A/N: Hello everyone! I've only recently started watching the anime and I became smitten with it! Since there aren't many stories of it here, I thought to add a few of my own, this is mostly a collection of one or two shots :) Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi/Bed and Breakfast for Spirits!

Rated: K+

Prompt: A little extended version of Episode 5 and what happened between Aoi and Akatsuki when she confronted him about Suzuran.

An Earth-Spider's Pride

"Why does he still have so much power over her?!" Akatsuki suddenly turned, furious crimson eyes fixated upon her, "He abandoned both of us!"

That was it.

Aoi didn't think and instead tackled the headstrong earth-spider, knocking him to the ground, his stunned crimson eyes looking up at her, „So you're going to abandon her too? It's not gonna be an easy journey for her and her brother should see her off! You would regret not supporting her!" Aoi wouldn't back down no matter what he did, she would be damned if she allowed Suzuran to go without having Akatsuki see her off, she didn't care if she would need to use force for that to happen.

Akatsuki was in a trance, staring up at the stubborn human girl that had tackled him down, and for the first time since his spiritual power came back, he noticed her clothes were soiled from when she force-fed him that stupid concotion.

He frowned, "Your clothes are soiled,"

She seemed to snap out of the angry haze she's been in, her glare morphing into surprise when she looked down at her clothes and found the green specks from the smoothie all over her, "It doesn't matter, clothes can be replaced, but a sister cannot," her serious eyes met his then.

He flinched at her words and looked away, "Why are you so intent on me getting to see her off, huh?! It's none of your business human!" his glare was back in place but when he looked back at her, she wasn't looking at him anymore.

Instead, she was looking down at her lap, "Things happen that you don't have control over, sometimes they can change a person's life or take it away." She raised her head and Akatsuki was stunned to see the emotion in her eyes, „Just because you were in a fight with your sister doesn't mean you'll stay mad at each-other forever! And then when you do finally decide to go see her, it may be too late!" his breath caught in his throat and he realized the full implication of her words.

The earth-spider demon grunted before gently pushing her back so she wasn't looming over him anymore, both now sitting in front of each-other.

Long minutes passed until Akatsuki broke the silence, "You're Shiro's granddaughter alright..." he sighed heavily, "The same temper too,"

She pouted, hands on her hips until an idea came to her mind, "What do you say...we cook together, hm?"

Akatsuki shot her a surprise look, borderline skeptical, "...You can't be serious,"

Aoi grinned.

It was while her brother was fighting off the pesky Tannosuke that Suzuran understood.

When her brother protected Aoi and herself from their attacks, she knew he wasn't angry anymore, she loved her brother very much and she doubted he would've stayed mad too long either.

Still, just as Aoi said, the closure she needed with her brother before she left for the apparent realm flooded her with relief.

With a final wave of goodbye, she was sure Akatsuki caught from the corner of his eye, she left.

That's all for now! Thanks for reading! Was it good? Bad? Too OOC? ^_^