Tanjirou and Kanao were on their way home from the school. And for some reason, Kanao couldn't keep her eyes away from her boyfriend.

"Tanjirou"

"Yes?" Tanjirou turned his face towards Kanao.

"Tanjirou, I want to ask you something" Kanao said.

"What's it?" Tanjirou asked.

Kanao was too shy to speak, yet she encouraged herself to do so.

"Do you want to have sleepover at my house tonight?" Kanao asked.

"What?" Tanjirou's face blushed.

Tanjirou was shocked. Kanao just asked him to have sleepover at her house. Tanjirou was unsure if he should accept her invitation or not, but a large part of his mind urged him to to accept it.

"Can you, Tanjirou?" Kanao was waiting for Tanjirou's response.

"Okay, I'll go to your house soon" Tanjirou replied.

Their hands then intertwined with each other.

...

"Done!"

Tanjirou and Kamado just finished stitching together one-thousand-pieces puzzle. It took a one hour for the lovebirds to combine it into a whole puzzle.

The picture on the puzzle is a medieval European castle, and what has attracted Tanjirou's eyes are the portcullis in the middle of the castle walls. The portcullis in the puzzle picture reminds him of the portcullis he saw in his dream last night.

If he got the chance to see the building in his dream again, he wants to venture inside it. Tanjirou knew, there must be something hidden in it. Something that he must uncover and bring it to the light.

"Thank you for helping me, Tanjirou" Kanao thanked her boyfriend.

"No problem" Tanjirou smiled sheepishly.

There were only Tanjirou and Kanao in her house as for now. Kanao's adopted parents were going outstation for three days, Kanae joined her old friends from the college at a hot spring located in the countryside and will come home by tomorrow evening while Shinobu went to her cousin's house who lives in the neighbouring town since they planned to go to the beach together tomorrow.

"You know, Tanjirou?"

Tanjirou then turned his face towards Kanao.

"It feels a bit awkward for me when there are only both of us in the house" Kanao admitted with blushed face. "Yet at the same time, I'm feeling happy about it"

"Kanao"

Tanjirou gently grabbed Kanao's hands. Their eyes then gazed upon each other.

"Actually, I want to say the same too" Tanjirou replied, his face is also blushed.

"Tanjirou..."

Out of sudden, Tanjirou then pulled her into a short kiss. Kanao was shocked at first, but she finally gave in. Their lips departed from the kiss after a few seconds.

"Kanao...thank you for be my girlfriend" Tanjirou said.

"I'm so glad to be your boyfriend too" Kanao replied.

Both them started kissing each other again.

...

Tanjirou and Sumihiko stood together on a stone bridge. Large glowing fishes of many colors were visible as they glanced together at the river.

"I love this place, it's very calm in here" Sumihiko said.

"You right" Tanjirou replied. "But..."

Sumihiko raised his eyebrows.

"Do you have any friends in here?" Tanjirou asked.

Sumihiko went silent for a few seconds.

"No, you're the first person I meet in here" Sumihiko answered.

"Seriously?" Tanjirou was a bit shocked.

"Yes" Sumihiko nodded slowly.

"I'm sure it's pretty boring when it's only you in here, right?" Tanjirou guessed.

"Hmm...I don't know"

Meanwhile, there was a certain girl walked alone not far from the bridge. That girl was none other than Kanao, the girlfriend of Tanjirou.

Like Tanjirou, Kanao didn't have any idea of how she ended up in the Realm Of Hypnos. The only thing she saw around her was only trees.

But when she was getting closer to the bridge, she noticed Tanjirou was talking with a boy, and that boy's face is looking very similar to Tanjirou's face.

"Tanjirou"

"Eh?"

Tanjirou just heard a female voice called his name. When he turned his face, he saw Kanao stood at the end of the bridge.

"Kanao! How did you get in here?" Tanjirou asked in excitement and curiousity. He quickly walked towards her.

"I don't know" Kanao replied as she noticed Sumihiko stood behind him. "Tanjirou, who's he?"

"Oh, this is Sumihiko. He...lives in this place" Tanjirou introduced Sumihiko to Kanao.

"Lives in here?" Kanao was curious.

Sumihiko was half-shocked when he saw Kanao and the expression on his face changed drastically. It felt like Sumihiko has done something wrong to Kanao. Or maybe Kanao reminded Sumihiko of an another person, possibly his friend or relative.

"He...hello" Sumihiko waved his hand awkwardly.

"Hi" Kanao slowly waved back. "Nice to meet you"

...

The time on the floral patterned pink round alarm clock on the bedside table was 7AM. As their clothes were seen scattered on the floor, Tanjirou and Kanao were sleeping together on the bed, fully naked under the blanket. Kanao's head rested on Tanjirou's arm, with the hanafuda boy cuddled her from behind.

Kanao slowly opened her eyes. Her lovely moments with Tanjirou last night still lingered in her mind. And it made her lips smiled in joy.

She raised her upper torso before glanced at Tanjirou's sleeping face. Looking at his face reminded her about the boy in her dream last night. She could sense a tint of sadness behind his eyes, but she don't know why.

However, as Kanao slowly removed the blanket away, she could felt Tanjirou's hand was holding her wrist.

"Kanao..."

"Tanjirou?"

"Can you just stay here with me, please?" Tanjirou pleaded with half-sleepy eyes.

"Tanjirou, I need to prepare our breakfast" Kanao said with blushed face.

"You can prepare our breakfast later, I just want to cuddle with you" Tanjirou replied.

Kanao couldn't help but to smile at her boyfriend. She rejoined her boyfriend again on the bed as Tanjirou pulled her closer to him.

"I love you, Kanao" Tanjirou said. He gave a gentle kiss on Kanao's forehead.

"I love you too, Tanjirou" Kanao replied happily.

To be continued...