Immediately after, Yaeno Muteki placed both hands on the back of the chair, completely locking Myriad Dreams into her seat in an instant.
Myriad Dreams panicked.
Watching the other girl's warm breath softly brushing against her face, her eyes couldn't stop darting around as she stammered nervously.
"M-Muteki, you're acting a bit strange right now... but I'll do my best to offer the most sincere compensation possible!"
Myriad Dreams' words seemed to light the final fuse deep within Yaeno Muteki's heart.
"Sincere... compensation?"
She repeated the two words softly.
The hands originally pressed against the back of the chair slid down slowly.
With an irresistible force, she completely trapped Myriad Dreams within the narrow cage formed by herself and the chair.
Myriad Dreams could clearly feel the warmth from the body hovering above her, along with an almost physical, dangerous sense of pressure.
"Muteki... you... you really are being a bit weird right now..."
Myriad Dreams' voice carried an uncontrollable tremble. Her body instinctively tried to shrink back, but there was nowhere to run.
Yaeno Muteki didn't answer, she simply locked onto her with those eyes burning with a dark fire.
Then, under Myriad Dreams' stunned gaze, she made a move that crossed even more boundaries— she lightly lifted her leg and actually sat sideways directly onto Myriad Dreams' lap!
The sudden weight and intimate contact caused Myriad Dreams' entire body to stiffen, her mind going blank in an instant.
What made her even more helpless was that Yaeno Muteki didn't stop there.
As if she had finally found where she belonged, she leaned her full weight against her and then gently pressed her cheek against Myriad Dreams' chest, as if listening to that frantic, drum-like heartbeat.
"I don't need any vague or empty promises..." Yaeno Muteki's voice came out muffled, carrying a strange sense of satisfaction and lethargy.
Her warm breath seeped through the thin training uniform, scorching Myriad Dreams' skin.
"My request is very simple... from now on, spend more time with me, okay? Just stay with me."
The posture was far too intimate, far too ambiguous— it completely exceeded the boundaries of ordinary roommates.
Myriad Dreams sat ramrod straight, not daring to move an inch, but hearing this request, she instinctively felt a wave of relief.
If it's just companionship, that seems... not too hard?
"Okay... sure, that's simple enough..." She tried to make her voice sound normal.
However, Yaeno Muteki's next words hit her like a bolt from the blue, causing the breath she had just let out to catch in her throat.
"In that case..." Yaeno Muteki lifted her head from her chest, looking up at Myriad Dreams' panic-stricken face.
The corners of her mouth curled into a gentle yet heart-palpitating arc. In her softest tone, she dropped the ultimate bombshell:
"Tonight... sleep with me."
"—EH?!!"
Myriad Dreams' pupils suddenly constricted, and a startled cry escaped her lips.
Sleep... together?
She hadn't misheard, had she? How could this possibly be "simple"?!
Beneath Yaeno Muteki's seemingly plain request was a naked declaration of possessiveness, an intent to completely shatter all physical and psychological distance!
Yaeno Muteki seemed very satisfied with such a violent reaction.
Like a predator that had finally captured the prey it had long coveted, she let out a low, delighted chuckle.
She buried her head back into the crook of Myriad Dreams' neck and took a deep breath, as if trying to engrave her scent into her very marrow.
"It's a promise then, Dreams-chan-chan... tonight, you are mine."
The words were like invisible chains, binding Myriad Dreams tightly.
Sitting on Myriad Dreams' lap and snuggled in her arms, she had issued the most irresistible command in the softest possible manner.