“Wh-why are you being so mushy? I’m not going to suddenly run off… It’s hot in here, I’m going out first.”
Hailey felt her heart and body growing increasingly feverish.
She tried to gently push away the hands and leave, but her arms were held by two others, enveloped in a soft sensation.
Idrilla gazed at her piteously.
Although she had temporarily lost her sight and her once sparkling pink eyes had become somewhat grey and dull, this dimness instead added a layer of frailty and pitifulness to Idrilla.
At least for Hailey, she simply couldn’t face this pathetic appearance without a heavy heart.
“…”
“Don’t look at me with that expression…”
“I feel so guilty, she’s the best at acting spoiled like this…”
But the pitiful Idrilla only symbolically rubbed against Hailey’s arm, and Hailey could only obediently sit back by her side.
“I’m just staying because she’s soaking in the pool alone. What if she gets too hot? I can’t just leave her by herself…”
“Hailey is the best, let me feel…”
“Feel? Feel where—”
Ah, so it was the hair… Ahem, exactly, I meant the hair.
Hailey looked a bit guiltily at Idrilla, who was playing with her hair.
“Hailey’s hair is so smooth, drifting like a stream.”
Idrilla gently lifted a strand of the moist, silvery-white long hair and softly pressed her face against it, as if quietly savoring it.
Although Hailey was a bit embarrassed, she couldn’t help but feel a little proud in her heart.
Of course, she was an advanced magic doll made of high-grade magical materials, after all.
The materials were top-notch, with the same texture as a real person.
“Mm, Hailey’s body always has a faint fragrance, so soft and sweet…”
As Hailey basked in the praise, Idrilla began to move up toward her shoulders.
Hailey was still immersed in her little moment of pride.
“Yes, Hailey smells the best. Just like this, gently hold on to Hailey and don’t let go…”
But Hailey’s smooth skin really felt so good to touch, it made one want to take a bite.
“Ah—”
“Ahhh let go! You actually bit me!”
Before Hailey could react, the groping Idrilla took a bite out of her smooth, tender shoulder and licked her lips with relish.
“Hailey is sweet, with a hint of orange fragrance. Could she really be edible?”
Feeling Idrilla’s greedy and gluttonous smile, Hailey suddenly felt a pang of pain in her shoulder.
She really didn’t want to actually become dinner.
“Hailey isn’t allowed to run. If you run, you’ll leave me all alone again.”
Seeming to sense Hailey’s thought of escaping, Idrilla grabbed Hailey’s hand dissatisfyingly and looked at her huffily.
“How could she waste the chance to have such close contact with Hailey?”
Hailey should be with her every second, only accompanying her, with nothing else allowed nearby…
“Fine, I won’t go… If you soak any longer, you’ll turn into an idiot. What then?”
After soaking in the hot water for so long, staying any longer would truly cause someone to faint.
Hailey quickly dragged her out.
While drying Idrilla’s hair, Hailey was pondering how to throw her into the blankets.
She wanted to quickly get her onto the bed and cover her with a thick quilt so she couldn’t escape the “evil shackles” of the bedding, while Hailey herself made a getaway…
“I really can’t deal with you. Look, what’s that?!”
How could she escape this awkward and embarrassing situation while still taking care of this blind rascal?
Hailey suddenly shouted toward a corner in feigned shock.
Even though she couldn’t see, Idrilla cooperatively turned her head.
Then, with lightning speed, Hailey scooped up Idrilla from the pool.
Although both were only wrapped in a bath towel…
“Hmph, as long as I’m holding you, you have no reason—hey hey hey?!”
However, just as Idrilla submissively allowed herself to be held in Hailey’s arms, Hailey, who only lasted a few seconds, plummeted straight back into the hot spring pool with her.
As the two climbed out of the pool soaking wet once again, Idrilla—despite being blind—burst into laughter, gradually becoming more cheerful.
“Pffft hahaha, Hailey… you really…”
Idrilla laughed until tears came out, while Hailey’s face turned red with shame, wishing she could dive to the bottom of the pool and not come out, her mouth blowing bubbles.
“I was just trying to see if I could lift you directly. It must be because your hair wasn’t dried properly…”
“How was I supposed to know my hands would be so slippery? One slip and we fell in… Heavens, this is so embarrassing.”
Then, her head was gently buried into a pair of arms.
Idrilla laughed while hugging her tenderly.
“My Hailey is truly, truly so cute…”
Idrilla wiped away the tears from laughing.
Sure enough, with Hailey by her side, she really didn’t feel lonely at all.
Hailey, however, kept her head down, her face as hot as a cooked tomato.
She really wanted to find a crack to crawl into…
“Hailey, hold me.”
This time, Idrilla took the initiative to reach out again, but for some reason, the meaning felt a bit different.
Despite the shame, Hailey obediently responded to Idrilla’s arms, acting cautiously as if trying to prove herself.
“I definitely won’t fall this time. Earlier, I just didn’t control my balance. Slowly, slowly…”
Compared to her previous quick movement, Hailey was now holding her like a fragile vase, afraid of accidentally dropping her.
Idrilla snuggled into her arms, lazily rubbing against her neck like a cat basking on the grass.
“Finally, we’ve made it… Now, welcome your warm blankets and go to sleep obediently!”
Although she really wanted to toss her onto the bed with a whoosh, Hailey gently placed Idrilla down.
“Just as she was about to walk away…”
The night grew deep, and the room door creaked shut on its own.
Even the windows followed the clouds outside and drew their curtains, leaving only dark purple spots of light.
“Wait a minute, why does the atmosphere feel so wrong…”
Hailey suddenly felt a sense of impending doom as a pair of hands quietly climbed onto her shoulders—very gently, very softly.
“Miss, it’s time for bed. If you don’t sleep, I’m going to… hehehe.”
After the clamor, even a beast sniffing a rose will reveal its true face, wanting to savor that rose carefully.
“Wait a second, aren’t you blind? Then you should go rest properly, you jerk!”
“I can’t see, but am I not allowed to feel? Hailey is the best, right…”
“No, this is definitely not right!”