My Boss, A Clear And Perfect Beauty Who's An Elite Police Bureaucrat, Turns Out To Be My Sweet And Doting Childhood Friend Who Loves Me Dearly At Home. - Chapter 47

Bathing Together!

Shinichi and Maho decided to head to the bathroom after changing their clothes. Although the situation is surreal when given thought, it’s something both of them desired.

Upon opening the narrow bathroom door, Maho’s swimsuit-clad figure comes into view. It’s a white, separate type of swimsuit. Despite its elegant design among swimsuits, the exposure level is still high.

As if showing off her style, Maho slightly leans forward and looks up at Shinichi from the front.

“Shinichi is also in his bathing suit.”

“There’s no way I could be naked…”

Shinichi is also wearing the black swim trunks he bought. However, unlike Maho, he is shirtless on the upper body.

Maho keeps staring at Shinichi’s chest area, making him feel embarrassed.

“What’s wrong?”

“No… I was just thinking… you’ve become more muscular. That’s it!”

Maho hurriedly shakes her head side to side.

Both feeling shy, Shinichi and Maho look away.

“Um, I’ll take a shower first.”

Maho hurriedly turns the shower faucet. However, it seems she didn’t notice that the initial water flow is cold.

“Kyaaa!”

Maho screams and quickly turns off the shower.

“I messed up…”

Maho grumbles childishly.

Seeing Maho wet, Shinichi feels an urge to embrace her from behind.

But he can’t do that. After showering with warm water, Shinichi does the same.

“So, what do we do next?”

“I’ll wash my body first, so Shinichi, you soak in the bathtub.”

“I see.”

“…When I’m washing my chest, i’m taking off my swimsuit…  so don’t look at me.”

“I wouldn’t do that.”

“Oh. Despite being interested in my swimsuit.”

“I didn’t say I was interested in your naked body.”

“You’re not interested?”

“I am, as much as any healthy adult male.”

“What a perverted way to answer.”

Maho chuckles mischievously.

(What is she planning to do if she gets attacked while saying such provocative things…)

In the narrow bathroom, alone with a man in a swimsuit. If Shinichi reaches out, he can do anything he wants with Maho.

The body of the elite beauty is defenselessly exposed in front of Shinichi.

Maho, as if seeing through Shinichi’s inner thoughts, hides her chest with both hands.

“Or, will Shinichi wash my chest for me?”

“What are you going to do if I intend to?”

“No… if it’s Shinichi, it’s okay. You’ve done it before.”

“W-When did that happen?”

“Don’t you remember when we used to wash each other when we were in elementary school? Don’t you remember?”

“I don’t think I remember washing your chest…”

“I-I remember it so well!”

Maho makes a shocked face.

But Shinichi can’t remember at all.

“What was I doing then?”

“I won’t tell you. You pervert Shinichi!”

Maho snorts and deliberately looks up.

Shinichi wryly smiles and decides to soak in the bathtub as told.

The bathtub in a private apartment is relatively spacious and relaxing.

(I wonder if there are any bath salts…)

Just when Shinichi thought of asking Maho, something unexpected happened.

Maho enters the bathtub after him.

“M-Maho!?”

“…I’ve been planning to do this from the start.”

Maho sits on Shinichi’s lap.

Although the bathtub is spacious, they are inevitably in close contact.

“T-This is not good…”

“It’s too late to say that when we’re already in swimsuits in the bathroom.”

Maho’s voice is surprisingly calm, but her limbs are trembling, and her neck is flushed red.

As Shinichi wonders where to put his hands, Maho whispers, “Hold me tightly around my stomach.”

Reluctantly, Shinichi does as told and wraps his arm around Maho’s stomach.

It’s like hugging her from behind.

Even though he had been hugging her from the front on the sofa earlier, the current situation has a higher level of intimacy and exposure.

With Maho’s sweet scent and white skin, Shinichi’s reason is about to collapse.

But Maho seems surprisingly relaxed.

“When I’m hugged, I feel like I’m being protected by a man, by Shinichi.”

Maho murmurs happily. Shinichi is a little surprised.

“…I thought you hated the idea of being protected by a man.”

“Not really. The police force is a male-dominated society, and as a career bureaucrat, no one protects me. I have to stand on my own.”

“But it’s different now?”

“I can feel at ease because I have Shinichi, my childhood friend.”

“I see.”

“Hey, don’t get me wrong. I chose to enter the police force on my own. So of course, I want to be strong in normal times. But… sometimes… it’s nice to have someone I can depend on like this.”

Saying so, Maho leans her weight onto Shinichi.

(Can I live up to Maho’s trust?)

Not just now, but if he were to live with Maho in the future, Shinichi would want to continue being a reliable childhood friend to her.

That’s what he wished for. Before he knew it, his pounding heart calmed down, and his feelings of love for the childhood friend before him grew stronger.

“Hey, Shinichi. You’re staying tonight too, right?”

With a gentle voice, Maho pampered by Shinichi.

There’s no way he could refuse such a proposal from Maho, so he pulls her body closer to him.