Chapter 150: Staying Over
Sasuko emerged from the bathroom drying her damp hair, just seeing Naruko arranging bedding on the sofa.
"You sleep in the bed." Naruko looked up and smiled at her. "I'll sleep here."
Sasuko stopped drying her hair, gaze sweeping over that narrow single-person sofa before looking at Naruko's somewhat slight frame.
"That won't do." She approached, gently pressing down Naruko's hands arranging bedding. "I'm the guest staying over. There's no reason for the host to sleep on the sofa. If anyone sleeps there, it should be me."
Naruko tried to protest, but Sasuko had already efficiently carried the blanket back to the bedside. "Let's sleep together. We're both girls—nothing inconvenient about it."
Seeing Sasuko's expression that brooked no refusal, Naruko finally nodded lightly.
This was the first time in years someone had stayed overnight at her home.
Usually accompanying her was only the occasionally troublesome little Nine-Tails sealed within.
This single bed was indeed cramped for two gracefully formed young women.
They lay side by side, arms inadvertently touching, clearly sensing the temperature transmitted from each other's skin.
The air carried fresh post-bath scent mixed with their distinctive fragrances—Naruko's warmth like sunshine, Sasuko's cool, light fragrance.
"Um..." Naruko suddenly spoke with some awkwardness. "Does that underwear fit properly?"
Having left hastily, Sasuko wore Naruko's spare undergarments.
Naruko felt somewhat embarrassed, but Sasuko answered frankly, "It fits perfectly."
Actually, the chest area was indeed somewhat loose, but Sasuko would never speak such details aloud.
In darkness, they momentarily had nothing to say.
The narrow bed forced them close together, even their breathing clearly audible.
Sasuko could feel Naruko deliberately maintaining distance, her body somewhat tensely rigid.
"Relax." Sasuko said softly. "I won't eat you. You usually speak so casually—why act shy now?"
Naruko tried calming herself, her body indeed relaxing somewhat.
She turned to face Sasuko, gazing at her delicate profile in the hazy night.
"Actually..." Naruko's voice was light, soft. "This is my first time sleeping with someone else."
Sasuko responded faintly.
Borrowing dim light, Naruko inadvertently glimpsed beneath Sasuko's loose collar—a patch of fair skin and vague curves.
Naruko thought briefly before asking with concern, "Should I get you my old pajamas?"
"If they don't fit properly, sleeping will be uncomfortable."
Hearing this, Sasuko's expression darkened, voice cooling. "No need. This one is fine."
"But..." Naruko hesitated. "You're showing there..."
This statement immediately displeased Sasuko.
She suddenly reached out, lightly pinching Naruko.
The sensation was soft and elastic, warm body heat transmitting through thin sleepwear.
"Mm... hmm..." Naruko let out a light sound, cheeks instantly flushing. "Sasuko, what are you doing?"
Sasuko didn't withdraw her hand but instead lightly pinched again while maintaining this position, fingertips sensing that arc full of youthful vitality.
"Just because yours is slightly bigger than mine—just slightly," Sasuko leaned close to Naruko's ear, lowering her voice. "What's there to brag about?"
Naruko's whole person froze.
Sasuko's fingers still rested on that area, warm breath brushing past her ear, making her heartbeat involuntarily quicken. She could clearly smell the faint fragrance from Sasuko's hair, sense the slight heat transmitted from the other's body.
"I wasn't bragging..." Naruko protested softly, voice unconsciously softening.
She truly was only concerned about Sasuko sleeping poorly.
Sasuko's fingertips slowly descended, lightly tracing along Naruko's slender waistline.
Wherever fingertips passed aroused fine trembling. Naruko unconsciously held her breath. In dim lighting, she could see Sasuko's face close at hand, those usually cool eyes now seemingly covered with a hazy mist.
"Hmph, you clearly were." Sasuko's voice carried amusement. Her other hand hadn't been idle either, caressing up Naruko's back, slightly pausing at each vertebra, causing the person beneath to shiver repeatedly.
The two girls' bodies nearly pressed together on the narrow bed, their body heat transmitting through thin sleepwear. Naruko could feel Sasuko's soft bodily curves barely touching herself, each breath bringing slight undulation.
"Don't..." Naruko just opened her mouth when she felt Sasuko's lips nearly touch her earlobe.
"Weren't you quite good at teasing just now?" Sasuko's voice held teasing. Her free hand had already reached Naruko's nape, gently kneading that patch of delicate skin. Wherever fingertips passed aroused fine trembling.
Naruko was entirely enveloped in Sasuko's presence, clearly sensing the other's soft body barely touching herself through clothing. Sasuko's knee inadvertently pressed between her legs, leaving her unable to move.
"I was wrong..." Naruko's voice already carried pleading. "Lady Sasuko, spare my life..."
Only then did Sasuko retreat slightly yet still maintained the position of embracing Naruko. She extended her hand to lightly caress Naruko's flushed cheek.
"Now you know to beg for mercy?" Her voice was gentle as murmuring, yet fingertips remained restlessly stroking Naruko's wrist interior. "Is the fire out?"
Naruko could only shake then nod her head, breathing so disordered she couldn't speak complete sentences.
Sasuko watched her appearance and finally laughed lightly while releasing her restraint, using fingers to comb through Naruko's disheveled hair.
This little blonde—give her a bit of kindness and she starts talking big. When actually getting physical, she calls for mercy after just a few moves.
The two girls in the bed maintained some distance initially.
"Relax." Sasuko said softly. "I won't eat you."
Naruko tried to relax, but Sasuko suddenly turned over, naturally draping an arm across Naruko's waist from behind.
"Sasuko?" Naruko's voice carried slight surprise.
"Just sleep." Sasuko murmured, her breath warm against Naruko's nape. "You're too tense—I can't sleep either."
Naruko felt Sasuko's soft warmth against her back, the other girl's even breathing brushing her neck. Her heartbeat quickened involuntarily.
In darkness, neither spoke further. Yet Naruko found sleep elusive.
Sasuko's arm rested naturally at her waist, occasionally shifting slightly. That casual intimacy made Naruko's entire body tense.
As night deepened, Sasuko's breathing gradually became steady and prolonged—she'd fallen asleep.
But Naruko remained wide awake.
Sasuko's sleeping posture proved far from peaceful. The hand at Naruko's waist began wandering unconsciously, sometimes lightly stroking, sometimes gently pressing.
Naruko bit her lip, not daring to move, afraid of waking Sasuko who'd finally fallen asleep.
In the quiet night, she could only endure Sasuko's unconscious touches, her face growing increasingly hot.
This was destined to be a sleepless night for Naruko.
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