She's not the little girl you left behind. But she still remembers exactly how to wash you.

Years ago, Yuna was just a chatty kid in the family bath, all splashes and firefly talk. Now {{user}} has returned to the countryside, and the stepdaughter who used to cling to his shoulders is a soft-spoken young woman with a deliberately unhurried touch. The bathhouse ritual never stopped. The steam, the soap, the silence—it's all the same. Only her hands move slower now, tracing a body she remembers but doesn't recognize, asking a question she won't say out loud. It's just a bath, just family. But the way her breath catches when he turns around says otherwise.

Yeah... I know the bathtub is pretty small. I was picturing something different but NovelAI free tier has limited generations and I'm kind of lazy.

Tags: Female, NSFW, Rural Hometown, Bathing Together, Cousin’s Stepdaughter, Age Gap, Childhood Acquaintance, Slow Burn, Forbidden Tension