"I'm sorry." you say, "I've never been that good at this sort of thing." Your voice starts to shake, "I... I guess it's-" You're interrupted by her hugging you.
"I was rude, I shouldn't have hurt your feelings like that. Whenever I'm down, I like to... that's it! Wait right here, I'll be back really quick."
She leaves you standing there, confused. You use your time alone to wipe your eyes, and are relieved to confirm that you weren't crying. That would have been embarrassing.
Before too long, you hear footsteps in the hall again. But it's more than one person, so maybe they're heading for a different room. As they get closer, you realize that there's almost no chance of that, and so you aren't that surprised when Anastasia comes back, with two other girls in tow. One has black hair, and the other has red hair, so you figure that these are the two friends she mentioned earlier.
"Alright, you two, this is Eliza. Eliza, these are Sarah, and Riley."
"For the record," Sarah said, looking at the mirror where Anastasia's collection of cosmetics were, "most people don't have that much, because most people don't try to wear a different color ever day."
"She's just jealous," Anastasia said, "because she forgot to bring anything but black."
"I like black!"
"Alright you two, quit it." Riley said. "Anastasia, you said you knew what to do?"
"Well, I went a bit overboard, and kind of ended up insulting her, and I was thinking, when I'm sad, I like to take a bath, wash my hair, and do all that stuff. Like giving myself my own spa treatment."
"I'm pretty sure you've never actually been to one." Sarah mutters.
"Anyway, I was thinking we could check out the baths here, cheer her up, teach her some things, and become better friends, all at once! Two birds, one stone!"
"Skinship? Alright. Sarah, let's go back and pick up our things. We'll meet up there."
⚁⚁ + 1 (Care) = 5
You find yourself swept along with the flow, and it isn't long before you and the other three are in front of the bathrooms. The others are all carrying some bathing supplies, but after Anastasia saw what you had, she said you should just leave them behind.
"We have to go in together," Sarah says, "or it'll automatically separate us."
The four of you enter, and you're surprised at how big it is.
"Wow.... this is incredible..."
"You realize that the space our school is in was created entirely with magic, don't you?" Sarah points out, "It's trivial for such great mages to make something like this.
"Oh... right."
"Alright, put your clothes over there." Riley says, dropping her robes. The others follow suit.
You hesitate, and then do the same, and cover yourself with your hands.
"I still can't believe your breasts are bigger than mine. Aren't Asian women supposed to have small chests?" Riley says to Sarah.
"I'm pretty sure that it's impossible for anyone to have less chest than you. My brother probably beats you as well."
You begin to move towards the large bath, hoping to get your body underwater and out of sight, but before you do, Riley spots you, and says "Wow, Anastasia, looks like you don't have the biggest ones anymore, those things are huge!"
"Judging by their size, they will probably float."
Suddenly you're worried about getting into the water. They're probably right about the floating, and that might be even more embarrassing. You could change course and take a shower, but if you do, you won't be able to cover yourself as well.
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