This is not the date I wanted.

Shidao's eyes suddenly turned into two small black dots.

(It is here indeed.)

Meng Yue thought without any surprise. After all, if Miku was not in her room on Christmas night, she would definitely take advantage of the fact that her room was not locked to launch a night attack. And since Shidao and herself were both here, the most likely target of Miku's night attack would be Nanashi.

Mengyue turned and gave Shidao a questioning look.

——What should I do, Shidao?

——Just pretend you didn’t see it.

——Same feeling.

She nodded slightly, and after three seconds of silence for Nanashi, Mengyue took another note from Meijiu and covered her with the sheet.

"Hu... huh-"

Shidou took a few deep breaths and tried to erase the scene he just saw from his mind. After calming down a little, he opened Miku's note.

[I want a sleeping CD for Darling and Honey (at least three modes for each character)]

"........."

"........."

Just like when they saw Shiona's note, Shidou and Mengyue fell into silence at the same time, but this time, there was a vague sense of unspeakable depression in the silence.

Finally, Meng Yue said with a convinced tone, holding her forehead with her hand.

"...As expected of Miku... a perfect two birds with one stone."

"Haha... Mengyue, thank you for your help."

Shidou said with a wry smile.

"I understand. After all, I said I would help. I will be responsible to the end."

After Shidou explained the situation to Kotori, about ten minutes later, Reine, wearing a reindeer puppet costume, walked in. She brought the various makeup tools and cosmetics that Shidou had mentioned before, as well as an introductory book - and six scripts titled "Itsuka Shidou Sleeping CD Script (I/II/III)" and "Ryogi Yumezuki Sleeping CD Script (I/II/III)".

By the way, are the Fraxinus staff too efficient? Or have you, Kotori, already thought about this in advance! ?

Mengyue and Shidao sat on both sides of the sofa with the script in hand, while Lingyin sat on a chair in front of them with a small computer on her lap. She put on headphones through her puppet costume and pointed the two microphones at Shidao and Mengyue respectively.

"In order to save time... I'll trouble Shen and Mengyue to take turns recording... If there are any mixed parts, I will handle them in post-production..."

——There is no other way. They saw the helplessness in each other's eyes. After sighing softly, Shidao and Mengyue opened the script and took turns reading the lines.

Shidou: "... Wh, what? You said you were sleepy? Humph... who cares about you?"

Meng Yue: "What, can't you sleep alone? What a cute little kitty~"

Shidao: "Why...I have to do that kind of thing...I can't..."

Meng Yue: "Haha~ Is it really okay? If you make such a cute expression, I can't help but want to eat you."

Shidao: “——!”

"Shen... my voice is messed up... and please re-record the lines just now in a more tsundere tone."

Lingyin interrupted slowly.

"I-I know."

Shidou nodded somewhat embarrassedly. In the dubbing just now, he should have played the role of a tsundere, but he failed to do it well. After all, dubbing was his first time, so it was inevitable that he was not used to it.

Another reason is that the tone of the carnivorous character voiced by Meng Yue was too strong and realistic, which in a sense disturbed him greatly for a while.

(No, no, no. Focus!)

After repeatedly admonishing himself like this, Shidou took a deep breath and pulled himself together again to record.

Shidou: "Why do you have that expression... I can't stand it. I really can't do anything about you."

Meng Yue: "That's true. There's nothing I can do. In fact, I'm the one who can't sleep, so I want you to accompany me. It's mutual."

……

Shidao: "Five minutes! Just five minutes, I'll lend you my hand. But don't create any strange misunderstandings. If you can't sleep, I won't care. You will have to bear the consequences at your own risk!"

Meng Yue: "Don't worry. I won't let go. I will hold it until the moment you can fall asleep peacefully."

……

Meng Yue: "I love you, your sparkling eyes, your beautiful hair, your alluring lips. Everything about you makes me fascinated and intoxicated. Hmm? Say it again? I really can't help it. Before you fall asleep, I will stay with you no matter how many times you say it."

Shidou: "Stupid, idiot! How can you say something like "I like you" so easily?..."

……

Shidou: "Really... it's okay to be with someone like me?"

Meng Yue: "What are you worried about? It doesn't matter, not only tonight, but every day, every night, as long as you wish, I will always be by your side."

……

Meng Yue: "Good night then, my beloved little lamb."

Shidao: "Yeah, I love you too. Goodnight, dear."

........................

This is not good. This is so embarrassing. This is so embarrassing!

At this moment, Shidou felt his cheeks getting hot.

What? Although Meng Yue and I were taking turns reciting our own scripts, for some reason, we felt like we were acting against each other even though the lines were completely unrelated. Then, an awkward atmosphere brewed between the two of us.

At first, Shidao thought it was just an illusion caused by his excessive self-awareness. However, when Shidao couldn't help looking up, he found that Mengyue was also looking down, and the ears exposed between her long hair had turned red, like a ripe tomato.

Then, Shidou felt his cheeks getting even hotter.

"...? What happened? The process is only halfway done..."

Looking at Mengyue and Shidao who suddenly stopped, Lingyin tilted her head unconsciously.

(Only halfway through?!)

