p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"The weather was forecasted to be a mere snowfall and yet it turned into a snowstorm in Kanagawa, in which the 765 Theater had just held their Christmas Eve Concert. The storm was pretty severe. Cars to/from Tokyo were unable to leave/enter the city. Trains were halted due to intense snow and wind. Many of the idols, including Nanao Yuriko whose house is in Tokyo, were unable to return as the Producer herself was busy extending hotel reservations near the venue. Yuriko was about to submit her personal details for the hotel reservation when Mochizuki Anna, her fellow idol and unit member, poked her shoulder./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;" "My house is nearby, and I have had permission from my parents to let you stay in." The purple-haired girl said with a soft smile, in which Yuriko beamed from happiness. What a lifesaver! Both of them visited the Producer, who was still busy on calls, but as she saw both of them are together she knew what was happening and gave them a thumbs up to 'Okay' their requests. Yuriko messaged her parents telling that she would stay over at her friend's house so that they would not worry, before she entered Anna's car./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"[21:00]/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"As Yuriko entered Anna's house, she immediately felt warm and comfortable as the well-heated indoor contrasted the chilly outdoors. Anna's father excused himself to the master bedroom as it was already late, leaving the two girls all by themselves. They immediately headed to Anna's room to unpack, as Yuriko put her laptop beside Anna's PC, the big table would enable them to play side by side. Since they were all cold, Anna and Yuriko decided to take a bath first before gaming. Anna's mother had prepared a warm bath for the two of them, and the bathtub size could fit two people and so, even when Yuriko was embarrassed, both of them decided to get in it together. Not before they washed their bodies together and rubbed each other's back though, Yuriko's eyes tried her best not to stare at Anna too much as the latter seemed more relaxed. Even as they entered the tub together, staring face-to-face. After relaxing in the warm bath for 30 mins, both of them got up to dry themselves and dress up in their casual clothes first, given how they plan to game for a while./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"They booted up their game titled 4 Celestials Online, a new MMO that they had just started for a while. It was a VRMMO and fortunately Anna had spare VR headsets and controllers for Yuriko to borrow. As they logged in they realised that the Producer's status is Online: Chat Only. She must have logged in on the messenger apps in which Yuriko and Anna messaged their party chat./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Vivid_Rabbit: We have safely reached my house./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"LilyKnight: How's it going on your end, Producer?/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Lord7110: Glad to hear that. We have managed to get rooms in 3 separate hotels, and we have checked in. Now we are just in the lobby, waiting for room keys. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Lord7110: You two are playing now? Don't stay up too late. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Lord7110: Anyways the keys have arrived. I'll talk to you later./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Vivid_Rabbit LilyKnight: Have a nice rest, Producer!/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"After their Producer stopped replying, the two girls resumed the game. Their goal for the day was to finish the story quest, the game was still new and so there were not that many story missions left before the next expansion. LilyKnight's job in the game was a Magic Knight, specialized in Wind Magic. It complimented well with Vivid_Rabbit's Paladin, since by being in the same party they could tackle any two-person quests with no problem. When they needed more party members, they already fulfilled the DPS and Tank role, so getting another support generally didn't take a long time. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"emPlaying like this sure feels different./em/spanspan style="font-size: medium;" Yuriko thought to herself as even when she was equipped with the same VR set, she was aware of Anna's presence beside her. The sound of another controller and keyboard, as well as the echoes of the voice chat. At times whenever Anna removed her headsets to rest her eyes a bit, it would take her longer to wear it back given how she couldn't help but to stare at Anna who was so dedicated to gaming. Not to mention, both of them, especially Anna, were more expressive in typing than talking, even with voice chats enabled. It was more evident given how both of them are Married in-game, the game was so immersive that using couple nicknames and lovey-dovey words increased their intimacy levels (and gave them more passive skills). Certainly, typing them up was easier than saying it (although reading them was equally embarrassing)./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"As they proceeded with the main quest, they experienced a better emotional link while playing side by side. They could hear each other's laugh in comedy, and sobs during a tragedy, until