Crazy trouble with love part 8
Anastasia and Shirou
Series: Fate Stay
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-Emiya Residence-
Shirou walked up into the attic while trying to avoid the large spider webs near the entrance and ceiling. He had an apron and some cleaning products since he figured he could try and tidy up the space.
The only problem was that it was completely dusty, full of spiders, and had some dust bunnies all around his legs.
'Yep, I have a lot of work to do.' He thought while a spider went down his pants. He jumped and reached down before throwing it aside with a sigh. "Better get started."
As he got his broom ready, he noticed hundreds of spider eggs over his head.
"WAHHH!" he screamed using his broom to knock them away.
Only to see more right behind him, causing him to scream in horror.
"AHH!" He screamed before tripping on his own feet and crashed into several boxes. "OW!" 'Ok, I'm gonna throw all this out.'
As he slowly got up, he noticed one of the boxes with the name Einzbern on it.
"Huh, what's this?" He groaned while picking it up. "I don't recall tou-san putting this up here." he opened it up and coughed when some dust got in his face.
Only to see several photo albums, old texts, and a small doll with no face, light blond hair with a small copper crown and a small red ribbon on the left side of it's hair, with a dress made of dried leaves, and two small stumps.
"A doll? Huh, didn't expect to find something like that." He muttered before deciding to bring it down stairs while he cleans. He got up and headed out while brushing some dust off it.
(After cleaning)
Shirou looked at the doll while it looked at him without response. "I wonder why it doesn't have any face, that's a bit peculiar.'
It looked at him while for some reason, staining at the boy's very soul.
'Creepy.' He thought while noticing it was very well made. 'I wonder if I should give this to someone?'
"Hey Shirou, how's the cleaning coming?" asked Taiga walking over before spotting the doll. "Wow, didn't know you were into dolls."
"I found it upstairs." He said while the doll 'stared' at Taiga with a creepy 'expression'.
"Well what was it doing there?"
"Just lying in a box labeled Einzbern. Got any ideas who it belonged to?"
Taiga paled as she did know, but….it might be too soon to explain that the box belonged to his father's deceased wife. "N-No, never heard of it."
"Are you sure?"
"Y-Yes!"
The doll 'stared' while seemingly moving its head a little.
'Creepy.' She thought while Shirou noticed the doll had a tear near the left cheek.
"Oh dear, better fix this doll."
"Or you know, get rid of it."
"Why? It just needs attention and it's mildly creepy factor deceases."
"Why would you wanna keep it anyway?"
"I don't know, it just feel like it calls to me." He shrugged while the doll 'looked' up at him.
"AHH!" screamed Taiga before running out of the room.
"Taiga-nee? What's wrong?" He called out while looking very confused. "Huh? That was odd."
The doll then returned to normal while Shirou went to get a needle and some thread.
(Later)
"Alright, a little here, a bit more here, and...done!" He said able fixing the doll while smiling. "And you look brand new."
The doll 'looked' at Shirou while the cheek was fixed up with some black thread.
"You're almost done." He said while looking over the doll.
The doll 'looked' at the wall while Shirou looked for more tears and loose stuffing.
"Everything seems to be right." He muttered while noticing that the doll seemed to be looking at his face. "I'd say you're all clean and ready to go."
The doll kept on 'staring' at him while Shirou felt creeped out and accidentally pricked his finger on the needle in his hand.
"Ow, dang it." He groaned in pain while some blood hit the doll by accident as the needle hit a blood vein. "Fuck." he waved it and set the doll down. "I better get a band aid."
As he walked away, he didn't see the doll beginning to freeze up a little.
(With Shirou)
He grumbled while having to use ten band aids for his still bleeding fingers. "I didn't think it was that bad."
As he looked at the band aids, he felt the temperature slowly getting colder and colder for some reason.
"Man, did Taiga-nee turn down the temperature, it's getting cold." He muttered while noticing frost on the floor.
Until he slipped on it that is.
"OW!" He groaned while hitting the table and passed out instantly.
(Several hours later)
Shirou groaned while slowly waking up, only to see Taiga's chest over his face.
"Hey Shirou, are you ok?"
He blushed. "Y-Yeah! But what's going on?"
"I found you unconscious on the bathroom floor so I placed you on my lap for a few hours."
"Wait, hours?!"
"Well yeah, and you looked like a baby sleeping on my lap" she teased.
