Finally, Kyoko relaxes.

Once Kyoko dipped a foot in the water, caution or escape left her mind immediately. "This feels... unreal..."

"It's plain amazing, I'd say!" Tsumugi agreed, encouraging Kyoko to join her. "I feel like it was worth it to clean the classrooms now."

Kyoko didn't respond. Instead, she simply slumped down into the pool across from Tsumugi and let out a deep, weary moan she wasn't even aware of. "I've been... so stressed out. Finally... this is just what I needed, after all..."

Both of them were silent for a moment, with Kyoko enjoying the feeling and Tsumugi, understanding, allowing her to enjoy it. Despite being beneath the building, the area was likely soundproof, and there was nothing but a comforting backdrop of water noises and their own contented sighs to hear.

Eventually, Kyoko opened her eyes again and spoke. "... I really must apologize, Tsumugi. I failed to recognize you without your glasses, and then I destroyed them."

"Oh, like I said, forget it," Tsumugi reassured her with a smile. "No reason an amazing detective like you should be paying attention to a nobody cosplayer like me! That's just how I like it, anyhow. I'm not the type who likes the spotlight."

Kyoko frowned, glancing at the shelf of the other woman's chest that disappeared below the steam for a moment. She didn't say what was on her mind... Freshly washed and completely nude, Tsumugi's glamorous long hair and knockout body would be the fantasy of men and the envy of women. Even though the detective had no reason to keep tabs on her, how could she have possibly failed to register Tsumugi as a noteworthy person at the school? "I must have been slipping... guess I really did need a break," Kyoko muttered to herself, sinking deeper into the water. Seeing Tsumugi's concern, she changed the topic. "I also need to apologize for arriving here without putting in the appropriate work you and Chiaki did. She offered me the opportunity to take her place, and I couldn't say no."

"Ah, don't worry about it," Tsumugi reassured her again.

This time, Kyoko thought that reassurance seemed hollow. She smiled apologetically. "You were looking forward to spending this time with Chiaki instead of a relative stranger, weren't you? I'm sure the two of you get along well."

"Well, it's true Chiaki and I are friends. But mostly, I wanted to show Chiaki my new cosplay! It would have been perfect for her... But, alas, her first steps onto the stage of cosplay stardom will have to wait. I was really looking forward to seeing it..."

Kyoko put a hand to her chin, reconsidering Tsumugi. "So you do have things you're passionate about, I see. Well, if you wanted to show off a cosplay... I might not be a good stand-in for Chiaki or have any experience, but it'd be my pleasure to take a look."

"Ah, that's no good," Tsumugi replied with a surprising, frank tone of denial.

"I'm sorry?"

"Oops! Sorry. What I mean is, I was going to have her try on this cosplay. I can't wear it myself, that'd be plain impossible!"

"It's... designed to fit Chiaki then?" Kyoko didn't understand, but she tried to reason it through.

"Mm-hmm, but more than that, it's cosplay of a character I'm sure Chiaki loves!" Tsumugi declared enthusiastically. "When you have the perfect combination of a lovely character and a loving cosplayer, that's when real magic happens. A match made in heaven! I was honestly looking forward to it..." She swooned by herself for a moment while Kyoko looked on. Suddenly, Tsumugi shifted gears again. "Plus! Chiaki has a super nice curvy body, right?"

Kyoko froze up, unsure of what to say. She wasn't the type of young woman with much experience in this field of girl talk. "If you're talking about her measurements... I suppose she's exceptional, isn't she?"

Tsumugi smiled in response, but didn't speak. She seemed to be considering something. Finally, she spoke up. "Kyoko, would you mind if I washed your back?"

The detective didn't trust that segue, but decided she wasn't in a position to refuse. "Very well. I'll take you up on your offer." Kyoko rose from the water with her back to Tsumugi, then knelt at the edge on the smooth rocks. She saw Tsumugi approach with her hands already covered in suds. The two had already found various bath tools around the spa, including luxury soaps Kyoko had never heard of and certainly never smelled. She faced forward and shut her eyes, hiding her hands self-consciously at her lap and wondering just how bad Tsumugi's vision was...

She let out a sudden yelp as the other woman's hands quickly shot around her torso, each hand grabbing a breast and beginning to play with it. Tsumugi's voice came from behind, cooing in Kyoko's ear. "Oh, feels like more than thirty-three inches around! Even without my glasses, I'm a pretty good guess...!~"

Kyoko squirmed under the other woman's grasp, feeling Tsumugi's thin hands having her way with her bare breasts, Tsumugi's own impressive breasts pressing without a barrier against her back. Finally, she tensed up her body and shot the other woman a glance that said she was going to show off her self-defense training if Tsumugi didn't stop teasing. "What was that all about?!"

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist!" Tsumugi relented and gave her a deep bow with her hands raised to show her sincerity. "You know, Kyoko, you're the perfect example of the 'cool beauty' archetype! If you were a fictional character, anybody would want to see you get teased to break that character and show your blushing face. You'd be extremely popular, I'm sure of it!"

"... I appreciate you have your interests, but that couldn't mean less to me," Kyoko told her frankly, no longer in the mood to be polite. "I don't look or act the way I do to try and be popular. I couldn't care less what anyone thinks of me."

"Okay, but you definitely have to cosplay for me one day!" Tsumugi insisted, a bright glow in her eyes. "Isn't there any kind of cool beauty character you love? I could make you the perfect cosplay! Your body's too incredible to waste it in this world! I even got your chest measurement already..."

"Tch. I think you're getting too carried away in fantasy." Kyoko squirmed away from Tsumugi, deciding she'd had enough bathing for one day. As always, she had a very low threshold for nonsense, and her reaction to being exposed to it was to escape.

"Aw, don't be like that!" Tsumugi bowed even deeper. "I'm sorry! I'll wash your back for real this time, okay? If you leave here, who knows when you'll get to come back? It'd be plain crazy to waste the chance!"

Kyoko considered if it was worth the possibility of further harassment to get her back washed in this incredible spa...