Chapter 5: Kasumi is Family Too!

The days went on and the purpose of the syringes was revealing itself to just be Iori. It wasn’t a bad idea, and after three or so months, Toshiro could mimic her perfectly. But beyond her, he could mimic his own wife, son and close family friends, like Hitoshi, Iori’s boyfriend or Kasumi, her best friend.

Speaking of Kasumi, Toshiro managed to find out that her older half-brother worked in Miya-Mirai Agency as the video editor and specialist, but that was only discovered after she slipped up when talking to Toshiro (as Iori) during break. What a small world!

Iori herself was getting better. The leg was hurting less and she could finally walk and jog a bit! This meant that Toshiro didn’t need to keep replacing her all the time, but considering the family’s new dynamics, he did it whenever she asked him and felt she was in pain and in turn, the rest of the family would do his job too. Miki was already an expert on being him, and she taught both Koji and Iori how. Everyone in the Miyahara family could pass as the other and no one would bat an eye!

Thankfully, the months went on and it was time for a family outing, mostly because it was August! Summer vacation was in and now Iori didn’t need to worry about going to school so no replacing was needed.

Toshiro was at his office, always thinking about work until he was approached by both Miki and Iori at the same time. They were clearly up to no good…

“Daaaaad… It’s summer vacation so we should take a few days off…!” Iori said, smiling to him. “Go down to beach resort and the like…!”

Miki chuckled. “Yeah, I think we need a break, honey. You as well…!”

Oh, that was better than expected. Still something concerning with these two. Considering it was starting to seem like the idea was coming from them, Toshiro was getting the feeling something wasn’t right. They were planning something, but he couldn’t really tell what it is. Yet.

Keeping his suspicions as an internal thing for now, Toshiro would close his laptop before considering it for a moment. “Hmm… Well, I guess it’s been a while since we had a family vacation. Sure, might as well. But where should we even go?”

Maybe they could head to the beaches up north in the country, perhaps? Summer tends to be pretty fun over there, since it’s not being buried until metric tons of snow.

Miki smiled and looked at him, sitting on top of the desk. “Welllll~ I was thinking of the north. Most likely you thinking the same… But hey, we got the syringes now, so that means we can do more things!”

Iori nodded. “Mom was training me a bit on how to be her in case I needed to replace her at some point, dad. So I raised the possibility… Why don’t we all do swaps? Like those funny stories you two read?”

“Or even be different people altogether, just to avoid the paparazzi getting on our rooms.” Miki said, smiling while looking at him. “Iori is already down with it, and maybe we could even plan our looks before we head out. Maybe just a team of just girls? Or just boys? Your call!”

“Ah, Hitoshi and Kasumi are also joining, okay? No way I’d leave my boyfriend and my bestie out of this.” Iori said, nodding and chuckling, just as dangerously as Miki was.

Yeah, they were up to no good. Especially since Iori was already informed of what both him and Miki did to her boyfriend. Not to mention Kasumi’s not exactly subtle in terms of the sort of man she’s into. The only thing that could complete these oddly coincidental circumstances was if Keizo happened to be invited as well. If Kasumi’s coming along, she’s not gonna hesitate to take every chance to simp over him.

“…Girls, you can smile at me all you want, but I can tell something doesn’t really match with your eyes.” He sighed. “What are you girls planning to do for this summer? Because I got a feeling it’s nothing innocent.”

“Nothing, just what we said. We do swaps and the like!” Iori said. “C’mon, can’t I have some fun after you were disguised as me for like three months, dad?” She asked.

“Honey, it’s gonna be a fun trip, that’s it. We’ll have the syringes to make it more fun to us…!” Miki said. “Before you go ‘Well, make Miiyabe-san join too’, I messaged him and he’s out of town for the week. In fact, out of the country for a few weeks. Something related to his ex-wife that lives in Cambodia or Indonesia or something like that.”

“So it’ll be me, you, mom, Koji, Kasumi and Hitoshi. Our second car can fit all of us. Better still if we could use the syringe to turn into objects…!”

Wait, what?

“Yeah, Iori and I were pondering… How far could we go with the syringes?” Miki asked. “We can’t do clothes but could we be objects? I have no idea how it would work in practice but it could be possible, and we want to try it out. But just the two of us wouldn’t work well.”

More experimentation, and several months after the syringes became a ‘normal’ part of their lives? They were probably bored and trying stuff out. But then again, was it really a good idea to try it out? Especially since the company that made these syringes don’t exactly recommend them doing it?

“Ehhhh… I guess we could give it a try, but are you sure you wanna find out?” Toshiro asked the two. “You girls already know we would need to give ourselves another dose if we’re unable to change into something else. And if we’ve turned into inanimate objects, then how would we even inject ourselves with the serum in the first place?”

“Simple, someone else would do it. I’d assume there’s a fallback for us turning into objects.” Miki nodded while she spoke. “Something tells me that this thing can detect these syringes…”

Iori was equally curious. “Yeah! It might work. We could ask Hitoshi if he wants to try it. He’s gonna come here soon.”

And just like that, scaring the entire room, he popped into the doorframe. “Hey family.”

“JEEZ! At least knock on the door, Hitoshi!” Miki said, looking at something soft at Toshiro’s table to toss at him.

“Haha, sorry… Your brother opened the door for me, love.” He entered the room and kissed Iori, before the two did a sideways hug to face Toshiro at his table.

“Hitoshiiiii~ Can we turn you into an object?” Iori asked, almost immediately.

“Huh… Is it possible?” He asked, looking at Miki.

“We don’t know… But we want to try it!” She said with a chuckle. “You down to be our little test subject?”

“Hm… It couldn’t be bad, I assume. Sure.” He nodded.

This is already giving him so many ominous vibes, it’s not even funny. The trio of people with far-from-innocent intentions in their free time, all gathered together to do something experimental.

Surely, this would end well.

“Oookay, I think it’s best the three of you don’t get any funny ideas if you’re gonna do this.” Toshiro said to them, trying to get them to behave before their minds fully reach the gutter. “Keep in mind, we wouldn’t know what’s gonna happen from trying to turn into inanimate objects. So please, at least be careful about what you’re doing. Even if you’re treating them like one, these syringes aren’t toys.”

“We know that, honey.” Miki kissed his forehead. “This is not a toy but sure is fun, isn’t it?”

“Okay, so… Should I strip?” Hitoshi asked, almost removing his clothes.

A little syringe was applied to a naked Hitoshi inside the room. He wasn’t even with this underwear, and soon he wouldn’t need it anymore.

“What should I be… Oh.” He spoke as Miki applied the syringe on his left arm. “I wanna be a notebook backpack.”

For a moment nothing happened, Iori had her phone and camera recording everything. Not to post, but to show it to Hitoshi later. And before the three of them, Hitoshi’s form started to curve, like he was forced to be in a position. It was the weirdest thing that had happened ever, since Toshiro only saw practical effects like these in edits and movies. But Hitoshi quickly and surely went from redhead boy into a black notebook backpack, even with a few zippers to open and close.”

