The next morning, the slowly raising sun's rays flow through a nearby window and gently illuminates the room where Burchard continues to sleep soundly on his couch. With the sun's light causing his closed eyes some discomfort, he slowly stirs awake. With his head in a bit of a daze, he slowly opens his eyes while muttering, "what time is it?"

Noticing the sun filling the room, he tells himself, "Must be morning."

"Zzzzzzzz."

Becoming confused by the soft snoring originating above him, he rolls on to his back to get a better look…. only to freeze when he sees Yuzuru directly above him with her eyes closed and head hanging a bit down, almost as if she had fallen asleep while looking at him. With his eyes locked on her quite adorable sleeping face, he struggled to comprehend how he got into this strange situation…. Until he finally remembers what had happened the night before which causes him to think, "right, she was helping me sleep last night…. But I didn't think she'd stay the whole night?"

While thinking about this, he notices some movement directly above him and when he focuses in on Yuzuru, he's horrified to see her starting to stir awake while thinking to himself, "shit shit shit shit! What do I do? What do I do? If she wakes up and her memory of last night is fuzzy seeing me in her lap will not end well."

While desperately attempting to figure out away out of this situation, he could only watch as her eyes slowly open and proceed to look down at him with a dazed look. Though he was expecting her her reaction to this situation to be quite livid, to his surprise, she seemed to be a bit confused with her asking, "inquiry: Is Yuzuru still dreaming?"

Still frozen in place, Burchard had a hard time thinking of what to say, though Yuzuru seems to find her own answer since she continues to look down at him with a soft smile and half shut eyes while sleepily mumbling, "confirmation: good, Yuzuru is still dreaming."

To his surprise, she starts to run her fingers through his hair while continuing, "Yuzuru always loves the dreams she has about her dear Burchard."

Caught off guard by her gentle touch and the almost loving way in which she was talking about him, he had no choice but to simply lie there silently and with his cheeks turning a bit flush, he thinks, "I'm really enjoying this, but I should probably say something…. But even though she thinks she's still dreaming; she does seem to be enjoying this…."

While continuing to figure out what he should do, he gets taken out of his train of thought when he notices her retract her hand from his head while saying, "confirmation: and the best part about this being a dream?"

A bit confused by the strange question, he remains silent and waits…. Though he doesn't have to wait for long to get his answer since she starts teasingly running her index finger up and down his chest while saying seductively, "it means Yuzuru gets to do things with him that she can only dream of doing in real life."

In an instant, Burchard goes wide eyed from shock but due to the sudden turn of events, he found himself frozen in place while panickly thinking, "shit shit shit shit. What do I do? What do I do? She thinks she's still dreaming!… oh dear god what is she going to do? I gotta stop her but how…. Wait I know! I need to make her 'wake up', but how do I…."

Unfortunately for him, he gets taken out of his problem solving when he feels Yuzuru's finger, which had been drawing circles on his chest, start to run down his stomach. In an instant, Burchard's face turns too many shades of red to even count. Fortunately for him though, he was able to break out of his paralysis and with it practically moving on its own, his hand bolts up and grabbed hers, stopping it dead in its tracks. The whole room falls silent with Burchard not moving an inch while Yuzuru continues to look down at him with the same half open eyes and smile as before, though she does ask, "inquiry: uh Burchard?"

With his eyes locked on hers, all he could do was reply, "uh…. Yes Yuzuru?"

With the same look as before, she asks, "question: Yuzuru isn't dreaming, is she?"

Though every fibre of his being was screaming at him to simply lie and tell her that she was in fact still asleep, the fact that he could see the sleepiness leaving her eyes makes him realize that there was no point, so he replies, "uh…. No, this isn't a dream."

Once again, she falls silent, though the way her eyes slowly widened to sizes he'd never seen before, and her entire face turned the same shade of red as his spoke volumes about how she was feeling at this very moment. For some strange reason though, neither of them spoke a word nor moved an inch while continuing the strange staring contest that they found themselves in, even the sound of his phone vibrating on the table didn't break it. With her finally seeming to remember and process all the things she had done to him in her "dream", her head slowly cranks over, only to be horrified to see where he had stopped her hand which causes her too frantically pull it away while blurting out, "shock: what has Yuzuru done?"

