"Yay, Tsu-chan! We're finally roommates!" Haven hopped around the room happily.

"We've pretty much been roommates for two years, Angel. It was bound to be official eventually," Fia laughed. Their friend, Benny, walked through the front door carrying a cardboard box, which he placed on the floor.

"That's the last one. Aren't you guys glad I was helping you?" Benny asked as he stood up and swung an arm around Haven's shoulders.

"Benny, you're suffocating me!" Haven choked as her friend put her in a light headlock.

"That's not suffocation. If you really want suffocation, I could show you," a tall, red-headed young man, came strolling through the front door fiddling with a knife. A sadistic smile spread across his face. Haven gave a small squeak as her two older friends stepped in front of her in defensive stances.

"Karma, don't scare our classmates," a person with light blue pigtails stepped in front of the red-haired Karma.

He lowered the knife and said, "I'm not. I'm just introducing myself, Nagisa."

"Whatever you say," Nagisa turned towards the three, "Anyways, we're your new housemates. I'm Nagisa Shiota and he's Karma Akabane. We look forward to living with you." From between Fia and Benny, Haven popped through.

"Hi! I'm Haven Lee!" she said smiling brightly. Benny began to pull her back. In response, Fia switched places with Haven and introduced herself, eyeing the red-head suspiciously.

"I'm Fia Timo. Nice to meet you," she said, hand outstretched. Nagisa shook it. Haven tried to wriggle out of Benny's grasp, causing a scene.

"Where are you guys from?" Fia asked politely, ignoring the two behind her. Nagisa leaned over to peek at the bickering pair in the background.

"Oh, that's normal," Fia leaned to block his view while waving her hand casually to dismiss the topic.

Karma laughed, "This is going to be fun."

"Do you guys need help moving in?" Fia asked.

"We don't want to intrude, but if you're okay with it, we'd love the help," Nagisa smiled.

"Let's go, Angel," Fia walked towards the door.

"Tsu-chan! Get Benny off of me!" Haven cried while being sat on. Fia sighed and shot Benny one of her signature glares.

By the time the five had finished bringing the boxes into the apartment, the sun had begun to set.

"Right, well, Fia, Haven, I'm out. Stay safe," Benny waved. Fia and Haven waved back as he exited the apartment, closing the door behind him. The remaining four plopped down on the couches, exhausted from the day's activity.

"Tsu-chan, what should we eat for dinner?" Haven whined.

"I don't know, let's order in Chinese. Does anyone have a phone?" Fia asked.

Karma raised his hand, lazily, "I guess I do."

"What should we order?" Nagisa asked.

"CURRY!" Fia and Haven blurted out simultaneously. They looked at each other and laughed, but Fia quickly turned away with a blush as she realized the almost-strangers were staring.

"Sorry, guys, I just thought we should get something we could all share," Fia mumbled.

"That works," Nagisa smiled as Karma walked to the connected kitchen to order. Haven bounced and sang "curry" to herself in her own little world.

Feeling slightly awkward, Fia desperately tried to make small talk. "So, how did you manage to get a co-ed dorm room?" Fia asked, snapping Haven back into the real world.

"Well, I'm actually a guy," Nagisa replied, much to Fia's mortification.

"Tell them the truth," Karma returned from the kitchen and slung his arm over Nagisa's shoulder, "He's a trans." He grinned but Nagisa deadpanned and sighed in response.

"That's not the truth," Nagisa muttered.

Karma grinned and jabbed his thumb in the direction of Haven. "How about you guys? How did you get a co-ed room?"

Fia's jaw fell slack. "Angel's a girl!" Haven curled up in a ball on the couch, pouting.

"You check?" he laughed.

Fia's face flushed in response. "I-DID YOU CHECK?!"

"Huh?! But-" Nagisa started.

The redhead laughed more. "Is that the best comeback you've got?"

"J-just shut up already!" Fia sighed exasperatedly.

"Mine may not be as noticeable as Fia's, but they still exist," Haven interjected from her corner.

"You sure? I don't know if I buy that. Maybe we should switch roommates and-" Karma started.

"CAN WE JUST DROP IT ALREADY?!" Fia cried. "WE'RE HOUSEMATES."

They four sat in silence for awhile: Haven in her corner, Karma with a somewhat satisfied look on his face, Fia with her face buried in her hands, and Nagisa sighing. Even after the food had arrived, there was still silence so Nagisa tried to break it with some friendly small talk.

"I see you call each other by nicknames. How did you come up with them?" Nagisa asked.

"Well, if you haven't noticed, her name is Haven Lee. It's a 'heavenly' name so I thought calling her 'Angel' would be fitting! Besides, she's generally a sweet person… Usually." Fia explained with a chuckle.

"And tsundere Tsu-chan," Haven smiled, "is a tsundere! So she's Tsu-chan!"

"Um, what's that mean?"

Haven pondered for a moment, "Well,... a tsundere is…"

Karma laughed and moved around the couches as he approached the girls. Fia eyed him with suspicion as he cracked a devilish smile. "I know what that is. Want me to show you?"

