"Hmm ~" Yoshino woke up at her usual time, rubbed her eyes, and saw Natsumi sleeping next to her. She tilted her head in confusion, not knowing what was going on. After thinking about it carefully, she remembered what happened yesterday.
And Natsumi also woke up from the bed because of Yoshino, and her face suddenly turned red when she looked at Yoshino. She sat up from the bed, her gaze drifting, unwilling to look at Yoshino.
"Hmm? I always feel that you've become very strange, Natsumi. Did something happen while you were sleeping?" Yoshino asked Natsumi strangely. After sleeping last night, she felt that Natsumi had changed... How should she put it? She was more clingy to her, but why did her face turn so red when she looked at her?
"N-No, nothing happened. Yoshino. It's just that I'm a little confused after just waking up. Nothing happened at all." Natsumi shook her head, immediately denying Yoshino's words. However, no matter how she looked at it, she seemed to be lying.
"Is that so? Hmm? Why does it feel like my mouth is wet?" Yoshino touched her lips with some doubts. She could feel a wet feeling on her face. Especially on her lips, the feeling was most obvious here. "It feels like saliva, but it's very light."
'Crap! I was too engrossed at the time! I forgot to clean up the traces of drool!' Natsumi's heart sank when she saw the faint water marks on Yoshino's face. Natsumi, major crisis!
"T-That, Yoshino." Natsumi became flustered upon hearing Yoshino's words. A faint blush appeared on her face, and she waved her hands, wanting to explain something.
"Ah! Could it be!?" Yoshino covered her mouth, her little face turning red. Although Yoshino looked very cute now, Yoshino's expression of sudden realization made Natsumi panic. But Natsumi, who didn't know how to explain, even shed a few tears in her anxiety.
"It's not like that! Yoshino, listen to my explanation! Things are not what you think!" Natsumi seemed to have already imagined the scene of Yoshino becoming distant from her because of what she had done, and her heart began to despair. But she still wanted to make amends, so she grabbed Yoshino's hand, wanting to explain clearly.
"Don't comfort Yoshino, Natsumi. I know, it must be that Yoshino drooled last night." Looking at Natsumi, who looked like she wanted to comfort (?) her, Yoshino blushed and said her thoughts.
"Eh?" The sadness in her heart was swept away, and Natsumi blinked her eyes, looking at Yoshino. Things... didn't seem to be the same as she had imagined. It wasn't because Yoshino had seen what she had done last night and started to hate her, leading to a story of breaking off their friendship? Natsumi looked at Yoshino's somewhat embarrassed expression, wondering if Yoshino had misunderstood something?
"Ugh ~ Sorry, Natsumi. Yoshino didn't know that she had a habit of drooling at night. Sister Nozomi and the others didn't tell me about this before when I slept with them, it must be because they were considering Yoshino's feelings, that's why they didn't tell Yoshino about this. Ugh ~ Yoshino will pay attention in the future."
To actually drool while sleeping, it's really too embarrassing. And Natsumi saw it, it's really embarrassing! How am I supposed to face Natsumi in the future! Yoshino felt that her face must be completely red now, how could she drool while sleeping! Really.
'Yoshino doesn't seem to be thinking about things from my perspective at all. Her first thought is that the water marks on her mouth are drool she left while sleeping. In a sense, this is my chance! Although this is a bit of a deception to Yoshino, this way Yoshino won't ignore me!' Natsumi's heart was filled with hope again, as expected, Yoshino is the best and most adorable person!
"It's okay, Yoshino. It's possible that too many things happened yesterday, otherwise how would you only discover this situation today. You should know that Toujou Nozomi and the others are girls who pay so much attention to their appearance, how could they not remind you of such a thing. Don't worry, Yoshino is so cute. Even if such a thing happens, you will be forgiven."
"Is that so?" Yoshino looked at Natsumi with a puzzled expression. Why did she feel like she had heard similar words somewhere before?
"That's right! That's right! That's how it is! By the way! Isn't Yoshino supposed to go to school today? Now is the time to get up. Hurry up and wash up, otherwise it won't be good if Toujou Nozomi and the others see you like this." Yes, if they see you like this, they won't think you're drooling, but that I, who slept with you, did something to you while you were asleep. Natsumi thought to herself, those guys aren't as innocent as Yoshino.
"Ah! If you put it that way." Yoshino looked at the alarm clock in the room, the time on it was exactly the time she usually got up. "Now I have to hurry up and prepare breakfast and lunch. Natsumi, I'm getting up now. You can sleep a little longer and get up to wash up later!"
After saying that, without waiting for Natsumi to say anything, Yoshino took off her pajamas in front of Natsumi in a hurry, making Natsumi's face blush. However, Natsumi didn't turn her head, but chose to look straight at Yoshino's slender body. Although it wasn't as sensual as Toujou Nozomi, it still looked very enjoyable!
