"Ah… I see, human made fertilizer." Shino said with a nod, grabbing the bag of man-made fertilizer and adding it to his bag, "They used to have these, I forgot about them." He calmly explained while grabbing a few more.

"They're good. But these ones-" Issei grabbed another brand, "-These ones are the best you'll get in Japan!"

Shino quirked an eyebrow, "Hm? How'd you know?" His tone was barely humorous but Issei could tell that the man was trying to make a joke.

"Because I am the king of fertilizers! Face me, king of plants!" Issei yelled, pointing a bag of fertilizer at the white haired man.

Shino laughed softly as he took the bag from Issei and put it in his bag, "I'll be the judge of that." And then began to walk towards the cashier, Issei following behind.

"I'm home." Shino softly said as he entered his small greenhouse.

Well, calling it small would be underselling it.

It was the size of a damn two story house.

"...help?" A feminine voice responded from a glass display of vines and a gothic lolit-

"Ophis- how did you even…" Shino sighed, Ophis had gotten herself stuck in the rope-vine far too many times to count, it was like the infinite dragon had a grudge with that part of the greenhouse and had a fight with it everytime Shino was out of the house.

Hmm…

Anyways. She was now suspended upside down, with her hair freely flowing downward and the only thing protecting her modesty being one of Shino's green hoodies.

Shino had a lot of green hoodies.

"Don't panic." She probably wouldn't, her expressionless face was almost as good as his,

Almost

Shino raised a hand towards the vines and waved it, making the vines slowly put Ophis down to the ground, feet downward.

"Thank you, f-friend."

Shino's mind went into overdrive.

An image entered his mind.

He fainted…

"Too many similarities." For two seconds before standing back up and going down to open the glass doors that we're keeping Ophis inside the display.

What? He couldn't give his keys to anyone.

"How'd you get inside anyways?" One of the three mysteries he could not solve.

The first and second being how much Hollows could drink before getting drunk and what to do if Issei asks him how babies are made instead of asking his parents respectively.

His parents trusted Shino too much.

"Don't know." Ophis responded from behind the glass as she pressed her face against it.

It would have been cute if she didn't do this every time Shino went to open the walls and if she wasn't talking to a person who did not get the concept of the word 'cute'.

*Ssh… Pomft!*

"Soft…"

"My hoodies aren't that soft." That was a lie. Those hoodies were heavenly enough for dave to fall asleep after wearing one for ten seconds.

"..."

"Oi, don't fall asleep."

"..."

"Oi."

"..."

"I'm going to kick you out if you stay in this position for any longer, Ophis." She was plopped down and laying ontop of him, snoring quietly as he tried in vain to get up and make his dinner, along with fertilising the plants.

"I'll also take away your hoodi-"

"Food?" Immediate response. Her head even darted upward to look at him.

Shino stared into her eyes for a moment.

"Food?" The small floating girl with black hair that reached her toes asked while interlocking her hands near his neck.

"Yeah…" He said with a smile,

You remind me too much of her.

"We're having beef ramen today."

"Yay." Her monotone voice didn't make it better.

"Ophis what… are you doing…?"

"Taking revenge."

"On my plant?"

*Crunch*

"Yes."

"By eating it?"

"...I, am a dragon." *Crunch*