Uneasy daily life

Yukino Yukinoshita subconsciously licked her lips, and then became even more embarrassed after realizing what she had done. She rolled off the bed and said, "Get up and go wash your face and brush your teeth."

"Yes, yes, yes—when we go out to buy groceries later, let's see if there's anything fun to do."

The white figure straightened up and stood up steadily.

"Don't jump around on the bed."

Yukino Yukinoshita, who had already left, spoke.

"Uh……"

The white figure stroked his chin and called out from afar, "Hero, I'm not used to you being so serious all of a sudden!"

"...I'm quite used to your constant frivolity... Humph!"

Yukino Yukinoshita's additional snort sounded somewhat weak.

Hmm—ah, it's the weekend today. Is the hero thinking about going back to school soon?

Bai Ying seemed to be deep in thought, then clenched her fist.

Great! That's my turn!

……

"Don't move! You've only been here a day, how can you be fully recovered? Stay home, I'll be back after I buy my things."

"Bai Jun, one day is enough, no..."

"Want to go out for a walk with me?"

"……Um."

"Actually, I was just stopping by to buy groceries, and I was also looking for something fun to buy as a surprise for you."

Bai Ying raised an eyebrow: "Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!"

"Don't be a broken record." Yukino Yukinoshita pursed her lips slightly, hesitating for a moment. "You've already said it, so what kind of surprise is this..."

"I don't even know what fun things I can buy, how could you possibly know?"

Bai Ying said smugly, "Opening blind boxes is a kind of surprise, right? — Also, I'd like to hear what you have to say about that."

"That?" Yukino Yukinoshita asked, puzzled.

"Welcome back."

"..."

Yukino Yukinoshita gently raised her hand to her chest and waved it slightly at the white figure: "Have a safe journey."

"I am leaving."

Bai Ying smiled and pushed open the door to go out.

The room fell silent.

...Am I more afraid of being alone?

Yukino Yukinoshita was lost in thought when she suddenly felt that time was moving incredibly slowly.

Let's do something productive... Clean? Hang up the laundry? Read? Play the piano? Watch TV? Study? Chat on your phone? Surf the internet?

There are so many choices, yet none of them seem particularly appealing.

Oh, right, I haven't done my holiday homework yet. I'd better take this opportunity to finish it quickly, I'm heading back to Tokyo this afternoon...

Yukino Yukinoshita went into her bedroom, found her homework, and had only been sitting down for a few minutes when her eyes involuntarily turned to the door.

She took her homework to the living room and sat down on a small stool.

Here, you can turn around and see Bai Jun coming back, and welcome him back immediately.

Yukino Yukinoshita contentedly buried herself in her homework.

Click.

Yukino Yukinoshita turned her head.

very quiet.

The door was silently pushed open a crack.

Yukino Yukinoshita immediately calmed down—a thief?

A white figure slipped through the crack in the door and sneaked in... meeting Yukino Yukinoshita's gaze.

Tsk, the sneak attack failed!

"..." The white figure walked into the house and closed the door. "I'm back! The Waiting-for-Husband Stone!"

"Welcome home." Yukino Yukinoshita's lips curled into a faint smile. "Mr. Thief."

Hmph, trying to ambush me? But if someone sneaks up behind me and says 'I'm back'... oh no, no, I'll definitely get teased by Bai Jun.

Yukino Yukinoshita blinked, holding a pen in one hand and resting her chin on the other, looking at the white figure with interest: "What's the surprise?"

Bai Ying snorted twice without answering, went into the kitchen to put away the groceries she had bought, then sneered twice and came to the living room with a round and thick object in her hand.

"Huh?" Yukino Yukinoshita asked, somewhat puzzled. "A candle?"

“Yes, I took a quick stroll around the streets and found a shop that makes handmade candles.” Bai Ying placed the candle, which was integrated with the candle holder, on the coffee table. “In this day and age, this is already considered a handicraft.”

Yukino Yukinoshita tilted her head slightly. What's so interesting about candles?

Ok?

A line of rather novel words was engraved on the red candle.

I am cute.

"?"

Yukino Yukinoshita said irritably, "You're cute."

"Thank you for the compliment." The white figure raised her hand and poked Yukino Yukinoshita's forehead. "You're cute too."

But...red candles? In China, red symbolizes celebration, right? Red...

Yukino Yukinoshita blinked: "Is Shiro-kun planning to give me a wedding night?"

Bai Ying blinked: "Use a candle to illuminate your crying face?"

The two looked at each other, blinking back and forth, before simultaneously looking away.

"Ahem! Don't think about those things! Hero!"

"Who is thinking this? I can't say."

"It's you!"

"You are."

After a few harmless, mutually refuted words, Yukino glanced at the candles a few more times, then lowered her head to start doing her homework, suddenly remembering that she was supposed to go back to school...

Hmm, how about staying for one day? I'll set my alarm to get up early tomorrow. It won't take too long to get to Tokyo, and I should be able to make it to my first class.

Okay, let's stay one more day.

