Both Mina and Sato had come to visit, giving their "get well"s and lectures on my stupidity. I just wanted to go home, I was beyond sick of this hospital, especially the food. Not that is bad, seeing as how it's budgeted, but slimy meatballs are not good EVER. I had also learned that Yuno didn't stay here all the time, I merely caught her on a weekly check up, an odd fortune. She had visited me twice, both times being good, yet felt sort of awkward in a sense.

After a few more days of laying around I was able to leave, still achy as I was. I walked outside the front door, and breathed in some fresh air. I stretched lightly, as not to open any wounds. I noticed the parking lot was far better than I had left it, except the poor trees were now gone. Last time I mess around with an unstable elemental force like that.

I made my way to my apartment, slowly climbing the steps. I had remembered that there was now a strange girl somewhere here, though I don't know entirely if she did move in or not. I took out my key and turned the lock, "What the… I swear I locked it before I left…"

I opened the door slightly, preparing for a fight. "Had HE been here while I was away?" The thought was sickening. I held my palm flat and made an air accelerated blade. I saw my things thrown about, tossed on the floor without care. I heard a noise from my room, and slowly eased in to confront the criminal.

I saw a figure rooting through my manga collection. I held a hand to their back, "One more move and I take out the air from your lungs."

"Waaah! D-don't kill me!" A shrill voice followed from the figure. They turned around to reveal the girl from the elevator.

"Who are you, did my brother send you!?" I was tense and various as ever.

"Wha- no, why would he, I haven't talked to him in ages," the girl was frantic, nervous for her life.

"Then WHO are you?" I posed the question with sternness.

"Don't you remember, I'm Kazumi. I'm your cousin."

I was completely beside myself, I had no idea what she was talking about. "Huuuuuuh?"

She gave me a bizzare look and spoke lightly, "I'm Damien's daughter, your uncle, remember any of this? Your father Emil's brother. I'm his daughter, we've known each other since we were kids."

I sat and blinked for a while, unsure of the story I was told. "Oooooooh, little Kazu! Jeez, should have said that in the first place."

I began to pan around the room and saw the mess of my apartment. "Okay, nice catching up, now get out."

"Waaaait!" She had puppy eyes with tears. "No."

"But… Emil said I could live with you…" She began to look actually sad at this point, and I had started to feel bad.

"Look, I'd be fine discussing this with my father, BEFORE YOU CAME. But this is ridiculous, how'd you when get in!?"

"There was a key above the door," her eyes yet again in fake tears.

I let out a deep sigh, "I'm going to make a call, stay here, and do NOT touch my things."

I stepped outside and dialed my father's number on my phone. "Hello? Hey, you have some nerve old man…" "Hello, it's been a while son, I've missed you." I was getting irritated, "Enough formalities, explain yourself." "Why whatever do you mean dear boy?" "The short annoyance that has made home in my apartment!"

After a long conversation, to which had no purpose, I hung up. He decided to drop a problem on me, AGAIN. The bastard always did this, so it should not have surprised me. The problem arose that, what the hell was I going to do…?

I let out a deep sigh, "Okay, so I guess your my problem now, FORTUNATE AS I AM. So, I have rules for you to follow. One, no going in my room, unless I say it's okay. Two, you're going to school, NO ARGUMENT. Third, pull your weight here, no freeloading, you will clean up after yourself and do what you can to be helpful. Now I need to have a long, long, awful talk with my landlord. So, watch TV or something until I get back."

She was oddly obedient, nodding as I spoke and listening intently. "Alright, I'm sorry you have to deal with me, I won't be too much of a bother. If I can try that is."

I sighed yet again, "you're not a burden, my dumbass father is for dumping you on me. This won't be the most fun, but I will figure this out. Okay?" She nodded and sat on the couch. She looked nervous, but I didn't have time to comfort her.

After a very long discussion with my landlord we came to an agreement, similar to my own terms with Kazumi. Though more, technical and… disturbing. All the lovely bases of "what not to do with a girl alone behind walls." I was exhausted from all the lecturing, and being lectured.

"Hey, I'm back." She smiled and pointed at a cartoon show on the television. "Check this out, it is so funny!" I saw a bizarre spectacle of a bear with a bird eating a tree to prove he could.

"Uh huh… A-anyway, um… are you hungry at all?" "Um… Kinda yeah," her stomach made noise that contradicted her words. She was bright red and covered her face with her hands. "And wait… have you seriously been her for two weeks!?" "Um… yeah, your fridge is empty." Her face was red again. I sighed once again, "Did you even know I was in the hospital?" "You what?"

I was going to be in for a very long week.