Shin Books

“She opened the bathroom door and put on the RAID Device resting on top of her towel, activating the Para-RAID. The target was, of course, Shin, who was waiting in the corridor outside her private quarters.

"Er, Captain…"

The call was shut down wordlessly. She reconnected the Resonance and asked as soon as the call was connected:

"Why did you hang up?"

His response came in a disconcerted tone.

"If anything, why did you Resonate now of all times?"

“We were in the middle of a conversation.”

"We can finish it later. At least wait until after you shower, please."

Lena refused to back down.

"Why can’t we do this while I’m in the shower?"

"What do you mean, ‘why’…?"

There was an exasperated pause between them, which Lena broke by persistently pressing him.

"You were fine with it before. When you told me about the Black Sheep and the Shepherds, two years ago in the Spearhead squadron’s barracks, you, er…you were connected while you were in the shower."

"Yes… But you don’t seem fine with it, so you don’t have to force yourself."

That’s…

Well, yes, she was quite embarrassed about this.

Only their sense of hearing was being Resonated, but it gave the impression that they were face-to-face. Lena realized that this meant that her feeling of embarrassment over the situation was being directly transmitted to Shin, which left him feeling restless.

And to top it off, the sounds of the running water and her breath, leaking out from the heat and the steam, as well as the sound of the water dripping from her long, satin-like hair, were also being transmitted.

"But this time we can’t—Ah…"

The Sensory Resonance ended again, and this time it seemed that he’d removed his RAID Device, since she couldn’t reconnect.”
― Asato Asato, 86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 4: Under Pressure