A/N: Part 6!!! Second day of the trip!! Hope you're not finding the story too long, I think I've developed this bad/good habit of getting into all sorts of details of the story LOL anyways, here's chapter 71!!! Please enjoy!!!
Breakfast was an interesting event on the morning of the second day. By eight, most of the students had got up and went to the dining lounge. Some that got up early were already finished and were exploring the hotel more thoroughly, as well as the beach outside, and some, including Subaru's group, were savouring the delicious food that emitted a strong sense of Okinawan culture. The four girls had an enjoyable time as they exchanged their remarks about the food, and Rem, examining the food very closely, noted down another style of cuisine for her challenge list.
As for Subaru, Hinata, Aki, and Haruka, they had an equally enjoyable time. As they ate, Subaru and Hinata couldn't help but notice that Aki and Haruka were being oddly friendly to each other. They didn't see how the two ended up this time since both Aki and Haruka woke up way earlier than the two, but from the observations they made on the two, it wasn't hard for them to infer how it was like. Around thirty minutes later, the most important meal of the day, unfortunately skipped by many people including the person writing this, was finished, and the students headed out the hotel in groups toward the shuttle buses that would be bringing the majority of the students to the northern part of Okinawa.
The bus ride would be approximately half an hour, and on their way there, most of the students were resting a bit more while Subaru, Emilia, Rem, and Beatrice were conversing quietly about the TBD activity on their plan. "Ah~ alright this one we can tell you I think, and I'll tell you more about what we can do on Ie Island so we can maybe do a vote about what to do in the afternoon. Oh, spending the whole day at the aquarium is also an option since where it's located is actually a huge complex with many things to do." Subaru said, and hearing that Subaru was finally going to tell them a bit more, the three's eyes all twinkled. "Finally~" Emilia let out a small cheer, and Subaru smiled. "We're thinking about doing horseback riding. It should be very fun." He said, and the three girls' mouths fell open, forming a perfect O.
"Horseback riding?! Sugo~ku tanoshisou!" Emilia said, suppressing her voice. "Rem has ridden many beasts in Lugnica before, but horses are something new to her." Rem said, sounding excited as well. "Betty supposes it would be very different from riding an Earth Dragon, given that the Divine Protection of Wind Evasion does not exist here." Beatrice muttered, and Subaru nodded. "Yep, you're probably right, Bea-ko. Alright, others things to do on Ie Island." He then started telling the three what other activities to participate in on Ie Island, such as hiking to the top of Mount Gusuku.
Soon, the buses arrived at the aquarium, dropping about two thirds of the students down. The other one third either disembarked a few stops ahead or waited for the buses to take them somewhere else. "Here we are!! Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium!! One of the best aquariums in the world!!" Hinata shouted the introduction, causing several heads to turn toward them and consequently getting a hit on the head from Aki. "Let's go get the tickets. I think we've been keeping Emilia-tan on the cliffhanger for too long." Subaru laughed, looking at the eager expression on Emilia's face.
"Alright then! Let's roll!! Fish of all sorts of shapes and colors await your arrival!!" Hinata said and punched his hand in the air, leading the way to the ticket office. Walking down the path from the road to the aquarium, they were first welcomed with several dolphin and octopus decoratives on the path. The four girls, having only ever seen those creatures from books, felt the excitement building up in their hearts. In no time, they saw a statue of a whale shark, the friendly shark that could be considered the most iconic creatures of the aquarium. "A whale shark?" The girls repeated when Subaru told them what the statue was.
"This is a type of shark?! How many people can it swallow in one bite...!!" Emilia, having learned about the general knowledge about sharks before, exclaimed, her mouth trembling slightly. "It looks like a miniature White Whale, how intimidating...!" Rem muttered, and Subaru chuckled. "It has the word 'shark' in its name, but it doesn't eat people, in fact, it only eats planktons in the water. They're widely known for being friendly, and people even swim with them if they got the chance." Subaru explained. "Yeah, they only have really tiny teeth actually and just filter the water to eat." Hinata added.
"So it's practically harmless even though its size is this huge?" Ram asked, eyeing the statue. "Yep, just like Natsuki, right?" Aki said, smirking. "Ha, indeed it is, Kouyou-san. Ram appreciates your ability to see the truth." Ram said, smirking as well. "Heeey what's that supposed to mean!!!" Subaru shouted, and Hinata patted him on the shoulder, laughing. "Relax, Subaru, they're just praising you for being friendly even though born with an unfriendly face." He said, laughing harder. "Do those faces look like praising faces to you?!?! And thanks for dissing me further Hinata!!" Subaru shouted, punching Hinata in the arm.
