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chapter 3: just a normal day

(At the Kousaka Residents)

When Naruto woke up the next day it was just past 7 am, which was rather early for normal people. For him, it was pretty normal. Being an idol he was used to waking up early for work and practice or even just traveling. Getting out of bed, as he felt something was off. He waved it off as it was just the fact that he was sleeping in his old room after many years. He stretched his limbs as he went to grab his phone. Opening it up he noticed that he had a text message from Grayfia.

'I'm going to come to pick you up in 30 min. Solo Interview at 10.' her text said, rubbing his eyes as he read it. Taking a deep sigh as he tried to remember who the interview was with. Putting in the back of his mind as he hoped someone was still home, if not then he will have to get Grayfia to get something along the way. No way was he doing work on an empty stomach. Soon another text notification came from his phone looking at it as it read.

'Get outside asap. we still need to grab your things at your apartment' Wait, already but wasn't the message sent just...34 minutes ago.

Fuck!" Naruto exclaimed as he rushed to grab his things, he would rather not piss off Grayfia anymore because of him oversleeping. He rushed to the door, as he noticed no one was home. He felt bad for leaving like this but he had to go to work. Making a mental note to call his mom later. For now, he had to rush out and get going, being an idol wasn't easy.

(One hour later at a studio)

When he got back to his place, Naruto had to rush to the bathroom to shower, he didn't have time to apply his hair dye and will have to do it in the studio. Thankfully, his manager Grayfia was able to get him ready and at the studio just before they started to do a soundcheck. She had even had someone from the company come down to get his hair ready, So after putting his hair in a hat with a face mask to cover his whiskers, she snuck him into the building, and they were directed to the spare room where Naruto met the stylist that would do his hair and make-up.

Looking at the stylist's reflection, she was a rather short woman, 5'2' in fact but she had a rather curvy body. Large breast for her frame with long black hair that was currently in twin pigtails. She had a rather child-like face, despite being Grayfia age, with wide pink eyes. The girl hadn't aged since he met her, except maybe the fact her breast grew a bit larger.

"I really hate your hair, N-Kun!" Naruto gave a slight chuckle at what was just said. He was sitting in front of a large mirror as the stylist was currently trying to fix his hair up a bit, which was something he had to admit was annoying for both the stylist and himself, he hated sitting still in one place for long periods of time. Luckily, he had other things he had to focus on.

"Do you know which song I will have to sing for the show?" Naruto asked Grayfia who had finished up talking to the tv producer about what to expect for today. The show was a simple talk show where he was expected to sing and answer a few questions the host had prepared for him. He doesn't know much about what to expect if he was honest, as he has never been on this show before but it shouldn't be too much of a difference.

"They didn't mention anything, so do you have any in mind so I can tell them to prepare the track?" His manager asked, pursing his lips in thought. None of the songs he wrote popped out in particular, but a sudden thought came to his mind.

"How about the song that I made for the drama? You know the one that's coming out next month." Naruto said to his manager, who paused for a moment.

"The new one?" She asked, with a raised brow as she tried to remember what it was called. "I will have to see if we can get permission to use it, but I don't see any problem with it. Give me a sec to make a call, Serafall make sure his hair is fixed and the hair dye is on correct."

"Okay!" Serafall said as she focused on making sure Naruto's hair was just right. The amount of hair gel and time it took was amazing to keep Naruto's hair from its usual spikey state. Grayfia looked at her with a bit of sympathy as she left the room to make the call.

"I still don't get why you dyed your hair, I honestly think your natural hair makes you look good," Serafall stated as she brushed Naruto's hair wanting to see if he would look good in a hairstyle she saw online.

"Cause I would be recognized too easily if I stick with my blond hair. Seriously, it's not a common color in Japan, let alone the fact that if I don't have makeup on a lot of people would already know who I am." As he explained his reason, Serafall hummed as she moved to the front of naruto trying to see if there was anything out of place. She clicked her tongue as she didn't like how it looked and decided to just redo it.

"I don't get it, but if that's what you want then it doesn't really matter then." She muttered as she began combing his hair into a simple slicked-back style. She didn't have a lot of time to work with. "How has everything been with you? You just finished the tour right."