He blushed again. He sat up before shivering. "Taiga-nee, why did you set the thermostat so low?"
"What? I thought you turned it down."
"Not me."
"Then who did?" Taiga muttered while seeing the doll looking at them from the table.
It looked at them while not moving at all.
"Maybe it's on the fritz." Shirou said while the doll 'moved' its head to the side. "I better go check it out."
"Um Shirou." Taiga gulped. "Look behind you."
He did so and saw the doll staring at him with its blank face. "WAH!" he jumped back and crashed into Taiga.
"Ow." She groaned while the doll 'moved' its head to the side before 'jumping' at her. "AAAAAHHH!"
"WAAAAH!" screamed Shirou at the same time.
The doll 'stayed' still while on top of Taiga's face.
"S-S-Shirou, get the broom." she whispered in fear.
"I-I can't...its too close." He whispered back before the doll turned its head right towards him. 'Oh god, is it possessed or haunted?'
The doll kept on looking at him before 'jumping' at the door and 'ran' off.
"T-T-That was s-scary!" Taiga gulped in fear.
"Y-You said it."
"I knew we should have thrown it out!"
"Still, I think we should find it." Shirou gulped while the temperature started to decrease even further, causing him to sneeze on Taiga.
"Ew!"
"Sorry."
(Two minutes later)
"Where is it?!" Taiga frowned while holding a kendo stick in her hands. "I'll whack it into stuffing gao!"
"I checked the storage shed but it's not there."
"Damn it!" She yelled while unbeknownst to them, the doll was just sitting there on the living room table, looking at the wall for some reason. "We gotta find it and find a monk to exorcise it!"
"Why? Maybe this doll is friendly?" Shirou said with a nervous sweatdrop.
"Did it look friendly when it attacked us!?"
"Um…" he said while the doll turned to them with….ghostly dark blue eyes appearing over the face while some dark smoke came from the body. "There it is!"
"Ahhh! Kill it kill it!" She screamed while running at the doll, only to trip on her own feet and went crashing into a bookcase, that wasn't there before. "OW! MY EYE!"
The doll looked at Shirou before 'jumping' off the table and 'ran' towards him.
"S-Stay back! Stay back!" He screamed before the doll 'jumped' on his face and caused him to run around in fear. "Ahh! Taiga-nee help get it off!"
That was when he tripped on the rug for some reason and went flying into the sink, as the doll 'ran' away and into a closet.
"Ow….that hurt." He groaned while the hot water suddenly spun around and turned on. "AAAAH! HOT HOT HOT!"
"Shirou!" Taiga ran over and turned off the water.
"Ow…" he groaned while shaking his head. "Ok, that doll is dead now."
"Finally! Ok I'm gonna go find a monk, you stay here."
He watched her go, trip on the rug, and land on the ground while groaning in pain as she got a bloody nose.
"MMMMMM!"
"Hold on I'll get the bandages, or maybe some paper towels." He said while looking for some, only to remember that the paper towels are in the closet. "Uh...maybe you can rinse the blood away?"
"Fucking fuck fuck fuck!" Taiga screamed in pain. "Fuck!"
"I'll take that as a no." He sweatdropped while looking at the closet, which he felt was possessed by the doll itself. 'Steady yourself. Just get the paper towels and leave.' he slowly moved towards it and grabbed the knob.
Creak.
He then noticed the doll was just….sitting on the ground, motionless. "Uh, hey there."
It didn't move as the paper towels were right next to it.
"Can I get some paper towels?"
It 'nodded' 'yes'.
He gulped and snatched it before closing the door. "Creepy."
"FUCK!"
He ran over to Taiga while the doll 'ran' over to Shirou and 'jumped' on his left shoulder. "Taiga-nee!"
She cursed again as Shirou wiped the blood from her nose, while the doll 'waved' at her. "Fuck! That hurts so much!"
"I got the towels!" He said while running to the bathroom, only to notice that the door was locked and someone was humming a tune inside. "Huh?" he looked confused. 'Who's in there?'
The humming kept on going while sounding a bit russian for some reason. "Mmm mm mm."
Shirou raised an eyebrow. 'How did they get inside there without me or Taiga seeing them?'
"Mmmm mmm mmm."
'This is so weird.' He thought before knocking. "Hello?"
And cue silence.
"Uh, is someone in there?"
