10-hru C.4

It was a bright morning for Kioshi Nishikawa. Kanna was upstairs sleeping in her bedroom with all of her blankets covering her whole body. The small dragon slept soundly in her warm bed until she sniffed the sweet smell of crepes. Her eyes opened up, then her stomach grumbled. Kanna knew what she was about to eat next.

Kioshi and Tohru are found in the kitchen. As Kioshi promised, he would be cooking all the meals for the weekend as Tohru enjoyed her weekend off. Tohru sat on the chair by the dining table, waiting for Kanna to wake up and for Kioshi to serve breakfast. She looked different today in terms of appearance, her hair wasn't tied up like before. The long blonde hair was all let down.

"Tohru. I must say, you look quite nice with your hair let down. It makes you look quite glamorous." Kioshi complimented, causing her to blush offguard.

"Oh my, thank you! Back when I was still miss Kobayashi's maid, I rarely ever let my hair down through out the day. I only do so when I go to sleep."

"Interesting, so you were extremely loyal to Kobayashi back in the day." Kioshi turned off the stove, food was ready to be served. "Tohru can you do me a favor and wake Kanna up for me? I wouldn't want the little one to miss the crepes. Kobayashi told me she loved them."

"She did huh? I'll wake her up." She stood up from her seat, then Kanna appeared in front of her however.

"Crepes!" Kanna cheered in her monotone voice. She tried running towards the plain crepes that were set on a plate by the side of the stove, attempting to snatch one, but Tohru on the other hand pulled Kanna back.

"Kanna, your hair's a mess! Did you even try combing your hair before coming down here?" Tohru asked, she sits Kanna on a chair.

Kanna sat there with a disappointed look, she wasn't happy that Tohru pulled her back from eating the crepes. "Kanna, why are you mad?" Kioshi asked the small child.

"I'm not mad!" Kanna crossed her arms as she pouted.

"Are you mad about not eating right away?" He asked again, which Kanna responded with a nod as her expression turned into a worried one.

"I'll give you a side of ice cream if you stop being mad?" Kioshi bribed.

Kanna's eyes lit up. "Okay!" So she stays put and lets Tohru do her thing while smiling.

Tohru grooms Kannas lavender white hair. Each time she stroked through Kanna's bed head, the hair straightened out more. Even if stroking the hair wasn't as good as using a comb, it still worked with getting rid of the bed head. Tohru's master looked over at her as he prepared the crepes with whip cream, fruit and a few scoops of ice cream for Kanna.

"Tohru, you'll become a great mother someday." Kioshi complimented.

"Master, you're making me blush." Tohru said. "I doubt that I'll become a mother. Besides, I'm part of the chaos faction. I'm one of the more feared dragons of my world. What kind of person would like me?"

"I'm not sure, but always keep in mind. There's at least one person in this world that loves you dearly. So be patient, you'll eventually find him." Kioshi said.

"Nonsense. Where'd you hear that from?" Tohru asked.

"My mother, she told me that during my days of high school." Kioshi said.

"Why would she tell you that?"

"She wanted me to get a girlfriend so I can have kids." Kioshi said like it wasn't anything to be worried about.

"What!?"

"When I got my first job as an official mixing engineer, I told y mother about the news. The last thing she told me before I ended the call was to give her grandchildren."

"She told you straight away?"

"Yep. Apparently, she has an obsession over grandkids." He walks over to the table with three glasses of milk and sets them on the table where they would all sit. "To prove my claim even more, she asked my brother Masanori to make kids with miss Kobayashi when they married."

"Lady Tohru, Kioshi, where do babies come from?" Kanna interrupted with an interesting question. Kioshi realizing he screwed up, he avoids the question by running over to Kanna's food that was set on the counter and serves it to her.

"H-Here you go Kanna, all warm and ready just for you! Here's your ice cream for being a good girl!"

"Crepes! Thank you for the food!" Kanna immediately starts eating, forgetting about the question.

Good grief. He thought.

Kioshi served Tohru first before serving himself. The fruits, whip cream, chocolate fudge, ice cream, milk and extra crepes were placed in the middle of the table in case anyone wanted more. At last, they eat breakfast together, almost like a happy family.

In the middle of breakfast, Kioshi stopped the silence with a question in mind.

"Since today's your last day of break Tohru, is there anywhere you want to go? Perhaps shopping?"

"Not this time, I think I'm all set for next week. I go outside either way when I need to buy groceries." Tohru replied.

"Hmm. What about you Kanna? I'm sure there's at least something in your mind."

"I think I'm fine." Kanna said in her monotone voice before eating again.

"Then I guess it's up to me." Kioshi said.

"Anything in mind for you, Kioshi?" Tohru asked her master.

After a short thought, he came up with something.

"I know exactly where! Tohru, Kanna, please get dressed after breakfast. We're going shopping."