That made Iori and Miki gasp, surely they were kidding about how they could be objects, but here it was Hitoshi turned into one!

For a second, Toshiro wasn’t expecting the result to be… Well, this. He was genuinely expecting something to go wrong, even midway through the transformation itself. Hell, something like this was going to require them to turn into something without flesh and bones for god sakes! And yet, it inexplicably seems to work just fine for him. He looks practically indistinguishable from an actual notebook backpack.

But was he really a backpack, though? He hasn’t really looked at the insides just yet. There could be organs inside, for all he knew. Making sure to reach out as carefully as possible, he would grasp the backpack handles before carefully unzipping the pain part open. Please, don’t let him see any freaky organs inside…

The moment that Toshiro grabbed it, he couldn’t feel any weight difference from a normal empty backpack. And the zipper revealed the most amazing thing he had seen in his life.

Nothing.

Nothing was inside the backpack, it was empty. For all intents and purposes, Hitoshi turned into a backpack that he could stash his work laptop inside.

“This is beyond incredible…!” Iori exclaimed, checking the inside to see it was clear of organs or anything.

“It is! This opens up so many new possibilities! But before we go crazy… He needs to come back to normal.” Miki said.

She approached with the same syringe in hands. This was when something amusing happened: Normally syringes would just pierce fabric, but this time, it looked like Hitoshi’s arm was there and once she tried to find a spot for it, it was like she was injecting into his arm, despite no physical change happened.

Toshiro could feel a grumbling from the backpack and quickly dropped it on the floor, and saw it turning back into a naked Hitoshi, also just as quickly.

“What…? Oh, it might have forced me into blacking out…” He mused now that he was on the floor, naked. “Did it work?”

“Yes! It did, love!” Iori said, helping him up.

Miki couldn’t look more smug if she tried. “I got one more test for you, Hitoshi…” She waited for Toshiro to react before continuing.

“Ugh… Okay fine, you girls win this one…” Toshiro sighed. Clearly their experimentation worked, so they’d probably have nothing to worry about for this one. Well, apart from the obvious aspect of not being able to use the syringes without external assistance. But at least the drawback is just limited to that part. That much, he was more than grateful it didn’t turn out to be something worse. Although that look Miki was giving Iori’s boyfriend looked a little concerning.

“Wait, one more test? I thought we already proved the serum with this one.” Toshiro asked, wondering just what sort of idea Miki’s got in mind. It better not be anything too wild.

“Yeah, but like… What if we combined the two?” Miki said, and got closer to Hitoshi, whispering something to his ear.

That promptly caused the boy to blush but ultimately nod at the request. Considering that they had to vocalize what they had to do, he did it in the most hushed tone ever. And before Toshiro, Hitoshi turned into…

A copy of Miki but with a very surprising change: This copy had a bikini on. Actual clothes.

Miki nodded and smiled, making a pump motion. “Yes! It works that way too!”

“Uh… It really did work, Miki…” Hitoshi-Miki said, looking exactly like the wife Toshiro knew but the tone was still the joyful but concerned Hitoshi.

‘Oh.’

Toshiro could already tell where this was going. He could immediately tell. Funny that she happened to ask him to turn into a Miki copy with a bikini too, considering what they’re planning to do in the coming days.

“Alright, yeah, no wonder you girls were planning something…” Toshiro said, a faint blush beginning to appear on his face as he veered his gaze away from the wife-double. “I dunno if this is gonna end well, but as long as you’re doing it with different identities, it’s probably fine. Assuming of course, the three of you wouldn’t go too far with it.”

His words were especially directed at Iori in particular. There’s no way in hell she’s not tempted to have fun with the syringes. By now, she’s already known what Hitoshi was up to once he got his hand with the syringes.

Iori chuckled. “Relax, dad. I’m not gonna do too much with it. Plus… We need to agree on what we’re gonna do.

Hitoshi looked at Iori, blushing a bit. “Ah, Iori… What are we gonna do again?”

“We’re going on a vacation. I called you over to sort stuff with them and you. I assume your own parents are fine with it?” Iori asked.

Hitoshi nodded. “Yeah… They don’t mind me with you. In fact, they were considering putting me on therapy before we started dating. I assume you two plan to keep swapping into different people…?” This time, the Miki copy looked at Toshiro but her face was the same as his, a face of concern, considering these two were being quite dangerous at the moment.

“Reeeelax, Hitoshi! Since we can do clothes too, we’ll just stay at the beach looking like different people. Oh and we’re calling Tominaga-chan too!” Miki said to her doppleganger, before moving behind her to size her up. “I look good in black, right honey?”

Hitoshi’s face turned into one of ‘help me please!’ to Toshiro, thankfully, Miki couldn’t see it. Iori didn’t seem to mind for some reason.

Considering their little private session they had earlier, Toshiro wasn’t expecting Hitoshi to beg in being rescued from his wife’s typical moments. In fact, he was half-expecting Hitoshi to enable it even further.

Guess it goes to show that even aged men and women like themselves can be more hormonal than teenagers.

“Err… maybe you could get him to dress up in something a little less exposing?” Toshiro suggested, “Maybe some sort of stylish looking one-piece could work?”

Miki looked at Toshiro with a raised brow. “So you saying I don’t look good in a black bikini? Remember that whatever you say, it might or might not happen when you do go out on vacation~”

Hitoshi winced a bit, still under the grasp of the real Miki. “Miki, he’s just saying I’m completely embarrassed showing myself as you…”

“Oh, is that so? Then change yourself back, if he wants the one-piece, he’ll get to see it when he’s with me~” Miki chuckled at the two.

Hitoshi quickly freed himself from Miki’s grasp and grabbed his clothes and the syringe used, probably to change back. “Be back in a moment.” And then he left the room.

Iori nodded. “C’mon dad, now that we can do it, we could have Hitoshi and Kasumi to join us as objects…!”

Was Iori actually expecting these results to convince him in some way?

Toshiro let out a sigh and crossed his arms, seemingly far less optimistic compared to before. “We definitely could, yeah… but it has to be within limits. Even if we’ll be going out as different people, it doesn’t mean we can go ahead and appear in something too… outlandish in public. Someone might hit us with a public indecency charge if we do.”

“We’re not gonna do anything illegal, honey. Plus if we really wanted to do that, we could have done it already and got away with it.” Miki said, smiling.

She was indeed right about that, the usage from this family was mostly to cover for Iori or for the other when Iori was out of commission.

“So we’ll just plain johns and janes when in public. Does that work for you?” She asked her husband.

Well, one could technically play loophole tactics just to dodge the illegal part of what they’re doing, but Toshiro doubts his wife would actually go that far. She’s not that perverted. But as long as they’re going to use this ability for mostly normal reasons, then it’s not like they had anything to lose.

“Yeah, I suppose.” Toshiro shrugged. “The anonymity’s gonna help out too, since we wouldn’t be hounded by the cameras for once. No one’s gonna know if we’re on a vacation in the first place.”

