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"Kroniiii~" Mumei cutely sings her name from the living room. Kronii, who was listening to music in her room, paused to see what Mumei was up to.
"Mm? What's got you all giddy?" She says laughing then smiling at Mumei.
"I wanna show you something!" Mumei says softly tugging at Kronii's hands walking backward towards her room.
"Yeah? You seem pretty happy about it huh." Kronii plays along and follows suit.
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Once they enter Mumei's room, it was faint and dark. Kronii could see the outline of Mumei's acoustic guitar, that Kronii got for her as a birthday gift, placed neatly on a stand near the corner with a few stacks of papers and notebooks. Kronii was glad that she was able to buy that for her since Mumei has always wanted one. She smiles then fixes her gaze to several collages of pictures of the two of them with Fauna, Sana, Baelz, and IRyS with their happy and silly moments decorated on the wall. When Mumei turns on a small device on her desk, it shines stars. Not only stars, but constellations, little planets, and galaxies as they slowly move across the pale ceiling. The ceiling was painted into a beautiful starry sky as if they were lying under the night sky.
"Is this what you wanted to show me? A, uhh, galaxy projector or something like that?" Kronii says unsure of the right word for it, but she sees Mumei in awe and just watching the stars fly by.
As Mumei was distracted, Kronii became mesmerized with the smaller owl girl next to her being gosh darn cute.
Mumei broke the small silence and turns to the taller midnight blue-haired girl with her adorable smile. Likely that she didn't catch what Kronii said earlier.
"Look Kronii! Isn't this cool? I didn't know such a small thing contains beautiful wonders showing bits of the vast things like space!" Mumei says leading them to sit on the floor against her bed near the device.
Kronii smiles at how excited and cute Mumei can be, just delighted to see and appreciate the small little things in life.
"It's pretty cool. Where'd you get it anyway?" Kronii asks. But Mumei's brows furrow trying to remember how she had gotten it but everything seems like a blur.
"I don't remember actually. It just feels calming and peaceful to see."
"Just like seeing you," Kronii mumbles quietly to herself while glancing at her precious owl.
After a couple of comforting minutes of silence laying their heads back against the side of the bed, Mumei's eyes droop showing that she's becoming sleepy and Kronii notices, chuckling to herself.
"Come on, Mumei. Go sleep on your bed or your neck will be sore like that." Kronii softly says, with Mumei's head falling onto her shoulder as they carefully stand up. Kronii helps lay Mumei into her bed gently and sits on the edge.
Kronii moves a few strands away from Mumei's face and cups her cheek as she sees her eyes lay thin close to sleep.
But when Kronii lifts her hand away, Mumei whines a bit missing her warm touch.
Kronii laughs lightly. "What's wrong now?" She asks Mumei, who opens her eyes slightly.
"Stay?" That single word made Kronii's heart thump loudly, hopefully not enough for the brown-haired girl to hear.
"Okay."
A simple yet warm response that Kronii breathed out, as a small smile appeared on Mumei's face. She made room to scoot over for Kronii to lay with her.
At least their beds were big enough to fit two people, but being this close to Mumei was always a rare treat, Kronii thought to herself.
Kronii hopes Mumei doesn't notice the small blush forming on her face, even though the only faint bits of light came from the projector.
When Kronii turns her head to look at Mumei, she sees her cute sleepy face and feels her heart beating faster. Just the sight of her is enough to make my heart race. Why is she so cute, holy shit, Kronii thought panicking inside due to how close they were. No matter how many times they've cuddled, it always makes her nervous.
Mumei turns herself facing towards Kronii's front. Kronii unconsciously brings herself to her side to cuddle Mumei as she drapes her arm over her stomach lazily and intertwines their legs with one another, but still leaves some space in between them.
Kronii's face flushed but has a tender gaze and smile. Mumei, on the other hand, hums feeling safe in Kronii's warm embrace.
"Thank you Kronii..." Mumei says softly which snaps Kronii from her thoughts for a bit, "For what?"
"Being here with me... Being by my side even if I'm a mess sometimes and I tend to forget moments. Even of us..." Mumei says hesitantly.
Kronii feels Mumei tense but reassures her with a tender kiss where she feels Mumei relax.
"Of course. I'd do anything for you, my sweet owl... But really, don't worry about it too much. We'll make more memories together. And with the others too. Alright?"
Kronii, without a second thought, hugs Mumei closer giving a goodnight kiss on her head while cuddling until she feels herself becoming drowsy with a small yawn escaping her mouth.
Before Kronii closes her eyes, she whispers against Mumei's tousled hair.
"I love you Mumei."
Unknowingly for Kronii, Mumei was still conscious of hearing Kronii's last sentence, which made her heart flutter. Giving her that fuzzy feeling like she felt when they first met.
Hearing the clock tick while appreciating the 'stars' above while hearing the soothing rhythm of Kronii breath, Mumei swiftly turns around to see this flawless, beautiful woman breathing softly beside her sound asleep. Mumei takes a moment to gaze upon the natural beauty of her smooth midnight blue hair cascading down the sides of her fair face, splayed beautifully onto the pillow.
What did I do to deserve her?
She cuddles more into Kronii but decides to give her light kisses.
From her cheek,
Trailing to the tip of her nose.
A light feathered kiss on her lips.
Leaving some across her jawline.
And a couple more on her neck, her favorite spot where she likes to kiss Kronii and knows that Kronii likes it too.
After peppering small kisses upon the sleeping beauty, she lies within her warm embrace.
"I love you too," Mumei says back, smiling happily content and comfy where she is.
Even though Kronii was fast asleep and she likely didn't hear her say it, Kronii already knows that Mumei loves her and that they care for each other. That's all that matters.
Being in Kronii's arms. Where she feels safe. Where it feels like it's just the two of them. Being themselves. In their own little space.
Where she can say this is a special place. A heartwarming place that she holds dear to her heart. With the person, she loves most.
A place she calls.
Home.