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Chapter 3: Lodging Set, Unfortunately
(Shin)
All three pairs of eyes narrowed down into my direction, as if they were wolves considering how to kill their prey. In fact, it was so sudden that I nearly fell back myself.
See, this is why I'm pretty damn scared to open my mouth sometimes.
Just when we were all discussing about Nero's sudden proposal to lodge both she and Arturia into Shirou's home, I had to open my mouth. So right now…
"An extra room, is that so?" Nero rubbed her chin in thought, "an interesting idea, though I wouldn't like to be separated from my sister as much as possible, I too require a place to stay."
"So if I may give a suggestion, how about this," Arturia palmed a fist, "sister, you can move over to Shin's house to stay. I can request to stay at the Emiya Residence. Does that sound fair to you, sister?"
"I think its all damn fine," Shirou nodded at the suggestion, "I mean, now that I think of, one other person staying here won't be that much of a bother. Its better as, Nero said, staying out in the streets which I DON'T want anyone doing."
…
I glanced back at the three pairs of eyes; two green and one orange.
*SLAM*
I'm pissed, why? They're all deciding this without my permission! No way, and I say again, NO WAY…
"…am I letting some random girl stay in my house!" I yelled across the table, "how the hell are you so calm about this, Shirou? Aren't you afraid people may misunderstand?"
Blink…two blinks.
"But I can't lodge the two girls here," Shirou kept blinking as he answered, "it would be better if one would stay in your house Shin. As we mentioned, anywhere is better than sleeping in the streets."
"Hold on a minute Shirou, you're AGREEING to this?"
"Well, I don't see too much of a hassle, do you?"
No way am I giving in to this argument. I'm Shin Saeta, and I will not lose in an argument with Shirou Emiya. Not even with two foreign, blonde women staring down at me…
Yep…I'm holding it well thus far.
"Are you denying yourself that you do not one me living in your household?" Nero sat back and folded her arms, obviously annoyed, "why, I am appalled that you would turn down my request to stay in your rag tag residence."
"Hey!" I slammed the table again, "you do NOT call my house a rag tag residence! We have it properly maintained, mopped, swept and dusted every other time! Wait a second, you don't even KNOW how the inside of my house looks like? Where do you get off judging it like that?"
"Your residence is merely opposite of the Emiya residence. It is easy to see from the exterior design what kind of place it is!"
"Nero, please calm yourself," Arturia tugged at her sisters shoulder, "he is already giving you a place to stay, be grateful for once."
That was it…I'm not going to take any more of this. There is no way, no way in heaven or hell, am I…
"GOING TO LET SOME RANDOM GIRL STAY IN MY PLACE!"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!"
…
An epic silence occurred at the second voice that screamed out. Shirou gave the two girls a glance, who both shook their heads and shrugged. I know I screamed, but that was the first time. Plus this was a slightly shrill scream, no way a guy with a low voice like me could do such a thing.
"Q…quiet, senpai! They'll hear you like this!" the first voice said.
"But…but…a…a girl besides ME is going to get to stay with MY Shin in his house? That's not fair! I'm supposed to…"
Nero was the one to break the silence from inside the room, "It seems that outside your door…there are eavesdroppers trying to intrude on our important discussion."
"I don't think those are any ordinary eavesdroppers, Nero," Shirou let out a nervous laugh, "they're um…"
"Two people which I know very well," I cracked my knuckles and trudged towards the sliding door. Flinging the door open, two figures, girls, stumbled flat on their faces. I squat down, looking over at the two girls who were listening to our conversation the entire time.
"So…Tamamo, Shizu…care to explain what you were doing?"
"Tamamo-senpai you dummy!" my sister knocked the pinkette on her head, "now brother found us out."
I could hear Shirou sigh nervously in the background while the two blondes simply watched our situation, very bemused.
"YES! I agree to let Nero-senpai stay!"
"Shizu! Did you even ask if I allowed this yet?"
"Oh! Brother is so uptight! What's wrong with letting a girl with no place to go stay in our place?"
"Because Shin is for Tamamo only!"