“I’ll make sure that the girls from the company also get a break, meaning that we’ll have a few days off for ourselves. It’s been a while since we had a good break from the lovely chaos that is our jobs, right honey?” Miki sat at the table, closing his laptop.

“Aaand, since school is out, no one would bat an eye when we also take a break, since the girls are also on break, dad. It’s perfect!” Iori said, as Hitoshi rejoined the room as himself. She immediately kissed his cheek and he blushed.

“Hey Sensei…” Hitoshi said. “We’re going out then…?”

The boy’s question was gonna confirm if they would go there in the first place. “Just the family, I assume? No superstars or anyone like that?”

“Yep. Just all four of us, along with Koji and Kasumi. It might get a little too hectic if we get anyone else involved.” Toshiro nodded, slightly wincing from the thought of getting their other talents for this trip. Chances are, they might have some plans of their own for this year’s summer break.

Plus, that also runs the risk of showing them the syringe’s powers as well. Which in itself, is already an entire can of worms for him to open. Probably best to keep that sort of thing closed, in this case.

“Ah, okay. I’ll tell my family I’ll be with you all.” Hitoshi nodded.

Iori then pulled her boyfriend away. “Come with me, my boyfriend… We’ll need to discuss our looks!”

“Woah, wait…! Bye family, I guessssss-” Hitoshi spoke as he was pulled away, likely to Iori’s room.

“These two are so funny together…” Miki chuckled. “So… Let’s rent a few rooms for us. We can stay in one room and Koji and Iori share another, and then Kasumi and Hitoshi a third?”

Toshiro’s heart goes out to that poor young man. A cooped up Iori’s inevitably going to result in some wild results from her extremely bored mind.

“Honestly, I’d prefer to give them the same room based on their gender, but… eh, I guess Koji should be used enough to sleeping in the same room as his little sister.” Toshiro shrugged. “As long as they wouldn’t try to mess with each other too much. You remember when they used to do that as kids? Every day felt like a tug of war between the both of them.”

“C’mon, honey. Iori is almost 18 and Koji is already an adult… They aren’t the kids we raised anymore, thankfully…” She smiled. “But instead impressionable young people that will make things better in life.”

“Maybe we should swap places with them for a week, see if they act as us without getting noticed.” Miki chuckled. “It would be funny seeing Koji being me, and also cooking! Hahaha!” The woman seemed to have the time of her life, talking about this.

The thought of it sounded like an absolute mess waiting to happen. A likely entertaining mess, now that he thought about it, but one they would have to deal with nonetheless. He’s already seen the sort of horrors Koji could make in the kitchen if he’s unsupervised, too. Getting him to cook as Miki sounds like a chef’s nightmare. And that’s just with Koji, too!

“Oof… I don’t think that would be a good idea, baby.” Toshiro winced, visibly shivering at the thought. “Maybe Koji could eventually handle it, but if Iori were to do my job… I think she might actually go insane within two weeks.”

“I mean, we gotta train her to take over the business at some point…” Her smile didn’t leave her face at any moment. “I’m gonna go reserve our rooms, honey~” She got off the table and kissed his cheek, before leaving.

For a moment, everything was wild but once the room had just Toshiro inside, he could feel it was calm again. Of course, it was just a moment before the storm, or so he thought.

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Beach time. Miki handled the room reservation and the small company break, the first in many years. Considering what they could do, they could just inform the press that they took a break in some long secluded area in the middle of nowhere if absolutely needed to say as much. The idols liked the break as they could just have some moment to rest, and it wouldn’t be too much, but having fifteen days off from working was indeed a luxury in this business.

Miki picked a location in the north, in Hachinohe. The ‘Standing Star Beach Hotel’ was the one they picked to have their family outing. They would be here for over 10 days, all expenses paid out of pocket, after both Miki and Toshiro had decided.

From the window, Toshiro could see the most amazing view in the recent years, nature wise. A nice and calm beach, with only a few people around.

“So… What are we picking today?” Miki asked, as the entire family, plus Kasumi and Hitoshi were inside the first room, the one where Miki and Toshiro were settled in. “Honey, you wanna pick for us? All boys, all girls? Mixed?” She turned to her husband, as he could give out some pointers.

To give Hachinohe itself some credit, their beaches when summer hits were absolutely stunning, even comparing with down south. The clear and sunny skies, mixed with the soothingly cool ocean water making gentle waves upon the shoreline. And the temperature too. It might be a bit hot than he’d personally prefer, but he would say it’s perfect for a beach like this one. And hey, it’s not like a little bit of sunscreen wouldn’t help them out. The lack of visitors were certainly a bonus, as well. By this point, they’ve got all the privacy they would need for the 10 days they’d be spending here.

But then came the question: What sort of appearance should they show themselves as?

“Hm…” Having taken a seat on the hotel room’s couch, Toshiro would rhythmically drum his fingers on its wooden armrest. “Any one of them could work just as well, but personally? I kinda prefer if we all went in as girls. The boys around here would be much more receptive of giving us a tour if we did.”

Koji and Hitoshi looked at each other, and both shrugged.

“Yeah, I guess so.”

“I suppose?”

Miki and Iori nodded. “Yeah, but we gotta have some variety, dad. A group with six girls that look the same is kinda super far-fetched.”

She was right, and from the looks of it, no one planned anything, despite saying they would. Oops.

Kasumi stood there, watching the talk and eventually talked. “Yeah, she’s right, Miyahara-san…”

This meant that Toshiro could actually pick the looks he wanted both the girls and the boys to look as, in this first beach visit.

“Aaagh, fine… guess we’re going in mixed then.” Toshiro groaned in defeat, giving into their request. If that was what the girls were asking for, then they might as well.

“I’d say we’ll just flip our genders for this one. So it’ll still be three boys and three girls, but each of the trio’s gonna have to experience ‘the other side’ for this week and a half we got.” He suggested, pursing his lips in thought. “But then again… what sort of group should we show ourselves as? Just a bunch of college students?”

“Hm.” This time, Koji spoke, as he was the only college student present in the room. “Yeah, that would work. I could be a black haired girl, Hitoshi could be a blonde one and you could be a red-head. Oh, oh, Hitoshi, do you know English by any chance?”

Hitoshi raised a brow. “Yeah, a bit of it. Why?”

“To make it funnier, speak only in English, to confuse anyone that comes across us.” Koji chuckled a bit. He also had that trolling spirit from Miki, it seemed.

Hitoshi was about to complain, or at least, that’s what everyone thought. But then…

“You know what? That sounds like fun. I’ll give that shot.” He replied. “I could use an English name too…”

Miki and Iori were already talking to each other about possible versions of themselves and as Toshiro looked at them talking, Kasumi approached. “Miyahara-san… Could we pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend?”

That was a dangerous suggestion, coming from the girl who’s highly unsubtle about her preference for men with peak dad-bods. There’s a 50/50–no, 75/25 chance of her preferring to turn into a younger looking version of himself. Maybe with a different hair color or style, just to enforce some differences. Which makes him wonder what sort of girl Kasumi wanted him to be, if they’re gonna go forward with this boyfriend-girlfriend angle.

