Rinne: I Just Want You Two to Be Happy

As soon as dawn broke, Qian Huanyue was wide awake. After letting out a deep yawn, she got up, bent over to fold the quilts in the room, then smoothed out the bedsheets.

She went downstairs.

Her gaze swept over the hooks, easily finding the light-colored apron. She took it down and skillfully tied it around her waist, fastening the straps into a neat bow behind her back.

She heated a frying pan on the stove, poured in a little oil, and it gave off a faint sizzle.

She cracked an egg one-handed, the egg sliding into the pan as its edges quickly turned a lovely golden brown. Using the ingredients on hand, she simply prepared breakfast.

"Hmm~♬ Hmm~♪"

"Haah—" Rinne yawned at length with one eye half-open, clearly not yet awake from her drowsiness, though her body had already automatically changed into her usual uniform.

"Hm? Huanyue-chan?" She blinked, her gaze focusing on the busy figure in an apron in the kitchen.

"Good morning, Rinne." Perhaps infected by the sound of that yawn, Qian Huanyue let out an equally deep yawn. "Haaah— You don't mind if I borrow your kitchen for a little while, do you?"

"Ha ha, of course not." Rinne smiled gently, completely unconcerned. She rubbed her eyes and stepped closer, her gaze sweeping over the already rather substantial breakfast spread on the counter. "But having a guest do something like this..."

"But we're friends too, aren't we?" Qian Huanyue answered casually. "I wanted to do this myself—I wanted to take care of you, Rinne, and let you experience what it feels like to wake up in the morning with something hot waiting for you. That's all~"

"—Oh? That's unexpected. I feel a little overwhelmed."

"Ha ha—right?" Qian Huanyue blinked, then smiled. "I decided to get