Silence.
"Hello?"
Silence.
"...ok this is weird."
Silence.
"Hello?"
"..." the person at the other end kept silent until saying in a slightly cold yet cute voice. "Do not talk to me."
He blinked at the cold tone. "Who's in there?"
"Go away." She said with the same cold tone. "Using the louvre as you french call it."
"Can you tell me who you are and what you're doing in my house?"
"No." She said while the doll 'pulled' at his leg. "Viy, remove him from the door."
The doll then pulled back as Shirou tripped on a cracked price of floor and went tumbling down the hall before going flying into Taiga's face.
"OW!"
(A few minutes later)
"Great, now we got an intruder here too?"
"Yeah." Shirou groaned while the 'intruder' wasn't coming out of the bathroom. "But what I don't get is why the doll tripped me?"
"It's haunted! It needs to be exorcised or we're gonna be dead before we end up married!"
"Taiga-nee, we aren't getting married yet." Shirou sweatdropped.
"And we won't if we're dead!"
He sighed before noticing the doll was 'staring' at them while on his lap.
It looked at Taiga before 'waving' at her.
"AAAAAAHHHH!" She screamed before the doll 'waved' again.
"Hey! Can you get your doll to stop freaking Taiga-nee out?"
Silence.
"I mean it!"
"Viy, keep playing." The voice said as the doll nodded eagerly.
Shirou groaned before going to the door and banged on it. "Open up!"
"Busy."
"Just kick it down Shirou!"
"But that's rude!" He called out in embarrassment.
"DO IT!"
He groaned before lightly kicking the door.
"Still busy." The voice said again.
"KICK IT SHIROU!"
He kicked again, but even lighter.
"Can you wait please?"
"HARDER!"
Bam!
"Please stop." The voice said again. "I am not-"
"GA! I'LL DO IT THEN!" Taiga growled in rage. She stepped back before running at the door and knocked it down.
Which caused a wall of ice to form around the door as Taiga got stuck in the ice by her torso, ass near the door and head in the bathroom.
"Hey!"
"I warned you!" She frowned while Shirou tried to pull Taiga out of the ice. "Now let me finish."
(Much later)
"C-Cold." sneezed Taiga while under some blankets.
"Will you be alright?" asked Shirou.
"Y-Yeah." She sneezed while Shirou rubbed her back and the doll was 'looking' at them from the table. "But I think we need more heat, maybe burning that thing would work in place of firewood."
The doll 'glared' at her.
"Bad idea, that person might freeze you again." He said while looking around. "But where are they?"
"Probably trying to rob us while I get a cold." frowned Taiga.
The doll 'walked' over to Taiga and kicked her in the face.
"Hey!" She yelled while getting hit again and again. "Stupid thing!"
"Viy." Said the voice from the hallway. "Come."
The doll stopped before 'running' towards the voice.
"Thank god." She sighed in relief while the figure walked behind Shirou and poked him with a very cold finger.
"AH!" he jumped before turning around and went wide eyed.
For behind him was a girl about an inch shorter than Taiga, with long white hair that went to her waist while a fringe covered her icy blue eyes, pale skin, wearing a very decorated and ornate white gown with silver stars, pearls, gold chains with emeralds and other gemstones near her sleeves and waist, a gold necklace that covered her neck with a smaller gold necklace with a emerald underneath as well as a large sapphire, a white fur cape with blue lining and gold designs on her back which went down to her legs, a headband with a small peach colored ribbon on her right side and had netting going around the back of her head, a D cup chest with gold stars over them, a small ass, and holding the doll from before in her hands.
She looked at him with a cold yet emotionless face before saying. "Thank you for waiting."
"Um….who are you?"
"..." she looked him over before saying. "You've seen hardship, like me."
"Uh…."
"Just who are you!?" Taiga sneezed.
"Rat." The girl said coldly.
"Well 'Rat', you can go ahead and leave!"
"I am not a rat, you are." She said coldly.
"You're the one barging in here and using our bathroom with your haunted doll!"
The doll wiggled a little as the girl kept on looking at Shirou and ignored Taiga.
"So who are you?" Shirou asked.
"Bow and I will tell you." She said. "As we are civilized people aren't we not?"
"Me and Shirou are, but you sure ain't. He's not bowing to you."
But it was too late as Shirou bowed to the girl, who smiled a little.
