I became a girl group idol for my sister.

"I feel sticky all over, I really want to go soak in a hot spring!"

"Oh right, Nana-chan, Fuyu-chan, how about you two come along later?"

Miyamoto was eating crab meat when he suddenly heard someone call his name. He immediately shook his head and said, "No, thank you. I'm more used to soaking in the water by myself!"

"Eh? What a pity! It was such a rare opportunity to soak in a hot spring together." Many people looked regretful, then turned to Nanase Touka: "Where's Touka-chan?"

Nanase Touka hesitated for a moment, looked at Miyamoto Nana, and seeing the other nod slightly, she made up her mind: "Okay, I'll come too!"

"Great, now I can finally pet Fuyu-chan properly!"

Seeing everyone so happy, Miyamoto Seya smiled, and the regrets he had felt earlier suddenly felt made up for.

He couldn't go on his high school graduation trip because of his idol's work commitments...

Chapter 87 The Encounter at the Hot Spring

Time passed slowly as everyone ate their meal. When Miyamoto Sei was alone in the courtyard looking at the starry sky, the others had long since disappeared; they had all gone to soak in the hot springs.

It's rare to come to such a fun place, but soaking in the hot springs is a very dangerous thing.

"Winter and summer have passed, that's good. She seems to be getting more and more cheerful." Miyamoto muttered to herself, smiled, swung her legs, and continued to look up at the starry sky.

Because this is on a mountaintop, and it had snowed, it was still a bit cold inside the courtyard.

"Give."

Suddenly, a fair hand reached out from the side, holding a can of soy milk. Miyamoto took the soy milk and smiled as she thanked the person, "Thank you, Aya-chan."

"I was just passing by," Yamashita Aya said, opening the soy milk in her hand.

The soy milk was heated, which was very refreshing to drink in this cold weather. It also said on the label that it contains soy milk essence, which is good for the skin.

"Aren't you going to the hot springs, Aya-chan?" Miyamoto asked curiously.

"I won't go for now," Yamashita Aya said, without sitting down. Instead, she took her soy milk, drank it, and left, clearly not intending to chat with Miyamoto Sei.

Seeing this, Miyamoto didn't call out to the other person. Yamashita Aya had been keeping a certain distance from him, so he thought he might as well not get too close for now and wait until the other person was more willing to approach him.

After finishing his soy milk, Miyamoto returned to his assigned room and lay on the bed, silently waiting for time to pass.

Finally, when it was 11 p.m., he got out of bed and went outside.

The hotel had been booked by the Namba 48 production team, so naturally there were no other people there. Some of the people who had finished soaking in the hot spring were still chatting, while others had already gone to sleep. Miyamoto looked around and found that Nanase Touka was also in the lobby, looking at her phone.

Now is the perfect opportunity to enjoy the hot springs, since there will be no one else in them at this time.

Miyamoto hesitated for a moment between the men's and women's hot springs before finally entering the women's hot spring. Given his appearance, if he entered the men's hot spring, he would definitely be discovered immediately, and it would become a unique source of amusement.

Miyamoto Nana, an active idol of SKR Team S and part-time member of AJS Team A, accidentally wandered into the men's hot spring!

Therefore, the safest option is actually the women's hot spring.

Besides, he had already confirmed that those guys had finished soaking in the hot spring, and when he checked earlier, Yamashita Aya was resting in her bedroom, so he was safe now.

So he went inside and entered the women's hot spring bath area.

The bathing area is large and open-air, surrounded by rocks, giving it a very natural feel.

After carefully hiding the items, I wrapped myself in a bath towel, stepped into the pool, and felt the warmth of the hot spring instantly dispel all my fatigue.

"As expected, when you come to a place like this, you really have to enjoy the hot springs... Speaking of which, we have to get up at five o'clock tomorrow to start filming. Are those guys still planning to keep playing around?"

Miyamoto muttered to himself, and his whole body relaxed.

Just as he was completely relaxed and even started humming a song, the door was suddenly pulled open.

Miyamoto was taken aback at first, then quickly looked over and saw a fair-skinned figure in the steam of the hot spring, who looked rather thin.

Miyamoto immediately recognized who the newcomer was from their short hair.

Yamashita Aya!

She walked in while wrapping herself up, and then she saw the figure looking at her.

"Nan-Nana?!" Yamashita Aya's eyes widened slightly, and she immediately pulled the towel around her tighter. "You...you're here too!"

"I thought it was about time, so I came over to take a bath for a while..." Miyamoto quickly explained. He was extremely nervous at the moment, never expecting Yamashita Aya to come in. He was somewhat relieved that he was wearing a towel while taking a bath, instead of being completely naked, otherwise his chest would have been seen.

Compared to Aya Yamashita's relatively prominent chest, he was practically penniless.

"Well, okay... I'm just here to relax for a bit..." Yamashita Aya said, cautiously walking in. Looking at the other person, Miyamoto thought for a moment and said, "I'm almost done washing up, I'll be going now."

With the thought of leaving as soon as possible, Miyamoto got up and headed towards the door.

"Wait a minute!" Yamashita Aya suddenly called out. Miyamoto Sei didn't dare to face her directly, but turned his head and asked with some confusion, "Aya-chan, is there something you need?"