“Uhh… okay…?” Toshiro said with a raised eyebrow, unsure of where this conversation was going. ‘If that’s what you want, then sure. What sort of girlfriend would you want me to be?”

“Hm… I was wondering what you’d like to be. I’m sure no blondes, since both you and Iori are blondes, even though I know she dyes her hair~” She winked. “Maybe you want to be a bit creative… I’d just copy my half-brother’s look, we’re really similar.”

And yes, the audio guy from Mira-Mirai and Kasumi were incredibly similar, even having the same hair style, eye and hair colors. While she was packing in her chest, he was a bit slimmer than the average guy, and a bit of a nerd too, from what he talked about regarding audio.

It was a decent idea in theory. But then he would have to account for not just Kasumi’s preferences, but the fact that they’d have to be different from existing people as well.

“I… Kasumi-chan, we already said that we can’t go in as existing people we already know. Can’t you at least make your planned appearance a bit different from your sibling?” Toshiro pointedly asked. “Since Koji already suggested me in becoming a redhead, I think I already have a look in mind. I’m a bit less sure when it comes to you, though.”

“Yeah, I’m just gonna copy his body, but change my face entirely. Maybe I could get green eyes, since your wife’s are like that. Would you like that?” Kasumi asked, smiling at him.

Despite her preferences, and everything that Toshiro knew off-hand about her, she wasn’t like Miki, flirting with him or acting freaky, as the woman loved doing. No, Kasumi was a normal girl and probably kept her likes and such really hidden until further notice. As far Toshiro could tell, she wasn’t asking for anything other than keeping the appearances, to go with the plan that Miki and Iori had initially.

Even then, Toshiro wasn’t really sure if he could trust this plan to go as well as they’d hoped. But that’s why they’re going in as completely unknown people, right? Just so no one’s the wiser once one of them messes up with their intended character.

Fingers crossed that never ends up happening. He’s crossing them so hard that his fingers probably looks like a perfect helix right now.

“Green eyes, with the body from your brother… Ehhh, I guess that’ll work. It’ll be convincing enough for the girlfriend I got in mind, at least.” Toshiro said. “You don’t mind if I look like a borderline supermodel, right? Or just someone who’s on a fast track for the fashion industry?”

“I really don’t mind, Miyahara-san.” She shook her head but smiled. “You can look like a supermodel if that makes you feel better. Just uh… We might have to kiss. Are you okay with that?”

Kasumi asked, clearly concerned over the fact they might have to do things a little differently than the usual thing. Fortunately for her, Toshiro was already used to things like this and considering his wife, she might be into it.

It wouldn’t be a concerning question to ask, if it wasn’t Kasumi in particular that was asking him. Otherwise, Toshiro would’ve shrugged it off and agreed like it wasn’t that much of a deal for him.

And so, he lets out a sigh and gives his answer to the teenaged girl. “…provided you wouldn’t make it too weird, then sure. Especially since chances are, the weirdness might come from my own wife if she notices. So it’s best if we wouldn’t go too far. Okay?”

“Okay.” The girl complied. “What should I call you though?”

She said before injecting herself with the syringe and turning into a nice boy for Toshiro’s supermodel disguise.

“How’s this?” Kasumi asked, sounding exactly like a young man, and pretty nicely too.

“Hm…” Toshiro hummed to himself, giving the boy’s entire appearance a look-over. Some nice abs – was her brother really this chiseled? – , a cute and handsome face, and a relatively tall stature as well.

“Not bad. Not bad at all.” He nodded, satisfied from the results. “I’d say he would be the kind to wear a full body swimsuit, but swimming trunks are considerably more comfortable. So it’s a good choice either way.”

He would then cleared his throat and injected a syringe into his wrist. Within seconds, the effects would kick in and allow him to reshape his body into any form he desired.

And whom else would he be as a girl, rather than an attractive supermodel? He knows for a fact this sort of appearance could get boys drooling through social media posts.

Wide hips. G-cups. Wonderfully smooth yet short crimson hair that framed her face like a rose. Even her cyan blue eyes managed to mesh well with the bright reds of her bikini and hair. Her finished transformation looks borderline gorgeous!

“How about this one, babe?” She asked, putting a hand on her hips to unsubtly show off her curves. Complete with a knowing smirk.

Kasumi looked at the transformation agape, no matter how many times they have done it, it was still surprising to see the end result. Kasumi, however, was still taller than the current Toshiro form so he got immediately close and cup her face.

“Permission to kiss my redhead girlfriend in the lips?” He asked, smiling.

“Ah…!” Okay! She wasn’t expecting him to be this interested with her new appearance. But that was already her main goal with this transformation, so… Mission accomplished?

“Uhm… sure? Just be gentle, okay?” Toshiro asked, feeling a bit shy for a direct kiss like this. Why was this making her feel warm, even when it’s just a touch of his hand?

“I’ll be super gentle…” He said before kissing her lips, a bit of a really warm feeling. And once again, Kasumi was a great kisser, not better than Miki, but just as good.

“Mmm…~”

The kiss wasn’t that deep but it did take a bit longer than usual to stop. At the end, the two were out of breath.

“With… With that out of the way… Let’s enjoy our day together, my ‘girlfriend’.” He winked.

“Ahm… mmn~… mmmh…” This kiss definitely didn’t come anywhere near how Miki tends to do it. Yet it felt so different. So refreshing and unexplored, even if she’s already done a similar kiss as a girl. It even made her a little bit dizzy as well. Not to mention a bit warm in her chest. She could even sense her own heart beating, too.

“Ahh… nn…~”

It took her brain a moment to catch up, having just realized Kasumi’s lips had released their grip on her. Her head still feels nice and fuzzy after that kiss. Like floating on a cloud with fluffy pillowy hands caressing her. It was only for a few seconds, but her brain made those seconds count.

“Is it… Over…?” She asked, half-sleepy from the kiss’ effects. “Yeah, lesh… enjoy our day together… Eheh…~”

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By the time they all got into the beach, it got a bit crowded. To the point that finding a spot to put their sun umbrellas and towels under them took at least 15 minutes. Granted, this was the time where a lot of people were gonna go to the beach, but it was annoying considering that when they arrived, the place looked fairly empty!

Once they got a decent spot, what was on Toshiro’s mind happened. Lots of boys came to see how she looked like. Some were a bit more discrete and others stared at her, looking like they were in the famous meme. It was so bad that even married men kept staring! But Kasumi was there to tell them to piss off. Turns out that the disguised girl wasn’t so much possessive as she was quite defensive relating to friends and family, like the Miyaharas.

And boy, was it nice to have Kasumi to stand up for Toshiro’s current girl form. One guy was mega annoying but Kasumi made sure he left without causing a fight.

It really sucked at first. A pretty crowded beach, plus some boys ogling and calling out for her attention a bit too much were just one of the many things that gave their time here a bit of a bad start. In fact, Toshiro even felt a bit tempted to slap the guy that kept asking her out, before Kasumi ended up stepping in and politely telling him to scram. Even if that girl was enjoying this on the inside, she still had some maturity and common sense to prevent any unneeded escalation.

