"Why don't we stop here for today?"
Once they had more or less finished organizing the material they gathered that day, Shirai Mio suggested wrapping up.
She lightly tugged at her panties through the nightdress, then asked Eriri, "Could you lend me another pair of panties?"
At Shirai Mio's words, Eriri was about to say something, but just before she spoke, she seemed to feel something. Blushing, she nodded lightly. "Fine. Wait a second."
As she spoke, Eriri rolled out of bed and went to the wardrobe. She found a pair of panties and tossed them to Shirai Mio, then prepared another pair for herself as well.
Discussing doujinshi-related topics with Shirai Mio had been very enjoyable, but the dampness in her panties afterward was honestly rather embarrassing.
Still, it was not happening to Eriri alone, and there were only the two of them here, so it hardly counted as social death.
When had she started caring so little about this sort of thing in front of Shirai Mio?
On the other side, Shirai Mio took the panties, hesitated for a moment, then went into the restroom to change into the clean pair after all.
"Finally, that feels much fresher." Shirai Mio sighed in relief when she returned to the room.
Eriri, who had changed as well, glanced at Shirai Mio. "Can't you show a little restraint? You act so reserved at school."
"I feel like there's no need to be so restrained in front of Eriri."
"Hmph."
Although Eriri gave a cold snort, the curve of her lips made it clear that she was in a fairly good mood.
Shirai Mio stretched lazily, walked to the bed, and threw herself onto it without the slightest concern for appearances. "So, are we going to sleep?"
"Mm. Let's get ready for bed. We still have school tomorrow." At that point, Eriri seemed to remember something and asked Shirai Mio, "What are you going to do about your uniform tomorrow?"
"It's fine. I'll ask Chihiro-sensei to bring my clothes over in the morning," Shirai Mio replied lazily.
"You can even get a teacher to bring your clothes over?"
"Heh heh heh." Shirai Mio laughed smugly. "You should know that I'm usually the one who cooks."
"Yes, yes. You're amazing."
Eriri rolled her eyes at Shirai Mio, casually removed her glasses, and climbed into bed as well.
Sleeping beside Shirai Mio again, Eriri felt a little more nervous than she had the last time.
Especially after they had just finished discussing doujinshi-related topics, Eriri found it even harder to calm down.
After an unknown amount of time, Eriri slowly opened her eyes and let out a long sigh.
As expected, she could not fall asleep.
She carefully turned over. In the dim light, she could vaguely make out Shirai Mio's sleeping face, though her nearsightedness kept her from seeing it clearly.
Eriri hesitated, then shifted a little closer to Shirai Mio. At last, she could see her clearly.
Wait. Why was she staring at this white-haired little bitch?
Then again, the white-haired little bitch looked pretty cute while asleep. She seemed completely defenseless… as though she would not react even if Eriri did something strange to her.
Although Eriri realized that her thoughts had already wandered off course, her gaze still drifted unconsciously to Shirai Mio's lips.
On the Ferris wheel today, she had felt the same impulse to kiss them. She had managed to restrain herself then and kissed Shirai Mio only on the cheek, but the urge inside her was far stronger now.
There should not be any problem if she only kissed her once, right?
By the time Eriri came back to her senses, her body had already moved ahead of her thoughts, and her lips were pressed directly against Shirai Mio's.
"I-I kissed her."
Eriri's eyes widened. What little reason she had left told her to pull away from Shirai Mio immediately, but another part of her could not bear to stop.
Those two completely opposite impulses fought within Eriri's mind.
At that moment, Eriri suddenly noticed Shirai Mio's eyelids twitch. Then Shirai Mio slowly opened her eyes.
The instant Shirai Mio opened her eyes, Eriri instinctively closed hers.
Still groggy from waking up, Shirai Mio did not seem to understand what was happening. Only after quite a while did she realize that, somehow, she and Eriri were kissing.
Once she noticed, Shirai Mio hurriedly pulled away. Fortunately, Eriri had not woken up. If she discovered that the two of them had been kissing, she would definitely freak out, right?!
Still, Shirai Mio found it rather strange. She was normally a very still sleeper, so how had something like this happened?
Whatever the case, it was not as though she had lost out.
Drowsiness soon swept over Shirai Mio again. After yawning, she drifted back to sleep.
An unknown amount of time passed before Eriri cautiously opened her eyes. Only after confirming that Shirai Mio was asleep did she silently breathe a sigh of relief.
Had Shirai Mio realized that Eriri was the reason this had happened?
Given Shirai Mio's personality, even if she had noticed, she probably would not say anything, right?
What had gotten into Eriri today? Had discussing doujinshi so much caused her to do something like this to Shirai Mio?
Eriri irritably ruffled her own hair, then forced herself to close her eyes again.
It was not until the latter half of the night that Eriri finally managed to fall asleep.
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In the morning, a noisy alarm rang out, and Eriri slowly opened her eyes.
After losing sleep over certain events the night before, she had absolutely no desire to get up.
Still, when she remembered that she had school today, she eventually climbed out of bed. The moment she sat up, however, Eriri discovered that Shirai Mio, who should have been lying beside her, had disappeared at some point.
"Hmm?"
Just then, Eriri heard the bedroom door open, followed by Shirai Mio's voice. "Eriri, are you awake? You're going to be late if you don't get up."
At the sound, Eriri instinctively looked at Shirai Mio and saw that she was wearing an apron. She looked quite good, giving Eriri the vivid impression of a devoted wife waking her beloved.
"Oh, you're already up. I've finished making breakfast, so remember to hurry."
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