"Momo? What are you doing here?!"
Seeing who it was, Nana lowered her voice and stared in surprise.
"You two can co, why can't I?" Momo closed the door and walked over, tossing the question back at them.
"Uh..."
"So, what exactly are you two... doing?" Momo looked at a, then at Nana, then over at the bed, but didn't see anything obviously wrong.
Mm, brother-in-law's sleeping face really is nice to look at.
Still hugging left and right as usual too... I really want to be one of them~
"N–nothing at all, haha..." Nana forced a guilty laugh as she explained, her gaze flicking left and right, clearly not daring to look Momo in the eye.
"Super suspicious~ a, you tell ," Momo asked, turning to a.
"Hehe~ We ca to prove whether brother-in-law likes or not," a answered straight away.
"a, you..." Nana stared at her in disbelief. She just said it like that?!
You're way too honest!
"Prove brother-in-law likes you? Why do you need to prove that?" Momo frowned.
"That's because I want brother-in-law to massage my chest like he does for Nana and—mmph!"
Before she could finish, Nana slapped a hand over her mouth.
"Massage what, exactly?"
"Mmmff mmmff~"
"Hehe~ Nothing at all," Nana said with a stiff smile.
"You really think I'm going to buy that?"
"I said there's nothing!"
"Keep it down, will you? You'll wake brother-in-law and the others."
"Ugh..." Nana had no choice but to shut her mouth.
"Let a talk."
"No way!" Nana refused on the spot.
"With that attitude? Now it's even more suspicious. You can't hide it from anymore."
"I..."
Nana felt a wave of frustration. Given Momo's curiosity, she was bound to find out eventually—and then Nana really would have no face left to show anyone.
She racked her brain and finally thought of a way to deal with Momo. She leaned over and whispered a few words into a's ear.
"Okay, now you can ask her whatever you want," Nana said, letting go of a.
"...Alright, a, you go first," Momo said, unbothered.
"Mm~ I just wanted brother-in-law to massage my chest too, but Nana said it has to be mutual, so we ca to prove it," a replied.
"So that's how it is..." Momo looked over at Nana, smiling like a cat that'd found cream.
She imdiately guessed what a had almost said earlier. It looked like Nana was already getting plenty of massages.
"W-Why are you looking at like that?" Nana's heart lurched. She had the feeling Momo knew sothing.
"No reason." Momo just shook her head, still smiling.
"..." Nana was now almost sure of it.
"So then, a, how were you planning to prove it?" Momo asked again.
"Wake brother-in-law and ask him directly."
"Then why didn't you just talk to him during the day?" Momo countered.
"Oh, that's true~" a said, suddenly realizing.
"With you there, how are we supposed to?" Nana cut in.
"What does this have to do with ?"
"Hmph. With your personality, you'd definitely do sothing—either interfere or join in. We couldn't let you find out."
"You're really going to accuse like that?"
"You know perfectly well what you're like," Nana shot back.
"Nana, I'm hurt you'd say that," Momo said, pressing a hand to her pale chest with a wounded expression.
"Drop the act. You think I'm falling for that?" Nana folded her arms and looked at her with disdain.
"I'll prove it," Momo declared solemnly.
"Huh? Prove what, exactly?"
"a, how about I help you tomorrow?"
"Help ?" a blinked, confused.
"Yup. For now, let's stop bothering brother-in-law and the others. Tomorrow when we go to the island, I'll find a chance to leave you alone with him."
"Alone with him~? Really?" a's eyes lit up.
"No problem at all—as long as soone doesn't mind." Momo shot Nana a aningful look.
"Why are you looking at ? Of course I don't mind!" Nana said loudly.
"Shh, keep it down, you'll wake them up," Momo whispered.
"It is kind of weird, though. We've been making all this noise; how co brother-in-law and the others haven't woken up?" a wondered.
"That's simple. Brother-in-law's really busy during the day, so it's normal he sleeps like a rock at night... Anyway, let's not disturb them. We should go sleep too, or we'll have no energy to play tomorrow," Momo said, steering the two of them toward the door.
"Alright."
The three of them soon slipped out of the room. As she closed the door, Momo glanced back at Shichen on the bed. Her lips moved slightly, then she smiled and shut the door.
Silence returned.
"Get so sleep," she said a little later, once they'd reached their room doors in the hallway. Then she turned away without looking back and went into her own room.