"Three points." She said while Taiga was shocked. "Good job."
"Shirou what are you doing?!"
"Trying to not start a fight." He said while the girl looked at the boy with a less cold expression before it changed back.
"As your reward, I shall tell you my name." She said. "Servant class Caster, but my name is Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova. Former heir of the Romanov dynasty and youngest daughter of Tsar Nikolai the II."
"Nani?!" Both cried out in shock.
"And this is Viy." She stroked the doll's head. "Say hello."
It waved a hand to them as the two looked at the woman in shock.
"B-But that's impossible! Anastasia is dead!"
"Yet I have been summoned." She said coldly. "As for my mortal death, the rats are long gone."
"Oh great, we're being haunted by a real ghost!"
"I am not a ghost." Anastasia frowned. "I am a Servant. Dumb rat."
Taiga glared at the 'rat' comment. "Don't push me, my stress level is high enough as is."
She ignored her before looking at Shirou. "Have you summoned me?"
"Um…"
"If you did, I'm unsure you will even win the grail." She said with a cold tone. "Much less act like a magus."
"Grail? Magus?"
She didn't answer before walking away and sat on the couch, the doll shaking its head in disappointment.
"Hey wait!"
"Ask me later." Anastasia said. "I require a meal fit for a czarina."
"That's it! I'm calling the cops!" Taiga yelled before getting frozen by her legs by ice.
Anastasia shook her head. "Rats, always scared of something. Even a little girl."
"Ah! Shirou! Get help!"
Shirou looked at Taiga before sighing. "Let's just hear her out. But Anastasia, let Taiga-nee go."
"Not until the rat calms down."
"Let me go!" Taiga snapped.
(Later)
"...wow." Shirou and Taiga muttered while Anastasia was busy looking at the tv with curiosity.
'Such a strange box.' She thought before looking at Shirou. "Feast?"
"Huh?"
"I require a feast." She said. "A big one."
"No way!" spoke Taiga with a frown.
"Why? You want a czarina to starve?"
"You're basically a ghost, you don't need food."
"Yes I do. I am no ghost stupid rat." She frowned.
"Stop calling me rat!"
She ignored her while Shirou decided to make the Servant some food to keep her from making Taiga madder.
"I'll get right on it." He said while Taiga frowned at that.
(A bit later)
Anastasia looked at the food, which was a hot pot of beef, garlic, and potatoes, and then at Shirou. "What's this?"
"A hot pot."
"...hot pot?"
"Yeah. Be careful, it's really hot."
"If you don't like it you don't gotta eat." smirked Taiga.
She looked at it before putting a spoon into the pot and started eating it. Only for her to stick her tongue out cutely while it looked very burned. "Het het het."
"Hahahaha! Too hot for ya ice queen?"
"Taiga-nee." Shirou deadpanned. "Manners."
"Still it's funny."
Anastasia fanned her tongue before trying again, only for it to get burned again. "Het het het!"
"Maybe blow on it." sweatdropped Shirou.
She huffed a little before blowing on the spoon, causing tiny snowflakes to come out of her lips. She then ate the spoonful before her eyes sparkled for a few seconds. "Taszy."
Taiga then noticed the doll looking at her as Anastasia smiled a little. "Can you make that thing look elsewhere?"
"No, Viy is not a thing." She said coldly. "Viy is the greatest treasure of the russian empire."
"It's a haunted doll."
The doll suddenly oozed black smoke as it started forming around Anastasia and turned into a shadowy figure with two bunny like ears, dark blue eyes and long claw like arms.
"Viy is my familiar." Anastasia said before the figure went back into the doll. "A being passed down from tsar to tsar for generations."
Taiga paled with Shirou sweat dropping and staying quiet.
She turned to Shirou. "Cook for me, your cursine is exceptional."
"Well let's finish the hot pot first."
She nodded before burning her tongue again. "Het het het!"
(Later)
"There, how was it?"
Anastasia placed the spoon down and fanned her tongue. "Nk. Bet mi touge hrts."
"He he." snickered Taiga.
"Taiga-nee." Shirou deadpanned.
"What? It's funny." She chuckled before Anastasia glared at her with glacier like eyes.
"Zat." She said while Taiga froze in fear for some reason.
"So are you still hungry?"
Anastasia nodded.
"Well I have some leftovers. So I could make a sandwich if you want."
"Nk."
