禁止二度寝は蜜の味

[twomeals]

.......Somehow or other I'm back in my room.

I can't help feeling sleepy whenever I'm here....yaawn.



...Hey, you'd better not be sleepin' in here!

Oh, Kurogitsune. I was looking for you, but you were here all along.

Yeah. I've been hard at work all morning. Since I gotta watch you when you leave today, I thought I'd take a little break first.

Hmm?

I'm gonna hafta protect you if anything happens to you out there, after all.

Are towns really such dangerous places?

'course they are! Especially those kids with the nets! And that old guy at the fish stall, too!

....Those all sound like...things I don't need to worry about at all...oh well.

Oh yeah, since you're here, Yue, gimme a little massage.

Eh?

Mmm, sure, I guess...



Hup. Thanks for this~ Put some strength in it!

.......Well then, here I go~

Ooh...yeah, that feels good...haaah... A massage after all that exercise really hits the spot!

.......I'm not sure I'd call scratching a massage.

Alright, sir, do you have an itchy spot~?

Give some attention to the base of my tail, please~!

Understood~ Okay, scratchscratchscratchscratch...

Aaaahhh, this is heaven...

I'm glad you think so........

I'm getting sleepy...yaawn...

Oi Yue, don't relax now! Do the joints of my legs next!

Okay, is here good? Scratchscratchscratch...

Aahh...good, real good~ that's great~!!!

.......Doing this, it really feels just like any other day.

.......Huh? What does?

I was just thinking, the days will be different from now on. It's kind of a strange feeling.

.......



...Huh, Kurogitsune?

　You can't keep talkin' like you're half asleep.

...Eh?

This is gonna be your normal from now on. Staying here like you've been doing isn't gonna be normal anymore.

You can go where you want, when you want, just like everybody else. That's a good thing...you should be happy.

I'm happy, I think. I've always wanted to be able to go out with you.

That's not what I meant. I don't care about that, it's your......well, I guess it's fine.

Oh, I enjoyed being able to nap here with you every day, though.

You've already slept a lifetime's worth. Sheesh...

We've still got time before we go, so can I sleep? ...Together with you.

.......Yue.

I almost got caught up in the moment there, and it turns out this whole time you were just makin' up an excuse to sleep again.

...You figured it out?

Fine, but no falling asleep in town! I'll wake you when it's time to go, so hurry up an' sleep!

Thanks....hehe.

Doing things like this really makes me feel calm. I don't think it's so bad, being here.

.......

If you're gonna sleep then sleep, don't talk. Time's a-wastin'.

Okay, goodnight.

.......




???: ..........Hey, can you talk? Do you recognize me?

Yue: ..........Really.

Yue: I never thought the day would come...that I'd be able to leave this room.