-Manako's POV-
The first thing I ever notice when trying to converse with humans is... w-well, they almost never look me in the eye when they talk to me. I really wish they weren't so disgusted and perterbed at the ungodly sight of my eye.
There's probably a whole bunch of other littl-
"Mana, c'mon! We're here!"
As I stared out the window of the van we were riding in, Bina tapped me on the shoulder, startling me and causing me to jump and hit my head off the ceiling.
"Ouch..." I unbuckled my seatbelt and rubbed the top of my head, wincing from the pain.
"Aw, jeez, sorry. Forgot that yer jumpy," Bina opened the door to the van, motioning for me to follow. "Tio, Doppel, and Kuroko are already inside. You were spaced out, so they decided not ta bother ya. I stayed 'cause I knew you'd never snap outta it if I didn't."
"Ehehe... s-sorry about that." I smiled a bit as I stepped out of the van, which was in front of Kimihito Kurusu's house.
"Kuroko says she's got a surprise for us... but damn, do I hate surprises..." Bina mumbled to nobody in particular. "Oh, and didja hear about Loverboy's cousin moving' in with him? Said his house burnt down in some mysterious fire."
"Huh... I haven't heard about that, Bina." I replied, walking alongside her to the front door.
"Yep. I guess it just happened 'bout a week ago, so the poor kid hightailed his ass over here and asked to move in until he could get enough cash to buy a new house."
"S-So that's not the surprise, then?"
"Nope!" Bina opened the front door. "Yo, Loverboy, me and Manako are here!"
"Oh, hello you two," Kurusu waved from the hallway. "Glad to see you in one piece."
Bina laughed for a few seconds before walking inside with me in tow.
"Excuse us..." I muttered quietly as I shut the door behind me.
"Where ya headin'? Looks like you're fixin' ta go somewhere."
"I'm going to take Miia, Cerea, and Rachnee somewhere for a while. Ms. Smith gave me the idea."
Of course she did...
"Well, ya have fun! Tell us all 'bout it later!" Bina winked.
With that, Kurusu walked straight past us and made his way outside.
"Right, I'm gonna look for that cuz of Loverboy's..."
As Bina was getting ready to walk further inside, we both saw Doppel approaching us.
"It's about time, you two," Doppel grumbled as she looked at me, then Bina, who was glancing left and right. "What are you doing?"
"Lookin' for that cousin of Loverboy's."
"I'm thinking that you shouldn't bother, because he's clearly not looking for you."
"Very funny," Bina rolled her eyes. "I bet he's playin' games with Papi and the slime."
"If that's what you think, go look for yourself, or maybe you can take my advice and don't." Doppel grinned.
Bina decided not to argue with Doppel any longer and took matters into her own hands, walking off to the living room.
"W-Where's Tio at?" I asked, praying that she wouldn't make a snarky remark.
"Eating potato chips from the local food pantry," She stopped grinning, seeing as I refused to move from my spot until I got a proper answer. "She's watching Papi, Suu, and that kid play those stupid video games."
"Thank you, Doppel." I said, taking the same route that Bina took.
I peeked to my left and there Tio was, devouring Kurusu's potato chips on the couch. She looked over at me and waved me over.
"Hi, Mana! Want some chips?" I sat down beside her as she thrusted the chip bag towards me, unto which I shook my head.
"No thank you," Turning my head towards the television, I saw Papi, Suu, and Kurusu's cousin (supposedly) playing Wii Sports.
"Suit yourself. You don't know what you're missing!" Tio began stuffing her face again.
Say, if Kurusu's cousin is right there...
...where's Bina?
"Wow, you're really good at this game, Papi!" Kurusu's cousin looked at Papi wide-eyed, practically gawking at her. "How did you become so good in just a few days?"
"Papi's really good 'cause Papi's been practicing!" Papi struck a pose after she hit a home run on the baseball portion of the game. "One day, Mayo will be just as good as Papi!"
"Uh, that's Miyo, not Mayo..." Miyo rubbed the back of his head. "And I used to be better than-"
"Aw, man, Suu was pitching the ball behind Mayo's back!" Papi pouted a bit, pointing her Wii remote at Suu. "That's cheating, Suu!"
"Oh, she's such a birdbrain..." Miyo shook his head.
"Come here, Suu! Tell Papi and Mayo you're sorry!" Papi hurled herself at Sue, who in turn began to run away.