"Want some water as well?"
She nodded before saying. "Ni. Milk."
He nodded while finding her small smile cute. He went to the fridge while Taiga grumbled.
'Petty princess.'
(Timeskip)
Anastasia looked from behind a corner as Shirou got ready to go to school. 'I fail to see why he has to leave me alone with that rat, she'll just be an annoyance until he comes back.'
Viy nodded in her hands while Shirou got his bag ready.
'I mean I might have been home schooled, but leaving me behind with a rat is harsh.' She thought while thinking about the jabs Taiga would make on her status and person. 'Note to self, play prank on rat.'
"See ya later Taiga-nee."
"I'll be seeing you at homeroom you dolt!"
Anastasia blinked while getting an idea and started following behind Shirou, and hiding behind every corner and car with ease.
(At the school)
Eventually reaching the school and looked it over.
'It looks like a university.' She thought while students looked at her with wide eyes as she walked behind Shirou into the school itself. 'But cleaner and without the alcohol my father told my sisters about.'
"Hey, who's she supposed to be?"
"No idea."
"Maybe she's a foreign exchange student?"
"That doll is creepy."
"But her hair is pretty."
"Think she's single?"
Anastasia kept on walking behind Shirou before the boy stopped and started talking to a purple haired girl and a tsundere like girl. 'Who are they? Friends? Rats?'
"Shirou? Who's your friend?"
"Huh? What are you talking about Rin?"
"Senpai." Sakura pointed behind him.
He turned and noticed no one was behind him as Anastasia hid behind a corner. "There's no one there."
'That was close.' She thought before noticing the girl's weak points using Viy, which was….Shirou. 'Rats. Master might not know it, but these rats will one day end him. I better step in…..no! It's too crowded and….what if they have guns?! Ahh!'
"Shirou, she just hid around the corner."
"Huh?" He looked around before seeing ice on the floor.
'Calm down. You are a Romanov, you are collected and mischievous.' Anastasia thought before slapping her cheeks, took a stern expression and walked out of the corner. "...hello master."
"Anastasia? What are you doing here?"
"Seeing what school in this century is like." She said coldly. "But I see rats infesting this establishment."
"Rats?!" jumped Sakura looking around with Rin looking shocked.
'A Servant? Great, now Emiya is in this war?'
She looked at Rin before saying. "I am Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, and you are a rat."
"No, I'm a student." she frowned.
"Rat." She said again before looking at Shirou. "Master, these rats are filthy."
"Anastasia, be nice." he frowned. "They're my friends."
She lightly huffed as Sakura noticed the doll.
"What's his name?"
"Viy." Anastasia said as the doll 'moved' its head towards Sakura.
'Eek!' she thought with a shiver.
The doll then 'looked' at Rin and 'waved'.
'Is that part of her noble phantasm?' Rin thought as Anastasia looked at Sakura.
"Are you infatuated with master? If so, he will not be betrothed with rats." Anastasia said while holding Shirou's shirt sleeve. "So do not pursue him."
"W-W-W-What?!" she turned beet red with Shirou lightly blushing.
"You have been warned." She said before looking at Rin. "Same with you rat."
"W-What?!" Rin screamed out with a blush. "L-Like I-I-I would be married to him!"
Anastasia looked at Shirou before saying. "I will watch from the door. Just don't forget to go to class."
RING!
"But you need to get home!"
"No." She said while the bell kept on ringing. "I will stay here and watch your studies."
"But you'll get in trouble!"
She ignored him while walking to a class room and opened it while going inside, all the while the three were still having mixed feelings.
'S-She….' both girls thought with red faces. 'She's going down/not getting senpai!'
'Why me?'
(Later)
RING!
The bell rung as Shirou went to his next class, all the while Anastasia was walking right behind him while also causing several 'pranks' to occur near the other students such as tripping on their feet or falling on a girl's chest due to breaking their shoes.
'How much longer is she gonna do this? She's gonna get us both in trouble.' He thought while seeing Shinji walking by as well.
Only for his pants to rip apart to reveal is white boxes.
"What the fuck?!" he cried out while getting laughed at and tried to hold them together.
Anastasia looked at Shinji before seeing a flashback of a 'certain' event and narrowed her eyes. 'Rat.' "Master, allow me to harm that rat."
"No Anastasia, maybe you should just go home. The teachers are gonna get mad and make you leave if you get asked by one."
