Summary: After practice, Lanzhu goes to the student council room expecting to find her hard-working girlfriend looking over budgets, when to her surprise, she finds her napping.
Shioriko/Lanzhu

Napping

- One, two, three, four…

The beating music playing in the background accompanies every clap and instruction of the girl in front of them as Yuu observes the group moving in unison to the right, jumping, before they split in two smaller groups with one of them going to the front while the other stays at the background twirling in the opposite direction to then make their way to the front and kneel, posing all together with a wide smile playing on their lips as the song comes to an end.

- And that's a wrap for today! You were incredible girls, as always!

The raven haired girl with green tips congratulates the group vigorously, contrasting with the grumbling escaping the lips of some of the girls as they flop to the floor exhausted after such a hard routine, pants and whines mixing equally.

- Finally!

- I'm so tired.

- Kanata-chan wants to sleep.

- Eek, K-Kanata-senpai?

A series of comments can be heard much to the amusement of the rest of their groupmates, earning some chuckles and giggles in return as a still full of energy blonde hands out towels in between her tired groupmates while a kind auburn haired girl hands them some water.

- Don't worry, Yuu-chan, we're all okay.

A reddish-brown haired girl tells her childhood friend while patting her shoulder in a comforting way, seeing Yuu exhaling in relief while they share a knowing smile.

A pink haired girl can't help but smile softly at this, before she laughs as she notices Kanata placing her head on Shizuku's lap ready to sleep while Kasumi and Mia complain resting against each other, before Rina takes care of them.

A chuckle then escapes her lips as she takes her own bottle of water out of her sport bag to take a big gulp of it, drying her sweat with the towel of a certain short dark green haired girl absent in their practice, too busy at the student council room filling out and revising the budgets for the school's new festival.

A soft smile soon spreads across Lanzhu's lips upon the mere thought of Shioriko and how she's doing, before the deep voice of one of her groupmates pulls her out of her reverie.

- Are you coming back to the dorms with us, Lanzhu? Emma says she wants to buy some bread on our way – Karin says softly, an amused chuckle escaping her lips at the mention of Emma and her beloved bread.

- Ah, thanks, Karin-chan, but I'm going to see how Shio is doing.

Karin can't help but smile softly at the care of the pink haired girl for the student council president, before a raven haired girl chimes in.

- Please Lanzhu-san, make sure Shioriko-san isn't overworking herself, and call me if you need anything. I might not be part of the student council anymore, but I'm more than willing to lean a hand and help!

Setsuna says enthusiastically, making Lanzhu giggle yet be happy to see how the girls also care for her girlfriend, before nodding.

- I will, don't worry.

She promises them, putting her belongings back in her sport bag, before waving goodbye to the girls, seeing how the big group slowly parts ways into different and smaller groups to head to the dorms together, or their houses or some other places.

Lanzhu for her part, can only smile as she throws her sport bag over her shoulder to head to the place her girlfriend is hoping she isn't overworking herself.

On her way to the student council room, the pink haired girl can't help but notice how the hallways are completely empty of students as silence reigns over them product of how late it already is, the colors of the sunset tinting the sky outside the windows and painting the school with a different light.

A heavy sigh escapes her lips, before she stops right in front of the student council room's door, raising her hand ready to knock on it, before she thinks twice and decides to slowly open it, a mischievous smirk playing on her lips expecting to see and surprise her cute and hard-working girlfriend, only to be the one surprised, her smirk turning into a frown upon failing to see Shioriko.

Lanzhu can't help but frown more as soon as she opens the door widely and notices the silence reigning over the room. Not that Shioriko is prone to make any noise or listen to music while working with the paperwork, but Lanzhu still expected to hear the rustle of papers or the typing of the calculator being used, not the most deafening silence.

Confused by this, she enters closing the door behind her quietly, and leaves her sport bag on the floor, looking at the desk in the distance expecting to see the head of her girlfriend peaking out of the huge pile of paperwork on it.

- Shio?

She calls for her girlfriend quietly, not wanting to disturb her from her hard work, only to hear silence in return.

More confused than before, Lanzhu crosses the room stealthy, but to her surprise, instead of finding her girlfriend slumped over the desk as she expected, she finds Shioriko on the couch of the student council room resting while her hand holds a stack of budgets in it and a calculator rests by her side.

A tender smile spreads across Lanzhu's lips at such a cute sight, before sadness takes over her upon noticing the tired look adorning her girlfriend's features even napping.

Out of habit, the older girl brings a hand up to cup the younger girl's cheek, feeling Shioriko leaning on her touch unconsciously, making her heart flutter at how cute she can be.

- Shio?

She tries to call her girlfriend fruitlessly, chuckling upon not having the heart to wake her up.

The older girl lets out a sigh, before placing the calculator on the table in front of them and carefully take the budgets off Shioriko's hand, hearing her girlfriend grumbling cutely in return, before she goes back to keep sleeping peacefully.

The tender smile on Lanzhu's lips only widens, before she carefully lies Shioriko on the couch letting her rest and sleep for a little longer while she turns around to take a budget or some club's petition in hand hoping to help the ever so hard-working president, when before she can even reach out for any paper, Shioriko's hand takes hers and pulls her down onto the couch.

- Eek, Shio!?

Lanzhu exclaims surprised, blushing hard as soon as she feels her girlfriend's arms wrapped tightly around her waist pulling her towards her to then bury her head in between her shoulder blades mumbling incoherent things.

Lanzhu can only laugh quietly still embarrassed by her sleepy girlfriend's actions, before she slowly turns around to place Shioriko's head on her chest while wrapping her tightly in her arms, running her fingers through her the younger girl's short hair hoping this helps her to sleep more peacefully and rest for a bit longer, before waking her up to go home together, leaving the rest of the paperwork for the following day with the help of Setsuna.