Angel's Awakening and Embarrassment

　Even when Zhou woke up in the morning, there was no sound of life.

　I could only hear the sounds of birds chirping outside, and there was no sign that I had woken up in the middle of the day when I was sleeping in Amane's room.

　In terms of time, it was already past the sunrise time, but I guess he was very tired yesterday and was sleeping soundly.

　By the way, when it comes to Zhou, although I slept for the time being, I couldn't fall asleep because I was thinking that there would be midday in my bed.

　Well, it's not physically painful, so it's fine, but it's painful in a different sense.

　I slowly stood up, stretching as if to loosen my stiff body from sleeping on the sofa.

　For now, I think I'll take a look at the situation at midday. My main purpose was to go and get a change of clothes, but I also wanted to see what it was like in the middle of the day.

　Then open the door to your room.

　It was quiet inside, even though Midday was asleep in bed.

　The only difference is that he's been tossed and turned several times, and his hair is spreading like a river on the bed.

　I crouched down and looked at Mahiru, who was making cute noises in her sleep.

　I really feel so innocent when I'm sleeping.

　She usually has a cool expression on her face, probably because she's always careful, but when she sleeps, she has a relaxed expression and is still cute. There's something so adorable about it that makes you want to pet it.

(...She's really cute when she's sleeping)

　Of course, even when she's awake, she must be a beautiful girl and she's cute, but this is closer to the feeling I get when I see a pet animal.

　I want to stroke her smooth hair and peck her fluffy cheeks. I'm usually so solid and there are no gaps, so when I'm defenseless like this, I want to ignore it.

　Instinctively, I reached out and touched my soft cheek.

　Her smooth cheeks convey the same softness to her fingertips as yesterday. It's so chewy that you'll want to keep touching it, and Shuu can't help but poke it with the pads of her fingers.

　Although I tried to keep my touch soft, the softness was still comfortable, and when I touched it as if petting it, Mahiru, who was sleeping quietly, let out a hoarse, sweet voice, ``Hmm...''.

　Then, before he could let go of his hand, his closed eyes slowly opened.

　Defocused, wet, caramel-colored eyes looked at Zhou…or rather, Zhou.

　Her sullen expression has the remnants of a childish sleeping face, giving her a strong sense of innocence. In fact, even though he was conscious, he looked younger because of his dull eyes.

　Mahiru let her guard down, revealing an expression that was conspicuously unwary, then lowered the corners of her eyebrows and closed her eyes again.

　When I tried to withdraw my finger, he nuzzled his cheek against my finger and purred softly, as if to sweeten me. He rubbed his cheek like he was telling me not to go.

　I knew that I was definitely half asleep.

　There is no reason for Mahiru to be so dependent on Shuu, and normally Mahiru would never make such a relaxed expression or gesture.

　Even so, Zhou's heart and reason had been tested since early in the morning as he acted like a spoiled kitten.

　Should I withdraw my hand or caress her cheek as I please?

　Personally, I'm leaning towards the latter.

　It's rare to see such a loose midday, and I'm interested in how much she can spoil me.

　However, if I put it into action, I felt like Mahiru would no longer be able to speak to me the moment she became conscious. I don't know what to do because I know that I'm writhing with shame.

　 For the time being, it was cute, so I kept it to observe the half-asleep midday.

　It seems that he has regained consciousness, but perhaps his head is not awake yet, or perhaps he does not realize that it is Shu's hand, but he is dozing off with his cheek resting on Shu's finger.

　The intention was to just check on her and change her clothes, but for some reason they ended up touching each other like this, and Shu felt an indescribable itch and heat gather in her cheeks.

"Hmm..."

　After a while, Midday raised the curtains of my eyelids again, as if I had finally woken up...

"...picture,"

　His eyes met with a blink of an eye, and then his gaze moved to the nearby Zhou and the finger that touched his cheek, and he stiffened.

　Then, midday jumped up.

"good morning"

"... good morning, thank you..."

"I let you sleep here because you slept at my house.

　If I explain the reason why I was sleeping in the surrounding bed ahead of time, I will be quiet without making a fuss in the middle of the day.

　However, the fact that she was sleeping in a man's bed made her cheeks turn redder and redder, and she picked up the futon to cover her mouth.

　The gesture is also strangely cute, and I can't help but look away.

(What is this situation)

　For the time being, I'm in the position of lending the bed, but I feel like I'm at fault.

　It's true that I felt bad for touching her cheek without her permission, but it was just a little bit and I didn't intend to do anything about it.

　My heart flutters at Mahiru's cuteness and my heart tingles with guilt, but when I look at Mahiru, I see that her cheeks are still flushed with vermilion, and she's still in a slightly sullen mood...though she doesn't look like she's saying something in her eyes. turn to

"... Zhou-kun, do you like to touch your cheeks?"

"picture?"

"Because you touched it at Christmas and before you went to bed last night, didn't you?"

"... are you awake?"

　I should have touched it yesterday when midday was sound asleep, so I don't think he was conscious of it.

　Even so, the fact that I knew what I touched meant that I was awake at noon at that time.

"...Ah, that...it happened right before I was put down to bed...I guess I had no choice but to pretend like I was asleep."

"Didn't you think I was going to do something?"

"... I thought Zhou-kun wouldn't do such a thing... I pretended to be asleep to confirm that."

　It seemed that they had decided whether or not they could really trust him.

　I'm glad that she finally trusted me, but if possible, I'd like her not to do unprotected things like sleeping in front of a man from now on.

　As expected from Shuu, I don't think I'll be able to just give him a peck on the cheek the next time I see him.

"... Well, it's fine if you trust me, but don't do it next time. I'm a man too."

"Uh, I know that, but"

"Or do you want me to do something?"

"There's no way that's possible."

　Midday, who turned bright red and strongly denied it, dived into the futon again, so I swallowed the thrust that it was my bed.

　Until the embarrassment of midday subsides, it was a lap where I could only leave the midday trembling curled up.