"Oh please, I see even the little sister has more common sense that the elder one, hmm?"
"Don't push my limits…"
"Shin…calm down."
"NO WAY!"
Suddenly totally drifting off subject about how and why Tamamo and Shizu where spying on us, it somehow came to Shirou explaining that a certain two needed a place to stay. As I said, Shizu readily agreed to the idea, she loved having guests around to stay.
Man, I am going to kill somebody…
"No!" Tamamo latched on to my arm, "I..if that foreign woman can go and stay with Shin, why can't I go? I'm your wife!"
"Not now Tamamo!" I groaned as I tried to get the clingy girl of my arm, "could all of you please give me a moment to think about this?"
Nero, obviously, didn't let up a single bit, "Ah…so that is the case, Shin Saeta. You do not want me staying with you because of your relationship with your…wife? And that I may affect that wonderful relationship the two of you have?"
"Exactly!" Tamamo nodded and tightened the grip around my arm.
"What wife?" I countered almost immediately, "Tamamo, for the last time, stop calling me that!"
"Ah, so that means I can use that room since your 'wife' is not staying with you, then?"
I head banged at that.
You know, all of this is really getting old, and fast. I'm getting tired of arguing my butt off with all these guys and stuff like that. Moreover, Shizu and Tamamo are all the more making it harder for me to deal with them. And for once, Shirou isn't helping, but seemingly making things worse for me down here who's suffering like hell.
"Well I…"
"Shriou…I know you're a nice guy and trying to help but," I said, head still on the table, "but please, just…shut up for now, is that possible?"
"Huh?"
"I believe he is trying to say that in this current situation, though I'm not too sure how, that you are making his predicament worse."
Thank you Arturia, what a kind soul…
I'm tired, I'm exhausted, I suddenly feel like contemplating banging my head against the wall. For once…I give up…
"So…" Nero crossed her arms, "the decision still lies, what's it to be?"
At that moment, I let out the most powerful, life changing answer that would affect the coming days of my life.
"Whatever…"
As I said…I give up.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" Tamamo screamed and crumpled to the ground, "Sh—Shin! How could you? How could you have an affair with another woman?"
"Just shut up and leave me alone…please…"
So it was decided, MY fate was decided from that day forth.
Decided TOO fast sounds right as well….
"I knew you would make the wise decision eventually."
"Well, that's all settled."
"Take care of yourself, sister."
"Yay! Brother is so kind and giving!"
(Shirou)
A few moments later…
After seeing the rest of the guys out, I went back to the little dining table where Arturia was still kneeling down on the cushion.
"Well, I guess the final decision was made and, well," I scratched the back of my head, "I guess you should stay here after all. Though I can't say the same that Shin is TOO pleased about this decision…"
"I apologise on Nero's behalf," Arturia bowed slightly, "I know that her attitude is slightly hard to handle for most people, so I would like to apologise." She did a second bow, showing how truly apologetic she was. I scratched my head, unsure what to do.
"No no! It's okay. People are different, so I can understand that!" I quickly waved my hands in front of me to prevent her from another apology. I really didn't mind a girl staying with me. Technically, it was the schools fault so they can't say anything about this.
I took another glance at Arturia. Her posture was straight, as if awaiting somebody to tell her what to do. Her face was solemn and her hands were on her laps. From someone like me, you would feel as if she came from a really rich and important family with that extremes in her manners.
Makes me feel somewhat disrespectful to sit in front of her.
"Ah!" something in my mind clicked, "in case you were wondering about lodging fees, don't worry about it, I'm not going to charge you anything!"
She actually looked genuinely surprised at this, "Oh? Are you sure about that? Would that not count as freeloading if I merely stayed and not paid any form of money?"
"Look, your parents paid for you to come to Japan to study, but the school probably messed up somewhere and your dorm assignments got wrong and leaving you with no place to stay. Plus, Fate Academy dorms aren't exactly cheap…" I tried to explain to her in a way we BOTH would understand.
"So treat staying at my house like a low budget hotel…with food provided I guess."
