[Claude wakes in the early hours of the morning (he assumes; it's always hard to tell in Springstar) held close in Hayame's arms, her legs curled around him, the press of her bound breasts against his back and his warm breath against her neck. He has a hazy recollection of her moving in the night and saying something, and perhaps he had, too, but he soon fell back asleep.
Yet she hadn't panicked, or left in the night, or anything else. She had stayed with him and held him close. Held him, as if...
...He could stay like this, but perhaps if she wakes soon, she'll be embarassed, without the veil of relative darkness or sleepiness as a cover. So he extracts himself as carefully as he can out of her grip, pausing only briefly to admire her sleeping face, press a kiss to her forehead.
Then he sets about his morning routine: bathing, shaving, getting dressed, and finally, opening the blinds a little so he can arrange some cushions, sit in the gentle light of the rising sun, and carry out his daily meditation. He sits completely still, with his eyes closed, listening to little but the sound of his own breathing -- today, joined by the sound of Hayame's two sets of lungs on the other side of the room.]
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Yet she hadn't panicked, or left in the night, or anything else. She had stayed with him and held him close. Held him, as if...
...He could stay like this, but perhaps if she wakes soon, she'll be embarassed, without the veil of relative darkness or sleepiness as a cover. So he extracts himself as carefully as he can out of her grip, pausing only briefly to admire her sleeping face, press a kiss to her forehead.
Then he sets about his morning routine: bathing, shaving, getting dressed, and finally, opening the blinds a little so he can arrange some cushions, sit in the gentle light of the rising sun, and carry out his daily meditation. He sits completely still, with his eyes closed, listening to little but the sound of his own breathing -- today, joined by the sound of Hayame's two sets of lungs on the other side of the room.]