"Heave-ho!... Heave-ho!"
Inside the room, the air seemed to steam with heat, a stark contrast to the wind and snow outside the window.
Qingxue Uchiha's eyes were half closed, her breath trembling faintly. Like a lazy cat curled up in Yemu's arms, she was lost in her own world of pleasure.
However-
Outside the doorframe, a faint presence quietly approached.
A pair of hazily gleaming Byakugan eyes "peeked" through the crack in the door.
Those white pupils no longer held a ninja's icy menace. Instead, they were utterly suffused with lovestruck pink hearts.
Hinata Hyuga.
Ripples of affection spread through her gaze, her lips slightly parted, her breathing so rapid it seemed it might condense into droplets in the air.
Clear saliva gathered at the corners of her mouth and trickled down her chin, betraying undisguised obsession and longing.
"Yemu... Yemu... Guh-hehehe♡♡~"
Her murmurs were barely audible, yet they seared the air like a branding iron.
As Qingxue Uchiha's movements grew more intense, Hinata's body trembled almost imperceptibly. Her legs could scarcely support her, and she collapsed into a half-kneeling crouch at the threshold.
Her cheeks flushed more deeply than the evening sky, and even the tips of her ears looked ready to bleed.
At last.
Qingxue raised her eyes, the slender corners lifting slightly as she glanced at the petite figure peeping through the doorway.
She neither called her out nor alerted Yemu.
She merely curled her lips into a knowing smile, as though everything was under her control.
But Yemu was not oblivious.
On the contrary, he had noticed Hinata's presence immediately-
He had not needed to deliberately extend his senses. The momentary, subtle tension in Qingxue's body had told him all he needed to know.
An unknown amount of time passed.
Only when Yemu got up and