"I'm bootin' ya out, ya need ta have some fun once in a while,"

Like that, I was given a day off since the time I had arrived. I looked at my wallet, now fat compared to its previous state of a sorry excuse. "I have too much money..."

I'm at a loss at what I should with so much money...

With no destination in mind, I begin to walk around aimlessly. What exactly is fun? I stopped by at a convenience store on the way and went inside to take a look. Roaming the aisles didn't help much, but it did spark an idea that would help me pass time.

So I headed out of the store in order to find the grocery store.

We were running low on food, so now is a good time as any to start stocking up.

The Owner was kind enough to house me back when I interviewed, in return I took up the daily chores as thanks. He protested but I came out victorious with help of a homemade meal.

I found the grocery store with no problem. I grabbed the cart and placed a basket on it, starting off by browsing the shelves leisurely. For a while, nothing seemed to pop out and I didn't have any set recipe in mind prior to coming here...

"My, if it isn't Dimitri-kun," I turned towards the voice to see someone I am familiar with, a housewife who enjoys shopping for groceries as much as I do.

I gave a small bow in greeting. "It's nice to see you, Sawada-san,"

"Ara, please just call me Nana, you don't have to be so formal," Nana was the type to be overly generous, but you couldn't underestimate her by all the fluff she gave off. She has sharp intuition and only when you see it in action in the daily sales department you'd have nothing but respect to show her.

I consider myself lucky to see a sight like that, not once but, twice.

"That would only be a form of disrespect towards you, Sawada-san," I formally declined.

"Is that so," Nana hummed in thought, only to grin in good humour. "then I won't let up either, Dimitri-kun! I'll eventually get you to call me Nana!"

A rare smile came onto my face. "Then I look forward to it,"

"Yup, you definitely are handsome! You should smile a lot more!" Nana fawned, a hand on her cheek. I felt my smile return back to my previous expression as I became flustered, ironically it was only her that could make me feel this way. "Are you shopping for your roommate again?"

"I am," I gave a nod in response.

"They must be very lucky to have you do all the house chores," She said. "though you can't pamper them always,"

"This is only until they find someone suitable, I'm only being an inconvenience otherwise," I replied.

"Oh! You should settle down too, Dimitri-kun!" Nana spoke enthusiastically. "I'm sure you'll find someone just as lovely!"

"I can't imagine being with someone as of now though," I gave a vague answer to avoid the topic. Being impotent really made someone hold back a lot... "besides, Sawada-san, I'm only 17 this year."

"Really? That's the first time I'm hearing this," Nana's shocked expression gave way to what she was thinking. "I was so sure you were at least 20."

"I will be, in three years," I pointed it out.

We continued to chatter idly as we browsed through the supermarket. My basket had become full before I had noticed and I decided to end my shopping. I then realized that the usual amount that Nana would buy had gone up by a lot. "Will you be okay with carrying everything, Sawada-san?"

"Hm, everyone at home is a big eater, so carrying everything would be worth it," She spoke so cheerfully I was almost convinced.

"Still, that would be quite heavy," I stood firm on my decision. "if you would like, I could help you out,"

"But you have your own groceries to take care of," Nana is indeed a kind-hearted soul.

"That's fine, moreover it would be rude to let you carry everything by yourself," I prompted.

This time she gave in, "Then if you don't mind, I'll gladly accept your offer,"

With the negotiation settled, I accompanied her to her house, insisting on carrying most of her grocery bags. I went in as far as the kitchen, dropping off the bags inside before heading out again. Nana really was overly generous for keeping up her presistence in me joining for dinner.

You really couldn't underestimate simple housewives like that.

I paused briefly, just registering that I had been smiling ever since I left the Sawada residence. How strange, but...

... Today was really fun.