"You two can sleep here; the sheets and bedding are all new." Tights pointed to the large bed, her gaze sweeping back and forth between the bed and the two of them.
"Thank you!" Rez smiled politely.
"I'm going to bed now, so make yourselves at home. Don't worry about cleaning up the food when you're done; the robots will handle it." Tights waved her hand and turned to take a couple of steps before suddenly leaning back in. She brought her head close to Rez's ear and lowered her voice, a playful smirk playing on her lips. "Don't make too much noise, okay? It wouldn't be good if my little sister heard you; who knows what kind of bizarre questions she might ask."
"Okay, we'll keep it down." Linoshi didn't catch Tights's meaning at all, instead answering quite earnestly.
Her eyes blinked, her face written with seriousness.
The corner of Rez's mouth twitched slightly. His gaze lingered on Linoshi's face for a moment before looking away.
Tights stared blankly at Linoshi, her mouth hanging open slightly, unable to process the reaction.
Her brow furrowed for a moment then relaxed, a flicker of helplessness flashing in her eyes.
She really didn't understand what I meant, did she?
"Alright, you two get to it, I'm heading out." Tights yawned and left, her footsteps dragging as her figure disappeared at the end of the hallway.
Watching Tights's departing back, Rez turned his head to look at Linoshi beside him.
Coincidentally, Linoshi was also looking toward Rez.
Their gazes met in mid-air.
"Should we eat a bit more? Or go to sleep now?" Rez asked, gesturing with his chin toward the dining table.
"A bit more... this is the first time I've ever eaten such delicious food!" Linoshi replied in a low voice, her eyes lighting up. Then she muttered even more quietly, "If Brother Whis knew Earth had such delicious food, I wonder how happy he would be."
"It seems you have a good relationship with your brother." Rez smiled as he observed Linoshi, his gaze resting on her face for a few seconds.
"Ah... actually, I have the best relationship with my sister." Linoshi looked up with a smile, her eyes curving into crescents. "But Sister is quite far from here, so the signal isn't very good when we try to contact each other."
"The signal isn't good..." Rez's mouth twitched slightly as he rubbed the bridge of his nose with a finger.
Well, of course the signal isn't good.
They were separated by an entire universe; how could the signal be good?
Wait a minute... is the signal bad because Linoshi's power is too weak?
In his memory, when Whis and Vados contacted each other, there were never any signal issues.
"My sister is very beautiful." When Linoshi spoke of her sister, her eyes filled with admiration and sparkled, a proud smile on her lips.
"When we have time, let's go visit your sister." Rez suggested with a smile, his tone relaxed.
"Okay, okay!" Linoshi nodded vigorously, her head bobbing like a chick pecking at rice.
The two of them went back to enjoy the food for a while longer.
It wasn't until two in the morning that they finally finished off most of the available delicacies.
Rez rubbed his stomach, set down his chopsticks, and let out a long breath.
Immediately, Rez led Linoshi into the room.
The door closed softly behind them.
"Actually... I don't need to sleep." Linoshi blushed, speaking with some embarrassment as her eyes looked down, her fingers fiddling with the hem of her Battle Suit.
"Is it that you can't sleep?" Rez asked, his gaze falling on her face.
"If I really want to, I actually can fall asleep," Linoshi replied, her voice growing smaller until the last few words were almost inaudible.
"It's fine, just lie down beside me and let me hold you while I sleep for a bit." Rez spoke tenderly into Linoshi's ear, his voice very low, his warm breath brushing against her earlobe.
"Ah? Ah..." Linoshi first looked at Rez in surprise, her eyes wide and her mouth slightly open.
Then she thought of the scenes in the cramped room of the Spaceship, and the flush on her face deepened, spreading from her cheeks all the way to the tips of her ears.
It seemed that letting him hold her for a nap wasn't anything too excessive.
"Then I'm going to take a shower." Rez chuckled, his mouth curling into a grin as he turned to head toward the bathroom.
"Ah? A shower?" Linoshi's mouth hung open, her face instantly turning a rosy red.
"You should wash up too. We've been out all day; a hot bath is quite comfortable." Rez suggested with a smile, his gaze lingering on her face for a moment before he turned and entered the bathroom.
"I... I'm not dirty..." Linoshi said, as a starlight shimmered over her body.
Snap!
A silvery-white light surged from within her, circulating around her body for an instant before quickly receding.
In just a moment, Linoshi's body was completely refreshed; the wrinkles on her Battle Suit were smoothed out, and not a speck of dust could be seen in her hair.
"See, as long as I use this method, I can remove all the dust from my body." Linoshi looked up and said to Rez, her eyes blinking with a hint of petty pride in her tone.
"Bathing is for enjoying life! Removing the dirt with energy skips the process of enjoyment." Rez told Linoshi seriously, his hands in his pockets and his chin slightly raised.
Linoshi thought about it seriously, tilting her head; her brow furrowed slightly and then relaxed.
She suddenly felt that what Rez said seemed to make a lot of sense, her finger tapping gently on her chin.
"Linoshi, do you think the process is more important, or the result?" Rez asked again, then reached out to unfasten the armor on his shoulder.
The armor buckle loosened with a light 'click' sound. He took the armor off and leaned it against the wall.
"The process is important?" Linoshi guessed cautiously, her eyes looking up and sweeping over Rez's face.
"The process is indeed very important, but the result is also important." Rez replied, tapping his chest twice. "Take bathing, for example. While the process of enjoyment is important, getting the body clean is the ultimate goal of the bath."
"It feels so profound." Linoshi pondered silently, her brow slightly knit and her lips pressed into a line.
Her hand unconsciously rubbed the hem of her Battle Suit as her gaze fell on the night scene outside the window, as if she were contemplating some philosophy of life.
"Instead of pondering such a profound question here, why not try it for yourself?" Rez took a step forward and reached out to take Linoshi's hand, a smile on his lips. "Shall I take you to experience the importance of both the process and the result?"
"Ah? You..." Linoshi stared blankly at Rez, her eyes widening slightly, then she immediately pulled her hand away and hid it behind her back.
"Hmm?" Rez was taken aback, his fingers freezing in mid-air.
"If you want to give me a bath, just say so directly! Don't be so vague!" Linoshi huffed, pouting with a flushed face. She glared at Rez with a look of mock reproach, but the corners of her mouth twitched slightly as if she were suppressing a laugh.
The corner of Rez's mouth twitched, his gaze lingering on Linoshi's face for a moment.
When did this silly Angel become so smart?
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