Chapter Eight - Cafe
"You are looking for a place to rent?"
They were at a coffee shop not far from the store. The waiters were dressed in black and white skimpy maid uniforms. Kagome had said it had the best tea and cake nearby, even if it was an overpriced maid cafe. He didn't understand what she meant with maid cafe until they were greeted by a chorus of too friendly female voices.
It was worse than a horde of house-elves. He had to refuse ear cleaning services and back massages, both too intimate to let a stranger do, and was quite annoyed of have been called master every time an attendant had come to serve his table. Ron would love it, though. His brother would sure enjoy that much attention.
"Yeah, I'm growing tired of the hotel."
"How is that you moved without a place to live in mind?" How is that he just decided to live half-way around the world away from his family?
"I just-" He paused for a moment. Was it too childish of him to admit that he wasn't dealing well with the loss of his brother? That everywhere he looked there was a constant remembrance of his missing piece? "-needed to get out."
"I understand." She seemed to weight her next words. "I know the feeling, having felt it myself. My childhood home was filled with memories that only gave me pain and heartache, prevented me from letting go, moving on." She played with her tea, not looking at anywhere in special. Then, she looked back to him and changed the subject. "Where did you come from?"
"United Kingdom. England, to be exact."
"Wicked! I've always wanted to go to Europe. Is London anything like they show in Sherlock?"
"I think it's much more modern than what is in the books." Luckily, his father have brought some books from the detective's collection.
"Not the books, the TV show. BBC's Sherlock, you know? I love Martin Freeman, he was amazing as Bilbo Baggins."
"Sure, love."
He savoured his shincha tea. It was sweeter than the traditional green tea that he was used to but it tasted great.
"Anyway, I think there's an apartment available close to where I live."
