Saturday night was Shade and Leisha's date night. After Shade woke from his "coma," Luvia had mentioned that Dorothy seemed to have made some preparations for this evening. Unfortunately, Dorothy's "special period," which had begun on tuesday, still had not ended by Saturday night.
After Saturday afternoon's Study Group ended, when Her Royal Highness the Princess's soul entered Miss Writer's body and saw Dorothy's note in the notebook, her expression had been quite unpleasant.
Of course, although her physical condition during that "special period" prevented her from eating overly cold food, it would not at least interfere with a normal date. Though it was no longer snowing, the winter chill and snow-covered roads made both Shade and Leisha, using the Blonde Young Lady's body, unwilling to go outside.
That evening, the two sat on the clean carpet before the fireplace, each studying books for the exam at the end of next month. The firelight illuminated their faces, while a lazy Cat curled up beside the fireplace.
Although they had not spoken much throughout the evening, Shade could tell that, at least before going to bed, Leisha had been quite satisfied with the night.
"When I have the time, I'll paint 'Shade and Dorothy Before the Fireplace' as an oil painting, frame it, and hang it in my own bedroom. I'm quite good at oil painting. I'll definitely finish it before the end of the year."
Before going to sleep, Leisha spoke to Shade. Wearing pajamas, she somewhat regretfully placed the Youthful Immortality Leaf in the study drawer for the time being. Her emerald eyes lowered slightly as she looked towards Shade:
"What a shame."
Shade knew what that meant, and Little Mia was also, for the first time in a long while on a Saturday night, able to rest on