Here's a little bonus chapter, I hope you enjoy it and I'm sorry for my grammar being ass and sorry if this ends up being ass.
It is now 6:30 pm and Issei is walking around the city all alone while listening to music. The city was bright and people were walking around minding their business just like Issei, then Issei starts looking around the area he's in. He was familiar with the city so he also knew the blocks and the avenues, and the area he's in is where he lives at, but the location is an apartment complex and he saw the apartment and he walked inside of it.
Issei goes to the elevator and he clicks on the 10th floor. The elevator started going up and he was still minding his business and he then starts looking around the elevator and he then sees a woman who was in her 30s, she had long brown ponytail hair and brown eyes, she is carrying 6 plastic bags with her also minding her business. So he took out his earphones so that he could talk to her
"Good evening Chisato-san"
Issei greeted her and that got her attention and she politely smiled to show respect and kindness.
"Nice to see you, Hyoudou. How have you been?"
"I'm still alive I guess, so I'm doing alright for now."
"That's good to hear, sweetheart. I'm also doing fine as well"
"That's good to know, so you were shopping?"
"Yeah, I needed to buy some groceries, although it's a lot that I bought hehe"
Chisato nervously chuckles and she looks like she is struggling because the plastic bags were stacked with groceries.
"Well, let me help you out with them."
"It's no need, I don't want to bother you. Plus, you look tired yourself."
"True, but it would be rude of me to ignore you, since you are a woman and we are neighbors from the same floor, so your apartment isn't far from mine. I won't do anything weird, I promise"
"That's so sweet of you, I just didn't want to bother you"
"I'll be good, just let me have some of them, so i can help you out"
"Alright then"
Chisato gave him three plastic bags so that they would be even. The plastic bags were heavy as she said and since Issei wasn't really athletic nor was he muscular, it was heavier than he anticipated.
'Holy shit, what the hell did she even buy? A whole three packages of cement!?'
"Are you alright? Seems like you are struggling"
"Hehe, I-I'm fine. Didn't expect to be this-ihhh heavy, Goddamn man, fuck!"
Chisato laughs at the way Issei was trying to act tough around her, but she's grateful that he's trying his best to help her.
(A short time skip when they reached Chisato's apartment)
She opens the door, then looks at him with a smile. Issei returns her plastic bags and he runs out of breath, due to his lack of strength and endurance, but the most important thing is that he was able to help his neighbor.
"Thank you so much for your help"
"No…no problem, lord have mercy on me. What the hell were you carrying in those bags?... Were they even groceries?"
Chisato giggles for a bit
"Yeah, my husband eats a lot so I have to make sure to buy a lot of food to satisfy his hunger"
"I…I see. I got to go, I'll see if I can rest up"
"Alright, just make sure you do your homework and have a good night"
"Good night for you as well"
Chisato smiles and closes the door. Issei then stretches himself for a little bit.
"Finally, I can go and rest up after a tiring day."
Issei then walks to find his apartment, so after a little walk. He finally found his apartment, so he took out his keys and he then opened the door, got in and switched the light on.
The apartment is organized, the kitchen is the first place that he sees since it's close to the entrance door, and the kitchen consisted with a rectangle wooden table with 6 wooden chairs, it also had a white fridge and next to it there is also a freezer that were all at Issei's right side, and there is also a sink with clean plates and cups, and there is an oven with some pots, pans and aprons there.
Then next we have the living room, there isn't a separation between the kitchen and the living room, there is a sofa in front of the dinner table and it is directed on the right side and in that direction there is a TV on top of a drawer. And the left side of it there is a large window that gives Issei the view of other buildings (I'm really sorry for the horrible description, English is not my native language, so I have a lot of difficulties describing things due to my lack of grammar, so just imagine the way you want)
"Home sweet home. The only place I'm at peace"
Issei smiles happily that he's finally home, so he removes his shoes and socks and leaves them there on the carpet, then he walks to the living room and he turns his TV on so that he could hear the news.
Then he goes to the kitchen once again, then he goes to the fridge to see if there's food for him, but when he opens it, he found a bunch of stuff like butter, peanut butter, jelly, some chocolate bars, juice, milk, soda and many other ingredients, but the only thing that was an actual meal in the fridge is a salad that is in a rice bowl. Issei sighs, he could cook something but he is too tired to even do something.
