Meanwhile, after a bit of walking Naomi stopped at a pedestrian light that was red. Naomi jumped due to someone bumping into her. When she turned around and looked, she noticed it was Joule carrying two grocery bags.
"Hey Joule, you want some help?" Naomi offered.
Joule nodded before putting the grocery bags down.
"What are you doing here anyways?" Joule asked while watching Naomi stack her suitcases to put the grocery bags on top.
"Well, you know that apartment right next to the one you and Gunvolt stay at that's available for rent? I'm renting that one." Naomi replied.
"That's great!" Joule cheered.
"You're darn right it is. If Gunvolt needs to fill me in on mission data, he'll be right next door and same with me. You can come over and stay with me for a bit if need be. There's all pros and no cons whatsoever!" Naomi agreed.
Naomi looked up when she heard a ding signaling for her and Joule to walk. When Naomi and Joule entered the lobby noticed a man in his late 20's with black hair, round framed glasses, green eyes, a black long sleeve shirt, khaki jeans and brown business shoes sweeping.
"That's Mr. Tamura, he own's the building. You have to talk to him about the apartment." Joule explained.
Naomi walked over to Mr. Tamura who looked up at Naomi from his sweeping and smiled.
"Hello, my name is Mr. Tamura, I'm the landlord of this building. Is there anything I could do for you?" Mr. Tamura greeted.
"Um, yes there is actually. I would like to know if apartment 341 is still available for rent." Naomi answered.
"Yes, it is." Mr. Tamura stated.
Mr. Tamura looked to see that Naomi was carrying her suitcases and Joule's two grocery bags.
"How does this sound? You go put those items up and I'll give Joule the key so you can get settled in." Mr. Tamura suggested.
"Yes sir, that sounds great. Thank you." Naomi thanked.
"You're welcome. Your first rental payment will be on the 24th of next month." Mr. Tamura spoke.
Joule went up the stairs, followed by Naomi. When Joule got to the top, she saw Gunvolt looking down at her. When he walked up to her to help her with the groceries, he noticed the key card.
"What's the key card for Joule?" Gunvolt queried.
"Um, a little help when you're done please Joule?" Naomi spoke.
"I see, Naomi took the apartment." Gunvolt understood.
Joule nodded before using the key card to unlock the door.
"It's open!" Joule shouted.
Gunvolt looked down to see Naomi stumbling on the stairs. When Gunvolt got down to where Naomi was, she almost dropped the left bag in surprise. Gunvolt grabbed both grocery bags.
"Thanks for the help, and letting me know about the apartment." Naomi thanked.
"You're welcome on both accounts." Gunvolt smiled.
When they finally got up the stairs Gunvolt thought of a question he had for Naomi.
"Say Naomi, how do you think your siblings are handling it?" Gunvolt interrogated.
"Copen took it exactly how I thought he would so I can't complain there, and Mytyl doesn't even know I left so that's great. All in all, it went pretty well actually." Naomi replied.
"Yeah, but what do you think will happen when Mytyl finds out?" Gunvolt asked.
Naomi stopped dead in her tracks.
"Oh, I didn't think about that." Naomi spoke.
Naomi walked into the room and put her suitcases down onto her new bed. Afterwards she noticed the bed was like the one she used at Kadic. So Naomi put her clothes under the bed while she put her gear hanging on the back of the door to the bedroom. Naomi put her gear in her desk and Lola's charger in the top right corner of it.
"Okay, so, did you get a call about any missions?" Naomi queried.
"Nothing yet." Gunvolt answered.
"Oh, well, since I have nothing better to do, I guess I'll help pick up the groceries." Naomi spoke.
'It'll take a bit to get used to the new scenery, but I'll get used to it eventually.' Naomi thought.
Naomi dug into the bag to find a plastic bottle with a brown liquid contained in it. Naomi turned the bottle around to see the bottle was labeled 'soy sauce'.
"Can someone please tell me where this goes?" Naomi asked.
Joule walked over to Naomi and pointed to the second cabinet.
"It goes up there." Joule answered.
"Thanks Joule." Naomi spoke while putting the soy sauce bottle away.
Naomi decided she would sort the groceries based on the food groups they were in. Or at least she tried. As soon as Naomi put an item on the counter it was placed somewhere else. Eventually all of the groceries were picked up.
"Well, that's all of them. Thanks for helping with the groceries Naomi." Gunvolt thanked.
"I'm glad I could help." Naomi smiled.
Naomi yawned.
"I'm going to sleep. Goodnight you guys. Feel free to let me know if a mission comes up." Naomi spoke.
"Can I stay with you tonight Naomi?" Joule asked.
"Um, sure." Naomi responded.
"Yay!" Joule cheered.
Joule looked at Gunvolt.
"Can I?" Joule begged.
"Since Naomi said it's okay, sure." Gunvolt replied.
"Come on Joule. I'll let you have the bedroom; I've always wondered what it's like to sleep on a couch anyways." Naomi spoke.
Naomi got herself a blanket she had that was purple and blue with white dots to represent stars. Meanwhile Joule got to sleep in the bed with its oxygenated blood red comforter and blanket. As soon as Naomi laid down on the couch, she was fast asleep. Suddenly, Naomi heard Joule shouting.