Requested by aiko_8118
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Before they arrived in Sabang wharf, the three were asked to wear slippers, warning them not to wear the shoes they were wearing. They were also asked not to wear sparkling things, and don't bring lots of their things as the monkeys on the other island would surely get it from them.
As they alighted, the three were fascinated from the view in front of their eyes. There were lots of foreigners, and it was a little bit crowded. There were stalls where they could buy souvenirs, and of course numbers of motor boats could be seen. It was pretty commercialized.
(F/N) held on Saito's arms, and he was carefully leading her. It couldn't be helped. (F/N) felt dizzy from almost two hours of travel in a zigzag road. Though they stopped for couple of minutes to admire the Philippine West Sea, (F/N) still felt nausea.
Being the gentleman, Saito was holding her, making sure she won't pass out. He also handed her water to drink, and even a mint candy to lessen the nausea.
The camera men were just following them, and Hatano was doing the explanation and talking, teasing the two on the process.
After wearing their life vest, they rode the boat from Sabang Wharf to the Underground River, enjoying the sceneries along the way. Of course they didn't fail to take pictures of the breathtaking nature surrounding them. Using (F/N)'s phone, Saito took pictures of the three of them. And good thing, the nausea feeling of (F/n) subside and she felt energetic seeing the nature around her.
After twenty minutes of riding the motor boat, the powdery sand of the beach in the underground river cove greeted them.
A loud "wow!" escaped from their mouth as they roamed their eyes around. They followed their tour guide, and walked towards the mouth of the river and there waited for their ride.
"The water is so cold but it feels nice!" (F/N) excitedly commented as she played in the cold river. "Wow! There are fishes too! I can see them clearly! Hatano-san, Souma come here!" She shouted calling the two.
"Just a while ago she was feeling nausea, but now she seems fine." Hatano chuckled and the two of them joined her.
After fifteen minutes, their ride arrived and the three sat at the very end of the motor boat. The tour guide was explaining in English, mixing with some Filipino words. They could understand her, but in case they had an interpreter with them.
"There are bats! Scary!" (F/N) gasped pointing at the creatures hiding behind the rocks. Her tone was scared, but Saito who was sitting next to her saw how her eyes glimmered in excitement.
"You are not that scared (F/N)!" Saito remarked that made her laughed in embarrassment. She held on Saito's arm and Hatano's arm as they roamed their eyes around.
"But to see this in person, we are lucky." Hatano commented and he was also in awed
"I will brag this to everyone when we see them, especially to Irino-san" (F/N) laughed and continued "I told him about this and he really wanted to go since he hasn't been here."
"Oh yeah, Irino-san is busy but he always adjust his schedule when it comes to this" Saito responded and then looked at Hatano and (F/N) "You should invite him since he loves to travel"
"(F/N) wanted to be with you, so she suggested you" Hatano answered but (F/N) looked at him in disbelief, and she felt like she was betrayed
(F/N) feint ignorance from what Hatano said, but in the end, she again rode on his answer "I want to be with Souma!" she said childishly,
"Since in the anime, your characters are only friends and (name of Saito's character) has a tsundere girlfriend, so it will be okay if the seiyuu will go on date" Hatano added "It's fine, right?"
"It will be funny if they add in the DVD, (character's name) will show up then saying 'I-It's fine. Its not like I care.' something like that" (F/N) immitated Hanazawa Kana's voiced that made the two laughed and even the staffs
"It is surely funny! What do you say Souma-kun?"
"N-No j-just, Hatano-san and (F/N), you two sure are having fun teasing me." Saito responded and received a peace sign from (F/N), "stop that" he laughed and his face that was already red, became redder and redder. "Good thing that the light here is dim." He thought and they listened to their tour guide again as she explained more about the underground river.
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After 40 minutes of tour, they returned to the first point and headed to eat lunch.
However, while waiting for their orders, one staff gave a card to Hatano to their surprise.
"You need to answer 6 questions out of 10. If you answer lower than six there will be a punishment" Hatano read the card and it became a dead silence.
"I didn't listen that much" Saito responded gazing down.
"What is the punishment?" (F/N) curiously asked but the staff just told them that they would tell them later. "But its a team, right?" The PD nodded that made them heave a sigh "It will be fine then."
The PD gave the questions to them and Hatano read each questions. The questions were connected to what the tour guide explained to them.
After twenty minutes, their order arrived and they answered five out of ten. They looked down, and they felt bad that they didn't answer everything.
