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When Esther knocked, Corona was closing her eyes, savoring the nice and pleasant feeling of the warm water coursing through every inch of her body.

Naturally, the sound interrupted her, bringing her consciousness back from the heavens.

She sighed. This certainly wasn't the first time this had happened.

"Please wait," she shouted back. Technically, she could open the locked bathroom door and let the girl in, as the toilet itself was separate from the showers, but that would mean exposing her naked body to her as she did her business.

And she, as someone with a well-ingrained decency, couldn't do that. Not even when they're both girls.

It wasn't just about exposing herself. It was also about her not wanting to see the younger girl relieving herself, be it number 1 and 2.

And so unfortunately for Esther, she just had to wait a little longer.

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Esther knocked again several times more in one minute intervals afterwards.

And yet, Corona still refused to go out and let her do her business.

[i]Urgh, Corona... just let me do my business. You're not even actually using the toilet yourself![/i], she thought in exasperation.

But, she knew her friend decided on something, she was stubborn enough to continue sticking to it. Even in a mundane matter of bathroom privacy.

In the end, she gave up and went to the other bathroom. If she were lucky, it would actually be empty and she could use it right away.

Which, of course, didn't happen.

There stood in the front of the second bathroom door a fellow Machina student. She was also Virtuoso 1 like her, and she was also waiting for her friend to finish using the bathroom.

"Heya, Mary. Waiting for Clara too, huh?" Esther greeted her with an empathetic smile.

[url=https://i.imgur.com/88TQGeO.png]The girl[/url] turned to her and said with a flat expression, "And you're waiting for Corona. It's the only reason why you would be here."

"...Well, you got me there." Esther added with a chuckle.

Esther wasn't as well-acquainted as she was with Corona with her. All she knew that she was an all too-serious noble girl from somewhere.

"I suggest you go back," she told her. "Corona would finish before I am, I'm quite sure of it."

She was pretty much not-so-subtly telling her that she wasn't giving her turn for her. Looking at the way she kept glancing at the bathroom door and how she kept walking around in place, Esther knew that she was in a similar boat to her.

"Okay, okay, I'm going," Esther replied. "Tell Clara I said hello," she added with a grin before leaving.

And sure enough, Corona was just finished when she got back. Still in her towels (with her hair actually held up in a separate towel), Corona returned back to her room with Esther rushing into the now free bathroom.

Such was the typical start for Corona and Esther's day.