"Emilia-san, Rem-san, Beatrice-san, we can go get the tickets first. It might take them a while to start acting their age again." Haruka said, pointing at the ticket office. "Hai, Tsuyumi-san, let's go." Rem said with a smile as Subaru and Aki started making faces at each other while Hinata, recording them, continued laughing with Ram smirking beside him. The four soon got the tickets and returned to the rest of them. "Oi shut up now, you two! Tickets! And pay up!" Haruka ordered fiercely as she stuffed the tickets in the three idiots' hands and handed the last one to Ram.
"Alright alright, we'll stop, haha." Hinata said, patting Subaru and Aki on the back, and they handed Haruka the money. Finally, after getting their photos taken at the wall beside the entrance that had 'Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium' written on it, the group went down an elevator, and after walking through a small path, they were in the building. Walking ahead of Subaru, Hinata, Aki, Haruka and blinking several times to adjust to the lesser brightness inside the aquarium, the four girls were immediately greeted by a section that emulated the intertidal zone, with white sand, plentiful rocks, and many starfish and sea cucumbers below the water.
"Eh? There are stars in the sea?" Emilia asked, surprised, as she looked at the creatures crawling on the sand in the tank. "Do they twinkle? Does the sea look like the sky at night with all these in it?" She said, turning to Subaru and clutching his shirt in curiosity. "Kawaiiiiii!!!" Everyone in the vicinity shouted in their minds, feeling their heads exploding with little hearts. "Unfortunately, Emilia-tan, they don't, and the ocean hardly changes color at night." Subaru answered, smiling. The worker standing by the tank, seeing them approaching, beamed at them and started explaining to the four girls about starfish and sea cucumbers and other mollusks dwelling on the beach.
Perhaps it was because that no one ever really looked at him as intently as the four girls did now and listened to his explanation, not to mention that the four were extremely cute girls, the worker was putting in extra efforts in his small lecture about the beach-dwellers. "Man, just the starfish tank can get them so excited, what do you think the other bigger tanks will do to them?" Hinata said with a smile, looking at the four listening to the information that was brand new to them. "I dunno, but it's gonna be the cutest thing ever to see." Subaru said, closing his eyes and trying to picture their reactions. "Not working, the cuteness is overflowing and it's exceeding my brain's capacity." He opened his eyes and said.
About ten minutes later, the worker, still wearing a huge smile, started looking a bit tired from the intense talking, and when he finally came to an end and bowed at the girls repeatedly, at which the four bowed back and said their thanks, Haruka came up to them. "Come on, you'll love these even more." She said with a soft smile, and, nodding their heads at the worker now overcome with a sense of accomplishment, the five left, approaching the next tank that showed various colorful tropical fish.
The four almost ran toward the tank as they spotted even more fish that they had never seen in their lives. They were temporarily speechless for a few moment. "...These really are fish...???" Rem asked finally, turning to Subaru. "I'd like to say that these are bath toys as a joke but I'll refrain from ruining this moving moment. Yep, they really are fish! They're called tropical fish in general." Subaru said, grinning. "By saying that first part you already ruined the moving moment you stupid idiot..." Haruka said with a sigh but chuckled all the same. "Tropical fish...!!!" The four repeated the words in a whisper, their eyes following the many fish swimming around.
"How come these fish are so colorful, Barusu? Ram has only ever seen fish that are generally deep blue and grey." Ram asked. She was the only one that didn't really show visible excitement like Rem, Emilia, and Beatrice, but the tone she took was obvious enough that she was feeling as excited as the other three. "Nice question, it is because they need those colors to help them evade predators." Subaru answered, nodding. "As camouflage? Under the environment that is mostly blue and other darker colors?? That seems illogical, Betty supposes." Beatrice said, tilting her head.
"And that's an important point you touched on, Beatrice-san! Where these types of fish live, it's actually not blue and dark. It's the most colorful places in the deep blue sea!!" Hinata said, and he and Subaru broke into the song 'Under the Sea'. Ignoring the singing guys, Haruka picked the explanation back up. "These fish live in a kind of environment called the coral reefs. Coral reefs are large skeletal structures of marine invertebrates called corals. You can imagine them as colorful small trees in the sea without any leaves. I think there's a room full of those in here too, you'll see them soon." Haruka said, smiling.
