Upon finishing my business with Lisa, I make my way back into Luna's place to check up on Shiro. I immediately pick up the scent of blood coming from upstairs. Usually it's normal to smell blood here, but to smell blood upstairs is a bit unusual. So, I go to check, however, upon entering the room, surprisingly, in front of me was Shiro and Luna who seem to both be idly chatting while drinking tea with one another.
"Oh, Charlotte welcome back." Luna greets me as Shiro locks eyes with me.
Unlike the time in the cave where I felt that sudden pressure and pain overcome my body when she looked at me, I feel none of that besides the warm feeling in my chest as Shiro smiles at me.
"Thank god..." I end up muttering those words as I realize that Shiro's okay, but I wonder if she remembers what happened in the cave...
"Excuse me for a bit, Shiro. I need to talk with Charlotte for a bit."
"Okay."
I was about to start talking when Luna suddenly stands up before walking my way. With Shiro now looking a bit concerned, I hesitate to walk outside of the room, but Luna ends up grabbing me by my sleeve as I begrudgingly step out of the room with Luna.
Walking into another room, Luna turns to face me as I feel as the air around has has grown thicker.
"What's wrong?" Thinking so, I end up asking before Luna could begin. "Is Shiro okay?"
"She's fine, and she doesn't appear to remember anything of what happened in the cave."
"Then what's this about?" If Shiro doesn't remember, then we can just continue where we left off. But Luna seems to have other plans...
"It's exactly because she cannot remember. I can see clearly that she's anxious about what happened back in the cave."
"Don't tell me you actually want to tell her?"
"No, of course not. That'll only make this matter worse."
I'm glad to hear that we're all still on the same page. For a second I was worried that Luna had already told Shiro everything.
"What I'm trying to say is that I think Shiro needs some distraction."
"Distraction?"
"Yes. If she's left like this, I fear that Shiro will come to some sort of conclusion, which might not be the best."
I understand what she's getting at. It makes sense for Shiro to question things right now. Even now I'd bet that she's trying to figure out what happened.
"She might even start remembering" I end up muttering that as that could also be a possibility.
"Exactly. Which is why I think we need to do something."
"And did you have anything in mind, Auntie? You seem like you already have."
"Hehe, well, Shiro gave me the idea."
"Oh? Now I'm even more curious."
"Well~ I was thinking that maybe it'd be fun to teach Shiro how to swim."
"Swim?"
That came out of nowhere, and what's even more strange is that Shiro gave this idea to Luna? I can't help but be curious as to how the subject of swimming came up.
"Well, I ended up talking about the Lagiasus; the blood I used in our tea. She seemed a bit interested in the ocean and that's when i came up with this idea."
"But to have her swim in the ocean..."
The Lagiasus is not the biggest thing in the ocean, far from it. but with how agile it is and it's wide area attacks, able to destroy a boat in a single strike with it's long, razor sharp tail, it's garnered quite a few nicknames as the apex predator of the ocean.
"Of course I don't plan on taking her out there, hehe. I was thinking about starting out with just a simple swimming pool."
"Ah, so that's what you meant."
Because of my line of work, I end up thinking mostly about the worst case scenarios, so a simple swimming pool didn't actually come to mind... Actually-
"Now that you mention it... I don't think I've ever actually been to a swimming pool."
"You're joking, right Charlotte?"
"Why would I joke about that?"
"Alright! Then it's decided. You two are coming with me to the pools!" She says with a massive grin on her face, almost like she's proud. It's honestly cute to see her like this.
"I don't even have anything to wear though."
"Perfect, then we can all buy something to wear together."
Hearing this, I can't help but look back at my date with Shiro. I've bought her a lot of clothes now, even new shoes and socks, everything really. All except a swimsuit...
"Alright! Let's go tell Shiro the good news."
"Fine~ Hehe."
I got enough money I think, in both worlds as well. So I'm not worried about buying more things for Shiro, but I do wonder about how this will all go...
As Luna and I make our way back into the room, I can't help but think about what kind of swimwear I should wear... Shiro's seen me naked god knows how many times now, even when I was in the hospital... But even so, I'm starting to think about what Shiro might like.