2. Haruka Tohgoh (27)
3. She works in the PR department of a home appliance company. She's "Tohgoh the Troll" at work, but a hard bottom when it comes to relationships. After various events, she became friends with benefits with Sayama, her junior at work, but Sayama has been acting strange lately. Likes rice for breakfast.
4. Friends With Benefits
5. Change!!
6. Rika Sayama (25)
7. A new addition to the office in Tohgoh's PR department. Cheerful, wholesome, and all-around lovable. At least, that's how she presents. In reality, she's a freak who likes to take total control in bed. She took a liking to Tohgoh and cut ties with all her other girls. Recently, she has been in more of a bad mood with Tohgoh for some reason.
8. Change!!
9. Mutual Feelings
10. Hitomi Arimura (36)
11. The current head of the project management department and Tohgoh's former boss. She's divorced and decided to give up on love, but she accepted Hinami's confession.
12. Yuki Hinami (22)
13. A new addition to the project management department. She's good at her job but not very friendly and is often misunderstood. Her first love is Hitomi, and her feelings were reciprocated.
2. Tohgoh and Sayama are both asked by Hitomi to accompany her on her first date with Hinami. While Hinami was eager to do normal date things, Hitomi was too nervous and their interactions were stilted. Tohgoh tried to alleviate the situation, but the irritable Sayama forced herself on Tohgoh...
3. This turbulent double date continued with a trip to an amusement park. Hitomi was tired out from being dragged around by Hinami, so Tohgoh went to buy drinks while everyone took a break. Once left alone, Hinami and Sayama both acknowledged their disapproval for each other. However, upon hearing Hinami's honest feelings about Hitomi, Sayama suddenly realized something. At that moment, Tohgoh returned and was immediately whisked away by Sayama...
4. "BECAUSE I'M ALSO GONNA DO WHAT I WANT!"
5. 「Aren't you the same? Don't you have something special to you? Something you love so much that you could never let anyone else take it?」
6. "Who knows"
7. "What'll happen, though?"
8. "IN THAT CASE, HOW ABOUT I JUST ASK HITOMI-SAN TO REPAY THE FAVOR?"
9. "IS THAT A THREAT?!"
10. In that case, how about I just ask Hitomi-san to repay the favor? [Who knows what'll happen though?]
11. After hearing "I can't picture myself going out with you." from Hitomi, Hinami was prepared to be rejected. Instead, Hitomi said that the two of them should get to know each other better so that she could get the confidence to date Hinami. The two of them finally realized their feelings for the other.
12. On the other hand, Tohgoh now had to reward Sayama for going on the double date. She thought it'd be something physical again, but an unexpected proposal came from Sayama. "How about the two of us go somewhere?"
1. "Wow!"
2. "Look, tohgoh-san! Look at all the clouds!"
3. "Yes, yes. I'm looking. And don't talk so loud."
4. "We'll be arriving soon."
5. "In hokkaido!"
6. "..."
1. "...huh?"
2. "Somewhere far away?"
3. "How about the two of us go somewhere? Somewhere far away."
4. "W-wait!"
5. "Why are you walking so fast?!"
6. "Please clear your schedule during the long weekend next month."
7. She said it'd be far away, but it's not as far as I expected...
8. Wait, that's not the issue here...
9. All decided in the blink of an eye...
10. "Three days and two nights in hokkaido?!"
11. "You already got the plane tickets and hotel?!"
12. "Hardly any time has passed since you mentioned it!"
1. I don't know why she wants to go to hokkaido right now...
2. What is she planning?
3. Is this her reward for going on the double date?
4. I thought she would definitely demand something more... Physical.
5. Why a trip?!
6. ...well, what- ever.
7. Nothing will surprise me this time.
8. "They have in-flight sales!"
9. "Excuse me!"
10. "We're beginning our landing procedures so please put your seatbelt on."
13. Because I came prepared!
1. "Wait, if she finds out that I'm all excited..."
2. "Wow!"
3. "First, let's deal with our luggage."
4. "Wow, it's huge!"
5. "I always feel like I'm in a whole new place once I land in an airport."
6. "She's super excited."
7. "Maybe we should buy some souvenirs."
8. "That ice cream looks so good!"
9. "Look at the size of this chocolate!"
10. "This is my first time going on a personal trip like this!"
11. "So it's like you're seeing many things for the first time!"
12. "Oh..."
13. "Now that you mention it, yes."
14. "Here, your luggage. Oh, sorry!"
15. "We can take our time browsing later."
16. "Is this your first time in Hokkaido?"
1. "Here's a map!"
2. So...
3. Cute
4. Look at all the pictures already!
5. "I'm already having so much fun!"
6. "Right now, we are at..."
7. That's kind of surprising.
8. This is her first personal trip?
9. Hasn't she traveled for fun before?
10. "Okay, let's go!"
11. "It looks like there are coin lockers nearby."
12. "Um..."
