/Outside the Kurusu residence/

"I wonder if they're finally done, it's already been an hour or so, since my last visit." Agent Smith asked herself as she was waiting for someone to open the door after knocking multiple times.

/Meanwhile inside the residence/

"Hey I guess that's Agent Smith knocking right know." Kimihito guessed as he heard knocks on the door.

"Yes, it'd make sense, we shouldn't make her wait any longer because of how quick she is to misunderstand situations" Meroune replied.

"Alright, I should carry you back to your wheelchair "Kimihito said as he offered his arms to support the mermaid's weight.

"Ok then" Meroune replied as she let herself be carried by the young man.

A small blush appeared on her face as her head was rested on chest as she was picked up just like earlier.

"In a second!" Kimihito half shouted towards the door as he carefully walked down the stairs whilst carrying the currently blushing mermaid.

(After a few moments)

"Ah Mr. Kurusu, took you long enough to open the door, did I interrupt anything intimate"? Agent Smith asked with a devious tone after Kimihito opened the door for her.

"What could you possibly mean"? The nervous young man replied as he tried to change the topic continued "So when are those workers going to arrive for the renovation thing"?

"Indeed Agent Smith when are they arriving"? The mermaid tried to add as she attempted to help change the topic while she covered the blush from her face.

"That's why I came here earlier to discuss it with you two but well" Agent Smith trailed her eyes around the room and coughed. "Moving on, regarding that it seems that the workers are going to be coming tomorrow".

"Sounds good, but I'm quite curious on how Meroune will spend the night here". Kimihito asked out of concern.

"Well lucky for you two I thought out a solution" Agent Smith replied with a tone of confidence and cleverness.

"And what could that be"? Meroune asked in response.

A playful grin formed on Agent Smith's lips.

(After a couple of minutes executing Smith's idea)

"So this is your solution"? Kimihito said with a deadpan expression directed towards the caffeine-addicted agent.

"Pretty clever isn't it"? Smith said with her voice beaming with pride as she sipped her cup of newly made coffee.

Turns out Agent Smith' so called solution was letting Meroune sleep in Kimihito's relatively large bathtub.

"Well this is alright, since the workers will be coming tomorrow" Meroune said cheerfully as she smiled out of delight for finally being partially submerged in tub after a relatively long time being out of water.

"Yeah I guess so" Kimihito replied in response as he slowly started to smile because of the mermaid's cheery smile.

"On that note Kimihito, you'll need to accompany her until she sleeps to make sure of constant adjustments to make her feel comfortable". The agent said informing the young man.

"Wh-what?" Kimihito asked in an instant.

"And yes, I trust you that you two won't do anything too intimate tonight". Smith replied.

"Wait what do you mean by too intimate" Meroune asked to be clarified while splashing her tail onto the water's surface.

"I don't think I need to answer that question since you two won't listen even if I do". Agent Smith replied.

In response Kimihito and Meroune nodded in agreement to just let it slide since if they were to try to clarify the misunderstanding it would only lead to more of it ironically.

(A couple of minutes later, or you could say a couple of coffee cups consumed by the agent before she left.)

"So I'll just be over here then" Kimihito said red-faced as he sat down on a short wooden stool as his back leaned onto the outer side of the tub causing him to be facing the opposite direction of the mermaid's direction.

"Alright, Dear Sir" Meroune replied as she was slightly embarrassed that she was in her mermaid undergarments while inside the tub in the same room with the young man.

For Meroune the situation was fairly embarrassing for her to be in a dress state of such since it is a custom that mermaids wear less revealing attires when there are individuals that are not of the same race, with the exception of Merfolk.

"So if the water is too cold or too hot, just tell me so" Kimihito said as he rested his hand on the marble temperature dial for the water.

"Thank you" Meroune responded.

"I'm really grateful for having you as my liminal host" She added as she then yawned.

"Thanks, I guess I'm lucky for being able to meet someone like you" Kimihito replied with a warm feeling in his heart.

"Oh, you're already asleep" Kimihito said to no one in particular, as he noticed after slightly turning around that he found out the mermaid was already fast asleep.

Kimihito slowly and silently stood up from the wooden stool as he then quietly sneaked to his room.

"Well that couldn't have gone better I guess" He muttered to himself before finally nodding off to sleep.

Author's note: I hope you enjoyed reading this and I also hope that you are excited for many more future chapter cause I've got a lot planned in terms of "tragedy"

Anyways, like I always place on the author notes; Don't forget to review and do what ye wanna do!