At night, moonlight spilled through the half-drawn curtains into the dorm room, spreading a thin veil of silver across the floor.
It was a standard three-person girls' dorm room, not particularly large, but equipped with everything it needed.
Three beds stood against three separate walls, each with a small bookshelf and a desk beside its head.
Several stuffed animals were piled on the bed by the window, which belonged to their bespectacled roommate.
The neatly made bed in the middle was Melina's.
The bed near the door was rather messy, its covers half thrown back and its pillow askew. One glance was enough to tell that it was Juno's territory.
They had been temporary roommates for over half a month now.
At first, they had barely known one another and had been somewhat reserved, but as time passed, the three of them had quickly settled into a comfortable rapport.
Until something happened that made things awkward between two of them.
"Do either of you have any clothes that need washing? I'll take them along."
Juno's tail swayed gently behind her as she held a few clothes she had just changed out of.
She was wearing loose pajamas, her reddish-brown hair spilling casually over her shoulders, looking especially relaxed.
One roommate looked up from her pile of books, pushed her glasses up her nose, and handed over a small bag of laundry beside her:
"Sorry for the trouble, then, Juno."
"No problem!"
Juno took the clothes, then looked at the other roommate, who had been avoiding her lately:
"Melina, what about yours? You're about to take a bath, so you should have a set to wash, right?"
Melina turned around with a gentle smile. "No need to trouble yourself. I'll wash them myself."
"It's fine! It's no trouble at all. They're