Tsubakihara Yuna trotted over to the bedside, her soft voice carrying a slight nasal tone, "Hikari-kun... I want to sleep with you tonight."
Hikari raised an eyebrow slightly, "Why does Yuna-nee suddenly want to sleep with me today?"
'Of course it's because Kaede and Suzu came today, it makes me feel a sense of crisis!', Tsubakihara Yuna thought to herself.
Today her childhood playmates Kaede and Suzu came to the house, and she had originally been very happy.
But when she saw that the twin sisters seemed to have different feelings toward Hikari, and were also chatting happily with him, it made her, his nominal older sister, suddenly feel uneasy.
In order to prevent her dear little brother from being tricked away by other women, Tsubakihara Yuna decided to strengthen the bond between the siblings.
Of course, saying it directly would be too embarrassing.
So Tsubakihara Yuna said, her words not matching her heart, "Wasn't it always like this when we were little!"
As she spoke, Tsubakihara Yuna placed her pillow at the head of the bed, climbed onto the edge of the bed as if it were only natural, her small hands gripping the bedsheet, "I'm scared of the dark sleeping alone, but if I sleep with Hikari-kun I won't be scared!"
"You're already this grown up...", Hikari looked at Tsubakihara Yuna's well-developed towering peaks, smiled and shook his head, and was just about to say something.
But suddenly a familiar sound of footsteps came from outside the corridor.
In this house, aside from Hikari and Tsubakihara Yuna, there were only her younger sister and Miss Mira.
'Wait, that's wrong!'
Aside from Hikari and Tsubakihara Yuna, there were her younger sister Tsubakihara Nina and Miss Mira.
So after hearing the noise, Tsubakihara Yuna was immediately so frightened she trembled, and like a startled little hamster, she scrambled with both hands and feet into Hikari's covers, curled up and hid.
She didn't want her younger sister or mother to see her clinging to Hikari like this.
Before Hikari even had time to complain about Tsubakihara Yuna's maneuver, a figure walked in from outside the door.
Hikari looked up, and saw a delicate beautiful face that could make fish sink and geese fall, a ripe and full peach-like figure, it was none other than Miss Mira.
"Hikari-chan still isn't asleep?", Miss Mira pushed the door open and entered, the lace hem of her black nightgown lightly brushing past the door, and when she saw Hikari sitting by the bed, a gentle smile appeared on her pretty face.
"I was just about to sleep," Hikari also smiled at Miss Mira.
Miss Mira moved her lotus steps lightly toward Hikari, bent down and leaned close, her warm breath almost touching Hikari's ear, her soft tone carrying a bit of gentle reproach, "Has school pressure been too much lately? I always see you leaving early and coming back late, and your visits back to the Tsubakihara house are getting fewer and fewer."
"Uh... a little...", Facing Miss Mira's accusation, Hikari couldn't find any better excuse, so he just agreed along with her words.
Miss Mira reached out and gently stroked Hikari's hair, her fingertips carrying a delicate touch, and said tenderly, "Then let Auntie help you release some stress, don't keep yourself wound up too tight."
As she spoke, she didn't wait for Hikari's response, and directly reached out to lift Hikari's covers, wanting to help him adjust to a comfortable sleeping position or something.
But the moment the covers were lifted, she immediately saw Tsubakihara Yuna curled up inside.
Miss Mira's hand was still suspended in midair, the gentle smile on her face instantly froze, her pupils slightly enlarged, clearly not having expected there to be a person hidden in the covers.
And it was her own good daughter.
"Yuna, why are you here?", The panic in Miss Mira's eyes flashed by in an instant, and she immediately put on the appearance of a strict mother.
Tsubakihara Yuna was far more panicked than Miss Mira at this moment, her slender delicate body trembling, and she explained in a trembling voice, "I... I'm scared of the dark sleeping alone, so I wanted to sleep with Hikari-kun..."
Miss Mira's tone deepened a little, carrying a hint of reproach, "You're already this grown up and still clinging to Hikari-kun to sleep together, don't you feel ashamed?"
Tsubakihara Yuna was so frightened she shrank further into the covers, and quietly retorted, "I-I'm scared of the dark... and it was like this before too... but Mom, you... why are you also in Hikari-kun's room?"
This counter-question made Miss Mira somewhat embarrassed, her pretty face slightly flushed, her beautiful eyes flickering a little, and for a moment she actually couldn't follow up.
After the silence lasted one or two seconds, she cleared her throat, and without changing her expression, changed the subject, "Fine, fine, since you're so afraid of the dark, if you want to sleep with Hikari-kun then sleep together!"
Having obtained her mother's personal permission, Tsubakihara Yuna was immediately happy.
But before she could be happy for long, Miss Mira, who had left the room not long ago, also returned to Hikari's room holding a pillow.
"Miss Mira?"
Facing the puzzled gazes of Hikari and her daughter Tsubakihara Yuna.
Miss Mira smiled and said, "I'm also going to sleep with you two today, and moreover, I'm going to sleep in the middle."
"Why!", Tsubakihara Yuna anxiously poked her little head out from the covers, "I want to be next to Hikari-kun!"
"Just like you said, wasn't it always like this when we were little?", Miss Mira lifted the covers as if it were only right, and squeezed in between Hikari and Tsubakihara Yuna.
"When we were little, I slept in the middle, Hikari-kun slept on the left, and you and Nina slept on the right, it was always this order."
Hearing Miss Mira's words, Tsubakihara Yuna had no way to retort.
And she didn't dare oppose her mother either, so she could only aggrievedly puff out her lips, and obediently shift inward a little, giving up the spot to Miss Mira.
The large single bed that had originally been fairly spacious was now crammed with three people, and immediately became cramped and crowded.
Hikari could clearly hear the sound of Tsubakihara Yuna curling up with the covers, and could also clearly feel Miss Mira's soft, warm body pressed tightly against his back.
That warm breath, musky and orchid-like, gently sprayed against the back of his neck, carrying a faint cherry blossom fragrance, making his ears tingle slightly, and his heart felt as if it were being gently scratched by a cat's paw.
Originally Tsubakihara Yuna had wanted to chat with Hikari all night tonight, to promote their feelings more.
But because of Miss Mira's arrival, she couldn't say much more to Hikari either, and could only lie quietly in the covers.
Miss Mira raised her hand and turned off the small lamp at the bedside, and the room instantly fell into darkness, with only a bit of faint moonlight coming through the window.
Before long, even breathing sounds came from beside him, Tsubakihara Yuna had clearly fallen asleep.
Hikari closed his eyes, and was also about to empty his thoughts and go to sleep.
But just then, a warm breath suddenly came by his ear.
Miss Mira's voice was pressed extremely low, carrying a bit of seductive softness, gently brushing past his ear, while one of her jade-like hands rested on his body, "Hikari-chan, sleeping with stress will lower your sleep quality, let Auntie help you release it a bit?"