"Yo, Senpai." The door opened and Koto popped his head from behind. He entered the apartment and looked around with fascination. "So this is where Senpai lives. Pretty spacious honestly."
"Thanks for coming tonight," I said and closed the door. It was six in the evening right now and the sun was still up for some more minutes. We didn’t really know when Yuna is supposed to come so I already got everyone gathered here before the sun had set.
Ai was sitting on the living room couch with Akira standing right behind her. I entered the apartment and saw Koto just looking around the place scanning it with his eyes full of fascination. It was as if you bring a kid to an amusement. That was the level of fascination and excitement he showed at the moment. He started going from room to room and started clicking selfies there.
"What are you even doing?" I asked the boy in a confused tone. "Why are you taking pictures?"
"This is the first time I have come to Senpai’s place so I wanted to take a picture in every room so that I can keep it as a memory. Who knows when will Senpai next invite me to his house and not a mission," he said with a cute pout on his face.
"Meow."
"Hmm?" I thought I heard the sound of a cat from somewhere. I looked at Koto and his t-shirt had something in it that started to run around.
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"Hey now, don’t just move like th- ahaha," Koto started laughing and a white furry creature jumped out of his t-shirt and started running at me. A bit startled, I reached for it and the creature jumped into my arms. I looked at it and right in my arms was a small, fluffy, white fur and blue-eyed cat.
Wait, this was the same cat that I saw today in the afternoon with Koto. I looked at him a bit confused asking for an explanation for what was this and he rubbed his head laughing awkwardly.
"Well I think this is a late introduction but that cat is Yoshi," Koto said walking over to me. "He is not really that good with people and normally scratches them so be careful Senpai."
Koto started walking towards us and I looked down at Yoshi and he was growling at Koto.
"Come on now Yoshi, come here. Don’t hurt Senpai," Koto said getting closer to the cat but Yoshi hid in my arms. "Hmmm? This is weird, I had never seen Yoshi act like this. I mean, I did find him two weeks ago but as far as I remember, he is not good with people."
"You found him on a mission?" I asked Koto and he nodded his head.
"The thing was when I was in England on the mission. I found him after I destroyed a vampire hideout and he looked pretty scared. At first, he was pretty fierce because he was pretty hurt and saw me as a threat. But I took care of him and adopted him. Now, he is called Yoshi," he said and started moving closer to the cat but he didn’t budge and was hiding again. "Looks like he has taken quite a liking for you Senpai. That is not quite common. Though I did find him only two weeks ago so I cannot really make a perfect deduction of what he can do."
"What is taking you all so lo- a cat?" Ai entered the room and looked at the cat in my hands. She was still in a low mood even after crying. No matter what I said to her, it didn’t do anything. Though that is acceptable. I cannot always make Ai calm down that quickly, especially not here.
"If anything happens to you this time, I will kidnap you and take you somewhere else. I do not care what you say." Those were the last words she said to me before she stopped crying and got off my lap. I could feel the seriousness in her voice and I didn’t really blame her either. Her fear was completely valid and I do believe her when she says she will kidnap me and take me away. I can always count on her for that…yea, it’s not really a good thing honestly.
I looked at her and the expression on her face just melted in a second. She had a big smile on her face and her eyes started to sparkle with excitement. She ran over to me and started to pet the cat. Regardless of what Koto said, Yoshi didn’t even stop Ai from touching him and happily took the pats. He started purring as Ai scratched his head. He jumped into Ai’s arms and she started petting him.
"Kazu-kun, Kazu-kun! Can we keep him?" Ai said to me with her eyes filled with stars. Honestly, it was so cute that I could not even try to resist her. It was one of those times when I want to look away because I know she is looking too cute but I also don’t want to look away because she is looking cute. If this goes on, I will have to say yes.
I don’t have a hatred towards cats honestly but I can’t really say yes because after all. Yoshi is Koto’s cat so I have no say in if we can keep him or not. Honestly, I hope we could keep him. He just looks so adorable. Yes, we will have a problem with a cat at home, and taking care of him would add to the expenses. I don’t really know how Ai gets the expenses under control but she did say she has enough money but taking care of the cat also needs other expenses. Moreover, we both have school and even missions. We can’t really leave Yoshi at home like that.
"You can," Koto said with a smile on his face and I looked at him. "I was already trying to find someone who would adopt him. I didn’t find anyone there and having a cat at my home is a bit complicated. So you can keep him Senpai. He seems to have taken quite a liking for you."
"Really? Yaay," Ai cheered and hugged Yoshi in a tight hold. Being a bit suffocated, Yoshi jumped out of Ai’s arms somehow and landed in mine. I pat the little guy a little and took him outside in the living room.
