Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Make You Beg for Mercy
Momozawa Airi felt like she and Matsuda Jinpei were standing stiffly in this corner of the deep water like two hard baguettes.
They looked at each other in silence.
She put her arms around his neck.
The other person held her thigh.
She could even feel her legs being squeezed, and some soft flesh seemed to be leaking out from between Matsuda Jinpei's fingers.
“…”
Momozawa Airi deeply felt the... somewhat subtle difference between her body and Matsuda Jinpei's.
The feeling of being hugged by Matsuda Jinpei is very...
Momozawa Airi pondered for a moment and carefully selected the appropriate adjective "sturdy".
Every part of the other person that she touched was not soft at all. From the shoulders to the waist, she could feel the obvious touch of muscles.
This was her first time having such physical contact with a member of the opposite sex.
It feels...special.
It can also be said to be very strange.
Momozawa Airi felt her heart beating very fast.
Although I was in the cool pool water, my body felt a little hot.
...It seems that it was not entirely because I was scared by the incident of "almost drowning" just now.
“…”
The violent splashes of people swimming not far away affected the water around them.
The water waves suddenly became a little rapid, and Momozawa Airi subconsciously tightened her grip on the other person.
Getting closer.
Too close.
[I'll run into her... uh...]
[…It seems like they’ve already met.]
Only then did she feel as if some water had entered her ears, making them buzz and making it difficult for her to hear clearly.
The only good thing was that I could clearly discern Jinpei Matsuda's inner voice—a clear voice.
"Let me help...put it on."
[You can hold her up with one hand.]
[…You can even shake it a few times.]
Momozawa Airi: "..."
There seems to be a huge gap between what Jinpei Matsuda really thinks and what he actually says.
How could she guess what those fragmented words were about...!
"What did you say?"
She slowly released one of her hands from the other person, patted her ear gently to try to get the water out of it, and asked back.
Since she was only holding Matsuda Jinpei with one hand, Momozawa Airi, afraid of sinking, reflexively moved a little closer to him.
"I...swimming ring..."
Matsuda Jinpei's ears were stained a suspicious crimson, and his gaze swung from one to the other for a moment before finally settling on the little yellow duck swimming ring on the shore.
"..." Momozawa Airi shook her head for a while, and the water in her ears finally came out. "What?"
Jinpei Matsuda's voice instantly became clear.
"I say... I'll help you put on the swimming ring, and then we should go to the shallow water."
Momozawa Airi let out an "Oh" and the hand that had just patted her ear once again hugged Matsuda Jinpei's neck.
It instantly gave me a much greater sense of security.
With the interruption of "water in the ears", Momozawa Airi was distracted, and only then did she realize that she was not so stiff anymore.
Relaxed a lot.
Momozawa Airi comforted herself——
Wasn’t it just a very close hug in the swimming pool... several times!
And her lifeline still seemed... very stiff.
Momozawa Airi pursed her lips and kindly said in a practiced tone, "Jinping, relax. Don't be so stiff."
She could even feel the tenseness in Jinpei Matsuda's muscles.
As a result, I saw Matsuda Jinpei's face suddenly turned red.
The blush that was originally only noticeable at the base of the ears instantly spread to the entire face.
“…What nonsense are you talking about?”
Matsuda Jinpei hesitated for a moment, then leaned close to her ear with gritted teeth.
"He keeps saying weird things all day long."
The distance was too close, and Matsuda Jinpei's hot breath just brushed her earlobe.
Warm.
Momozawa Airi: "?"
She blinked in confusion and slowly loosened one hand.
After making sure she wouldn't sink, Momozawa Airi pinched Matsuda Jinpei's shoulders with her fingers.
"It became very stiff for a moment."
She pinched it a few times, neither too hard nor too soft, and commented rigorously.
"You should also...relax a little."
The tense muscles were suddenly kneaded by soft fingertips, and the soothing touch swept over.
Matsuda Jinpei was stunned for a moment as if he had received an electric shock, and his hands that were firmly supporting Momozawa Airi's body unconsciously relaxed their strength——
"Ahhh Jinpei, what are you doing!!"
