to the rest of the group. “Anyone else interested in the offer?”
“ME! ME! I AM!” Junpei wildly waved his arm around, nearly hitting a very annoyed Yukari in the side of the head while doing so. “I’ll wash it!”
“Hmmm…”
Kotone stroked her chin in mock thought, as her eyes drifted from one team member to the next. Fuuka hid her face behind the magazine she was reading to avoid eye contact, though it did little to hide her bright red ears. If Kotone didn’t know any better, she’d swear there was steam coming off of her.
“ME! KOTONE! I’m right here!”
“How about you Akihiko-senpai?”
“M-me?”
“I’m sure you of all people can appreciate how I feel after such an…” She leaned over the back of the sofa so that she was inches away from his ear. “…intense workout.”
Akihiko rapidly scooted away from her, accidentally crashing into Fuuka while doing so- the girl letting out a terrified squeal from the impact.
“Ah! I’m so sorry Fuuka!”
“I-it’s okay Senpai…”
He turned back to Kotone, but couldn’t quite face looking directly at her snickering face and teasing grin.
“Oh dear, did you really get that excited by the idea? Or maybe you just like it when cute girls are all sweaty? Hmm?”
“I-it’s nothing like that! You just… got so close… it surprised me.”
“Oh dear, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you like that.” Kotone sounded like whatever the exact opposite of ‘apologetic’ was. “Well there’s nothing to be scared of.” She made a show of bending over to remove her socks, balling them up and tossing them into the air a few times. “Why don’t you come help clean my back and you’ll see there’s absolutely nothing to be afraid of?”
“He’s not gonna do it! I will though! I will!” Junpei was waving both arms around at this point.
“I’m sorry Kotone-san, but I really don’t think I should join you in the b-bath…”
“Aww, that’s such a shame.” She bonked him on the head with her balled up socks, the other girls found the image honestly a little gross, Akihiko had… mixed feelings about it he couldn’t quite make sense of- even if he wanted to. “Guess I have to go in all by my lonesome…”
“NO! I’M STILL HERE!” Junpei had gotten off the sofa and was jumping up and down, even removing his hat and waving that as if it’d somehow help. “I’LL DO IT! COME OOON!!!”
Kotone sadly walked away and towards the stairs, making a concentrated effort to look at pitiful as possible.
“Yes, all by my lonesome, my shoulders are just so sore and stiff in such hard to reach areas, but I guess I’ll just have to make do…”
“KOTONE-SAAAAAN!”
As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she turned around to pout at the team one last time, but realized they were all making an active effort to avoid looking at her.
“Dammit…” She dropped the act and just headed up the stairs as Junpei kept calling out to her.
“WHY ARE YOU IGNORING ME?! KOTONEEE!”
“Give it up Junpei…” Yukari dragged him back down to the seat by his shirt. “She’s just trying to tease us, she doesn’t actually want to bring a sex-offender-in-training into the bathroom with her.”
“The hell’d you call me?”
“You heard.”
“You’re being too harsh on him Yukari-san… but I do understand what you mean.”
“Fuuka?!”
Meanwhile, Akihiko was lightly brushing the top of his head, attracting a raised eyebrow from Yukari.
“Senpai? Do you…”
He shot up from his seat.
“I need to train.”
He said, storming off without another word, and leaving the rest of the group in silence, aside from Junpei continuing to grumble to himself.
“Man…”
~ ~ ~
Kotone had repeated this routine a few more times over the coming months whenever she got back from a particularly intense tennis club session, even on days where the school showers were working, she’d skip them just to have a little bit more fun with her teammates. Though everytime, everyone would refuse, and Junpei would continue to be ignored, and while she found this a little disappointing, just the teasing made it worthwhile in her mind.
However one day, she came home in much worse condition than before. If she was tired and worn down the other times this had happened, then this time she looked like she was moments away from collapsing.
“Kotone-san? Are you okay?” Aigis approached her, concerned.
Kotone looked up at her with tired eyes, forcing a smile.
