Nighttime.
Aske lay on the floor, strangely finding himself unable to sleep.
After resolving the issue of "who gets to share a bed with the Squad Leader" with a floor-plan setup, everyone began to vie for spots based on their proximity to him.
In the end, Sigrdrifa and Mia were elected to sleep on either side of him.
Supposedly, the reason was that these two girls had no interest in him.
But was that really the case?
As Aske thought about this, he lay back on the blanket-made mattress, silently staring at the ceiling.
By this point, it was already 2 a.m., and Mia had crawled into his embrace from the left, curling up like a little kitten.
Sigrdrifa, on the other hand, had embraced his arm from the right, her white hair falling across his neck, breathing directly into his ear, tickling him a bit.