Feeling that her body was about to sink, Momozawa Airi, who was afraid of ropes after being bitten by a snake once, hugged him helplessly and kept rubbing against it, trying to get more of her body out of the water to feel safer.
She put her head on the back of Matsuda Jinpei's shoulder, her whole body clinging to him like an octopus.
In her panic, she missed the brief voice that flashed through her mind -
【……Oops. 】
"Don't let go! What if I sink? I'll choke on the water!"
"..." Matsuda Jinpei was stunned for only a moment before holding her again. He immediately calmed down and found an excuse for his momentary loss of composure. "If you don't let go, how can I help you hold the swimming ring?"
It's a very reasonable excuse.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Matsuda Jinpei: "...I'll hold you with one arm, is that okay?"
Momozawa Airi curled her lips, her momentum weakened a lot: "You can't hold me with one hand."
Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyebrows: "Not only can I hold you, I can also lift you up with one hand."
The tone is very confident.
【I didn’t notice it.】
“…You’re bragging.”
"?"
"How can it possibly move in the water..."
"Want to gamble?" Matsuda Jinpei smiled at her nonchalantly. "Once we get ashore, I can flip you upside down."
Momozawa Airi had a look on her face that said, "Do you think I'm a fool?" "...You must be bragging!!!"
Jinpei Matsuda responded casually.
The water surface beside me suddenly made a soft "pop" sound.
It was the sound of something floating on the water.
Momozawa Airi turned her head and found it was a little yellow duck swimming ring.
It floated slowly on the water beside her.
“Huh??”
She lowered her eyes in surprise and found that Matsuda Jinpei had already loosened the hand that was holding her and quietly took the little yellow duck swimming ring from the shore.
Matsuda Jinpei's hand was so steady that she didn't even feel that he was supporting her with only one hand.
“…”
Momozawa Airi put on the little yellow duck swimming ring dejectedly, paddled slowly, and splashed towards the shallow water.
It turns out that I was distracting her on purpose.
She tilted her head to peek at Jinpei Matsuda.
The other person's body seemed to have relaxed and was not as tense as before.
His powerful arms paddled slowly and steadily, creating small splashes of water around her.
It seems like I can really pick her up with one hand.
It looks very big and very powerful.
Being a police officer seems to be a good fit for me. My fighting and physical fitness are definitely impeccable.
...but it is definitely impossible to lift her up to the sky!!
“…”
Momozawa Airi's gaze followed Matsuda Jinpei's movements silently for a moment, until the other party noticed and turned his head to look at her with a puzzled look.
Momozawa Airi was startled, and she casually picked up a handful of water and sprinkled it at Matsuda Jinpei.
Then he ran away in a panic, splashing in the water, forcibly ignoring the angry words coming from behind him, such as "If you have the guts, don't run away."
While running away, I was reflecting in my heart with great sadness.
There seemed to be something…off about her.
There is something really wrong with her!!
It seems like I'm craving something...
Ahhh, after all, barbecue is more common.
*
Shallow water area.
Without the worry of "sinking", Momozawa Airi once again moved closer to the railing, holding on with both hands, with a serious attitude.
"Well, I'm going to start taking swimming lessons seriously again, and try to swim as well as those handsome guys in the pool just now."
She murmured to herself confidently, then turned to look at Matsuda Jinpei and said confidently, "You teach me."
Matsuda Jinpei glanced at her and said, "You wish."
He hasn't forgotten the way the other person stared at someone else just now.
Oh.
...At least ask a few more times.
Jinpei Matsuda swam a distance beside her, pretending to casually show off his perfect swimming style in all directions.
Deliberately create a lot of water splashes.
Airi Momozawa, who was completely chilled, said: "?"
She blinked slowly, looked at Matsuda Jinpei who was swimming farther and farther away, and sighed twice.
"That's fast."
Momozawa Airi looked around, and after locking her sights on her target, she put on the swimming ring again.
She adjusted her breathing and slowly relaxed her body.