"..." she turned her head slightly. "I will be an exchange student then."
"You don't have the uniform for the school."
"I can apply."
Shirou groaned while Shinji noticed Anastasia and felt a moment of both fear and envy, fear of the magical aura around the girl and envy for being close to a 'peasant'. "It's not that easy."
She pouted slightly while the doll 'glared' at Shinji. "Well I wanted to stay away from the rat. And I never went to school before."
"If you wanna try and come here you'd have to try and talk to Taiga-nee."
"...alright." Anastasia said before pointing at Shinji. "But that rat is staring at my body like a hungry wolf."
"Ignore him." sweatdropped Shirou.
"I can't. He is a rat."
"Please."
She quietly sighed before both walked to the next class, but not before Anastasia 'accidentally' caused his underwear to rip along with his shirt. 'Hope you wallow in despair, rat.'
"GAH! OH COME ON!"
(Timeskip)
Anastasia sat next to Shirou while eating dinner with Taiga, although she is a bit closer to him then in the past two weeks they have been together, and by close, it means she sat on his side of the table.
For Shirou, he and Taiga were surprised that the whole rat thing was due to her hate of the men that killed her, and under the coldness of her tone and outer disposition, she was a mischievous, lively, very friendly, and a shy young girl.
But she still had a lot of issues hidden under her pale body, some that is only now thawing out, but not by much.
"So are you two gonna study for the test?"
"Yes." Shirou said with a nod. "But it might take all night."
Anastasia nodded while Viy was on the table, 'looking' at Taiga, as she thought about how she 'bribed' Taiga with a back massage for her student registration papers.
But if you asked me, she just froze her for a bit after the fact, but back with the story.
"Adjusting to the history while I was away is still much to take in. Especially after learning about the communist party." frowned Anastasia. "To think we allowed them to flourish when my father lived."
"Relax Anastasia." Shirou said.
"I know master, but it still disturbs me greatly that such a party caused the collapse of art and culture." She frowned before looking at Taiga. "Rat, anymore beef cutlets?"
"Call me by what you call me at school, sensei, or I won't answer."
"Ok rat sensei." She said with a small smirk.
"That's not what I meant." she frowned before taking the last beef cutlets. "Just for that, I'm gonna eat the rest of them."
She pouted at this before grabbing them with her fork. "Don't be greedy."
"Don't be rude to your teacher."
Both fought over the meat while Shirou sweatdropped at this.
'Not again.' He thought before seeing some sauce on her cheek and wiped it it off with his napkin. "You missed a spot."
"Thank you." Anastasia said with a light blush before finally taking the meat, only to share some with Shirou. "You're reward...master."
"Thank you Anastasia."
She smiled at this while Taiga saw the snake and smirked.
"So you two are going to study or just get a room?"
"Taiga-nee!" blushed Shirou.
Anastasia narrowed her eyes at Taiga. "Rat. Have you no tack for the finer things in life? Such as being respectful to your czarina?"
"It's sensei, and last I checked I don't gotta call you that except student."
And cue Anastasia getting ready to freeze her face, but decided not to and got an idea. "Alright sensei, but you must recall that while me and my master are perfectly content with life, you have no one to experience that pleasure with."
"What?"
"You have no 'boyfriend' or betrothed." She said while Viy 'nodded'. "No companion besides master-"
Shirou covered her mouth at this point while knowing it might make Taiga go into 'tiger' mode. "H-Hey now, let's focus on the delicious dinner."
"Mmm."
Taiga went back to eating while feeling very annoyed at the Caster class Servant. 'I'm gonna get her back for that.'
(Later that night)
The master and servant sat on the couch while watching a horror movie called The Ring, all the while they were getting scared, with Anastasia getting the blunt of the fear.
"Seven days."
'S-S-S-S-SCARY!' She screamed in her mind while looking ready to pee her dress.
"This one is a real classic." Shirou said while watching the movie as Anastasia started to shake with fear.
"I-I-I-I see. A-A-A-A classic."
"Are you ok? Are you feeling cold?"
"N-No I-I-I'm fine." She stuttered while holding Viy tightly in her hands.
"Is the movie too scary?"
She shook her head no while internally thinking yes.
"Are you sure?"
She nodded again while shaking even faster. "P-P-Positive m-m-m-master."
Shirou blinked while they kept on watching the movie.