the main story finally ended. They had planned to take a break from the game when they finished the story but they seemed to finish it faster than the usual pace, thanks to the better communication between the two. They knew that due to the snowstorm they could not go out in the real world and so they spent the remainder of their Christmas Eve with an in-game date. They would try each other's costume and accessory while taking photos together, until the time finally strikes midnight./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"[00:00] /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Yuriko and Anna logged out as soon as it was midnight. Removing their VR set as both of them said to each other around the same time. "Merry Christmas!". /span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"The two of them might have had dinner during the after party earlier but they did play until late anyway. Anna, being the host, offered Yuriko for a meal. At this hour, her parents must have been asleep, and ordering delivery in the middle of the storm would be impossible. Both of them headed to the kitchen as Anna opened the fridge to check the content of it./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left""span style="font-size: medium;"It looks like we can make soup with noodles". Anna suggested to Yuriko, in which she replied enthusiastically, "That sounds delicious. I'll help with the preparation." /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Since the cooking is done in one big pot, it meant that most of the preparations were simply to chop down the ingredients, after all. Doing it with two people was easier than alone, and as they cooked side by side the word 'newlywed' crossed Yuriko's mind, to her own embarrassment. Anna took two sets of bowls and chopsticks while Yuriko waited for it to be cooked well, before moving the pot to the center of the table afterwards. /span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left""span style="font-size: medium;"Simple is best, isn't it?" Yuriko beamed as she started eating. They really could not go wrong with warm noodles in the middle of the night, as they added tofu, vegetables and sliced bacon. Not to mention, food tastes best when eaten with people one cares about. "It is as if we are living together." Anna could not help but say what was on her mind, the purple-haired girl must have thought the same as Yuriko back then, and managed to control herself in saying 'newlywed' as well.. Both of them ended up blushing, finishing their food quietly. As they washed their dishes, they were still embarrassed. Not helping since at times their shoulders bumped on each other, even accidentally holding their hand as Yuriko tried to rinse Anna's plate that she had just washed with soap and ended up grabbing the hands. Both the mealtime as well as dishwashing ended up taking longer than usual because of their embarrassment… They even needed some time to sit and calm themselves before eventually walking back to Anna's room together./span/p
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p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"It was already late and they had finished their meal, thus Anna figured that it was time to change to their pajamas. Yuriko might have brought her own casual clothes but she definitely was not prepared for a stayover, and so Anna lent her pajamas for Yuriko. "Purple looks good on you." Anna said, as she herself wore light yellow. /spanspan style="font-size: medium;"emAs if she swapped their image color on purpose… /em/span/p
p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Both of them knew that they should not sleep after a meal anyways so they stayed up a couple more hours before bedtime. Yuriko brought out her handheld console from her bag as she sat beside Anna, who was already having hers. Booting up the latest series of the Dragon Slayer, another co-op game as both of them were stuck for a while with the difficult Extra boss. After all, with how the MMORPG was a while ago, both of them were in better sync when they played side-by-side like this. Indeed, it was reflected in the fact that they only needed one try to beat the difficult boss, that even both of them were surprised at it. /span/p
p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"As they got overly happy from the victory, Anna and Yuriko both hugged each other tightly, squeezing even as their faces were so close to each other. The warmth and embarrassment that they felt in the living room returned, as both of them blushed while staring. Instinctively, the two closed their eyes and leaned in for a quick kiss. Saving their progress before they eventually climbed on top of the bed together./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"[03:00]/span/p
p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"The kissing resumed as they held hands once more, bodies pressed against each other on top of the bed. Anna knew that her parents were still inside the house and so she could not risk going beyond, just in case since they had been making noises for a while. Although the kisses might have been deeper and bolder, until they are sated with it. Panting in exhaustion as they stared at each other's eyes. /span/p