The family left to get some ice-cream and both Toshiro and Kasumi were left to get some sun bathing. They returned a bit later, without any ice-cream.

The first to speak was Miki, in her boy disguise, a redhead boy to match Toshiro. “Sold out. In all vendors.”

Hitoshi was a blonde supermodel, similar to Toshiro. But instead of speaking Japanese, she spoke perfectly Californian American English.

“What a bust! I wanted some ice-cream!”

The other two were Iori and Koji, disguised as two loving couple, even having their hands held together.

“Yeah… So many people at the beach today.” Boy Iori pondered. “We arrived here and we didn’t see that many people…”

Koji replied, kissing the boy Iori’s cheek. “Maybe they were all in their hotel rooms like us, love~”

Boy Iori blushed, Koji was really into the whole ‘act as a girlfriend’ deal. At least the rest of her family was having fun. Hearing Hitoshi speak not just English, but with a perfect west coast American accent as well had caused Toshiro to momentarily double take. Did that actually came from the same person?

“Well, it’s not a complete bust at least… if there’s this many people at the beach, then we’re probably going to find something fun we could do here. Aside from getting a tan.” Girl Toshiro justified, before glancing towards the blondie with a supreme hourglass figure. Her chest looked like they had to be bigger than her own!

“Hey, wait… since when were you able to talk in perfect English? Just like that?” She asked.

Hitoshi chuckled and replied again in perfect English. “I had a lot of time to read…”

Miki frowned a bit. “That sounds kinda sad… Thankfully we’re all bilingual here, haha.” He chuckled.

“I guess then we’ll get some tan…” Iori said before Koji pulled him away.

“Water time!” She said, pulling the boy away.

“Wo… Woah!” And there both went, to the water.

The two were still siblings after all. Miki chuckled again. “That’s our Koji… Never wasting a moment at a beach.”

Hitoshi laid down next to Toshiro while Miki sat at the chair next to Kasumi. “Everything okay, Kasu?” He asked.

Kasumi nodded. “Yeah. Some people wanted to ogle Miyahara-chan but I scared them away.” He looked at Toshiro and winked. “Right, my ‘girlfriend’?”

“Well, I was tempted to slap some of their faces when they kept getting insistent with me. But Kasu–… here already took care of that.” Toshiro said, slightly wincing as she bit down on her own tongue. Right then and there, she almost slipped up with her own words. A bit of a close call, if she had to admit it.

“Based on the figures we girls have though, I got a feeling I’m not the only one here getting ogled in public.” She said, motioning towards Hitoshi. “You in particular. No offense to you, but… You kinda look like a JAV girl with that golden bikini set.”

Hitoshi was lying down and smiled at Toshiro speaking in japanese this time. “Yeah? You say that like it’s a crime. What if I’m a busty American girl? Let them ogle me~” She was having a lot of fun with this.

“Hehe… Let her have her fun, Toshi…” Miki chuckled. “It’s not everyday a boy can be a girl that busty for a day.”

Kasumi looked for a bit, and Toshiro could notice that, maybe something Miki said got to her? Hard to say. But before the girl disguised could say anything, Miki continued. “I saw that the hotel has a hot spring area. We should go there tonight. What do you say?”

Hitoshi nodded. “Of course! We can be with you girls, right?” She poked Toshiro in the arm.

Hm. Kasumi’s way of looking at her seemed a bit curious. There’s probably something on her mind, but this moment might not be the best time for her to ask such a thing.

Toshiro would have to wait and see for that part. That’s gonna have to come later.

“Mhm~ If we’re going in as a group, it’ll make the hot spring a bit more lively!” Toshiro nodded in agreement, before she rethought on her own words. “Oh, wait. Would the place have a mixed hot springs area, or is it seperated by gender like most?”

“Yeah, it’s split by gender, but we can bypass that limit~” Miki said, chuckling more. “So it’ll be us girls as normal and you boys as girls. You can use your look from now to go there.”

Hitoshi nodded. “Yeah, that would be fine by me. I’ll guess I’ll keep this look for myself. Maybe I could do something with it.” She looked at both girl Toshiro and boy Miki. “You two know more about this sort of thing than me, could I make money looking like this?”

“Absolutely.” Miki replied. “Tell ‘er, honey.” Toshiro was summoned to reply with some ideas for Hitoshi.

“I–… uhhh…”

An strong look of hesitation washes over him. And it never seemed to fade away, even with Miki’s encouragement.

“B… babe, you’re making me say this to someone that hasn’t even graduated high school yet. Are you sure this is a good idea?” Toshiro asked. “If Hitoshi wants to make her career as a supermodel, then that’s more than fine. Just… try not to go towards the easier, somewhat adult-themed path of that, though.”

“I don’t mean that!” Miki said. “I meant him doing something on his own. PicFollow does pay for ads and the like!” Of course he would say that.

“I didn’t mean keeping the look forever, Toshiro…” Hitoshi said. “I mean I could use this look…” She blushed a bit. “And I’m not doing an adult-themed thing, although…”

“If you want to work with us as a model, you’ll have a clear contract where you can’t do adult-themed content.” Miki said.

“… alright… I’ll think on it.” Hitoshi said.

Well, that was solved quickly Her concerns turned out to be unfounded. For a second there, Toshiro genuinely thought that Hitoshi would want to use her current appearance in that sort of way. Can she even be blamed for thinking that way? Especially thanks to the foreigner looks? She already had the closest one could get to those types of models! It wouldn’t have been surprising if that was what she ended up asking for!

“Yeah, anything that’s adult-themed or even ecchi is going to be off limits. No matter who you are under that skin, Miya-Mirai’s brand isn’t made to harbor that type of content. We’re not doing it.” Toshiro agreed without so much as a question. “If you want to work as a model under us, that’s more than fine.”

“Yeah, that was never the intention. Perhaps with my English skill, I could be doing stuff to get money from international folks?” Hitoshi chuckled. “I’ll think more on it.”

Kasumi was very quiet during the talk, maybe she was resenting something.

A few minutes later, both boy Iori and girl Koji returned from the ocean. “The water is so fine today!” Koji said, super happy.

Iori scoffed the information. “This happens everytime we come to the beach, no matter how we look like, apparently…” He said, rolling his eyes. “I just got my leg healed up, you don’t need to run so far…!”

Oh yeah, true siblings, bickering but still loving each other.

“Ahhh… I love family outings…” Miki chuckled.

Seeing Iori and Koji made Kasumi smile a bit but remain just quiet, sitting on the chair.

Yep. Definitely looks like there’s something Kasumi wants to say, but he just couldn’t. The fact that he’s been practically silent after all this time was starting to feel a bit concerning. Although right now, Toshiro couldn’t really tell if he wanted to keep it private or not. And so, moving a bit closer to Kasumi, Toshiro would quietly whisper to him. “Hey… something wrong? You kinda looked like you had something to say earlier.”