Nana stared at the closed door for a long mont.
"Nana? What's wrong?" a asked, puzzled.
"Momo's being weird. I get the feeling sothing's off," Nana muttered.
"Maybe she's just tired. Co on, let's sleep. Tomorrow we can keep 'proving' things~" a said, full of anticipation.
"She doesn't look tired to . I bet she's got sothing planned... probably for tomorrow. You be careful," Nana warned seriously.
"What's there to be careful about? I don't mind."
"...You should mind a little. You're still a girl," Nana said helplessly.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. Let's just go to bed."
"Fine."
They both went back to their rooms. In a few seconds, the entire house fell silent.
But not long after, Momo's door opened again—soundless this ti.
She slipped out, closing the door quietly behind her, then leaned against Nana's door to listen for any movent inside.
Hearing nothing, she padded softly down the hall to Shichen's room again.
She didn't hesitate this ti; she pushed the door open and walked straight over to the bed.
Looking at Shichen's sleeping face, she couldn't stop the excitent bubbling inside her. Smiling from ear to ear, she murmured, "Brother-in-law, are you really going to keep pretending to sleep~?"
"..."
Shichen opened his eyes, his expression full of resignation.
"What were you three doing just now?" he asked.
Of course he'd been awake a long ti. The door opening had woken him, but he'd kept his eyes shut, curious what Nana and a were up to.
In the end, they hadn't done anything!
Aside from a briefly using his hand as a stethoscope stand.
Not nearly enough.
"Hehehe~ that wasn't on ," Momo said, shaking her head.
"Then what did you co back for?" Shichen sat up and looked at her.
"They ssed up my plans, obviously. I had to co fix it."
"Fix it, huh... What kind of 'plan' do you have in the middle of the night?"
"In the middle of the night, what else could I possibly be here for, brother-in-law~?" Momo raised a brow at him and tossed the question back.
"No idea."
"Hey~ brother-in-law, don't pretend you don't know."
"Alright, alright. But aren't you planning to have fun at the beach tomorrow?"
"I am going to the beach tomorrow~ which is exactly why I need your help, brother-in-law~"
"Help? You can just say you don't want to go."
"No, no. I need a proper excuse."
"What kind of excuse?"
"The kind where I literally can't get out of bed~"
"You're sure about that?" Shichen blinked at her. Of course he knew exactly what she ant.
"I'm sure. I've been waiting for this forever~" Momo pouted, looking utterly wronged.
"Waiting forever, huh... you really are a dangerous little sister-in-law."
"Hehehe~ So how does brother-in-law feel?"
"?"
Shichen didn't answer. He simply climbed out of bed, walked over to her, and picked her up.
"Don't cry about it later, okay~?" he warned.
"Brother-in-law, please be gentle~" Momo bead, absolutely glowing.
"I can't promise that."
"Let's go to my room..."
"Alright."
Shichen carried her to her room, set her gently on the bed, and then put up a barrier.
Momo sat up, her tail swishing excitedly behind her. Pinching the hem of her nightgown, she lifted it in one motion.
The room seed to flush pink.
Her pale, rosy skin was impossibly soft and youthful.
Momo was only wearing a single undergarnt; nobody sleeps in a full set.
Shichen's gaze heated up despite himself. He walked to the edge of the bed and leaned over her.
"Brother-in-law~" Momo's voice was soft and sweet.
"I don't think I'll be able to stay gentle," Shichen said quietly.
"Why not?"
"Because, my Momo, right now, you're way too tempting."
"Brother-in-law!" Momo's heart swelled with joy, and she wrapped her arms around him.
"Momo..." Shichen held her tighter, his hand naturally finding her tail.
"Mm~ B-brother-in-law, can I make a little request?" she asked in a syrupy tone.
"What is it?"
"Later... can you 'taste' my tail?"
That line made Shichen think of Tohru for a mont, though the aning here was clearly different.
"That's all?" he asked.
"Brother-in-law... take care of ," Momo said, closing her eyes.
Shichen didn't say another word. He lowered his head and kissed her, intense and burning.
Soon the room filled with faint, breathy sounds that pricked at the ears.
Like a soft, wavering song—sweet and unbroken.
At so point, the creaking of the bed fra joined in, loud and insistent.
No one outside heard a thing.
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