6 Main Heroines Who Absolutely Want to Monopolize Me - Volume 1 Chapter 8.1

Revelation on the Beach 1

“Shin, you get it, right?”

Her eyes sparkling brighter than the sun overhead. Popular YouTuber Shibuya Yu aimed her smartphone camera at me and laughed.

“The blue sky, white clouds, blue sea! Even though they haven’t arrived yet, the beautiful girls in swimsuits! No matter what you shoot, it’s the ultimate location for a picturesque scene!”

“Uh, yeah… I-I didn’t choose this place, though…”

I mumbled my response while trying not to stare at the healthy skin and assertive cleavage of the girl in a swimsuit bending over in front of me.

Yu and I were sitting on the edge of a canopy-covered bed (apparently called a cabana) on the sandy beach.

All Stars.

Today was the last “Group Date” of Season 1. The location was a private beach in Guam. The fact that this stretch of beach, extending for hundreds of meters, was reserved exclusively for us was surprising enough. Yet, there were cabanas, hammocks, a bar counter, tables, and even a ping pong table.

“I got an additional date on the first date, so since then, I’ve been taking shots of Roppongi landscapes, and the screen hasn’t changed much. I captured the daily lives of girls who haven’t been on dates, though.”

“Yeah, uh-huh…”

“Hey, why are you looking down all the time? Look this way, it’s been a while since you appeared on my channel!”

She suddenly lifted my chin and directed my gaze to her.

Holding her smartphone camera, Yu nodded in satisfaction, “Yeah, Shin’s swimsuit looks good too.” Her compliment, lacking any sarcasm, made me feel a bit happy.

“Come on, everyone, hurry up and come! It’s taking too long to change! You should just wear a swimsuit under your clothes like me since morning!”

“Isn’t that like something a grade schooler would do…”

Indeed, it might be more efficient that way, but it could be considered overly meticulous. Well, everyone is free to do as they please.

“Oh, look! Yu-chan and Shinichi are alone! Unfair!”

As we were having such a conversation, the former idol Meguro Ria, who provocatively puffed up her cheeks, arrived.

“Ria, you change so fast!”

“Of course! Although I can’t beat Yu-chan, who came all the way from Japan. I have confidence in changing costumes quickly because I’m an idol, you know?”

While saying such things, she firmly stuck to my right side, sat down, and embraced my right arm. Squish. The soft sensation that never became familiar, stimulating the nerves of my right arm, made it impossible for me to look in that direction again.

“Look here, Shinichi!”

“Well, I mean, come on, that’s enough.”

“Huh? Awkward, isn’t it? Maybe you reacted because it’s light clothing?”

If you understand, don’t add salt on the wound.

She was so much like the “ideal girlfriend” when she came out of the sauna, but why does she become like this in mischievous mode…!

When I looked to my left for help, Shibuya Yu, holding the camera, was looking at me with a somewhat cold gaze. What’s with that?

“Hey, Shinichi. If you don’t look here, I’ll kiss your cheek, okay?”

“Stop that…”

Even though it’s the cheek, a kiss is still a kiss. Unexpected ones are one thing, but I can’t give permission when I know it’s coming.

“Then look here, okay? 10, 9, 8…”

Ria started a countdown. It seemed like if I didn’t turn in her direction before it reached zero, she would kiss my cheek.

“5… 4… 3… -”

Staring at Ria is much better than being kissed. Well, I have no choice but to turn in that direction obediently.

“I understand…!?”

“…Hmm.”

“Hmm?”

I opened my eyes wide.

At an extremely close distance where the focus didn’t match, there was fine skin and silky hair.

Could this possibly be…!

Just as my brain finally tried to understand the situation,

“Haaaaaa!”

From a slightly distant direction, the ridiculously loud voices of two girls could be heard.

“The worst, the worst, the worst, the worst, the worst, the worst, the worst, the worst…!”

On the right, childhood friend Shinagawa Sakoho muttered,

“The worst, the worst, the worst, the worst, the worst, the worst, the worst, the worst…!”

On the left, ex-girlfriend Osaki Sumire grumbled resentfully in stereo. Just a while ago, I accidentally kissed Meguro Ria on the cheek.

It would be more accurate to say that Ria’s cheek was where I looked, but that wouldn’t be apparent from a distance. Sakiho and Osaki, who had just finished changing and were heading towards us, witnessed the scene.

By the way, Ria said to Sakiho and Osaki,

“It’s not like Shinichi’s lips belong to Sumire-chan or Sakiho-chan, right? If you say that, then what about Reona-chan…”

Probably attempting to expose some misdeeds in the sauna,

“Be Quiet, Meguro.”

Kanda, who had just arrived, covered her mouth and take her away.

Furthermore, Maon, who came later, saying

“Uwaa… its strange. What happened in this atmosphere…?”

also was taken away by Yu, who seemed somehow displeased.

“Maon-chan, I’ll show you the whole story later.”

And so, the three of us were left. The situation with my ex-girlfriend and childhood friend was too chaotic.

“Hey, Shinichi. The kiss you gave to someone, that was your first, right? I told you to cherish your first kiss, Shinichi.”

“I thought Hirakawa-kun was dirty isn’t he?. I thought he had a modest sense of pride not to kiss before marriage, even when we were dating.”

“No, I didn’t initiate it…”

“Did Shinichi initiate it?”

“Did Hirakawa-kun initiate it?”

Both of them made similar retorts. The two of them are surprisingly in sync today…

“It’s a misunderstanding… Yu was probably recording the whole thing, so if we check later…”

“That’s like torture…”

Once again, tears could be heard in stereo.

At that moment, a voice of relief (?) could be heard.

“We apologize for the wait. Everyone, please gather.”

Jujoo-san clapped her hands to attract attention.

“I will announce the ‘Challenge Task’ for the final date.”

“…Challenge Task?”

In a pavilion-like structure within the private beach.

“We didn’t say there would be no challenge for the final group date, right?”

“Not at all! This surprise is fantastic! Our bodies were getting stiff!”

When Kanda asked Jujoo-san, Yuu started doing something like warm-up exercises beside her.

“Suddenly, Shinichi-sama wanted another chance for an additional date.”

“Is that so, Shinichi?”

“Well, yeah.”

Apart from the date, there was still something unresolved.

“Now, what’s the task!? Tell us, Jujoo-san!”

Yuu aimed her camera at Jujoo-san.

“The final challenge task is the ‘Shinichi-sama Quiz.'”

“Shinichi-sama Quiz…?”

Kanda and Osaki frowned.

Yeah, I naturally had thoughts about that naming. However, Jujoo-san’s insistence, “Simple is best, Shinichi-sama,” was strong…

“From now on, guess Shinichi-sama’s ‘favorite color,’ ‘favorite number,’ ‘favorite alphabet,’ and ‘favorite animal,’ and write them on this paper. By the way, we have already received the correct answers from Shinichi-sama in advance through an internal phone call.”

“That’s too ea-!”

“Kantamugu? Shinagawa-san, is something wrong?” (tl note : 「かんたむぐ」)

“Huh?”

Sakiho probably started to say, “That’s too easy!” and covered her own mouth.