Although there was clearly another day for Su Yuzu and Unohana Chiyo to prepare.
But... come nighttime, almost without either of them mentioning it, they ended up tangled together again.
Reorganizing a room was a little bit troublesome.
Moreover... just as Su Yuzu wanted a fragrant and soft body pillow, Unohana Chiyo's heart, which had been lonely for so long, also longed for the gentle comfort belonging to a girl.
The warm morning sunlight pierced through the thin paper of the shoji doors, embellishing the room with a warm golden hue.
Unohana Chiyo looked at the cute girl in her arms, inhaling the fresh and unique aroma of citrus fruit peculiar to Yuzu.
The woman lowered her head, gently nuzzling Su Yuzu's cheek with her own.
She looked at the girl's sleeping face, which was cute yet a little bit restless.
It was just so lovable.
At the same time... 'So... soft.'
'And it feels fragrant too.'
For Unohana Chiyo, who had returned from the battlefield, such subtle movements were enough to wake her.
Today, Director Saionji had said that Yuzu needed to accompany Student Mihou home for a trip.
So she couldn't let Yuzu sleep until she woke up naturally like yesterday.
She also couldn't do like yesterday, watching the girl's not-so-well-behaved yet lovable sleeping face until the girl got up.
"Mm..." A rather cute sound.
But the girl just arched her body, her small hand wrapped around Unohana Chiyo's waist squeezing further inside the shirt, and then she shrank her neck back to continue immersing herself in dreamland.
Unohana Chiyo pursed her lips, hesitating... she had to wake the girl up, but she was somewhat reluctant to part with this, wanting to let Yuzu sleep a while longer.
She could only nuzzle the girl's cheek, calling out softly in Yuzu's ear, "Yuzu..."
"Yuzu..."
"Awooo—" Yuzu, still immersed in a battle with marshmallows, softly tried to bite Unohana Chiyo's nose tip.
However, the girl didn't use any strength; it was more like the nuzzling of a little kitten whose milk teeth hadn't even grown in yet.
Su Yuzu opened her eyes.
The girl propped herself up on Unohana Chiyo's body, held within Unohana Chiyo's embrace.
Beneath her, Unohana Chiyo's pair of slightly different-colored eyes were watery and close at hand.
Set off by the warm golden morning sunlight, Unohana Chiyo's heterochromatic eyes appeared even more distinct.
Her nose tip was also glistening.
"Morning, Teacher Chiyo." Half-awake, Su Yuzu released her hand and hugged Unohana Chiyo again, rubbing against the woman's cheek.
Unohana Chiyo's heart was about to melt; her hand resting on the girl's shoulder froze, not knowing where it should land or how much force to use.
She could only use a trembling voice, "Morning."
Rustle rustle. She watched the girl change clothes in front of her with almost no scruples.
She wanted to speak up to remind her.
But... Yuzu just revealed a brilliant, warm smile at her. "Because it's Teacher Chiyo, after all."
Unohana Chiyo's heart felt as if it would soften along with her.
"I... I'll go prepare breakfast."
"Miss Soga and Director Sakura should be coming later as well."
"It's still early; there's enough time to go to the laboratory after eating breakfast." Waiting until the girl climbed down from her embrace, the woman practically fled in defeat.
Su Yuzu looked at the back of Unohana Chiyo fleeing in defeat and suddenly felt a bit terrible.
'Labora... tory'.
This is bad.
She had actually forgotten about that matter.
Today she had promised Director Saionji that she would accompany little Mihou Sakai home.
But last night she had told that little kitten... that she would return tomorrow morning.
It seems she's going to make the little kitten wait for a long time.
Probably... it won't matter, right?
The injuries on Zero's body were frighteningly heavy; if she hadn't awakened that Black Gear, Zero might have already returned to the Edge of Aberration to become a part of the Catastrophe.
Maybe she is still sleeping and resting now?
Inside Su Yuzu's dormitory, the girl kneeling and shrinking at the head of the bed had her head bobbing up and down, as if she were truly incredibly sleepy.
A pair of dark golden vertical pupils, looking sleepy-eyed, stared at the direction of the room door, as if waiting for the sound of it opening.
The King said... she would return in the morning.
But when is morning?
There was no clock in the room.
The curtains were also drawn tightly shut by Su Yuzu.
The girl, who couldn't speak, had no way to ask the Nano-machines for the time, and the girl locked by shackles had no way to lift the curtains to check the time.
What's more... the King had not granted permission to lift the curtains.
The King only said... escaping is not allowed.
Wait for her to return.
The things on the table... called strawberry cream crepes, could be eaten.
But... that thing was simply too delicious.
More delicious than all the nutrient fluids and apples she had eaten in her entire life combined. The girl, who was already starving after being injured, had finished the strawberry cream crepes last night.
So the only command Zero could execute right now was to wait for the King to return.
Curling her body, resting her chin on the edge of the bedside table.
Zero was now encountering a matter that made her feel even more panic.
In order for her to maintain human sanity, the laboratory had incorporated a large amount of human factors during the creation of Zero.
This resulted in her not being like Aberrants, who completely lacked the need to eat or 'pick flowers'.
And now... the girl's shoulders were trembling, and her body curled up a little tighter.
"Nyaa——"
In the kitchen, Teacher Unohana Chiyo was busy.
Su Yuzu was pondering whether she should take this time to go back and look after the little kitten.
Just as Su Yuzu was pondering, Ding-dong—
The doorbell of Unohana Chiyo's western-style house suddenly rang, and Su Yuzu opened the door.
It was Soga Yura and Sakura Mai.
"Yuzu~!!!" Ever since the night at the movie theater when Soga Yura ran out crying.
Soga Yura had become increasingly honest regarding her behavior towards Su Yuzu.
If not for the restriction of the [Dominator's Aegis], Soga Yura would have simply wanted to pounce directly on Su Yuzu who opened the door and nuzzle her like a tiger.
Of course—
The greater possibility was... that the delicate and weak Soga Yura would be picked up directly by Su Yuzu.
Looking at Soga Yura, who had a face full of excitement and revealed a longing expression.
Su Yuzu just bloomed with a smile.
Then—
She looked at Sakura Mai, who was standing quietly behind Soga Yura.
"Good morning, Sister Mai~"
Sakura Mai looked at Sister Yuzu, who was deliberately bullying Soga Yura, and at the appearance of Soga Yura withering into greyish-white like a stone statue before turning her head to glare at herself with indignant eyes.
"Morning~" The Knight Princess took a step forward.
'Sorry! Yura!'
'Sister Yuzu is just too attractive.'
Soga Yura bit her handkerchief, looking like she was about to cry.
Just then, Unohana Chiyo, wearing a shirt and an apron, also came out of the kitchen. "Have Miss Soga and Miss Sakura arrived already?"
"Ah..." Soga Yura turned her head stiffly.
Slowly looking in Unohana Chiyo's direction.
The girl's cute nose wrinkled, and then...
°.°.(°□°).°.°
Soga Yura was really about to cry.
If Yuzu was full of the scent of peaches yesterday morning, as if this detestable woman had marked her own Yuzu with strange smells.
Then today... this detestable woman was full of the scent of her own Yuzu.
Why is it like this!!!
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