They were surprised when one staff put a blue cuff on the table. They looked at him and confused to what it meant
Saito got the cuff and they waited for the explanation.
"Since you got five, you got one cuff, if you got four you would get two cuffs" The PD explained but they were still at lost "You need to wear this to the rest of the trip today. Either one of you will wear it, or each hand will link on it"
"Souma and (F/N) will do it" Hatano immediately said that made the two shouted in surprised, asking him why "I can't since from now on I will be leading the tour. Besides you two are close so it will be fine." He grinned at the two of them and in the end, the two agreed.
They were about to eat, but the PD told them to wear the cuff already.
"But we are eating" The two complained but the PD insisted.
Saito who was sitting beside Hatano, moved beisde (F/N), and the staff cuffed her left wrist to his right wrist
"This is so unbelievable" (F/N) chuckled and worried to how they would eat. She could since her right hand was free, but she was worried about Saito "Can you eat?"
"It's hard to use my left hand. If I use my right hand, yours will come along. But I'll try" He answered then the two of them looked at the staffs who were laughing on the side
"There was a scene like this in the anime, right? Then (F/N), feed Souma-kun" Hatano suggested and again the two were in shocked that their jaw just dropped wide open.
Though (F/N) did what Hatano said. She fed Saito, and Hatano was having fun teasing the two. Saito was doing his best to calm himself. His heart wouldn't calm down, and he really felt embarrassed, nervous and variety of emotions that he couldn't explain. However, he was loving the situation he was in. The skinship between him and her increased, and for the rest of the day, they would be together.
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After eating lunch, they headed to their next destination.
"Good thing we ate lunch before going here!" (F/N) started once the arrived at the mountain peak. "Crossing the river, walk on the beach, then hiking. I will surely feel sore tomorrow"
"Surely I will feel sore too" Saito agreed then looked behind him, seeing the big sign "Sabang Zipline" he read
"Yes, we are currently 100 feat above the sea. We will do zipline 800 meters and 100 feet above the sea!" Hatano excitedly told the two.
"Are we going to do it with this?!" Saito asked showing their cuff and received a nod from the staffs
"However, in order for the two of you to wear the harness, your cuff will be temporarily removed. But you two will go down together" Hatano explained then looked at (F/N) who looked so excited
"Then if they put the cuff again, put it on our right hand." (F/N) told them and they were confused what she meant, since it would be hard to walk "Just when we do the zipline" She pointed at the two foreigners doing the zipline together, and they were facing each other, side by side.
They put on their harness first, then took couple of pictures before putting the cuff again.
"The two of you will go first, then I will follow" Hatano said as he stood near the dropping point, where (F/N) and Saito were already positioned. The two were wearing helmet with camera on it, and (F/N) was holding her phone, so she could take personal video. She was excited, but Saito looked so nervous.
In his surprised, (F/N) held his hand and smiled at him, "Don't worry, it is not that scary. Just have fun" She assured him and intertwined her hand to him.
In the count of five, they shrieked as they took off. Though they could hear that they were scared and excited at the same time.
"Woah!!!" (F/N)'s mouth just dropped wide open, admiring the scenery around them. Saito was also roaming his eyes around until (F/N) suggested to waggle their feet up and down. He did what she suggested and a loud laughed escaped from the two of them
It seemed so far, but the travel from the peak went so fast. As they reached the bottom, the staffs that were waiting for them clapped their hands.
"That was so exciting!" (F/N) showed her thumbs up and still her tension won't die down. The staff who had a duplicate key of their cuff temporarily removed it so they could take off the harness from them.
Once their harness was removed, they again put their cuff and waited for Hatano and the others.
The two stood near the drop off area and cheered once they saw Hatano coming, by himself. The staffs clapped at him and same as (F/N), his tension didn't subside.
"That was cool, right?!" (F/N) excitedly asked, and Hatano agreed with her. (F/N) and Saito raised their hands and asked Hatano for a high five.
They waited for the staffs who also did the zipline, and the staffs who went down with the equipments, then they headed to their next destination
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After taking the second night of their travel, on which they ate different set of local foods, they head back to their hotel. The cuff was also removed.
(F/N) threw her whole body to the bed and buried her face on the pillow.
"My heart is still beating so fast! Ahh! Good thing I can put on a poker face" She whined then stared at her hands, smiling at herself.
She was then interrupted when there was a knock and to her surprise it was Hatano
"Do you want to join us on the pool side? Its just me and Souma"
"Sure, wait, I'll just grab my jacket" She answered and followed Hatano.
