Chapter 95: Arc 3, - 5: A New Day
No dreams, no thoughts—blank as a clean whiteboard. Her eyes opened, waking to the sunlight against the dusty blue curtains. Like a snuggled piece of bread being toasted... "Ugh..." she moaned herself awake.
Jotou yawned, stretching her arms out and removing the lines of hair stuck to the corner of her lip. "Oh, you're awake." Barely open eyes turned to Fumeko.
The brunette's hair had grown past her knees, fuzzy as she sat on the bedside. "Morning. Uh... I, thought for a bit and, just forget everything I said last night..." her face darted away in shame.
Jotou lifted the covers, moving her legs slowly, "You know I won't." Fumeko sighed in response. "I'm just unsure of my own feelings. And, I'm unsure of my feelings about-"
"Hotaru and Asobi," Fumeko guessed. Jotou nodded. "Makes sense... You and Hotaru are always making those googly eyes at each other," her eyes narrowed.
"Hey, all of you are really important to me. I'm not really sold on relationships because I don't want to ruin friendships. As I said, I'm unsure of my own feelings. Let's just keep adventuring and see what happens," Jotou shrugged.
Fumeko stared to the ground, swinging her legs once or twice before nodding. A knock at the door swivelled their attention. "You two aren't still asleep are you?"
"Rise and shine!"
"We're awake you dolts, give us a minute!"
After putting themselves together, Jotou opened the door. "They left these at your door!" Asobi handed the soap and towels—Jotou grabbed her share.
Little flicks of hair spiked atop the magician's hatless head and yet her face remained cheery, bright and without a flaw.