Chapter 8: Moving In
"Well, we're finally here," Anonydeath says.
He's driving again because my body crashed really hard after all my energy was wasted when I got over excited.
Not even my own hype was enough to drive the last few hours of the ride.
"About time," I sigh tiredly, opening my eyes.
We're actually here now and I still can't believe it.
"So where am I supposed to be going exactly," he asks.
"Oh yeah. I forgot I'm the one with the directions," I say, pulling my phone out and opening the Gamindustri Maps app.
Oh wow!
"We're actually really close already. Take a turn at the next left, then keep straight for three more blocks and finally turn right," I say.
"Got it," he says.
After only about ten minutes, we arrive.
"There it is," I say, pointing to the building.
Anonydeath pulls into the parking lot and parks up front to the building.
"Pretty big for an apartment building. I'm going to hope you didn't pick one of the top floors," he says.
"I've got a fear of heights so definitely not on my life would I do that. I chose one of the second floor apartments but technically it's on the third floor in terms of the overall building because the ground floor is the lobby," I explain.
"How much did this cost you," he asks.
"Not a whole lot actually. The landlord gave me a low price I couldn't turn down," I answer.
Though I can't see his face, I know he's judging me since I can afford to spend far more credits than I did but I just can't resist a good bargain.
"I fear you were scammed and might possibly have gotten a really crappy apartment. You should've just bought a nice house instead. Nothing is really stopping you in terms of money," he says.
Called it.
"I guess living large just isn't my style since I didn't become a mangaka for that very specific reason. If the apartment doesn't match the screenshots and it sucks, then I'll simply fix it up," I say, giving him a smile.
"You are a really strange person," he sighs.
"I could say the same to you," I chuckle as I get out of the truck.
"Holy shit! It's cold," I exclaim, trying to warm myself up.
"Probably would've been a good idea to put on your jacket, huh," he says, throwing my jacket to me.
"This is barely helping," I say after putting it on.
"It's Lowee. What did you honestly expect," he asks.
"Y'know what? That's a fair point," I say.
He's probably laughing at me on the inside because his robotic suit is most likely keeping him warm.
"Anyway, I gotta go get my key first so please give me a minute," I say.
"Will do," he says.
Walking into the lobby, it's rather silent and no one's really around.
Must be a super slow day or something.
"Anyone here," I ask loudly.
"Y-Yes, actually," a woman's voice shouts from my left.
Looking that way, a blue haired woman with red glasses and big pigtails comes running down the hallway.
She looks like she just graduated or something except she's missing the little hat that goes with it.
She's cute. I won't lie about that.
"I-I'm sorry if you have been waiting for some time! I was in the restroom," she exclaims as she stops before me.
"That's quite alright. I just walked in," I say.
"I believe an introduction is in order. I'm Mina Nishizawa and it's nice to meet you," she says, extending her hand out to me.
"It's nice to meet you too, Ms. Nishizawa! I'm Leon," I say as I shake her hand.
"Oh, so you're my new tenant," she asks.
This woman is my landlord?!
I expected some stern man or a grumpy old woman.
"I-Indeed I am," I answer.
"Here's your key," she says.
A bit strange to be carrying my key on your person rather than a secure place but whatever.
She was probably getting maintenance done.
As I reach out to grab the key, she yanks her hand away.
"May I ask you a question first," she says.
"Sure thing," I say.
"Are you by any chance the mangaka, Ruruichi," she questions.
Well, that didn't take very long to get discovered!
Shit!
What do I do?
"I… am," I say hesitantly.
Her eyes light up.
"This is such a huge honor! I'm such a big fan," she says excitedly as she gives me the key.
Talk about lucky!
A cute landlady that's also a fan of mine!
"T-Thanks… for your support. I-I really appreciate it," I stammer nervously, blushing as I rub the back of my head.
"M-May I get an autograph," she asks hastily.
I wanna scream out of happiness right now but I must move in first!
"W-Would you mind if I ask you to please come by later for that after I move in," I say.
Please don't hate me! I feel like an asshole myself for asking you to wait!
"W-Why, of course! I completely forgot that you just walked in. P-Please follow me," she says.
She takes me up to my floor and to my apartment.
"Here it is! Right at the end of the hallway," she says.
Putting the key in, I open the door and am completely taken aback.
"It looks so cool," I say.
"I'm glad you like it. I'll be in the lobby if you need any assistance," she says.
As much as I wanna look around, I'll do it later!
Going back down, I get Anonydeath and we load my stuff onto a big trolley cart.