After feeling her whole body slowly floating on the water, Momozawa Airi stretched out her hands, straightened her legs, and planned to start using the most primitive dog paddling method to move towards the deep water.
Momozawa Airi had just jumped forward less than half a meter when she felt someone grab her calf.
The other party pulled her back.
Under the cool water, my calves were pressed by my fingers, and I felt a little sore, weak and numb for a moment.
[…I didn't keep an eye on him and he ran away.]
Hear the person's voice before meeting him.
It was Jinpei Matsuda who was gritting his teeth.
Momozawa Airi: "???"
Her legs went weak and she was forced to retreat with tears in her eyes, watching the short distance she had just swum go to waste.
"where you go?"
Jinpei Matsuda leisurely pulled her to his side, let go of her hand, and watched Momozawa Airi stand in the water.
"Find someone to teach me how to swim."
Momozawa Airi thought for a moment and then reacted. She deliberately angered Matsuda Jinpei and raised her hand to point at the boys in the deep water not far away.
They seemed to be practicing their swimming strokes on a small scale.
"If you don't want to, forget it. They seem like nice people."
Momozawa Airi patted the swimming ring innocently.
The little yellow duck made a quacking sound.
"That tall boy swimming the backstroke looks very gentle, he must be willing."
Momozawa Airi said this as she turned around, looking like she was about to pounce over there again.
Just as she turned halfway to the side, she suddenly felt a black screen in front of her eyes.
The swimming ring on her body was pulled away by Matsuda Jinpei, and she was held in his arms.
...a new alternative swimming ring.
"Then practice holding your breath first. Try to see how long you can hold your breath underwater and get used to the feeling of being underwater."
Jinpei Matsuda casually threw the little yellow duck swimming ring aside, put his arm around Momozawa Airi's waist, and looked at her as if it was a matter of course.
Even started swimming lessons directly.
Momozawa Airi raised her head and repeated his words with an innocent look on her face: "I don't understand. Didn't Jinpei just say that I was just wishful thinking?"
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
He narrowed his eyes slightly, almost certain that Momozawa Airi was deliberately teasing him.
Jinpei Matsuda lowered his head and moved closer to Momozawa Airi who was standing in front of him.
Not only was he in the water, which lacked a sense of security, but the person in front of him also suddenly began to exude a dangerous aura.
Momozawa Airi's shoulders slumped, and without thinking, she wanted to dive below the water's surface and perform a flexible water escape technique.
Matsuda Jinpei held her waist tightly, preventing her from moving.
He slowly leaned close to her ear, smiled softly on purpose, and teased her ear with his whisper.
"If you don't start practicing soon, I'll teach you how to hold your breath in another way."
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Innocent childish chatter came from beside her, and Momozawa Airi's body trembled. Her sneaky aura suddenly weakened, and she reached out to push him away: "There are many children around! You, you, you, you, don't mess around!!"
Matsuda Jinpei let go of his hand and said, "I said take a deep breath. What nonsense are you thinking about?"
A satisfied expression that said "I did it on purpose".
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Momozawa Airi: "Hurry up, hurry up, start! Stop talking nonsense!!"
*
So I found a deserted corner and started practicing holding my breath.
Take a deep breath, enter the water, hold your breath, and wait until you can no longer hold on, then stand up and breathe air.
After a few rounds, Momozawa Airi's face turned red.
After holding her breath again, she suddenly emerged from the water, let out a long breath, and reached out to wipe the water off her face.
"I'm so tired... No, I can't go on... Let me rest for a while..."
Momozawa Airi spoke breathlessly, her voice broken.
Matsuda Jinpei leaned leisurely against the pool wall and pointed at the clock on the swimming pool wall: "This time it's not long enough."
The corners of his lips curved into a beautiful arc.
"It seems that your lung capacity is not very good. You can practice it."
Momozawa Airi glanced at him and tried to make amends: "Nonsense, my lung capacity is fine."
...Actually, it's just okay, the numbers are very average.
The blush on her face had not faded yet, and her eyes seemed wet as if they were touched by water. When she glared at people, she looked weak and powerless.
