Chapter 284 284: Shido Tawawa War (Part 7)

"Ugh, I'm done for..."

Shido staggered down the hallway, everything in his vision flickering in and out.

After going three days straight without sleep, and then spending today getting hit by one heart racingly provocative situation after another, it felt as if his body had finally been hollowed out. More than once already, he had blacked out for an instant while walking, only to come back to himself the next moment and think, (Ah... I think I just fell asleep for a second.)

(I need... to sleep for a bit...)

Thinking that, he slid open the door to a room. Thankfully, all the rooms in Mikoto's house were Japanese-style, so even without a bed, he could just collapse onto the tatami.

"Hm?"

In his flickering vision, he thought he saw some small object lying on the tatami.

(Is that a pillow?)

Already too sleepy to think straight, Shido simply lay down on top of it.

(So... soft...)

And just like that, without even enough clarity left to wonder what exactly that soft thing was, he fell fast asleep.

January 1st, 4:30 PM.

(What is even going on?)

Natsumi opened her eyes, and after finally getting a grasp on the situation, her thoughts spiraled into confusion.

(Why...)

She turned her head and looked at the certain someone sleeping with his head pillowed on her chest, then screamed in her heart..

(Why is Shido sleeping on top of me?!) (TL:SHIDOOOOOOOOO SWITCH PLACE WITH ME)

A little earlier, while the other Spirits had all started wondering whether Shido preferred big breasts or small breasts, Natsumi had been thinking about the exact same thing.

(When it comes to Shido, does he like smaller ones... or bigger ones?)

(No, no, no, what does any of that have to do with me?!)

(If he likes big breasts, he'd probably just say, "Well, Natsumi isn't exactly busty, so I guess forget it", wouldn't he?!)

(And even if he liked smaller ones, he'd probably still just say something like, "Yeah, I do like small breasts... except Natsumi's are just too pathetic to count", right?!)

(If it's me, then it doesn't matter either way, right?!)

(...Forget it... I'm going to sleep...)

After fully indulging in a round of self-loathing, Natsumi—who had also been awake for three days straight—decided to go get some sleep.

And when she woke up again, for some reason, she found Shido sleeping soundly with his head resting on her chest.

(What kind of situation is this? Why is Shido using me as a pillow?)

Natsumi's mind descended into total chaos.

(Could it be...)

Staring at the scene in front of her, her brain started racing.

(Is it because Shido likes flat chests after all?)

(No, no... maybe it's because I'm so flat I'm basically no different from tatami.)

(Come to think of it, green and flat... doesn't that make me basically a tatami mat?!)

(That's it! That has to be it—because I look just like a tatami mat, he didn't even notice and just lay down on me.)

After thinking it through, Natsumi once again arrived at a bizarre answer through an overly negative train of thought.

(Sorry for being a tatami mat, okay?!) (TL:NOOOOOOOOOOO AHHHHHHH SWITCH PLACE WITH ME SHIDOOOOOOOO)

She screamed internally.

(So in the end... even Shido has times when he doesn't notice me, huh?)

Even though she knew she shouldn't let herself spiral like this, Natsumi still found herself remembering those days when nobody ever paid attention to her.

(In that case...)

As she thought that, Natsumi slowly raised her hand.

"Natsu...mi..."

At that moment, the boy lying on top of her suddenly murmured in his sleep.

"Thank... you..."

(!!!)

Hearing Shido's sleepy mumble, Natsumi froze.

Was he talking about the doujin event? Or something else? Whatever it was, it seemed Shido was dreaming about her.

"W-what the heck..."

Slowly, Natsumi lowered her hand.

A moment earlier, she had been thinking that, as punishment for not noticing her and then flopping down on top of her like this, she ought to turn Shido into Shiori for a whole day, but...

"Just this once. There won't be a next time."

Muttering that, she gently reached out and stroked the boy sleeping against her, then decided to go back to sleep herself.

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7:00 PM.

"Haaah..."

Shido let out a long breath as he lay in the bath.

"What an exhausting day..."

Putting aside all the chaos that had happened one after another, when he finally woke up from that last nap, he discovered that he had been sleeping on top of Natsumi.

Since Natsumi had also seemed to be asleep, he had quietly slipped away without waking her.

(I'm so sorry!)

He apologized to her over and over in his heart.

"Darling! I've come to scrub your back for you!"

At that moment, he heard Miku's voice from the changing room.

"Pff—! W-wait, Miku?!"

Startled, Shido jerked up from the tub, only to realize he wasn't wearing anything, and hurriedly sank back down again.

Slide.

Miku opened the door and walked right in.

"Hold it! At least wrap yourself in a towel before coming in here!"

Seeing Miku naked, Shido awkwardly squeezed his eyes shut.

"Hm? Darling's already washed himself? Ah, if that's the case, then I'll just bathe together with Darling."

Saying that with a smile, Miku walked right over to the bathtub.

"At least listen when I'm talking!"

Realizing the tub was no longer a safe zone, Shido immediately scrambled out of it.

"Hm? Then do you still want me to scrub your back after all?"

"Of course not! And why are you so fixated on scrubbing my back?!"

"Because... I wanted to try washing Darling using my boobs. Once you experience it once, I'm sure you'll become addicted."

"Impossible. A body part full of that much fat would only get in the way. Breasts are only truly wonderful when they have just the slightest rise to them."

At some point, another girl had appeared in the bath as well.

"Ori... Origami? Why are you— no, forget it..."

Shido stared at Origami in shock, then felt a wave of sadness at the realization that he had already reached the point where "Origami showing up here" counted as common sense.

"Eh? But in Darling's case, bigger is obviously more comfortable, right?"

Miku said as she hugged Shido's left arm from one side.

"Impossible. I'm the ideal choice for Shido."

Origami said as she hugged his right arm from the other side.

"H-hold on... you two..."

With two entirely different, yet equally intoxicating sensations pressing against him from both sides, Shido felt his face get so hot it was almost on fire.

"Move. Don't tempt Shido with those fat things."

Origami forcibly wedged herself between Miku and Shido, separating the two. If it had been any other Spirit, she probably would have gotten furious, but...

"Oh my, if that's how it is, then I'll just use these fat things to tempt Origami-san instead!"

Miku was, of course, the exception.

"W-wait..."

Caught completely off guard, Origami got tackled into the bath by Miku.

"Haa..."

Seizing the opportunity, Shido quickly escaped the two of them. He rushed into the changing room, slammed the bath door shut behind him, wiped the sweat off his face, and muttered:

"Thanks, Miku."

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