Her head felt unbearably heavy, as if it had turned into a block of lead.
Shijo Maki shivered, her entire body chilled to the bone.
She couldn't even tell whether she was awake or still drifting in a dream.
Fortunately, the discomfort didn't last long.
Soon, a warm presence appeared beside her, enveloping her like a kotatsu.
She found herself pulled into a familiar embrace, strong arms holding her tightly as if unwilling to let go.
When she finally woke up again…
Shijo Maki slowly forced open her heavy eyelids.
The first thing she saw was a young man, re inches away.
Her pale violet eyes locked onto Yukima Azuma's dark ones.
In the very next second, Shijo Maki's eyes widened in shock.
(O_O)!!!
She wanted to lift her hand to point at Yukima Azuma.
But then she realized—
They were pressed so tightly together that her arm was still wrapped around him.
Even if she wanted to pull away, she couldn't.
A deep red flush spread rapidly across her fair face.
Up until now, the only ti she had ever touched a boy—even just the tips of their fingers—was with Yukima Azuma.
And now… this level of physical contact was way too much!
anwhile, Yukima Azuma—who had woken up first—was counting his blessings.
At least he had woken up first.
Otherwise, he was pretty sure Shijo Maki would have killed him on the spot.
After all, he was used to hugging his Eriri body pillow to sleep…
So even upon waking up just now, his palm was still resting on a particularly soft curve of the girl's body.
"Let explain first," Yukima Azuma said in a low voice.
(ᵕ—ᴗ—)
Shijo Maki glared at him. "Fine… ahem, go ahead and explain."
(눈_눈)
Her voice was slightly hoarse, but after clearing her throat, she quickly adjusted it.
Then, she looked at him as if waiting to see what kind of nonsense he would co up with.
But Yukima Azuma simply raised a finger and pointed behind her.
"Actually, I didn't move at all."
Shijo Maki struggled to turn her head and look back.
And what she saw was—
Not far away, on the pile of straw nearby…
Lying closer to the inner side of the cave, Shinomiya Kaguya was still fast asleep, completely unaware of what had transpired.
Shijo Maki's eyes widened in realization.
So it wasn't that Yukima Azuma had sneaked over to ambush her in the night.
It was her—she had voluntarily crawled into his arms?!
As this horrifying fact settled in, Shijo Maki wanted nothing more than to find a hole in the cave and bury herself in it.
( //>///
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