Yuki's Squad 3

The approved cup-rest setting remains active beside the newly arranged study nook. Gentle light pools around the table while the suite display preserves Yuki’s comfortable resting configuration.

Tavi opens the residence planner beside the study nook. A weekly cycle unfolds across the display, dividing the station’s day into sleep, classes, meals, study, and quiet time.

Tavi marks the school bell cycle, then adds flexible meal windows and a quiet period after lessons. The planner leaves open spaces rather than forcing every hour into a rigid schedule.

The residence planner waits with the first sleep period highlighted and several alternatives below it. Tavi rests her hand near the controls, leaving the choices open for Yuki.

The concern reaches Tavi clearly through Yuki’s Trusted Liaison, while her Legendary Diplomacy makes the admission feel sincere and easy to answer. The residence planner remains open beside the cup.

Tavi opens the residence inventory and selects a spare school uniform in Yuki’s size. The planner adds a reminder to dress before leaving the private room or entering common areas.

The residence system confirms the dress-code reminder and reserves the spare uniform beside the refresh station. Tavi leaves the private-room controls unchanged, giving Yuki a clear, comfortable boundary.

Yuki’s Legendary Diplomacy frames the proposal as shared help rather than a demand. Trusted Liaison carries it through the residence planner as a dependable cooperative request.

Tavi adjusts the planner, replacing the fixed sleep block with a broad rest window and separate optional reminders. The open spaces remain available for study, meals, or quiet time.

The planner confirms the shared schedule: flexible sleep, fixed class attendance, adjustable meals, and a quiet period after lessons. Tavi saves it as the suite’s active routine.

Yuki leaves the cup-rest setting and draws the spare charcoal uniform from the refresh station. Her liquid-metal form settles into the jacket and trousers, securing every seam neatly before she returns to the common area.

The residence planner opens the class timetable beside the shared schedule. Legendary Engineering configures a meal reminder system that fits the fixed lessons while preserving flexible rest and study periods.

Logistics Mapping arranges the first shared meal between their earliest classes, selecting a dining-ring window with enough travel time and leaving the post-class quiet period untouched.

Tavi checks the route and class bells against the new plan. The schedule keeps both attendance commitments fixed, while the shared meal remains adjustable if either class ends late.

The residence planner confirms the completed routine: Yuki is dressed for shared spaces, classes remain protected, and their first meal together is scheduled with travel time and flexibility built in.

Yuki leaves Suite 7C shared dorm behind and arrives at dining ring.

The dining ring opens around Yuki and Tavi in a broad orbiting hall of curved windows, softly glowing tables, and suspended menus. Beyond the glass, the station turns slowly through a field of stars.

Yuki’s impressive agility carries her smoothly through the arriving crowd, avoiding trays, chairs, and turning service carts with effortless precision. Tavi keeps pace beside her, visibly impressed.

Their reserved table illuminates near the observation glass. Its menu reshapes itself for Yuki, listing dense metals, mineral compounds, and ordinary station dishes without placing anything on the table yet.

A quiet chime marks the start of their reserved window. The table projects two menus, while the station’s rotation paints reflected starlight across the polished floor.

The dining table scans Yuki’s nutrition profile and responds with a clear preparation notice. Its menu separates safe dense metals and mineral compounds from ingredients marked unsuitable.

A preparation panel opens beside the two menus, listing material sources, purity levels, serving shapes, and nutritional estimates. No dish is selected yet, leaving the choices open.

Tavi’s four pale eyes brighten as the menu confirms the dining ring has handled unusual diets before. The table adds a persistent safety filter to Yuki’s student profile.

The projected menus remain bright beneath the reflected stars, offering safe preparation as a standing dining option. The reservation window continues, ready for Yuki’s selection.

Yuki selects a safe mixed meal from the prepared options, choosing dense-metal portions alongside ordinary station food. The table confirms every component contains no aluminum.

The dining table produces their meals in separate dishes. Yuki’s portions gleam with clean metallic surfaces, while Tavi’s bowl releases a warm, savory aroma beneath the reflected starlight.

Yuki eats the safe meal, her liquid-metal body drawing nourishment from the dense portions while the ordinary food disappears into her form. Nothing causes discomfort, and the dining system records a successful serving.

Beyond the curved windows, the station turns steadily through the stars. Tavi eats beside Yuki, and the dining table keeps both menus available for another serving whenever they want one.

The question rests gently between the meal dishes. Yuki’s Trusted Liaison makes the disclosure feel safe and cooperative, while her concealed extreme heat bleeds no sensation into the surrounding table or air.

Tavi sets down her utensil and turns fully toward Yuki. Her four pale eyes stay curious rather than alarmed, and the dining system continues to mark the meal as safe.

Tavi’s understanding settles clearly between them. The shared meal continues without interruption, and her expression shows she accepts the information as another ordinary truth about her new dormmate.

Yuki clarifies that her extreme heat is confined deep within her liquid-metal body. It does not radiate outward or burn nearby objects immediately, leaving the table and meal untouched.

Her Legendary Diplomacy makes the distinction easy to understand, while Trusted Liaison lends the explanation a familiar, reliable weight. The concealed heat remains a factual trait, not an immediate danger.

Tavi cautiously rests her fingertips against the table beside Yuki rather than touching her, finding the surface cool and undamaged. The dining system continues its normal service.

Yuki extends one liquid-metal hand across the table for Tavi. Her Great Agility guides the movement precisely, though the effort makes the wrist briefly sag under its hidden internal heat.

The hand reaches Tavi successfully, but Yuki’s fingers lose their neat alignment and press hard into the tabletop. The strain leaves a shallow impression before her metal surface restores its shape.

Tavi places her fingertips against Yuki’s offered hand. Trusted Liaison eases the contact into a calm, cooperative gesture, while the dining table remains cool beneath their joined hands.

Tavi gives Yuki’s hand a careful second touch, then withdraws without alarm. The shallow tabletop impression fades as Yuki’s metal settles, leaving only the confirmed sensation of a safe outer surface.

Yuki draws the extreme heat upward from her core and guides it toward the offered hand. Her liquid-metal body reshapes smoothly, while the intense temperature makes the wrist sag and tremble.

The heat shifts away from the hand and settles beneath Yuki’s opposite side. Her surface remains safe to touch, though the metal briefly softens before her will steadies it.

Tavi touches the hand again, then the cooler portion of Yuki’s surface. The dining table shows no damage, and the displaced heat remains contained within Yuki’s reshaped body.