Chapter 106: Good Night?
Lillian laid on top of Marionette, pressing her chest against hers with an urging look, "Come on~... are you really going to leave me here by myself again?" she snickered mischievously.
Marionette widened her eyes before turning her face to the side, covering the lower half of her face with her hand.
"You... were fine here by yourself yesterday..."
Lillian leaned closer to her face, simultaneously decreasing the gaps between their bodies.
"Eh... who's to say? And you have quite the habit of looking away from me," she said, gently clutching her cheeks and turning her face back to face her.
Lillian smiled a bit as Marionette continued to avoid eye contact, "For an assassin, who should be able to control their emotions... I think you're flustered~..."
Marionette finally stared back at her once she said that. She couldn't help but feel Lillian was taunting her a bit.
"Why would I be flustered over such little things?" she said, reciprocating Lillian's intimacy by holding her cheeks as well.
This seemed to excite Lillian a bit more, though, for she pressed the side of her head against Marionette's chest.
"Then why is your heart beating so fast~?"
Since the beginning, Marionette's heart did not once slow down. Instead, it seemed to have only increased as she stared down at Lillian, pressing her face against her chest.
"Non... sense..." she spat... her voice slowing down a bit.
She then yanked Lillian's face towards her, "Is yours not beating like mine?"
Lillian grinned, "Who knows, am I right? But what I wanna know is... where are you going to sleep today?" she asked, deliberately leaning in a bit.
Lillian was finally going to have her get back with Marionette due to all her flirts and teases throughout the day.
She stared down at Marionette's shaky frown.
Marionette felt Lillian's forehead intimately press against hers. She gave a small exhale before leaning in as well.
"Well... I suppose I could sleep here... with you..." She moved her hands away from Lillian's cheeks and placed them on her back. "And have you wrapped in my arms..."
Lillian smirked, "And what other option do you have?"
"My other option is to go sleep in a bed, which is much comfier than this couch."
"Oh~? There's an easy solution to that y'know..." Lillian cooed.
Marionette's hands gripped the sides of her face tighter, stroking her thumbs against her skin.
She then smiled a bit.
"Are you implying that you want to take this to the bed?"
"Well! That's the onl—"
Lillian felt her body spin and become lightweight before feeling her back bounce against the couch.
She stared up, her hands laid beside her head.
Marionette stared down at her intimately as she brought her hands towards hers and interlocked their fingers.
It was like when they were back in the Trial.
"... Why is it that you want to sleep with me so desperately?" she asked.
"In what way~?" Lillian winked.
This gesture caused Marionette to freeze for a moment.
"..."
She became silent. Her fingers rubbed against Lillian's—their palms tightly pressed together.
Her lips then stretched into a thin, shaky line.
"It's so much harder to talk to you... I swear..."
Lillian chuckled, "Did you prefer it if I became a blushing mess every time you touched me?"
"It... it made you a lot more predictable..."
She snickered, "That so? I'm sure I still am... considering you can definitely guess what I want, right now."
Marionette sighed, leaning down and planting her face into Lillian's chest, while still keeping their fingers interlocked.
She rubbed her face against it, feeling how amazingly soft yet firm they were.
She then glanced up and saw a familiar expression on Lillian's face.
Lillian flustered stared down at her with a nervous smile, "O-oh~? Finally touching me there are you?"
"Hm? Ah... I suppose it is the first time... getting... nervous?"
"Pfff... of course not... it's not like you're groping me."
Marionette nodded, "And I won't be... don't worry." she then deliberately moved her face closer to Lillian.
"But... the question is if you want me to."
"E-eh?" Lillian stared with wide, shocked eyes. She didn't know what to say to that.
Lillian's silence allowed Marionette to push her a little more.
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"Could it be that was the reason you want to sleep with me? So that I may accidentally grope you in my sleep?"
With each sentence, she closed the gap between their faces.
"How... perverse..."
Lillian gulped as it seemed like Marionette's ruby-red eyes were glowing. She also shivered a bit at her accusations.
"O-of course not!"
"Then... how about you reveal the reason? Is there something so special about sleeping with me?"
Lillian's face twitched a bit. She was about to lose all the momentum she had built up till now.
In an effort to prevent herself from losing this competition of theirs, she pecked the tip of Marionette's nose.
She blushed and pulled back her head, staring at Marionette's frozen expression as she seemed to process what had happened.
She then watched as Marionette unlocked one of her hands and then caressed the spot she pecked.
Feeling like she could win today's battle, she hammered in the final nail.
"So I can do that when you least expect it~... except... on your lips." She grinned.
Of course, she didn't really mean this. She was still going to abide by the rule of a few months before that but that doesn't mean she couldn't bluff about it.
Marionette stared down, her eyes shone with shock at Lillian's words.
Lillian narrowed her eyes as a light pink colour appeared on Marionette's cheek.
"Eh? Are you bl—"
Before she could fully comment on it, Marionette had buried her face into the crook of Lillian's neck—shakily breathing into it.
She then heard her whisper in a quiet and also... shaky voice...
"I... I'll sleep here... with you tonight..."
Lillian smiled widely, pumping her fist victoriously and patting Marionette's head like she was a kitten.
"Awesome... could you... let me go, so I turn off the lights then?"
"... No..."
"Huh?"
Before she knew it, Marionette had successfully wrapped her arms around hers, essentially locking them and her in place under her.
After that, she watched as two separate dark hands stretched out from her back. One went towards the light switch, flicking it off. And the other, moving towards the blanket and pulling it over them.
Lillian gulped anxiously. She fidgeted a bit under Marionette before being scolded.
"Stop... stay still..." she whispered, burying her face deeper into Lillian's neck.
Lillian swore she heard a sniff...
"W-well... you're hugging me a bit tig—"
"You want to sleep with me? Do it without complaining..."
"W-wha? You didn't act like this before..."
Marionette remained silent at Lillian's words and continued to hide her face.
Lillian sighed before smiling and leaning into her ear. She then whispered in a soft and gentle voice:
"Good night... Marionette..."
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