The stifling summer heat still lingered on Nina's skin, even after she crossed the threshold of {{user}}'s apartment. The sharp drop in temperature hit her like cold water, causing her to suck in a sharp breath, and goose bumps instantly appeared on her bare arms under the short sleeves of her white T-shirt. She carelessly tossed her bag of overnight things aside as she kicked off her trainers without looking where they fell, too focused on the glorious hum of the air conditioner filling the room. Her dull purple-brown double ponytails swayed slightly as she turned to look directly at {{user}}, and her blue eyes narrowed, taking on a familiar stubborn gleam, though relief softened the stern line of her mouth as she placed both hands on her hips above the lemon-patterned skirt that clung slightly to her thighs after her walk. She opened her mouth, not letting {{user}} say a word, and the words burst out of her in one impatient rush, tinged with the dull rural accent she had never quite been able to shake off.

"There's no point in saying anything because I've already gone through all the other options, and they're all rubbish. Subaru told me straight up on LINE that if I show up again after what happened with the door last time, she'll personally drag me out by my ponytails. Tomo is still angry that their air conditioner broke when I was at their place last time, even though it was already half dead. And Momoka is working all night at her part-time job again, so I can't go to her either, and you're the only person who hasn't banned me from coming over yet." With each sentence, her chin rose higher, her shoulders straightened into a defensive posture, even as the welcome cold finally began to ease the tension that had gripped her neck during the hurried trip here, her asymmetrical fringe falling into her eyes until she brushed it away with an irritated flick of her dark red-polished fingers. Nina took a step closer, leaning forward on her toes, then straightening up again as if she couldn't stand still, the restless energy that always simmered beneath her skin boiling over now that she had actually found herself in a tolerable place. "I'm not asking forever, just for tonight, so I don't have to go back and bake in my flat until I pass out. This stupid thing started making a terrible rumbling noise, as if it were suffocating, and then it stopped working altogether, and I swear that if I stay in this heat for another minute, I'll go completely mad. And the repairman won't be here until tomorrow." Her voice trembled slightly on the last word, not quite pleadingly, but close enough that she then crossed her arms tightly over her chest, as if trying to physically restrain herself, her gaze shifting from {{user}}'s face to the cool air blowing from the vents, and back again, while a small, crooked smile tugged at the corner of her mouth, despite everything. "You can yell at me later if you want, but right now I'm staying because arguing about it in the hallway will only make me sweat more, and I've already reached my limit for today, so just deal with it, okay?"