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Merry quietly opened Isana's bedroom door and peeked into the hallway. All the lights were turned off as it was evening and everyone was fast asleep. Merry quietly stepped out of Isana's room, closing the door behind her gently to ensure Isana wouldn't o wake up.
Alright, now nothing can stop me!
Merry tiptoed down the hall towards the stairs. The stairs would quietly creek as she made her way down, which made her panic a little, but thankfully, no one woke up.
When Merry got to the last step, she quickly dashed towards the kitchen. Her lips spread into a cat-like grin when she saw the doughnut box that Isana brought still sitting on the counter. Everyone had gotten one after dinner, but there was one leftover that no one had touched.
"The last doughnut shall be mine!" Merry said, feeling excited.
As she opened the doughnut box, she saw that it was empty.
"Huh?" Merry wiped her eyes, thinking that they were playing tricks on her, but when she checked again, she noticed the last doughnut was indeed missing.
"It's gone? But that's impossible…"
"Merry, you're still up?" she heard a familiar voice ask.
As Merry looked towards the direction the voice was coming from, her green eyes widened. There Yumeji stood, his mouth covered in crumbs. In one of his hands was the last doughnut. Merry couldn't believe what she was seeing and took a step back in shock.
"Y-Yumeji, what are you eating?"
Yumeji looked to the doughnut in his hand which was almost half finished. "Oh, I got hungry and found this doughnut." He looked back over to her, a look of realization on his face. "...Did you want this doughnut, Merry?"
"Of course I did! That was the last one!" Merry yelled as she pounded at his chest with her fists.
Yumeji sighed and softly rubbed Merry's head, causing the hood to her yellow pajamas to fall off. Merry whined at the touch, her green eyes slowly looking up to meet Yumeji's brown ones. She felt him stop rubbing her head, him staring into Merry's eyes. A brief silence filled the air before her and Yumeji moved away from each other, blushing.
Merry twiddled with her fingers nervously. "Umm…"
Yumeji glanced over his shoulder towards her. "W-What's up?"
"Can I…have a taste?"
As Yumeji turned around to give Merry the half doughnut in his hand, Merry pounced on him, causing him to fall over.
"M-Merry, what's wrong?" Yumeji asked, confused.
Merry leaned in close towards his face, licking the doughnut crumbs near the corner of his mouth. She then sat up, her cheeks red.
"It's chocolate…"
Yumeji went quiet as he tried to process what happened, but then smiled tenderly at Merry. He sat up with Merry sitting in his lap. He broke the doughnut in another half and handed a piece to her.
As they walked back upstairs, munching on the doughnuts, Yumeji looked towards Merry. He noticed there were crumbs near her lips and felt the heat rush to his cheeks. He quickly looked away, slowly bringing a hand to the corner of his mouth where Merry licked earlier.
She wouldn't let me... would she?
Merry noticed Yumeji was acting strange and grabbed his hand.
"Yumeji?"
Yumeji took a deep breath before turning towards Merry, a determined look on his face. He placed one hand on her shoulder, leaning in slowly towards her lips. He gently licked the crumbs near the corner of her mouth and then quickly walked to his bedroom, immediately closing the door behind him before Merry had chance to say anything.
Merry stood in the middle of the hall in a daze. She touched the corner of her mouth and blushed softly.
Doughnuts really are amazing...