“It’s okay Aigis, I’m just still a bit tired from all the training we did in Tartarus last night…”
“Wait, did you seriously also go to tennis after all that?” Akihiko looked at her in horror. “We must have done like 30 floors! Training is important but you can’t overdo it, that’s just counterproductive.”
“Heh… you’re probably right.” Kotone dropped her bag, not even bothering to sign in as she trudged through the lobby (Aigis happily picked up her bag and completed the sign in process for her). “Rio was just so fired up today that I wanted to try and match her, y’know?”
“I’ll get you some water.” Aigis- still carrying Kotone’s bag- rushed off to the kitchen to fetch some bottled water.
“Thanks.” Kotone kept making her way to the stairs. “Imma take a shower.” She looked weakly towards the rest of the gathered group. “Don’t suppose anyone wants to do my back?”
“OH! ME!” Junpei- predictably- immediately leapt from his seat and began waving his whole arm to get her attention.
Kotone looked to the rest of the group, collectively sighing and/ or rolling their eyes, before letting out her own exhausted sigh.
“Y’know what? Fine. C’mon Junpei.”
“SERIOUSLY?!” Yukari recoiled in horror, before looking up at Junpei himself, who seemed equally- if not more- shocked than she was.
“R-really?” His arm dropped to his side as he stared at Kotone, utterly bewildered. “Are you sure?”
Kotone didn’t even have the energy to nod.
“Yeah, I really don’t care anymore, I just want to relax…”
“Kotone, do you realize what you’re agreeing to? The risk you’re taking by letting him in with you?”
“Why are you guys acting as if I’m some kinda dangerous animal?”
Mitsuru glared at him.
“Can you honestly say your intentions are pure? That you only offered to wash her back out of goodwill for a valued teammate?”
“I mean um… I uh…”
“There’s no way we can trust Junpei in there with her, especially in this state.”
“The hell?!”
“You may be right Yukari-chan…”
“Hell no, she ain’t right Fuuka! Just because I’m a guy!”
“No it’s because you’re a ‘Junpei’.” Yukari glared at him. “Someone needs to keep an eye on you.”
Junpei’s offence quickly gave way to an intrigued grin.
“So one of you girls wants to come in with us?”
The feeling of righteous confidence faded in an instant.
“I don’t wanna bathe with Stupei…”
“Helping Kotone-san is important but…”
“That’s way too improper…”
Mitsuru’s eyebrows furrowed.
“There’s no choice, we cannot let Junpei in there with her alone.”
“I hate to say it, but you’re right Senpai.”
Fuuka nodded. And all three girls turned to Akihiko.
“Sanada-san, you’re going to have to keep an eye on Junpei for us.”
“M-ME?!”
“HIM?!”
Akihiko shot up from his seat, bringing his hands up defensively.
“B-but I’m a guy too, sending her in with one is bad enough, but two is a bit…”
“I know what you mean but…”
“You’re WAY more trustworthy than Junpei…”
“I know you’d never try anything Senpai.”
“N-not that I don’t appreciate you guys’ trust but…”
“Could you lot hurry up and decide?” Kotone called over, clearly annoyed. “I’m tired and don’t want to listen to everyone argue. Akihiko and Junpei can come in with me, it’s fine. I trust them both.”
“Both of us?” Junpei’s brow raised in surprise.
“You girls worry too much.” Kotone just about managed to smirk. “Junpei is all bark and no bite anyway, I’m not worried about him like you are.”
Junpei was both grateful for her trust and offended by it at the same time.
“Let’s go you two.” She began to climb the stairs, holding onto the handrail for support.
“R-right!” Junpei rushed up after her.
“H-hey you can’t—” Akihiko rushed after him, before going to turn back to the other girls, not quite having the nerve to look them in the eyes, then going back to following Kotone and Junpei.
The lobby was left in awkward silence, the girls exchanging slightly worried looks, before Aigis returned from the kitchen.
“I have returned with hydration, I apologize for the delay, I had to go into storage to find water. Where is she?”
Yukari stared at Aigis for a few moments before facepalming.