"Yes we did, it was amazing. I wished you could have been there, Serafall." The blond said as Serafall pouted.

"I wish I was, but I was stuck filming. I would rather have been at your concert…" Serafall pouted as she did want to cheer him on, he was important to her. Having known him just as long as Grayfia did.

"OH, right you got the role on a new tv drama?" He asked as the small woman nodded her head. "Yea, I got the lead but I wished the script was better but there is nothing I can do about that. At least I got other projects in line that are a lot better besides that." She admitted, making him grimace, one of the reasons Naruto didn't want to take acting roles. Cause if he was stuck filming something he didn't like then he probably would have regretted it. Thankfully, he was more than happy to let the other members of his group take a crack at acting ahead of him.

"If you ever want to start singing again, let me know and I will help however I can," Naruto said, Causing Serafall to hug naruto into her ample bosom.

"NARUTO-KUN! If you ever want Onee-san to sing with you, just ask and I will drop everything to make that happen." Serafall exclaimed as Naruto tried to keep himself from falling off the chair. Thankfully, he was saved as Grayfia came back in and gave her a small heated glare.

"Knock it off Serafall. We don't have time for you to mess around." The silver-haired female said with her hands on her hips. Serafall gave a slight giggle before she went to put makeup on Naruto's cheeks. "Okay, we got the go-ahead to use the song. You just have to mention the drama when you do the interview."

"Gotcha," Naruto said as he quickly started recounting the song and the melody. After about 10 minutes Serafall was finished and had completed Naruto transformation, with his red hair slicked back. "Thanks a lot, sera-chan."

"I'm glad you appreciate my effort, thankfully the hair dye set in faster than I thought. You should be good for a couple more days since it's only the temporary stuff. You might want to be careful when washing just in case." The childlike woman said as she began to gather her things into her bag.

"Thanks, a lot for your help, Serafall." Grayfia thanked her as well, who just gave a smile.

"Don't worry about it, anything for my former leader. Just let me borrow Naruto on my next day off." Serafall started with a wink as placed a brown sunhat on her head.

"Fine, I guess." She replied, rolling her eyes as she should have expected that but it wasn't that big of a deal. "Don't forget that there is a company meeting tomorrow."

"Yeah, yeah okay, BYE BYE!" Serafall said as she rushed out the door to whatever she had to go. The two had different reactions to her departure. Grayfia let out a loud sigh as Naruto just smiled at the woman's childish nature.

"Why can't she act her age…anyways are you ready?" She asked Naruto who nodded as he began warming up his voice with some simple vocal exercises. As he was doing this, Grayfia had a small smile on her face. To see the young boy she had brought into the business to do so well. He has grown so much over the years…

"I need to make another call, will be right back before it starts." With a nod of his head, Grayfia left as naruto continued to prepare.

(Around the same time)

School went by really slowly, in Kirino's opinion. Unfortunately, she was unable to concentrate that much and was rather tired. She had to work before school and after what happened the night before she felt emotionally drained. Plus having to wake up early to make sure her brother didn't catch her in his bed. Feeling her face flush in embarrassment, she shook her head to get the image of her brother's sleeping face and how soft his lips look-NOPE.

Thankfully, the lunch bell helped clear that thought. The teacher had left as everyone around her was talking and rushing to get bread at the school shop, Kirino had her meal ready to go. All she was doing was waiting. Why, was mostly to meet her best friend, Ayase. Right on time, her friend Kanako called out to her with Ayase in tow. As they walked up to her she gave a smile and mentally began preparing to ask something that she is rather reluctant to talk about. She and her friends talked about where to eat and Kanako said the courtyard as if it was a nice day out.

The two others agreed as they walked, a few boys gave Kirno a side-glance, which she promptly ignored as she wasn't interested. However, not for the reason a normal person would think, she never cared about the guys at her school. Right now, the petite teen was trying to figure out how to ask Ayase about the concert without making it seem weird. She hopes she can get at least something useful...what was she even looking for? She needed to know about her brother and exactly what he was doing the past few years.

They settled on sitting on a bench that had a nice shade to block the sun, once they sat down, unwrapped their bento's and began to eat. Well, almost all of them.

