Because they knew in advance that they would stay overnight tonight, Morimi and Hikari Takikawa had prepared pajamas, while Haixing could only borrow Naoko's pajamas again.
After washing up, he came out and saw several people still sitting on the sofa. Naruse asked: "Have the rooms been assigned?"
"Yes." Naoko responded, turning around and pointing to his bedroom, "Guang and I sleep here, and Haixing and Kazuye sleep in the guest room next to us."
Naruse nodded, yawned, said good night and went upstairs.
"Good night."
It wasn't until his figure disappeared around the corner of the stairs that Shangzi looked away, "Let's rest too."
"Yeah."
They said good night to each other, Haixing and Morimi walked to the guest room, and Takikawa Hikaru followed her into the master bedroom.
Lying on the bed, the two got into bed and looked at each other and smiled.
"Turn off the lights." Hikaru Takigawa said.
"Okay."
Bang, the room became dark.
She lay down again and squeezed to the side, "I want to sleep next to Shangzi."
Shangzi smiled softly and said, "Okay."
Takigawa Hikari sticks over for a few minutes.
"Oops..." She closed her eyes and leaned on Shangzi's shoulder, "I feel like I'll fall asleep soon."
Shangzi tilted his head slightly, "It's already getting late."
Takigawa Hikaru responded, and suddenly asked: "Is Harumi's mother coming back today?"
It was already the early morning of the 31st. Shangzi nodded, "Yes, I'll be back this afternoon."
"When she comes back, will Shangzi still sleep here with her?"
"No."
Shangzi shook his head, "My parents are coming back today, and I have to go home to be with them...even though they are right next door."
"Ah, I almost forgot... Speaking of which, I haven't seen my uncle and aunt for a long time. When will they be back?"
"At noon or afternoon."
"Then I'll say hello to them and then go home."
The two of them huddled together, chatting wordlessly. The sleepiness gradually melted away under the warmth and softness, inducing people to fall asleep.
The sleepiness became deeper and deeper, and the words became less and less. Naoko and Takigawa Hikaru fell into sleep one after another.
In the next room, Morimi yawned for a long time and turned around helplessly.
"...You are a little too excited."
"Sorry." Haixing still kept his eyes open, turning over for an unknown number of times after getting into bed, "I disturbed you."
Morimi shook his head, then turned around and faced her, "Can't you sleep?"
"Well... I'm very sleepy, but I can't sleep." Haixing was a little embarrassed, "I'm so happy, as soon as I close my eyes, I remember the party just now."
Mori smiled, understanding from the bottom of his heart.
If it were her birthday today and her friends celebrated it like this, she would probably be too excited to sleep.
"As long as the starfish is happy."
"Well..."
Starfish smiled, groped with his hands under the quilt, and quickly held her hand, "Thank you, Yiye."
She curled her lips and clenched her hands.
"I'm just a participant, the person you really want to thank is him."
Haixing was silent for a moment, then nodded quickly, "I will also thank him."
Yawning, Morimi touched the phone on the bedside and glanced at it. It was almost half past three.
"No matter what, that's something you should consider when you wake up tomorrow, so let's go to bed first."
"Yeah, okay."
She was so sleepy that after chatting with Haixing for a few more words, she fell asleep involuntarily.
Resisting the desire to turn over, Haixing listened to her breathing and waited for a while before slowly moving her body and adjusting to a relatively comfortable state.
And when I turned my attention back to what I was thinking about just now, I wasn't as focused anymore.
It's early in the morning, and the day has just begun - when she wakes up, it's still her birthday.
Sleep peacefully, Haixing said to himself.
She closed her eyes again and cleared her mind in order to fall asleep peacefully, but she opened her eyes again after a while.
"Hate..."
I drank a little too much just now and I want to go to the bathroom...
She didn't want to get up, but once she realized it, she couldn't sleep.
After lying there for a while, feeling like he couldn't hold it in any longer, Haixing got up and slowly got out of bed.
She looked back at Morimi, who was still sleeping soundly. She didn't turn on the light, and touched the door in the darkness.
"Well..."
After going to the bathroom, her body became relaxed again, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
After washing her hands, she came back and walked through the living room. Starfish stopped again.
The party is over, but of course the living room has not been tidied up in the middle of the night, it is still the same as before.
She unconsciously sat on the sofa, hugged her legs, put her chin on her knees, and quietly reminisced.
Just now, right here, everyone celebrated her birthday...
It was not the forgetfulness of that day, nor the compensation later, but the moment when time crossed the zero point, they appeared in front of her.
Over the years, this is the happiest birthday she has ever had.
With a smile on his lips, the starfish gradually curled up into a ball.
In the darkness and silence, there was suddenly a little more sound.
"..."
Haixing was startled for a moment and turned to look at the stairs. The sound came from there.
Soon, the sound of footsteps became clear.
It's him who came down.
Starfish huddled on the sofa, watching him walk through the living room and towards the bathroom in the dim light.
It turns out to be the same as her...
After a while, he came back from there.
Haixing was still hesitating whether to say hello to him, but when he walked to the living room, he suddenly stopped and seemed to be looking at her.
Did you see her?
Haixing was not sure, so after thinking about it, he finally said: "You..."
"Wow!"
Naruse yelled and took several steps back.
"Well..."
In the bedroom, he heard some faint movement. Shangzi turned his head, but he still didn't wake up after all.
Unconsciously hugging her bed partner who was buried in her chest, she continued to sleep.
In the living room, Naruse, who was startled, finally discovered that the black figure huddled on the sofa was a starfish.
He took a deep breath.
"...You're up so late at night, why are you hiding here?"
"I just got up too..." Haixing took out his phone and shined the screen at him.
Suddenly seeing the light, Naruse squinted her eyes and put down her phone again.
"Just woke up? Can't you sleep?"
"No... I'm going to the bathroom."
"Really?" Naruse didn't say much and turned around to go back to the room, "Then let's go to bed early."
"Wait a minute." Haixing stopped him.
He turned around and said, "What's wrong?"
Haixing bit her lip and said, "Thank you for celebrating my birthday."
In the silence, he seemed to smile.
"You mentioned it specifically, so I can't forget it...even though I originally planned to give it a gift or something."
"Eh? On purpose..." Haixing was startled, "When did I mention it?"
He came over and said, "When we went to Yinshan Hot Spring, wasn't the code for the hotel safe the same as your birthday?"
"..."
Haixing also thought about it and quickly explained, "That just happened to occur to me."
Naruse smiled.
"Well, let's just treat it like this."
"It's true!" Haixing subconsciously reached out and grabbed his arm.
Naruse was pulled hard and didn't move away.
"Okay, I get it."
When she came back to her senses, she didn't want to let go.
"Anyway...thank you."
He looked down at her. In the dimness, he couldn't see her expression clearly.
"Say 'thank you' once is enough."
"Well..."
She responded in a low voice, loosened her palm a little, but missed something when she slid it down.
He pulled away before she could tighten her grip.
"Go to bed early."
Naruse turned around and left. Before he could take two steps, there was the sound of feet landing behind him.
She grabbed his wrist again.
"Wait a minute."
Haixing's voice was trembling, "Today is my birthday... You promised that you would fulfill my wish."
"That's what Guang said..."
"——You didn't object at that time, you just agreed."
"..."
She always twists other people's words according to her own wishes.
Naruse looked at the dim ceiling and took a deep breath.
"Then what is your wish?"
The girl behind him fell silent, but her grip on his wrist increased unconsciously.