Saito was sitting, and again drinking a can of beer, busy with his phone
"Hey" (F/N) tapped his shoulder as she sat down on the empty chair next to his "You didn't wait for us"
"Sorry" He responded in low voice but (F/N) chuckled telling him that she was just joking.
Hatano sat on the other side of Saito and the three of them just talked about what happened and still the thrill on them stayed.
"But it was absurd, walking with cuff!" Saito laughed then sighed
"I really didn't mind actually" (F/N) commented that made both Hatano and Saito looked at her "Well, it was my first time to experience that. It had a downside, but it was fun. Plus, I had a chance to hold Souma's hand. It was soft, and bigger than mine" She explained, and her face blushed. She got one can of beer and drank one. "But we are going home tomorrow, somehow it's kind of sad"
"You still don't want to go back?" Saito asked curiously
"Yes and no. Since we still need to work" She answered "Ah, then, Souma, Hatano-san, should we travel on our next day off? Even though just around Japan?"
"Let's go!" Saito immediately responded then they turned to Hatano "How about senpai?"
"I don't mind as long as it fits on my schedule, and as long as we have the same day off" Hatano answered then smiled towards the two "But if my schedule doesn't fit, you two can go together"
There was a pause before (F/N) nodded "That's fine with me" It was then one staff called her and she left the two for a while.
"Senpai, that was sly of her, right?" Saito sighed, massaging the temple of his nose "So sly. Senpai, what should I do?"
Hatano teasingly laughed at him as he sipped the beer he was drinking "Why don't you confess? I mean, you don't need to hear her answer right away, but at least tell her what you feel. Do you want me to serenade the two of you? No wait, you should serenade her."
"Hatano-san, you are having fun, right?"
"I am. Watching my two juniors together, acting like that, it is fun, you know" Hatano answered "Then, are you going to confess?" He again asked
"It is hard to confess, especially to (F/N). We were just close friends two days ago, and now I suddenly fall for her."
"Probably, you already like her. Its just that, you are so close that you didn't want to cross the line." Hatano commented and rested his chin on his fist "I'll support you if you confess to her. Also, you might not know, she also likes you"
"No, no, no, that's impossible. I mean, I one-sidedly like her. (F/N) sees me as a friend"
"Hmmm, well, we don't know. What do you think (F/N)?"
Saito immediately turned around and behind him, (F/N) stood with her face so red, eyes so wide and as if she was about to cry.
"(F/N)?!" Saito agitatedly stood up. His face heated up, and he didn't know what to do "Uhm.. eeto.. eh.. uh."
"Calm down Souma." (F/N) told him, but she sighed loudly, covered half of her face with her two hands, and chuckled "I'm actually happy to hear it. Neh, next time, let's travel, just the two of us, okay?" She smiled then turned around, ran back to her hotel room
"Isn't that nice?" Hatano patted Saito, who was speechless to what happened
"She heard?! No, not that, eh? What just happened?"
"You two need to talk about it privately" Hatano again patted his back and left Saito alone, dumbfounded, but overflowing with joy.
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Saito stayed on the pool side for couple of minutes before he head back to his room. However, to his surprise, (F/N) suddenly came out of her door, and an awkward ambiance covered them.
"Oh you just returned" (F/N) broke the silence and Saito just nodded "T-then, I'll go to one of our staff to get my power bank. I asked her to hold it for me a while ago" She bowed and agitatedly passed by, but halted when Saito called her
Gathering all his courage, he confessed "A-about, about what you heard a while ago... Its true that I like you, and I just realized it yesterday. T-that's why..."
"Thank you, Souma" (F/N) turned to him and he noticed how red her face was. She smiled to him sweetly as she put her hands behind her back "I too started to feel it. My heart won't calm down. But we need to take it slowly from here, right? As what Hatano-san said, we don't need to date right away. We still need to know each other. So, Saito Souma, please take after me from now on"
"Likewise, (L/N) (F/N)"
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That next day, as they stood outside the airport waiting for their boarding time, Hatano noticed a different ambiance from the two.
"Eh, what's going on?" Hatano asked suspiciously since they were too busy on their phone. Without Hatano knowing, Saito finally asked (F/N)'s number, and they were exchanging messages in line, talking about their next travel plan.
Saito and (F/N) just looked and smiled at each other before responding to Hatano that nothing was going on.
~Travelling with Saito Souma Part 2~Fin~
~To be Continued~Tracked by Hosoya Yoshimasa Part 1~