"What are you doing?" Kanako asked Ayase, who seemed to be panicking over something. "You forgot your food?"

"No, I forgot that an important video should have been uploaded!" Ayase began looking for her phone.

"What video?" Kirino said out loud, looking at the redhead who shrugged the shoulders.

"Probably having to do with her crush from that idol group she loves so much," Kanako mentioned with a cheeky grin. As the blue-haired girl gave the girl a small glare. "Don't deny it, I saw your wallpaper on your cell phone."

That got Kirino's attention, mostly because she never expected her BFF to be the type to have a male idol on her phone wallpaper. Looking towards Ayase, who had a rather visible blushed as she ignored the stare that was aimed at her. Feeling bad she decided to comfort her 's nothing wrong with liking an idol."

"Not at all," Kanako admitted as she enjoyed the look on Ayase's face. "Still surprised how big of a fan you are."

"At least the person she is crushing on is a real person, unlike a certain someone…" Kanako muttered the last part which nobody seemed to have heard. "But seriously Ayase has great taste, the guy is good-looking."

Trying to ignore the comments, Ayase looked at her phone and let out a sad sigh. Kirino raised an eyebrow and took note of her putting it away. Now she was curious about who Ayase liked, after as her best friend she had to know. It's not because of the fact this is also the group her brother is a part of.

"Can we just talk about something else please?" Ayase squicked out from embarrassment. Kanako decided to push the conversation to something else.

"So what are guys doing after school?"

"Nothing much, I had a photoshoot before school so probably going home and relaxing," Kirino answered honestly, she had nothing to do. Besides watching anime and playing eroge she had on the backlog, the only thing she had to focus on was to dig up info about her brother.

"I don't have work today but if you want we can hang out afterward," Ayase answered.

"I can for a bit. I have to do another vocal lesson later." Kanako said a bit annoyed about having a lesson when she could have hung out with her friends. It wasn't often where the three can hang out due to Kirino and Ayase's schedule.

"Wow, you've been doing a lot of lessons recently. Do you have an audition soon?" Kirino asked if her friend wanted to be an idol and she would want to at least support her when she went to audition.

"Nah, I already paid for the lesson so no point in canceling." The petite girl said with a shrug. "I am still looking for a decent agency to audition for. Rather not be stuck with one that I hate."

That was understandable, Soon they began focusing on their food. This quickly made Kirino think this wasn't the best time to bring up her questions. Looking at the corner of her eye at Kanako and wished her the best but sometimes it isn't that simple. For now, she will just enjoy being around her friends.

(Later that day after school)

"Are you sure it's okay?" Ayase asked Kirino and she walked into Kirino's house. After school, Kanako didn't have time to stay with them long before she went to her vocal lessons.

"It's fine besides it's been a while since you came over to hang out," Kirino said with a small smile. Which was true since the last she had any of her friends over was about a month ago? School, work, and playing her eroges and the newest magical girl anime kept the girl busy.

Seeing as there was no trouble for coming over, Ayase relaxed a bit when from the living room door Yoshino came and welcomed her daughter.

"Kirino-chan, welcome home. Ayase-chan it's nice to see you again." Yoshino said with a light smile at seeing the blue-haired girl again. The girl in question bowed to her friend's mom and thanked her for letting her come over. "It's no problem, it's nice to see you around, especially if it gets Kirino out of her room."

"Kaa-san!" Kirino cried out at what she said, making Yoshino laugh a bit. Ayase however found the comment odd, was Kirino the type to stay in her room all the time?

"Make yourself at home, I will make you some tea and snacks." Turning around, Yoshino left for the kitchen as Kirino asked Ayase to follow her but before they moved Yoshino turned back towards them. "Oh, before I forget Naruto."

Kirino froze in place as her eyes widened, and Ayase looked confused for a moment. Yoshino didn't seem to notice as she kept talking.

"He said he won't be able to come over today due to work but said that he should have a lighter schedule for the weekend and will try to join us for dinner," Yoshino told her with a happy expression on her face. The fact that her baby boy told her this was amazing. It felt like there was a chance to connect even more.