Surprisingly, it only takes two trips to get all of my boxes moved.
"Thanks for helping me out with all this," I say.
"You're very welcome. Now that that's over, I must say that I was very wrong about your cheap apartment. It looks really nice," he compliments.
"See? You worried for nothing," I say.
"So is there anything else you need before I take off," he asks.
I bought the bottle of the color I wanted.
S-Should I go through with it?
I… I might as well since I've been wanting it.
"C-Could you… please dye my hair," I ask shyly while looking elsewhere, twirling hair around a finger.
"I would love to, honey," he says enthusiastically.
Washing my hair out and all that fun stuff, he finishes up after about a half hour.
"All done! Take a look at the new you," he says, holding up a mirror.
Oh my!
No more green hair.
Now it's crimson red!
I look like if Linda had crimson hair instead of green hair.
What more can I say?
It's the curse of being a twin.
Somehow look even more feminine now than with the green but I'm honestly digging it a lot more than I thought I would.
"W-Wow," I say, surprised.
"Satisfied with it," he asks.
"Y-Yeah. I… I really like it. Thanks for the makeover," I say.
"My pleasure," he says.
"I'll see you around," I say.
"See you later! Good luck with what you're doing," he says, waving goodbye.
Watching him leave, I feel the need for one more thing.
"Anonydeath! Wait," I shout, running to him.
"What is it," he asks, turning around.
I hug him, squeezing tightly.
He hugs back.
"Bye," I say.
"Bye," he says, leaving.
After locking the door, I let out a sigh of relief.
Well, I'm here now.
Got my very own place.
Got myself a brand new look.
With that said, I can finally look around the whole place now.
Unpacking all of this stuff can definitely wait!
The living room is spacious and completely furnished with a flat screen tv on the wall above the fireplace. There's a small balcony with two chairs and a table.
The bathroom is pretty average but I like the sliding glass door on the bathtub.
The kitchen while also ordinary at least has a pantry and a dishwasher.
Sucks that there's not a dining room or table but it's whatever.
Walking into my bedroom, I gasp.
YOOOO!
There's a nice big desk in the corner with a digital drawing tablet! Perfect place for my computers and doing work!
That wasn't even in the screenshots I saw.
Aside from that, the bed is a bit larger than the one I had.
Typical closet.
Gonna have to buy a tv for my room.
So to summarize, it's a lot like the house back in Lastation and in other ways it's an upgrade.
It's going to suck unboxing everything though.
My stomach growls.
Oh yeah. I haven't eaten anything in so many hours.
Gotta get groceries too because I have no food.
Pudding it is then!
Peeling open a cup, I let out a long yawn.
Tired too. Can't forget that.
I'm doing too much.
Feeling super sluggish.
I lay on the living room floor while I eat pudding at a slow pace.
Too exhausted to crawl onto the couch.
Floor… feels really good.
My eyelids get heavier and heavier with each passing second.
Just need… a few minutes… to rest.
Before I know it, I fall asleep.
Waking up but still drowsy, I weakly look around without moving.
Did I move onto the couch at some point?
And why is my head elevated?
"Oh? Enjoy your little nap," a voice says softly.
Looking up, I see Ms. Nishizawa looking directly down at me.
Wait. What the hell!
"M-Ms. Nishizawa," I say, surprised and waking up completely.
"I came to check up on you and I found you sleeping in the middle of the floor with mostly eaten pudding so I threw the little cup away and moved you to the couch," she explains.
Then that means… my head's resting on her lap!
Lap pillow is the best pillow.
"Yeah, I was running on fumes so I kinda passed out," I chuckle sheepishly.
"You should take some time to make sure you're well fed and rested before you start unpacking anything so I brought you some pizza," she says.
"Thanks. I appreciate it," I say.
"Also, I like the red hair," she compliments.
"R-Really," I stutter, blushing a little.
"It's cute," she says, smiling.
T-To think I was so unsure if I wanted to go through with dyeing my hair.
"Since I've yet to mention it, I'll also be your caretaker," she says.
"C-Caretaker," I say.
"Mhmm. I'll be checking up on you and will be tending to your needs," she explains.
And just like that I feel spoiled now.
"That's helpful," I say.
"And I'll tend to those needs as well," she says seductively, rubbing my right thigh.
"T-That's… flattering and all but you don't really have to do that," I say, quickly sitting up from her lap.
She's either one of those fans or there's some kind of rent money in exchange for sex thing going on.
She grabs me by the hood and makes me lay back down on her lap.
"Are you sure," she says softly, continuing to massage my right thigh.
