We covered the last few meters and reached the dormitory.
Immediately after entering the entrance area, we took off our shoes after quietly closing the door behind us.
We tiptoed inside the building and crept halfway down the long corridor. Neither of the other two was still awake or had the light on in their room, as only the soft moonlight sparsely illuminated the dark wooden floor through the windows.
At first, we both headed for the bathroom at the same time, where we quickly disappeared and were promptly blinded by the bright light after quietly closing the door behind us. We exchanged meaningful glances and had to control ourselves not to laugh out loud.
"Like parents sneaking home," I remarked in a whisper, amused, and picked up my toothbrush.
Satoru did the same with a huff and gave me a smirk, "You look really tired," he remarked sympathetically - although he didn't exactly look awake and fit either.
"Tha-at been if-," I replied incomprehensibly, with my toothbrush in my mouth, and at the same time we started to get ready for bed.
I quickly removed my make-up before our ninja mission went into the second round and left the bathroom again as silently as possible, walking quietly through the corridor. Satoru ran ahead and more or less pulled me along behind him. We passed Megumi's room, from which not even a small noise could be heard.
We continued quietly past the next door - Kento's.
From his room you could clearly hear his deep breaths, which gradually turned into snoring. I could hear Satoru stifling his laughter again, which of course immediately infected me. I squeezed his hand admonishingly.
"Shh," I hissed, trying to hold in my amusement, which I had probably only made worse.
He immediately put his other hand over his mouth and struggled not to let his sounds escape.
I hadn't expected him to be so amused by this, so I secretly hoped that I hadn't been snoring in my sleep.
I basically wasn't, but my ex-boyfriend at the time had already told me with amusement that when I had drunk a little too much alcohol, I would take rather loud breaths and squeeze a few louder snores in between. He called it cute at the time - but I called it embarrassing, especially now after Satoru's reaction to it. I could well imagine that it sounded funny to me too.
We crept on quickly and headed straight for my room door, which was the furthest one in the corridor. To the left of it was Satoru's room, in front of which he stopped abruptly and I ran straight into him again.
"Oops," I cried out quietly and promptly grabbed hold of his waist.
"You're enjoying running into me, aren't you?" he whispered as he turned to me and wrapped his arms around me, whereupon I found myself in his embrace. I hesitantly placed my arms fully against his back, nestled my head on the side of his chest and listened to his calm heartbeat while my nose was caressed by his fragrant, half-evaporated perfume.
I closed my eyes with pleasure and wished fervently that I could feel his warmth on me for a few more moments.
"Apparently I do and you do too, otherwise you wouldn't be standing right in front of me."
"There might be something to it," he whispered against the top of my head before kissing me, "Good night, Mayu. Sleep well and have a nice dream about me."
I grinned maliciously, "you too from me," I whispered back and stroked his back with my hands, "you sleep well too, Satoru."
And thank you for this wonderful evening.
We reluctantly broke away from each other at the same time and finally disappeared into our rooms.