Unexpected Sleepover

You were lounging on your couch with your feet up on the coffee table and a slice of pizza in hand as you watched Youtube on your T.V. It was a long day at the Hololive office, filled with meetings about collabs, merchandising and marketing for the girl under your care, Minato Aqua. It had been a while since you’d taken the girl under your management and minus a few bumpy roads, namely the restaurant incident, everything had gone surprisingly smooth. There had been no major controversies and your relationship grew everyday with the onion haired girl. There had not been a day where you weren’t amused by the pure stupid things she could pull off…

… And today, it would be no different.

As you finished the pizza you heard a knock on your door. Who could be knocking at your door, you wonder? You don't remember ordering anything or inviting anyone over today. As you pondered these thoughts you walked up to the door and opened it slightly ajar. You were greeted by the sight of the familiar pink and blue hair. She had a backpack on and had two gym bags in both of her hands. You internally sighed, wondering what she would have POSSIBLY done this time.

“Hehehe… sorry to bother you, but something came up…” she said timidly as she looked towards the ground with a massive blush on her face. Shaking your head, you invited Aqua into your apartment as you widened the door for her. She appeared stunned for a moment before she gave a curt nod and hurriedly passed behind you. You closed the door and followed the idol as she laid her items on the couch and sat down.

“I… may have... bursted a pipe in my house… by accidentally tripping and hitting it when I reached under the sink to grab something… and it flooded the whole place…” she said as she held her face in her palms. You mentally blinked. Just… Just how could someone burst a pipe like that?

“Because of that… is it ok that I stay here for a few days? Just till the repairman fixes everything?” asked Aqua as she looked directly at you. You still had many questions. Why didn’t she just stay at Shions house, or even her families? Why chose you instead?

“I-Its because you live close to my house! And I didn’t want to worry my family and Shion… with my stupidity…” she said with her entire face flushed red. You shook your head as you took a seat on the other side of the sofa and turned your head to her. As much as you didn’t want Aqua staying over your house, you didn’t see any alternative. It’s not that like you hated her or anything or that your apartment was unclean, it just seemed… inappropriate to have an idol staying over your house.  When you finally agreed, her eyes went wide and a huge smile formed on her lips.

“Thank you! I really owe you for this…” said the girl sheepishly as she started going through her various bags. Aqua had brought over a wide assortment of clothes, personal hygiene items and a blanket among other things. You told her that you could sleep on the couch and she could have your bed for the time being, but she refused, saying that you had done enough by letting her stay here. You sighed and let her be, knowing how hard it could be to change her mind when she had it set on something. After she had everything unpacked, you both enjoyed the remaining pizza and played a few games of APEX Legends, while discussing a few things related to work at Hololive.

When you realized it was starting to get late, you decided to get your night routine over with. But before that, you decided to give Aqua a quick apartment tour and show her where all the important places were, like the bathroom and where your bedroom was in case something came up. After you were promoted to being a manager at Hololive, you had a lot more money and were able to move into a much nicer apartment, which gave you a nice moment of pride to show it off to the one who allowed for it. After finishing the tour, she parted ways with you as she headed back towards the living room while you went to take a quick shower. When you finished washing yourself and brushing your teeth you got dressed in your night clothes and left the bathroom, yelling to Aqua as you walked to your room that it was free for her to use. She yelled back in confirmation and said goodnight, which you reciprocated just as you entered your room and closed the door.

You laid down in the middle of the bed and pulled up your phone to browse Youtube videos till you felt sleepy. With another person in the house, let alone a cute girl, you felt you weren’t going to get a lot of sleep tonight. Eventually your fatigue had overpowered your uncertainty, however, and soon you drifted to sleep. Despite this, after a few hours of sleep, the sound of your room door opening awoke you. The sound of someone's small footsteps entered and approached your bed from behind you, as you were facing away from the door. Was it Aqua? What was she doing? Since she hadn’t said anything, she was obviously trying to be sneaky. You decided to play along for the moment being to see what she could be up to.

You heard her footsteps approach until she stopped directly in front of the bed. But instead of doing some sorta of prank like playing a loud noise or throwing water on you, she did something completely unexpected. She got ONTO the bed and crawled behind you. Before your mind could even comprehend the situation, she did something that made you wide awake. You felt something very soft press up against your back while her arms snaked around and wrapped themselves around your torso. Aqua's face pressed into your back as you felt her warm breathing through your clothes. You couldn’t help but mutter her name aloud at the sensation. This caused her to make a squeak as she held you even tighter.

“I-I'm so sorry, it's just… it's just that I need something to hug when I go to bed! I-I cant sleep… otherwise…” said the embarrassed girl as she continued to reverse spoon you. You had heard about one time Aqua had slept over Shion’s house and done the same thing to her. But this was a very different situation! You were a guy! You were her manager! This was highly inappropriate that she was staying at your house, let alone sleeping with you! As much as you wanted to remind the girl of these truths, a part of you also recognized that it must’ve taken a lot of courage on her part to do this. Just rejecting her outright would likely hurt her in more ways than one. You merely sighed and allowed her stay in the bed with you.

“Thank you… it really means.. a lot to me…” Aqua said with a yawn as it seemed sleep was overtaking her, her previous embarrassment disappearing out of thin air. But before she fully went to sleep, she muttered one last thing:

“Thank you… for everything up until now… you’ve… always... been there… for… me…”

At those words the girl stopped speaking and seemingly went to sleep. Your mind tried to ponder her words, but the combination of fatigue and Aqua’s warm body pressing against you put you in an unbelievable sense of comfort. You decided it was best to think about these things another time.

But you found out one thing about Aqua that eased your mind…

… That Minato Aqua had immense trust in you.