"I see…" Kirino replied as she was happy that her brother was going to show up more. However, that feeling was suppressed as she hadn't forgiven him yet and the other issue was right next to her.

"Who's naruto?" The blue-haired teen said confused about the whole thing. Yoshino looked at Ayase with a similar look.

"Kirino didn't tell you? She has an older brother." The older woman stated as Ayase's eyes were visible wide.

"You have an older brother!?" She exclaimed looking at Kirino, shocked about what she found out. Kirino decided this wasn't time to discuss the issue, she quickly thought of a distraction.

"Kaa-san, can you bring us some rice cakes when you make the tea too?" Kirino reminded Yoshino, who remembered what she had planned to do before and because she noted Ayase's reaction to hearing the news. She decided to go along with it and went off to the kitchen to prepare the tea and snacks.

Kirino continued upstairs as Ayase followed her at a slower pace. They went into the Kirino room as a rather awkward silence was plain to see as the guest felt the need to ask her friend about her brother. The brown-haired girl sat down at her computer desk and sighed. "If you want to ask the question, go ahead."

"What?...'' Ayase asked, confused at the suddenness.

"Look I know you're wanting to ask it, and have a bunch of questions so just say it so we can move on," Kirino said as she rather gets it over with even if she didn't want to talk about it.

"O-oh, I see...so you have an older brother?" Ayase asked with a small pause as her friend nodded yes. "Um, no offense Kirino but how come I never heard of him? I mean...it's odd since I've been over and haven't seen him once."

"It's complicated," Kirino admitted, she has rather kept the family drama within the family and not let her friends know about it.

"Well, how old is he? What is he like? '' Ayase quickly asked a few questions about her friend's brother. She actually wanted to ask another question but felt it would be odd to ask that about her brother. Maybe one day.

"He is 17 but is turning 18 later this year. Well, he is alright...kind, caring. He was so energetic that it was hard to keep him still, always wanting to have fun." It felt odd describing her brother since she had only seen him the other day after how many years apart. If the blue-haired girl noticed then she didn't comment.

"He seems like a nice brother...but how come you never talk about him?" Silence followed after as Kirino scratched her cheek awkwardly. This made Ayase feel bad as she suddenly felt that she asked the wrong question.

"It's complicated. Let's just leave it at that." The young girl started with a bit of hesitation, the clear tone in her voice that she doesn't want to talk about. As much as she was curious about what happened. Ayase decided to let it be, thankfully at that moment, Yoshino came in at that moment with the tea and snacks. The two quickly thanked the older woman who smiled and let them enjoy themselves.

Kirino was the one to change the subject to work asking her friend about how things are on her side of the aisle. Since both girls were models, they tend to do their own thing most of the time. Ayase was getting more work, as she was about to do a shoot where she will be promoting a perfume in a popular magazine. She did complain about one of the guys at a job that wanted to take her out on a date, which thankfully was overheard by the person in charge of the shoot, who quickly took action and had a few words with the man.

Kirino was glad Ayase was getting more work, despite being a model herself. She never considered it to be an actual career move, she only wanted it for the money for her hobbies. Same with her friend Kanako who wanted to use her being a model to have a better chance to be an Idol.

As they talked, the two became more and more comfortable as they talked about different stuff. Eventually, Kirino noticed her friend was eyeing her computer every once in a while. Which felt odd as it was turned off and there was nothing really interesting about it. Except maybe that it was a gaming pc but she wouldn't be able to notice it since the tower wasn't visible from where Ayase was sitting.

"Kirino…" Ayase eventually spoke up, drawing her friends' attention. "Do you remember the group that I went to the concert with?"

"I guess?" Kirino was unsure about what was being asked, the blue-haired teen blushed as she shuffled in place. Wait, why was she acting like this.

"Well, I have been thinking if you would like to know more about them. If you want." Ayase said as her face was flushed and her voice was now a higher pitch than earlier. This...worked out perfectly. since the group happens to be the one her brother is a part of and was going to ask Ayase about it anyways. This was a win-win.

"Well...I won't say no-" was all Kirino got out before Ayase stood up from her seat surprising the dyed brunette.

