Yosh, finally another long chapter! In Flame's POV! This is somewhat a filler, so enjoy with a light heart! -Soranryu
I blinked my eyes open and slowly freed myself from Ggio's arms, careful not to wake him. Looking over to the clock, it's about 1pm. As quietly as possible, I washed up quickly and returned to the bedside. Moving some of Ggio's hair away from his face, I replaced the blanket over him before quietly leaving the room, closing the door gently beside me.
Hearing the sound of cooking, I followed the sound to the kitchen, where Mum was whipping up lunch. "Don't you have work today?" I asked, plopping down onto a nearby chair and watched her. "I took the day off, so did your father," she replied, adding some final touches to the current dish before starting on the other one.
She did not need to mention where my father is, because it's quite known in our family that if Dad isn't working, he probably would be sleeping. "Flame, would you mind waking them up? It's not good to sleep too long," Mum then requested. I nodded and stood, leaving the kitchen. I went back to my room first to wake Ggio up, only to find him already up and combing his hair.
"Ggio-nii, let's go. Mum wants us to wake everyone up for lunch," I smiled, grabbing his hand and led him out, "you have to tell me which room is whose." He said nothing as he put down the comb and allowed me to drag him. Before we start waking up the Arrancars, we went to wake Dad up first.
After Dad was successfully awakened, Ggio led me down the hallway. As we walked towards the end, he explained, "This floor is for Fraccions. The rooms we're using are extras, which will be ours. The Espada lives in the floor above, which is also the top floor of Las Noches. The floor we were at yesterday is below this one, the basement and meeting room. As you can see, this floor is consists of the living room, a lounge and the kitchen."
When we reached the very end, there was a door. Ggio knocked, "Apacci, Milarose, Sun-sun, wake up. There's lunch." So, this room belongs to the Three Beasts. Ggio then told me that this room was given to the three of them because it was the biggest on this floor. When we heard them respond, we continued on to the next door.
"This is Tesla's room. Why don't you wake him up? He's nicer than the three women before," Ggio said, stepping aside. Raising my fist to the door, I tentatively knocked the door, "Tesla-san, my mum made lunch." A few seconds later, the door opened to reveal the blond. He smiled gently and said that he would be in the kitchen soon.
We came across a pink door with a giant white rose in the middle. I cringed a little at the colour, for pink happens to be least favorite colour, as Ggio chuckled, "Whose room do you think this is?" I thought for a few seconds, because the answer was quite obvious, before knocking, "Charlotte-san, my mum made lunch." "Okay ̴" the occupant in the room sang out. Ggio and I shared a look before we burst out laughing quietly.
The last room before ours is Findorr's, but before we reached, Findorr himself came out of his room. We then told him about lunch and he headed towards the kitchen to help out. After waking up all the Fraccions, except for Yylfordt, Ggio led me up two flights of stairs to the Espada's floor.
"The Espada's rooms are actually a little bigger than ours, and they have more stuff up here. They have a huge lounge, a bar, a medical area and a gym corner. The Espada are nice though, they allow us to come up use these. Now let's start with Szayel and Yylfordt's room," Ggio did a brief tour before heading to one of the rooms, with an "8" printed on the top of the door.
"Szayel-san, Yylfordt-san, my mum made lunch. Do come down and join us," I knocked. The door opened and Szayel was there. He then gave a smile, "Good afternoon, Flame, Ggio. Alright, we'll be down soon. I just need to wake Yylfordt up." He then closed the door as we head towards another room.
One by one, we woke up the rest of the Espada. Nnoitra and Nel shared a room, and Nel greeted me enthusiastically with a bone-crushing hug. Ulquiorra was already up and preparing to head down, Harribel as well. Staark was a bit hard to wake up, but he did, though still half-awake. The last one was Grimmjow. "King may be hard to wake up. He's been up late at nights recently to plan for yesterday's battle, and he does not like being forced awake…" Ggio mumbled.
He was right. We have knocked for a few times, but there was no response. Just as we were about to give up, I noticed that his door was opened. I gestured the open door to Ggio and opened it, making my way silently into the room. Ggio tried to stop me, but I ignored him, continuing towards the King's bed.
There he was, sprawled on the king-sized bed on his stomach with his hands underneath his pillow, deep asleep. Apparently, the King of the Arrancars does not like to wear shirts to sleep. I mentally laughed at that, admired his back muscles a little and winced at the healing cut, before shaking him gently, "Grimmjow-san, wake up! There's lunch waiting!"