Kasumi was surprised from the sudden approach from Toshiro and blushed while looking at her. “Ah… There’s something I’d like to talk to you about, Miyahara-chan… But later. When we’re at the hot springs?”

His words were very soft, but it was clear that Kasumi had some issues about something, maybe being part of the extended family? It was hard to tell just from wording alone. Toshiro couldn’t really make any immediate assumptions about it, but with how hesitant Kasumi seemed, it had to at least be important in his eyes. Whatever it was, they had to talk about it eventually.

“Well… if that’s what you want, Kasu-kun. The way you were quietly staring at us made me worried for a sec.” Toshiro said, before briefly glancing towards the others within his immediate family. Hitoshi included. “Y’think they should know too?”

“I don’t know… M-Maybe we could talk first and if you think it’s worth revealing to them, we can.” He replied, still looking a bit distraught.

The lack of words was a little different than what Toshiro was used to from Kasumi, considering the months he spent as Iori. She was gonna have to wait to talk to Kasumi at the hot springs, it seemed.

His wording was way too awfully vague to be brushed off as nothing. Far too ambiguous.

Yeah, they’re definitely gonna have to talk about whatever this was. It already sounds important enough for Kasumi to be whispering like this. Hopefully it’s nothing that’s life-threatening to her.

“Alright. We’ll leave it until we’re in the hot springs. But until then, it’s best not to worry your cute little head about it, okay~?” Toshiro said with a smile, generously patting Kasumi’s head. Even when she’s technically shorter, that doesn’t mean her true age wouldn’t pop out whenever her guard’s down.

“I’ll… I’ll try not to.” He replied.

Whatever it was, it needed addressing.

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Hot springs time. The girls went back to being girls and the boys kept their looks, so they could join the hot springs in the girls’ side.

The side used for this was pretty good, the beach was walled off by some wooden panels, and they couldn’t see it, but that didn’t mean the area wasn’t beautiful.

Kasumi, Iori and Miki joined first, with Toshiro, Koji and Hitoshi joining a bit later.

The water was fine, warm to be comfortable and not to burn their skins.

“Ahhhh… I needed this when I had my leg all tied up and crap…” Iori said, smiling. Hitoshi went all ‘boyfriend mode’ and helped her, rubbing her back.

Koji and Miki started talking but Toshiro’s focus was Kasumi, so she moved closer to the far end of the hot spring, looking to the mountains behind them. At least no one’s gonna be able to listen to them when she’s that far away. Although knowing Iori (and maybe even her boyfriend too), there’s proooobably a good chance she’s going to be curious on what they’re even talking about. If that happens, then there’s not much that Toshiro could do if that happens. In fact, it might even do Kasumi some good, since she’s Iori’s best friend. Maybe after this, she’s going to talk about this to Iori when they get some private time with each other.

“Hey, Kasumi…” Toshiro called out to her, taking some gentle steps with the rest of her body under the hot spring’s soothingly heated water. “You said that there was something you wanted to talk about, right? Well… what is it?”

“Ah.” She got a little spooked from the sudden approach. “S-Sorry, Miyahara-chan…” She flipped around to face Toshiro.

“I… I’m not sure what’s wrong with me. I saw Iori and her brother having fun and I thought about my half-brother… I saw you being ogled on and such and I thought how much Iori was ogled back at school and how I had to defend her too…” Kasumi said, looking sad. “It… It never changes. It’s always the same, no one looks at me, my back hurts because of my chest and I don’t even know how it feels to have a boyfriend, because no boy wants a plain jane with a chest that is too much for them to handle, for some reason.”

She sunk into the water for a bit. “You’d think the internet would be all over me and Iori but in the real world, only she gets the fame… I can’t find a job, I can’t find a boyfriend, my half-brother is never around and I have to deal with defending people I like but I don’t like to confront anyone… This sucks…”

Seemed the girl had a lot going on and once she was away from her element, the issues decided to show up and take her for a ride.

“…ah…” Toshiro visibly winced, now having gotten her answer as to why Kasumi has been acting strange since the start of their vacation.

No wonder she kept quiet and stared, even as the others were having fun with each other’s company. Even with as close as she is with everyone here, it would ironically make her feel far more isolated than ever. All thanks to her constantly comparing her own shortcomings to the others’ aspects, weighing down on her conscience like she was nothing compared to their own lives. At least it wasn’t life threatening, thankfully. But it’s still rather depressing to hear.

“It… just tends to happen when other normal people hang around an idol’s personal life, Kasumi. Believe me, I’ve talked to a few friends of mine, even ones going back to my high school days, and they said something similar to what you felt.” Toshiro said, approaching and putting a hand on the girl’s shoulder. “That they felt like they couldn’t even compare to me. That even when we’re hanging around, it feels like they don’t even get a chance in the spotlight… it doesn’t really feel great, and I can understand why.”

Her lips would curl into a soothing gentle smile as she continued, “But maybe you wouldn’t really need to feel so… well… inadequate these days. After all, you’ve got all of us with you, and you could probably use the serum to get yourself a boyfriend. It’ll take a bit more effort than a change in looks, but I’d bet it’ll definitely work.”

“But I don’t want to use the serum to get a boyfriend, that feels like cheating. Sure, Iori and Hitoshi-kun are together, but they were cultivating such thing for ages, since she went to that hospital event thingy you organized. But I got nothing. No one even looks at me, and I feel I’ll be always known as ‘Iori’s busty friend’, and that got people away from me, because I’m not Iori. And they are right, I’m not, I’m me and I’m not changing that about myself. I’m not gonna dye my hair because I can or let it grow because I don’t like having long hair.”

She looked at the very busty girl Toshiro. “I love your daughter like she’s my sister, but she’s not, Miyahara-chan. And I can’t live in her shadow forever, which makes me think… Is there something I can do? Because I can’t think of anything…” Despite her complaining, she was still respectful to both Iori and Toshiro, Kasumi was indeed a sweetheart.

Ah. That’s a bit more of an understandable perspective for her. She needs someone to appreciate her for being her, rather than just merely being Iori’s best friend that happened to tag along wherever she went. Someone that actually looks at her as her own person rather than a mere accessory.

Thankfully, maybe Toshiro would have the immediate answer to that.

“Well… Under all this skin, I am still a man.” Toshiro started, grinning assuringly at Kasumi. “Not a young man, sure, but a man nonetheless. If you want, then maybe I could give you a few pointers as to what guys would like, and… maybe even get you going with someone you like?” She said, teasingly nudging her shoulders. “Is there anyone at school that you like? Anyone at all? Ehh? Ehhhh~?”

Kasumi blushed. “You don’t have to remind me you’re a man, Miyahara-chan… I dunno what Iori told you but I do like older men, but I don’t think either you or Miiyabe-san would be interested in me. Also adding to the fact that you’re married, I don’t think I’d have a chance.” Kasumi pointed out.