Both of the girls looked at each other, wondering what he had in mind. They would dress up after Kanna finished off all the extra crepes left over, including the fruits, chocolate fudge and whip cream. Tohru and Kanna went up to their rooms to change up their hair, brush their teeth, organize their beds and change into their attire. The three meet up by the front door.

"Ready?" Kioshi asked the two dragons.

"Ready!" They both replied before going through the door. Kioshi led the two to the place he wanted to go.

Time-Skip→

After a fairly long walk from home, they arrive at the CD store.

"We're here!" Kioshi opens and hold the doors for the two dragons. "Ladies first." He said.

Kanna was first to walk in. The moment she saw the amount of CDs in the store, she became amazed.

"Wow!" Kanna said as she looked around.

There were many isles that had CDs and vinyl records stored in them. This store was perfect for people who love listening to music. A few synthesizers, headphones and music players are stored behind the cashier, those were the more valuable items of the store. The shop had several people listening to preview samples of music and a few people looking over a few music albums.

"This is where I usually go whenever I crave for more music."

"Somehow, I'm not surprised." Tohru commented.

Kioshi felt something pulling his sleeve, it was Kanna. "Over there!" She said, asking him to come with.

"Okay okay, I'm coming." He walks with Kanna. The little girl holds hands with him. Suddenly, Tohru realizes how close Kanna has been with Kioshi. It's only been a few days since she started living with them. Now, they have like a father and daughter bond. Tohru snapped out of her thoughts and listened to the music around her.

"Kanna. Is that music what I think it is?" Tohru asked Kanna, she nods in return. It turns out that the music she heard was actually the opening of the anime they used to watch.

"It is! I love this song!" She said.

Kioshi stood there with them, trying to recognize the song. Luckily, he remembers.

"Oh I remember this song! I've worked with this singer before!"

"You did!? How?" Tohru asked.

"I edited the vocals and mixed the instruments of the song. That's what I do, remember? I'm involved with the music business."

"Woah! So you've worked with every artist?" Tohru asked.

"Not every artist, Tohru. The artist or composer has to work under the same company where I work. Or if I get lucky and earn some trust from other composers or artist, they can summon me over to their studio so I can work with them for a while."

"Ah. I see." Tohru commented, before Kanna went off on her own to listen to a few music samples.

Kanna picks up the headphones paced by the rack and listens. The first time she tried, it didn't catch her attention. So she moved on to the second, she didn't like it either. Now the third time, she tried to listen to that sample. Without knowing what genre it was, she would try to listen, until Kioshi pulled her back and placed her to the other sample station.

"Not that one Kanna, you're not suited for that genre yet." He said.

"Why?" Kanna tried to ask but Kioshi avoided the question by placing the headphones on her. Kanna immediately forgets about the question when the song started playing. Now she was interested in the song.

"Kioshi what was all that about?" Tohru asked.

"Um, do you get offended by strong language?" He asked his maid.

"No, why?"

"Listen to this." He hands her the headphones that was connected to the song he was referring to. Even if this type of genre can be catchy to some people, it was still a controversial genre due to the lyrics in the song. That genre was rap. Tohru listens to the whole sample of the rap song. The words that really caught her attention were the curse words and the sexual references throughout the song. Kioshi noticed the seemingly shocked expression on Tohru's face by the end of the sample, she took off the headphones and set them aside.

"Wow...that was...interesting." She commented.

"Even if this is a controversial genre, not every rap song has swearing involved. There are rappers out there who can rap without any bad language. So don't judge a genre by one song, there are more songs to discover under the genre."

Kanna in the background finishes listening to the song. She pulls on Kioshi's sleeve. "Again." She commanded. He presses the button to replay the sample. After the second time, she pulls on his sleeve again just to say the same thing. "Again." She said. Kioshi plays it again. This routine would go on after five times. Tohru and Kioshi were starting to get impatient.

Kioshi takes the headphones off of her. "Kanna. Do you like the song?" He asks. Kanna nods at his question. "Would you like to listen to it some more?" She nods again. "Alright, let me listen to it for a bit. So I can try to recognize the singer and the song name."

Kioshi listens to the song, he easily recognizes both the singer and song name. "Good, her album should be somewhere around here." The music expert looks around the area for the album. His eyes move slowly along the isle in search for an album. "Found it!" He runs to it and picks it up. "Now we pay."

Kanna's interest of the song led to Kioshi buying the single which had the song, a digital audio player and a pair of headphones for both Kanna and Tohru. Even if they were expensive, he was glad to see Kanna happy. On a side note, he told Tohru that she was allowed to use his portable speaker in the house while she does chores.

The next store they went to was the clothing store. He wasn't planning on buying any clothes. But thinking that there were two girls by his side, it was best to let them look around now that he's had his turn. Kioshi followed the girls around to see if there was anything they wanted. Even if they had the ability to change the form of their scales, it was probably best if they had clothes that weren't their scales. That way they don't have to constantly use their magic to change the scale appearance.

