"Done with the call?"
Only after seeing Yukinoshita Haruno hang up did Shirai Mio speak.
"Mm. I hate talking about work while I'm on vacation more than anything." Yukinoshita Haruno spoke as she moved closer to Shirai Mio.
Then she saw Shirai Mio's drawing. In it, Haruno was lying on the Bed with a flushed face and disheveled clothes, looking as though she had just done—or was about to do—something strange.
As expected of someone who had a side job, perhaps?
Just now, Yukinoshita Haruno had clearly been talking on the phone with an irritated expression, yet Shirai Mio had somehow managed to draw her like this.
Besides, when had Haruno ever shown an expression like that? The one who often made that kind of face was clearly her white-haired little kouhai.
Feeling Yukinoshita Haruno's gaze, Shirai Mio might normally have backed down, but now she did not care at all. She even stuck her tongue out at Haruno.
She had originally planned to draw something proper, but after thinking about Yukinoshita Haruno's awful behavior over the past few days, she had decided to draw Haruno this way instead.
"This expression... Why does it look more like yours, kouhai?"
"That's just Senpai's imagination. How could I possibly make a face like that~?"
"Feels like the only thing stubborn about kouhai is that mouth of hers."
"Senpai already knows how soft my mouth is."
"I suppose I do."
As though something had occurred to her, Shirai Mio asked curiously, "Did something happen just now?"
"Nothing serious. It's already been handled."
Yukinoshita Haruno had spent more than an hour on that phone call. As far as Shirai Mio was concerned, there was no way it could count as something minor, but since Haruno did not say anything, Mio did not keep asking.
After putting down what she was holding, Shirai Mio slowly walked to the Bed and dropped straight onto the soft mattress.
"Senpai, it's already late. We have to get up early tomorrow, so let's sleep."
"What if I can't fall asleep?"
"It's fine if you can't sleep. I can."
"Aren't you afraid I'll do something strange to you after you fall asleep?"
"I'm so scared," Shirai Mio said in Shiina Mashiro's tone.
Although she acted completely unconcerned, she was still a little nervous inside.
Yet after a while, she realized that Yukinoshita Haruno, who had just said she could not sleep, had already fallen asleep beside her.
Seeing this, Shirai Mio pouted in annoyance and made a face at Yukinoshita Haruno.
At that exact moment, Yukinoshita Haruno suddenly opened her eyes and looked at her with an amused smile.
Shirai Mio froze. It was already too late to pretend to be asleep now.
"Senpai, weren't you already asleep?"
"When was I ever asleep? You were the one who assumed I was," Yukinoshita Haruno said with a smile.
"By the way, kouhai was just making such a fuss about sleeping early and waking early, so why have you been pretending to sleep until now? Could it be that you were expecting something?"
"W-who was pretending to sleep? I really was asleep just now." Shirai Mio was still stubbornly refusing to admit it.
Yukinoshita Haruno did not care about Shirai Mio's stubbornness. She leaned close to Mio's ear and whispered, "Since neither of us can sleep, want to do something?"
"No."
"All right, then. Let's sleep."
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Early the next morning.
As the noisy alarm rang out, a flawless pale arm reached out from under the blankets and groped around until it switched the alarm off.
Only after quite a while did Shirai Mio poke her head out from under the blankets and lazily yawn.
At the same time, Yukinoshita Haruno asked, "What time is it?"
"Eight."
As Shirai Mio spoke, she got out of Bed, casually picked up the nightdress from the floor and slipped it on, then walked into the Washroom.
After washing up, Shirai Mio gradually became fully awake.
Looking at the two new hickeys on her neck, a faint blush appeared on her fair cheeks.
"What are you looking at?" Yukinoshita Haruno suddenly spoke, startling Shirai Mio.
She turned toward Haruno and could not help saying, "Senpai, do your footsteps not make any sound?"
"Of course they do. You were just staring so intently that you didn't hear me."
As Yukinoshita Haruno spoke, she looked at herself in the mirror. There were marks Shirai Mio had left on Yukinoshita Haruno's neck as well, and Haruno had every reason to suspect that Mio had done it deliberately.
Now Haruno could only follow Shirai Mio's example and use makeup to conceal the obvious marks.
"Little kouhai, how about we don't go anywhere else today and extend the Hotel stay by another day?"
How could Shirai Mio possibly fail to understand what Yukinoshita Haruno was implying? She rolled her eyes at Haruno and said, "Of course not. Did you come out here to travel, or did you come out here for Lewd Stuff?"
"I came here to have my way with my kouhai."
Even Shirai Mio had no idea what to say for a moment in the face of the shameless Yukinoshita Haruno.
"Anyway, hurry up and wash up. Then we'll get ready to leave."
"I know~"
Back in the Room, Shirai Mio searched for a while but could not find her panties. She called toward Yukinoshita Haruno, who was still washing up, "Senpai, have you seen my panties?"
"The black pair?"
"Mm."
"I'm wearing them."
Having seemingly expected that answer already, Shirai Mio sighed softly, then took a new pair of panties from her suitcase and put them on.
When Yukinoshita Haruno came out of the Washroom and saw her own panties thrown onto the Bed, she put on a disappointed expression. "I thought kouhai would wear mine~"
"If I have spare panties, why would I wear yours? Do I look like some kind of female pervert?"
"To be honest, judging by kouhai's performance last night, a little."
Yukinoshita Haruno's words made Shirai Mio remember what had happened the previous night. A faint blush once again spread across her cheeks, and even her words became halting. "That was only because you tricked me and caught me off guard last night! It doesn't count!"
"Yes, yes, of course. Your lips are obviously soft, so how do such stubborn words keep coming out of them?"
"So, Senpai, are you done changing? We should go out for breakfast."
"Coming, coming." As Yukinoshita Haruno spoke, she moved closer to Shirai Mio and naturally slipped her arm through Mio's.
"You just said last night only happened because I caught you off guard. How about we do it face-to-face tonight?"
"I don't think that sounds good at all."
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