"Coral reefs... so is it like an underwater forest of all sorts of colors?" Emilia asked, apparently having a picture of coral reefs in her mind created by her imagination, and Haruka chuckled. "That is an excellent way of describing it, Emilia-san." She said. The four girls looked back at the tank, many different kinds of fish swimming by in front of their eyes. "Rem doesn't know why, but these colorful fish give Rem a delighted feeling somehow." Rem said. "Yes, that's how people interpret them in general. Just look at those two." Aki said with a sigh, and at the same time, Subaru and Hinata came to a stop and bowed, and those who stopped by to watch them perform clapped for them. "The song they sang can be considered the manifestation of people's thoughts about coral reefs to be honest." Aki added. "Naruhodo, it is a very delightful song." Rem said, smiling.
"How do you like the song?" Subaru asked, walking toward the rest with Hinata. "It's great it's great let's move on." Aki and Haruka said in unison, patting them on the shoulders as they walked past. "Come on say something more than that! We practiced hard for that!" Hinata said, turning around and pointing at the two. "It sounded really happy, Subaru, Natsuno-san. It's as if you're having a whole party under the sea!" Emilia said, clapping her hands together, and Beatrice nodded. "Also, Subaru-kun and Natsuno-san's singing voices are very good as well." Rem added, beaming. "See?? This is a proper reaction!! Look up to them!" Subaru said, doing the 'Tada Will Smith' meme pose at the girls. "Hai hai," The two said without turning back and walked on.
"That is a proper reaction to your embarrassing actions, Barusu." Ram said, smirking. "Oof, that one hurts, Ram-san." Hinata said, laughing. "Ha.... at this point I'm not roasted I'm already charred..." Subaru heaved a sigh. Chuckling, the group moved on. The next section displayed more tropical fish, and the description boards, located around each tank, were very helpful to the girls and saved Subaru and the others much efforts. Occasionally, Subaru and Hinata would give the girls some interesting trivial information about the tropical fish, but most of the time, the four were busying themselves with getting everything in the tanks in their views, and Subaru, Hinata, Aki, and Haruka got to entertain themselves by looking at the four's reactions and listening to their interesting comments about the fish.
"These tropical fish are far more pleasant to look at, Betty supposes. The alligator gars we saw last time... Betty doesn't understand at all why people would want to display them, in fact." Beatrice said, looking at a small school of fish that was a vivid red. "Ahaha... I understand why you feel that way, Beatrice. Now come to think of it, both the zoo and here are displaying animals with the word 'tropical' either in their names or in where they come from. How are they so different?" Emilia asked. Subaru looked a bit confused about the question at first, but after Beatrice and Emilia shared with him about the things they did when they went to the tropical zoo together in Kusatsu, he nodded in understanding and started explaining about the tropics.
Meanwhile, the rest of them were looking at another tank that contained, apart from fish, sea turtles. "These creatures, sea turtles, they are quite impressive, living in the sea despite being unable to breathe underwater." Ram commented with her arms folded, looking at the sea turtles swimming past them slowly. "And they swim back all the way from the ocean to the beach where they were born to lay eggs?! What a surprising and interesting way of life, they have!" Rem exclaimed after reading the lifecycle of a sea turtle from the signs on the wall. Aki and Haruka, standing a bit behind them, were listening to their conversation.
"Sometimes I really do wonder if you are from a different dimension or something, the way you speak about things as if you've never seen them before." Aki said, laughing. Rem gave a small start at what Aki just said but Ram answered him without a change in her expression. "Naturally. What surrounded us when we grew up were forests and mountains, and a little bit of rivers, and the animals are limited to poultries and livestocks. We have never seen any sea creatures before." She said, turning back and looking at Aki, her face slightly casted in shadow. "Iya, my bad, no offense." Aki said, giving her an apologetic wave. "None taken, Kouyou-san." Ram replied with a smirk. "This attitude is something else...!!" Haruka thought, impressed at Ram's attitude showing measureless confidence.
After a while, they moved on to the next section, the coral reef section. For a few moments, Subaru thought that, having got a bit used to the very large tanks, they might find the small tanks containing coral reefs less stunning, but the girls' reactions proved him wrong again. "Sugoi! They really do look like colorful trees!!" Emilia exclaimed, bending down to look more closely at the tanks. "And there are forests of these in the sea...!!" Rem said, doing the same as Emilia. "You really do like them, don't you?" Haruka said with a smile, and the two turned to her together. "We do!" They said in unison. "Rem can imagine these as luxurious decorations for rich people, in fact." Rem added. "They do exist, actually." Haruka said and started telling them about red corals.
