Flower Crown

“Good morning, Yubel.”

“Huh!? O-oh! G-good morning!”

At the Hero’s casual morning greeting, I blanked for a moment, then hurriedly stammered out a reply.

The Hero gave me their usual bright smile at my answer, then slowly sat up from where they’d been lying on their side.

The movement was so natural that I began to wonder if I’d simply imagined the expression the Hero had directed at me earlier.

“I’m more tired than usual today.”

“Y-You are…? I see…… Yeah, that can happen.”

I felt quite relieved when the Hero muttered to themself.

Right, maybe they’d had a bad dream, or just didn’t feel like getting up this morning. So let’s not dwell on what just happened.

I sat up, following the Hero...