13. "From here... It's to the right."
1. We don't usually hold hands...
2. "It's so busy here, no one will notice."
3. "That's not..."
4. "Wha?!"
5. "What's wrong?"
6. "Y-your hand!"
8. "Ugh, fine! Just for a little!"
9. "Pleeeease?"
10. I got it! She's just trying to get a rise out of me!
11. I won't fall for it!
12. Something feels off...
13. "Yay!"
1. She seems more... Upfront than usual.
2. As if she wants more of my attention.
3. "Stop worrying!"
4. "Hey! Don't stick so close to me!"
5. Is she like this because we're on a trip?
1. "The sushi-shaped one was really cute."
2. "It's an amazing sight when there's so many of them."
3. "The music boxes were really pretty!"
4. "That sounds nice! Did our room have a freezer?"
5. "They had to-go options if you wanted to stop by on our way back to the hotel."
6. "It was super tall..."
7. "The rainbow soft serve was really good too!"
8. We're doing nothing but eating...
10. "..."
11. "Excuse me, can I get the shiratama anmitsu parfait?"
1. I always had this image of traveling being really hurried and tense...
2. "We want to go to different places..."
3. ...but there's none of that with her.
4. "I'm tired, no thanks..."
5. "This is so fun!"
6. "Seeing beautiful sights and eating delicious food..."
7. "...makes traveling feel so satisfying!"
8. "Where do you want to go next?"
9. "If only I was with my own girlfriend instead..."
10. "You were the one who suggested this trip to hokkaido."
11. "There must be sights you want to see."
12. "..."
13. "Hmm... How about somewhere you want to go?"
14. "Huh?"
1. "What's with the vague reply?"
2. "Hmm, well..."
3. "Usually you ask to go to a hotel... And it's way more physical."
4. "And you even tried to pay for everything."
5. "Also, why did you want a trip as your reward in the first place?"
6. "...what do you think the reason is?"
1. "Huh?"
2. "Okay, got it! ♡"
3. "Hold on, we can't do this in public..."
4. "But it was funny so I decided to leave it."
5. "There was some wafer there. I was waiting for the right moment to tell you."
6. "Wha?"
1. "Heading back tomorrow is gonna be so sad!"
2. "Bathroom."
3. "It's at the end of the hallway on the right."
4. "That's right, we can just come again!"
5. "Wait, why is it the last?"
6. "This is the last trip we can have together..."
7. "But we'll all be busy with job hunting soon!"
8. "You're still on about that?"
9. "It could be next year or the year after that."
10. "It's not like we'll never meet up again."
1. "That's a really good point!"
2. "Let's start planning it now!"
3. "You sure cheered up fast!"
1. "Let's see..."
2. "The ac and lights are here..."
3. "I'll go prepare the bath too!"
4. She certainly knows her way around hotels...
5. "The room's bigger than I thought..."
6. "We'll be able to rest easy here."
7. "So..."
8. Of course we would. Because of our relationship.
9. ...so we're still going to do it while traveling?
10. "You know what comes next... Right?"
11. "...!"
1. "Whaaaaaaa?!"
2. "Well, good night!"
3. "Good night..."
6. "Hehe!"
7. Maybe she's just extremely tired and not feeling well...
10. Or maybe she's in a bad mood?
11. Does she have a rule about not doing it on vacation?
12. We're not having sex?!
13. This girl isn't going to do anything?!
14. How is that possible when you're with a friend with benefits?
15. "Wha?!"
16. "You're probably wondering, "Why aren't we doing it today?""
1. "Was this on purp-"
2. "We'll leave it at that for today."
3. "..."
4. "Your body is very honest."
5. "It showed on your face right away."
6. "You noticed?"
7. "You must be exhausted, right?"
8. "Huh?"
9. "...Is it really okay to not do it?"
1. ...I would've never ended the night without making love.
2. If I was in this situation sometime back...
3. "It's not that I want to!"
4. "Do you want to?"
5. "Tee hee!"
6. Huh?
7. Why...
8. "But I'm fine with it if it's you."
1. "Mn..."
2. She fell asleep fast!
3. I can take it easy tonight.
4. ...I don't really get it, but whatever.
5. "Don't make it worse!"
6. "Mmm..."
7. "This is not good for all sorts of reasons!"
8. "H-hey! Let go!"
1. "I'm really sorry."
2. I can't sleep at all...
3. Because I was turned on...
4. "I feel so bad since we came all this way..."
5. "We had to cancel our morning plans because of me."
6. "It's okay."
7. "I actually wanted some time to browse for souvenirs."
8. "You almost never oversleep."
9. "Y-yeah."
1. "Tohgoh-san, tohgoh-san!"
2. "Wow, it's unusual to see a cat carved from wood!"
3. "It looks a little like you!"
4. "Hehe!"
5. "You trying to pick a fight?!"
6. "And we saw this cup in otaru."
