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“How’s Ryo doing?”
“Exhausted,” Kita sighed. “Kicked me out not too long after we woke up.”
Nijika gave her an affectionate, yet slightly pained smile. “Well, you did quite the number on her last night. No wonder she’s drained.”
Blushing, Kita quickly turned away. “I, um, did get a little caught up in the moment…” She laughed awkwardly.
“At least you quietened down a little when I asked you to, so it’s all good,” Nijika said. “More importantly!”
Kita immediately straightened hearing the commanding tone. “Yes!”
“Ryo needs immediate attention! You know what that means.” Putting her hands on her hips, chest pushed out, Nijika went into her best military general voice, completely overacting. “Deploy the Bocchi!” she announced, as though it was the name of a newly developed super weapon.
“Yes ma’am!” Kita responded, smacking her heels together and saluting. “She will be deployed immediately!”
With those words, Kita quickly vanished into the room Bocchi and Nijika had shared last night, and after some soft cooing, Kita returned holding a very confused looking Bocchi in a princess carry.
Nijika stifled a snort. “So, this is what you started going to the gym for.”
Kita beamed, her eyes sparkling with pure excitement. “Of course! What else would you need muscles for?”
“My hero,” Nijika said, voice dripping with sarcasm, but she walked over and gave Kita quick peck on the lips before lowering herself to Bocchi’s eye level. “Hey there, Hitori,” she softly said, pushing a strand of hair out of her face. “I think Ryo needs some recharging today. You mind helping her so she can at least have breakfast with us?”
Bocchi blinked, once, then twice, the words slowly registering in her still sleep-addled brain. Finally, she nodded, and carefully got out of Kita’s arms (earning a despondent sigh from Kita, and Nijika could almost see a pair of dog ears on her head, lying flat in disappointment).
Nijika huffed, a smile on her face, and wrapped an arm around Kita. “Come on,” she said, “let’s prepare breakfast, alright?”
When Bocchi opened the door to their second bedroom, she immediately noticed that it was still dark.
The second thing she noticed was a groan coming from underneath the pile of blankets in the middle of the bed. It stopped when she closed the door behind her.
Ryo’s head poked out of the blanket fortress. Through half-lidded eyes, she spotted Bocchi, and let herself fall onto her back, stretching her arms out and making grabbing motions with her hands.
Bocchi quickly shuffled over to the bed, carefully laying herself down next to Ryo. Wrapping an arm around her, Ryo buried her face in Bocchi’s chest, breathing getting slower and more relaxed, and it almost sounded like she was purring.
Bocchi couldn’t help the small smile sneaking onto her face. She returned the hug, using her other arm to pat Ryo’s head, playing with each strand of her soft hair as she felt the last bit of tension in Ryo’s body leave.
She knew she was supposed to get Ryo for breakfast, but she also sknew neither Kita nor Nijika would be mad if they drifted off again for just a little while longer.