“Dammit, we should have just sent Aigis…”
“Oh… yeah that would have made much more sense, wouldn’t it?” Fuuka sheepishly fiddled with her hair.
“Well it’s too late now…” Mitsuru turned to the baffled android. “She’s just taking a bath, you best wait outside for her.”
“I see…”
“And Aigis?”
“Yes?”
“Keep an ear to the door, just in case, okay?”
“Understood.”
~ ~ ~
Junpei and Akihiko stood opposite eachother in the changing room, next to the washer and dryer, just outside the bathroom proper. Awkward, nervous, and towel-clad, trying not to look at eachother at all as they awaited their cue.”
“Are you sure about this man?”
“You’re having doubts now Junpei? You’ve been trying to get in this position for so long.”
“I mean yeah but… it’s a bit different now that it’s actually happening, plus I didn’t think she’d bring you along too.”
“I didn’t either…” Akihiko was honestly considering bailing at this point, but he felt he needed to stay. He didn’t see Junpei as ‘dangerous’, but the idea of Kotone being alone with him… irked him in a way he couldn’t quite make sense of. “Alright Junpei, we’re not here for anything… nefarious. We’re just going to wash her back and help her relax okay? No looking at her.”
“No looking at her? How are we supposed to wash her without even looking at her?”
“I uh…”
“And she’s not dumb man, I’m sure she gets even if we don’t try anything, we’re gonna look y’know?”
“I guess that’s true, she’s no fool. But she’s still placing her trust in us, we should keep our gazes away from anything… too um… too intimate.”
“So don’t look at those parts, huh?” Junpei huffed. “Look I dunno, that’s kinda…”
Both boys froze when they heard footsteps just outside the bathroom, from the sound of it- the distinctive sound of metal hooves against floorboards.
Junpei leaned forward and whispered.
“That’s gotta be Ai-chan, right?”
“No doubt about it.” Akihiko whispered back, barely audible at all. “They probably sent her to listen in on us.”
“Knowing her she’s probably standing completely still, inches away from the door. They don’t trust us after all…”
“She’s probably just insurance, but it’s not like I don’t get it.”
“Dude if she tells the others anything- ANYTHING- we’ve got the ass-kicking of a lifetime coming our way.”
“It’ll be pretty hard to claim any sort of misunderstanding. But it’s fine, we were going to be totally pure and professional about it, right?”
“Uh…”
“Right?”
“Uh y-yeah. Right.”
“That includes no looking at anything that might upset her okay?”
“Man… yeah okay. We’re just helping a friend, it’s totally innocent.”
“Totally and completely innocent…”
“Girls do this for eachother all the time right? We just need to do it like that, right?”
“R-right, there’s nothing to get worked up about…”
The boys were trying to convince themselves more than anything else.
“You guys can come in now.”
The sound of Kotone’s voice calling them through- gentle as it was- sent a chill of true fear shooting through both of their bodies, their heartrates both spiking. Neither could find their voice to reply, but Akihiko was able to nervously reach for the door handle, pulling it aside and stepping in ahead of Junpei, who followed closely behind.
The plan was for Kotone to finish washing her front and legs until she was satisfied, then she’d use a towel they prepared ahead of time to cover her front while the boys scrubbed her back. However when they entered, they saw her sat slouched over on her plastic bath stool, towel folded up on her lap. She was too tired to make the effort to hold it up against herself.
Being slouched over as she was, with her arms slightly forward leaning on her lap, they couldn’t see anything particularly ‘spicy’. Akihiko (after eventually tearing his own eyes away from her) noticed Junpei not so subtly trying to lean around to see better, and gave him a swift elbow to the side.
“Ow!”
Junpei looked up to see the other boy glaring at him, shaking his head disapprovingly… then trying his absolute hardest not to glance down at the visible part of Kotone’s butt. The girl herself glanced over her shoulder at the two of them.
“Well?” Her voice lacked it’s usual enthusiasm and teasing tone, it was clear she really was tired and stressed. “The sponge is right there.”
“R-right.”
Kotone turned back to listlessly stare forwards at the wall.