Being forceful like that, I might just submi- I mean be adamant in not wanting it.
Because that's the smart and responsible choice!
"I-I'm s-sure," I stammer, blushing hard.
She lets me sit back up and withdraws her hand from my thigh.
"If you change your mind, all you gotta do is ask," she says.
"O-Okay," I say.
She clears her throat.
"So about that autograph," she says, completely back to her normal self.
She pulls out a pen and paper.
"Oh, right! It almost slipped my mind," I say, taking the pen and paper.
Putting my signature on the paper, I hand it back to her.
My very first doing an autograph!
"Thank you," she says cheerfully.
"You're very welcome, Ms. Nishizawa," I say.
She gives me a kiss on the cheek.
"Please call me Mina instead," she says.
"W-Will do… Mina," I say.
"I hope you have a good night," she says, getting off the couch and taking her leave.
"Hope you have a good night too. Oh, you're not gonna tell anyone you know what I look like, right," I say.
"It's our little secret," she says.
And with that, she's gone.
Going into the kitchen, I look at the microwave clock.
It's 8:00 pm!
I was out for a long time.
Opening up the pizza box on the counter, I'm hit with the waft of various meats on the cheesy yet oh so saucy baked dough that is pizza.
Picking up a slice, I take a hefty bite.
Pudding is nice and all but it's nice to have actual food in my stomach after so many hours without it.
Finishing the slice and wiping the crumbs off of my hands, I drink refreshing cold water from the faucet.
Walking back into the living room, I look at the black box Linda gave to me.
A good time to open it since I'm alone now.
Picking it up, I take it into my bedroom and sit down with it on the bed.
I keep calling it a box when I guess it's technically more of a chest seeing as there's a metal latch on it.
I pop the latch, the chest now slightly ajar.
What surprise gift did Linda put in here?
I would be lying if I said my heart isn't racing.
Taking a deep breath, I open the chest.
…
W-What?
T-These are actually…!
W-Why would she…?
As much as I don't wanna reveal what I'm looking at because I'm highly embarrassed, my hands are tied.
I'm going to try to be blunt because my brain is actively fighting back to prevent me from disclosing such.
I-It's… it's sex toys.
Dildos, beads, strap-ons, onaholes, butt plug tails, vibrators.
You name it and it's most likely goddamn in here!
There's even fucking handcuffs, whips, and lubricants!
I need to make a call.
"Hey, Leon," Linda says.
"LINNNNDAAAA," I yell.
"Sounds like you opened it," she chuckles.
"Where in Gamindustri did you get this idea," I question.
"I may have looked through your computers while you were out of the house yesterday," she says.
"I-I don't have anything… like that on my computers," I say.
"I saw your internet history and the folders," she says.
WHO GAVE HER THE RIGHT?!
"You can't prove that," I say defensively.
"You keep a bunch of folders inside one folder that's labeled NSFW. Need I continue," she says.
I can hear the smugness in her voice.
"Try me," I say confidently.
"It's explicitly hentai. Otokonoko, femdom, sadomasochism, urethral penetration, futanari, catgirls, futa catgirls, monster girls, futa monster girls, tentacles, ahegao, bloodplay and so much more. it's also really weird how balanced you are when it comes to big boobs and flat chests," she says.
Wow, confronting her on this was the worst fucking mistake I could've ever made!
"T-That's enough," I say, defeated.
"You're super kinky," she teases, giggling.
"S-So what," I shout.
"Just admit that you're happy and excited about the gift," she says.
I hate this!
Being the protagonist sucks!
Privacy is basically nonexistent!
"T-Thank… Thank you, Sis," I say, heavily reluctant.
"You're very welcome, Bro," she says.
I can sense the big happy smile on her face.
"Before you go, I got two questions," she says.
"Shoot," I say.
Here we go.
"Do you draw sexual art," she asks.
"Yes… I do," I answer.
"Do you get off to it," she asks.
"Only when I draw something highly specific I'm in the mood for," I say.
"Very interesting things I've learned about you," she says.
Make it end!
"L-Linda, can we drop this now? I really wanna die," I say.
"Don't be embarrassed, Leon! You like what you like. I'm not judging you," she says.
She's not in the position I'm in to understand!
"Thanks for your reassurance," I say.
"You're welcome again. I love you, Leon," she says.
"I love you too, Linda," I say.
"Don't have too much fun," she chuckles.
"I-I won't," I say.
After saying goodbye to each other, I hang up.
Am I allowed to end the chapter now?
I need the rest of the night to myself.
Much needed me time.