Suu's giggle was audible from practically anywhere in the house (even the bathroom!) as Papi chased her around the house.
"Wow, imagine if we did that on our missions!" Tio spoke up, wearing her ever-cheeky smile.
"Um..." I glanced up at the TV, where Miyo was grumbling to himself about how 'this happens every time we play this game...'. "Which part?"
"Running around like idiots, duh!"
"We'd end up dead, Tio!" I looked at her. "I wouldn't want to die!"
"That's easy for you to say," She looked down at the empty bag of chips. "because you're always so far away from the action."
"P-Please don't bring that up..."
In reality, I'm always positioned quite a distance from the mission sight. I don't know whether it's because I'm an adequate sniper or if they don't want me to be with everyone else, but, well... I wish I was closer sometimes. During our last big mission, I was positioned atop a building two kilometers away, not to mention my eye dried out fairly quickly... it wasn't very pleasant, to say the least.
"Ah, right. Sorry, Mana..." Tio quickly changed the subject. "Say, did you-"
"Hey, GUYS! Smith wants us ta meet some guy in the other room," Bina nearly made me fall out of my seat as she approached the back of the couch. "Says it's for business and not for personal reasons, so it's pretty important."
"U-U-Uh, okay..." I stood up, still a bit shaky from the sudden appearance of Bina.
"Oh, I had no idea you guys were behind us the entire time!" The man named Miyo turned around, looking at the three of us. "I'm Kimihito's cousin, Miyo Ayase. Pleasure to meet the three of you."
"Hi, I'm Tionishia, but you can just call me Tio!" Tio stood up, towering over Miyo.
"U-Uh..." He looked up at her, a bit taken back at her massive height.
"Ah, forget about Tio. I'm Zombina, and if ya haven't already guessed," Bina teased Miyo while pulling her hand off, "I'm a zombie."
"Man, how many girls does Kimohito know..." Miyo sighed, then looked over in my general direction.
"U-Um... I'm Manako..." I said, probably a bit too quiet.
"Neat-o." He gave me a thumbs-up. "So, you guys can go ahead and-"
"MAYO, WATCH OUT!" Papi yelled, frantically trying to stop herself from running into Miyo by digging her talons into the carpet.
"Wha-" Before he could finish his statement, Miyo was met full-on by a set of harpy wings colliding into his face. He began spitting feathers out of his mouth soon after the collision.
"Suu, look what you made me do!" Papi harped.
"Suu didn't mean it..." Suu sniffled.
"Okay, let's just go. Kuroko's gonna be pissed if we stall any longer." Bina began walking, and me and Tio followed suit.
I wonder if they'll be okay...
"You're late.~"
Doppel met us at the doorway, grinning ear to ear.
"Oh, shaddup. We're here, aren't we?" Bina moved Doppel out of the way and sat down in one of the chairs. "Yo, Kuroko. Haven't seen ya since the car ride."
"Hello, you three. Glad to see you're accounted for," Smith looked at me and Tio. "You know there's room in here for the both of you."
"Y-Y-Yeah..." I said, walking into the room and sitting down by Zombina.
"Oh, I sure do hope so..." Tio ducked her head under the doorway and entered the room, almost scraping her horn off the trim.
"So these are the girls?"
A gruff voice spoke out from the other side of the room. His raven-black hair looked a bit unkempt, but I suppose it suited him. Outling his hazel eyes were a pair of bifocals; it looks like he was reading something before we came in. He wore a white short-sleeved button up with a pair of khakis to complete his outfit. I bet Tio's mentally 'having a cow' right now because of his taste- or rather, distaste- for fashion.
"Yes," Smith looked back at the man, who began to fidget slightly. "these are the four girls you'll be working with from now on."
"Now wait just a damn minute!" Doppel squinted her eyes at Smith. "This was the stupid surprise you were talking about?"
"Of course it is!" Smith grinned from ear to ear.
...I can't really say that I'm surprised, because she does this all the time...
"I don't have a problem with it," Tio said, still standing up on account for the lack of proper seating. "I would've liked it better if you told us beforehand instead of making it a surprise, though."
"Poor plannin' on your part, Kuroko." Bina rolled her eyes.
"I-I agree with Bina and Tio. Um... maybe you should have told us earlier?" I was a little uncertain, so I hesitated a bit before continuing. "I mean...!"
"Woah. Chill, Mana." Bina put a hand on my shoulder.
