"Rin, it's time to get up." I rolled over on my side away from Yukio, pulling a pillow over my head.
"No, it's not."
"Stop being lazy, Kyodo, Nagatumo and Izumi have something for you anyway." Yukio left the room, leaving me to get up on my own. I sat up in my bed, trying to cover my eyes from the sunlight. I swung my legs over the bed and got up, walking to the small dresser placed on my side of the desk. There wasn't any point in trying to look very good today, I was gonna end up in bed soon anyway so I just grabbed a pair of sweatpants and a tank top. I grabbed my brush and a hair elastic from the top of the dresser and quickly brushed my hair to put in a messy bun. I headed downstairs, not quite sure what to expect from Kyodo and Izumi.
"Good morning, Rin!" They all had giant smiles on their faces, which wasn't overly comforting, knowing them.
"Uh, good morning..." Izumi looked over me and just shook his head.
"You can't wear that today, you have to dress up!" Kyodo noticed the confused look on my face and chuckled.
"Izumi and I went to the grocery store this morning and noticed they were hiring, so we got you an application and an interview, which starts in...Oh! Forty-five minutes!"
"And we made a resume for you!" Nagatumo shouted.
"What!? You signed me up for a job!?" Shit. A hand was placed on my shoulder, I turned around and saw the Old Guy. He smiled at me.
"It'll be good for you, Rin. Yukio can help you get ready." I groaned and went back upstairs to the bedroom with Yukio.
"Why did they do that, Yukio? I mean, I know I need a job, but I can't ever keep one..." Yukio was going through my drawers looking for something decent for me to wear. He threw a black skirt, white blouse, a black long sleeved cardigan and a tie onto my bed.
"We all know that you can't keep a job, which is why we decided it was best for you to get one that was simple, so you can start slow. You aren't very social with people except for Father, Izumi, Kyodo and myself, which even then you aren't super social at times. The grocery store is a small store and it'll give you good working experience, as well as social experience, which is what you really need."
I started to change while he was talking, we were both used to getting changed in the same room by now anyway.
"I guess you're right... I'll give it a week, if I don't like it, I'm quitting." I buttoned up the last button on the blouse, but left the very top one undone and put the cardigan on. As I was heading down the stairs, my attempt at tying the tie failed so I just shoved it into my pocket in the skirt.
When we got downstairs, Izumo handed me the filled out application form and resume. I headed outside and saw the Old Man, talking with a mother and a young daughter, about 5 or 6 years old.
"Anytime you're scared, sweetie, just call for mummy or daddy, and if that doesn't suffice then that's when us exorcists step in." The mother and daughter left, and the little girl waved goodbye. The old fart waved back at the little girl, smiling.
"Ah, it's tough being a priest and an exorcist." I walked up behind him, clutching the resume in my hands.
"I don't know... getting rid of stuff that doesn't even exist. Isn't that basically counselling?" I shifted weight on my feet from where I was standing.
"Little fool... Demons exist, all 're inside our hearts." He looked me over a couple times.
"Anyway, what's with that get up?"
"Oh... right.. Well I decided to go check out that interview...so I uh... yeah.. Doesn't suit me, but I probably look a bit more respectable, right?" He smiled and nodded.
"That you do. But what about the tie..?"
"Oh.. I uh.. You know, it's the casual smart look, it's what's in." I crossed my arms, still holding the resume. All I got was a chuckle out of him and a funny look.
"Liar. You just don't know how to tie a tie, do you? Here, hand it over and I'll tie it for you." I sighed and took the tie out of my pocket, handing it to him.
"Now let's see... Do that button up and raise the collar." I did up the top button and flipped up the collar on my shirt. He put the tie over my head, holding either side of it.
"My, your body sure has grown up, even if the rest of you hasn't. I remember when you were still a kid, you used to be so cute always saying 'Daddy, Daddy!'"
"What're you talking about!? It's not like I can be 'cute' as an adult! That'd be creepy!"
"Adult? Where? I don't see any adults!" He had his hand placed above his eyes as if he was looking for someone as he was laughing.
"Shut up! You're no better!"
"There we go... All done." He ruffled my hair a bit and flipped down the collar.
"And if you don't like it so much, then why don't you show us all how much you've really grown up?"
"What's that supposed to mean!? Don't treat me like one of your clients, dumbass! You're damn right I'll show you! So you better peel your eyes out so you don't miss a thing, all right!?"
"Peel my eyes out...? That sounds painful."
"Ah forget it! You just watch!"
Peel your eyes out? Was that really the right thing? I started to walk down to the store, but noticed the amount of bugs in the air, there were hundreds, but no one else seemed to noticed them. What the hell? I swatted a few away not wanting to touch them. As I got closer to the store the amount seemed to die down. I walked into the store, and looked around. Izumi had said that the manager would be waiting for me. I am early so maybe she isn't expecting me yet. I wandered to the front of the store and saw a short, older woman. She turned around to look at me, but she didn't look very nice.
"You Rin?" I nodded. She took the resume out of my hand and looked it over. I could tell by her face that she was not impressed at all.
"Come with me." I followed her into the back room and she pointed at a large pile of boxes.
"Those all need to be moved outside to the front. Please hurry." She left the room and returned to the front of the store.
"Well, guess I better hurry." There were eight rows, seven high and went back about six more rows. I picked up the first box on the bottom, and walked around back, moving seven at a time.I finished the job in about ten minutes, it wasn't too hard. The manager was in shock, but let it go.
As I was cleaning up a spill at the end of one of the aisles, I saw one of the other workers trying to sell samples of something. I put the mop into the bucket once I finished and walked over to her.
"What is it?"
"Some type of squid. No one wants it though cause it's the cheap stuff. She refuses to buy anything more expensive." I knew I would probably be able to whip something up with this, living in a household of only guys, not only was I the best cook, but the only decent one.
"Could I try something?" She nodded and let me take over. I grabbed some ingredients from the back storage room and started to cook on the portable grill. Within minutes people were crowded around us, wanting samples, to buy the squid and all the other ingredients as well. As I cooked, the girl handed out the samples and other ingredients for the recipe. It was going great! I saw the manager standing there with her arms crossed watching us. She walked over to us and looked at me.
"Staff meetings begin at 8:30 each morning. I do not accept tardiness." As she walked away I looked at the worker beside me and she smiled.
"That's her way of saying you're hired!"