"Um...why am I lying on the bed?" Rino said with a sleepy face. Do you remember correctly, I was sitting reading a book, when I woke up, I was lying on the bed? Of course, the clothes on the body are still very decent, fortunately the chipmunk is not a pervert who takes advantage of a sleeping girl.
"She fell asleep." His answer was brief but enough for her to understand. It was normal for her to fall asleep, not only this time but also many other times including during council meetings, knight corps meetings, during political discussions,... In short, falling asleep had returned. It's become her signature brand.
"Are you tired?" he asked, his calm face expressionless. Of course, he didn't dare to say frankly that he put her in bed and slept with her and actively hugged her until she woke up.
If she knew about this, the most painful death would come to him.
"Almost." Rino nodded, trying to suppress his sleepiness. But the more I restrained myself, the heavier my eyelids seemed to be falling down. Sleeping isn't such a bad idea. She didn't worry about that black-haired guy playing some kind of debauchery, even if he challenged his entire family, he wouldn't dare to move.
"In Utherworld, are you happy?"
"I don't know" It doesn't matter if it's fun or not, the important thing is that she still has to protect it when life has not been extinguished.
"About your question." Minato paused for a moment. After trying to rummage through his jumbled memories, he continued, "We've met before, it's possible it's true."
"Really?" Rino wasn't too concerned about this. Because if she had met before, she couldn't remember anything, anything. There was a time when all her memories were gone, now only 3/4 recovered, maybe Minato is in the other 1/4. But how can it be so coincidental that both of them have amnesia?
Right?
"Yes" Minato only remembered her briefly, sometimes clearly. Her hobbies, habits, and vices he knew well, but somehow he knew all of them. It's like having gone through it but forgetting everything.
Anyway, today should rest a bit, when I return to Nahema, my head is blinded by work, I don't dream of resting. Rino was almost tired of her friend Passato Rio, he asked her to solve any big or small problems and then went out with girls himself, sometimes she didn't know if she was the King of Nahema or him. She is the supporter of King Nahema, a Grand Duke who is respected not only in Nahema but in the entire Utherworld. She could completely depose Passato with her powers. Just kidding, depose him, who will be the King? Most likely she will be the successor. But being the King was boring, having to stay in the royal palace all day was so suffocating, she still preferred to be a free Grand Duke.
"Are you asleep?" Minato looked away from the book, observing Rino once more.
"..." In just a few minutes she fell asleep, very quickly. And she was sleeping, not sleeping. Tired to the point of not being able to lie down properly? He sighed for an hour and then closed the book, got out of bed and put the book in the cupboard and looked at the clock.
Two more hours until dawn.
Of course he couldn't let Rino doze off like that, it would be troublesome if she had a scoliosis. Putting her right down on the bed was simple, because she was so light, about 54kg. That's no longer called skinny, it's called too skinny. What he wondered was that her body proportions and weight were quite different. With the observation and judgment skills of a Master like him, she is 1m82 tall, measuring three rounds: 91-59-89.
That's what people call having an occupational disease to the point of perversion, but it's no longer called judgment.
"Yoke"
The scent of roses wafted into Minato's nose as he realized he was being hugged by two smooth white women's arms. It was clear that Rino was seducing him with her soft golden body. He couldn't sleep with this situation of accidentally turning into a reluctant hug pillow.
Come on, she's just dreaming. Minato tried to keep a cool head to analyze the situation and solve it, but his mind told him to go ahead, a normal man's need, right? His hands seemed to be no longer his, they didn't work as he wanted but casually raised and landed safely at her waist and pulled close to him.
Well, let's sleep and figure it out, life or death is tomorrow's business (when Rino wakes up and stuffs Kusanagi up his throat).
Both of them slept for nearly an hour until a vague voice woke Minato:
"Porto, right?"
Rino whispered softly, eyebrows furrowed, eyes still closed. Turns out she was just delirious. Fatigue can also cause people to talk while sleeping.
Porto? Maybe it was a person's name, that person must be very important to her. Or maybe a relative? Or the person she loves for example?
Someone like Rino wouldn't find a lover. In addition to her strength and stamina far beyond male standards, she is a workaholic. There are 365 days in a year, 300 days at the border to train the army, no time to sleep, let alone time to date and love. The atmosphere returned to silence. Then came a dreamy voice:
"Porto"
"..."
"Porto"
"..."
Hey girl, let me go and talk properly. Don't call someone's name while hugging me, okay?
Minato really wanted to wake up the girl who was hugging him like a stuffed bear. All attempts to push her away were futile. He sighed helplessly, he shouldn't have helped her lie down, just let her sleep like that, he wouldn't be in a situation where he couldn't move forward or backward like this. It must be said that he is the most spiritual man when he hugs a girl who is sleeping soundly but the animal does not wake up.
Oh of course you're a straight guy!
A piece of tangerine fits a garlic, doesn't mean it's a piece of garlic. Not touching girls does not mean being gay, having to keep a little self-esteem is obvious. Touching Rino will determine the number on the board, of course Minato doesn't want to die without having a taste of life.
"Porto"
This time he couldn't help himself when he had to lie down and listen to Rino call someone else's name like that, he lightly tapped her forehead:
"Hey, wake up"
"What?" Rino asked, her head carefree resting against Minato's chest. This time, he wasn't sure if she'd be sober to answer. Never mind, even if the sky falls, you have to ask, after all...
"Did you say someone's name when you slept, Porto. Male or female?"