"You don't have to blame Ms. Smith. Really, it was my fault you guys didn't know... I just finished all the paperwork today." The man rubbed the back of his head, taking the opportunity to take his bifocals off and place them in his pocket.
"So it was your fault." Doppel hissed.
"Alright, settle down, Doppel," Smith stood up and gestured for the man to stand beside her. "I'll let him introduce himself."
The man adjusted his posture before speaking.
"Uh, hi. My name is Seizumi Miyamoto," He paused, looking around the room at all of us. "and I'm the newest member of MON."
He bowed for emphasis. Honestly, he has...
"I-I hope we can accomplish much together!"
...quite a choice of words. Whether it was because of his nervous demeanor or if it was just his normal speaking pattern, he made almost no sense.
"So, Seizumi," Smith cut my thought off midway. "I'll let the girls introduce themselves to you."
"Right..." Seizumi (which was really fun to say) sat down in the seat where Smith was sitting before.
"I'll go first!" Bina was the one to raise her hand... well, her left hand was still detached, so she was technically raising both her hands at the same time. "I'm Zombina! I'll be yer captain from now on." Before she continued, she slammed her hand(s) down on the table separating us from him. "I don't wanna see no slackin', got it?"
"Y-Yes'm." He looked down, not expecting Bina's sudden outburst.
"Ya don't hav'ta be so stiff, Seizumi. Just jokin' around with ya," Bina took her hand(s) off the table. "Try crackin' a joke. I won't bite... unless ya want me to." She winked at Seizumi, which made him blush. He cleared his throat before talking.
"...jokes can be pretty handy in the most awkward of situations. So, uh... do you need a hand? It looks like you're missing one."
Silence. Pure silence. I looked at Tio, who looked at me and couldn't help but giggle.
"Was it funny?" Seizumi asked Tio, whose giggles escalated to laughter.
"Of course it was! And I thought Bina was funny... you're, like, on a whole other level!"
"Hey! I'm way more hilarious than him!" Bina spat. Instead of continuing her rant, she chuckled a bit. "I'll admit, though, that was pretty smooth."
"I guess since I spoke up, I'll introduce myself next!" Tio looked at Seizumi and bowed, I guess to return the gesture. After she rose back up, she spoke. "My name's Tionishia, but you can call me Tio since my name is a mouthful."
"I'm guessing... ah, you're an ogre, right?" Seizumi inquired. He looked sure of himself, and if Tio's surprised expression didn't spell out her answer... I don't know what would.
"Yeah, I am!" I could see her putting more effort into her smile.
"I guess those hours of reading weren't for nothing." He smiled to himself.
"Guess I'll go next," Doppel grumbled. "Doppel. I don't need to explain myself to you."
I could sense Doppel had a bad aura about her today, and I guess Seizumi could too. He decided not to press her for answers to any of his questions and moved on to me... w-wait, me?!
I looked him in the eyes, and he... he was looking me in the eye. He wasn't afraid, or disgusted, but he was genuinely curious.
"U-Um, I'm Manako..." Immediately after I said that, I looked averted my eye away from him.
"So you're Manako..."
"Y-Yes...?"
There was a small pause before he continued.
"I-I look forward to your mentoring, Manako!"
I looked back at him. He acted like he didn't say anything wrong, but I'd never heard anything about... uh, mentoring. What kind of mentoring was he talking about?
"Oops, I forgot to mention that part..." Smith coughed to get my attention. "Manako, Seizumi is an aspiring sniper. Despite your... obvious difference, I believe you would be able to mentor him to some degree."
"E-Eh?!" By this point, I could feel the heat rise in my cheeks.
"Man, Kuroko, yer outta it today," Bina sighed. "This is what ya shouldn't have forgot about, of all things!"
"My bad." Smith merely laughed at her mistake.
"This ain't somethin' ya can laugh about! Mana hasn't even said that she'd do it!"
"...alright, then I'll ask you properly, Manako," Smith leaned forward on the table. "Would you be willing to help dear Seizumi out and mentor him?"
There was a part of me that wanted to say no, in fear of him being like everyone else... but yet there was a feeling in my gut that wanted to say yes, b-because... I don't know why.
"I... I don't think I can make a decision today. I-I need time to think..." I looked over at Smith, then Seizumi. I did need time to think. I needed time to soak in all this information. "...but I can give you an answer by tomorrow."
"That's fine, Manako," Smith nodded. "I think we all need time to process today."
"Yeah. I know I do," Tio was the first to confess. "But everything will be fine by tomorrow!"
