"Haah~ Finally..."

Umi rolled over onto the waistband, claiming this prized place of respite to herself. She may have been in good shape, but there were limits. She lay down as she recollected herself, taking deep breaths despite trying to calm the pace down. No school sport had anything on climbing your mountainous friend, and realizing that she must have smelled worse than Honoka after all of this made her wince.

"At least no one has to suffer through mine..."

Umi grumbled to herself. She felt absurd to be lying down on her back against the waistband of Honoka's panties like it was a sofa, but that was the kind of concept she was going to have to get used to if she wanted to survive this ordeal. She would persevere through this like always.

Thankfully she didn't have to worry about accidentally falling inside that makeshift sauna. Once again Honoka's... physicality made itself more obvious from this more minute point of view. There was a clear curve of flesh above the waistband, though at proper scale it would have been hard to spot. All it meant that this surface was secured tightly right against the giant's flesh.

A strange thought came over Umi, who was still feeling a little dizzy from her climbing experience. She carefully reached out towards the inner edge and wedged her hand inside to open the gap ever so slightly. The now familiar heat assaulted it instantly, the now intoxicating smell assaulted her senses again. The sensation was strong enough to snap Umi back to reality and to retract her hand.

"W-what am I doing? I need to get going!"

Umi wasn't sure what this climb through hell had done with her head, but it was clear that she had to keep moving while she was still in sound mind and body. Her flustered self turned her gaze upwards and...