When I woke up, Barbara was sleeping soundly on top of me. Looking down, I could see a green little head beneath the bulging blanket, with her tiny hands pressed squarely against my chest...
I had slept deeply when that fragment of consciousness dragged me into the dream, so I hadn't noticed Barbara's little movements.
Though the blanket had let in drafts, Barbara had become my blanket herself. This little heater might have been light, but she still had weight, and even in my dream, I had felt a little short of breath.
"Honestly, it wasn't big to begin with. Won't this flatten it?"
I muttered quietly, but Barbara was still smacking her lips.
Her soft pink lips still glistened beneath the dark blanket. No drool had leaked out, but she showed no signs of waking up either, and I didn't want to prolong this awkward situation.
If Mono had climbed on top of me like this, the first thing I would have done upon waking would have been to throw her off the bed.
But since it was Barbara, I still wanted to be as gentle as possible...
"Miluno!!!"
Bang—
With an ear-piercing shout, my bedroom door was shoved open. Mono strutted over to the bed with an infuriatingly smug expression and reached out to grab a corner of the blanket...
"No!"
Though I realized what she intended and stopped her immediately, Mono still yanked away my blanket. The sudden chill made Barbara, who had been sleeping soundly on top of me, curl up slightly and wake groggily.
"Mm?"
Opening her sleepy eyes, the little tree spirit propped herself up on my chest and sat up. Then she turned to look at the blanket in Mono's hands, and her little face immediately darkened with displeasure as her cheeks puffed