"Really!?" Her friend exclaimed, excitement was visible. "There is so much I have to show you! Maybe I should show you their newest song. Wait, maybe I should-"

Kirino sweatdrop as she watches her friend rambling about what to do first, clearly rethinking her choice. No, she had to do this, this was the best way to find out about what her brother was up to and learn about career choice. She just hoped that Ayase wouldn't go overboard.

(Later that night)

It was a long day for Naruto, running around doing interviews, followed by a quick stop to get food and then a meeting with one of his group members who wanted him to help pitch a song he wrote. Which was greenlit but he had to help produce it, he didn't mind since he wanted to help. After that, he went to the dance studio at the company headquarters, where he and the rest of his group spent the last 2 and half hours going through different dance routines.

"Finally!" One of the members exclaimed as they slumped on the floor, the rest of the members were either sitting on the floor, leaning against one another, or standing. But all of them were breathing heavily, except for one.

"I don't know how you do it?" Another member said as they looked at their leader, N aka Naruto, who was perfectly fine as he calmly drank from his water bottle. Unlike the others. Besides the sweat covering his body, you wouldn't tell the fact that he had just finished an intense practice session.

"He is a stamina freak, we already knew that…'' one of the guys stated as he was laying face first on the wooden floor. Naruto shrugged his shoulders as he took a long sip of his bottled water. "I can't wait to go home, what are you guys doing tomorrow?" The other members then started talking amongst one another as they compared their schedules. A few of them had early days tomorrow, with a talk show, one had to do a commercial taping, another had to go film for a drama. A member soon turned to naruto and asked. "What are you doing tomorrow, leader?"

"Not sure yet," Naruto said, which was true but even if he had nothing scheduled but as the leader and main songwriter and producer of the group he had other things he had to do. "But I have to finish writing up the songs for the demo and some other things anyways."

"That sucks, I figured manager-san would have you busy considering." the member said as he felt bad that his leader wasn't able to relax. Naruto was fine with it, he didn't like staying still for too long. He preferred being busy and doing stuff to having nothing to do and being bored.

"It's no big deal-" Naruto started when the dance instructor came in with Grayfia and the other group manager. The dance Instructor said that practice was over and they were free to go. Everyone got up slowly and began leaving for the locker room to shower. Once inside the room, everyone started to undress and hit the showers. The members once more began talking making plans about grabbing dinner, some declined as they would rather go home or were busy with other things. Naruto rejected their offer but promised to grab a meal next time.

After a 10 minute shower, Naruto got out and went to his locker where he kept his change of clothes. As he changed he noticed that he had a text. Grabbing it as he read it was from Grayfia telling him that she will give him a ride. Which he was thankful for, it was easier than waiting for one of the company drivers to take him home. But he had a good feeling why she wanted to take him home beside it being her job.

Finishing getting dressed in a black sweater, underneath it was a simple white logo shirt, acid-washed jeans with white sneakers. His hair was still wet but he put it in, and grabbed his stuff, stuffing them in a gym bag. He sent a text to the silver-haired woman, asking where to meet. As he went out into the hall, it turned out she was waiting for him outside the locker room. She didn't say much as she motioned for him to follow her. This was odd for Naruto but having known Grayfia for the last 5 years, he knew that she was busy thinking about something important.
The two walked in silence, as the pair walked they saw a few staff members walking towards them, who bowed at the two, Grayfia barely acknowledged them with a small quick bow as she was wrapped up in her own thoughts. Naruto gave them a small bow as he kept up with the lady. Eventually, the two had gotten to the side entrance towards the company parking lot.

"You have all your stuff?" Grayfia spoke up suddenly, to which he replied with a simple yes. She didn't answer back as they walked to where her car was parked. After putting his bag in the backseat Naruto sat in the passenger seat as the older woman was looking over something on her phone. She sighed, the blond looked at her as he buckled up.

"Is something up?" He asked his manager, she shook her head no.

"Just some issues with the meeting I had and a few other things. Nothing for you to worry about…" She responded, usually the woman kept naruto on a need to know biases when it comes to her work. Not wanting to worry him about her problems as he had enough stuff to deal with. "Sorry if I seem...rude, today has been a rough day."