p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"The heat of the moment made Anna unable to help but to continue to finish what she wanted to say earlier on, even when it was embarrassing. "We truly are like newlyweds, tonight." As she heard that, Yuriko got all flustered and covered herself with her blanket after giving a quick nod. Anna smiled seeing the reaction, as she joined inside the blanket for more soft and comfortable cuddles, until both of them fell asleep./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;" "My house is nearby, and I have had permission from my parents to let you stay in." The purple-haired girl said with a soft smile, in which Yuriko beamed from happiness. What a lifesaver! Both of them visited the Producer, who was still busy on calls, but as she saw both of them are together she knew what was happening and gave them a thumbs up to 'Okay' their requests. Yuriko messaged her parents telling that she would stay over at her friend's house so that they would not worry, before she entered Anna's car./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"[21:00]/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"As Yuriko entered Anna's house, she immediately felt warm and comfortable as the well-heated indoor contrasted the chilly outdoors. Anna's father excused himself to the master bedroom as it was already late, leaving the two girls all by themselves. They immediately headed to Anna's room to unpack, as Yuriko put her laptop beside Anna's PC, the big table would enable them to play side by side. Since they were all cold, Anna and Yuriko decided to take a bath first before gaming. Anna's mother had prepared a warm bath for the two of them, and the bathtub size could fit two people and so, even when Yuriko was embarrassed, both of them decided to get in it together. Not before they washed their bodies together and rubbed each other's back though, Yuriko's eyes tried her best not to stare at Anna too much as the latter seemed more relaxed. Even as they entered the tub together, staring face-to-face. After relaxing in the warm bath for 30 mins, both of them got up to dry themselves and dress up in their casual clothes first, given how they plan to game for a while./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"They booted up their game titled 4 Celestials Online, a new MMO that they had just started for a while. It was a VRMMO and fortunately Anna had spare VR headsets and controllers for Yuriko to borrow. As they logged in they realised that the Producer's status is Online: Chat Only. She must have logged in on the messenger apps in which Yuriko and Anna messaged their party chat./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Vivid_Rabbit: We have safely reached my house./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"LilyKnight: How's it going on your end, Producer?/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Lord7110: Glad to hear that. We have managed to get rooms in 3 separate hotels, and we have checked in. Now we are just in the lobby, waiting for room keys. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Lord7110: You two are playing now? Don't stay up too late. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Lord7110: Anyways the keys have arrived. I'll talk to you later./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Vivid_Rabbit LilyKnight: Have a nice rest, Producer!/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"After their Producer stopped replying, the two girls resumed the game. Their goal for the day was to finish the story quest, the game was still new and so there were not that many story missions left before the next expansion. LilyKnight's job in the game was a Magic Knight, specialized in Wind Magic. It complimented well with Vivid_Rabbit's Paladin, since by being in the same party they could tackle any two-person quests with no problem. When they needed more party members, they already fulfilled the DPS and Tank role, so getting another support generally didn't take a long time. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"emPlaying like this sure feels different./em/spanspan style="font-size: medium;" Yuriko thought to herself as even when she was equipped with the same VR set, she was aware of Anna's presence beside her. The sound of another controller and keyboard, as well as the echoes of the voice chat. At times whenever Anna removed her headsets to rest her eyes a bit, it would take her longer to wear it back given how she couldn't help but to stare at Anna who was so dedicated to gaming. Not to mention, both of them, especially Anna, were more expressive in typing than talking, even with voice chats enabled. It was more evident given how both of them are Married in-game, the game was so immersive that using couple nicknames and lovey-dovey words increased their intimacy levels (and gave them more passive skills). Certainly, typing them up was easier than saying it (although reading them was equally embarrassing)./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"As they proceeded with the main quest, they experienced a better emotional link while playing side by side. They could hear each other's laugh in comedy, and sobs during a tragedy, until the main story finally ended. They had planned to take a break from the game when they finished the story but they seemed to finish it faster than the usual pace, thanks to the better communication between the two. They knew that due to the snowstorm they could not go out in the real world and so they spent the remainder of their Christmas Eve with an in-game