“Ugh…”
Luo Qing sat on the floor, rubbing his face.
“Seriously… don’t hit the face. What if you ruin this handsome mug of mine?”
“Ruining it would be doing the world a favor!”
Furina sat on the bed in a duck-like posture, one hand clutching her chest and the other gripping the waistband of her pajama pants. Her face, now a vivid red, burned all the way to her ears.
It had been this close! Just a little more, and Luo Qing’s hand would have slipped under her underwear!
If not for her quick thinking—an elbow to his face to jolt him awake and a follow-up kick to knock him off the bed—she didn’t even want to imagine what might have happened.
“It’s not my fault—I was asleep!” Luo Qing said sheepishly. “I thought I was at home and just… acted instinctively…”
He had been wondering in his dream why Makoto was so uncooperative, acting like she’d rather die than comply with his advances.
Now it all made sense—it wasn’t Makoto, and it wasn’t real.
“Humph!” Furina huffed coldly. “Asleep? Don’t even try that excuse! You did it on purpose!”
“…”
Luo Qing fell silent.
He swore it had been nothing more than a force of habit.
Back at home, mornings often started with some playful cuddling with his wives. Sometimes, those playful mornings escalated into… other activities.
He glanced at the bed. The once-strict pillow barrier was now nonexistent, the makeshift boundary having been kicked onto the floor sometime during the night.
Judging by the state of things, it seemed the two of them had spent most of the night huddled together under the same blanket.
As for who made the first move…
That was up for debate.
Recalling the scene when he woke up, Luo Qing’s expression shifted slightly as a realization struck him.
“Well, if my memory serves me correctly…” he began, leaning forward, “didn’t you cross over to my side of the bed first?”
“What?!” Furina exclaimed, her voice rising an octave.
“Look,” Luo Qing said, pointing at the bed. “If I were the one who crossed the line, I would’ve woken up on your side, right? But when I woke up, I was still on my side. So logically, it must’ve been you who crossed over.”
“Say that again?!”
Furina’s breath hitched, her voice filled with indignation. “So now you’re saying I… I was the one who crawled into your arms?!”
Yet, despite her fiery tone, a flicker of doubt crept into her mind.
When she woke up that morning, she had been on Luo Qing’s side of the bed. The space she was supposed to occupy on her side was completely empty.
Had she really… moved toward him on her own?
No, that couldn’t be… right?
“I didn’t say that explicitly,” Luo Qing replied nonchalantly, looking off to the side. “It’s just that nighttime behavior is unpredictable, wouldn’t you agree, Lady Furina?”
Though he had plenty of experience sharing a bed with others, taking advantage of someone like that wasn’t his style.
He had gone to sleep early last night, staying firmly on his side of the bed.
If there was any movement during the night, it must have been Furina instinctively seeking warmth—or so he told himself.
“…”
Furina was momentarily speechless.
How was it that she was the one who’d been taken advantage of, yet now she felt like she was the one in the wrong?
“Fine…”
Furina huffed, pointing toward the door.
“Daylight’s here. It’s time for you to leave.”
“Leave? Go where?” Luo Qing asked, feigning confusion. “Didn’t I tell you I’m staying here from now on?”
“…”
Furina inhaled deeply, her fists clenching.
“Luo Qing, you’re pushing it.”
She could barely survive one night of this. By the end of the night, she had somehow ended up in his arms.
If this continued, she didn’t even want to think about what might happen in a few days.
“Letting you stay one night was already the limit of my patience,” she said, her voice low and firm. “Don’t push me any further.”
Luo Qing paused for a moment, then leaned forward with a grin.
“How about… pushing your limits just a little further, Lady Furina?”
“???”
[Frustration Points from Furina +1]
“Fine,” Furina eventually said through gritted teeth, “but tonight, you’re sleeping on the floor!”
“Deal~” Luo Qing replied breezily, his relaxed tone implying he had won this round.
Sleeping on the floor was a small price to pay. After all, he wasn’t here for comfort—he was here for the Gnosis.
—
To Luo Qing’s surprise, Furina stayed in her room the entire day.
She even went so far as to conceal his presence by instructing the palace attendants to leave her meals at the door.
Her day was spent entirely within the confines of the room—either watching anime or searching for her next show to binge.
It was almost as if she were addicted to wallowing in her own gloom, choosing “healing” anime as her preferred coping mechanism.
And she wasn’t just watching them—she was crying over them, trying to hide her tears whenever Luo Qing glanced her way.
—
Late into the night, Furina lay sprawled across the bed’s center, enjoying the rare luxury of having the entire bed to herself.
Glancing over at Luo Qing, who was setting up his floor bedding, she issued a stern warning.
“If you dare crawl into this bed tonight, I swear I’ll expose my secret to all of Fontaine just to get you out of here!”
“Got it, got it,” Luo Qing replied, lying down on the floor and flashing an OK gesture.
But he had no intention of sleeping.
Something about Furina’s behavior seemed off, and he was determined to figure out what was troubling her.
Feigning sleep, he leaned against the bedframe, using the faint reflection from the windowpane to keep an eye on her.
As the hours dragged on, Furina continued watching anime well past midnight. Eventually, she yawned, removed her Void Terminal, and turned her back to him to sleep.
Some time later, just as Luo Qing thought the night would pass uneventfully, a faint noise from the bed caught his attention.
Peering into the window’s reflection, he saw Furina tossing and turning as if plagued by a nightmare.
Her movements became more restless, and before Luo Qing could react—
Thud.
Furina rolled off the bed and landed directly into his arms.
“???”
—
T/N: i am green with envy
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