146 Vol. 3 pt. 16 Patch 3.0: Apartment Life with Four Girls (1/2)
The group on the bed sleeps soundly throughout the night. It does not take long after Cassandra falls asleep for her to wrap one of her legs around Ryouta's own leg, and consequently, on top of Serra. Alice ends up scooting farther up along his body until she's subconsciously cradling Ryouta's head against her chest, and Serra only moves whenever a certain something pokes up against the back of her head.
Aiko is the only one who wakes up during the night.
She walks into the bedroom to find where everybody is and sees her beloved Ryouta surrounded by three other girls.
It hurts her to see such a sight. Her heart hurts and violent thoughts whisper into her mind, but those thoughts are not directed at anybody that she is looking at.
They are only directed at herself.
She was unbelievably happy earlier to be reunited with her beloved Ryouta, but now that she sees just how happy and content he can be without her, dangerous thoughts plague her mind once more – thoughts that she has never been brave enough to tell anybody about.
But, Ryouta is happy, so that is reason enough for her to try her hardest to be happy.
Cassandra takes her leg off of Ryouta and starts rolling over. Only a thin space is left on the bed between her and its ledge, so if she completely rolls over, there is nothing to stop her from falling onto the floor.
While there may not be anything to stop here, there is somebody.
Aiko rushes over and uses her hands to push Cassandra back onto Ryouta. One of Cassandra's arms end up flopping toward Aiko and almost smacking her in the face, which makes Aiko tempted to just let her roll over and fall, but she stays helping the blonde girl with a bust that she's jealous of.
”You better appreciate this,” Aiko whispers with a smile.
Those dark thoughts are replaced by the happy memories that she made earlier. She has been reunited with Ryouta, has made two new friends, and she feels safe and comfortable around them all.
Until this day, Serra has been the only one since she was taken away from Ryouta as a child who she could feel happy around – who she could feel safe around.
Cassandra finally settles halfway on top of Ryouta, allowing Aiko to slump back and sit on the floor.
Something hard in her back pocket pokes up against her rear due to the uncomfortable position it has gotten into.
Aiko takes it out of her pocket and looks at it, opening it up to reveal the blade that she is so familiar with.
She closes it the moment those thoughts start returning. It gets shoved back into her pocket in a position where it won't be poking her while sitting.
Maybe, just maybe, she'll be able to get rid of those thoughts for good if she surrounds herself with all of these happy people.
She just wants to be as happy as Ryouta looks in his sleep right now.
For now, all she can do is continue trying to make others happy.
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Then she might even learn how to make herself happy.
Aiko stretches and lets out a loud yawn that she's worried will wake the rest up, but fortunately, they all remain sound asleep.
She looks over the bed for an open spot. The only space is at the very foot of the bed where she would have to be sharing space with everybody's feet.
If that is the only spot with enough space for her, then that is the spot she will take.
Hours later, once the sun shines through the window of Ryouta's bedroom, Ryouta blinks his eyes open and looks around. He's confused at first when he cannot move his body at all. Something is pinning down his arms, keeping his legs spread, and pressing down on his feet.
He tries to figure out what's happening.
First, he turns his head to look at what that soft, warm sensation is against the side of his head.
His eyes are met with the sight of Alice's cleavage. Looking at her this up close, she has an even bigger pair than he thought. Though, that could just be the bra she is wearing pushing them together and up.
She smells nice.