"You know, you can talk to me if you need anything right? I can ask the boss if you want to take a small break." Naruto offered, wanting to help her in any way he can after all he felt he needed to do more.

"It's fine...so what are you going to do for dinner? You've been eating right?"

"Uhhh." Naruto didn't want to answer...he already had the worst diet in the group, Grayfia has been trying to make him eat better ever since she met him.

"You're going to have dinner at my place." This wasn't a request. Naruto just nodded, this wasn't the first time this happened, nor would it be the last.

"It's been a while since I've been over to your place," Naruto stated out loud as Grayfia kept quiet, choosing to focus on driving.

It took over 40 minutes driving to get to Grayfia place. She had her own house outside the city, it was a simple two-story house, with a brick fence surrounding the property. It wasn't the most over-the-top house he had seen, it was nice and people kept to themselves which was what Grayfia enjoyed. No matter where she went, due to her appearance she always drew attention, and being able to go to a place where she was able to get a moment of peace was what she desired. Plus it wasn't far from the apartment complex Naruto lived in and the office.

Parking the car in her driveway, the two got out with Naruto leaving his bag in the car, why bother taking it out when he will only just have to put it back later. The two quickly got inside, as Naruto eyed her as she took off her shoes putting them to the side.

"It hasn't changed much huh?" The blond said as he walked into the living room. It was fairly average, with only a large tv, a leather couch with a coffee table in front, and two picture frames. He was sad that she no longer had a piano and recalled that she had one when he first came over, he wondered what she did with it.

"I prefer it that way," Grayfia answered, taking off her suit jacket and placing it on a nearby coat hanger. Leaving her in just her white button-up shirt and black pencil skirt. Naruto's eyes lingered for a moment before focusing back on the photo. "I will start cooking, I think I still have some leftover rice from last time."

"It's been a while since I eat some of your cooking, so can't wait," Naruto admitted with a smile as he watched her walk into her kitchen grabbing some stuff from her fridge and cabinet. "You need some help cooking?"

"...actually, you can if you can start chopping some Vegetables." Grayfia quickly began ordering Naruto what he can do. Thankfully, it wasn't his first time. Nor was it hard with the silverette making sure he didn't make any mistakes.

After about 20 minutes the two finished cooking and managed to make a simple dinner of tempura and rice with miso soup that was filling. Normally naruto would eat fast food or ramen, so eating something like this was great. Which was true it wasn't often he gets to eat home cooking. But when Grayfia cooks it he knows that it will taste great, given the woman's pride would not let her do anything less.

"It's been a while since I had you over like this." His manager suddenly started as she took a bite of her tempura. Making naruto pause in thought, it has been quite some time since she had been to the Grayfia house. It was mostly due to the music tour he had to do, which was a big chunk of both their schedules.

"Yea, just before the tour kicked off was the last time I was here," Naruto responded as he paused to finish his miso soup. "It feels weird since the others aren't here."

Grayfia had a sad smile form on her face, which felt out of place in Naruto's mind. She used to have a few roommates but they each moved out wanting to have a place their own. Leaving her alone with the house, which for the most part she doesn't mind. However, she still gets lonely being by herself in the house. Sensing that Naruto placed his hand on her hand, she looked at Naruto with a thankful smile on her face.

The two decided to finish their dinner before they moved to the living room, sitting on the couch together. They didn't mind being close to one another as they talked about various things. It was mostly work-related as neither had free time to enjoy many other things. Even if they both agreed they wanted to. As they talked, the conversation eventually went to Naruto's dinner with his parents.

"I think it went well," Naruto responds honestly, making her breathe a sigh of relief.

"That's good to hear, I was afraid that it wouldn't work out," Grayfia stated as she smiled thankful that her young ward was able to make a step towards reconnecting with his family. The blond gave her a fake smile, which she caught instantly. " Something wrong happened?"

"No...well, it is more." Naruto bit the inside of his cheek as he felt a sudden wave of emotion hit him. "My father wasn't there."

"I understand now." he didn't need to say more, the woman knew what he meant.