Matsuda Jinpei's heart moved, and he replied as if possessed by some unknown force: "But every time I kiss you, you can't stand it for long."
The tone is very natural.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Momozawa Airi's cheeks, which had been flushed from holding her breath, became even redder, as if blood was about to drip out: "You, you're talking nonsense...!"
Although he tried to sound like a complainer, his tone was soft due to his constant panting.
Like acting like a spoiled child.
"..." Momozawa Airi paused, as if she felt her words lacked momentum, and without thinking, she tried to save face, "It's always you who can't stand it first, so you're the one who's not so good."
"Next time I'll kiss you unconscious and make you cry for mercy."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
*
Momozawa Airi got bored of holding her breath before she even practiced it for long, and started whining about wanting to start practicing her swimming style.
... Mainly because ever since he said that, the way Matsuda Jinpei looked at her had become a little strange.
She even had a strange thought that the other party wanted to swallow her in one bite.
"...Show me how you swim first." Matsuda Jinpei crossed his arms and spoke in a very casual tone.
Airi Momozawa performed a doggy paddle with a lot of splashing water.
He received a sneer from Jinpei Matsuda.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Momozawa Airi did not lose heart, but instead cheered herself up and insisted on starting dog paddling again.
…This time, a little breaststroke element is also incorporated.
Snap, snap, snap.
There was a lot of noise and splashing water.
…
After moving like a tiger for a long time, she still stayed firmly in the same place.
There was even a sneer from Jinpei Matsuda beside him.
The sound was not loud, but she could hear it clearly.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Matsuda Jinpei didn't say anything else, but pulled her calves with both hands and guided her to swim.
"Your leg movement is not right. It should be like this first."
Momozawa Airi felt her legs move into a position under his guidance.
It looks like a breaststroke posture.
"Do this again."
The sound of water flowing around her body was felt, and her legs moved along with Matsuda Jinpei's hands, switching between different leg swimming movements with great obedience.
The other person's hands slowly changed position, holding her ankles instead, making it easier to apply force.
…
Airi Momozawa huddled in the swimming ring, her head lowered, staring at the swaying water surface.
Jinpei Matsuda was teaching her how to swim, but his words went in one ear and out the other, leaving no trace.
…The other party seemed to be muttering something in his heart, but she didn't pay attention.
Momozawa Airi floated on the water, feeling as if all her attention was focused on the small area where her leg and Matsuda Jinpei's hand were touching.
She felt her legs going weak.
“…”
Oops.
Momozawa Airi thought.
Very bad.
She actually got distracted while studying.
"You have to exert force correctly, understand?"
Jinpei Matsuda released one hand and patted her waist lightly.
His moist palm casually rested on her waist.
The cold water and the burning body temperature touched her at the same time, and Momozawa Airi shuddered. Her waist subconsciously softened and she suddenly lost her strength.
"Don't slump your back."
Jinpei Matsuda noticed her limpness and patted her again as a reminder.
"Don't be lazy, study hard."
"..." Momozawa Airi responded softly, lowering her head almost into the water.
…
I don’t know how long it took, but the swimming style was finally taught.
Momozawa Airi hardly put in any effort the whole time, but she felt weak all over and couldn't exert any strength.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Something is wrong.
She's not right today.
Momozawa Airi barely raised her head, so naturally she didn't see Matsuda Jinpei's extremely unnatural expression.
Matsuda Jinpei stared calmly at the defenseless back of the other person in front of him, and his gaze moved to Momozawa Airi's ankle.
...and it's easy to trap.
He was a little distracted and forced himself to get rid of the teaching scene that just appeared in his mind, and cleared his throat in a natural manner.
"now……"
“…I, I, I’m going to practice!!!”
Suddenly, Momozawa Airi, who had been listless just now, seemed to have gathered her strength again and shouted something at him incoherently, interrupting his speech.
“…”
Matsuda Jinpei let go of his hand and watched Momozawa Airi, who had regained her freedom, splash a long distance with the swimming ring on without looking back.
Matsuda Jinpei suddenly dived into the water and swam a distance, trying to let the cool water wash away his inexplicably hot mind.