Rino knew that sometimes when she slept she would call someone's name, even though she couldn't remember if it was a man or a woman, face or figure. It's all just a mess of memories woven together like a colorful carpet, sometimes as disjointed as the broken glass of a window.
"Forget"
Her half-hearted answer darkened his face. Even that guy named Porto couldn't remember his gender, but when he slept, he called his name like it was right. Moreover, he still hugged him tightly and refused to let go, he is a flesh and blood person, not a stuffed animal.
Want to piss me off or something?
"Let go of me, you're holding me"
He wanted to push her away, but he couldn't.
"Um" Hugging won't kill anyone, right? "Minato"
"Huh?" He was a bit surprised that she called his name at this moment. Okay, you can say whatever you want, even that Porto guy, I accept it.
"Cold"
"..."
Are you kidding me?
The weather now can also be considered quite cold, although it is still not to the point of having to huddle under a blanket, especially when lying in a closed room, so the temperature is not too low. But her trembling body expression like this probably wasn't fake.
Uncontrollable disorder of strength?
That's what Minato could conclude from looking at Rino's face now. She wasn't shivering from the cold weather, but from a disordered strength. Sometimes possessing great power is not a good thing, once the power is accidentally released, the body will be greatly affected, even tormented to the point of misery. There are worse cases where people don't turn out people, demons don't turn out devils. He'd also had an outburst of strength, not many, only twice. The feeling of hot and cold at that time was not fun at all, no one wanted to taste it.
Damn, there's no blanket!
Because he has a habit of sleeping in the Master's room all the time, so he rarely comes home, even only once a few months, so his house is very empty, nothing special except the cupboard. book. So it's okay to not have a blanket. Now how to deal with this girl who is shivering from the cold?
Without hesitation for a moment longer, he hugged her, ignoring his wandering thoughts. It's okay if it's just an ordinary hug like a few hours ago, after all, hugging is just a natural thing. Her blonde hair gave off the soft scent of roses, sweet and soft as he had expected. It is possible that people thought she was a sadistic female knight, more manly than men. But she was still a beautiful girl with a perfectly proportioned body that was warm and feminine.
It seems that hugging is still the most effective way to comfort girls. Rino was no longer shivering, instead clinging to the warmth and enjoying it. She didn't care anymore, just let herself slip into his arms without resisting. She didn't know that she was unwittingly seducing people with her childlike actions.
"Better yet?" Minato asked when things were gradually turning for the better. Even so, Rino still didn't reply, just silent, her breathing even as if she had slept. He patted her back and said: "Okay, you go to sleep, I will stay here until you wake up."
He didn't want anyone to misunderstand this scene, especially Master Mikami. That sour old man has a habit of breaking into other people's houses, by any means including the back door, window, exhaust pipe,... And of course if Mikami sees it, this incident comes from the three of them. knows it will reach a huge number as all Reality knows. But with Rino's current state, he wouldn't be able to let go of her until morning.
Honestly, this was the first time he took the initiative to hug a girl, even letting her make his head spin. Somehow she was always on his mind ever since he returned to Reality after rescuing Kodama. He thought that Rino was the strange person who had come to Reality fourteen years ago and then denied that thought by himself. She was very similar to that person, even like two drops of water, but the age difference was too big. Fourteen years ago she was only eight years old, which certainly couldn't have been the other, since the other one appeared to be about twenty years old at the time.
Even so, Rino and the strange person definitely had some sort of connection with each other. Even the White Seal - the unique seal of the Hepburn family was also given to Minato by the other. The possibility that the people of fourteen years ago could not be ruled out were also the Hepburn clan. So who is that?
Minato approached Rino not only to look for clues about his parents and his lost past, but also for something else. Interested in her? A person with a normal personality, sometimes hot and sometimes cold, perhaps.
"Do you mind?" Rino's soft voice pulled him out of his train of thought. Are you finally talking? Not really, he dare not admit that he likes to hug her...well, like this feeling, like finding new joy in a boring life?
"Is not"
"Um." She pushed herself out of his arms when she was sure she didn't feel the sudden heat and cold from the outburst of strength. She didn't expect to bother anyone, especially someone she only knew briefly. "Just now it was just c—"
"I know, because I was like you myself." Minato interrupted her before she could finish her sentence. It took the effort of coaxing her and then being pushed away in a rather harsh way, although he was still glad that her expression was better than before, that was fine.
Rino sat up, back against the wall. Someone had told her to always be wary of men, because they are cunning foxes. She was not wary of anyone, because they did not have the guts to plan to harm her. In her eyes, male or female are the same, it doesn't matter much. Her beautiful blue eyes stared at Minato, for something?
"I'm handsome, aren't I?"
Minato said, a statement that conveys overconfidence and illusions about her own beauty. Actually, he was just trying to make the atmosphere less tense, did the two of them just look at each other without saying anything? Then I'd rather look at the wall.
"Probably beautiful," she replied with an emotionless face, adding in that dreamy hen's indifferent voice. From her point of view, he was very handsome, his blue eyes accentuated his hair as black as the night, his masculinity attracted women, he must have had a lot of followers.
What kind of indifferent attitude is that?
"Can't you answer more seriously?" Minato also sat up, his voice a little annoyed. Maybe coaxing her all day only to receive two words [Probably]. It has to be [Definitely] right.
"Beautiful" Rino smiled, trying not to put on a nonchalant face to avoid being called arrogant. "Do you have a girlfriend?"