After a few more shaking, Grimmjow grumbled incoherently. After that, he growled out, "Get lost!" and shifted such that he was lying on his side, back facing me. I laughed softly, before slapping his arm, "Grimmjow-san, it's me, Flame! Wake up!" With another growl, he finally sat up and ran a hand through his hair, "What is it?"
I flashed him a smile, "My mum made lunch, come down and join us! Don't go back to sleep, okay? If you do, we won't leave anything for you!" Grimmjow gave me a half-hearted glare and quickly washed up, before throwing on a tank top and followed us out, yawning. When we reached the kitchen, everyone has already taken a seat and some were already eating.
Having skipped breakfast, everyone was hungry and soon the food was all finished. Just then, Grimmjow spoke up, "Well, before we start anything, let's welcome Ggio's family into Las Noches." Everyone cheered as they urged us to stand.
"Okay, calm down kids. I'm Flame's mother, and since my family's gonna start living here, I'll be in charge of your meals, if you guys don't mind. You guys may call me April," Mum introduced herself, and at the mention of her cooking, everyone cheered again. Well, my mother's cooking is one of the best, after all.
Next, it was Dad, "Hey kids. I'm Flame's dad, but call me Uncle Ten. You guys better be nice to my little girl, okay?" I facepalmed myself; I don't need people babying me. Lastly, it was my turn. I took a deep breath and grin, "I'm Flame, though I'm sure you guys all know. I'm 16 this year and graduating soon. I hope to get to know all of you guys better, and thank you for letting my family stay in such a wonderful mansion!"
We then received a round of applause. "Flame-chan, you want to start decorating your room?" Nel asked excitedly, her hazel eyes shining. "Can I?" I, too, became excited at the thought of it. "Well…how do you want your room to look like?" Mum asked, looking at me. "I can decorate my own room?" I asked.
She nodded. Finally! I've been wanting to decorate my own room, but Mum always refuses, saying my designs are inappropriate. I thought for a while, wanting to make full use of this rare opportunity. An idea clicked and I looked up, smiling, "I think I'll keep the walls' original colour. Instead, I want a dragon, a phoenix, a tiger and a wolf."
Looking around, I see surprised stares directed at me. "What?" I asked, meeting their stares with my own curious one. "Your taste is surprising! I thought you would a room like mine!" Charlotte answered, blinking at me. I stuck out my tongue at that thought, "No thanks, Charlotte-san. I don't want to gag, no offense."
He then pouted at my words. I stood at walked towards my room, taking out my phone and searching pictures up on Google. The rest followed me. When I entered my room, I pointed to the wall at the left of the balcony door, "I want a dragon up there, and a phoenix on the right wall."
Turning to the wall beside my bed, I pondered a while, "I want a tiger here." Then to the wall above the writing desk in front of the bed, I stared it before stating, "And a wolf here." Looking around my room again, I smiled, "That's pretty much all I want, the rest are more than enough."
"Okay, we can handle that," Grimmjow went through the list and nodded. "I'll bring some flowers or your balcony," the cool voice of Harribel's sounded, causing me to turn to her. "Really? That'll be great, Harribel-neesan!" She was stunned by how I addressed her, before giving me a small smile and went out to get the plants.
After she left, Ulquiorra and Tesla stepped up. Tesla asked softly, "What style of the creatures do you want?" I showed them my phone, "I want a Chinese dragon like this, just the shadow. Same for the phoenix. As for the colour…the dragon shall be blue and the phoenix orange. Then, I want the tiger to be a white tiger, standing on a rock and tracking a faraway prey. The wolf shall be midnight-blue, with silver eyes. But…I think it's quite difficult…"
Ulquiorra and Tesla made eye contact for a while, before Ulquiorra said, "It shall be done." My face must be full of shock, because Tesla placed a hand on my shoulder, "Don't worry; we can handle it. The both of us have a Master's Degree for Art, after all." Then, he turned to Ggio and my parents, "Do you guys have any requests?" They shook their heads, Ggio wanting them to finish up on my room and my parents just need to repaint the walls.
"Okay then. Just give us an hour or so to do a rough sketch before we start ordering the paint and everything," Tesla concluded, walking out after Ulquiorra. "Thank you!" I called after them. Will it be too much trouble for them? I thought worriedly. "Hey, don't worry, they can handle it, and they won't disappoint you," Ggio sensed my concern and patted my shoulder. I nodded, excited to see what they would come up with after one hour.
I'll be honest, I designed Flame's room based on my own dream room. I really wanted a room like that, but I can't, so I can only use it in my fic... -Soranryu