Ram and Beatrice, on the other hand, were looking at a broken down illustration of how coral reefs were made. "Oh, their structure and how they are formed actually differed quite greatly from what Betty has imagined, in fact." Beatrice said with a small frown. "Sou dawa. It is rather shocking to know that the colors are given by invertebrates." Ram added, nodding. "Yeah, and that's why the coral reef ecosystems are affected easily by climate change. The coral reefs are rather fragile, you see." Hinata said. They talked a bit more about the coral reef ecosystem, and soon, they walked on, looking at more tanks of fish and coral reefs.
They also walked by one tank that displayed the environment of mangrove forests. The girls found it intriguing that trees could live while being underwater most of the time. A few tanks away were several displays of jellyfish. "These things are the least fish-like fish Betty has ever seen in her life, Betty supposes." Beatrice said, looking between fascinated and slightly repulsed. "Well they aren't fish really, they're just called fish by those who discovered them, probably because they're found in the ocean." Subaru said, chuckling. "Where are their eyes...??? And how do they eat...??? Do they even eat at all...???" Emilia asked in awe again quietly.
Chuckling, Subaru threw in one more information that made the girls' brains stop temporarily. "They're also practically immortal, some species of these at least. I think that's pretty cool." He said, grinning. However, he regretted his actions a bit afterwards because he had to spend the next twenty minutes explaining how some of their life cycles made them technically immortal. "Was that fun?" Hinata asked with a grin after Subaru finally finished and took a huge gulp of water from his water bottle. "Not too bad." Subaru answered, giving a small laugh as well.
They then walked past more interesting tanks. Some contained octopuses, other ones displayed seahorses, and there were a few that had really long and skinny fish and garden eels swimming in them. "Barusu, come here." Ram's voice said suddenly. "Yeah?" Subaru answered as he approached her. "Look, your equals." Ram said, pointing at one particular tank. It contained several different species of clown fish. "Ha ha, you've got so good at making jokes, Nee-sama." Subaru said sarcastically. "That's not a joke but an insult to the fish, Ram-san." Aki said. "Don't encourage her Aki!!" Subaru shouted crossedly, pointing his middle finger at him, and everyone laughed.
The next few tanks were even more weird looking jellyfish. "The moon jellyfish? Wow, they look so beautiful." Emilia said, appreciating the beauty of the moon jellyfish. They were, indeed, just as the name implied, very pretty, floating in the water and emitting a faint blue light in the tank, similar to the reflection of the moon on the surface of a vast lake. The girls felt the name especially fitting because their color did look like the moonlight in Lugnica. At last, they arrived at a rather roomy area where the bathrooms were located, as if telling the visitors to take a rest, use the bathroom, and get some water, because what awaited ahead of them would surely make them stay quite a long time there.
"In the next section, it will be the place where you see the thing that'd been kept on the cliffhanger." Subaru announced, smirking. "Yeah, prepared to get your mind blown! This's gonna be real impactful!" Hinata said excitedly. "Oh, are we going to see the whale sharks?" Rem asked eagerly. "Great guess! And you're right! But that's not all! Behold!! Kuroshio no Umi!!" Subaru put up his hands in the air and beckoned the girls to follow him. They did, all wearing eager and excited expressions, and after walking through a passage, on their right hand side--
It was simply massive. The tank larger than anything the girls had ever seen before came into their view. It spanned through several walls, appearing to be expanding nonstop, and stretched through several floors, extending even more to places where they could not see. Within this magnificent tank, a large whale shark, along with several more huge stingrays and other fish, was swimming in circle slowly. The impactful scene made the girls stood where they were for several long seconds, their eyes widened greatly and their mouths hung open. Hinata, standing beside them, fulfilled his duty as the photographer and took several good pictures of them.
"Shall we have a closer look?" Subaru said, smiling. "Mn!!" Emilia, Rem, and Beatrice all nodded vigorously, while Ram gave him a quick nod, and the eight walked toward the area right in front of the glass. Words seemed to have failed the girls as they continued to watch the fish swim. They were simply speechless at one of the most massive aquarium tanks in the world. A worker, in diving suit and equipped with water lungs, waved at them as he worked on the maintenance of the inside of the tank. The four waved back somewhat feebly, their eyes temporarily following the worker. "This reaction is much better than all the other ones I imagined. I'm so glad we came here." Hinata said with a bright smile.
