Secret Cave (3)

Agnes’s assessment was that the swimsuit was so embarrassing, being naked would be less so.

I thought so too, but since I had come all the way to the beach, it felt like a waste not to wear it even once, so I went ahead and did it.

‘…Well, I was going to show it to him eventually anyway.’

It wouldn’t be so bad if that time was now.

After all, only Ethan and I were in this space, and I also needed a cloth to wrap this radiant pearl, which was slowly deteriorating just by holding it in my hand.

“…Ethan-doryeonnim.”

“Ah, yes.”

“Could you please turn your back and sit down until I tell you I’m ready?”

“Huh? Why suddenly….”

“…I ask that you please not ask for the reason, Ethan-doryeonnim.”

…No matter what, I couldn’t bring myself to show him the sight of me changing into this indecent swimsuit.

Fortunately, Ethan didn’t question me further when I asked him not to ask for the reason, and he quietly turned his head.

-Sreureuk.

“…….”

“…….”

The sound of fabric rubbing against fabric, and fabric against skin.

After carefully taking off my upper underwear and wrapping the pearl in its lining, I quietly reached for my lower underwear.

If I was going to show it anyway, it was better to show everything. It would be at least a little more comforting to have a consistent look, even if it was lewd, rather than wearing mismatched top and bottom.

With that thought, only a piece of cloth that could hardly be called clothing remained on my body after I quietly took off the swimsuit I had worn all week. After letting out a sigh in my heart, I carefully called out to Ethan.

“Y-You can turn around now, Ethan-doryeonnim.”

“……Okay.”

He must have heard the sound of fabric, so Ethan would have surely noticed that I had taken off the swimsuit I was wearing.

However, he wouldn’t have expected me to be wearing a swimsuit more embarrassing than being naked underneath, so it was only natural for his eyes to widen as soon as he turned his head.

“……Hup!”

“…….”

“Li-Lilith…? W-What is that outfit…?”

“…It’s a swimsuit, Ethan-doryeonnim.”

“A swimsuit…?”

Ethan looked quite surprised at my outfit, which had an unexpectedly small surface area. After hearing my answer that it was a swimsuit, he glared at me with a look of disbelief.

“No way, Lilith. You’re going to swim in that piece of cloth….”

“Please speak sense, Ethan-doryeonnim. There’s no way I would show my body to any man other than you.”

“…That’s true. Because it’s Lilith.”

“I-I just wore it to show you, there’s no other meaning.”

“…To show me?”

“……Yes.”

It was an outfit I had bought to show Ethan from the beginning, and I was just being honest, so why was my face burning so much?

The only comfort was that Ethan also understood the meaning of my words and his face was flushed, so at least I wouldn’t be embarrassed alone.

“It’s an outfit that doesn’t function as clothing at all, but I thought Ethan-doryeonnim would like it.”

“What kind of existence am I in Lilith’s mind, that you thought I would like an outfit like this?”

“Did you dislike it?”

“…No, I don’t dislike it. I don’t dislike it, but….”

“…….”

“…More than Lilith looking sexy in this outfit, I’m happier that you endured such embarrassment and wore this for me.”

“…Is that so?”

…Indeed, one of the greatest joys a man feels towards a woman is the sense of conquest, of having conquered her. Enduring a shameful state for him would, in a way, evoke a similar feeling.

I used to be a man, so I could understand Ethan’s feelings.

“C-Can I look a little closer, Lilith?”

“…Yes. I wore this outfit to show you in the first place, Ethan-doryeonnim, so you may look as much as you wish.”

“Alright, then excuse me.”

With those words, Ethan subtly approached me and leaned his face close to the black piece of fabric.

Of course, I wore this outfit to show Ethan, and I was the one who said he could look closer.

But thinking about my areolae, which weren’t completely covered by the triangular piece of fabric over my chest, kept giving me a strange feeling.

It had been years since I first showed him what was beneath the fabric, so why did showing him my current attire feel more embarrassing than back then?

My heart kept pounding, unable to shake off these contradictory emotions, and I felt the small nubs at the tips of my breasts slowly rise in response to my feelings.

-Sreureuk.

“…….”

“…….”

…Ethan must have noticed too. That unlike before, the swimsuit covering my chest was slightly ‘lifted’ compared to earlier.

If I had been naked, it wouldn’t have been as obvious. But because I was wearing a swimsuit on the level of a nipple patch, it couldn’t help but be more noticeable.

“…Haa. …Haa.”

“Hoo, hooo….”

My and Ethan’s breathing quietly echoed in the cave where only the two of us were present.

It was my voice, of all things, that broke the strange, perhaps not-so-silent, atmosphere.

-Tok.

“Huuuuuuh?!”

It was the moment when the emotions I had suppressed burst like a dam due to something suddenly touching the edge of my swimsuit.

“Haa, ha, haaaah, h-….”

“……!!!”

“…E-Ethan-doryeonnim? W-What did you just….”

“S-Sorry, Lilith! I-I just did it without thinking….”

…Well, I understand. Honestly, I don’t think I could have held back if I were a man either.

When a woman’s nipples harden right before your eyes, it’s natural to feel the urge to poke them with a finger.

I used to be a man, so I could fully understand Ethan’s curiosity. In fact, if he hadn’t done something like this, I might have doubted his masculinity.

Of course, Ethan, being Ethan, immediately apologized to me, looking at my reaction as soon as he made a mistake.

“I’m sorry, Lilith! I-I just said I’d look, but I accidentally….”

“…Y-You were just curious about the material of the swimsuit, weren’t you, Ethan-doryeonnim?”

“……Huh?”

“D-Didn’t I tell you? I wore this outfit to show you in the first place, so you may look as much as you wish, Ethan-doryeonnim.”

“……Yes. T-That’s right.”

“T-Therefore, I will assume that your finger just now touched it because you were curious about the material of the swimsuit I am wearing.

It’s a common question that any man might have, so I will not hold you accountable for merely doing such a thing.”

“…Thank you, Lilith.”

Ethan nodded, his face flushed, seeming to understand the meaning of my words.

And I, barely regaining control of my pounding heart from the shock of his touch just now, adjusted my slightly disheveled swimsuit and held it out in front of Ethan’s face again.

“So, will you only check the material of ‘one side’?”

“……Lilith?”

“A-Aren’t you curious about the material of the other side? A-After all, it’s possible that the swimsuits on both sides are made of different materials than you might think.”

“…….”

“Just in case, you may ‘directly touch’ and check the other side as well, Ethan-doryeonnim.”

…Honestly, he’s such a pervert.

He was a lewd Young Master who only thought of doing strange things whenever an opportunity arose, his mind filled with nothing but indecent thoughts.

“…If Ethan-doryeonnim wishes, you may do so as much as you like.”

…Though perhaps I, who was playing along with such an Ethan, had no right to say that.