“So um…” Junpei rubbed the back of his head. “Who goes first?”
“Are we taking turns?”
“Don’t word it like that man!”
“What, wh… oh… no I didn’t mean anything like—”
“Ugh…” Kotone grunted. “I don’t care, could one of you just get on with it?”
“R-right.” Akihiko rushed ahead, crouching down rapidly working up a lather with the sponge, and went to get to work, before stopping inches away from her skin.
“You okay Senpai?”
“Y-yeah… just f-fine…”
It was in this moment that Akihiko realized exactly what position they were in. Kotone, his kouhai, and team leader, was sat completely naked right in front of him, and expecting him to physically touch her. He mentally reprimanded himself, it was just her back after all, he’d seen pretty much all this same skin when she wore her swimsuit on the beach, this shouldn’t have been much different thinking rationally. But it obviously was different, very different. The context was completely different, Kotone wasn’t just in a revealing bikini, she was completely bare and willingly vulnerable with the two of them. He stared a while, enraptured by her back, breathlessly watching water droplets slide all the way down her skin onto the stool itself. Though what commanded his attention most- to his surprise- was her hair. He’d never seen her with her hair down before; something about seeing it down and dripping wet felt extremely intimate.
“You sure you’re okay?”
“U-uh. Yeah, y-yeah. I just um… sorry.”
He took a deep breath to brace himself, before he gently pushed forward, finally coming into contact with her back.
“Aah…”
“Urp!”
“Dude.” Junpei leaned close and whispered so Kotone couldn’t hear. “Was that a moan?”
Akihiko glared at him, fighting his blush while doing so (and losing).
“No of course not! This is nothing like that! It’s uh… uh…”
“Less whispering, more rubbing.”
“R-right, sorry.” Akihiko shooed Junpei away to the corner of the room, the boy sighing and sitting on the edge of the tub, before getting back to rubbing the sponge up and down the length of her back.
“Oh my god…” Kotone exhaled happily. “You have no idea how much I needed this.”
“I see… it’s not too hard, is it?”
“You tell me.” She smirked, he couldn't see it of course, but he could feel it. Though if she was teasing again she must really be starting to feel better. “But for real, the pressure is fine, actually it could stand to be a tiny bit harder.”
“O-okay…”
He continued to scrub with both hands, being very careful not to increase the pressure too much. She closed her eyes and smiled.
“Ah… that’s it… mmmm… oooh…mmmm.”
He was glad she was enjoying it, but he really wished she would be quiet, this was awkward enough without her making all these noises. Junpei seemed equally uncomfortable, not just because of the noises, but the constant anxiety he felt every time he glanced back to the door, desperately hoping Aigis couldn’t hear any of this. He turned back to Akihiko.
“So when do we switch over?”
“Switch over?”
“Kinda feels weird just watching, somehow it feels more immoral than just doing the scrubbing…”
Akihiko wasn’t sure how to respond to that exactly, nor did he know how to feel about the idea of Junpei touching her like this too, but part of him was grateful for having an excuse to stop, he was scared of getting excited.
“I… guess maybe we can swap. Is that okay with you Kotone-san?”
“…”
“Kotone-san?” Akihiko leaned around her just a little- not wanting to risk accidentally seeing anything too intimate- but enough to see the side of her face. “Kotone?”
“Is… is she asleep?”
“She’s really… I guess she was really tired when she came in…”
“Guess we did a good job if she was that comfortable.”
“’We’?” Akihiko sighed. “Well I guess we’ve done our job?”
“Yeah, carrying on now really would feel… dirty. I’m not about that.”
Akihiko raised an eyebrow at the other boy.
“Hey man even I have standards!”
“Right, sorry Junpei.”
“Let’s get out of here.”
“Hold on!”
“What?”
“We can’t just leave her sat up like this.”
Junpei tilted his head slightly.
“Why not?”
“What if she falls over and hurts herself?”
“Oh shit, you’re right. Uh…”
Akihiko put the sponge aside and wiped the leftover suds off on his towel.
“Tell you what, you keep an eye on her, and I’ll let Aigis in so she can help her get dressed and put her to bed, sound good?”