Though he had been enjoying her comfortable lap, seeing her starting to panic cause Burchard to sit up and while sitting next to her, he tries his best to calm her down by saying, "don't worry! You didn't do anything!"

For some strange reason though, this doesn't seem to calm her down and instead, she looks at him with annoyance while snapping, "confusion: Yuzuru didn't do anything? She admitted to dreaming about doing naughty things to you in her sleep! And she almost did that to you in reality!!!"

A bit caught off guard by this, Burchard couldn't help but look back at her with confusion while responding, "but you didn't say anything about doing naughty things to me?"

Equally as confused to her this, she looks back at him with her head tilted to the side while asking in a still worried tone, "inquiry: Yuzuru didn't?"

He simply shakes his head in response which causes her to sigh in relief and while the redness was leaving her face, she starts to smile while saying, "relief: Yuzuru was worried that she had admitted that…. She…."

For reasons unknown to him, her sentence trails off and she falls silent. An eerie silence filling the room which only confuses him more, but before he could ask her anything, he notices her eyes start to go wide with her simply blinking back at him a few times until finally muttering, "confirmation: Yuzuru didn't admit anything while she thought she was sleeping, but…."

With her face returning to its flush redness, she continues, "but she just admitted to you that she dreams about doing naughty things."

Though he was confused as to what she was talking about for a moment, but with her panicked words from before starting to reply in his head, he started to go wide eyed while thinking, "ah crap…. I did not need to know that."

When he notices her only turning redder, he decides it was best to just ignore this awkward information for the moment and tries to figure out the best way out of this awkward situation, though luckily for him, he gets his salvation when he notices his phone starting to vibrate. Thankful for this distraction, he's about to reach for it but before he can, it gets snatched by Yuzuru who embarrassingly says, "curiosity: w-who could this be? Perhaps it is Yuzuru's sister who wishes to know of her whereabouts?"

Though he was shocked but more importantly worried about her going through his phone, he couldn't help but feel the faintest bit of relief while thinking to himself, "I mean I'm not to keen on her going through my phone…. But it's still pretty new so there isn't anything really embarrassing in….."

"Inquiry: Burchard?"

Having been taken out of his thought by her sudden question, he looks over at Yuzuru while asking, "what is….?"

For reasons that he didn't fully understand, the unflinching gaze, that had replaced her embarrassed expression, which Yuzuru glared at him with was enough to cause his sentence to trail off. Though he didn't fully answer her, Yuzuru none the less asked him, "inquiry: who is Miku?"

Caught off guard by the question, along with the malice in her voice, all Burchard could do at this point was reply, "huh?"

Undeterred by his confused response, she continues to glare at him while showing him the phone while saying, "suspicion: that's the name of the girl who keeps messaging you?"

Though it was hard not to be distracted by Yuzuru's unrelenting gaze, Burchard was able to look at the screen filled with text messages from the girl he met the other day. With his fear turning into confusion, he looks past it at Yuzuru while replying, "her? She's that girl that came to get her cd the other day."

Even though it was a satisfactory answer, Yuzuru's gaze remains unchanged with her asking coldly, "inquiry: and what might your relationship with her be?"

Surprised by the question, his confusion only grows with him responding, "relationship? I guess where friends, though we just mainly talk about mundane stuff."

Again, she continues to glare at him as if she where going over his answer in her head while studying his expression for any signs of lying until finally, she for some reason sighs in relief and with a soft reassured smile crossing her face, she responds, "satisfaction: just friends…. Yuzuru is happy to hear this."

Though he was happy that she wasn't glaring at him anymore, the confusion he felt persisted and with a feeling of suspicion starting to mix in, he asks, "and why are you happy that she's just a friend?"

