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C5- ☆Daybreak☆

"What do you mean you were out last night, Nao-sama? You promised to stay inside! And I made sure you were asleep inside your room the entire night!"

"Is that so..?"

"Yes." Yui replied. "As far as I know, you never left. Or did you tricked me?!"

Nao shook her head vigorously.

"Then...Is something the matter?"

Nao shook her head again before smiling.

"It's nothing." Was her simple reply before staring outside.

Yui frowned. "Honestly Nao-sama, what is troubling you. You rarely make that kind of expression." Nao simply hummed in response before closing her eyes.

It was in times of confusion that Nao would keep to herself so she could think properly. Sometimes, she would write to her brother, to ask advice since she knows that he always knows what to tell her.

'Kagaya-onii-sama, I've been having this weird feeling inside my chest. Something is not right.'

Nao sighed loudly before standing up and moving to retrieve her writing materials.

"Nao-sama, are you going to write to Kagaya-sama?"

Nao shook her head as she prepared the parchment.

"No. I'm going to write something to Himejima-san and Tomioka-san. I have a feeling that one of them would be able to tell me something. "

"Nao-sama! I can understand writing to Himejima-sama, but to the Water Pillar? What would he tell you? He's antisocial."

Nao giggled at the bothered look that was decorating Yui's face.

"Believe it or not. Tomioka-san gives me a lot of great advice. Although Kagaya-onii-sama would be able to give me one as well, Tomioka-san and I are friends. "Nao took the quill and dipped it on the ink. "Friends have a way of communicating with each other. It is completely different from the way siblings talk to each other and as great friends, we have a general idea of what the other is thinking."

"You remember, right? Tomioka-san... no... Giyuu-kun... Giyuu-kun and I always talked to each other when we were a bit younger. He's still stoic and distant back then but he's so much more than that. Giyuu-kun is such a nice person and he's saved me a couple of times before. "She then started writing as she continue to speak.

"Although Giyuu-kun has his own problems, he knows how and when to comfort me by merely staying by my side." Nao scratched her cheek with her index finger. "It's a bit embarrassing but other than Giyuu-kun and Himejima-san, I don't have any other friends." Nao left the fact that she found a new friend, Muzan. She hid this fact knowing that Yui would throw another pit since her handmaiden was ordered by Kagaya to keep Nao away from any male suitors or unknown males in general.

Nao was so not going to tell this secret in fear of the actions that her brother would make just to keep her inside the house.

There was enough trouble as it is knowing that their family is cursed.

Yui made a face. "Nao-sama, you need to make friends with females of your age. You're always surrounded by males! This is why Kagaya-sama always keeps a strict watch on you. You act way too recklessly like a boy!"

"Ehhh...Yui~But I'm not really into the lady stuff. Wearing a kimono this heavy all the time and having my hair styled in such a complex way everyday is hard enough as it is." She then twirled a stray lock of hair around her fingers.

"Maybe I should just cut my hair."

At her suggestion, Yui completely freaked out and shouted at her, asking her why she would even dare to cut such beautiful long hair?