date. They would try each other's costume and accessory while taking photos together, until the time finally strikes midnight./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"[00:00] /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Yuriko and Anna logged out as soon as it was midnight. Removing their VR set as both of them said to each other around the same time. "Merry Christmas!". /span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"The two of them might have had dinner during the after party earlier but they did play until late anyway. Anna, being the host, offered Yuriko for a meal. At this hour, her parents must have been asleep, and ordering delivery in the middle of the storm would be impossible. Both of them headed to the kitchen as Anna opened the fridge to check the content of it./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left""span style="font-size: medium;"It looks like we can make soup with noodles". Anna suggested to Yuriko, in which she replied enthusiastically, "That sounds delicious. I'll help with the preparation." /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Since the cooking is done in one big pot, it meant that most of the preparations were simply to chop down the ingredients, after all. Doing it with two people was easier than alone, and as they cooked side by side the word 'newlywed' crossed Yuriko's mind, to her own embarrassment. Anna took two sets of bowls and chopsticks while Yuriko waited for it to be cooked well, before moving the pot to the center of the table afterwards. /span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left""span style="font-size: medium;"Simple is best, isn't it?" Yuriko beamed as she started eating. They really could not go wrong with warm noodles in the middle of the night, as they added tofu, vegetables and sliced bacon. Not to mention, food tastes best when eaten with people one cares about. "It is as if we are living together." Anna could not help but say what was on her mind, the purple-haired girl must have thought the same as Yuriko back then, and managed to control herself in saying 'newlywed' as well.. Both of them ended up blushing, finishing their food quietly. As they washed their dishes, they were still embarrassed. Not helping since at times their shoulders bumped on each other, even accidentally holding their hand as Yuriko tried to rinse Anna's plate that she had just washed with soap and ended up grabbing the hands. Both the mealtime as well as dishwashing ended up taking longer than usual because of their embarrassment… They even needed some time to sit and calm themselves before eventually walking back to Anna's room together./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left" /p
p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"It was already late and they had finished their meal, thus Anna figured that it was time to change to their pajamas. Yuriko might have brought her own casual clothes but she definitely was not prepared for a stayover, and so Anna lent her pajamas for Yuriko. "Purple looks good on you." Anna said, as she herself wore light yellow. /spanspan style="font-size: medium;"emAs if she swapped their image color on purpose… /em/span/p
p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"Both of them knew that they should not sleep after a meal anyways so they stayed up a couple more hours before bedtime. Yuriko brought out her handheld console from her bag as she sat beside Anna, who was already having hers. Booting up the latest series of the Dragon Slayer, another co-op game as both of them were stuck for a while with the difficult Extra boss. After all, with how the MMORPG was a while ago, both of them were in better sync when they played side-by-side like this. Indeed, it was reflected in the fact that they only needed one try to beat the difficult boss, that even both of them were surprised at it. /span/p
p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"As they got overly happy from the victory, Anna and Yuriko both hugged each other tightly, squeezing even as their faces were so close to each other. The warmth and embarrassment that they felt in the living room returned, as both of them blushed while staring. Instinctively, the two closed their eyes and leaned in for a quick kiss. Saving their progress before they eventually climbed on top of the bed together./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"[03:00]/span/p
p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"The kissing resumed as they held hands once more, bodies pressed against each other on top of the bed. Anna knew that her parents were still inside the house and so she could not risk going beyond, just in case since they had been making noises for a while. Although the kisses might have been deeper and bolder, until they are sated with it. Panting in exhaustion as they stared at each other's eyes. /span/p
p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" align="left"span style="font-size: medium;"The heat of the moment made Anna unable to help but to continue to finish what she wanted to say earlier on, even when it was embarrassing. "We truly are like newlyweds, tonight." As she heard that, Yuriko got all flustered and covered herself with her blanket after giving a quick nod. Anna smiled seeing the reaction, as she joined inside the blanket for more soft and comfortable cuddles, until both of them fell asleep./span/p