"Sure~" The redhead smiled down to her school idol senpai.

Maki walked to the master washroom, right next to her bedroom. She began to draw a bath and placed Nico's inch tall body on the rim.

"You got some of your height back it looks like."

"Yeah. I shrink when...when I get angry. At least, that's how I think it works. When I calm down and relax, I seem to start growing back." Nico explained.

"Hmm~ I see... I've never heard of a condition like that."

"Me neither, it just happened to the first time when Nozomi was teasing me. She threw me in your shoe."

"That explains it... Hey, Nico, I really am sorry, you know that, right? I should have helped you in such a serious situation..." Maki said with a sullen expression.

"It's... okay. I was a bitch too. I've been on everyone's nerves lately, this whole situation is like a cosmic joke at my expense."

"No, you don't deserve this happening to you, and Nozomi shouldn't have made it worse."

The hot water finished filling the bathtub, and the two girls stared silently at each other. Despite their airing of their grievances, there was still a bit of awkwardness in the air.