“But… If you can give me any help, I’d appreciate it. Maybe you should be Iori for a few days once we go back to school, so you could give me some pointers…”

Then she poked Toshiro’s boob. “And once I find a guy a like, you won’t replace him to make me have a date with you. Yeah, I know what you did with Iori. She told me.”

In return, Toshiro would poke pack Kasumi’s own set of boobs, before the finger moves up to poke at her own cheeks.

“Hey, hold on a minute. The fact that I ended up standing in as my daughter for a date she wanted, doesn’t mean I wanted to do it willingly. It just happened.” Toshiro tried to clarify. “Yes, she didn’t tell me she and her class were gonna have a maid cafe within a few days, and since she couldn’t really walk, I had to stand in for her. Cue the fact that Hitoshi happened to be visiting at that very day, and that we ended up getting to practice so I can be a lot more like my daughter… and it actually turned into a date between me and him. Nothing else.”

It better be nothing else, considering it’s the safest outcome in his eyes.

“Sure… I know you and your wife, Miyahara-chan. Before you replaced Iori, she commented about how ‘active’ you two were, and I can only imagine how active you are with her, now that you two have these syringes.” She chuckled.

“If you promise to only help me and nothing else, I’ll accept it. Deal?” She offered her hand.

“Oh come on, we’re active but we’re not that restless…” Toshiro rolled his eyes. Does Kasumi seriously think they had the self restraint of horny middle schoolers or something?

But regardless, that’s pretty much what he was intending with Kasumi anyway, so it’s not like anything else needs to be changed.

“Regardless, you’ve got a deal.” Toshiro nodded, shaking Kasumi’s hand. “From now on, you can think of me as your wingman. Or uh… Wingwoman, considering what we’re doing right now.”

“Looking forward to see that…” She chuckled a bit, sounding more like the Kasumi that Toshiro was used to.

“In any case… I just wanna chill for now, my parents didn’t give me a hard time when got here with all of you, maybe because me and Iori have been friends since she joined high school…” She mused. “She brightens everyone’s day, you know, Miyahara-chan? She’s like a dear sister to me… And I guess that makes you my second dad, hehe.” Clearly a joke but Kasumi did mean it, she loved Iori and her family like her own family.

Even then, Toshiro just couldn’t help but to tease her. Even for a little bit. “Heheheh~ Well if you want, maybe you can marry Hitoshi-kun too? The both of you could share him, make that sisterly bond into an actual thing.” She said, poking Kasumi’s cheeks while smirking.

“Nuh uh! Iori would probably delete me from existence if I even mentioned it.” Kasumi, poked Toshiro’s cheeks back.

“For a burly man, you sure act like a real girl sometimes, Miyahara-chan… Maybe being Iori got into your head?” She smirked, teasing Toshiro back.

“Ehhhh… Maybe? It definitely feels like to feel young again, and I guess having to act as my own daughter tends to mean parts of each other might… leak over on occasion.” Toshiro said, casually shrugging as she rolled her eyes. “It doesn’t help that my wife being the way she is tends to rub off on me. And in a good way, I’d say. It’s a bit of a weird feeling most of the time, but she always managed to make things fun. Even we have some private time.”

And here comes the inevitable joke of Miki being active…

“Private time? You mean… Public time. We all know that Miki is the most active forty-years old ever. I have zero doubts that both of you are mega active… And now that you have the syringes, I bet she makes you as dry as a desert…”

Kasumi chuckled, and at Miki’s expense. This made Miki catch a glance and she smiled at the two, while sizing the girl form of Koji, more specifically the chest. From behind. With her hands.

“See? That is your own son, Miyahara-chan.” Kasumi poked Toshiro’s cheek again.

Miki was so gutter-minded that she ends up swinging both ways? Or maybe that’s just the syringes letting her do so, considering she was doing what they usually do whenever they get plenty of free time at midnight. Which included being rather experimental with whatever the syringes could let them do.

“You think she’s gonna ask me to turn into a girl like Koji-kun in the future? Miki’s definitely enjoying her chest, at least…” Toshiro said, before pouting as he swatted away the poking finger. “Stoppit.”

“I’m sure your form is gonna be the next target when you two are all aloneeee~” Kasumi chuckled.

There it was, the Kasumi that Toshiro was more used to. Maybe a pep talk was everything she needed, but it was fine seeing her just not being a mopey sad girl while they were on vacation.

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This didn’t last long of course because a few days later, after the crew returned from the beach (Kasumi being absent for some reason), they could see her in her laptop, at the lobby of the hotel.

“Guys… I have a problem…! I forgot that was a school paper that I had to deliver!” Kasumi said, in a bit of a panic. “I’m so glad I brought in my laptop but it doesn’t help me if I don’t know what I’m doing!”

“Calm down, Kasumi. What did you forget to do?” Iori asked, hand on her hip.

“I forgot the Advanced Algebra paper… thing. You know the one, right?” Kasumi said, still panicked.

“If I recall, dad was the one that did that for me, right dad?” Iori said to Toshiro, who was still sporting the busty female look for the trip.

“…oh! Right.”

Toshiro blankly stared for a moment before blinking owlishly, having just remembered which paper she ended up working on several weeks ago. Thankfully it was a leftover assignment that was due at the end of their summer break, so she had plenty of time to knock it out first before they even hit the road.

“Well, I could definitely help you, since none of us had managed to bring any notebooks with us. Much less pens.” Toshiro nodded with confidence. However, Kasumi could sense some conditions coming in. That smirk in Toshiro’s face was far too visible to be caused by anything else.

“However… I’m not gonna outright tell you the actual answer. I can help you if you’re stuck, but you’re gonna have to find the answer mostly on your own~” She smiled, assuringly patting Kasumi’s shoulders.

“Arggh!” Kasumi went rage mode with that, she was already working on it for the entire morning and lunch time as the family returned after it.

Thankfully, Koji took up on her cause, considering that Koji was all about math. “If dad is helping you out, I’ll help you too, Kasumi.” Koji said.

“R-Really?” Kasumi went from rage mode to pleading mode in a second.

“Yeah, Iori would kill me if I didn’t it!” Koji chuckled. “Give some time to shower and redress and we can do it in dad’s room. Okay?”

Hitoshi was also really smart, considering he knew fluent English with a Californian accent and spoke right after. “I guess I could get some subjects revised too, I suppose!”

Damn, they were all putting their weight into this one assignment? Sure, Toshiro would admit that she had a bit of trouble trying to figure out the methodology and answers. Especially the former, since she hadn’t really done this sort of math in a while. Something like this would be important for the logistics guys to keep in mind, and not someone like himself. That or Miki. Girl always tends to be the bigger mathematician between them both.

“Then I guess I’ll have to join too. With everyone’s help, you’ll be able to finish this assignment in no time~” Toshiro said, patting Kasumi on the back before looking at her wife. “Miki? Can I borrow some of your clothes for a bit? Just to make this less distracting?”

Miki rolled her eyes at Toshiro. “… honey, we can make clothes now. Remember how we even got these bikinis?”

