Alice remained on Juniper's lap as the latter was punching in entries on her remote control. She pulled up clips from the recent tournament in Valoria, intending to watch several key moments.

  The one with the highest views wasn't Yuki VS Sharline, despite how funny it was seeing Sharline slip all over the arena because of Yuki's ice floor trick.

  It wasn't the final match with Guanqiu—ahem—Shi'an, facing off against Nika.

  It wasn't even Nika battling Mona and winning the fight using nothing but her ass and even leaving a crater on the wall that was shaped just like her ass.

  It was Nika facing off against Akumu. And Juniper HAD to know why.

  "Yooo, ain't no way! What's so tight about this fight that it has the most views?"

  Juniper clicked on the video and went to the "Most Replayed" segment, the part where Nika said: "You're not getting through my ass so easily, you scythe-wieldinzg loli."

  Then Juniper got to the part where Akumu was swinging at Nika with the precision of an advanced calculator. But this video slowed down tremendously every time Akumu's kimono rode up to expose her panties. Juniper knew exactly where this was going as a crooked grin spread across her features.

  "I'm headin' straight to the comments. I better not see ONE motherfucka goin' like—"

  There it was. The very first comment, the one with the most likes, with the timestamp matching a frozen frame showing Akumu's panties:

  "UOOOOOGHHHH ??????????"

  Her smirk immediately widened as she read it, and she burst out laughing.

  "Pfftt—Hah! Knew it! Lolicons at it AGAIN!" She grinned, scrolling down the page to see even more comments like that one with similar time stamps.

  "Those thirsty bitches ain't even trying to hide it, man," she cackled, shaking her head with amusement.

  "And they ain't ever gonna change." She added, giving a snort. "It's like, forget drooling over that ass-shaped crater Nika left. Nah, it's all about gooning to the upskirts of the 'scythe-wielding loli'.”

  "You know, I just gotta wonder…" She mused aloud, scrolling further down and skimming comments with lewd timestamps.

  "Is it the fact that she's literally a loli that gets 'em goin'? Or just the fact that she's wearing a skimpy kimono? Like, would they still be goin' nuts if she weren't a little girl?"

  She paused, her voice taking on a mock-pensive tone.

  "I mean—what's more important? The body...or the age? Lolicons, man. I swear—”

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  Juniper froze mid-scroll. Her grip on the remote tightened as her eyes locked onto that username, a slow, dangerous smirk spreading across her face.

  "...Ohhhh-ho-hoooo~" she purred, voice dripping with smug recognition. "Tsuuji12, huh? So you're the one drooling over little girls in their panties?"

  Then two more:

  “Correction NOW ????”

  “??????????”

  She cackled—loud and sharp—leaning back against Alice’s shoulder like this was the funniest shit she’d seen all week. "Ayo! AYO! Look at these other clowns tryna be sneaky while these motherfuckers is out here commentin’ on 14-year-old girls gettin' upskirted!"

  She cackled louder at that one, nearly doubling over. "Oh man—the audacity!" she choked out, shaking with barely suppressed laughter. "He ain't slick, he ain't smooth, but he's sure as hell confident!"

  Her eyes scanned the comment section for more from Tsuuji12, now on a mission to see what other perverted bullshit was floating around from that one account.

  "Goddamn, needta purify my eyes after seein' all that degen activity. Lucky us, I know just what to watch."

  "Who?" Alice asked.

  "Angelica Christopher, duh," Juniper replied, smirking down at Alice as if the answer was obvious. "Y'know, the undisputed GOAT of ALL magicians?”

  Alice, who had been half-asleep on Juniper's lap during the entire debacle, finally cracked an eye open at the mention of Angelica.

  "...No, I don't know who she—" she moaned into Juniper’s thigh.

  Juniper cut her off by twisting her lower body to trap her head between her thighs, pressing her face against her crotch enough to silence her, but not entirely cut off airflow. "Excuse you. This is your tax for livin' under a damn rock~”

  "Mffphh—Nnff—" Alice immediately protested, trying to pull back out from under the pressure of Juniper's thighs, with little success.

  "Mmmmhhhphhh—" she whined, wriggling her head back and forth in a futile attempt to break free.

  Her hands came to tug at the fabric of Juniper's hoodie, but the latter only tightened her legs in response, pushing harder against Alice's face. "Nope. You gotta know who Angelica is, babe. Non-negotiable.”

  "Mmmfff—Mphhnnhh—"

  Alice's response was smothered between Juniper's thighs and muffled by the fabric of the hoodie. She could feel her face starting to flush from the lack of oxygen and the embarrassing predicament, but Juniper's iron grip was unrelenting.

  When the latter chuckled, the vibrations of her groin against Alice's face made her stomach twist uncomfortably—half in protest at the treatment, and half in an unexpected wave of…something else that made her heartrate spike.

  "Mmmphhh—Nnff!" Alice's muffled yelp was cut off as Juniper tightened her thighs just enough to make breathing difficult.

  Juniper cackled above her, shifting slightly so the fabric of her hoodie rubbed against Alice’s nose with every breath she struggled for. "Ayo~ What's that? Can't hear you over how hard I'm clenching right now," she teased in a singsong voice before loosening up just enough for air—but not escape.

  "Angelica Christopher," Juniper repeated smugly, dragging out each syllable like it was gospel truth only she knew and could bless someone with this knowledge...if they behaved.”

  That smug, smug look on her face was downright infuriating—as was the way she shifted her legs, just enough to brush Alice's cheek against the warmth between her thighs. "Hey, breathe, idiot," she drawled amusedly. "I'm not trying to suffocate ya yet."

  Juniper then pulled up the videos of the infamous Angelica Christopher on the TV. A tall woman with a deep copper complexion, silken black hair reaching her fishnet stocking-covered thighs, and striking amethyst eyes. She wore a purple top hat, a black cape, and a matching gothic suit with purple high heels.

  "Ah, there she is! The GOAT herself!"

  Juniper released her vice-grip thighs from Alice's face entirely, shifting back to resting her head on her lap.

  Alice was half-grateful for the distraction in the form of Angelica Christopher, and half-grateful for a break from the overwhelming closeness of Juniper's…everything.