Sweet daily life of Little Tanuki and Qin Che in Love and Deep Space

You walk through the bedroom and spot the source of the sound near the sofa in the living room.

Qin Che was fiddling with the square lanterns you brought back yesterday when you chased the man in the black hat.

Watching him intently twist the wire with pliers, you didn't snuggle into his arms as usual, but instead chose to sit beside him and lean on his shoulder.

"Ah~~~~~" You couldn't help but yawn again.

"It's so strange. I went to bed quite early last night, but I still feel so tired and sleepy. I fell asleep to your humming last night and woke up to your humming this morning. I have this strange feeling that I've lost track of time."

Qin Che put down his tools, placed the lantern aside, glanced down at you who were leaning on his shoulder and mumbling, and smiled: "It seems you have a very high opinion of my sleep-inducing service."

You became more alert and suddenly remembered what you wanted to accuse him of. You sat up straight, pointed a finger at him, almost poking his nose: "Qin Che! Tell me the truth, after I fell asleep last night, did you appear in my dreams again?"

"Hmm? You look so excited, what did you dream about?" Qin Che asked with a half-smile, appearing completely at ease.

"You know perfectly well what I'm asking!" You turned your finger and poked his face hard.

"Although I don't know, judging from your expression, I've guessed a bit." Qin Che pinched your fingers, and you rubbed your fingers against your chin, continuing, "You didn't let me off the hook even in my dreams, but in reality you still have to pretend to be reserved. What? Didn't your skin thicken a lot a few days ago? Has it suddenly regressed?"

"What?! I didn't!" You pulled your finger back, unwilling to admit that after the shock of the last battle, you felt like your mind was only filled with these things lately. A slight unease settled in your heart, but you still tried to argue: "I take what I want, and I refuse what I don't want. I never pretend to be reserved, hmph... please stop misinterpreting me~~~"

"Oh? Is that so?" Qin Che chuckled and tapped your ear with his finger.

"Whether it's a misinterpretation or not, you can tell by looking at this spot." His voice rose seductively at the end, his fingertips gliding like feathers from behind your ear, pausing deliberately as they brushed past your collarbone, sending a shiver down your spine.

"Ok?"

When that hand finally lands on your back, its palm gently closing around your spine, you are completely enveloped in his embrace.

The moment your noses almost touch, you instinctively hold your breath.

His crimson eyes reflected your unease, but his lips suddenly parted, a moist touch brushing against your earlobe, his teeth lightly grinding against your sensitive cartilage.

"here."

The warm breath carrying the two words entered my ear, like a flame igniting, burning from the tip of my ear to my neck.

You were nearly forced back by his powerful aura, but your lower back slammed into the corner of the table. Just as the pain was about to strike, a hand covered the sharp edge of the table.

Qin Che lowered his eyes to stare at your reddened ear tips, his Adam's apple bobbing above your delicate collarbone, his breath brushing against your neck: "Your ears are so red they look like they're about to bleed, and you still say you didn't misunderstand?"

You turn your face away from him, but your peripheral vision keeps drifting to his wide-open collar.

Fairy! Fairy!!!

Here we go again with this trick!!!

"What are you hiding from?"

His chuckling voice brushed past your ear, and his other hand braced against the table behind you, trapping you in his narrow embrace.