"Maybe a salad for dinner wouldn't be too bad. Even though my stomach would growl during the night, but I'll manage"
Issei then closes the fridge, then he walks to his room which happens to be on the right side of the living room, but there was a hallway there and on the dead end of the hallway, there is the bathroom and the room was on the left side, so he goes to his room, opens the door and enters the room. He didn't bother closing the room because he lives alone. (Just imagine the way you want, I can't describe for shit T-T)
Issei just puts his bag down and straight up goes to the bed, he didn't need to turn on the lights, because there was already light outside of the apartment thanks to the buildings and the apartment complex and the mirror emitted the light.
"I'm so glad I made it home. Now I can finally rest for a bit…"
Issei suddenly fell asleep, his fatigue won him at last, after spending a whole day trying to fight it.
So time passes and then someone is knocking at the entrance door of his apartment and that woke Issei up, he is still tired and he's wondering who is knocking at the door, so he turns his phone on to see the time, and it is 8:30 PM in the evening
"What the? Who's knocking at my door at this time of the hour? I'm not expecting anyone today"
Issei got up from his bed and he then walked to the entrance door to see who was knocking at the door, then he opened the door and he was not really surprised, but he still didn't expect it though.
"Marin…What the hell are you doing here?"
"Heya, Issei"
"Wasn't your screen time enough for today?"
"It's never enough, I just like annoying you, bestie"
"Somehow, I am not surprised…"
"You know me so well"
Issei sighs and then he notices that Marin isn't alone, he saw a middle aged woman who was around her early 40s, her facial looks were just as identical as Reina, but she is older, taller, mature, she looks more professional and serious. She is wearing a red suit with a skirt, she also had stockings and wore red high heel shoes.
"G-good evening, Ms. Kurashiki"
"How many times do I have to tell you to call me Reika?"
"My bad, you are as identical as Kurashiki-senpai and she's not really fond of me."
"Hmm, well. I suppose you are right, but don't worry about me insulting you. I don't hate you"
Issei just exhales his breath relieved that he's not hated by Reina's mother.
"Thank God, I thought you'd hate me as well"
Dude, you are so pessimistic. Auntie Reika is really cool with you. Stop being so paranoid"
"Look, I suffer with her harassment all the time, give me a break, will ya!?"
"I'm just saying, be a more positive dumbass. That's why I'm here to brighten your day hihi~"
Marin does her signature peace sign with a smile. Issei just had a straight face looking at her.
"That shit looks cringe, but you what? I can work with it. So do you want to come in?"
"I actually came here to drop Marin off. She insisted on staying with you for the night"
Issei was surprised and to think that she would want to stay with him for the night was unexpected, but overall, he didn't hate it. It's been a while since he had company for the night. He didn't really know how to react so he just scratches his head
"Oh um, thanks I guess.."
"No problem, bestie"
Marin winked at him as a way of saying that she got his back .
"But before I go, I want to say a few things to Issei. You can go ahead"
Reika sounded serious and Marin understood, so she got in the house so that she could get comfortable. And now Issei and Reika were alone.
"I know you are wondering how things are with your family, am I right?"
"Y-yeah…"
"So far, it seems pretty calm, but her "new" fiance seems suspicious for some reason. He's been inviting some strange people to the house and they don't even look that innocent themselves. But don't worry, nothing happened to them"
Issei then exhales his breath, relieved that they are fine.
"But still, your sisters don't seem very comfortable with them at all. Every Time they see your Oka-san's fiance, they get uncomfortable"
"...Well, fuck…something is definitely happening, and Oka-san is yet to see what's going on. But thanks for the information. I can at least stay calmer, but I'm still worried about them and the fact that I don't know what that man is capable of, really frustrates me. Why can't they open up to me about this?"
"Maybe because they don't want to pressure you. And your brother, Kiyotaka is unavailable to contact, since he's also far away from you guys. Kazuma is the second youngest of the house and he's an introvert. So you have a lot on your plate, even they are aware of your problems."