As if he had said nothing, she continued to smile warmly back at him, but as his words finally start to click in her head, Yuzuru's eyes going wide along with a look of shock slowly replacing the smile she once sported. Though he thought her embarrassed look was adorable, he continued to look at her suspiciously until she was finally able to mutter, "rebuttal: Yuzuru uh…. She uh is just uh…."

With yuzuru starting to ramble incoherently, a thought comes to Burchard's mind with him asking, "were you jealous?"

All of a sudden, Yuzuru fell silent though with her complexion turning a deep shade of red, he could swear that he was seeing steam starting to emanate off the top of her head. This awkward silence felt like it would have lasted for an eternity, until it was finally broken by Burchard who, to Yuzuru's confusion, was having to forcibly stop himself from smiling while saying in a forced calm voice, "so you where…."

With her silence being the only answer he needed, he finally reached his limit and proceeds to burst out laughing. The sight of Burchard keeled over and holding his stomach while continuing to laugh was enough to replace the embarrassment she felt with annoyance, and while giving him the stink eye, she asks in an annoyed tone, "inquiry: and what may Yuzuru ask is so funny?"

Hearing her question was enough to stop his laughter and allows him to sit up right, though to her annoyance, he continued to smile cheekily at her while replying, "I'm sorry, it's just that the idea of you being jealous of me talking to another girl is just funny."

Though she had gotten an answer to her question, the annoyance she felt only grew with her responding in an angered tone, "confusion: and why is the idea of yuzuru being jealous of you talking to another girl so funny?"

While continuing to smile, he replies without thinking, "because you're too special to me to ever want to make you jealous."

With that, he continues to laugh while she continues to look at him with annoyance but that soon gets replaced with confusion as her head tilts to the side while she asks, "inquiry: what do you mean by special?"

Though he continued to laugh, this slowly stops with her question running through his mind with him thinking to himself, "what do I mean by special?"

It only took him a moment to remember what he had just accidentally told her and with him going wide eyed by this, it had become quite apparent that it was now his turn to be embarrassed which was best shown by him turning beet red while mumbling, "uh…. Well uh…. I don't think it's all that important to tell you…."

With his answer not diswaying her in the slightest, a look of contempt quickly replaces her confusion as she asks, "rebuttal: it is important to tell Yuzuru."

Wanting to dodge the question, and to escape her determined gaze, he attempts to subtly look away while responding nervously, "no… you don't need to know."

Again, she was undeterred by his attempts to not answer and with a feeling of determination starting to burn wildly in her heart, she subconsciously leans forward while continuing to almost stare him down while saying, "confirmation: Yuzuru does need to know."

Feeling her starting to invade his personal space only adds to his rapidly beating heart which isn't helped by the simple thought of admitting what she wanted him to. Realizing the corner he found himself in and with no other option available, all he could really do was sigh in defeat then while trying his best to prepare himself for what happens next, he slowly turns to face her. With her face as close as it was, he for whatever reason doesn't notice the eagerness in her eyes and instead, simply found himself mesmerized by her beauty with the only thing him being able to think was, "why do I keep getting surprised by how beautiful she is?"

SWOOSH!!! "Hey Yuzuru! You in here?"

With his front door flying open, an annoyed Kaguya comes walking in and sensing her sister's presence, she continues, "jeez, first you don't answer your phone, then I find your apartment empty? And now I find you alone…. With…. Uh…."

Her sentence slowly trails off when she sees the two recognizable individuals sitting frozen on the couch in front of her with their face's mere inches apart. Quickly realizing what she had just walked in on, a wide-eyed Kaguya's cheeks turn bright red while she mutters embarrassingly, "oh I'm sorry? I didn't realize you two were in the middle of something?"

With her gaze more or less fixated on the 'unique' site before her, Kaguya had no way of not seeing Yuzuru's head slowly crank over and with the coldest death glare she had ever witnessed, Yuzuru says in a forcefully calm tone, "anger: Kaguya…."

Though she had a firm grasp on the danger she found herself in, Kaguya still tried her best to look back at her sister with an innocent smile while asking in an overly innocent tone, "yes my dearest and most favouritest sister whom I love so very much? What might you want to ask me?"

