Subaru had been doing better in the mansion lately- and no it was not because of the lap pillow no matter how many times Ram said it. Subaru was sure it was because of his connection with everyone, or maybe just him on his way to find out who he really was.
..Or both.
He had started with Beatrice, he visited his cute Beako and told her some stories from his Japanese culture, much to his happiness his little sister figure was thrilled to hear more and they ended up having a blast together.
Beatrice had described him as a loyal idiot, no matter how much of a hero her Subaru is, Beako had said she felt confused on how he wanted to save everyone, it sounded very foolish at times, but even then he succeeded with or without Betty's help.
'That's why Betty thinks you should be my role model, i suppose!', she had a small smile on her face as she crossed her arms, her brows furrowed as usual, that same cute deadpan look she had on her face and- oh god- Subaru couldnt take it- How absolutely ADORABLE!
[Beatrice is unknowingly a big fan of Subaru.]
"BEAAAKOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
'HUH?!'
In an instant the spirit was swept off her feet, her small body in the arms of her contractor who spun her around like a lunatic. 'HU- WHA-'
[Subaru was in awe of her small speech and bursted out in tears much to Beatrice's shock. Also worry, but she wouldnt admit that.]
Beatrice's brain refused to function as she was spun around like a ragdoll.
'AAAAAAAAAAAA!', Betty squeaked, her drills/hair flying around crazily.
She had no idea about what was going on.
'I ORDER YOU TO PUT BETTY DOWN I SUPPO-'
CRASH.
OW!
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Ehem. That ended well.
..sort of..
Not that Subaru minds slamming into the wall ofcourse.
Beatrice hadnt wanted him to leave as she said she'd feel lonely without her contractor so Subaru happily paired her up with Petra, the young, but impressive maid. No matter how much Beatrice tried to deny it Subaru knew his Beako was enjoying Petra's company even if not as much as her contractor's.
Next he went to Otto and Garfiel, he wanted to know what their Subaru was like, they happily gave him an answer.
The merchant had given him a clear answer for both him and Tinsel: "A great friend and kind man.. Oh! And he has a lot of courage!", Otto had smiled at Subaru kindly with those same rozy cheeks.
"but he can also be very reckless."
[Garfiel & Subaru casually acted as if they never heard that.]
The Japanese boy wondered if he should question how the grey-haired merchant blushes so often, but he decided to leave the question out of their conversation for now, he couldnt have asked either way because Garfiel barged in the conversation and added a few things to Otto's sentence.
"not only courage!", he screamed with loud volume as usual and honestly the duo thought they could be blasted away with only Garfiel's voice, "he's super cool too!"
[As usual Garfiel is a huge fan of his Cap'n.]
The asian gave a soft smile. 'Thank you Garfiel.'
..but Otto knew the blonde was going to add something that would ruin their wholesome moment.
"AND-"
'Um- Garfi-', he attempted to stop him, slowly approaching the blonde but-
"And Cap'n is hittin' it off easily w' th' ladies-"
Subaru had turned a bright shade of pink with a comical puff! while Otto attempted to stop Garfiel from speaking by slamming his hand over his mouth, whining as Garfiel threatened to bite him with his teeth.
'WAAAAAAAAAAAH!'
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Eh well, he couldnt deny it was a rather.. interesting conversation, that too did not end well. Honestly Subaru had no idea what he had even expected from a.. what age was Garfiel even? 13? 14? Ah whatever! He didnt even want to think about it, he decided to move on to the next person and find out what their Subaru is like.
Poor Otto, everyone in this mansion abused him, eh? The knight couldnt help but chuckle a little, he was pretty sure even Petra had hit Otto once. Maybe more than once. Poor guy.
Meh, next person.
Frederica & Ram!
The black-haired boy had decided to help in the kitchen, cutting potatoes and vegetables, and many other things. Ram had looked over while he was cooking, he had no idea he was so into it but apparently he was very focused on his task.
He had been pulled away from his thoughts when Ram bumped her shoulder into his purposely to get his attention, which she did get, she decided to give him one of her rare compliments.
'Good job cutting the potatoes', she said with the same deadpan look, and yet to Subaru it was not just a deadpan look, he saw emotion in there. He gave her a soft grin, he saw a bit of emotion flickering in her eyes at the sight of his soft grin before she immediately turned away.
?!
That was a bit too quick, Subaru was afraid he would regain his low self esteem... (not like he lost it.)
"Ah- uh..", he had nothing to say.
'Uh..', Frederica attempted, but she too didnt know what to say either.
He decided to not think too much about Ram suddenly looking away, both him and Frederica were shocked by the act but its not like Ram is predictable so they ignored it.
Frederica spared Ram's face a glance, all she saw was a shade of pink on the oni's pale cheeks, many would have mistook it for Ram's hair - it was indeed that pink, Frederica supposed it was a oni thing for a blush to be so pink - but Frederica knew better and sent Subaru a grin that almost looked like a smirk before continuing to steam the potatoes the fellow had cut.
Subaru only gave her a confused look in return.
Strange, he shook his head.
As they continued cooking everyone in the kitchen had become relaxed from the atmosphere they had created inside, enjoying each other's company in the calm silence filled with the pleasant smells of their cooked food.
Before Subaru could leave Frederica had given him her sincere thoughts: kind, helpful, gentle, good leadership.
She did add some more: "You can be impatient and very reckless at times." - Frederica saw how his face slowly dulled so she sighed before adding that he was changing which made his face light up again.
The older Tinsel excused herself to the kitchen once again, giving a small bow to the 17 year old, said 17 year old expectantly looked over to Ram, who simply looked away again once their gazes collided.
Subaru wondered why, and he was very very curious so he as quickly as he could glanced at her face once again, tilting to get a good look, squinting his eyes, he just saw pink.
I probably looked wrong, he shrugged, must be her hair, he waved before walking off.
[It was Ram's blush.]
Frederica facepalmed.
...
Next up he'd visit Emilia!
I hope you enjoyed this :D
Tomorrow there'll be a guaranteed new chapter with Emilia, short but wholesome.
Enjoy your weekend!
