We're BFFs 4ever☆

Karina-chan here! When I worked up the courage to ask Mashiro-san "We're friends, right!?" she said "That's right"!

Mashiro, my friend! We're BFFs 4ever☆

… How do you even pronounce that anyway?

 

 

Anyway, we're officially friends now. Yay!

I kind of guilted her into it, but now that it's happened, I have no choice but to show her some hospitality.

"Alright, let's make a room for you too, Mashiro-san! There's plenty of space!"

"What? A room? … Oh right, Dea was it? You appeared from somewhere too."

"Yes. I have my own room here, so."

Dea-kun pointed to a door as he said that. Several doors stood in a row, each one opening to a gate that led to a personal room.

"Oh yeah. That one's the toilet, that one's the bath. This one's our room."

"… Mind if I take a look? I'm not really following."

"How about trying the bath first?"

"There's a bath!!"

Ooh, she really perked up at that. Her tail's wagging like crazy too.

"Also, I'll be collecting those socks while we're at it."

"Oh, finally. I was wondering how long I'd have to keep wearing them. They've been on the whole time and are all stiff and gross."

On the other hand, her reaction to the sock collection was pretty casual.

Not very tasty in terms of embarrassment. Hmm… Oh, I know.

"The right time to collect them is when they start smelling like unwashed dog! Man, I didn't expect them to get smelly this fast—Mashiro-san, you're such an excellent producer!"

"Hah!? Th-they don't smell!"

"Nah, you can't smell your own scent. Right, Dea-kun, you think so too?"

If Mashiro-san's enough of a clean freak to get this excited about baths, attacking from this angle should… work!

I winked at Dea-kun saying "Please say yes!"

"… Well, I can't tell if it's a washed dog or not, but I can definitely smell sweat."

"No way…! I just went to a bathhouse three days ago!?"

"Oh. So it's still been three days. Okay then, I'm gonna take them off now～ Sit down over there～ And no using [Cleanse]～"

Good, good. Got her nice and embarrassed.

And so I retrieved the socks from Mashiro-san's feet as she covered her face in embarrassment.

Incidentally, after retrieving one sock:

"Ahh, the paw pads smell so savory. Now I want some popcorn."

"Wha—!? Don't sniff them! What do you mean popcorn!?"

Successfully added extra embarrassment. This should bump up my evaluation with the Goddess.

Also, I'd like to make popcorn if I can find some popping corn.

We undressed in the changing room before the bath and I showed her my prized bathroom.

Mashiro-san stripped off everything, even her underwear—full-body fluff. I want to hug her.

"And this is the bath."

"… Mountain scenery? Weren't we deep in a dungeon… no, you know what, that doesn't matter anymore. This is ridiculous."

"It's open-air bath style. Atmospheric, right?"

Mashiro-san poked at the filled bath, testing the water with her toes.

"More anxiety-inducing than atmospheric. About as anxiety-inducing as getting attacked while bathing outdoors."

"It's not visible from outside, and there's a barrier, so it's fine."

"A barrier… well, okay. It's true I don't sense anything. Oh, the water's pretty hot."

"It feels better when it's hot enough to sting a little."

"I get that!"

We cast the life magic [Cleanse] on ourselves and slowly eased into the water from our feet.

Mashiro-san's fur spread out with a poof in the water. She's gonna look all flat and deflated when she gets out.

"Ahhhhh! This feels amaziiing!"

"Glad you like it. I worked hard to make this."

"Yeah. I mean, I still don't really get what's going on, but… the bath feels so good I'll turn a blind eye to everything."

The bath absolved everything!?

Just how much does Mashiro-san love baths?

"Isn't it a bit late to ask, but was it okay to let me in? Beastkin have a lot of fur, so bathhouses usually don't look too kindly on us."

"If anything, I'd love to collect the loose fur and make a mini-Mashiro."

"Don't say creepy stuff. Sure, tons of fur comes out during shedding season, but that sounds like a curse doll."

Curse dolls, those exist too, huh.

Thinking that, I watched Mashiro-san—she had sunk into the bath up to her chin.

She looks really comfortable, but she just looks like a dog.

"Hey hey, you're gonna give me a room here too, right? I'll pay rent, so let me use the bath whenever I want."

"Sure～ … I'll have you pay the rent with your body!"

"Huh? That's fine with me. I'll pay you right now then."

"Eh?"

Mashiro-san waded through the water toward me.

W-wait, wha… AAAHHHHHH!!??!!