This is not the date I wanted.

02 Forgotten Weakness

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"Oh! The sea—"

After arriving at the destination, Liangyi Mengyue cheered excitedly.

Although it was not the first time I saw the ocean, it was the first time I came to the beach for the purpose of playing. I could even feel Mengyue's shoulders trembling with joy.

Yatogami Tohka nodded in sympathy with Mengyue's excitement.

"Yeah, the sea is really nice!"

Although she had been here once before during a school trip, Tohka still couldn't help but get excited when she saw the vast ocean.

"Hehe~ They're actually getting excited about such a small matter. Mengyue and Tohka are really like children!"

"I agree. You're so excited at just this level."

"Humph...it's clear that you two are eager to try."

Seeing the two pairs of sparkling eyes of Yakuya and Yui, Mengyue snorted and retorted.

"I'll ask the staff to take the luggage to the hotel." Murasame Reine said to Kotori.

"I know. Thank you for your hard work, Reine." Nodding slightly, Kotori said to the elves, "If you want to go to the beach, just go to the changing room and change into your swimsuit."

After getting Kotori's permission, everyone cheered immediately.

"Then Kotori, I just... Ehhhhh!! What's wrong?"

Just when Shidou was about to ask about the location of the changing room, Mengyue suddenly came and grabbed the corner of her T-shirt, slowly lifted it up, revealing her slender white waist, and then... his vision became pitch black.

"Shidou, you can't look!" Kotori covered Shidou's eyes with her hands and shouted in panic with a blushing face.

"Ms. Mengyue!?"

"Oh~ Mengyue-chan. How daring."

"Eh? What happened?"

Hearing Yoshino's stunned tone and Yoshino's admiring teasing, Shidou couldn't help but ask in panic.

"Really... what are you guys thinking?" Meng Yue looked at the people who reacted violently, a speechless look appeared on her face, she held her forehead and shook her head and said, "I'm just wearing a swimsuit inside, so if you want to take off your clothes here, you don't have to go to the locker room."

"Thro! So there is this trick!" Tohka nodded with a look of sudden enlightenment.

"Really? I didn't expect you to be looking forward to the beach so much."

"Unexpected. Meng Yue is unexpectedly like a child in some ways."

"...I want you to take care of it."

Faced with the teasing of the Yami sisters, Mengyue's mouth twitched slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just shrugged and retorted.

It can't be said that this measure was taken to avoid the unfortunate situation of losing too much blood after entering the locker room because he couldn't bear the scene before him and was sent to the hospital.

"Really? If this is the case, you should have said it first, Mengyue." Sighing helplessly, Kotori complained to Mengyue and slowly released her hand that was blocking Shidao's eyes.

"Sorry, sorry...? What happened to Shidou?"

Feeling that Shidou was staring at her intently, Mengyue asked a little confusedly.

"Eh? No! That..."

Seeing Shidou Itsuka who was a little flustered, Kotori nudged Shidou's waist with her elbow in annoyance and sighed.

"Really? Haven't I told you many times? About the swimsuit review."

“Oh, yes.”

Meng Yue had taken off her pants skirt and T-shirt, revealing her grey-green swimsuit. Since Meng Yue chose a neutral female outfit, her swimsuit and upper body looked very simple. But with her slender figure and upright posture, she looked very heroic.

After meeting Meng Yue's amber eyes, Shidou blushed and lowered his head.

"Well...it suits you very well."

"Well, thanks."

Although she wanted to say that she only asked for a swimsuit that was as masculine as possible, and let the clerk choose the rest. However, considering that it would embarrass Shidao, Mengyue nodded to express her gratitude.

"Hmm..." Tohka puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction, pulled Shidou's arm and said, "Shidou, I also picked out a new swimsuit. Hurry up and change!"

"Kuku--Shidao, just look at my elegant figure in a swimsuit."

"Reminder. Xixian is very confident in her swimsuit today."

"Shidou-san, remember to compliment our Yoshino's swimsuit~"

"Shi-Shiona!"

Seeing Tohka, Yakuya, Yui, and Yoshino becoming active for some reason, Shidou forced a smile and responded.

"Well...I'm really looking forward to it."

"Why are you standing there being lustful? Go change your clothes quickly, you rice field pest!"

"Why are you suddenly angry, Kotori?"

"Hey, long-winded!"

Looking at Shidou, who was surrounded by the crowd and sweating profusely at the beginning, and was finally kicked away by Kotori, Mengyue showed a very subtle bitter smile on her face.

"Although I feel very envious, I still have to say that Shidao is really pitiful. My condolences~"

After silently mourning for Shidao in her heart for three seconds, Mengyue couldn't help but run towards the sea.

"Hmm~ It's really cold!"

The soles of her feet were stepping on the soft sand, and the shallow waves brought the cool sea water to her heels, blowing gently from the front, making Mengyue feel comfortable and dazzled.

"It's really great. I finally got to experience something I've always wanted to try. What's next...eh? What's next?"

Before coming here, Meng Yue felt that she had a lot of things she wanted to do. But when she actually arrived at her destination, she didn't know why she couldn't think of what she was going to do.

It was as if her body was instinctively preventing her from remembering.

"Mengyue, what are you doing?"

She stood there blankly for a long time, and before she knew it, a familiar voice came from behind. Mengyue turned around and saw Shidao, who had already changed into a swimsuit, arranging beach cloth and parasols in a distant place.