Yukino Yukinoshita smiled gently, her lips pursed.

After lunch, the two lay down on the sofa again, but this time Yukino Yukinoshita gave Shirokage a lap pillow.

"Hmm—it's so nice to be able to see the hero's face directly... um..."

Yukino Yukinoshita reached out and covered the lower half of the white figure's face with her hand, annoyed: "Don't make me angry today."

Suddenly feeling a ticklish and damp sensation in her palm, Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes widened. She quickly pulled her hand back and wiped it with a tissue in disgust: "Shiraki, pay attention to hygiene."

"Hmm? Hmm? Hmm?" The white figure remained silent, only staring at Yukino Yukinoshita's lips, her voice nasal.

Yukino Yukinoshita, remembering what happened yesterday, quickly changed the subject: "Hmm... how about watching a movie?"

"Okay, what do you want to see?" Bai Ying asked lazily.

The hero's lap is quite comfortable to rest my head on. If I were to turn over, would she be both embarrassed and anxious? Or would she be too shy to say anything? I'm so curious.

"The Brocade Zither".

Yukino Yukinoshita said softly, "I want to watch it again. I feel like I'll understand more this time... But, is it available online now?"

"It's been released on all platforms. The director of a bad movie doesn't care whether he makes a lot or a little at the box office. In her words, a movie is like a bomb, there's no reason for it to explode slowly."

"...It seems I underestimated the number of victims of Director Nian."

"Haha, bad movie directors love this kind of thing."

The story of "Jinse" slowly emerged on the television screen, and Yukino Yukinoshita and Shirokage watched it rather quietly.

“Xiao Yun’s mindset, Bai Jun’s editing…” Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly said, “However, some of Bai Jun’s true feelings were also added, right?”

Bai Ying smiled: "Where?"

"As for the description of writing poetry," Yukino Yukinoshita said, unconsciously stroking the white figure's head with one hand, like a small comb massaging the scalp and hair. "It's not that I'm passionate about it, and I haven't studied it in detail. I just wrote it down because I felt something in my heart."

“Oh right.” Bai Ying took her other small hand, placed it in both of her hands and examined it carefully, sometimes pinching it, sometimes kneading it. “This hobby, I guess it was given to me by Yoshikage Kira? Is it to relieve my mood, or just to show off? I can’t really say. It’s just that when I was in school, I reread those ancient poems, and each one gave me a different feeling. Over time, I started writing them down. I don’t want to be like Xiao Laodeng, who spent his whole life keeping his feelings silent.”

Yukino Yukinoshita blinked and turned her head slightly away: "So, are there any for me?"

Hmm... I don't know why, but I feel a little embarrassed. It's like asking my boyfriend for a gift? Or does saying this mean I'm confessing my feelings to him? I feel a little awkward.

“Yes, the hero is particularly good at giving me all sorts of inspiration,” the white figure said meaningfully. “However, I mostly just recite them silently in my mind, and I don’t really think about them afterward, so I’m not sure I can remember them.”

Yukino Yukinoshita pouted slightly, a little dissatisfied: "Why? You really can't remember a single thing?"

Bai Ying gently rubbed her hand against her face and replied leisurely, "What were you doing when I felt particularly emotional these past two days and couldn't help but want to write poems and lyrics? What do you think I was doing when I could write something?"

What are you doing... Ugh!

Yukino Yukinoshita awkwardly withdrew her hand: "Pervert."

The white figure spoke, "Helping away the dark clouds to reveal the snow-capped peaks, bringing spring colors that gush forth like a spring."

Yukino Yukinoshita understood immediately, biting her lip lightly: "Pervert!"

"And there's more!" Bai Ying got excited and recited with a grin, "White snow smells of spring, dyeing fallen red petals, half rustling, half rich."

You're the one who's showing off, you're the one who's thick!

Yukino Yukinoshita blushed and was very happy, but she couldn't listen anymore, so she decisively covered the white shadow's mouth with her palm.

prprprprprpr~

Ugh, those mischievous white fungi.

"...Aren't there any normal poems at all?"

Yukino Yukinoshita moved her hand away.

"Yes, I did read one sentence to you before, didn't I?"

"anything else?"

"Sigh—brave warrior, it's embarrassing to recite those kinds of poems."

You're not embarrassed to recite Se Se's poems, are you?

Yukino Yukinoshita gave a soft snort and covered her hand with her hand.

Time slipped by unnoticed, and it seemed like evening had arrived in the blink of an eye.

After dinner, I took a shower, changed into my pajamas, and continued to snuggle on the sofa with Bai Jun, quietly waiting for the time to fall asleep together.

Perhaps this is what change and constancy are all about.

I'm leaving tomorrow...

tonight……

"Bai Jun, you're lying to me."

Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly spoke up, then felt a little embarrassed after realizing what she was doing—this was like begging for... you know, she looked just like...

"Are you really alright? Even a Stand user can't act recklessly."

Shiroki looked at Yukino Yukinoshita with suspicion.

"It's really healed, I wouldn't lie to you."