Dan chuckled while looking at the fl.u.s.tered Midori . He eased away from her before declaring, "It's my turn to use the bath now . " He leisurely walked to the bathroom whistling .

Midori heaved a sigh of relief . She took a gla.s.s on the table and absent-mindedly filled it up with the carafe's contents . She made succeeding gulps until she finished the contents of her gla.s.s .

Then it dawned on her . It was wine! It was not her first time drinking wine . She is a year early for her age to do so, but her family thinks it would be a good training for her if she drank while they socialize on occasions .

'Stupid! Careless! Stupid!' she scolded herself while tapping her temples with her knuckles . She was flushed . She just had her bath but she feels hot .

Then she remembered that she was still only in a bathrobe . She went through her clothes, picked out a pair of jammies to wear, then arranged her belongings in the wardrobe . As she scooped up her folded clothes, a wrapped box emerged from the pile which made her smile .

She did not have enough time to go shopping for a present due to practices, so she picked out something ordinary and wrote a cheesy message to go with it . One of the reasons why she panicked when she was told that her things were already packed by others was that her gift might be left behind . Then again, it was obviously sitting on her bedside table . Her reliable personal maid was truly efficient .

She hid it at the back portion of a drawer, then she sat on the bed and browsed her phone .

She looked at the message again, she closed her eyes and then she poured herself another gla.s.s .

Dan deliberately took his time in the bathroom . He was contemplating how he can turn things around . She was frightened! He did not want that . He does not want her to be afraid, at least not of him . Make it pa.s.s as a joke? She will be mad at him . Look serious and just go with it? What if something goes wrong?

He eventually gave up on the thought and decided to act according to her expressions . He slowly opened the door and peeked into the bedroom . He sighed, then slowly walked towards the bed . He chuckled a little . He put on his loungewear . Then he walked towards the bed . He moved his hand to caress her sleeping face ever so gently as not to wake her up . Satisfied after imprinting her face on his mind, he moved to sleep at the sofa .

However, he saw her squirming, resulting to her leg hanging at the edge of the bed . He frowned and went back to drag her towards the center . When he let her wrists go, before he could take a step away, she stretched her arms and reached his waist, dragging him down back to the fluffy bed .

He gulped . He tried to take her arms off of his waist, but she was clinging unto him like a koala to a tree . He was then the one squirming . Suddenly, she pulled him closer to her so that they are facing each other .

"P-chan, stay!" she said, still half-asleep, while pouting .

He froze . Her hug was too tight, it was difficult to breathe . Still trying hard, he adjusted his arms and torso so that she would have an arm as pillow .

'It's only sleeping . Only sleeping!' he convinced himself .

However, his little buddy is definitely awake . He is fl.u.s.tered, internally panicking over the situation .

'This is not good! Why won't you cooperate and back down?! Just this once!"

As he was scolding himself and his little buddy, he heard Midori sob .

"Am I really not enough? If so . . . then why . . . why are you . . . why are you so good to me? Clothes . . . boat rides . . . why . . . " A tear fell on her cheek . Then she went back to sleep .

Dan was confused . 'What's she saying? Who gave her the idea that she's not good enough?'