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4. Congrats you've succeeded
This isn’t even a step, but anyway, Mafuyu puffed her chest out proudly.
She held Kanade from under her armpits, tugging the girl against her like a teddy bear, while she carried her around the apartment.
Kanade was stiff like a log, hands up to her face as she shyly hid her it while Mafuyu carried her around like she weighed nothing, with so much satisfaction and happiness. Even though Mizuki and Ena brought more than enough teddy bears to their shared house, Mafuyu seemed to enjoy her human teddy bear more more than anything.
The lyricist finally entered their shared bedroom, glaring slightly when her two girlfriends pulled apart nervously. Ena had her hands over Mizuki’s face, pushing her away and shyly glancing at them. “It's not what it looks like!”
“We are all dating; I don't care if you kiss Mizuki.” Mafuyu deadpanned, approaching the bed before turning around to sit down, effectively placing Kanade in her lap.
“Whatever," Ena rolled her eyes before she spoke up with concern, seeing how stiff and red Kanade was. "You can let go of Kanade. She is going to explode from embarrassment.”
Mafuyu frowned at that, heaving Kanade up closer before nuzzling her head into the crook of Ena's neck. “But Kanade is warm.”
"Mafuyu, I think Kanade is warm because she is quite literally overheating...” Mizuki expressed worriedly but giggled when she saw Mafuyu flop down in bed and pull Kanade down with her. “Sleepy?”
“No. But I want us to all spend time together.” Mafuyu expressed a new tone of eagerness laced in her voice as she looked at Ena and Mizuki from where she lay, hoping her bunny eyes were enough to convince the others to join her. "I missed us all being like this together."
“That's so sweet, Mafuyu,” The pinkette cooed, sitting a little step aside from Ena in order to make space. She patted the space between them before giving her a welcoming smile, “Come sit with us.”
“Mhm.” Mafuyu hummed, shuffling backward with Kaande still in her arms until they were both in between Mizuki and Ena, and the two other girls were quick to latch onto Mafuyu and Kanade. Slowly, the four of them became a big, tangled mess of limbs and love, warmth emitting between them all as they held onto each other tight.
“This is sooo nice.” Mizuki murmured into the elder girl's shoulder, her nose nuzzling against the purple curls, while her hands reached up and were tangled into Kanade's soft silver hair, "I love it when we are all together."
"Same," Ena added softly, a warm smile on her face as she had her arms thrown over Mafuyu, Kanade, and Mizuki's sides. The stretch burned, but having them all safely tucked under her arm made up for it.
"This month was really hectic; we have all been so busy. I'm so glad it's all over," Mafuyu frowned as she nuzzled her head down onto Kanade's. Both her arms were taken by Mizuki and Ena, so she couldn't pet Kanade, but that didn't stop the composer from getting kisses and love, even in her sleep. "I miss it when it's all of us together."
"I miss it too, Mafuyu." The pinkette whined sadly, sitting up slightly to look at her two lovers. She was met with both Mafuyu's and Ena's loving gazes, and it made her laugh shyly then look away. To divert the attention off herself, she quickly changed the topic, "Hey, Kanade why are you so quiet huh? Cat got your tongue?"
She asked teasingly, but when she reached forward to brush Kanade's hair away from her face, her lips parted in surprise. Kande was deep asleep on Mafuyu's chest, and although she was facing Ena, the brunette never noticed that the shortest girl was asleep because of how much of Kanade's hair was covering her face.
"Oh my god, Mafuyu, this is all your fault!" Ena complained out loud, sitting up too. "You made her pass out!"
"No, I didn't," The said girl frowned, pushing herself up carefully now that both her hands were free before she cradled Kanade against her chest, moving her up slightly so that Kanade could sleep in her lap and rest her head on the elder girl's shoulder. "She is just terminally sleepy."
"Right, Nurse. Asahina," Ena rolled her eyes, reaching forward to brush Kaanade's hair away from her face while seeing Mizuki cuddle up to Mafuyu's side from the corner of her eye. "She sleeps so cute, like a little puppy."
"She really does," Mizuki giggled before a mischievous smile covered her face. She wiggled her eyebrows up before adding on, "She even snores like a cartoon puppy... Like Snoopy!"
