It's the thought that counts, right?

It was of no surprise that I woke up with Etna gripping me tight. Her possessiveness of me seemed to continue on, even in her sleep. Not that I minded. She wasn't squeezing too hard or anything.

Still, I wanted to get up...and she was still sawing logs. Well, I take that back. It was more like...kinda like purring, actually. Strange, but kind of cute. I wondered how I could get her to wake up...all the screaming and being dragged along the floor wasn't enough to wake her up the night before...

Suddenly, I had an idea. It was a long shot...and kind of silly...but given the way she seemed to produce items from nowhere and all, "silly" was a subjective term. I leaned closer to her ear. "Etna...Laharal is eating your pudding..." I whispered. It was supposed to be the reason she left his service in the second game.

Sure enough, as the words left my mouth, Etna sat up. "Get your hands off it! I wrote my damn NAME on it!" the demoness yelled, accusing finger pointing straight ahead. Blinking, she lowered her hand down before looking around. Noticing me, she rubbed her eyes. "Hnn...must have been a dream," she muttered before she laid down next to me, that cat-like grin on her face, inches from my own. "Hi, John..." she sing-songed.

Kissing her nose, I smiled back. "Good morning, Etna. Time to get up," I greeted. Pouting, she snuggled against me. "Aww...can't we stay in bed for a bit longer? Surely we can come up with SOMETHING to do..." Chuckling, I stroked her pinkish hair. Her usual hair style had long since come undone. Surprisingly, that didn't make the hair go DOWN...it just kinda poofed out. Pity. I think she'd look good with her hair down. I can see why she tied it the way she did.

"Sorry, Beauty Queen. Food now, play time later," I replied. She grinned and traced her finger along my chest. "I'm gonna hold you to that," she purred. I got out of bed and got dressed. Etna hopped out of bed and grabbed a t-shirt as well as a pair of my boxers. She wore them backwards so that her tail could stick out. Hmm...she was going to need more clothes.

Anyway, we went down to the kitchen to find the Prinnies busily working. In the anime, they were quite talented at cooking...but...were THESE Prinnies good in the kitchen?