Our Bonds

"H-here I go." (Shigure)

"Y-yeah. When you are ready."

Shigure sat on my lap, facing me directly. She placed her trembling hands on my shoulders.

"You don't have to force yourself if you're scared."

"I'm not scared. I-I'm fine." (Shigure)

No, you don't look fine at all. Your face is extremely red. Your hands are trembling. Your lips are quivering and I can hear your heart beating loudly and quickly.

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"I will try. But if it gets too ticklish..."

Before I can finish my sentence, Shigure opened her mouth and went in for the kill.

"Ahh. Nom..." (Shigure)

I can feel her soft lips quivering as she nibble on my my ear. This is a weird feeling. It's a little ticklish, somewhat pleasant, and a bit exciting... I guess? Not sure how to describe it.

"Mhow ish ih?" (Shigure)

Okay, that tickles. I instinctively moved my head towards my shoulder. I think Shigure took my action as a cue to stop, which kind of helps

"It's ticklish when you speak."

"Sorry..." (Shigure)

"Well, maybe I'm not used to this playbiting thing yet. It's not your fault."

I pet her head.

Why did Shigure did something unheard of? It's all because of her little sister, the miniature version of Shigure. Shigure-chan asked her older self to watch some weird ASMR video, which was streamed and uploaded by a certain cat-fox from Azur Lane. Apparently, from what I was told, there was a playbiting scene in that video, and Shigure wanted to reenact it for some reason. Maybe she has some interest in such things. Or maybe she is just bored with staying in the office and doing paperwork all day.

"Want to try again?"

"N-no. That's enough for today." (Shigure)

Her face is extremely red. She is definitely embarrassed. And this play biting thing is a little embarrassing for me as well.

Shigure slowly got off my lap and returned to her desk. Since she is out of commission for the time being, I had her work as my secretary. Maybe it's because she has nothing to do, the work I assigned to her was done efficiently and perfectly. She still wants to go out to sea. Once the work for the day has been completed, she spend the rest of the day staring out at the ocean. I hope Grand Admiral Hasake finishes the development of her artificial eye soon.

There was a knock on my door,

"Admiral, it's Ooyodo." (Ooyodo)

"Oh-yoyoyodo. Come in."

The door swung open as a disgruntled Ooyodo with her trusty clipboard enter the room,

"Please don't sing my name out like you're doing some rap. My name is Ooyodo." (Ooyodo)

"Sorry. I flubbed it."

"No way. You did it on purpose." (Ooyodo)

"I fwubbed my wine."

"It wasn't on purpose? Oi! What kind of skit are you making me do?!" (Ooyodo)

"I didn't force you to do anything."

Anyway, enough of teasing her,

"What is it? You are almost done with today's report."

"You mean Shigure is almost done with your report." (Ooyodo)

"Oi. Hold up."

"More importantly, you have a telegram from Azur Lane." (Ooyodo)

"Let's hear it."

"A new shipgirl from the North Union has been detected. Once she is secured, she will be transferred over to Maizuru to join the rest of the North Union. The search will take approximately twenty days so please prepare her quarters and the necessary paperwork by then."

"Where did they get that information?"

"It's not stated." (Ooyodo)

"Oh well. Send a reply telling them we will provide assistance if necessary. Anything else?"

"Ryuujou hasade contact with Hoppou-chan. It seems that nothing has happened in her territory and she have agreed to help whenever she can as long as Ryuujou plays with her." (Ooyodo)

"Then Ryuujou will be stuck with babysitting duty from now on. Tell Ryuujou once Hoppou-chan is satisfied, she and her fleet can come home. And prepare a feast for them and some leave forms. They deserve a break for establishing a relationship with that Abyssal princess."

Fearing that our Abyssal friend might have been affected by the spores that cause the Abyssals to turn into Beast Abyssals, I sent Ryuujou, Mikuma, Mogami, Tama, Asashio, and Arashio to the North where Hoppou resides for a small investigation and possibly form an official alliance. I consider the previous encounter an exchange of contact numbers, as we only exchanged planes and promised to help one another only when Ember appears. That Takao clone has been extremely queit, I haven't heard about her since then. It's great that Hoppou has officially agreed to help us in our endeavors. Hoppou-chan, though she can't communicate well, she is smart for an Abyssal. Having her as an official ally will help us fight against the growing Siren threat.

"And finally," (Ooyodo)

"There's more?"

"Ark Royal from Azur Lane is on a rampage. She is last seen heading towards Maizuru Naval Base. They have sent a fleet to pursuit her." (Ooyodo)

"Bring the base alert level to the max! Hide all the Coastal Defense girls and everyone from the Fubuki class and Mutsuki class. I doubt she will go after the Shiratsuyu class but tell them to be on high alert and stay away from that Aircraft Carrier. And get me Zuihou and Zuihou-chan. I will lock them in my room. Do not let that lolicon near any of our smaller girls!"