60: In the Dark
Carefully crawling into the bed, trying to stay as far from Bai Ling as possible, Leticia lay on her back planning to sleep.
Her bed was much larger than an ordinary single bed, so sleeping two people was more than adequate.
One important reason was: if the bed was too small, Leticia might end up on the floor while sleeping.
Now this turned out to be a good thing—at least Leticia didn't have to embarrassingly sleep pressed against Bai Ling.
"Aren't you going to hold me?" Leticia's restraint confused Bai Ling.
Body pillow, body pillow—as the name implied, it was for holding. But Leticia wasn't doing this. On the contrary, she was staying as far from Bai Ling as possible.
This was very strange. Bai Ling thought her definition of body pillow was fine, so the only possibility was that Leticia's definition of body pillow was wrong.
"Mind your own business. Can't I sleep like this?" Leticia turned over, facing away from Bai Ling and muttering quietly. "Don't talk, just sleep."
This Bai Ling was really pushing it. Wasn't she being considerate by staying put to avoid embarrassing her?
If she really went over and hugged her, how could this Bai Ling possibly stay as calm as she was now?
Hmph, she, Leticia, was indeed a great person.
Wait, why was she proud of being a great person? She was clearly the Demon King, supposed to be a bad person, right?
Another storm arose in Leticia's mind as she began struggling with whether it was better to be a good person or a bad person.
The answer to this question was provided by Bai Ling.
A warm body pressed against Leticia's back, and an arm like white jade passed under Leticia's armpit, gently encircling the black-haired girl.
Leticia's face instantly turned bright red. In the darkness, she could clearly feel the girl behind her breathing again and again. That warm, moist air hitting her sensitive nape made her feel restless.
Bai Ling had actually initiated the embrace!
What was this? They had clearly agreed that Bai Ling would be her body pillow—why had it turned out like this?
"What are you doing?"
"You said you wanted to sleep holding me, but you didn't come hold me, so I could only come hold you." Bai Ling answered matter-of-factly.
The hot breath from the girl's mouth made Leticia shiver. Miss Demon King was already starting to regret. She hadn't expected such a simple request would end up like this.
But there was no way back now. She could only grit her teeth and swallow her pride. Who told her to have a moment of confusion and trap herself?
But honestly speaking, being held by Bai Ling felt unexpectedly very nice.
Leticia had gotten used to sleeping alone very early on. Her mother basically didn't care about Leticia, and after sleeping with Leticia a few times, Qila couldn't stand Leticia's terrible sleeping posture either.
This meant that Leticia, as the Demon King, had been sleeping alone for nearly twenty years.
She had only experienced being held while sleeping when she was very, very young, but those memories had long become blurry. Even Leticia herself didn't know if she had been held while sleeping at that time.
"Do you want me to let go?" Leticia's silence made Bai Ling doubtful. She was afraid her actions had been too aggressive and that Leticia, whose face was as thin as a layer of gauze, couldn't accept it.
But Leticia's answer surprised Bai Ling: "It's fine, this is quite nice."
As she spoke, Leticia even took the initiative to hold Bai Ling's hand. She shifted her body and turned back around.
In the darkness, Leticia saw those red eyes full of surprise—these eyes that had appeared countless times in her dreams, making her gnash her teeth in hatred, now made her feel somewhat at peace.
"Thinking about it calmly, you do look quite pleasing to the eye." Leticia buried her head in Bai Ling's not-so-small chest and took a deep breath. "I've always wanted to do this kind of thing. Today I finally got my wish."
Leticia's actions made Bai Ling blush too. She hadn't expected Leticia would suddenly act completely out of character and do such a thing.
The current Leticia nestled in her arms perfectly interpreted the word "soft" to the extreme. Bai Ling couldn't imagine that Leticia could have such a side.
This was like going to see a tiger, only to find that tiger acting like a little cat. Too much of a shock.
It made Bai Ling wonder if something was wrong with Leticia's brain.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm feeling great right now. You're supposed to be a body pillow, so shut up. Is there such a thing as a talking body pillow?" Leticia hugged Bai Ling tightly. "If only you really were a body pillow."
Leticia knew her current behavior had completely shattered her image, but she didn't care anymore. Just for tonight, she decided to follow her heart.
All that boring face-saving stuff could go die. She, Leticia, just wanted to cuddle with pretty girls. Whether it was Bai Ling or anyone else, as long as she liked it, that was fine.
So what if Bai Ling almost killed her? Small matter.
"You..." Bai Ling now really felt something was wrong with Leticia's brain. How had that die-hard tsundere now become just the dere part? Something was definitely wrong.
Could it be that in the darkness, Leticia had decided to let herself go?
You know what, that's exactly what Leticia was planning.
At the end of the day, she was definitely going to lose face tonight. Whether she had Bai Ling leave or pretended to be calm, Bai Ling would discover that Leticia had chickened out.
Acting like this now, turning the tables, the one who didn't know what to do was Bai Ling. This move was called an extreme one-for-one trade.
"Don't talk, sleep." Leticia nuzzled her head again, making Bai Ling's face even redder.
Completely unleashed Leticia had achieved a counter-kill against Bai Ling. Now the one who was conflicted had become our simple and cute Miss Bai Ling.
She was thinking about whether she had gone too far just now and short-circuited Leticia's brain.
Look at this current Leticia—was this really Leticia?
Didn't seem like it.
"You..." Bai Ling wanted to speak again, but the girl in her arms let out soft snoring sounds.
Leticia had fallen asleep at an extremely supernatural speed, leaving only Bai Ling alone to be confused in the real world.
The Bai Ling-brand body pillow seemed to possess special hypnotic abilities. Leticia had only been holding her for a few minutes before going off to date young ladies in her dreams. The effect could be called quite potent.
In contrast, Leticia had no hypnotic effect at all. At least the current Bai Ling didn't feel the slightest bit sleepy.