"Good morning, Liyana…" I greeted, doing my best to keep my tone casual. "Yes, I slept well. Did you just get here? It's still quite early, no?"
Liyana smiled, that ever-gentle curl of her lips betraying nothing… and everything.
"Fufu~ Not at all," she said sweetly. "I've started waking up earlier these days. I wanted to spend as much time as I could with my sisters during your brief winter vacation, so… here I am~"
She tilted her head ever so slightly, her silky white hair shifting softly over her shoulder as she leaned to peek through the doorway behind me.
"…Are my sisters still asleep?" she asked, her tone light, almost teasing.
I paused for a moment, choosing my words carefully.
"Well, sort of," I replied, rubbing the back of my neck. "They woke up around the same time as I did, but… let's just say they were a little too tired to get up. So I let them rest for now."
Her crimson eyes gleamed, narrowing with faint amusement.