"Don't just steal my line so casually like that." Subaru said, slapping him on the arm and chuckling. Aki and Haruka, standing a bit behind them with their arms folded, smiled as well, feeling both impressed by the tank and happy about the girls enjoying the view this much. Subaru walked to the girls, and Rem and Emilia looked around to him, the former taking Subaru's hand and the latter currently trying to find words to express her feelings. After a few seconds of struggling, Emilia held her hands into fists and nodded. "Sugoi!!" She said with her eyes twinkling, and Subaru laughed. "That's right! Seeing views like this, that's the only word I can think of as well!!" He said, grinning.
The eight continued watching the fish, taking in the view that they would probably see only once in their lives, especially for the girls. As they watched, Subaru and the girls couldn't help but feel as if the edges of the tank had gone and they were enclosed by the massive world of water, floating and being circled by the fish. "Hontoni... sugoi ne." Emilia whispered again, not realizing that she had taken Subaru's other hand. A few more minutes later, Hinata suggested that they take their pictures here, and everyone agreed. They asked one of the other tourists to help them take the group photos.
"Any, hehe, couple's photos?" Hinata suggested again, snickering. "Yeah why not??" Subaru answered, laughing. "Alright then, harem king, you go last since we gotta take yours three times. Aki, Haruka, go forth!" Hinata said, and after getting pointed by three different middle fingers, from Subaru, Aki, and Haruka, he took the latter two's photos first. "You two look so stiff, haha." Hinata said, looking at the photos taken and laughing. "C'mon, loosen up loosen up!" Hinata said, urging them to relax for a better photo. The two stared at each other, wondering how the hell they were supposed to do that.
"Ah fuck it," Aki said, and with one hand on his hip, placed his other hand on Haruka's head, looking away. Slightly surprised and annoyed and despising herself for being a little bit expectant of this action, Haruka looked up with her arms flailing a bit, trying to get rid of the hand. At that moment, Hinata took the picture. "Ahaha this is much better! Perfect!" He said, grinning at the camera that captured their interaction perfectly. "Screw you Natsuno." The two growled as they went to him to look at the photo. "You're welcome. Ram-san, wanna go next?" Hinata said, and Ram nodded.
"Alright, Ram shall go next." She said, walking to the place where Aki and Haruka just vacated, the spot right at the middle of the glass where almost everything could be taken into the background. Folding her arms, Ram looked at the camera. "The way Nee-sama looks... it's as if she owns the whole world... the smugness..." Subaru said, frowning. "Hai! That is Nee-sama, Rem's perfect Nee-sama of great calibre!" Rem said, smiling. And then, Ram waved at Rem, beckoning her to come take one with her. Rem's face lit up a great deal, and Hinata had their photo taken as well. "Alright, Ram-san done now. Harem king, you're up." Hinata said. "Stop calling me that Hinata!!" Subaru shouted through gritted teeth.
He walked to the two and switched places with Ram. "Make it memorable, you two!" Hinata said, readying the camera as Ram rejoined them. "Wakarimashita. Subaru-kun," Rem said, throwing her arms around Subaru's shoulders, and understanding what she wanted him to do, he leaned down and planted a soft kiss on her lips. "Ah, now the good old memories in Kusatsu are all coming back to me. I should seriously consider becoming a photographer." Hinata said, satisfied with the pictures he took. "Well Hinata, don't forget your pictures are only this good because they have our lovely Rem in them." Subaru said, smirking, and Rem turned away, holding her face that was now red from happiness.
And then Subaru turned to Beatrice. "Ohimesamadakko?" Subaru asked teasingly, looking at Beatrice. "Joudan surunjanai kashira, Subaru." Beatrice said, closing her eyes and turning away from him, but her arms were outstretched at him. "Bea-koooooo!!!!" Subaru shouted as he picked her up, feeling her feather-like weight in his arms. Beatrice squealed a bit as she was picked up, panicking slightly, but soon calmed down and held her hands to her chest, giving the peace sign. Hinata blew out a low whistle. "Haha, nice one." He said. "Bea-ko your expression is pure gold!!" Subaru shouted, swinging Beatrice's hands around. "Stop that Natsuki! It looks like her arms are coming off." Aki said, karate chopping him on the shoulder, and Subaru let out a shout of pain.
