When Mifi woke up, there were two faces of those who had pulled all-nighters.
"What'cha doin'?"
"Well....,"
"Something....,"
Even while half-asleep, Mifi could tell they were trying to hide something from their words.
"Did, did you finish it?"
"U...mu[1]...,"
"Well, somehow."
If she remembered correctly, Meishen said she was making Layfon's and Naruki's bentos because they had to skip school to help the municipal police. She's was definitely making that.
But Meishen didn't need an all-nighter to make bentos. That's because even if today is Van Allen Day, Layfon will eat any bento she makes.
So that means, today's case would be Naruki.
Honestly, Mifi could only see a boring old man senpai but Naruki was probably fine with it.
"Uwaa-"
She couldn't stop yawning. Mifi was also preparing her manuscript till it was late last night, and fell asleep from tiredness.
"Well, I'm going ahead."
While Mifi was whistling, the dressed up Naruki called out to them. There was not a trace of fatigue on her face. It was during these times that Mifi was envious of a military artist's stamina.
As Naruki went out, Meishen was washing her face. As expected, she can't wash away the fatigue of an all-nighter. It seems that even the power of love can't erase an all-nighter's dark shadows.
Mifi too, wanted to go back to sleep. She could just give the excuse that she handed it in after school.
"Layton is not here, so are you trying to cheat on him this morning?"
"N-No, I'm not."
At Mifi's words, Meishen stuttered a bit and escaped by going to the washroom to wash her face.
"Well that can't be helped, I better go too-"
For now she decided to go to her own room and ready her bag.
"Huh...?"
Unintentionally realizing, Mifi became terrified.
"Now that I think about it, I don't have anyone to give to."
Becoming aware of that reality, Mifi felt slightly lonelier that morning.