Fia's mouth curved downward into a frown, nearly a pout. "I'd rather you not."

"Oh…?" The redhead's eyes narrowed slyly and he paused for a brief moment before moving in quickly. Faster than either girls' eyes could follow, Karma's face was an inch away from Fia's. Her eyes widened in shock and her cheeks flushed as he said, "you're not bad looking, you know that?"

"FUCK!" Fia jumped backward as Karma pulled back and broke out into a fit of laughter. "Y-you! That was-I mean-How could you-I'm not-WHO ASKED YOU ANYWAY?!" she sputtered and raged.

"Karma, that wasn't very nice. Leave the girl alone, would you?" Nagisa sighed.

"What?" he asked, playing innocent when his facial expression clearly read 'I'm a sadist.' "You wanted to know what a tsundere was, didn't you, Nagisa?"

"I didn't think you'd do that to her!" the blue-haired boy protested.

Unsure of what to do, Haven looked between her three companions as she listened to their exchange in interested silence.

Karma turned to the girl again. "Thanks for your help, Tsu-chan~~" He emphasized the name, drawing it out with a fake sweetness.

Face redder than the boy-who-harassed-her's hair, Fia sprang up from her seat. She shoved her bowl of curry into Haven's hands and ran towards her room in a state of embarrassment and panic… but she tripped to her horror and dismay over a box that hadn't quite been pushed aside. She went flying as did the box. Her housemates all cringed as she hit the floor and the box's contents clattered around her.

Nagisa stood up with a concerned look. "Are you alright, Fia?"

She rubbed her head, nursing the bump that was steadily growing. "Y-yeah, I think so." Fia looked around to get her bearings, then paled like the moon (or, at least, what 30% was left of it). "W-why are there a bunch of guns in your box?!"

Nagisa's expression became serious and his eyes gleamed with a fierceness the girls hadn't seen before in the gentle-looking boy. "If we're going to live together, I should tell you the truth. Karma and I-we're assassins."

The room was still for a moment.

Haven burst out laughing. "I might have believed it if Karma had said it!"

Fia smiled warily in response. "Well, he did introduce himself with a knife." She gingerly began to place the guns back in the box. "So what are these? Props?"

Karma made his way over to her and began tossing the guns back in the box as well. He smirked. "Yeah, they're props, but-" he poked her cheek with the icy barrel of one of the guns, "they're realistic, right?"

"Y-yeah…" Fia bit her lip. Karma's white-orange eyes were unsettling to say the least.

"Anyway, should we all get back to dinner?" Nagisa asked, pointing to the steadily-cooling bowls of curry.

"CURRY~!" Haven chimed.

Karma pulled Fia to her feet and she pouted at him with pink cheeks, recalling what he had done earlier. "Thanks…" she murmured begrudgingly.

With that, the new housemates all finished dinner with a little friendly small talk.

"I'll clean up," Fia offered, making her way to the kitchen with all the bowls in hand.

"Really? Thanks!" Nagisa replied. "We're off to our room then."

"Night, Gisa~!" Haven giggled.

"I-is that supposed to be my new nickname?" he questioned.

"Sure is! Night, Knife Boy! Night, Tsu-chan! Sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite!" Haven waved and skipped off to her own room for the night.

"Well, that was an interesting first day…" Nagisa said.

"Did she just call me 'Knife Boy'?" Karma asked, bewildered.

"You have to admit, it does suit you." He paused to think. "Those girls are actually pretty nice. What about the gun-"

"Don't worry about it," Karma said casually as he slipped his hands behind his head and stepped into their room. He stopped mid-step and turned ever so slightly towards the opened gun box. "It's probably better if they don't believe us."

He disappeared into the darkness and Nagisa sighed. "You're probably right," he muttered as the door swung to an echoing close.

Karma: "Stay safe," that's likely in a house with assassins.

Nagisa: Karma! They don't know about that yet!

Haven: (pops up out of nowhere) Know what, Gisa~?

Nagisa: N-nothing.

Karma: Aw, look at you two, getting along so well. Making new friends, Gisa?

Nagisa: At least I'm not the one harassing my housemates. Are you okay, Fia?

Fia: ... (glares at Karma) I'm fine.

Karma: (smirks) Is that so, Tsu-chan? You look awfully flustered to me.

Fia: (blushes) AM NOT!

Nagisa: Well, your cheeks are a little red.

Haven: Really red. I've rarely seen them this red!

Fia: Not. Helping. It's just hot in here!

Karma: (laughing) Well, I AM in the roo-

Fia: IT'S NOT YOU! Fuck you and this. NARRATOR, WHERE IS THE NEXT CHAPTER'S SUMMARY?!

Narrator: Next time on-

Fia: This isn't a TV show!

Nagisa: I wouldn't argue with the narrator, it's the one writing this…

Narrator: Say good morning to the four housemates. Haven and Fia show the boys around town and end up at the mall! Karma gets into a fight, makes a new "friend", and is nice?