Starting from a Magical Girl, Dominating Eternity-Chapter 76 - 32: Date A Live (6,000 Words)

"Keke, I’m here to play with you~"

After knocking on the door, Li Yi tried to push it, and it wasn’t locked, so she pushed it open just like that.

Then she saw Keke curled up and asleep on the sofa.

The living room in Keke’s house wasn’t small. In front of the sofa was a long glass coffee table, which was very clean except for a circle of cups on it.

The house was spotless, even cleaner than ordinary homes. Li Yi noticed this on her last visit. She wondered which of the siblings had this obsession with cleanliness.

Carefully entering the house, she closed the door, took off her shoes, and found a pair of slippers in the shoe cabinet. Last time she didn’t remove her shoes, the siblings didn’t say anything, but the floor was noticeably dirtied by her. Li Yi kept that in mind.

After changing into slippers, she tiptoed over.

Then she noticed a bit of the floor in the corner was damaged, curious about what the siblings had been up to.

She didn’t wake Keke but squatted next to her and took a look.

Keke had changed into new clothes, a white pleated skirt and bubble socks, with a red headband tied in her hair.

At this moment, she was curled up on the sofa, hands in front of her face, her silky black hair spread out. Li Yi admired Keke’s face, which was quite cute.

Keke’s appearance wasn’t the kind of beauty that feels intrusive but rather like a girl next door, who easily evokes closeness and goodwill.

To Li Yi, the only downside to Keke was that she was too tall.

Clearly only a middle schooler but taller than her, a high schooler.

Moreover, Keke’s legs looked great, while Li Yi, due to her short stature, actually had short legs, a bit envious as she poked at Keke’s curled-up calves.

Sigh, she jumps every day, drinks milk, and yet her height doesn’t grow at all. In her family, her sister and parents aren’t short, just her...

The young girl’s heart was troubled by these small worries, as Keke, whose calf had been poked, stirred on the sofa, then groggily opened her eyes, and looked at Li Yi blankly for quite a while before rubbing her eyes: "Oh, Captain, you’re here?"

Watching Keke sit up bit by bit, with her bubble socks touching the clean floor, Li Yi sat down next to her: "What else? Why are you sleeping on the living room sofa?"

"Um, you said you were coming over to find Hyacinth-senpai together, so I got up early and fell asleep on the sofa waiting for you."

"Hyacinth-senpai has an exam today, let’s go later." Li Yi added, "I thought your brother scolded you and wouldn’t let you sleep in the bedroom."

Slightly more awake, Keke dazed for a moment before answering, "Our relationship isn’t that good."

"Huh?"

Li Yi paused, not daring to continue, and just asked, "Where’s your brother?"

"He went for a run early in the morning." Keke stretched, "When he has a day off, he goes for a morning run. He can’t sit still at home, he has to exercise. It’s like if he stays quiet for a moment, he’d waste his time and life."

"Yesterday, when he came back."

Li Yi casually tidied Keke’s clothes, "Was he hurt? Anything unusual?"

Keke shook her head, "No, he’s fine."

"Not a single injury?"

"That I don’t know." Keke hesitated for a moment, "Even if he was hurt, he’d never let anyone know. Maybe he’s gotten used to it, he’s very tolerant of pain."

What a Disaster Beast.

Li Yi internally grumbled, then recalled Peony saying Jiang Si couldn’t be seen, sighing internally.

It’s really hard not to be suspicious.

Then she asked, "When did he start liking exercising so much?"

"Since childhood."

"Since childhood?" Li Yi was a bit stunned, "From when? When he was young, Beihai City didn’t have Disaster Beasts, right?"

"Yeah, Disaster Beasts started appearing in Beihai City three years ago." Keke hugged her knees, her hair falling onto them, "But from as far as I can remember, he’s always been like that, never changed."

"He’d go out running in the morning, exercise in the yard when he got home, every day. When I was little and afraid to sleep alone, I’d sleep with our parents. On days off, they’d crowd into the bed with me, and we’d watch Jiang Si exercise through the window no matter the weather. Dad worried about not being able to take him down when he got rebellious, while mom was more concerned that Jiang Si wouldn’t grow tall and no girl would like him..."

As she reminisced, she shared many old stories, then tidied her hair, pinned it with a hair clip, and smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, Captain, I talked too much about myself."

"It’s nothing, we’re teammates, friends, we’re supposed to share with each other." Li Yi said with a smile after ruffling Keke’s hair: "Tell me anything that’s bothering you! And, usually, just call me Yiyi."

"Yes, Captain." Keke smiled as she was pinched on the cheek, "Got it, Yiyi, Yiyi, no more Captain."

"That’s more like it."

When Keke changed how she addressed her, Li Yi released her hand and then whispered, "The other members of the Magic Girl Combat Team are older than me. They treat me well, but it’s hard to become friends. They treat me more like a junior, and honestly, even if unsaid, I know some of them still wish Hyacinth-senpai would come back."