Chapter 60: Awkward waking up (Amane's POV)

I opened my eyes, feeling a soothing warmth—a stark contrast to the frigid cold I remembered. However, nothing could have prepared me for what I saw upon waking.

Saeko was caressing my face, a strange but undeniably attractive grin plastered across her features. Her eyes were closed, lost in a dreamlike state. I had no idea how to proceed in this situation.

I shifted my gaze downward, moving only my eyes, and saw my body—thankfully clad in underwear—soaking in a tub. This situation was growing more bizarre by the second.

Tracing Saeko with my eyes, I observed every detail, searching for any clue as to what was happening. However, all I could see was her black bra peeking through her wet clothes. And with the way she was sitting, her black panties were also visible. Strategically, I forced my gaze back to her face, determined to make this moment as unawkward as possible.

"Great match!"

The best approach? Ignore everything!

"Eh?!"

She jumped, and with her movement, her womanly assets followed. I won't deny that I peeked, but I refocused in the blink of an eye. She lost her balance and fell off the side of the tub onto the floor. Fortunately for her, it wasn't a long fall. Still, a fall was a fall. 

'Ouch.' My face twisted slightly as I felt secondhand pain watching her. I felt kind of bad, but it was the only method I could think of. 

"Owwwww," she whined, grabbing the side of the tub as she stood up, rubbing her butt. 

She sat back down on the side of the tub, complaining, "You know, you could have told me you woke up."

I ignored her grievances. "I mean, I didn't really expect to be in this situation when I woke up."

She nodded. "Fair. I'm surprised it even got this far."

"Uh-huh." I didn't believe her for a second—it felt really intentional.

I stood up out of the bath, and the air was freezing. I shivered instinctively, resisting the urge to go back into the warm water.

"Amane."

Hearing Saeko's voice, I turned to her questioningly.

"I knew you had a good body, but to think even that is blessed!" Following her gaze and listening to her words, I looked down—and couldn't believe it. What made it worse was that I couldn't even fix it. I had no other clothes or items to hide my excited little brother. He was trying to come out for the world to see!

"This is Akward huh." 

"No not really." 

We locked eyes and just shrugged. 

'Hahaha~' I laughed in my mind at the sheer stupidity of everything happening. Stepping out of the bath, I grabbed a towel and dried off my top half. 

I gave Saeko a sideways glance while pointing to the door. As much as she could handle seeing my little brother, I didn't feel all that comfortable showing it to her just yet. I mean a dude needs some diginity right? 

Now, if this were Ruby, Mahiru or Sawako then...I don't think I need to say much more. 

"Fine~" Saeko took the hint and danced out the door. I made sure to lock in so she wouldn't peek and I removed my underwear. Drying off everything underneath and further down, I felt a big soreness in my left side but it was bound to happen. She fucking did me good with that technique of hers. 

Looking at it, there was a purple bruise and the pain pulsating from that air wasn't fun. Not that any pain is typically fun. 

'How thoughtful!' I noticed the spare uniform she left for me. The same exact type that I sparred with her in which meant that it was comfortable and light. Perfect-type of clothing for not hurting my bruised area too much. 

Putting it on in no time, I got to last part which was tying it together. 

"If I do it tight it will sting and if I do it to loose then there's no point. I guess halfway then?" I questioned looking myself in the mirror. 

I put the last part of the uniform on as gently as possible. I even did a light tie so it wouldn't press down on my bruised area. 

'I hope Mahiru has some medicine or something to help with this.' I did a few practice walks and turns with clothes. Everything was put together well and I walked out of the bathroom with surpisingly Saeko nowhere in sight. 

"She's left me alone in this big ass dojo. Hah~ Time to just walk and hope for the best!" I walked back to the open-area of the dojo-where we had sparred-and didn't see a sign of her. I doubted she left under the rain which was still going heavy. 

I found a spot in the hallway and sat down, letting the rain serve as background music as I spent sometime with the system. 

'Yo!'

[Yeah?] 

'Can you give me a reminder on the main quests?'

[Yep.]

[Main Quest #3: Help People.]

- Help five people achieve their dreams or help ten people get on the right path.

- Reward: None. 

[Main Quest #1: Get a girlfriend(s) and make $25,000 through his own efforts (without using system money) by the start of sophomore year. If system funds are used, the difficulty doubles, and you need to make $50,000 through non-system means (i.e games or quests).] 

'No reward for Quest 1?' 

[Its the system initialization quest so technically the system is the reward but even if you fail to complete it, nothing really happens.] 

'Makes enough sense at least.'

[Also, a skill has leveled up.]

[Kendo - Level 2 (45/50)--> Level 3 (35/250)]

'Figures. Did I gain any new skills?'

[Nope.]

'Alright then, where do you think saeko went?'

[Probably, the restroom? Much like you think, I doubt she has left and decided to soak in the rain.]

'But...'

[Yeah...she is a weird one.]

'Hahaha~'