"I agree with Tio. Everything'll be a-okay!" Bina flashed a smile, teeth and all.
"I don't need time to process anything," Doppel rolled her eyes. "This whole meeting was stupid."
"I can't really help how you feel about all this," Seizumi spoke, his tone crisp. "but please don't think that-"
"Just quit talking, kid."
I don't know if it was the way he was spoken to, but Seizumi went mute after Doppel's reply.
"Doppel, quit being a meanie..." Tio was a bit angry; I could tell because her cheeks were puffed out. Her next statement completely contradicted her usual bubbly personality. "He's trying to be nice to you, and you keep being so mean to him! He's one of us now, so quit acting that way!"
"One of us... one of us?! Just cause Smith said some shit doesn't mean he's one of us! He's completely different than each and every one of us, and you know that's the damn truth!"
"I'm sorry, but I'm not arguing with you about this. Doppel, just because he's a human and a boy doesn't mean he isn't one of us monster girls."
"T-Tio, Doppel... please stop fighting..." I looked around the room, and saw that nobody else was going to speak up. "It's just pointless bickering. I think we need to go h-"
"Hi, everyone! Papi came here to say that Boss made dinner, and it's ready!" Thank goodness that Papi showed up before things got way out of hand.
"Ah, good! I'm famished!~" Tio made a complete one-eighty turn around from just a few seconds ago, rubbing the back of her head as her stomach growled like a mighty beast.
"M-Maybe this will be a good time to relax." Suddenly, I felt a groan coming from my stomach. Tio looked at me a bit wide-eyed. I blushed, embarrassed at the sound of my own stomach growling. "Ehehehe... looks like I'm hungry, too."
"Wow, Mana! Your stomach has never growled like that before!"
"There's always a first time for everything."
I hope Doppel paid attention to what I said.
~Tio's POV~
"Hey, girls," Boyfriend smiled. "Dinner's in the kitchen. Help yourselves."
"Thanks, Loverboy! Don't mind if I do!" Bina eagerly made her way to the kitchen.
"Thanks, Boyfriend!~" I followed Bina into the kitchen, where a nice variety of food was place on the countertops, ranging from ingredients to make a salad to a nice meat platter... I didn't know what to get! It all looked so good... it made my mouth water at the heavenly sight!
Oh, and did I mention dessert?
"Whatcha gonna get, Tio? I think I'm gonna get me some steak... haven't had good shit like Loverboy's cooking in a while."
I looked over at Bina with a smile on my face.
"Everything, duh! You know me..." And I knew me, too. I overindulge way too much... but I can't help it!
"Hey, listen at Seizumi and Loverboy."
"Huh?"
"Just do it!"
I took a minute to listen to the conversation between the two of them.
"You know you can eat too, Sei." Boyfriend felt bad for some reason... I wonder why? He rubbed the back of his head as he spoke to Seizumi.
"I don't want to impose, Kimihito. You look like you have a houseful as it is..." Seizumi shook his head. "It looks like the girls are taking most of the food, anyways. What about you; what will you eat?"
"It's no problem, really! I already ate, so please, enjoy yourself! I wouldn't want all of this to go to waste." Typical Boyfriend... always so nice!
"Are you-"
"I am positive."
"Then I suppose I could take you up on the offer..." Seizumi gazed into the kitchen and looked at me and Bina. "I'll wait until Tio and Zombina get their food first."
Aw, isn't he just a gentleman?
"Hey, Bina-" I turned to my right to see that she had already gotten her food while I was caught up in my thoughts. "...well, never mind."
I took at least one of every appetizer, two steaks, and I also made sure to fix a salad big enough for... well, myself! Boyfriend conviently set up a huge table in the middle of the room to fit all of us, plus extras (like Seizumi and Miyo). I took a seat next to Mana, who looked quite stressed out over everything that's happened today.
"Hey, Mana. Try not to think about it right now, 'kay?" I rubbed the top of her head. "You haven't ate a bite! Come on, let's eat!"
"O-Okay..." Mana stared at her salad for a few seconds before lifting her fork to take a bite. "Um... Tio, I forgot to put ranch dressing on my salad. C-Can you go get the bottle from the countertop?"
"Sure thing. Make sure nobody eats my food, Mana."
"You can count on me." She smiled.
"Wish me luck!" I stood up and pushed my chair in, going back to the kitchen for the ranch dressing. Seizumi was still deciding what he wanted to eat.