Kanna examined every shirt she saw within her area. Like always, she wanted cute ones, not the plain or dull ones. Sadly for her, there was nothing. Instead, she followed Tohru and Kioshi around. Tohru looked around as well. As soon as she was losing hope of finding anything good, she found a dress she couldn't keep her eyes off. It was a red velvet dress, it had short sleeves that would cover the shoulders and a long skirt attached to it as well.

"I think that dress would look good on you." Kioshi commented.

"Don't be silly Kioshi! It wouldn't suit me at all!" Tohru retorted.

"Not in my eyes. Come on Tohru, try it on!"

"It's fine, I can use magic on my scales to morph into this dress! So there's really no need to buy it or anything." Tohru informed Kioshi.

"Well...I guess you have a point. Can Kanna do the same?"

"Not yet, she still has to work on her magic. Which explains the reason why she can't use perception block."

"I see. So you don't want the dress?"

"No thank you."

"Are you sure? I have no problem buying it for you." Kioshi said.

"I'm fine, really!" Tohru said.

Kioshi sighs. "Okay, let's go."

They leave the area and made their way to the exit. Something came up however.

"Hey, you guys. I think I need to take a quick trip to the men's room. Would you mind waiting for me outside on the bench for me while I take care of my business?"

"Sure! Go right ahead! I'll take care of Kanna."

"Thanks! You're a life saver, Tohru!" He gives Tohru a thumbs up. Kioshi leaves them alone while he takes a trip back.

Time-Skip→

Kioshi leaves the clothing store with a bag in hand.

"Kioshi!" Kanna exclaims.

"Kioshi!" Tohru says as she walks over to him with Kanna in hand. This was when Tohru realized that he had a bag in hand. "Did you buy something for yourself on the way out?"

"Y-Yeah. I happened to find something neat. So I bought it."

"Hmm. Something tells me that isn't right." Tohru found him suspicious.

"I swear!"

Tohru glares at him even more until he broke a sweat. "Fine I believe you." Tohru said. "Let's go, where to next?" She asked.

"Anywhere! Just lead the way."

"Kioshi, I'm hungry." Kanna said.

"The food court we go then." Kioshi said.

For the rest of the day, the three spent their day walking around the city while talking to one another. Kioshi would talk about his favorite composers such as Yuki Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sawano, Nozawa Kai, Akira Ifukube, and Taku Iwasaki. Tohru and Kanna would talk about their past with Kobayashi and a few of their memories from their old world. When the sun started setting, they started walking back home.

When they arrived home, Kanna thanked Kioshi for the items she bought for her and then went up stairs to her room. Tohru was glad that Kanna was happy. She thanks him for bringing her along the journey.

"I guess we should probably head back to bed now."

"Wait! There's something I need to show you!" Kioshi takes out the item in the bag, it was the dress she wanted.

"Kioshi, why did you-?" Tohru was interrupted.

"I saw the way you looked when we were close to leaving the store, it was the face of regret. I didn't want you regret anything, so in order solve the problem, I bought the dress, just for you."

"Kioshi...I don't know what to say." Tohru said. "Th-Thank you so much." She takes the dress and holds it up high as if it were her baby. "I have to repay you! I'll do anything!" Tohru said.

"Anything I want?"

"Yes, anything."

"Let's go to your room." He said, confusing Tohru. They walk up to her room, Kioshi closes the door behind him. Now he whispers her his request, she blushes when she listened to it all. She did say that she would do anything, so she had to keep her promise. The dragoness goes to her bathroom and locks the door. Kioshi waits patiently for his maid to come out. Tohru breathes in and out, she was nervous, her face flushed by the embarrassment. Now the bathroom door opens, slowly creaking open. Kioshi looks up, he was amazed by the sight. Tohru was in her velvet red dress. His cheeks turned pink from the sight.

"Wow, you're beautiful." His words came right out of his mouth without intending to.

Tohru blushes even more. "You think so?" She asked his master, who then nods. "Thank you master."

Tohru turns to the bathroom mirror and looks at herself. She adored the dress a whole lot.

"Is the dress tight at all?" Kioshi asked to make sure if there were any mistakes.

"Nope. It's all perfect!" She twirls around as she giggles.

"What about...over here." He points to his chest, meaning that he was referring to her chest area.

"It's perfect!"

"You don't have to answer this but...what cup size are you? I know it sounds perverted but I'm only asking so I don't make any mistakes for your dress sizes!" He blushed.

Tohru raises her hand proudly. "D for dragon!" She said.

Looks like my perverted side did help after all. He thought.

"Looks like I got lucky." He muttered. "Anyways, I'm glad you enjoy your dress."

It started getting late, so Kioshi had to leave the room so he could sleep. But before leaving the room, he gives his farewell to Tohru. "Good night Tohru."

"Good night Kioshi." She replied, Kioshi leaves the room.

All of these feelings, get her more confused than ever. Even after Masanori married Kobayashi, she still has feelings towards her. Now that she lives with her new master, she gains more and more feeling towards him. So now she has to make a decision. Will it be Kobayashi, or Kioshi?