"I hate that you are right, this is so stressful"
Issei can't help but to scratch his head, feeling frustrated, but then Reika hugs him, and puts his head between her chest and Issei was surprised by the hug
"I know, but stay strong. I know this is really complicated for you, try not to bring more problems on your life by getting more stress. Even though we are not related, you are like a son to me, so don't shorten your lifespan because of stress. And I'm very sure that your Otou-san doesn't want you dead, especially now. Just calm down"
Issei was caught off guard by her words of inspiration. She cared about him, and he realized that he should remain calm and patient, it's not easy, but overstress wouldn't help him at all. Even though he's living alone, he still has people that care about him. So he calms down.
"Thank you so much Reika-san. I really needed this"
"No problem, you pervert. Just keep your head up and move forward. If you need someone to talk to, just talk to me. I'll do my best to help you."
"Right"
Then Reika lets him go, looks at him with a calm smile. Issei looks at her as well.
"Well, I have to go now, I have work tomorrow. Have fun with Marin over there and behave."
"Don't worry, we'll behave, and good night"
"Good night, kiddo"
Reika turns around and starts walking away and Issei watches her leave till she is out of sight. Then Issei closed the door, he then turns around and sees Marin on the dinner table with school materials and books. She was waiting for him.
"Uhh, What is this?"
"Well, Rangiku-sensei talked to me about how you are a slacker. So for now, we'll start studying together. Also you were going to forget you had homework"
"...Ok, I'm tired. I'll just say that I forgot about it"
"No can't do. You are going to study and do your homework whether you like it or not"
"But I'm tired."
"Do I look like I care?"
Issei could only raise an eyebrow on what she asked.
"Ok, I do care. But, your grades are just as important as your health. I'll help you with the homework. So you don't have to worry about using too much of your non existent brain"
Issei heard her comment and he only looked at her both mad and confused
"So that's how it is huh"
"Yeah, now get your goofy ass here so that we can move past this"
Issei sighs without any other option to dodge this situation.
"Alright, let's get over it"
Issei then sits next to her, grabs his bag, takes out his books and school materials, and he opens the books, grabs his pen and both of them start studying together.
Timeskip
They were finally done with their studies. Marin stretches herself satisfied that they were finished. Issei on the other hand, looked wasted and drained. This is too exhausting for him. He was not liking this at all
"I hate you Marin…"
"I love you too bestie. Let me see what's in the fridge so that we can eat something"
Marin got up and went to the fridge, opened it and started looking for some food, but to her disappointment, she only found salad and she could guess that he was going to eat the salad for dinner.
"Dude, why do you do this to yourself?"
"Look, I'm not in the mood for anything. I just want to fucking rest. Do what the fuck you want, but I want to sleep"
Marin smacks Issei on his head, Issei then holds his head feeling the stinging pain.
"Can you stop being an asshole right now? I get that you are tired, but you need to eat if you want a good rest."
"You didn't need to smack me like that "
"I did, you are acting annoying right now. Stop that shit and grow some balls. You are not invincible, you are human and you need food"
"Ok, fine. I got the memo. So what are we going to eat then?"
"Don't worry about that, I'll cook for both of us. I got the perfect dish for the both of us"
"...All of the sudden, I feel so full"
"Fuck off, Issei "
"Hehe, that's for smacking me earlier"
"Whatever loser. I know you haven't bathed yet, so take a shower while I prepare something for the both of us"
Marin grabbed a green apron that was hanging on the fridge and wore it.
"Aww, such a cozy apron. Can I keep it?"
"No."
"Why not?"
Marin made the puppy's eyes trying to make him feel bad and give it to her, but he already knew all of her tactics.
"Just feeling selfish today"
"You are so mean sometimes"
Marin pouts and Issei sighs
"Ok, I'll let you wear it everytime you want to cook here, is that good enough?"
"... Good Enough, now go and shower, you smell like a dead corpse and it's fucking up my perfume"
"Alright, Alright. Just don't burn my kitchen"
"CAN YOU STOP!?"
Issei laughed at her reaction, she was getting annoyed by his teasing.
"Have a taste of your own medicine"
"Yeah, yeah whatever. Let me cook while you take a shower"
"Alright, I'll go"
Then Issei goes and takes a shower while Marin starts cooking something for the both of them.
