"Ahh...such a nice feeling being in the bath." Yumi relaxed.
"I know right? Baths are the best." Sakura agreed.
"I don't usually like taking baths with others." I explained.
"Why not?" Sakura asked.
"Well, my family used to like going to baths together. Like a whole family event. But I hated it." I continued.
"Aww, that's sad. I hope we can make it fun for you, Haruta." Sakura smiled.
Suddenly, the barrier that was separating the boy's bath from the girl's fell. Laying there on the ground was Yazoyo.
Yazoyo groaned in pain then looked up at us. "Oh...um...I was just listening in to the conversation."
"Hah! Yeah right..." Yumi laughed angrily then beat Yazoyo to a pulp.
"Shall we head to the rooms now?" Yumi suggested.
"Ooh! Let's sleep together!" Sakura suggested.
I didn't want to sleep with them, but I kmew that if I didn't, Yumi would get angry at me. So instead, I just sighed and went with the flow of things.
***
"Futons are so fluffy!" Sakura jumped onto the futon.
"Do you want to sleep between Sakura and I, Haruta?" Yumi asked while she started laying down the other futons.
"Up to you guys." I anwered.
I knew that if I were to say that I wanted to sleep alone, Sakura would cry, and Yumi would force me anyway.
"All ready." Yumi blew out after taking a deep breath.
"What should we do?" Sakura asked. "I don't want to sleep yet."
"Why don't we play truth or dare?" Yumi suggested.
"Oh! Yay!" Sakura laughed.
"Truth or dare, Sakura?" Yumi started.
"Dare."
Yumi started to rub her chin, thinking about a dare to give Sakura. "Ah! I dare you to fit your hand into your mouth!"
"I hope I can do that." Sakura began shoving her fingers into her mouth, and then shoved the rest of her hand. "Hmph nomph."
"Oh wow." Yumi looked at Sakura with shock. "I'm impressed."
"My turn!" Saruka said after taking her hand out of her mouth. "Haruta, truth or dare?"
I knew that if I picked dare, I might end up with a whole foot in my mouth. "Truth."
"Is it true that you have a bad relationship with your family?" Sakura asked with eagerness.
Ah, she remembers that (refer back to chapter 7)? Maybe it would be best to explain it then to her.
"It's not that I have a bad relationship with my family. It's just my family is...normal. My father's friend and his wife died when I was 8, and his son came to life with us. It was like I gained a brother I never knew I needed. My mom and dad love him as if he was their real son. They could possibly love him more than their real son." I explained.
Truthfully at that time, I loved Daichi too. He was everything to me.
"Haruta! Wait for me!"
"You need to run faster Daichi! Catch up!"
I turned around to see Daichi on the ground. "Daichi!"
He apparently had a really bad case of asthma and passed out due to an asthma attack. It was my fault that happened to Daichi. If only I didn't push him. It was a miracle he survived.
"Haruta?" Sakura brought me back to reality.
"Ah." I remembered I was explaining my story to Sakura.
"You suddenly went quiet." Sakura informed.
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"Man, family is the hardest subject to talk about." Yumi scratched her head. "I happen to have a husband and a baby coming on the way. One week before I played this game, I found out I was pregnant."
Ah, she has a husband. Now I feel worse for looking at her body.
"Congratulations, Yumi." Sakura smiled.
"Thanks. That's why I hope to get out of this game soon. I want to properly care for my child." Yumi said with conviction.
"Me too! I want to see my new baby brother." Sakura filled up with confidence.
I'm happy these two have the will to leave this game. I suppose I do too. I want to see Daichi again. I miss him.
"Then let's become stronger than before and stay alive." I said with excitement.
"Yeah!" The two agreed and cheered.