Chapter 163 - 148 - Confirmation and Motive
Beep beep beep!
Shouri's eyes cracked open upon the tuner's notification chimes gracing his hearing. He lay there for a moment, processing reality. Taika had claim of his torso, the vixen undisturbed by the annoyance of electronics out of her grasp. The oranges from the evening sky box filtered into their room providing a rough guesstimation of the present hour. Curiosity got the better of him and he sat up, slipping out of his clingy fox's embrace.
Rebecca and Pacifica were conked out on the couch, lying on their sides. Pacifica's head rested on Rebecca's hip, and the fox's warm tail wrapped itself around the otter's torso. They must have decided to take a nap after coming back to the room – intentionally or not.
Either way, someone had bothered to message him, might as well see who it was.
If he hadn't been awake before, he most assuredly was when the identity of the messenger was revealed to him.