Junpei shrugged.
“Sure, I guess…”
“Okay I—” Akihiko’s eyes went wide when he turned back to Kotone, he noticed she was tilting over, already mid-way through falling backwards. His quick reflexes let him catch her in his arms. Her bottom was still resting on the stall, but she came within inches of hitting her head against the tiled floor, somehow not roused from her sleep. “Thank goodness, she could have gotten hur…” He trailed off when he realized- that because she fell backwards, her whole body was facing upwards to the open air. “AH! Look away!” He hissed, both to himself and Junpei- who obeyed immediately.
Both boys stared directly up at the ceiling, Akihiko still holding her in his arms, Junpei having no idea what to do with his own hands.
“O-okay… Junpei.”
“Y-yeah?”
“I’ll hold her here, you let Aigis in.”
“Dude are you insane?”
“Huh?” Akihiko looked over to Junpei, who couldn’t return his gaze without risking looking at Kotone too. “What do you mean?”
“You realize how bad this looks right? You’re holding your naked, unconscious dormmate, and you want to let the other girls see you in this position with her?”
“Um…”
“Dude you’re the one they trust! This is exactly what you need to ruin that!”
“You might be right… um…” He looked around the room, trying to think of what else they could do, forgetting to not look at her for just a split second before returning his gaze to the ceiling. “Okay uh… there’s a big toweling robe we can dress her in, in the dryer, if we carry her to that room we can put her in that, then tell Aigis she fell asleep after getting out of the bath, and have her take her to her room.”
“Do you think she’ll buy it?”
“We don’t have any other options…” Akihiko gathered his resolve, and looked back to the other boy. “Okay, come help me carry her out.”
“Sure.”
Junpei began to turn towards them before Akihiko whisper-shouted at him again.
“Don’t look at her!”
Junpei looked away again, groaning.
“How can I come help if I can’t see?”
“I’ll… I’ll guide you. Take a step forward.”
He did so.
“Now turn 45 degrees to your left.”
“Are we trying to split a watermelon now?”
“Just do it.”
“Ugh…” Junpei turned, keeping his eyes locked firmly onto the ceiling.
“Now take another step forwards… and another… and an—STOP!”
“Wh-what?”
“You nearly stepped on a bar of soap.”
“Huh?” Junpei looked down to his feet, noticing said bar of soap, but his eyes were dragged against his will to the girl in Akihiko’s arms.
“I said don’t look!”
“Dude, she shaves.”
Akihiko looked down.
“Wow really? AGH! NO!” He looked back up again. “That’s not important, we didn’t see anything!”
“Uh…”
“JUNPEI!”
“R-right.” He looked away again, kicking the bar of soap behind him as he did so. “Who even uses soap bars anymore? It’s all liquid body wash nowadays, right?”
“Just stay focused! One more step forward. Okay now you take one shoulder, I’ll take the other.”
“R-right.”
“No other hands on her!”
“Dude you’re already holding her waist…”
“That’s just for balance! Keep your eyes on the prize.”
“You mean—”
“AWAY! Keep your eyes away from the prize!”
“Dude how is she still sleeping through all this?”
“Keep quiet, Aigis is still outsiii—”
In his haste, and refusal to look downwards, Akihiko had managed to step on the bar of soap Junpei had kicked away, and found himself sliding forward and into the wall, just barely stopping himself from falling over, but nearly dragging Kotone away with him. Junpei had just about managed to keep ahold of her arm and prevent her from falling, but he instinctively reached out to steady her. His hand coming to rest (where else) on her left breast.
There are two thoughts that instinctively run through a male's mind any time he accidentally touches a breast: first is “Heh”, which is just a reflex, there’s nothing you can do about that, not worth worrying about. Second is “Oh god I have to let go right now.” Which was where Junpei was at right now, he was desperately scrambling to try and steady her in a way that didn’t also count as a form of assault when he heard something that reignited fear in both the boys' hearts
“Is everything okay in there?”
