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Ootomo Hiyori / Secret Meeting #8 (The End)
"Why did I... have sex with that guy again......?"
Ootomo Hiyori muttered to herself as she watched the setting sun sink behind the mountains to the west.
"Since I'm here, I'll plan to have a home-cooked meal too, right!? But men's cooking sucks though...
I have a fair bit of confidence in his seafood though , so I'll wait and see.
Ah, the sunset today looks pretty. It'd be nice to take a walk on the beach"
She decided to watch the sun set over the ocean until she was called to come back for dinner.
Having grown up near the Shima island sea, the Kumano's ocean were not new to Hiyori.
Today's sea had a different color than it usually did though, and evoked different emotions in her than it normally would.
"Really, Akari. Just when are you going to come back...?
It's so much trouble for me here......
She couldn't see anyone around, so she said it aloud.
"I did it to survive the sea, so once again I let him...
...I wonder if that was the right choice...."
She started to tear up, but Hiyori steeled herself and held them back.
"If Akari were here, I'd be able to say all sorts of things, right?"
As she muttered this into the sea, a soft vibration came from Hiyori's new smartphone.
She had recieved a message from Ootsugu on LINNE.
"Dinner is ready."
Hiyori slowly stood up and brushed the sand from her skirt.
Since she had grown up in a family of fishermen, Hiyori basically loves everything that comes from the sea.
Somehow she was really looking forward to what sort of food Ootsugu would be serving her, it'd be different from what she was used to from home.
She didn't know how well she'd sleep tonight, but in any case she couldn't go without food.
Hiyori started walking back to Ootsugu's apartment.
(The End)