The brunette crossed her arms, eyebrows rising as she asked, "How so?"
"Shhhh mimimi~"
"She literally does Not. Snore like that!" Ena fought for her life, defending her sleeping lover's honor. "Kanade doesn't snore like a cartoon dog, Kanade snores like an angel whisper!"
"And you, my dear Enanan," Mizuki added on anyway ignoring the brunette's argument and being unhappy that she was accused of being wrong, "You snore like this: HONK! Mimimimi~"
"I do not snore!"
"You do, Ena." Mafuyu replied, with the most serious voice as she stared at the brunette dead in the eye. She knew Mizuki was messing with Ena and she loved scheming with Mizuki against the brunette cause she always had the funniest reactions. "I can't even sleep when you're deep asleep because you snore so loud.'
"Yeah, get her, Mafuyu! Defend my honor and truth!" Mizuki cheered, raising a fist in the air while laughing. She started dodging Ena's cat attacks while Mafuyu cradled Kanade's head firmly against her shoulder, frowning at how they were going to wake her up while fighting above her and Kanade's bodies. “You did not beat the sleep talk allegation; do you think you will beat the snoring allegation?”
"I didn't snore in the video! Oh my god, you liar!" Ena gasped, reaching around to steal Kanade from Mafuyu's arms. "Give her to me now. Me and Kanade are breaking up with you, divorcing you, and moving to the next room."
"You can't do that!" Mizuki argued, "She's asleep. You can't make her break up with us without her knowledge."
"Kanade would do anything for me, so yes, I can!" Ena clashed back, crossing her arms. "Especially if she knew you two were making fun of her for snoring."
"Uh, uh, uh...' Mizuki shook her head. "We were complimenting her; We were laughing at you."
"Mizuki, you're going to—you know what." She sat back down calmly, and the two conscious girls eyed her suspiciously before she suddenly pounced, grabbing Kanade's side and trying to pry her off of Mafuyu. "Give her to me! Only I can cuddle her from now on."
"Ena, stop. You'll wake her up." Mafuyu scolded however,
"Hmm..." The saddest, wettest, most pathetic whine interrupted their argument, and they all froze up, eyeing Kanade carefully.
The said sleeping girl pushed herself off of Mafuyu's shoulder, leaving her hand on Mafuyu's chest to hold herself up while her other hand came up to rub the sleep away from her eyes. She opened her eyes and stared down, the same hand coming up to cradle her head before she whined, "Noisy..."
"I'm so sorry, darling!" The brunette immediately apologized, her voice barely above a whisper as she patted Kanade's head gently. "Do you need water or anything?"
"No, let's sleep, please..." Her voice sounded so small as she lifted her head up to look at Mafuyu, then Ena, and then Mizuki. "I'm sleepy."
"Your wish is our demand!" Mizuki was reassured, settling down in bed. "Come, let's all cuddle and sleep; it's pretty late now anyway."
"Yeah." Mafuyu agreed, sad that they woke up their sleeping lover, and so she bent down to place a soft, tender kiss on Kanade's temple in apology. "Sorry k"
"'is okay..."
Ena helped Mafuyu shimmy down until she lay on her back, with Kanade still lying down on her chest. Mizuki wrapped around Mafuyu and Kanade. Now that they were all securely tucked, Ena pulled back to turn off the lamp, humming softly, "Goodnight guys, I love you."
"I love you too," Mafuyu replied. "I love you all."
"I love you all so much too,'' Mizuki replied, but her voice was uncharacteristically soft as sleep took over quickly.
She reached her hand and laced it with Ena's, over Mafuyu's and Kande's bodies, and as their warmth sank into her, she was quick to fall asleep, followed by Mafuyu and Ena soon enough.
And as this blanket of sleepy love and warmth covered the room serenely, none of them would have noticed the evil smile on Kanade's face as she pretended to be asleep on Mafuyu's chest.
Just like how Mizuki taught Mafuyu how to ask for affection, none of them were going to be ready for the fact that Mizuki indirectly taught Kanade how to act cute for them to do things as she wishes and her way.
However… This is a conversation for another day because Kanade was actually getting sleepy now. And with that, she joined her lovers to sleep, keeping her heart warm and her snores quiet. (None of then snore! Not even the great princess Enanan.)