That night.
After finishing their daily training, the best friends Utaha and Megumi had just returned from shopping.
"Should we try to convince Eriri again?"
Utaha suggested.
Megumi objected. "Eriri is too shy. She'll probably need a few days to recover."
Utaha agreed, so she dropped the idea, but couldn't help commenting, "No wonder Eriri's love life has never been going well. She has her own problems too."
Megumi nodded in agreement.
Just then, a familiar figure walked up to them.
It was Eriri.
Under the astonished gazes of Utaha and Megumi, the Eriri before them twisted her hands and pleaded, "Can you... take me again tonight?"
Utaha and Megumi looked at each other.
'What? She recovered so quickly? And she's asking to go?'
Although shocked, Utaha and Megumi agreed anyway, since that was their intention in the first place.
…
Seeing Eriri being brought in again, everyone had strange expressions on their faces.
Reze couldn't help but mock her, "Not going to run away again?"
But to everyone's surprise, Eriri gritted her teeth, walked up on her own, then knelt down directly and started...
Not just Reze, but everyone else was shocked by Eriri's move...
Wow, compared to yesterday, what a huge contrast!
Chika leaned over to Megumi and asked, "Did Eriri drink? Why is she suddenly so brave?"
Megumi shook her head, saying she didn't know either. She also felt her best friend had changed too much, but couldn't put her finger on what was different.
Chika didn't think much of it. Smiling, she activated her electric current and slapped Eriri's rear with a 'smack'.
"Now, Eriri-chan is one of us too!"
Feeling the electricity surging through her body, Eriri felt like her body wasn't her own. She went limp and collapsed to the floor.
Chika was startled, thinking she hadn't used that strong a current.
'Was this Eriri-chan such a 'small fry'?'
Makoto gave Chika a look and carried Eriri to the bed.
Watching her rolling her eyes and sticking out her tongue, Makoto asked in surprise, "Are you that sensitive?"
He thought Saeko was the most sensitive among his female companions, but he didn't expect Eriri to be even more exaggerated.
Eriri rolled her eyes, 'You'd be like this too if you hadn't had any for over ten years.'
Then, feeling that immense thrusting force inside her, Eriri's screams nearly pierced the sky.
Megumi, beside her, quickly covered her mouth. "Eriri, I understand how you feel, but don't be so loud."
Although Yu and the others stayed farther away at night, her voice was just too loud.
But Eriri was completely immersed and couldn't hear her.
Makoto immediately sensed something was wrong, 'Why wasn't there any resistance?'
But just as Makoto was about to ask, Eriri suddenly grabbed his head and forcefully covered his mouth.
…
The next day.
Sunlight streamed in. Another good day.
Looking at Makoto sleeping soundly beside her, 'Eriri' couldn't help but click her tongue.
'My god, I had never felt this way with my husband before.'
Just then, Makoto slowly opened his eyes.
Startled, Eriri quickly adjusted her voice.
But Makoto had already spoken first. "Aunt Sayuri..."
'Eriri'… oh no, Sayuri was so startled she quickly raised her index finger and made a 'shush' gesture at Makoto.
"Y-you noticed..."
Sayuri looked very embarrassed, her face red.
Makoto said helplessly, "I at least have that much discernment."
"Sorry, it's just that that child really..."
Sayuri lowered her head, looking ashamed.
'Eriri, forgive Mom. Mom did everything for your own good.
Watching Sayuri silently lowering her head, Makoto blinked.
He suddenly lowered his head and covered her mouth, kissing her, stunning Sayuri.
Then, she wrapped her arms around Makoto's neck and responded wildly.
'That's right, Eriri, Mom did everything for your own good, for your own good.'
After they embraced for a while, Makoto felt Sayuri getting worked up again.
There was no helping it. That's how a woman whose husband had been dead for over ten years was.
Makoto certainly didn't mind, but Sayuri still suppressed her inner desire, pushed Makoto away, and whispered to him,
"If we go again, they'll get suspicious."
With that, Sayuri glanced at Utaha and the others who were still sleeping around them.
That's right, if they went again, it would definitely arouse suspicion from the others.
After all, 'Eriri' had just undergone her transformation last night. If she went again this morning, people would definitely notice a problem.
Then, Sayuri decided to act through to the end. She lay back down.
After the other girls woke up one by one, kissed Makoto goodbye, and went to wash up, she was the last to get up. With eyes full of springtime, she said to Makoto, "Let's begin. Let's continue doing happy things."
Makoto asked her, "Aren't you afraid Eriri will wake up and give it away?"
Sayuri patted her chest, which wasn't much bigger than her daughter's, and said not to worry. She had given her daughter a sleeping pill last night.
Makoto was speechless. He remarked that mothers were indeed meticulous, having considered this.
…
Around noon, Sayuri and Eriri left the room one after another and went to the dining room for lunch.
"Eriri, you were amazing yesterday!"
Megumi couldn't help but give her best friend a thumbs up.
She truly hadn't expected that her best friend, with her loser personality, would be so fierce in practice.
"Huh?"
Eriri, still under the effect of the sleeping pill, looked confused. She nodded, having no idea what her best friend was talking about.
Just as Eriri was about to ask, Makoto suddenly walked over and handed her the Brush-Brush Fruit.
"Eriri, it's yours."
Eriri's eyes widened.
She didn't understand why Makoto was giving it to her when she wasn't yet in that kind of relationship with him.
And Reze, who had previously objected, didn't say anything either at this moment.
'Could it be... that Makoto had convinced Reze and the others?'
For a moment, Eriri was deeply touched.
'I was probably the first person to receive a Devil Fruit without being in that kind of relationship with Makoto, right?'