With her icy gaze remaining unchanged, all Kaguya could do was watch as Yuzuru got to her feet and slowly stomped towards her with ever step echoing like thunder which shook the floor and only added to the trembling Kaguya felt in her legs which made escape a mere futile thought. With Yuzuru coming to a stop in front of her, all Kaguya could do was mentally prey for salvation while she looks back at her terrifying sister with a trembling smile and whimpers, "uh…. I'm sorry?"

All Yuzuru does was simply stand there silently which only adds to the fear Kaguya felt until suddenly, her hand moves at rapid speed and pinches her ear. Though the excruciating pain she felt was almost unbearable, it only amplifies when Yuzuru starts to drag her sister by the ear towards the door but pauses just before leaving and looks over at a shocked looking Burchard and with an eerily innocent smile she tells him calmly, "reassurance: this will not take long so please wait for Yuzuru."

With the sound of Kaguya whining in pain filling the room, all Burchard was really able to do was simply nod which causes Yuzuru to respond, "gratitude: thank you."

With that, she proceeds to drag Kaguya out of the apartment, and slams the door behind them with enough force to shake the entire room. Now alone, Burchard continues to sit frozen in place until finally, he lets out a relieved sigh and while holding his chest, he mutters to himself, "thank god…. Don't think my heart was ready to tell her that."

Meanwhile, Kaguya stands in the hall and rubs her sore with tears in her eyes while an enraged Yuzuru stands in front of her with her arms crossed and snaps, "anger: why did you have to interrupt right when things were getting good?"

While continuing her futile attempt to ease the pain in her ear, Kaguya whimpers a reply, "I'm sorry, but I really needed to talk to you."

Surprised to hear this, Yuzuru uncrosses her arms but continues to look at her with annoyance while responding, "rebuttal: whatever it is could have waited till Yuzuru returned to her room."

With her ear relatively returning to normal, Kaguya started to look back at her with determination while responding. With Yuzuru listening intently to her sister, Burchard continued to sit alone in his room attempting to comprehend everything that had just happened until he gets interrupted by Yuzuru who quietly walks back in. His heartbeat once again reaching dangerously high levels, but when he sees the slight bit of sadness showing through Yuzuru's blank expression, he asks, "Whats up?"

Having come to a stop in front of him, she looks back at him and instead of replying, she simply tells him, "Apologies: Yuzuru has some things she needs to do with Kaguya and Shido, therefore she must go."

Surprised and feeling a bit disappointed to hear this, Burchard asks, "oh? Is something wrong?"

While trying her best to keep a straight face, she simply shakes her head while replying, "reassurance: there is nothing for you to worry about. They simply need Yuzuru's help with something."

With the disappointment starting to show on his face, he responds, "oh…."

Not wanting to make her feel bad, he tries his best to hide his disappointment by smiling back at her while continuing, "then when you're done, wanna hang out again?"

A bit surprised to hear this, she starts to smile once more and after eagerly nodding, she replies, "confirmation: Yuzuru would love to."

Though she wanted to spend a little bit more time with him, the idea of them hanging out later did satisfy this urge and as she walked towards the door, she told him, "farewell: goodbye Burchard, Yuzuru shall see you later."

He was going to respond, but before he could, she pauses at the doorway and looks back at him with a mischievous grin while saying, "confirmation: Yuzuru does look forward to you telling her how special she is to you."

Caught off guard by this, he couldn't help but go beet red from embarrassment while fumbling a response, "oh…. Uh well, uh…."

Feeling satisfied at making him embarrassed, she couldn't help but smile cheekily while responding, "farewell: goodbye Burchard."

With that, she exits and closes the door behind her, leaving a beet red Burchard to simply sit there and look at the door while saying to himself, "geez, don't think my heart can take anymore stress."

While desperately attempting to get his heart rate under control, Burchard gets distracted by his phone once again vibrating. He picks it up and while reading the message, a look of confusion crossing his face while he asks himself, "huh?"