The moment they heard this, Shidao and Mengyue were almost on the verge of collapse.

In the end, it took them an hour and a half to finish the recording. They each had steam on their heads, and walked out of Seven Sins' room with red faces and without saying a word.

Mengyue's Santa Claus (V)

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After making the sleep-in CD that Miku requested, and distributing everyone's Christmas presents, Shidou and Mengyue returned to the first floor of the apartment to join Kotori.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sister Mengyue. Sorry to bother you to accompany us so late."

"It's okay. Kotori-chan is the one who's working hard."

"Kotori, what about me?"

Feeling that he was being ignored, Shidou could not help but point at himself and said in frustration. In response, Kotori rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Who told you to make such a low-level mistake right at the beginning of the operation? You deserve it... Although I really want to scold you harshly. But I will let you go today, Christmas Day. Thank you for your hard work, Shidou."

As she spoke, Kotori's tone softened a little, and she chuckled and blinked.

"Look. It's snowing!"

Mengyue looked outside the door and shouted in surprise.

Walking out of the Elf Apartment, I don't know when. In the dark sky, crystal clear and tiny white snowflakes began to float down, and the tiny ice crystals sparkled like stars under the illumination of the street lights.

A thin layer of powdery snow accumulated on the streets, walls, and roofs of every house, like biscuits sprinkled with sugar, stained with a layer of white. The bright moonlight shone through the clouds in the town, making everything hazy and dreamy as if it were a fairy tale.

"Wow……"

"so beautiful……"

Following Mengyue out of the house, looking at the snow scene, Kotori and Shidou couldn't help but have their eyes brightened up and expressed their admiration sincerely.

"When I entered the apartment, I didn't see any snow."

"It looks like it just started snowing not too long ago... but it's actually a white Christmas. How rare."

Tiangu City is located in the southern Kanto region. December is not a month when it often snows, so it was a small surprise to see it on Christmas.

"But it's such a pity. If only it had rained earlier, everyone would have been able to see it."

While being intoxicated, Kotori also felt a little regretful.

"Haha... maybe this is a real gift from Santa Claus to Kotori-chan. After all, Kotori-chan has worked hard."

Meng Yue said with a chuckle.

"That's not the case. Sister Mengyue, please stop joking about this."

Feeling somewhat disrespectful, Kotori blushed and waved her hand.

"No, no, I think so too. Because I know that Kotori has always been a very well-behaved girl."

Shidou nodded in agreement.

"Shidou, don't just agree with me like that! Can you wait until we conquer the elves before you say such flattering words?"

Meng Yue shrugged teasingly.

"How could that be? We are serious and believe this from the bottom of our hearts. Right, Shidou?"

"Yes, that's it."

"Ah - I can't stand it, I'm going to sleep first!"

As if she couldn't stand Mengyue and Shidou's teasing, Kotori yelled with a red face, kicked Shidou's calf lightly, then turned around and walked home angrily.

"Gone."

"Yeah. He left."

After the two looked at each other, they both showed helpless smiles on their faces.

"Meng Yue. Are you sleepy?"

"No, I went to bed early. So it's still very clear now."

"I see. I'm a little embarrassed, but can you accompany me to give gifts to other people?"

Shidou proposed a little embarrassedly. He knew that his words were a bit shameless, but fortunately Mengyue seemed to understand his thoughts and nodded readily.

"Understood. The presents haven't been distributed yet, right, Santa Claus."

If Shidou is Santa Claus tonight, then Mengyue today should be the same as Reine, playing the role of a reindeer assisting Santa Claus.

After returning to Gokawa's house, the two came to the door of Kotori's room, and after confirming that everyone in the room was asleep, they walked in quietly.

Shidou placed the gift box he had prepared in advance on the bedside of Kotori.

"Merry Christmas, Kotori."

After stroking his sister's head, Shidou whispered his blessing again.

And then, next——

"Next, although everyone's gifts have been distributed. But Shidou, if you forget one person, you will suffer a great loss, Shidou."

Meng Yue reminded earnestly.

"Yes, I know."

Nodding gently, Shidou looked at the door of his room and swallowed his saliva with a serious expression.

Why did Shidao create such a tense atmosphere when he returned to his room? The reason was simple. Origami did not show up at the Christmas Eve party yesterday.

You ask what the two are related to? Well, they are related. This is origami, Tobiichi Origami. She licked Shidou's neck without any reservation when she was carried on his back, and teased Shidou's palm as a matter of course when shaking hands. She also said "Ara Naika?" to Shidou without caring about the gazes of others, and then took off her panties when Shidou pulled down her skirt (accidentally) in public.

Of course, Shidao and Mengyue have no absolute evidence to prove that Origami was in Shidao's room at that time. It is also possible that Origami was really busy with other things at that time.

But! Shidou would never believe that Origami didn't prepare any surprises for him on Christmas.

"Maybe she hid in Shidou's bed, or maybe she put herself in a huge gift box. But no matter what, she must be wearing only a red ribbon dress, saying that she is the gift and then pounced on Shidou and ate him up."

Meng Yue said with certainty.

"It's too convincing, please stop talking!"