A/N: This fanfiction starts taking place right in the middle of episode 12 from the anime where Ayase takes care of Kyousuke while he is studying for his exams. I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I did / do writing and don't find too many mistakes, but if you do, please bear in mind that English is not my first language.

"Tadaima" Kyousuke proclaimed as he entered his flat. Ayase has just yesterday started helping Kyousuke with the chores so that he can fully focus on studying.
"Welcome home, Onii-san!" Ayase came running out of the kitchen in order to take Kyousuke's bag. "Aahh, hey Ayase" Kyousuke greeted her startled. He still had to get used to a cute girl welcoming him home.
"What's wrong? Did I mess something up? Am I not supposed to take your bag?" Ayase asked confused.
Kyousuke looked for words to explain his reaction "No, no, its just.. you know.. kinda weird to come home to such a sight. Also, I'm just not used to someone helping me with my stuff. As you know, Kirino would never do such a thing. Ever."
"Huh, I guess that's true. Wait! What do you mean with 'such a sight'?" Ayase asked while ruffling through her hair. "Is something wrong with my hair? Or are you harassing me again?" She said while looking at him with suspicion in her eyes.
With a declining motion of his hands, Kyousuke responded "I am not harassing you! Or at least it was not my intention. It just brightens your day when you come home and a nice person is waiting for you. Thank you Ayase." He smiled at her, making her blush.
"It...it...it's not that I enjoy doing this! I'm doing this alone for Kirino, because she pleaded me to do this. Enough talk, I'll prepare dinner and you better start studying now." Ayase announced while making her way towards the kitchen. Kyousuke watched her and thought about going after her to talk some more, but then decided that it would be better if he just went studying. They could talk later anyways.
"Okay, okay, I'll be in my bedroom then." Kyousuke said while walking to his room.

He sat down in front of his desk and opened the book he used to learn English. English was one of his worst classes, but he knew that he at least get a decent grade there as well in order to attend to any university he wanted. Even though his grades slumped a bit in the last months, he still wanted to finish the exams with the best possible results. Thanks to Kirino's persuasion, Ayase came over on a daily basis and took on most of the chores that exist in a single-person household like cleaning, doing the laundry (even though Ayase did not seem to like this task in particular) and cooking.

After what seemed hours, Ayase called "Kyousuke! Dinner is ready! I have to leave early tonight since I am supposed to also prepare dinner at home for my parents. Either eat it now or put in the microwave for 2:20. Rice is still in the cooker, take as much as you need. Bye bye."
"See you Ayase. Thanks for the food."
Kyousuke just finished the second task, so the timing was perfect and he could allow himself a small break.

After dinner, Kyousuke did not want to go back to English right away so he started up the laptop that Kirino gave him and went on the internet. Immediately, a message popped up. Kyousuke saw that it was from Kirino, asking him to call her as soon as possible. Wondering a bit what may be so important, he decided that he should probably call her right away, partly because he wanted to further delay his studying, partly in order to not make her mad without reason.

"Hello?"
"Hey Kirino, its Kyousuke. What's up?"
"Urgh, it's just you."
"What, just me? You wanted me to call, so here I am. And now you complain. Well, just tell me, what did you want to say? What is so important?"
"Don't be mad. I also told Kuroneko to call, but I guess you at least did what I told you to. So. Did Ayase tell you how often she was going to come over?"
"She said that she just canceled all her appointments and has lots of free time, so she was planning on coming over every day. I did not quiet expect her to do that, but honestly, I'm glad."
"Hm, okay, that is interesting. My manager just asked me if I could do some solo photo shoots or with different girls because Ayase said she had a bit of trouble and could not come for the next few weeks. And I mean, canceling some shoots would be reasonable, but canceling everything seems a bit rushed to me. What is also odd is that she apparently said that she had trouble... Normally she would just say that she has to help her friend out or take care of you or something..."
"Okay, that does really not sound like Ayase too much. She is either lying , which she would not do, or there is more going on with her at the moment than just helping me. I'll keep an eye out on her and see whether she is any different from normal. Actually, just today she said she had to go home earlier, but I didn't ask why because...hm I don't know. Well, I will ask her tomorrow if something is wrong. Maybe she will just tell me."
"Hopefully it's nothing serious, but knowing Ayase, she probably has it all sorted out already."
"Yea. Well, I gotta go back to studying so I can come back home soon."
"Don't worry about it. It's really nice and quiet without you here, you know. You don't have to come back."
"..Okay, well, bye bye."
"Bye bye"
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A/N: I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. As this is my first fanfiction ever, as well as ...my first time really writing anything creative / not related to school or university. I will probably upload the second chapter tomorrow, but we shall see. Thank you for reading.