Short timeskip
So Issei got out of the bathroom and he was wearing a red t-shirt and black shorts. He walks to the living room, sits down on the sofa and grabs the remote to change channels on his TV, trying to find something good to watch.
"I wonder what is on for me to watch…"
But after a short period of time searching for something to watch, he eventually found a channel that is currently airing Dragon Ball Z and he got happy because that's his favorite anime.
"Yessir, now we are talking"
Issei even laid down so that he can get comfy to properly enjoy the anime. So a bit of time passes and Issei is still enjoying Dragon Ball Z. Marin on the other hand, is finally done making dinner for the both of them.
"Phew, I'm finally done with this"
Marin then hears the sounds of screaming and when she looks where it came from, she just sees Issei watching some DBZ, she already knows that he loves that anime, she smiles knowing that he's enjoying himself. While Issei was focused on watching the anime, he hears something being placed at the table of the living room, so he looks at it and sees a bowl, so he lifts himself up and sees that it's ramen and it is looking delicious. Marin was next to him looking proud of what she made.
"Damn, you made this?"
"Of course I did, don't doubt my skills in cooking"
"Not going to lie, this looking mad good"
"Hehe"
Marin then sits next to him and Issei grabs his bowl of ramen.
"Till this day, you still a fan of this old ass anime"
"Ay, I love it. It's the first anime I've watched."
"Meh, it's cool and all, but Naruto is better"
"Are we seriously having this conversation?"
"Oh definitely, or are you scared that I'm right and you are wrong"
"Fuck no, Naruto is mid compared to DBZ."
"No, DBZ is mid compared to Naruto. The only memorable moments I remember are these characters moaning out loud to shoot a laser beam"
"The only memorable moment I remember is Madara getting offended by a shadow. Couldn't be my goat, Kid Buu"
"How dare you disrespect Daddy Madara like that!?"
"It's not my fault that it actually happened. That show is just that ass"
"Fuck off, at least it got better characters"
"Hmm, sure. But one of the waifus in DBZ is better than the entire female cast in Naruto. Example Android 18"
"You just saying that because she's hot, huh"
"Yes"
"I should've known, you degenerate. You only think with your dick"
"Whatever, take this L"
"I won't give up. Believe it"
"Alright, fine."
Issei and Marin kept arguing which of these anime were better, while enjoying their ramen and Dragon Ball Z. A petty argument, but they were having fun with it at the end of the day.
(Time skip)
They were finally done with their food and they were satisfied, Marin was washing the plates, and Issei was still watching the anime, relaxing. Marin is finally done washing the dishes and takes the apron off, and goes to the living room to tell Issei.
"Hey, I'm done washing the plates"
"Oh, alright then."
Issei then turns his TV off and he gets up from the bed and he stretches himself.
"Alright, I think it's time for some rest. So you can sleep on my room and I'll just sleep he-"
"Sleep with me"
"Eh?
Issei was surprised that Marin wanted to sleep on the same bed as him, despite being best friends, he didn't always have this moment.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah, c'mon. We haven't done this in a while. I want to cuddle just like the old times"
Issei blushed knowing that he'll feel Marin's body all over him while they are sleeping, even though they hug everyday, cuddling is a lot more intimate. But he likes it
"I guess it wouldn't hurt for us to sleep together"
"That's the spirit, let's go then"
"Alright, so both Issei and Marin went to the room together. Both of them got in the room, Issei closed the door, and he was curious on what Marin would wear for the night, because she had some of her clothes immigrated to his house.
"So what will wear toda-"
Issei looked at her and he couldn't finish asking her about tonight's outfit, because she's casually undressing herself, removing her black t-shirt and and her leather pants, she only had her bikini and Issei was caught off guard, he couldn't stop looking at her from her bottom such as her legs, her thighs and her ass, to her stomach and he especially couldn't stop looking at her breasts, he subconsciously started to nosebleed still surprised.
"I'll just stay with my bikini for today"
"Damn, you look fine- I mean why ?"
Issei tried to cover what he was trying to say but Marin already heard his original sentence.
"Thanks for the compliment, plus why are you asking hmm~"
Marin had a smug on her face looking at him.
"Uhhh, I'm…curious?"
"Hmm, sure whatever you say."
Marin crawls on the bed and then she lays down on the bed and now she looks at Issei and smiles