"Uhm...Kongou?"

"Yeah?" Kongou answered playfully. Of course, she already knew why Iowa was here in her room, but teasing the big girl was simply too much fun to pass on.

"Do you...want to?" she said vaguely.

"I don't know I'm kinda tired." Kongou rolled on her bed, watching Iowa who was still standing near the door. Somehow she managed to look so small and meek even when her head almost touched the ceiling. It's probably the glasses. Since her rangefinder got shot up in the last battle she had to temporarily wear a big, nerdy glasses just to function normally. Apparently the model is a standard issue in the US Navy. On any other face it'd probably look ugly, but on iIowa it just enhanced her cuteness in Kongou's eyes. The effect was only amplified by the oversized ribbed sweater she's wearing, one that Kongou remembered knitting with her own hands after Iowa complained that no pretty clothes fit her large body. Kongou made it extra long so it can be worn bare legged as a one piece, because of course finding pants was also difficult.

"Maybe I'll go buy an opera curtain and make you a skirt …"

"Huh?"

"Nothing." Kongou said, sitting up on her bed. "Are you sure you want to do this? Wouldn't you rather rest?" of course, kongou already knew what her answer would be, but a foreplay should be drawn out, right?"

"But it's been a while…"

"Indeed it's been a while." Kongou smiled mercilessly as an idea crossed her mind. "Have you been doing it by yourself?"

"Eh..?" Iowa's face immediately turned red. Having a girlfriend with light skin sure had its perks.

"Personally, I've been using that picture we took in the bath together as a material."

"W-wha…" Iowa flustered, trying to cover her chest as if Kongou could see right through her clothes.

"What about you? did you think of me while you're doing it?'

"I…" she looked like she's about to deny, but then she looked down to the side, avoiding Kongou's gaze. "I did…"

"Show me." Kongou smiled naughtily.

"Huh?"

"Show me how you do it."

Iowa froze over. Her hand briefly reached for the door handle but froze mid-air before moving to the hem of her sweater.

Iowa's smiling, but she's also clearly embarrassed. Kongou knew Iowa had wanted to spend the night with her, but she probably did not expect it to go quite like this.

"Japanese sure have some strange taste, huh?". Iowa smiled teasingly, trying to sound confident and failing miserably, her face burning red.

Kongou merely responded with a sagely nod before removing her own top.