"Normally he has yesterday off, usually to play golf or just to relax at home watching his favorite show. But he had worked all of a sudden. I have a feeling that he didn't want to see me." Naruto said as it admittedly stung to know that his dad didn't want to see him after all this time. He had hoped that time would have made it less awkward, guess he was wrong. Gryafia moved closer to Naruto as she placed her arm around him as a way to comfort him. He quickly leaned into her embrace as he noted she was wearing

The two just sat and enjoyed each other's company, being working together for the last 5 years caused them to have a great relationship. For the older female, she felt it was her duty as the one who brought him into the business to take care of him. Which he was grateful for as he wouldn't be there if it wasn't for her. The two were important to one another, in more ways than one.

At some point, Grayfia told him that she needs to get something, and left upstairs. Using this time he began fiddling with his phone, checking the news and checking to see if he got any texts. Besides a few pics of the other members at a barbecue restaurant, nothing special, he got up to stretch his legs. He ignored the tv and walked to one of the pictures hanging on the wall. He smiled as he noticed it was a picture from a few months ago. In the picture were of him and Grayfia on one of the couches, with serafall who was drunkenly drinking and singing as she held a tambourine in the air. In the same pic were two other women who were having a good time along with them.

"I wonder how they are doing?" Besides Serafall he hadn't seen the others recently, probably because everyone was too busy. He wondered when he had off next, maybe he could try to meet them for dinner or lunch. They are just as big a part of his life as Grayfia after all. He reached up to touch the picture frame as his fingers grazed the frame. His body tensed up.

"Naruto! Naruto!" A female voice faintly called out to him as if she was far away, making his body tensed up. Frozen in place, as he felt a cold chill run up and down his spine. That voice...Where had he heard it? Why did it feel familiar?

"Naruto? Are you okay? " He was startled at hearing his name called out to him. Turning his head to see his manager had returned, however, he had noticed that she had changed out of her clothes. Grayfia put on a lacy black nightie that was a bit see-through showing off the lacy thong underneath. It was simple but still, she looked beautiful as she leaned against the doorframe.

"...Yea, just tired," Naruto admitted, trying to avoid thinking about what had happened before the older woman came back. Grayfia eyed him, before sighing softly as she walked up to him, placing her hand on his chest.

"You shouldn't overdo it." She stated, maintaining eye contact with him as her tone of voice clearly showed she was worried. Naruto gave her a reassuring smile as he reached his hand out, cupping her left cheek, which she leaned into a bit, leaning a bit forward as he lightly kissed her lips.

"I'm fine, Grayfia-chan.." Naruto stated, before kissing her once more a bit longer. "Just been a long day, is all."

"Okay," Grayfia said, as she decided to let it go. Taking a step back as she asked the young man, "Are you ready for bed?"

"Yeah." It's been a long day for the two and sleep sounded nice, but part of him knew based on what Grayfia was wearing she wasn't in the mood to sleep. The woman led Naruto towards the stairs as he eyed her figure before he decided to ask her something real quick. "What do we have planned for tomorrow?"

"Nothing, you're scheduled to be off tomorrow," Grayfia said as she looked at him as a sly smile formed on her face. "I also have the day off if you're curious." The blond laughed lightly, shaking his head. She had it planned from the start, what a woman. Naruto pulled her close as he kissed her neck.

"Well, we might as well enjoy ourselves then," Naruto whispered and with a surprising show of strength picked her up, and carried her up the stairs towards her bedroom. Yep, it's just a normal day for naruto.

Finally, this took way longer than I would like to admit. Honestly, still, a bit surprised how well this story did. Hopefully, i can reach people's expectations. As you probably notice another highschool dxd girl, and I will be upfront with everyone I have decided to add some more characters from dxd.

I will say this the DxD characters will affect the plans I had before, but not by much. This will be mostly positive. And also this will not have supernatural elements, this fic is still taking place in oreimo universe but just with added DxD characters.

But because of the added characters, the harem has changed a bit but I still will make sure the oreimo girls get enough spotlight as possible.

Which will be updated with the next update, which will bring the fic to canon or at least the start of oreimo canon.

And once more, thanks to everyone for reading this chapter.

So until we meet again, farewell