"Is it really that hard to decide, Seizumi?" I looked down at him from above. He looked up at me with a smile.
"Yeah, it is. Guess it's hard to choose between so many things."
"Not for me! I just get a bit of everything," I pointed over to my seat at the table as I picked up the bottle of ranch. "When you decide, you're more than welcome to sit near me and Mana, Seizumi."
"...I might just take you up on that offer." Seizumi grabbed a bowl and dumped some of the lettuce into it. "Looks like you have the ranch, so I have to follow you anyways if I want to use it."
I found myself giggling at him.
"Really, you could just ask for it."
"Nah. I'll just take it when we get to the table," He flipped his hand nonchalantly. "And really, if Seizumi is a mouthful for you, I could care less if you just called me something shorter."
"So then Sei?" I asked.
"Yeah, Sei. It's kind of like shortening your name, Tio, cause I know that Ti-on-i-shi-a is a mouthful for me."
"Jeez, that's some way to sound out my name, Sei." I began walking back to the table with Sei following me.
"Took you long enough... my salad is getting dry." Mana whined a bit when I placed the dressing in front of her. "T-Thanks."
"I'll need that when you're done, Manako." Sei spoke up, causing Manako to jump. I bet she would set the world record for the most jump scares in a day...
"O-O-Oh, hello, Seizumi..." She said as she poured the dressing on her salad. When she was done, Manako leaned over the tabled to hand the bottle over to Sei.
Little did she remember, well... she forgot to put the lid on the ranch. Ranch came pouring out the other end onto Sei's clothes (good riddance; he had no taste in fashion!). Oops, did I say that?
"I'm so sorry!" Mana instantaneously dropped the bottle onto the table in front of Sei after she witnessed what happened. "I feel so dumb... I always mess up everything!"
"It's okay... really, it's fine. These are old clothes." Sei wiped the majority of the ranch off his pants with a napkin.
"Those are my old clothes, thank you very much!" I heard Miyo speak up from the other end of the table.
"Yeah, yeah."
"Here, I can throw your clothes in the washer," Boyfriend was sitting beside Miyo, who overheard the conversation. "I have some spare clothes you can put on until they dry, too."
"God, you're a lifesaver, Kimihito," Sei got up and took a peek at Mana, who was on the verge of tears. "Don't worry about it, Manako. Clothes are replaceable."
She looked up at him, her bangs covering her eye.
"B-But-"
Sei walked away before Mana could respond. That was probably for the best.
"Now he probably hates me even more..." Mana began to tear up.
"Who says he hates you, Mana?" I watched Boyfriend get up and follow Sei, both of them turning the corner to the bathroom.
"E-Everyone always does when they first see me," She used her napkin to wipe the short spurt of tears erupting from her eye. "Even-"
"Thats a lie. I didn't hate you when I first saw you."
"... well, that's completely different."
"Why's it any different?" I took a bite of my steak that had been sitting on my plate for a while.
"B-Because... we're not normal, Tio." Mana looked at her salad, still untouched.
I swallowed my bite of steak before responding.
"Who says we aren't? We're just as normal as any other girl in Japan!"
"Maybe..." Mana took a bite of her salad.
"Sorry about the wait," Sei came out of the bathroom wearing a pair of jeans and a long-sleeved shirt (way better than his last outfit!). "Turns out me and Kimihito wear the same size in clothes."
"Oh, it's no problem!" I gestured for him to sit down.
"Glad to see my salad is still here," He lifted up his fork and dug in as if someone else was going to eat it instead.
"I didn't think about eatin' your salad. I got a taste for meat, not for no vegetables," Bina licked her lips as she sat down beside Sei. In front of her was a plate stacked high with steak.
"So you finally decided to show, Bina," I waved my fork around in the air. "Where did you go?"
"Sat my food down 'n had a good talk with Doppel about what she said to ya. That was uncalled for."
"Say, where is Doppel?" I looked around for get, but she's was nowhere to be found.
"Kuroko's talkin' to her now. Gonna make her apologize for what she said." Bina stabbed her steak with her fork and ate the whole thing in one bite.
"I don't want her to apologize to me if she's not serious about it." Sei picked the bottle of ranch dressing up and poured some on his salad. He put the lid on it and stretched his arm towards me, ranch in hand. "Tio, do you need some?"
"Yeah, I do." I took the bottle from Sei and used in on my own salad.