"Th-that! Don't look at me like that, Natsumi. I feel so shy." Looking at Natsumi's undisguised eyes, Yoshino covered her body with the school uniform in her hand. She didn't know if it was her imagination, but she always felt that Natsumi was drooling just now. Drooling at the sight of her wearing underwear?
"Ah? Ah! That, I'm sorry, Yoshino. I didn't mean to." Coming back to her senses, Natsumi saw Yoshino covering herself with her school uniform with a shy face, wiped the corner of her mouth, and apologized to Yoshino after confirming that there was no saliva. Ah～ Really, she was a little fascinated just now. She let Yoshino see her embarrassing side.
"It's okay, Natsumi. It's because I didn't notice you and started changing clothes. It's just, um, can you turn around first? I don't want to change clothes when you look at me like that." Although they were both girls, Natsumi's eyes were too aggressive just now. It made Yoshino a little scared. It felt like Sister Nozomi.
"Oh, I got it." Although it was a bit of a pity, she didn't want to leave a bad impression on Yoshino. So Natsumi turned her back to Yoshino.
"Thank you, Natsumi." After confirming that Natsumi had turned around, Yoshino began to put on her clothes. It's just that the sound of putting on clothes reached Natsumi's ears, causing her to prick up her ears.
"Gudong!" Listening to the 'sand,sand' sound made by Yoshino when she reached out to change clothes, Natsumi swallowed. She felt a little parched, and listening to the sound, she seemed to be able to imagine the scene of Yoshino changing clothes in her mind. The scene she had just seen reappeared in her mind, making Natsumi feel dizzy. She didn't expect to receive welfare so early in the morning, she felt so happy. Natsumi touched her head and let out a silly smile.
"Okay, um, Natsumi. Now I'm going to wash up, you can sleep for a while now. I'm leaving now." After putting on her clothes, Yoshino waved to Natsumi and left the room. After watching Yoshino leave the room, Natsumi's tense mood relaxed. Just now, she felt that her mood was like riding a roller coaster, going up and down, which was really unbearable. Although in the end she received a lot of welfare.
"I didn't expect Yoshino to not think of the abnormality that happened to her as something I did in the first place. It seems that Yoshino still trusts me very much." Thinking of this, Natsumi couldn't help but feel a little touched. She had only known her for the first day, but she didn't expect Yoshino to trust her so much.
"However, since Yoshino trusts me so much, that is to say, next time I do this kind of thing, Yoshino won't suspect me, right?" Stroking her lips, thinking of the unforgettable taste last night. Natsumi felt that she seemed to be a little addicted.
'If you really think that way, I will tell Yoshino everything you did to Yoshino last night, oh.' Just as Natsumi was starting to plan in her heart, a familiar voice came from her mind. Startled, Natsumi looked around the room, but there was no one else present.
'No need to look, I'm not in this room now. I'm using spiritual power to talk to you again, Natsumi. My voice is now directly transmitted to your mind.' At this time, that voice appeared again. Listening carefully to this voice, Natsumi finally realized who's voice it was.
"You are Shiina, right?" Although it was a question, she said it with certainty. This was the voice of the annoying rabbit puppet from yesterday. Natsumi never understood why such a cute Yoshino would bring this funny hand puppet.
'It seems you know it too. That's right, I am Shiina. I have been paying attention to your situation here just now. I didn't expect you to have such hesitant thoughts that startled me.' Speaking of this, Shiina couldn't help but sigh that Natsumi was just like a little girl who had tasted candy. Now she was already fascinated by the feeling of last night.
"What do you mean by saying that you are going to tell Yoshino everything?" Although she had already realized what Shiina was talking about in her heart, Natsumi was a little unwilling to believe this fact. She asked with a trembling voice.
'Oh? Interesting. You still have a fluke in your heart. But this is also good, just to let you know something. You don't think I didn't notice you doing that kind of thing to Yoshino last night, right?' Shiina's voice at this time was a bit teasing. If Natsumi had done anything more excessive to Yoshino last night, she would definitely have made her suffer, but Natsumi, who was still honest, let Shiina let her go. After all, Yoshino's body was still forming particle at that time, and if she stopped it, she didn't know what serious things would happen.
'You said what would happen if I told Yoshino what you did yesterday? You have to know that I have been watching you all night. Tsk tsk, the voice is really loud. I really don't understand why Yoshino didn't wake up like that.' This guy was playing so crazy yesterday, she really did it.
"Eh?" That's right, she didn't even know when this hand puppet rabbit would fall asleep. Moreover, she was too involved last night and didn't pay attention to the situation of Shiina on Yoshino's left hand.
'Looking at your emotional fluctuations, you should have figured it out.' Shiina's voice came again, making Natsumi's heart half cold.
'What to do? GG.' At this time, Natsumi's mood was desperate.
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