And a restless heart that keeps clamoring.
...It’s so hot in summer.
*
While sitting in a barbecue restaurant waiting for the food to be served, Momozawa Airi, who was playing with her phone, suddenly saw a push message.
The title is [Can kissing improve lung capacity? ☆ Click in to check it out].
Momozawa Airi: "..."
She was speechless and wanted to swipe past the push notification, but her fingertips stopped in front of the screen and did not move.
After a while, she raised her eyes and glanced at Jinpei Matsuda who was casually flipping through the menu beside her.
He was very sharp in catching the peek and asked, "Want more food?"
Jinpei Matsuda handed her the menu with understanding.
"..." Momozawa Airi paused, hiding her true thoughts guiltily, "It's not an extra dish! Am I the one who always wants to eat in your heart?!"
Matsuda Jinpei nodded as a matter of course: "Yes."
Momozawa Airi: "..."
She swiped across the message angrily.
Soon after, the drinks were served.
Jinpei Matsuda casually opened the pull rings of two cans of drinks with one hand and placed one of them in front of her.
He took another can, tilted his head back and took a big sip.
Momozawa Airi held the can of cold drink and glanced at it casually.
I just happened to see Matsuda Jinpei's rolling Adam's apple.
Water droplets dripped down from his hair that had never been dried, slowly sliding down along the line of his slender neck, passing directly over his collarbone, and falling into Matsuda Jinpei's clothes.
“…”
Momozawa Airi suddenly felt a little dry in the mouth and took a sip of her drink.
After a while, she furtively picked up her phone and tried to find the push notification again.
Can't find it.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
She started typing in the search box:
Kissing is OK...
"Is this okay?"
Suddenly, I heard the amplified breathing sound of Matsuda Jinpei.
“!!!”
Momozawa Airi slapped her phone against her chest with a guilty conscience and shrank back, "What's wrong with you—"
"?"
Jinpei Matsuda looked at her with a puzzled expression and pointed at the menu.
"The waiter said they were out of cabbage and asked if we could have this green vegetable instead."
"..." Momozawa Airi exhaled, the blush on her face still not fading, "S-Okay."
"What are you looking at?" Matsuda Jinpei glanced at her nonchalantly. "Are you so nervous?"
Momozawa Airi continued to speak: "...I'm not! You're the one who's nervous! I'm reading serious stuff! It's study material!!!"
The tone was extremely anxious.
The more she spoke, the more confident she became, and she even straightened her back.
…Popular science knowledge can also be considered learning material!!
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
It would be strange if you didn’t see any mess.
…
When the fragrant and hot chicken skewers were served, Momozawa Airi's phone vibrated.
She picked up the chicken skewers and casually clicked on the message.
【Sakura Chiyo: How about it, Airi! 】
[Sakura Chiyo: Does today's date feel like something out of a shojo manga?!]
[Sakura Chiyo: How about the swimsuit? Does it catch his eye?]
【Sakura Chiyo: The dokidoki kind! 】
Momozawa Airi looked at the oil stains on her hands and felt that it was not suitable to type at this time.
Anyway, Jinpei Matsuda doesn't know what they are talking about, so it's okay to just send a voice reply.
So, she obediently leaned over to the phone and tried to reply in a low voice.
"Rather than calling it a dokidoki girls' manga, it's more like..."
Momozawa Airi pondered for a moment and recalled her experiences today.
Stick it.
Teach swimming.
Being grabbed by the legs and swung around... or something.
…
Momozawa Airi has read many girls' comics, but most of them cannot allow her to experience the other...subtle feeling of love so accurately.
The feeling of physical contact with someone you like.
This was the first time she experienced this new and special feeling firsthand.
Momozawa Airi suddenly felt a little dry in the mouth again and wanted to take another big gulp of the ice-cold drink.
Momozawa Airi paused and said carefully, "Adult comics."
She licked her lips and summarized it highly.
“The bokiboki kind.”
Jinpei Matsuda standing by seemed to be choked.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
Matsuda Jinpei: “……?”
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