It was true, but granted, it was only a recently development. Not to mention that he would have to take another dosage of the syringe. Which feels like a bit of a waste. But since the alternative would be to bear with mismatching measurements compared to Miki’s…

“Ugh… fiiiine.” Toshiro sighed in defeat, heading towards a suitcase that contained the dosages they brought today. At least with these things, he’s able to make outfits that fit like a glove for him.

After taking a shower and dressed as the redhead beauty with some really nice clothes, Toshiro, Koji and Hitoshi all went to help Kasumi with her math troubles. Miki and Iori went out to get the group some ice-cream, this time, surely, they would have some luck.

Luck however was not on Kasumi or even Toshiro’s side. Yes, the grown man knew math, but the thing was, Iori had done most of the paper and he only had to fill the final bits out, which were the ones she had issues with, and luckily he was good at those.

A look at the questions that he didn’t see before gave Toshiro actual vertigo. The look on the female supermodel’s face he had was so palpable that everyone in the hotel room could see it.

“Yeah… When I say Iori is smart, I mean it, Miyahara-chan.” Kasumi mused.

Fortunately, the very smart Koji was with them, still looking like a black haired beauty fashion model, slanted croptop and everything! A look at the questions made her snap her fingers. “Easy.”

Hitoshi was just as smart but not this much, so what followed was Kasumi getting most of it, and finally understanding what were those formulas, Toshiro getting only a bit of it, granted he really didn’t need to be schooled by his own son, no matter how he looked like and Hitoshi getting almost all of it, as he was already pretty smart to begin with.

By the time Kasumi had finished with the assignment, Miki and Iori were back with it, but with no ice-cream, again. They had to settle with multiple fruit juices that they got, which was good enough. Each room had its own mini-fridge, so as Koji explained things, they kept drinking it. Many flavors were had, all good too, but no ice-cream, again.

Miki and Iori were just idling as Koji explained, mostly Miki knew all about this already, and Iori was the one that did most of her own assignment, so she knew of it too.

Meanwhile, as the only adult in the room that not only attempted to make herself seem like a knowledgeable one, before being up-ended by teenagers half of her own age, Toshiro could only kneel in shame as she planted her face upon the cushy mattress, having drank a little bit of her cup of juice before the embarrassment had hit her full-swing.

“Maybe this is why I leave the number-crunching to Miki… our Tech guys would kill me if they could.” Her muffled voice manages to be audible enough through the cushion, still laying nigh-motionless like a (wo)man that just had his soul ripped out of his own body.

Miki scoffed a bit. “Relax honey… Some people are good with different things, you’re an expert at singing, dancing and management, while Koji is just pure math.” She tried to make sure Toshiro didn’t feel as bad as he did.

“Iori has a bit of all you into her, and she’s perfect…!” Kasumi pointed out, because Iori was indeed pretty good at all of those and was also bilingual. “But wow… Thanks Koji-kun…! I could actually understand everything you explained! Not even our teachers can do that…”

Koji blushed a bit. “Hehe… Algebra is my favorite subject, so it was much easier to explain.”

“Is it done? Can we go back to the beach?” Iori asked Kasumi.

“Yeah… I just clicked ‘Send’ and with that… I’ll be less screwed with our math class…! Thanks to all of you!” Kasumi smiled a lot at the family and Hitoshi.

“C’mon… We should all go to the beach… I wanna get more suntan…!” Iori said, getting up with her cup of juice in hand.

Yeah. Honestly, that should be the sort of thing that could improve her mood right away. Some time under the warm summer sun, just to give her skin a bit of an aesthetic tan. Wait, was that even possible? This technically wasn’t even her skin.

“Wait a minute… can we even get a suntan with these bodies?” Toshiro asked, pushing her face away from the bed. “These aren’t exactly our real ones. They feel real enough to me, but I don’t know if they’re real enough to get tanned.”

“I mean, there’s only one way to find out, dad!” Iori said, smiling a lot.

Miki nodded. “True… The sun is still out, it should be like 3 pm.”

Kasumi looked at her laptop. “Yeah, it’s 3:24.”

“Hmm…” Hitoshi pondered. “A sun tan wouldn’t be a bad idea… Considering how I look right now…”

Seemed like everyone was down to try it. And it turned out that sun tans worked just as normal, the syringes didn’t change that. Amazing.

What wasn’t amazing was the fact that both Koji and Iori got sunburnt. Their skin was concerningly red even from a couple minutes prior, and right now just seeing them trying to touch anything with their sunburnt skin was making Toshiro wince in sensory empathy. Miki got almost fully sunburnt too, faring a bit better, but she’s probably not that far off compared to her kids. Maybe it was best for them to put on some sunscreen for tomorrow.

On the opposite side, Hitoshi got an amazing tan and surprisingly both Toshiro and Kasumi got perfect tans, they both look incredible, with Toshiro having the redhead supermodel look that made her look like a real supermodel.

That felt really nice. Even if, in retrospect, she was the only one out of the entire family that enjoyed the tanning session he went through. Kasumi enjoyed as well, as did Hitoshi. Both looked really great as a tanned brunette and blonde respectively.

“Ow ow ow… My skin is hurting bad…” Iori said as they returned to the hotel room. “I can’t even sit down…”

“Never got sunburns before… Can’t say I like it.” Koji said.

Kasumi had her arm wrapped around Toshiro’s supermodel body. “Miki-chan? Permission to kiss your Toshiro?”

Miki was mostly burnt too but she would definitely accept this. “Granted. Make it a good one~”

“O-Oh… you want to kiss me, Kasumi-chan?” Toshiro asked in surprise, before blushing as her eyes looked away. “Usually, I’d just go ahead and say no, but since Miki said it was okay… I guess I wouldn’t mind it. Just a little bit.”

“Hehe…” Kasumi chuckled and pulled Toshiro for another kiss, which Miki enjoyed. Yes, it was her own husband but by this point, she was super happy seeing people having fun with the syringes.

Kasumi once again kissed Toshiro in the lips, a bold statement from the girl and it was wonderful. This time both her and Toshiro were left completely half awake from how mind melting it was.

“Euhhh… Mmn… T-Toshiro-chan… We… We should khissh more often…!” She looked dazed and super happy from it.

This time, Toshiro was ready, the kiss in the previous day caught Toshiro off-guard and considering how much Toshiro had likely done such a thing with Miki, he would able to recover from the mind-melting kiss much faster compared to Kasumi.

It doesn’t mean his mind didn’t melt from the feeling, however. A good kisser is still a good kisser, and Kasumi was within such a category of kissers.

Even in the middle of her panting, Toshiro was able to smile with a palpable smugness, wiping some of the drool off of her lips as she said, “Hahhh… haahh… if you want, we could try to see who could go on a kiss for the longest… See which one of us passes out sooner… Hhn~…”

“D-deal…!” Kasumi said, holding Toshiro closely as Miki looked overjoyed seeing two hot babes kissing.

“More… More, you two! Kiss more!” Miki said, sounding too excited to be thinking that she was getting the short end.

“Oh mom, you never change…” Iori mused.

The rest of the vacation went as nice as it could be.