Because I was too embarrassed to say that I came to the beach with such excitement but ended up not knowing what to do. Meng Yue coughed twice in embarrassment and lied.

"Shidou, um... ahem, that's right! I was touched by the beautiful scenery and was planning to write a poem or two."

"Oh, that's really cool! Have you thought of anything?"

Facing Shidao's question, Meng Yue broke out in a cold sweat. She was just distracted just now. Not to mention Chuan Liu, she didn't even think of a willow leaf. How could she say it?

"It's all because of you calling me out of the blue. I was so scared that I forgot all the words I was thinking of! Apologize now!"

"Eh?!! My fault?" Shidou pointed at himself in disbelief and scratched his head in distress. Although he was a little confused about the situation, considering Meng Yue's mood, he finally said apologetically, "I'm so sorry to interrupt your inspiration."

However, after hearing this, Meng Yue covered her face with her hands in pain, and wailed with a hint of guilt:

"Why did you actually apologize..."

Didn't you ask me to say that?

He was even more confused about the situation, but Shidao had at least received training from Kotori and had some experience in communicating with women. (Author: "Where is the hatchet?")

Shidou vaguely felt that Mengyue seemed to want to avoid the matter of him "brewing Senryu", so he changed the subject.

"By the way! Mengyue, did you apply sunscreen?"

Sensing Shidao's intention, Mengyue took a deep breath to calm down, and then cooperated to change the subject.

"Uh? To be honest, I don't really want to use those kinds of skin care products for women..."

During the conversation that night, Shidou also learned that Mengyue had memories of being a male in her previous life, and he could more or less understand her vague aversion to such female products.

"Sunscreen isn't something that's only used by women. It's just that women use it more." Shidao shook his head with a wry smile, correcting Meng Yue's misunderstanding. "It's recommended that you still apply it. After all, your skin will feel stinging if you stay in this bright sun for too long. It seems that Tohka and the others also applied it in the dressing room. I applied some myself, too."

After hearing that Shidao had also applied some, Mengyue's aversion to it was reduced a lot.

Well, it is true that if you expose your skin to the sun, it will hurt when you look back, and this is also a must when you go to the beach.

"Then I'll apply some too. Shidou, give me some of your sunscreen."

After taking the sunscreen from Shidao, Mengyue took some on her hand and began to apply it evenly on her skin.

It's icy and cool, and it feels okay.

After moving her hands over her body and applying sunscreen on her limbs and front, Meng Yue suddenly frowned in distress.

"Shidou, please help me apply it on my back. My hands can't reach it."

"Eh? Am I okay?"

"Who else is here besides you?"

Seeing Mengyue pulling her long hair to her chest and turning her back to him, even though her swimsuit was not a bikini that needed to be untied, Shidao still swallowed nervously when he saw her white and smooth back.

Seeing Shidao's hesitation, Mengyue frowned in dissatisfaction.

"What are you dawdling for? Hurry up!"

"well!"

Overwhelmed by Meng Yue's momentum, Shidao slightly adjusted his sitting posture, took a proper amount of sunscreen on his hand, and touched Meng Yue's back. Instantly——

"--ah!"

Unlike the sweet voice of usual love, Meng Yue's whole body convulsed as if she was electrocuted.

"Sorry, is it too cold?"

"No... I'm just a little uncomfortable. Go on!"

"Ah, ah ah..."

This time, she seemed prepared and there was no trembling at all, but what Shidou couldn't notice was that Mengyue's face was tense and she was gritting her teeth, and the blush on her face became more intense as Shidou's hands moved.

"Okay..." Fortunately, only the back needed to be applied, and Shidao finished applying the sunscreen in a short while.

As soon as it was over, Mengyue stood up silently, and with lightning speed, she put ten steps away from Shidao, put her hands on her back, and looked at Shidao with a vigilant face.

"Eh? Miss Mengyue?"

Shidou said that he was completely confused about the cause, process and outcome of the incident, and could only look at the other party with a puzzled expression.

Taking a deep breath and trying to suppress the blush on her face, Meng Yue said to Shidao in an extremely serious tone: "Shidao Gokawa, are your hands cursed?"

"……what?"

Sorry, what language are you speaking? Can you translate it for me?

"Kuku, finally Meng Yueru also understood. Shidao's hands are the fallen arms blessed by the fallen angel Lucifer!"

"When did my hands become something so strange?"

Shidou complained to Yakuya who arrived at some unknown time.

"What?! Shidou, you have this thing and you still touch me!"

"Why do you look like you believe it, Mengyue?"

"I agree. Yakuya is right, Shidou is an unexpected wolf."

"Why do you seem to agree with it, Xixian?"

After complaining to Yui on the other side, Shidou realized that everyone had gathered behind him without him noticing.

"Shidou, can you also help me put some sunscreen on it?"

Seeing Tohka's pleading look, Shidou couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Didn't you apply it when you were in the locker room with everyone just now?"

"Well!"

Tohka let out a low moan of unwillingness.

At this moment, the rabbit doll Shionai seemed to have figured something out, and praised Mengyue: "You're quite good at this, Mengyue-chan, you saw this and put on your swimsuit in advance to avoid going into the dressing room. Compared to Shionai's plan - woooo!"

"Shiona!" Shiono hurriedly stopped Shiona from speaking any further.

"No, that's not the case!"

I don’t know why, even though I didn’t do anything strange, Meng Yue felt an inexplicable sense of shame and guilt, as if she had sneaked into the kitchen to eat before dinner and was caught.