Obediently Drink a Cup

After getting into the car, Asahi notices that the interior has been modified by Youko.

"Do you want to play music?"

Youko closed the car window and asked.

"I will look for it."

Asahi opened the open operation interface and tried to play more popular songs.

After driving from the urban area to the highway, as the traffic flow decreased, Asahi suddenly asked: "Is there a guitar in the car?"

"Yeah, it's in the back row. Kazusa, please help me get it."

Youko instructed Kazusa to bring the guitar case through the rearview mirror.

Carefully taking out the guitar from the guitar case, and Kazusa handed Asahi over from the middle of the chair.

After getting the guitar, Asahi adjusted the tuning, strummed the strings to test the tune, then played and sang [Thousand Sakura].

Youko couldn't help asking: "What song is this?"

"I just made it two days ago."

Asahi didn't answer until the song was played and sung.

"Er...um..."

Youko tried to match the rhythm with her fingers: "There should be piano scores too."

"Of course."

"Could this be your birthday present for Kazusa?"

Surprised by Youko's strange question, Asahi shook his head: "No, it's just for fun. Don't you guys feel bored if you have nothing to do after traveling for more than an hour, you want to give Kazusa a try?"

Kazusa was quite emotional, and ended up having to hug the guitar under Asahi's strong demand, contemplating what kind of music would be better to play.

....

After more than an hour.

"Phew! Finally come!"

The three of them came to a hotel full of hot spring style.

There is nothing else in the countryside, the land is very large, the area of the hotel is very large, relatively speaking, the number of rooms is not very large. Due to Youko's private room, it seemed like they were able to live leisurely and peaceful days.

The hotel lady greeted the three of them, she was younger than Asahi imagined, like an older sister who could take care of others. After that, the hotel mistress led the three of them to a Japanese room separated by a paper door.

"Wow, it's great here."

Youko looked like an active young woman and started looking around.

"Now I can rest well."

Seeing her happy face, Asahi put down the bag he was carrying, lay down and prepared to rest a bit. When he took the pillow as a pillow to rest on.

"Asahi, Kazusa!"

Youko came back from the courtyard suddenly, and her eyes lit up.

"How?"

"Not bad"

Both of them reacted in unison.

"I found a great room! And an outdoor hot tub!"

Asahi closed his eyes and meditated: "Hot spring hotel, there are always open hot springs, what do you mean by open hot springs?"

"No, I'm surprised this room has an open-air hot spring, no wonder it's the best room! Kazusa, how about we go to the hot springs together!"

Youko sends an invitation to her daughter.

"Wait a minute, aren't you hungry? My stomach started to protest."

Asahi was weak and barely propped up on the pillow, from the time he came out in the morning until now he only drank two cups of coffee.

Youko reached out to tug at him, and said, "In that room, you can eat while soaking in the hot springs."

"Oh, okay."

Asahi had never tried a similar game before, so he was immediately entertained.

"Wait..., you mean... mixed bath with him?" Kazusa only reacted now.

"Aren't you afraid Asahi will do something? Don't worry, he doesn't dare to mess around. Let's get changed first."

While Youko was joking, she first went next door to change into a bathrobe.

Asahi also found a booth, but Kazusa stayed where she was and didn't understand the situation yet.

By the time she realized it, Asahi and Yoko had changed into their bathrobes and reappeared in the room.

"Kazusa, let's go there first, you can come after you finish changing."

Youko barely gave her daughter a chance to refute, and she and Asahi headed to the so-called best room.

When he came to the open-air hot spring pool, Asahi wrapped himself in a towel and went straight into the water. There is a dining table by the pool, and there are already a few plates on it.

Seeing Asahi's surprised expression, Youko put on the bath towel on the spot, she wasn't afraid of being seen by him.

Kazusa will take some time to come.

"Just now I ordered workers to come to serve food."

"I see."

Asahi sat in the hot spring, enjoying the comfort of being exposed to a bit of heat, the water covered his chest, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The stone table is filled with all kinds of Japanese dishes, tempura, sashimi, hot pot.

Asahi handed out the hot pot ingredients.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, he felt refreshed and happy. The mountain air and the environment is great.

"Drinking sake."

Youko held the bath towel with one hand, and shook the sake with the other, drops of water sliding down her white skin.

"Um."

As Asahi and Youko finished their second cup, Kazusa shyly came to the side of the open hot spring pool, then put on a bath towel in the blind spot and stepped down into the pool.

"..Very beautiful view."

Youko had an intoxicated expression on her face: "Ah, you three are traveling together, Kazusa, you should be very happy too."

Kazusa clutched her chest, looked at Asahi, blushed and took chopsticks to enjoy the seafood hot pot.

She actually admitted that chatting and eating hot pot at the same time was quite interesting.

Obviously, Kazusa could even say such exaggerated words when they first met before, but now that she was shy, Asahi sometimes really thought that female psychology was very strange.

"Would you like a drink?" Youko asked her daughter.

"I'm not old enough."

"What is the difference?"

"Wait..., what did mother say?"

Under Youko's insistence, Kazusa quickly drank two glasses of sake.

Asahi is happy to see mother and daughter inadvertently repairing their relationship. He leaned back in the pond alone, enjoying the taste of the wine.

"Let's have another drink."

At the pond, Youko coaxed Kazusa like a child.

"No...don't treat me like a child."

Kazusa was very dissatisfied, her face was red, something to do with hot springs and alcohol.

"How, my daughter is so cute."

The bad heart tricked her daughter into finishing drinking, and then Youko hugged the ridiculously dizzy Kazusa in her arms, then raised her head at Asahi as if showing off.

"That can't be denied."

Asahi nodded and clinked glasses.

Not long after, Kazusa leaned against her mother and slowly drifted off to sleep.

"Kazusa?"

Youko tried to shake it up a bit, but all she got was Kazusa muttering incoherent sentences.

With a helpless smile, Youko stood up: "I'll send Kazusa to rest, and I'll come back later."