“Y-yeah Aigis!” Akihiko called out, he daren’t move from his position, still resting against the wall with the soapbar underfoot. “We’re fine.”
“I heard a crashing sound.”
“Th-that’s my fault, I dropped a box, cleaning stuff fell everywhere, but we’re all fine.”
“Would you like me to assist in tidying up?”
“N-no need! I’ve nearly finished cleaning up the mess myself, no need to come in.”
An extended silence passed while both boys stared at eachother, holding their breath.
“Understood.”
They both let go of the breaths they were holding. Akihiko went back to whispering.
“Get your hand off of her… her…”
“Oh shit right.” He pulled his hand away and held onto her waist instead. “Sorry Kotone.”
“…”
“She’s a deep sleeper…”
Akihiko took the time to actually pick up the soap and place it on a shelf, before returning to Kotone’s free shoulder and carrying her through to the changing area. They rested her on top of the closed laundry basket, leaning her against the corner. Even if it was probably a pointless effort at this point, they both kept their gazes averted.
“Okay, we just need to get her into this robe.” Akihiko whispered quieter than ever, so quiet that even Junpei didn’t actually hear him clearly, but still got the message broadly enough.
“How do we do that without looking?”
He pulled out a pair of handtowels.
“Blindfolds.”
“Seriously?”
“You have a better idea?”
“Just give up and put it on her normally?”
“No, she’s trusting us.”
“Dude she—”
“We can’t betray the trust of a teammate! No matter what!”
Junpei sighed.
“Fine, blindfolds it is.”
“You put yours on first, I’ll hold onto her arms so we don’t have to search for them and risk touching her inappropriately in the process.”
Junpei did so, keeping the robe under his arm so they didn’t lose that in the process, before stumbling over in their direction, supressing a cry of pain as he hit his toes against the washing machine.
“Alright, hold on to her arms.” Akihiko guided her arms over to Junpei’s hands, before putting on his own improvised blindfold, and taking the robe into his own hands.
“Now what?”
“Now you pull her up, and I wrap the robe around her… okay now where are you?”
“Here.”
“Where’s ‘here’?”
“Here man! This was a terrible idea…”
“Hey I’m just trying to get us out of this alive!”
The boys blindly flailed around, trying to get the robe to meet the ragdoll that was Kotone’s sleeping body, with no real success.
“Mm…”
Her eyes started to slowly- and with great reluctance- drag themselves open.
‘Did I really fall asleep?’ She thought to herself, feeling strange, she sure felt like she was moving around a lot for someone who was asleep.
When her eyes finally opened, she realized that she had Junpei holding her up by her armpits, a handtowel wrapped around his eyes.
‘Huh?’
She looked to the side to see a similarly blinded Akihiko, trying to… put a bathrobe onto a lampshade by the looks of it.
‘Are they…?’ She smirked, and tried to not make any audible sound of laughter as the boys both flinched at the sound of Aigis’s voice through the door again.
“Do you require my assistance in there?”
Kotone smiled.
“No I’ll be out in just a second Aigis~” She virtually sang, taking immense pleasure in seeing the boys damn-near shitting themselves in terror.
“Understood. I have brought hydration as I said I would, I will help you to bed if it pleases you.”
“That sounds lovely.” Kotone released herself from the now shocked-stiff Junpei’s grasp. “Thank you for your help, both of you.” She took the bathrobe from the similarly immobile Akihiko and put it on. “Nice and warm~ Let’s do this again sometime, yeah?”
Neither boy could manage a nod, let alone a verbal response. Kotone smiled at them both regardless, took a moment to ruffle the hair on each of their heads, before opening the door and stepping outside to meet Aigis.
“Let’s go.”
Aigis nodded, took the time to glance at the towel-clad boys still in tableau, before shrugging and closing the door again.
Junpei and Akihiko’s bodies went limp, and collapsed to the floor.
“Senpai?” Junpei barely lifted his head off the ground.
“Yeah?”
Akihiko looked over to Junpei extending his fist towards him, after pausing for a moment in thought, he returned the gesture, the two bumping them together before letting their arms and necks go limp once more.