...
The next day.
Seiun Sky's soft, drowsy murmur as she slowly woke up.
" Lucian-kun..."
"You're awake?" Lucian sat up against the headboard, gently rubbing Seiun Sky's cheek. "It's still early. If you head back to your room now, it'll be easy. Later on, it won't be so simple."
Yeah, she still had to go back to her room...
"Hmph." Seeing Silence Suzuka, Seiun Sky let out a muffled huff.
"Hmph-hmph monster." Silence Suzuka was unfazed; she'd heard Seiun Sky's huffs all last night and was tired of them.
And Seiun Sky had heard plenty of Suzuka's soft, deer-like whimpers in return, so she immediately shot back: "Whimper-whimper monster!"
"I specially picked out this outfit for you—feels nice and cool when you wear it, right?" Silence Suzuka said.
After last night's events, Seiun Sky had gained a whole new understanding of Silence Suzuka. "Trainer... you learned all that from Suzuka, didn't you? The Trainer used to be so innocent and shy."
"Inno?"
"Innocent! I said innocent!"
Silence Suzuka didn't deny it. "So what? I recorded all your expressions from yesterday."
"What!? Delete it right now!" Seiun Sky exclaimed in agitation.
"Nope." Silence Suzuka burrowed back into the blanket, searching around but unable to find her clothes. "Lucian-kun, help me find my clothes."
"They should all be on the floor, right?"
"It's also possible that Lucian-kun put them on himself." Silence Suzuka thought about it carefully, as if picturing the scene. "But they're too small—they'd stretch my clothes out."
Lucian rubbed his temples. "Suzuka, please stop having weird fantasies."
He turned to the unmoving Seiun Sky. "What about you? Aren't you getting up?"
"I want to stay with the Trainer a little longer. Suzuka can leave first."
As soon as Seiun Sky looked up, those dazzling beams of holy light on Silence Suzuka's body stung her eyes again. "Suzuka, you're just going to change clothes like that..."
"Is Seiun not going to change and head back just like this?" Silence Suzuka replied. "I didn't expect Seiun to like this outfit so much."
"That's not it!" Seiun Sky's embarrassed anger was so easily provoked by Silence Suzuka.
But really, there didn't seem to be anything left to be shy about. After all, everything that should have been seen had been seen—by both sides.
"Oh, right, I have this too." Silence Suzuka picked up her phone and opened a certain audio recording.
It was unmistakably Seiun Sky's coquettish, pleading voice from when she'd called Lucian before.
"Trainer..."
"Kisses... I want kisses..."
...
"Idiot Suzuka, stop it right now!" Seiun Sky threw herself onto Lucian, reaching out to grab Silence Suzuka's phone.
So embarrassing! So embarrassing!
"No way." Silence Suzuka got dressed first and hopped out of bed.
Seiun Sky immediately turned her head, directing her frustration at Lucian. "Why does Suzuka have that recording?"
The furious, embarrassed kitten glared at Lucian until he felt uncomfortable. "Um... it was just good timing. When you called, Suzuka happened to be right there."
"Lucian-kun, I'm heading back to my room first." Silence Suzuka still wanted to sleep more, but it was clear she wouldn't rest easy here with Lucian.
Before leaving, Silence Suzuka reminded her: "Seiun, you're not thinking of 'escaping' ahead of me, are you? But—"
"Oh, right." Silence Suzuka leaned toward Lucian, brushing her hair back from her forehead, and shared a deep, heated kiss with him. "Morning kiss."
...
After Silence Suzuka left, the room fell silent for a while.
"Trainer, the door isn't locked."
"I know~" Lucian locked the door, then returned to the bed once more.
"Is there anything else you're hiding from me, Trainer?"
"No." Lucian promised—there was absolutely nothing left hidden about Silence Suzuka.
"Hmph, you deceived me for so long."
"What Suzuka said earlier about the video was just to scare you. Think about it—when would she have had time to grab her phone last night?"
"I suppose Suzuka wouldn't dare anyway. Otherwise, next time I'll record her back!" Things like horsing around—for Seiun Sky, it was either zero times or countless.
"Whatever Suzuka can do, I can do too. But the Trainer still hasn't told me where I'm better." Seiun Sky pressed.
"Just... really good?"
"Where exactly am I good? Tell me quick, Trainer~"
"Well... your voice is nicer? Or your expressions..."
Lucian thought about it honestly—it really did seem that way.
The romantic tension between them thickened, the air heavy with lingering desire from the night before. Seiun Sky's competitive spark ignited into something deeper, more intimate, as she pressed closer, her body still warm against his.
"F-Fine." Seiun Sky never imagined there'd be a day she'd cling to Lucian like this, competing with Silence Suzuka.
It was all because Silence Suzuka was so infuriating!
"And there's the most important thing—you still haven't said it." Seiun Sky grabbed Lucian's wrist. "About my figure and all..."
"If we're comparing like that, then Suzuka really is the most petite." Since Silence Suzuka wasn't there, he'd say whatever made Seiun Sky happy for now.
"Seiun, don't you think it's time to head back?"
"No way." Seiun Sky rebelliously hugged Lucian tighter.
Lucian wrapped one arm around Seiun Sky's waist, leaning close to her ear, his breath hot and teasing against her skin. "Then are you ready to have little horse girl babies?"
"N-No... if I got pregnant with little horse girls, how could I still race..."
"Then why are you like this?"
"I don't care..."
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