"Ya might wanna accept her apology, or else she'll get all pissy at ya," Bina ate another whole steak, then continued. "plus, Kuroko won't leave until ya accept it."
"So just accept it? Yeah, sure." Sei took a bite of his salad.
I looked over at Mana, who had been staring straight at Sei during the entire conversation.
"Whatcha doing, Mana?" I poked her on the cheek. No response.
"Hello, girls and Seizumi," Smith sat down at the end of the table, whispering something to Doppel as she floated by. "We'll be leaving in half an hour."
"Aw, half an hour? But I wanted to stay longer!" I put my head on the table.
"We have other priorities, Tio."
"Yeah? Like whaaat?"
"Initiation," Smith used her thumb to gesture to Sei. "For Seizumi."
Well, if Sei was still in his chair she'd be gesturing to him.
"Um... I'll be right back." I stood up, following Doppel, who was forcibly dragging Seizumi out of the room and into the hallway by the back of his shirt.
I stopped at the corridor and peeked my head around to watch.
"H-Hey! What are you doing?"
Doppel let go of his shirt and crossed her arms.
"I'm only apologizing because Smith told me to. Honestly, I don't give a damn if you accept it or not."
"Then why apologize? Ms. Smith won't know if you did or not since she's not here," Seizumi stood up. "Save your apology for when you actually mean it instead of wasting your breath."
"I knew you'd say that. That's the whole reason why I dragged you out into the hallway," She pointed at him menacingly. "I don't need to apologize to you."
"If that's how you feel, so be it."
"That is how I feel."
"Doppel..." I moved into sight and glared at her.
"O-Oh, Tio... I was just-" Sweat was dropping from Doppel's brow.
"I heard everything, so don't you dare try and lie to my face!"
"Yo, what's goin' on?" Bina was standing behind me. "Doppel, are ya being a bitch again?"
Silence.
"Alright, we're leavin'. C'mon, Tio. Seizumi."
"...sorry."
At the bottom of her throat, Doppel materialized her apology. Whether sincere or not... that was up to Sei to decide. Frankly, that was pretty weak...
"Huh?" Sei looked over at Doppel.
"I said I was sorry. Do I have to repeat myself?"
"...no. That's fine, and I accept your apology."
I saw a smile creep its way onto Doppel's face, which wasn't too uncommon.
"...Ya know I was bein' serious. Kuroko says it's time ta go." Bina put her hands on her hips.
"I see you have your hand back." Sei smiled.
"Yep. Had ta get it sewn back on by Loverboy. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself..." She repeatedly flexed her hand in and out of a fist.
The two of them carried on a conversation on the way out to the van, where they both sat towards the front.
"Say, Mana, do you think it'll be hard to make your descision?" I sat down in the back of the van so that I had enough room.
"Um... maybe? I haven't really thought about it since earlier." Mana looked a bit flustered. "I've never taught anyone how to do something before..."
"It'll be a piece of cake, especially since you know so much about sniping!"
"I-If you say so, Tio..." Mana closed her eye and sighed.
"Alright, first thing in the morning, I want all of you in my office," Smith looked back at us in the passenger's seat. "Manako, I expect you to have an answer by then."
Mana nodded, her eye still closed.
"If things go as planned," Smith pushed up her sunglasses, smiling. "we'll get some free time."
"Hell yeah! Free time!" Bina smacked the ceiling of the van.
"You're getting a bit violent, Zombina..." Sei said.
"And on that note, we're at the complex," Smith pointed outside to the apartment complex that we all stayed in. "Don't stay up too late, girls. Seizumi, too."
"I doubt I can..." I covered my mouth as I failed to suppress a yawn.
"Yeah, I'm sleeping on it." Doppel opened the door and slipped outside. "Night."
"C'mon, Sei, I'll show ya to your room," Bina must have gotten the same talk from Sei. Both of them stepped out of the van. "G'night, Tio."
"Night!~" I leaned over the seat and poked Mana's cheek. She must have fallen asleep since she didn't look at me. I giggled, unbuckled her, and cradled her in my arms like a baby (since that really was the size difference between us. I somehow managed to get out of the van with her in my arms.
"You're so hopeless, Mana..."
So... yeah.
If you haven't read any of my other fanfictions, then you have no idea the change of pace this is for me.
I tried (to the best of my ability) to portray the girls to the best of my knowledge, and I know I probably screwed up a few places here and there.
So, here's to Monster Musume and my new fanfiction!
-Author