"Shirou, are you sure you're alright with providing breakfast as well? You need not treat me…"
"I said its fine already," I sighed and stood up, "I cook for myself anyway now come on, I need to show you to the guest room. It's pretty mediocre, but I guess it's decent enough for someone to stay."
Without much more than a simple nod, Arturia stood up and followed behind me as I led her past a few corridors, which led me to another face palming point: how was she going to find her way around like that? I still remember the first time Shin and Shizuka came over.
"Brother, the toilet was this way!"
"Don't be an idiot, Shizu. I was just there just now?"
"You're not making sense, where's 'there'?"
"The LEFT!"
"That's the right side, stupid Shin."
Arturia's little mumbles and mutters were the only things that kept me entertained, "So this is how a traditional Japanese house looks like…very much different from mine…"
I guess foreigners are pretty easily amazed by Japanese culture.
After a short distance I tapped against the first of two wooden sliding doors, "This one's my room. If you need anything here, don't hesitate to knock on the door. Though I'm usually in the storehouse just outside most of the time…"
Grabbing the next door, I slid it open, revealing a small dressing table, mirror and a large futon, "This is the guest room, or technically your room now. Nothing fancy here, so I hope you're not too let down by this display."
"No, do not say that," Arturia stepped in and took in the sight of the little room, "it is already a big effort that you agreed to let me stay here, I should not complain about the services you provide."
"Plus, anywhere is better than sleeping on the streets."
I chuckled a bit at that last little comment she made. Well, at least I know she isn't all stone and serious, would have been quite of a trouble for me if she was.
"Yeah, that's a given," I smiled, "now come on, I can help you unpack your stuff too."
"Shirou, please you have done enough…"
"Nah, I insist. Come on!"
(Shin)
Meanwhile at the Saeta Apartment…
"Hmm…I may have been wrong about this place, it may not be that much of a ragtag house as I thought it would be!"
"I'm glad you like it, Nero-senpai."
"…"
I stood emotionlessly at the back as Shizuka began showing Nero the interior of our house. She hasn't said anything about it being ragtag, though, as she just commented. However, that doesn't mean she went passed anything 'mediocre'.
Not that I cared by this point anymore.
Shizu, on the other hand, was having the time of her life showing her senpai around out place. I merely followed behind the two girls as they talked about things I didn't care to hear about.
Hrrgh…I suddenly got the urge to go lie down and rest…pretend this is all fake and stuff….
"Saeta…"
Nope, that wasn't the voice of a blonde haired transfer student trying to ask me about the guest room. Definitely wasn't it at all.
Yup…I'm calm now.
"Brother?"
"Yes Shizu?"
"Nero's asking something about our guest room…"
…
Damn it.
"What is it now…?" I walked past my sister and folded my arms, "is it not to up to your standard as well, hmm?" I don't know, I thought it was fine. A closet for her clothes, a bed, toilet, mirror, dressing table and even an air conditioner…
I think its even bigger than my room as well.
"Most definitely," she closed her eyes and nodded, "however, for the sake of my promise NOT to make this difficult on you, I shall adapt."
LIKE THIS ISN'T DIFFICULT FOR ME ALREADY!
"YAY! That means its one hundred-percent that Nero-senpai's staying here!" Shizu bounced up and down, "senpai, if you need anything, ANYTHING at all, just call my brother or I. We'll help you for sure!"
"Anything REASONABLE!" I added with emphasis, who knew what this dominatrix woman was capable of doing!
Besides already magically brainwashing my sister.
"Of course, within reason," she waved me off as she set her bags down, "I'm not one to make nonsensical requests out of the blue. Now you may be off, I shall call you if I am in need of assistance!"
"Yes, senpai!"
"Whatever…"
Letting out a sigh of relief, I turned on my heels and started to head back to my own room, tired from one whole day of happening events. I need a break before Nero…
"Shin."
…
"Yes Nero?"
"Could you assist me in unpacking my belongings? You do not expect a lady to do it all by herself, do you?"
…
I hate my life so hard now.
BAGH!
*hands paper*
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