Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I do not known Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, but I do own my own OC.

As we said goodnight to Sabrina, I decided to ask Elma back to my place for the time being so her arm could have more time heal and relax. As we were about to cross the road, I heard a loud revving sound and saw bright lights coming from down the road, I stop to wait for it to pass but Elma doesn't seem to notice it, "Elma wait!" I shouted as I reached for her arm to pull her back to my side, just in time for the car to then fly past us at an incredible speed with the gust of wind it produced blowing our hair in the direction of where ever it was headed.

I let out a calming sigh turning to Elma, "You ok?" I asked her. "Yeah I'm fine, why?" She responded slightly confused with me standing there with a raised eyebrow. I sigh again shrugging this off as her probably not knowing what happened as I don't think she knows what that was that just flew past her. "Whatever, it doesn't matter." I answered back. As I took my first steps across the road I noticed I was still holding onto Elma's arm, I quickly glance back and release my grip. "Alright then." Elma responded, as we walked across the road and down the street together.

I quickly went ahead of Elma to open the front gate for her when I then heard a loud growling sound from behind me, causing me to turn on the spot, only to see Elma looking embarrassed. "Did you hear that?" I asked Elma. "Oh hehe, that was me, sorry..." she replied with a guilty face. I stood there baffled at how that noise came from her, but then again I shouldn't be surprised as she is a dragon after all. I click open the gate for Elma and gesture for her to go first. She obliged with a smile and a cheerful thanks. Elma walks into the small front yard as I close the gate behind me and take out my house key. As I approach the door I heard the same growling noise again coming from Elma. I slightly turn my head back to Elma, but she only gives me the same cute guilty face again.

I turn the key and open the door. "So, uh, welcome to my home…" I said. "Um… on your left is the study and guest bedroom and opposite that is my parents bedroom." I explained to Elma. "Hehe, you still live with your parents?" She responded trying her best to told back her laughter. "Yeah, I do, what's so wrong about living with my parents? That's completely normal for people my age." I said back defensively. "It is? Most humans back in my world leave home at the age of 10 or 12." She said. 'Wait, so like in those JRPGs and stuff? Huh that's interesting.' I thought to myself. "By the way Tom." Elma asked. "What is it?" I responded. "How old are you?", "I'm 16." I replied. "Oh!" Elma said obviously surprised. I sigh at this "Let me guess, you thought I was younger, right?" I said. "Umm, w-well…" Elma replied slightly tensing up and averting her gaze. "Hehe, don't worry, it happens more than you think." I chuckled. Elma relaxed.

"Anyways" I continued, walking a further down the hall, "This is my room." gesturing to her left as she walked up to where I was. She looked inside to see my messy desk on the left, a colourful striped rug on the floor and a bunk bed in the back corner. "U-umm…" I said walking a little further down the hall. "This is my sisters room and opposite that is the bathroom." I said gesturing to Elma's left and right respectively. Elma nods in response. "Annnnd finally… the living area. Here on the left is the kitchen and on your right is the dinner table, and just over there is the family couch and television.

I walk into the kitchen and turn to Elma "Ok, so do you want an-", "Food please!" Elma interrupted, with her face bright red. 'So that's what the noise was.' I thought to myself. "Hehe sure, what do you want to eat? Anything specific? I don't know what dragons eat." I ask the clearly hungry dragon. "Um, do you have eggs?" She responded. "Yeah, we have a few I think. Scrambled or Fried?" I ask. "idontk- uuh neither, you can just hand one to me, thanks." She responded very confused. "Um, alright." I said as I open the fridge and take out three eggs. I place two eggs on the kitchen counter and hesitantly pass the last egg to Elma. "What are you gonna do with it?" I ask her. She then quickly raised the egg above her mouth, split it in two and swallowed the yolk whole. "Oh shit!" I said very surprised taking a step back. "Ahhh, thanks for that." She said, sounding refreshed.

"Are you ok?" Elma asked, noticing the slightly disturbed look on my face. "Yeaaaah… I'm fine." I responded. I get back to the task at hand, I take out a frying pan from one of the kitchen drawers and turn the stove top on. I then open the cutlery drawer and grab a knife out, I walk back to the fridge and take out some butter. I collect a bit of butter on the knife and place it in the pan, as the butter landed it began to melt and sizzle so I poked and moved it around the pan with the knife. "Why are you doing that?" Elma curiously asked. I stopped moving the butter around and grabbed the two eggs next to the stove top on the kitchen bench, I look to my right to face Elma. "I put the butter in to make the pan, uhh, more smooth?" I pause for a moment. "Basically, it makes sure that when the egg is cooking it doesn't stick to the pan... I don't really know why the egg would stick but that's just what I've been told." I replied. Elma nodded. I pick up the knife again and quickly tap on each egg, enough to make noticeable cracks. I then place one egg to the side and raise the other one slightly above the pan. I carefully and quickly pull the egg in half and let the insides fall into the pan, hitting the surface with a loud sizzle. I grab the second egg and do the same.