Only to come towards the part where the girl appears from the well.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Anastasia screamed while clinging onto Shirou tightly. "MONSTER!"
"Gah! Too...tight." he groaned from her grip.
She kept on holding him tightly while shaking like a leaf while not seeing Taiga right behind the couch. 'S-Scary!'
'Oooh.' she thought with a smile. "Well well, I had no idea you were trying to get close with a scary movie, if I knew I would have left you two for the night."
Anastasia screamed at that while punching Taiga in the face, which hurt her a lot. "AHHHH!"
"OW!" she cried while Shirou sighed in relief from the loosened grip. "My nose!"
Anastasia then hugged Shirou again while looking ready to cry….along with a dark patch near the front of her dress. "M-M-Master…"
"It's alright Anastasia, it's only a movie, it can't hurt you."
She shivered in fear while not letting go as Taiga looked a little mad at the punch.
'Ow! For a princess, she has hard left hook!'
"Do you want me to turn it off?"
She nodded while not leaving the spot. "P-Please…"
He turned the tv off before noticing the stain on her dress and on the couch. "Uh...Anastasia? Did you have a drink near you?"
She shook her head no while Taiga smirked.
"She peed herself."
Anastasia covered her face with her hands in embarrassment while Viy started punching Taiga's foot.
"Hey, I'm telling it like it is." she replied before kicking the doll away.
Only for Viy to jump on her head and pulled her hair as Anastasia was mortified.
'Why did I lose my composure?! Why?!'
"It's alright, it can happen." spoke Shirou to try and comfort her.
"Mmm." She cried mufflily while still red in the face.
"Want me to get you some clean clothes?"
She nodded while still clinging to Shirou like her life depended on her.
"Uh, then you're gonna have to let go of my arm."
And cue her letting go, but only for a second before hugging his torso like a vice.
He sweatdropped and tried standing up awkwardly.
All the while Taiga was trying to pull the doll off her head.
(Later)
"There, much better."
Anastasia looked at her attire while she was in some dark blue pjs, showing her small ass and chest, as she watched the washing machine going on and on. "...thank you master."
"Do you feel comfy or do you need something else?"
"It feels ok." She said while lightly blushing. "My conduct before was….weak. I am sorry master."
"It's alright, you've never seen a horror movie before, it can sneak up on anyone."
"..." she nodded slowly at that while still holding Shirou's hand.
"Wanna head to bed early?" He asked while trying to let go of her hand.
"Yes master…"
"Alright, we'll go to bed." He said while Anastasia stopped him. "Huh?"
"Don't let go of my hand….stay within my sight." She said quietly, but with a hint of longing and honesty in her voice. "If you hear my voice at any time, please respond quickly. I don't want to lose anything anymore…."
He looked at her with worry while feeling her grip his hand tighter.
"Please…" She said while looking at him with her eyes. "Stay besides me….Shirou."
"...alright, I won't leave you alone tonight." He said while giving Anastasia's hand a light squeeze.
Her eyes lit up hearing that before quietly saying. "...thank you…"
(Two days later)
Shirou walked to his next class while Sakura and Rin were right next to him as Anastasia was hiding behind a corner.
'Master.' She thought with a frown. 'You still associate with rats.'
That was when the girls froze in fear for some reason as Anastasia walked over and clinged to Shirou's right arm.
"Hello master." She spoke coldly.
"Anastasia? What are you doing?"
She frowned before glaring at the 'rats'. "Vermin should not associate themselves with cats, lest they get eaten."
"We're not rats you brat!" Rin yelled as the servant clung tighter to Shirou.
"You and the rat are not allowed to form a bond with master." She frowned. "Only I am allowed to make such a bond."
Rin growled with Sakura hurt to hear that while Shirou sweatdropped.
"Anastasia, be nice."
She looked at him with a huff. "You are mine, not the property of rats. I am just setting the guidelines."
'I wish she'd be more open with other people and not just me.' He thought before noticing that she was forming a small ice heart with her fingers, and….gave it to him. "Eh?"
"...you have my heart." She whispered. "Take good care of it."
And like that, Sakura felt her own shatter and pass out in Rin's arms.
"Sakura?!"
Anastasia blushed while Shirou was completely shocked.
'Oh….kami….' He thought as the screen went black. 'She….oh kami.'
'He will make a great tsar one day.'
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END.