"Goddamn it Aki! You freaking dislocated my shoulder!!!" Subaru shouted. "Sorry my bad," He said indifferently. "Freak you!!!" Subaru shouted, raising both his hands and pointing his middle fingers at him. "Oh, it's fixed. How magical." Haruka said in the same tone as Aki, making the other laugh. And then it was Emilia's turn to take a photo with Subaru. The two walked to the spot, and Emilia appeared to be in thought. "Make it memorable..." Subaru could hear her mutter. "Emilia-tan, Hinata's gonna take the photo," He said. "Ah, right." She said, looking back up.
For a brief moment, they just smiled and looked at the camera, but the phrase sounded in Emilia's mind again, and she turned toward Subaru, looking at him. Subaru, a bit surprised, turned toward her as well and saw her holding up his hand, and the next second, he saw her close her eyes and kissed softly on the hand held in hers. Hinata's camera's shutter started clicking nonstop. "Wow," Aki and Haruka said in unison. Ram and Beatrice gave a small smile. As for Rem, she was beaming the brightest among all.
"Ehhh??? Ehhhh??? Ehhhh????" Subaru said, feeling his face going red and as if the kiss was directly planted on his lips. "I hope that is memorable, Subaru." Emilia said, smiling her dazzling smile. "Awaaaawawawwawa...!!!" Subaru shouted in his mind, feeling his whole body heat up, but then another voice sounded that made his whole body went icy cold. "Subaru~ hope you've prepared yourself~" Puck's voice said in Subaru's mind. "Mou, Puck, stop teasing Subaru. Hora, he's gonna as blue as the moon jellyfish we saw earlier!" Emilia whispered to the crystal in front of her chest reproachfully.
"That one was unexpected, nevertheless, it was a brilliant one!" Hinata said as he showed them the photos of Subaru and Emilia a while later. Indeed, the light, the angle, and the moment of Emilia kissing Subaru on the hand were all nicely captured. "Yosh! Now that we got the photos--"
"Oi oi, Hinata, you're forgetting something." Subaru said, and Hinata turned to him. "Am I?" He asked blankly. "Yeah of course! Hand me the camera and get up there!" Subaru said, laughing. Hinata stared at him for a few seconds, and his face split in a huge smile. "Subaru~~~!!!" He shouted and handed him the camera.
"Na Bea-ko, wanna go join him?" Subaru said. "Yes, Betty supposes she will, Subaru." Beatrice said with a small smile. Finally, having taken Hinata's photos, they left the section and headed for the exit. The rest of the aquarium was the souvenir shop section, as well as another area devoted to information about sharks. The eight had a good time buying themselves souvenirs. Subaru got Rem, Emilia, and Beatrice each a large stuffed animal, Rem getting a whale shark doll, Emilia a dolphin doll, and Beatrice a sea turtle doll. Just so you know, Subaru did offer Ram one, but she rejected it flatly with her usual look that she reserved only for Subaru.
Finally, they paid the last bit of the aquarium, the dolphin show in the outdoor stadium, a visit. The show, with dolphins jumping out of water and performing all sorts of tricks and stunts with the human performers in perfect coordination, earned many cheers and claps from the girls. And when the show ended, the dolphins also playfully splashed the water at the people sitting in the first few rows of the audience. "Hyaaa!! The water's so cold!!" The girls exclaimed as they held their hands up to shield their faces. They changed into the spare clothes they brought afterwards. Subaru had reminded them to bring an extra shirt since they might participate in something that might get them wet.
Afterwards, they had lunch at a cafe near the aquarium. "Alright, I think Subaru has already spilled the beans to you on our way here. We'll be heading to Ie Island later for horseback riding. Just asking first, any objection to that? There're many things to do on Ie Island actually." Hinata said as they ate. "Horseback riding sounds good!" Emilia said, putting her hand up in the air. The other three nodded in agreement. "Great! Horseback riding later then!!" Subaru said, grinning. About an hour later, they finished their lunch and headed south to board the ferry that would bring them to Ie Island.
A/N: Another one done!!! I think after next chapter I won't be breaking up the day's events into parts, but don't take my words for granted I might write even more like these. Like I said before I got the story planned down but the details are always just coming to me as I write, so I overshoot it everytime LOL Hope you like them!!! Let's go to chapter 72!!! Thanks for reading!!!!