(A few minutes later)

I take out two small plates from one of the kitchen drawers and place a fried egg on each one. "Where are we going to sit?" Elma asked. "Um, do you wanna sit on the couch? It's a lot more relaxing than the table." I ask back. "Yeah sure." Elma nodded. I walk over to the couch and sat down near the end leaving more than enough space for Elma to sit comfortably. I slightly look up to see if Elma is enjoying her fried egg. She takes a small bite from her egg and her face completely lit up, letting out a quiet squeal. "Ohmuhgosh! It's so good!" Elma exclaimed while adorably nomming on her food. I take a quick bite out of my egg thinking about how the look on Elma's face just then made my week. I glance back up at the dragon and unsurprisingly there's nothing on her plate, then I notice she's staring at me and my egg very intently with a determined look on her face. "Someone was hungry." I said jokingly. Elma nodded furiously, never taking her eyes off the egg. I look back down at it and then look back up at Elma, who's now on all fours leaning towards me. "Alright then, here you go." I said slightly looking away and passing her the plate. Thank you so much!" She said. "No problem." I said, probably blushing. She instantly grabbed the egg off the plate and ate it whole, causing her too let out another adorable squeal.

"Hey Elma, c-can I ask you a question? I-if that's ok with you." I asked nervously. "Sure, ask away." She replied cheerfully. "U-um, if it's not too much to ask could you, um, p-please show your dragon parts? I-I understand if you don't want to though." I said, hoping not to weird her out. But Elma gave me a look with a hint of pity. "Hehe, don't worry Tom, I'm fine with it." Elma said in a pleasant tone. She stood up from the couch and turned her body to face me. I watched in awe as I saw Elma's horn form from nothing to appearing on her forehead in seconds. I then heard what sounded like the tearing of fabric followed by a thud noise. "Elma...what was that?" I asked suspiciously. "Oh what, this?" Elma responded, she turned her body to reveal a large blue serpent-like tail. "WAH! When did you get that?!" I exclaimed. "What do you mean? I've always had this out along with my horn." She replied. "Oh ok." I said back. 'How the hell did I miss that?' I thought to myself. "By the way Elma, speaking of your horn. I know this will sound weird but what's the deal with it?" I asked. Elma tilted her head to the side and raised an eyebrow. "I mean like, are you part unicorn or something?" I asked. "Haha! Nope, I'm 100% dragon, but I can see why you would think that." She said. "Alright then, what about your...um... f-fish tail?" I asked. After Elma heard me say 'fish tail', she sat on the ground and started hugging what she could of her tail and gave me a grumpy look as her face started to turn bright red. "It's not a fish tail!" She yelled at me. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't know that was a sensitive subject." I apologies. "It's alright." Elma sighed as she replied. I decide to change the subject.

"How's your arm doing? Does it still hurt a bit?" I asked, glancing over at long line of stitches going down her right arm. Elma turned her body a bit to look a it. "Yeah it's getting better, Sabrina did a really good job at fixing it." She said. "Heh, yeah she did." I responded. "Hey didn't you say that she was a friend of your mum?" Elma asked looking back at me. "Yeah, why?" I said back. "Um, I was going to ask, where are your parents?" She said, looking around. "Oh right! I didn't tell you, they're both away on vacation and won't be back for a few weeks." I replied, feeling stupid that I didn't mention this earlier. "What about your sister?" Elma asked. "She's got invited to go traveling with one of her friends and their family for about a week. She actually left yesterday." I answered. "Ok, so it's just you here then?" Elma asked. "Yep. It's just me." I replied smiling back at her. I let out a loud yawn and stretch my back. "Man, I'm really tired. Sorry Elma, but I'm going to bed now." I said, standing up from the couch slightly slouching over. I walk pass Elma and wave her goodnight. "Wait, Tom." Elma grabbed my shoulder, I straighten my back and focus my attention fully on her. "Yeah? Is there a problem?" I ask.

"I-It's nothing, but I was just going to say that, thank you, for tonight. It was really nice hanging out with you." Elma said, as she gave me a heartwarming smile. I could feel my face heating up as I tried to think of a response. "Yeah! Me too, I had a lot of fun hanging out with you as well." I said back, wildly blushing. I thought about giving Elma a hug as thanks, but I stopped myself as I didn't want to come off as being too forward. I let out another yawn. "Ok, goodnight Elma." I said walking down the hall to my room. "Oh, um, Elma, do you know where your going to sleep tonight?" I ask. "Don't worry about it, I'll figure it out." Elma responded, as well as giving my a confident thumbs up gesture and a smile. "Hehe, alright then. Night." I said, as I walked into my room chuckling. "Night Tom." I heard Elma say as I shut my bedroom door. I turn off my light and roll into bed with my head and heart full of happiness for the new friend I made tonight.

Authors Notes: Hello, Thank you for reading to the end of this chapter. Sorry I didn't post for a while, I was lacking motivation to write and also had a bit of writers block as well, but I'm getting back into writing more and also continuing this story. Sadly, I do not have a confirmed date nor can I predict when Chapter 3 will be released but I am thinking of adding Kanna to the story, so that will take some effort and time. Reviews are openly welcome as they give me more confidence to keep writing as well as help me improve my skills. Again, thanks for reading and I'll see you next time.