Let's do it again, Yukino.

The maid frowned and spoke softly.

The night outside was as still as water, and tomorrow wasn't the weekend. She didn't want her young lady to go to school exhausted.

However, Kaguya on the bed finally stopped rolling around, turned over and sat up, looking expectantly at Hayasaka who was not far from her.

"Xiao Ai, do you think he'll reply to me within five seconds if I email Xiao Qing right now?"

The light in his red eyes was like the twinkling stars in the sky.

"No normal person would reply within five seconds, right?"

Hayasaka Ai shook her head slightly.

Is our young lady still planning to act as the older sister?

The young lady frowned and pondered.

Is it because of a delay in cell phone signal?

"..."

Looking at the young lady whose IQ and EQ seemed to drop again after talking about her younger brother, Hayasaka sighed. Helpless, he tried to take the phone from Kaguya's hand, but she carefully hid it under her body again.

"No, no, I made a promise with Xiaoqing that we would contact each other by email every night."

"That's just wishful thinking on your part, Miss. Didn't Young Master Qing say that whether he would agree or not depended on his mood?"

"How could that be? Your brother should always grant your sister's wishes without question. Without your brother, Xiao Ai would never understand my feelings."

Shinomiya shouted at Hayasaka, his emotions running high.

blonde maid: "..."

As she spoke, Ms. Shinomiya confidently placed her phone back in front of her and said, "Just watch, as long as I send the email I've written, my little brother will definitely reply in a few seconds."

Fingers lightly touch the bright screen.

Not long after,

exist,

……

嘛？

……

This wasn't the first time the young lady had sent an email using her phone. She awkwardly typed out the two meaningful words, and just as she was about to send them, Hayasaka Ai snatched them away with lightning speed.

"Miss, maybe we shouldn't send it."

The blonde maid, who had always been calm, finally couldn't help but distort her facial features.

"Hurry up and give me back my phone."

"Even with the closest relationship, Young Master Qing wouldn't even think of replying to an email that's just empty talk.

"What should I write?"

Shinomiya, who had temporarily forgotten about getting her phone back, was curious and couldn't help but ask again.

"It has to be like this or that..."

Crackle, crackle,

The maid, with lightning-fast input,

"Huh? Is this really okay?"

Kaguya Shinomiya glanced at the lines of text on the screen, hesitated for a moment, and asked Hayasaka again.

"Of course you can."

The maid answered confidently.

……

…………

Chiba, which is far away from Tokyo,

In the apartment late at night

Inside the bathroom with the lights on,

The bathroom door was opened gently.

Yukino, wrapped tightly in a bath towel, emerged from the bathroom.

The girl was drying her slightly damp long hair, and a blush still lingered on her pretty face from soaking in the bath for too long.

Not long after, the bathroom door opened again, and Haruhi walked out looking exhausted.

The woman next to her, Chunri, was shirtless, her fair skin radiating a smooth, moist glow.

The boy stretched, yawned, and mumbled something as he walked towards the bedroom.

There's a reason why both of them ended up in the bathroom.

Yesterday I ate such a big plate of nourishing food, and then my inner fire was extinguished halfway through by Little Snow's adorable cries.

As a result, until an hour ago, Chunri's lower abdomen felt like it was burning with a small fire.

As the saying goes, evil is born from courage.

After dinner, I watched as Xiaoxue went to the bathroom alone to take a shower.

Sitting on the sofa, Haruhi couldn't help but swallow.

that moment,

No one knows who gave him the courage, but the boy threw all his worries to the back of his mind and rushed into the bathroom with red eyes and heavy breathing.

Even if it's hell, I'd gladly accept it.

During this trip, Chunri spent a full hour in the bathroom.

……

How are you feeling?

As Yukinoshita carried two glasses of milk toward Haruhi, she glanced at Haruhi, who seemed somewhat exhausted, and asked with concern.

"Look at my hands, they're all wrinkled from being soaked in water. Xiaoxue, what do you think I can do well?"

Chunri, slumped on the bed, turned over and yawned again. Feeling extremely sleepy, he helplessly held up his ten fingers to Xiaoxue, his fingertips wrinkled as if they had been soaked for too long.

After drinking the milk Xiaoxue handed him, replenishing his energy, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

"A woman's inner qualities can never be judged by her innocent appearance. I always feel that you, Xiaoxue, are the one who benefited the most after barging in."

Recalling the tearful look on Xiaoxue's face in the bathroom just now, Chunri still feels a lingering sense of nostalgia.

However, Xiaoxue felt no shame at Chunri's teasing. She silently turned on the bedside lamp, sat on the edge of the bed, drank her milk, gazed at the bright moon outside the window, and said softly.

"I'm not frigid, and you were the one who barged in first..."

Chunri retorted confidently, "Who told you not to lock the door when you take a shower?"

"..."

At this moment, Yukinoshita was defeated by this idiot's shamelessness.

She silently finished the milk in her glass.

Suddenly, the phone that Chunri had placed on the bedside table lit up. Seeing that Chunri was facing away from her, Xiaoxue didn't make a sound, took the phone, and unlocked it in a few quick movements.

An unread email

There was no signature.

I glanced at its contents.

A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

After a while,

In the almost drowsy state of spring,

Xiaoxue's clear, cool voice sounded exceptionally distinct in the quiet bedroom.

"My dearest baby, how could you be so heartless that day, leaving your sister without saying a word? Every night, I can only feel your warmth and fall asleep peacefully when I'm with you. Nights without you are cold and desolate; nights without you are long and sleepless. Come back, my dear, I can't live without you... (kissing emoji)"

"..."

Haruhi's ears twitched suddenly, as if she had sensed something. She silently moved closer to Yukino from the bed and looked at the email that had appeared in Yukino's hand on her phone. The email was completely incomprehensible.

Is this some kind of trap for me, so late at night?

Haruhi, who was never good at lying, was driven by her survival instinct and racked her brains to come up with an almost perfect excuse in just a few seconds.

Thinking of this, he suppressed his playful expression and answered very seriously in the girl's ear.

"I think it's very likely that some idiot who lost their blanket accidentally sent me a lost and found email."

"...Do you think I believe that?"

Xiaoxue casually tossed her phone aside, and a gentle yet refined smile spread across Chunri's pretty face.

"I'll give you one more chance to explain the origin of this email, Kasuga."

"Even if you ask me right now, I..."

Even Chunri didn't know which guy sent her this message.

Although he had a vague feeling that it was probably from some idiotic young lady of the Shinomiya family, he dared not admit it.

After thinking for a moment, he simply gave up on himself and said...

"I really don't know, Xiaoxue. You saw it yourself, there wasn't even a signature. You're asking me, who am I supposed to ask? What can I do if you don't believe me? Stay away from me, I'm feeling a bit tired right now..."

Some tragic sounds suddenly rang out in this cozy bedroom.

long night,

No one was destined to sleep that night.

……