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Surprise Visit!

It should have been obvious how life continues on ever since that confession. Or so one would think but honestly, life carried on as usual. Sure, there might have been a bit more tension here and there and the both of them got a little more touchy as the days passed, even if slowly, but other than that not much changed in their routine. Ann and Izumi moved on rather normally, no big changes whatsoever. Well, if being honest, the only change was that things had gotten a bit less tense between them and they were yet again relaxed around one another. Maybe more relaxed than usual even. Regardless, it was still more chaotic than anything, to say the least, and no day passed without enduring Ann's antics... Which actually had increased over the course of a few days.

Funnily enough, it all had started the same night the two confessed, her asking if this would mean that they would share a futon now. Izumi went red at that question, merely because he had not expected something like this coming from her mouth. "N... No, not really." He had responded, expecting that this was the answer she wanted to hear at that very moment. After all, she didn't seem to be the type to be touchy, at least to him.

However, a shock had overcome his face once turning around to see her seated right on it already, complete with her sleepwear so she could already go to sleep. However, she had her arms out and looked at him with a begging face, making him unable to protest at the time. It was a bit too much to handle, something he would never see himself getting used to if he was being honest. Not in a bad sense it was just... A lot to take in, unexpected from someone like Ann even. The last shot was delivered when she had asked: "Can't we?" in a soft yet begging voice. Times like these almost made him wonder if confessing was a mistake since stuff like this wouldn't happen. And yet, he found himself unable to resist her request in the end and gave in. Not because he wanted to, totally not, she asked him to! He wasn't enjoying it that much! Cuddling your partner to sleep... It is a nice feeling but she was the one who was more eager, not he! It's nothing like that at all!

Either way, it was only a taste of how Ann slowly started to change, at least a little. Her being so affectionate was a bit of a surprise. Though usually it was limited to the one room they both were living in and nowhere close in public. To the naked eye nothing changed as of late probably. Only during some free time did it get a little new but not even then it was anything outrageous... Unless holding hands was outrageous.

But when alone she was doing this a lot, resulting in him ending up stuttering all over the place and trying to put up a front. He was not used to this in the slightest after all and while no one saw, it was reactions he couldn't just turn off. He tried to watch his mouth a little of course as he didn't exactly hate this, though it could get a little embarrassing. It was nothing more than hugs though and he just assumed that she had fun with his reactions whenever. Perhaps it was just her way of teasing... Yeah, probably.

Thus, this morning had not been too surprising. As usual Izumi got up rather earlier, way earlier than the sleepyhead who had pressed herself against him during the night yet again, to follow his morning routine. Train to stay in shape and not fall behind once idol activities start yet again, refresh, get dressed and make sure to wake that woman up shortly after. Even if it meant taking the blanket away as she refused to wake up and instead was getting cozier right beneath it. The mornings were always rather eventful, to say the least. She was not a morning person at all and yet she always found the energy to make him all flustered. And she didn't necessarily care what he was doing to begin with.

Even now, Ann had just snuck up shortly after she had most likely come out of the bathroom and just threw herself right at Izumi from behind, clutching onto his waist while slightly nuzzling into his back, though still half asleep judging from her mumbling. It had him startled for sure, nearly dropping the knife in his hands at the moment and he caught himself being all embarrassed, to say the least. "H... Hey! That's dangerous! I'm holding something here y'know!" He said, his tone at least slightly scolding. "I could've cut one of us here!"