Chapter 27 : Chapter 27
Chapter 27 : Bedtime games among girls
“So! What exactly were you planning to do by barging into my room in the middle of the night!?”
Iphilia, with a pouty little face, angrily questioned Aimiya, who was standing in front of her hugging a pillow.
“Uh… It’s a bit embarrassing to say, but… my room hasn’t been sorted out yet… so I was planning to… maybe stay at your place for a couple of days…”
Aimiya looked embarrassed.
This wasn’t some excuse she made up because she had any improper intentions toward Iphilia… The room she was supposed to stay in hadn’t been occupied for so long that it had been turned into a storage space, piled high with all sorts of stuff.
Cleaning it up was no easy task… But until she could get her room in order, she needed a place to sleep, didn’t she? So, she had no choice but to shamelessly come to Iphilia’s place to crash on her bed…
“? The door’s over there. Get out.”
After hearing this, Iphilia slowly raised a question mark, then her face darkened, and without hesitation, she issued an eviction order to Aimiya.
Her attitude was so resolute, her words so sharp, it was unprecedented.
Let this perverted, scheming angel sleep next to her? As if! Go sleep in the living room!
“Wah! Don’t be so heartless, Iphilia-chan— I really have nowhere else to sleep!”
“Sleep on the living room sofa!!!”
Aimiya deliberately put on a pitiful expression, trying to stir some sympathy in Iphilia’s heart.
Unfortunately, while Iphilia might have softened for someone else, this was Aimiya’s request, and Iphilia would never agree, not even if her life depended on it.
“The sofa’s no place for sleeping! Sleeping on a sofa for one night could easily make your waist sore! And it’s so easy to catch a cold!”
For some reason, Aimiya showed surprising persistence in this odd matter.
Realizing her pitiful act wasn’t working on Iphilia, she shamelessly started playing the emotional card.
“After I so kindly helped you back today, can’t you be just a little more lenient?”
“Who told you to sneakily lick my ear when I was vulnerable!? How could I possibly feel safe letting you sleep next to me after that!?”
The moment Aimiya’s earlier perverted behavior was brought up, Iphilia’s anger flared.
As a pure, innocent girl who had never even held hands with another girl, how could she handle such stimulation? Aimiya’s actions were practically giving Iphilia trauma.
“Sorry, Iphilia-chan~ I really just thought your reaction was too cute and wanted to tease you a bit”
“You…!”
Aimiya slightly lowered her head, putting on an air of sincere apology.
But Iphilia, even with the little wings on her head, could tell this was absolutely an act to get away with it.
Just as she was about to stop arguing with Aimiya and throw her out of the room, for some reason, she suddenly felt that Aimiya’s current demeanor was strangely reminiscent of her former little sister.
『Oops~ Sorry, big bro, I really just thought you were too dull with that expressionless face all the time, so I wanted to mess with you a bit~』
In her memory, a black-haired girl who had just pulled a prank put on an apologetic expression, clasping her hands together and “sincerely” apologizing to the former Iphilia.
Not just the demeanor… even the tone and the level of infuriating behavior were so similar…
Iphilia let out a soft sigh and glanced at the bandage wrapped around her calf—this was something Aimiya had personally applied after helping her back.
Then she looked at Aimiya, who was sneakily observing her expression, and admitted that she did feel a twinge of compassion.
“Sigh… Fine, fine, you can stay for one night.”
“Really?! Iphilia-chan, you’re the best”
Aimiya, grinning, placed her pillow next to Iphilia’s and was about to slip into Iphilia’s bed when, unsurprisingly, she got a flick on the forehead from a dark-faced Iphilia.
“I have another blanket here, so we’ll sleep with separate ones! Also, tonight, this line is the boundary, and neither of us is allowed to cross it!”
With that, Iphilia took another blanket from the wardrobe and tossed it to Aimiya.
She then neatly arranged a line of plush toys from the pile at the head of her bed right down the middle, creating a clear dividing line.
To the right was Iphilia’s territory, and to the left was Aimiya’s.
“Speaking of which, when I was moving my stuff this morning, I noticed that your room is so girly, Iphilia-chan and this mountain of plush toys—do you really love stuffed animals that much?”
Aimiya curiously picked up a pink dolphin plush toy and fiddled with it, her gaze toward Iphilia carrying a hint of teasing.
“But I have to say, these plush toys do feel nice to hug, and they’re so cute. They really suit you, Iphilia-chan”
Perhaps to thank Iphilia for her “gracious” hospitality, Aimiya’s way of addressing her became even more affectionate.
But to Iphilia, these slightly teasing words were utterly mortifying—after all, she used to be a boy.
Even if she could play with these plush toys at home without any mental burden, being directly teased about it still made her feel incredibly embarrassed.
“Stop talking! Sleep!!!”
As expected, Iphilia, overwhelmed with embarrassment, couldn’t take it anymore.
She hurriedly snapped off the room’s light with a “pa” and pulled the blanket over her head.
As everyone knows, the blanket shield is invincible ()
“But it’s still pretty early, isn’t it, Iphilia-chan? Do you always go to bed this early? How about we play some fun little games?”
“Little games? You don’t mean… crawling around or something!”
“What are you thinking?! I’m talking about something normal like Truth or Dare, okay? You probably haven’t stayed in a human school dorm, right? Let me tell you—human girls love playing these kinds of games when they’re staying together!”
To be honest, Iphilia had heard a bit about Truth or Dare in girls’ dorms, but she never imagined she’d one day be playing such games herself.
The thought was actually a little exciting.
So, Iphilia slowly pulled down the “blanket shield” covering her head, implicitly agreeing to Aimiya’s game suggestion.
“But let’s make it clear upfront—I’m only playing Truth, not Dare!”
Iphilia was well aware of how absurd the Dare part could get.
One slip, and Aimiya might take advantage of her. So, before the game officially started, she ruthlessly banned that option.
Letting Aimiya sleep next to her was already a huge mistake, and Iphilia was absolutely not going to give her any more chances to take advantage of her!
Absolutely not!