Yamashita Aya hesitated for a moment, then muttered softly, "Stay...stay in the bath with me for a while..."

Miyamoto was stunned.

Didn't you intentionally want to take a bath alone? You're asking me to stay after I left?!

Although she was puzzled, the other person had called her, and she was taking a bath. It would be very strange to leave immediately, so Miyamoto Sei had no choice but to dive into the water and try to keep some distance from the other person.

The two of them just sat there soaking in the water, not saying a word for a while.

To avoid any awkwardness, Miyamoto Sei could only try to make conversation.

"Speaking of which, what's the recording content for tomorrow? Does Aya-chan know?"

"I don't know the specifics either, but since it's a one-hour special, it'll probably be a very demanding program." Yamashita Aya offered some guesses based on her experience of recording many programs here.

Looking at Aya Yamashita guessing over there, Miyamoto suddenly thought of his high school classmates.

Speaking of which, I remember there were some Aya-chan fans in my class. If those guys knew that I was soaking in a hot spring with Aya-chan right now, and that we were so close that we could practically touch each other, they'd probably faint from envy...

Hmm, maybe he'll chase me down with a knife, or curse me at home every day...

But this is beyond our control, isn't it? I tried my best to avoid the time, but we still ran into each other...

Miyamoto thought to himself silently.

At that moment, Yamashita Aya suddenly smiled at Miyamoto Nana, her smile gentle: "By the way, Nana, why don't you practice properly now?"

"Practice?" Miyamoto was stunned, wondering why the other party had suddenly brought up this topic.

"Yes, let's practice, just practice your reaction time."

"reaction?"

“Yes, for example, today, after we finally climbed up the mountain and saw the production crew already on site, and then seeing their cars and the winding mountain road, you can definitely react more intensely.” Yamashita Aya said, “If I were you at that time, I would definitely shout ‘Isn’t this ridiculous?’”

"what?!"

"Look at this!" Yamashita Aya said, slapping the water with both hands and making an exaggerated expression as she shouted, "Don't joke around, this is ridiculous!"

The voice was loud and the emotions were intense, as if the person had been extremely stimulated.

Miyamoto was somewhat surprised by the other party's reaction.

“It’s a bit different from making movies,” Yamashita Aya continued. “Movies can be more realistic, but variety shows can be more exaggerated. It’s more exaggerated than a lot of stage plays, but more exaggerated than making movies or TV series. If I were to put it in a movie, I would probably play the kind of character who is easily emotional.”

“I’ll give it a try.” Miyamoto said, then took a deep breath to get into the zone. He then stared wide-eyed ahead, a look of shock on his face. “You came by car?! This…this is ridiculous! Don’t be ridiculous!”

He screamed hoarsely, as if he had been betrayed, then fell backward against a rock, shaking his head slightly, as if he had burned out completely.

Yamashita Aya watched Miyamoto Nana's performance and smiled: "Not bad, not bad, that's good enough. But you really are an actress, the added expressions and movements at the end were fantastic!"

"Hehe, it's all thanks to Aya-chan's teaching." Miyamoto immediately praised her, which made Yamashita Aya blush slightly.

Taking this opportunity, Miyamoto Sei also began to try to close the distance between the two.

"By the way, Aya-chan, why didn't you go to the bath with everyone?"

“Because…” Yamashita Aya hesitated for a moment, then smiled at Miyamoto Sei: “Because I’m a boy!”

“I think this is my line,” Miyamoto retorted.

Yamashita Aya lowered her head slightly, looking at the water. Her cheeks were still flushed, but unlike before, the flush now looked like she was a little embarrassed. Or perhaps she was embarrassed before, just a different kind of embarrassment.

"Because... it would be troublesome if we ran into them..." Yamashita Aya whispered, "Everyone likes to grope people..."

"Hmm... that's because they like Aya-chan, right?" Miyamoto could only say that, recalling the things everyone talked about when they were hiking, like how a group of them touched Aya all over at the hot spring last time.

“Actually, I don’t like being treated like a girl. I still haven’t gotten used to posing in seductive ways for swimsuit photos…” Yamashita Aya sighed at this point: “When they touch my body, it gets really itchy. It’s like my body is telling me, ‘You’re a girl.’ And I… I don’t like having my body looked at…”

This seems like a lot of trouble; it suggests some cognitive barriers regarding one's own female identity...

"If... if only my body were like Nana-chan's..."

"Huh?!" Miyamoto glared at the other person: "Can I say you're implying I have small breasts?!"

“But that’s really what I think. If I had fewer feminine features…” Yamashita Aya continued, “But, since I was chosen as the captain, we could have gone much further without me…”

Miyamoto Sei simply watched the other person silently, listening to them talk about their own affairs.

"If I were a boy, I probably wouldn't be like this now. Right now, I'm just a useless person... Although, the reason I was able to get into AJS is because I'm a girl... and that's also why I got the opportunity to show myself..."

Is it because of family circumstances? Could it be that he has always been raised as a boy?

Several guesses flashed through Miyamoto Sei's mind, and at this moment he also had some things he wanted to say to the other party.