Ulrika sighed loudly as she pushed the door to the store open, "Hurry up and finish it already…" Raze took the bag out of his pocket and handed it to Pepperoni. Ulrika slowly sat down in a chair, Uryu flew towards her and plopped himself on the table in front of her.

Peppersoni nodded and quickly walked to the back room, but he stopped at the door and turn towards the pair, "I have dinner ready for you two, do you want to eat now?"

Ulrika waved her hand lazily, "Sure, sure…" He nodded and disappeared into the backroom. "Well?"

Raze looked at her strangely, "Well what?" She ran her hands through her blonde hair, "You wanted to ask me something?" Raze nodded and sat down, facing Ulrika.

"I need a…favor." He asked calmly. Ulrika sat up with a curious look, "What kind of favor?"

"Let me work here."

Ulrika gaped at him, "Wha-why?!"

"It's complicated."

"That's not a reason! If you need money, why don't you go back to working for Miss Fancy Pants? You won't get much working here."

"I don't need money."

"What? You want me to hire you but not pay you?"

Raze started to look a bit annoyed, "It doesn't matter, I don't need money but I also-"

"Miss!"

"What?!" Ulrika turned angrily and glared at Pepperoni, "Can't you see we're busy here?" She turned back to facing Raze, who had an emotionless look on his face.

"But-!"

"What now?"

"I've been calling you for a while now! Do you want to eat or not?" Pepperoni whined, holding up a tray of food. Raze rolled his eyes and took the tray from Pepperoni, "Thanks."

Ulrika tapped her chin with her index finger, "How long have you been standing there?"

"Hm? Well, from the part you said that we didn't make much money…"

Ulrika stood up and dragged the giant fairy to the corner of the store.

"What do you think?" She whispered urgently.

"What do you mean Miss?"

"Should I hire him? Don't you think it's weird? He's not asking for money either."

Pepperoni shrugged, "He's not a money grubber like you I guess."

Ulrika slapped his arm, "You shut up!"

Pepperoni didn't even flinch from the contact, "Uh, well, maybe he just wants to do something nice for you!"

Ulrika looked at him like he was crazy, "Why the hell would he do that?"

"He probably really likes you…?"

Ulrika closed her eyes, annoyed, "Stop that thought."

Pepperoni twiddled his fingers, "Well, I think you should listen to his reasons for wanting to work here first."

Ulrika sighed, "Well, I have a feeling that he doesn't really want to tell me."

Pepperoni paused, and said with a goofy grin, "Miss! That's the first time I heard you say something so perceptive!"

She glared at him angrily, "Shouldn't you be taking care of the forest soup?"

Pepperoni paled and thundered to the back room, before Ulrika stopped him, "When you're done, put it into storage and go to bed. I'll clean up later." Pepperoni nodded and ducked back into the cramped room.

Ulrika sighed and went back to the table; Raze didn't look up, but he continued to spoon soup into his mouth.

"Anything else you want to say?" Raze stopped eating and put his spoon down.

"I need a place to stay too."

Ulrika nodded, "You can stay in the spare room."

Raze stared at her, "So you'll let me work here?" Ulrika shrugged, "Yeah sure, doesn't matter."

Raze nodded, "Thanks."

Ulrika stared at him for a moment, "Why are you asking me anyways? Can't you go find your friends and ask for help?"

"You ever tried staying over at Et and Enna's place?"

Ulrika shook her head, "No." Raze sighed, "You would want to avoid that." Ulrika stopped and though for awhile, "Yeah, you're right. Why not Miss Fancy Pants then? I'm sure she'd love to have you serving her again" she said with a grin.

Raze frowned, "I can't, they have done enough for me and the old man."

Ulrika looked at him with a raised eyebrow, "Ok? So, it's alright to bother me? I thought you couldn't tolerate me? You said I was annoying."

Raze rested his chin in his hand and looked away, "Yeah, you are…but despite that, I think you and I work well together." He muttered, a bit of pink coloring his cheeks.

She stared at him with wide eyes, before a mischievous smile graced her face, "What was that? I couldn't hear you, can you say that again?" she asked in a sing song voice.

Raze glared at her, "You heard me, I think you're annoying."

"No you didn't."

"So you did hear what I said."

Ulrika laughed, "Yeah well, that doesn't answer my question Raze. I'm not like Lily; you can't flirt your way through me!"

Raze looked at her oddly, "Huh?"

Ulrika smiled, "Never mind, just finish your food. One rule I have around here is that anyone who has food left over will die. I'll see to it."

He smiled, "Fine."

The two finished their food in silence, Raze feeding his leftovers to Uryu when Ulrika wasn't looking.

"Hey, didn't you say you were going soon though?"

Raze nodded, "Yeah, I need to go get some things from home first."

Ulrika frowned, "Well, do it tomorrow. It's late."

Raze rolled his eyes, "Fine."

She smiled and nodded, "Good, now help me clean up."

Raze faked a yawn and quickly got up from his seat, "Oh, look at the time, better get to bed, I'll be gone early in the morning." And with that, he hurried up the stairs with a giggling Uryu leading the way.

"Hey!" she watched them scurry up the stairs, and with a huff, started picking up plates.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait guys, work load is piling up and I have a research paper due this week. Next update probably won't be for a while.