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Chapter 6: Ais. Here I go.
After meeting Ais in the alley, Rick returned to the shop and was making recruitment flyers.
The number of customers was increasing, and as usual, Rick alone could no longer handle everything.
He decided to hire an employee to increase the workforce.
However, he was anxious whether he would actually find someone.
Massage work consumed a lot of physical strength, and since it involved dealing with people, it was mentally exhausting as well.
People who could enjoy it like Rick were truly rare.
Even just help with miscellaneous tasks and customer service would be appreciated, but he had to keep in mind the worst-case scenario that he might not be able to hire anyone.
His ideal would be a beautiful woman or beautiful girl who was tolerant of erotic things as well, but he decided not to expect too much.
"Still, Ais-san is late, isn't she?"
She had said she would come to the shop later, but even as the day was about to change, there was no sign of her appearing.
"Well, she's preparing for the expedition, so it can't be helped."
Muttering that, Rick stood up thinking he might as well sleep when he sensed a presence in front of the shop.
When he opened the shop door, Ais was indeed standing there.
"Sorry for being late…"
"No, no, it's fine."
Rick didn't mind as Ais apologized apologetically.
"The night wind is bad for the body, so please come inside. First, how about a warm drink?"
"Rick."
As Rick tried to guide her inside, Ais grabbed his sleeve.
"Let's take a bath together."
"Oof."
Ais said it while blushing and looking up at him with upturned eyes. The cuteness was so overwhelming that Rick let out a strange sound.
He had never expected Ais to invite him to take a bath together, but refusing here would make him less of a man.
No, it would ruin his reputation as a pervert.
"Yes, of course."
Rick followed Ais's suggestion and headed to the bathroom together.
The bathtub was already filled, so there was no need to fill it. They entered the bathroom together.
"…Don't look too much."
Ais said shyly while covering her breasts and secret place with her arms, but that reaction gradually eroded Rick's rationality.
When he had seen Ryu's skin, he had felt it was fantastical, but with Ais he felt a different kind of mysticism.
Still, staring too much would be rude, so Rick tried his best not to look.
"Ais-san. Shall I wash your body first?"
"I want Rick to wash me."
"With pleasure."
Ais turned her back, revealing her pure white, flawless skin that seemed to glow under the bathroom light. Her athletic yet elegantly feminine body had smooth, supple curves, with a narrow waist that flared into toned hips and a perfectly rounded ass.
Suppressing the desire to ravish her right away, Rick washed Ais's back with slow, gentle strokes, his hands gliding over her silky skin.
"Nnh."
A small, sweet voice leaked from Ais as his fingers traced her spine.
Today's Ais seemed more proactive than usual, or rather more erotic. The thought crossed Rick's mind, but either way it was convenient for him, so he abandoned the thought.
"Rick. Here too."
Ais leaned her body back against Rick and brought his hands to her own breasts.
As she wished, Rick washed her by kneading both breasts from behind. Ais's breasts were perky and beautifully shaped — firm yet incredibly soft, filling his palms perfectly with warm, elastic flesh. Her pale pink nipples were already stiffening into sensitive peaks under his touch.
"Nnh, fuu…"
The lewd, breathy voice leaking out made Rick's cock already stand at full attention, throbbing heavily.
But for now, he kept the beast of lust raging inside him caged and tried to respond gentlemanly, though his hands grew bolder, squeezing and lifting her breasts, rolling the hardened nipples between his fingers.
"Rick… hug me."
While fighting his own desire, Rick heard Ais's sweet, spoiled voice.
It was the kind of voice a child might use when wanting to be spoiled by a parent to fill loneliness. Rick felt a certain doubt.
"Ais-san. Are you lonely?"
Ais gave a small nod at those words, her golden eyes shimmering with vulnerability.
Seeing that, Rick understood.
Ais was starving for human warmth.
She had been so desperate to become stronger that she couldn't ask for or fulfill that warmth.
She didn't want to trouble her fellow [Familia] members like Tiona, so she had locked those feelings deep in her heart.
But she wanted to spoil herself with Rick, who opened those feelings and filled the loneliness.
Thinking she was irresistibly cute, Rick hugged Ais tightly from behind, pressing his chest against her back and wrapping his arms around her slender waist.
"If it's me, you can come and spoil yourself anytime. I won't let Ais feel lonely."
"Yeah…"