"Hmm~"
Early the next morning, Yoko opened her eyes, feeling surprisingly refreshed.
After a full night's rest, she felt better than she had in a long ti.
Once her vision cleared, she realized she had been sleeping on Ren's lap.
Wait... I didn't fall asleep like this last night, did I?
As her mind slowly pieced together her scattered mories, she recalled what had happened before she drifted off.
She vaguely rembered Ren pulling her down to rest on his lap, his hand pressing gently against her forehead, making her feel overwhelmingly sleepy.
After closing her eyes, she rembered nothing else.
Realizing this made Yoko feel a bit... embarrassed.
A 22-year-old woman had just spent the night sleeping on the lap of a teenage boy, six years younger than her.
Why does it feel like I'm the child here?
But...
Despite how awkward the situation was, she couldn't deny the truth.
She had never slept so well before.
Last night had been the most restful sleep she'd had in ages.
Aside from the embarrassnt, everything else was perfect.
"..."
As Yoko stirred, the slight movent caused Ren's eyelids to twitch.
A mont later, his eyes snapped open.
"You're awake?"
Casually stretching his shoulders, he loosened his stiff muscles after sitting in the sa position all night.
Fortunately, thanks to his experience with part-ti jobs, his body wasn't as weak as other kids his age.
"Yeah..."
Yoko felt a bit self-conscious but didn't bother pretending to be asleep.
"How do you feel?"
"Huh?"
Still half-asleep, she didn't imdiately understand the question.
"Your emotions."
At his reminder, Yoko took a mont to check in with herself.
And realized sothing shocking.
Not only had she slept well, but she also felt amazing.
"...Much better."
Yesterday, she had been completely drained, so exhausted that she had felt like quitting everything.
But now, that feeling was completely gone.
Even the lingering fatigue had vanished.
"I feel like a different person."
Honestly, she was a different person.
Ren had used spirituality and gray fog to thodically ease her emotions, smoothing out her ntal exhaustion bit by bit.
Even the true gods at Sequence 0 wouldn't receive such personalized treatnt.
It was almost like becoming a new person entirely.
"That's good."
Sothing about the way he said it caught Yoko's attention.
She knew that emotional distress didn't just disappear overnight.
She had been struggling with this feeling for a long ti there was no way a single night's rest could completely fix it.
But sohow, she had recovered.
That wasn't a miracle.
That was his doing.
This realization didn't make her suspicious of him.
Instead, it made her feel a bit... regretful.
She had wanted to take care of him as his kind older neighbor.
Yet, in the end, she was the one being taken care of.
"Well... You ended up looking after all night, huh?"
Sitting up from his lap, Okino Yoko stretched her arms.
"Alright, I'll make breakfast this morning."
Glancing at the clock, it was still early, only 5:43 AM.
"You should rest for a bit. It's my turn to do sothing now."
Ren whose legs had gone completely numb, didn't argue.
At this mont, what he needed most was to regain feeling in his legs.
And since Yoko was offering to cook, he could take the opportunity to fully relax.
"I'll leave it to you, Miss Celebrity."
"Leave it to !"
Puffing out her chest confidently, Yoko imdiately went to her apartnt next door and brought back ingredients.
She then got to work preparing breakfast.
anwhile, Ren returned to his room to catch up on sleep.
This ti, he managed to sleep for an hour and a half.
Ren had a strong internal clock.
Even while asleep, his body naturally woke up when it sensed ti was running out.
Opening his eyes, he was t with an unexpected sight—
Yoko standing beside his bed, staring at him.
"...What are you doing?"
"Well... I was about to wake you up."
Ren sighed, rubbing his forehead.
Why did it feel like this woman had suddenly beco less reliable?
Yoko just grinned, lightly tapping his cheek with her fingers.
"Breakfast is ready. Get up already."
"Yeah, yeah."
After a quick wash-up, Ren walked into the living room.
Once again, they sat across from each other, just like the night before.
As she ate, Yoko occasionally glanced at the boy sitting opposite her.
Sotis, he felt so quiet.
Yet, other tis, it was clear he wasn't soone who couldn't talk, he was just soone who chose not to.
"Ha... Sitting across from you like this, I feel like I'm having breakfast with my dad."
"I'm not that serious."
Ren looked up, slightly annoyed.
"I know."
Yoko rested her cheeks in her hands.
"But you do feel much more mature than ."
"You feel more reliable than ."
"So what, are you saying you're unreliable?"
"No, I'm just saying you're better at taking care of people."
"Really?"
Ren wasn't sure he agreed with that.
He wasn't exactly talkative.
He didn't go out of his way to ddle in other people's business.
He didn't seem like the type to take care of others.
"Yes, yes."
Yoko nodded confidently.
She could tell that he was good at looking after people.
But not in the usual way.
He wasn't soone who offered material help.
Instead, he was the type to quietly do things for others without expecting any praise.
It wasn't about seeking recognition.
It was just sothing that ca naturally to him.
If people noticed, fine.
If they didn't, he wouldn't say a word about it.
Just like when he had saved her that night.
He hadn't asked for a reward.
He hadn't even ntioned it afterwards.
In fact, he didn't even know who she was at the ti.
His actions weren't driven by gain, he had helped simply because he could.
And now, there was last night.
Yoko had no idea what thod he had used,
But the fact was, her emotional state had improved dramatically.
She had been struggling with ntal exhaustion for years.
She knew how long it took to recover from sothing like that.
It wasn't sothing that could be fixed in just one night.
Yet here she was, feeling completely refreshed.
And still, he hadn't said a word about it.
He hadn't boasted.
He hadn't even explained.
This boy... is weird.
But for so reason.
She didn't dislike it.
There were no ulterior motives, no hidden agendas.
His way of interacting with others was pure and simple.
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