“At least we are finally reunited now.” The memories ended there, and Aemeath looked at the group photo, revealing a smile like a crescent moon.
Xiao was right; a place is only a home if everyone is there, and no one can be missing.
Now, the scars in her heart were filled with overflowing happiness, and she was content with that.
“Oh my, it’s time to sleep early.
It seems Xiao is taking us out tomorrow.” Aemeath quickly dived into her velvet bed, wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, and within a moment, she drifted off to sleep with a sweet smile on her face.
…
Of course, not everyone falls asleep the moment they hit the bed like Aemeath.
“I can’t sleep…” That’s strange.
Isn’t our little Denia usually the laziest sleeper who loves to nap?
Why is she so unusually wide awake today?
Denia didn’t know either.
She checked her phone; it was already past midnight.
“Could it be the effect of staying up late lately…” Denia reviewed her sleep schedule from the past few days.
Good grief, she basically slept during the day and played at night; she had truly turned into a night owl.
Back in Solaris, she couldn’t sleep at night, but now here, she just didn’t want to sleep at night.
Denia suddenly found it quite funny.
“I wonder if that guy Kather is asleep…
although I think there’s a high probability he isn’t.” Since she couldn’t sleep anyway, Denia simply threw off her quilt and got out of bed.
She didn’t wear slippers, stepping barefoot on the tile floor, which felt cool and comfortable.
A faint “click” sounded, and Denia pushed open her bedroom door and walked out, approaching Kather’s bedroom at the very end like a cat, step by step.
The door wasn’t locked.
Denia gently pressed down on the doorknob and quietly cracked the door open.
Sure enough, that mature night owl Kather was playing games on his computer.
He had just taken a shower, his slightly messy hair still damp.
He was wearing a black tank top and oversized shorts, his exposed biceps looking very toned—he seemed the type who exercised often.
His black headset was hung casually around his neck, and he was completely focused on his game.
This was her first time thinking about checking out Kather’s nightlife.
He’d tell her to stay up less to play games, yet he was playing happily himself.
He really was a bad guy who was strict with others but lenient with himself.
Denia didn’t plan to spoil him; she was determined to add a little trouble to his gaming life.
Thus, Kather, who was fiercely attacking Denia’s weekly boss, found a little blueberry cake trying its best to burrow into his arms.
“Hey?
When did this girl come in?” Kather thought Denia was truly like a cat; she walked over without a sound.
Although his attention was on the game, that didn’t mean he couldn’t hear the door opening.
So, Kather stopped his actions, watching as Denia, after successfully burrowing into his arms, sat on his lap as if it were only natural.
“Didn’t someone tell me to stay up less to play games?” Denia looked up to meet Kather’s eyes, poking his head with her jade-like finger in annoyance.
“And yet, here you are, secretly playing games in the middle of the night?
You didn’t even notice when I came in?” “I’ve been a night owl for years,” Kather said, smoothing Denia’s hair.
“You can’t expect me to change my sleep habits overnight, can you?” “Then we aren’t going out tomorrow?” “I’ll sleep early, but as for right now~” Kather’s lips curled up slightly.
“Since neither of us can sleep anyway, why don’t you join me in playing games?” Denia didn’t reply, just leaned further into Kather’s arms.
Kather smiled helplessly and continued operating the computer.
Truth be told, if he really were that Xiao Chunan who hadn’t seen much of the world, he probably wouldn’t be able to control his physiological reactions right now.
Although Kather often joked with fellow enthusiasts in his circle, making lewd comments about “injecting cream” into this little blueberry cake, he knew clearly in his heart that these were just immature jokes.
Because failing to control one’s desires in front of the girl one likes is the quickest way to ruin her impression of you.
Since they truly arrived in reality, this sincere relationship was no longer a one-way street, but a two-way path.
Enough with the chicken soup for the soul; Kather continued to control his character to fiercely attack the in-game Denia weekly boss, while Denia quietly grinded maps on her phone.
After grinding for a while, Denia looked up at the computer and found that this guy was still using her to fight herself?
“What are you doing?” Denia poked his face in dissatisfaction.
“Why do you keep hitting me?” “So you admit this is you now?” Kather didn’t explain directly, instead pointing at the weekly boss Denia, who had lost her toughness bar and was spinning in circles on the ground.
“It is me, but it isn’t me.” Denia gave an ambiguous answer.
“How did you feel at that time?” Kather brought up the matter nonchalantly.
In truth, Kather really felt heartache for Denia.
She had no past, and even less of a future.
Yet the President of Residual Star Association was completely inhuman, refusing to give up until she had squeezed every last bit of value out of this well-behaved girl.
In the end, Denia could only choose self-exile, atoning for her mistakes while also protecting the friends who were very important to her in this way.
“My consciousness was very clear, but my body felt like it was burning in pain.
Even though I knew exactly what I was doing, I couldn’t do anything about it.” Denia spoke about her feelings at that time quite calmly while playing the game.
But in reality, even if the President of Residual Star Association hadn’t controlled her, she still would have stood in front of the Tunnel Anchor at that time, just to get the answer she wanted.
She suddenly felt Kather’s breathing behind her become somewhat hurried, so she used her delicate hand to stroke Kather’s hand on the mouse in a soothing manner.
“Didn’t Chisaki already say it?
The story in Solaris is a thing of the past.” Denia raised her hand, flicking Kather’s nose with a smile.
“The present and the future, moving forward together with friends, are what’s more precious.” “Of course, and the time spent with you.” Kather froze for a moment, then put on a gentle smile again.
“Then, does the Head Coach want to take the field herself?
Consider it saying goodbye to your past self.” As he said this, he completely relinquished control of the computer, handing the stage over to Denia.
Denia smiled knowingly and immediately took over the keyboard and mouse.
After familiarizing herself with the keyboard and mouse controls under Kather’s guidance, she clicked on her weekly boss challenge again, ready to properly say goodbye to her former self.
(Head Coach is warming up.jpg) …
Maybe it’s not a big deal now… maybe it will be later.
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”