"A cat?" Akira said looking at Yoshi and he just meowed. I let him down and he started walking around the living room scanning the entire place. Ai was busy with Yoshi playing with him which was honestly the cutest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. Two absolutely adorable creatures just playing together is something that needs to be on video.
"Yea, anyways, Koto," I looked at the guy who was standing behind me. "Did Natsumi-san tell you about what you have to do today?"
"Yes, Sensei briefed me about it. I had to be by your side when your sister who is supposedly alive arrives. We don’t really know much about her or how strong she is so I am here as a countermeasure against her. I don’t have to kill her until you give me the sign to but I am allowed to disarm and immobilize her," Koto explained and I smiled.
"Thank you, moreover, a little introduction. Koto, this is Akira," I said pointing at the noble right behind me. "And Akira, this is Koto."
"Nice to meet you," Akira said looking straight into Koto’s eyes.
Koto looked at Akira and scanned her from top to bottom holding his chin in his hands. He did a big "hmmm" and looked at me.
"Are you sure it is okay for you to trust a vampire like this Senpai? I mean, she is a pretty strong noble and good at hiding her presence though it was something one who was careful enough can notice. I don’t really see the need for her," Koto spew out his words and I just sighed. I looked at Akira and even though her expression didn’t really change at all I could notice something off about her.
"Koto, she is working under me and I met her before I met you," I said in a serious tone. "So I trust her more than I trust you. That way, it would be better if you keep a little limit on what you say."
"Okay, okay, sorry Senpai. I was out of line," Koto said holding his hands up in the air and looking at Akira one last time before sitting on the couch.
That was true, I honestly did trust Akira. With my life actually. Even though it had been only one month that has passed by since I know her, even so, she was able to gain my trust. Mostly because she is very reliant and has saved my ass from dying several times. I honestly was a bit skeptical about her from the start but her words were somehow very believable. I know it wasn’t really controlled since Ai was with me so she has not manipulated me.
I moved my hand and placed it on Akira’s head and pat it. "Kazuki-sama?" She looked at me a bit confused.
"I trust you Akira, remember that. Don’t break it now," I said the last part joking but Akira put up a determined face and nod her head.
For a guy who is not used to trusting people this quickly, I sure have trusted Ai and Akira pretty quickly. I hope it doesn’t become a little habit of mine. That is pretty self-destructive nature, to begin with.
We all got near the couch in the living room and the sun had set. So, we waited. For long…really long. Hours passed but we had no indication of anyone coming to the place. We all got hungry so I looked in the fridge if we had something and luckily, we had some porridge I had made. Yes, it normally is something people eat when they are sick but having food like this once in while is a good thing.
"Wow, this is so good Senpai," Koto said eating and finishing his plate quickly. "Refill please."
"Okay," I said and refilled his plate with more porridge while I and Ai enjoyed it at our own pace.
"You think they will come tonight?" Ai asked me and I honestly didn’t know anymore. We had been waiting for more than four hours now. It was 10:26 PM right now and there were still no signs of anyone being there.
"At this point, I don’t know but I still want to wait," I explained and looked at the door. "My guts are telling me he will be here and do as he says."
"Meow." I looked down seeing Yoshi snuggling his face against my leg. I had Akira get some cat food for him and lucky. He did eat it. I put it out in a bowl which at first was too big for him to eat so I just set it out on a plate. I do plan on getting him a proper cat bowl.
"Did you like the food?" I said and scratching his head and Yoshi started purring. I think that’s a yes.
We finished our food and I got up to do the dishes. After that, we waited a bit more, and it was getting pretty late honestly. it was already 11:59 PM and we had school tomorrow. If we were to skip the day, it won’t really be that good. Moreover, I have other stuff to do afterward like getting stuff for Yoshi.
"I think I should be heading back now," Koto said looking at the clock. "It is getting pretty late and sleeping short hours isn’t my forte."
"You do have a point, sorry we called you here all the way and nothing really happened," I said to Koto and started approaching the door to escort Koto out.
"It’s fine Senpai," Koto said with a smile. "After all, I was able to get to see your house."
"Don’t mind that," I said and placed my hand on the door handle to open the door. I put the keys in and started turning the door.
"Kazuki-sama, get away from the door!!" Akira said pulling me back the door right in front of me opened up on its own and two figures were standing right behind it.
A girl who looked like she was in her early teens, younger than us with long black hair and blue eyes…and…
"How convenient that we didn’t even have to knock on the door. Pretty good instincts you got there, Kazuki-kun."
Dominic.
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