7. "You're right... It's here too."
8. "It's a candle! It's so cute!"
9. "Hm? Ah, yeah..."
10. "Huh?"
11. "I..."
12. "...didn't care where we went. It could've been hokkaido or anywhere else."
1. "...you've been busy lately, right?"
2. "With hinami-san and hitomi-san."
3. Travel site... Hokkaido? Looks good. (Booked.)
4. "You mean you just wanted to travel somewhere?"
5. "Well, I guess so. I didn't even plan on going to any sights at first."
6. "What was the point of the trip then?!"
7. "Wha?!"
8. "A lot."
9. "So what does that have to do with this?"
10. "Tohgoh-san."
11. "Harukaaa❤"
12. "You would often go talk to hinami-san during lunch..."
13. "...and you'd go out drinking with hitomi-san a lot."
14. "Thank to that, there were many days where we couldn't go to a hotel."
15. "O-oh..."
16. This sounds like...
1. "...you put this whole trip together..."
2. "...just so you could have me all to yourself."
3. "..."
4. "Hey."
5. "It gets real embarrassing if you don't deny it..."
1. "Hey."
2. "Say something."
3. "Tell me it's a joke..."
4. "If it's not..."
5. "If it's true..."
6. "Excuse me..."
7. "...Huh?!"
8. "Th... that look..."
9. "Oh, sorry."
10. "Let's go, Tohgoh-san."
11. "Is it okay if we take a look there?"
12. "Ah!"
13. "Okay..."
1. "Umm..."
2. "Oh!"
3. "..."
4. "Wow, this parfait looks so good!"
5. "This is good timing. Let's take a break!"
6. "Huh?"
7. "Uh, well..."
8. "What would you like, tohgoh-san? They also have pancakes."
9. "H-hold on."
10. "Okay, let's go insi-"
1. "I... I'm very sorry for over-sleeping."
2. "I want to do it."
3. But...
4. If she thought that for even a second...
5. Bringing me on a trip together.
6. Wanting me all for herself.
7. "..."
8. "...tohgoh-san?"
9. She could just be acting on a whim.
10. "Let's... Go back to the hotel."
11. "...okay."
12. ...then I want to reciprocate her feelings.
1. When this trip is over,
2. I know for sure...
3. Was it the excitement of traveling?
4. I would normally never do something like that...
5. ...that we'll go back to our usual relationship.
1. I'm sure...
2. ...that sayama will also forget all about what happened yesterday.
3. "We'll land in an hour and a half..."
4. "What a short flight..."
1. "Ah, I see..."
2. "..."
3. "They say that the exhaustion doesn't hit until the following day..."
4. "We made the right call taking tomorrow off too."
7. "Our trip went by in a flash."
8. "We were mostly in the hotel doing what you wanted on the second day."
9. "That's why I said it was an apology!"
10. How did we normally do this?
11. I don't know when I should take my leave.
12. Just saying "See you!" should be good enough.
13. So why...
14. Maybe it's because...
15. ...I'd feel lonely?
1. "But..."
2. "If you're feeling the same as me right now..."
3. "I wasn't concerned about having you all to myself."
4. "!"
5. Two days definitely wasn't enough.
6. "...do you want to come to my place?"
7. "No..."
8. "Would you?"
1. "Rika?"
2. "Sayama? What's..."
1. "What a surprise. I didn't think we'd meet like this."
2. "I was just thinking of contacting you."
3. "Perfect— this saves me the hassle."
4. "B..."
1. "Big sis..."
1. DIGITAL-EXCLUSIVE BONUS STORY: THE DAY OF THE BOOKING
2. "I WANT TO TELL YOU THE DETAILS ABOUT OUR TALK EARLIER, CAN I CALL YOU TONIGHT?"...
3. I SHOULD LET TOHGOH-SAN KNOW.
4. "..."
6. "All done."
7. "WELL, WHATEVER. I'LL LOOK FOR SOME NICE RESTAURANTS. Is there anything you want to eat?"
8. "HOKKAIDO?! THAT'S SO SUDDEN..."
9. I DEFINITELY DECIDED TOO MUCH ON MY OWN, BUT...
10. THIS PERSON NEXT TO ME LOOKS SO HAPPY... Did something good happen?
11. "Hehe"
12. "...THAT SOUNDS LIKE HER."
2. Thank you very much for looking through this book. I am Namaniku from "Tabehoudai".
3. The story this time was about Tohgoh and Sayama's trip to Hokkaido.
4. Under the guise of on-location research, I actually went to Hokkaido at the beginning of this year! The food there was so amazingly delicious that I definitely wanted to draw them eating a lot! At least that's what I was thinking, but it was mainly Sayama doing the eating in the end. As usual...
5. This is a story that I've wanted to draw for a while, and their relationship showed a lot of progression. The next release is planned to be the year after next, but I would be happy you looked forward to it!
6. Thank you so much for reading this far!