Love Far Beyond the Ashes

Next Time

Iofi pov: "Don't wake Risu up." I mumbled

"Iofi, all I asked is whether or not you want to drink apple or orange juice. Why would we need to get Risu up unless you want her to pick for you?" Moona said

"No, I can make my own decisions!" I said sternly:

"Oh, can you remember when you asked Risu what time you two should go to bed the other day?" Moona commented

"Look, that was different; we couldn't come to terms with if we were top or bottom," I said.

"Wait, Peko?" Pekora-senpai question

"Look, I want to have Risu's kits!" I said

"Pfft!" Mika laughed

"What's so funny, Mika?" Moona asked

"I'd think Risu would want to be at the bottom," Mika said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Oh, she's really submissive; have you seen her? All she wants is to eat nuts," Mika said.

"Well, I give her a lot of nuts," I said.

"We all know," Moona said.

I wanted to ask what she meant by that because she definitely threw a jab at me since I keep giving Risu what she wants, but I don't see anybody wrong with wanting to spoil the woman I love and give her things.

She loves nuts, so I am going to give her every type of nut I can to satisfy her. It's not weird, and it's not a scheme to get her to do what I want. I genuinely want to give her love.

"Nuts..." Risu mumbled in her sleep.

She began to nibble on my arm, which I thought was cute, but then she began to bite my arm harder.

"Owww!" I yelled

"You can wake her up to stop her, you know," Reine mentioned.

"I won't," I said.

"Why not?" Ollie asked

"Risu isn't hurting me!" I said

"You just said oww," Anya pointed out.

"Not true," I said.

"Yes, you did," Reine replied.

"Did I?" I asked

"Yes, you did," Moona said.

Well, I didn't mean to say, "Oww, I don't want it to seem like Risu hurt me because she could never do that to me."

"So, Reine, how are things?" Moona asked

"Oh, they're good. You know, Mumei and Kiara have been really supportive of me; they are good sisters; Ollie has been less annoying than usual; and Anya has been helpful." Reine said

"Interesting," Moona said.

"Oh yeah, Moona-senpai, has anything happened with you recently?" Reine asked

"Not really since the last time the two of us interacted," Moona said.

Moona did have a big fight, but she refuses to tell us about it. She came back a wreck, and she won't tell us what happened. All she mentions is that she rescued Pekora-senpai, which is very obvious but at the same time doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things.

We know she would protect Pekora-senpai now, no matter what was going on, out of love and affection, but we still want to know who she fought with so much that she almost lost both her arms.

"Reine, have you gotten any stronger since yesterday?" Moona asked

"Yes, I have Moona-senpai," Reine replied.

I puffed up my cheeks. I am annoyed to not know what the hell is going on with everything because Moona left us out of the loop. There are things we need to know.

Moona is treating us like we are total aliens to her, which I am, but that's beside the point.

Maybe Risu and I could have helped her in her fight; maybe not. We don't know since we haven't had a chance to try.

"Moona, you can rely on me, right?" I asked

"Correct," Moona said.

"Then tell me who you fought, please!" I pleaded

Moona sighed and thought about my words. She nodded slightly. "Sure, I will tell you," she replied.

I awaited her to begin to speak to me about who she thought, but she just sat there not doing anything. I was confused by this, but this doesn't really matter since Moona is just priming us to learn what happened.

"So Roboco-senpai beat us pretty bad and blew up part of the forest, and my arms got destroyed by that," Moona explained.

"Then Koronii fixed you?" I asked

"Correct," Moona said.

"You know, Moona, you could have told us, and we would have battled together." Risu said she only had one eye open, showing she was listening.

Moona sighed, "That is true; however, I would also be putting you in danger, and I can't stand if I put you two in danger."

Moona has a point that we would have been in danger, but she would be in worse danger since she was fighting all by herself. She needs to quit being selfish for two seconds.

"Moona, you need to open up!" Pekora-senpai said

"Shachou..." Moona mumbled

"Look, I didn't open myself up to others before, but my sisters made me realize that you need to open yourself up because if you don't, then you'll regret the opportunities you don't take," Reine said.

"Which sister said this?" Moona asked

"All of them," Reine said.

I find it improbable that all of them said that, but I'm not them; I wasn't there when they said anything.

"So when are we going to get our next fight?" I asked

"I'll tell you two what the next battle is, and I'll tell you when it's time to fight," Moona said.

When it is time to fight, we will both be informed about the battle that sounds good. Moona can open up to us, and she can also be in seclusion at the same time.

"Reine, can you do me a favor?" I asked

"No," Riene said.

"Pleeeeease?" I asked

"Sure," she groaned.

"Can you help me become prettier?" I asked

Risu's eyes darted open with those words.

"You are perfect as you are!" Risu said

"Not as I am now," I replied.

Reine seemed to get mad at my words and stood up and walked off. I wondered what that was about.