Part 1:

Kayru wasn't too pleased when she saw the same man she'd confessed her feelings to walk up with another girl after being out all night. She wanted to pull out her staff and blast him right then and there, but decided against it.

"My lord, where were you?" Kokkoro asked, running out the door to greey Yuuki.

"I'm sorry Kokkoro, I didn't mean to stay out all night, but I got caught up in some trouble."

Yuuki was about to explain the situation to Kokkoro when her eyes wandered past him to see Ranpha, standing there shyly with her head down.

"Ranpha? What are you doing here?"

"Oh…hello Kokkoro. Kayru and Shefi, how are you all today?" she said in a quiet voice.

"Just out of curiosity Yuuki…did you and-"

Before she could finish, Yuuki quickly stopped Sheffi, explaining the situation that he'd gone through last night.

"You really need to get back to us when stuff like that happens." Kyarl said, crossing her arms.

"I'm sorry guys, I thought the situation was just a prank."

"Well regardless, I'm happy to have you back in one piece my lord."

"Also…I was wondering if it would be alright if we could let Ranpha stay here."

As soon as the sentence left Yuuki's mouth, he felt the sharp glare of Kyaru.

"Oh? Does Ranpha not have anywhere to stay?"

"Not at the moment. I know she was associated with Rage Legion, but she's changed a new leaf and I owe her for accompanying me last night."

Before Yuuki could say anything else, Kyaru put her hand firmly on his shoulder.

"Yuuki…" she said, looking at him in a scary way.

"Could we please talk for a moment…"

"Um…sure." Yuuki said, afraid of what the discussion was going to be about.

Part 2:

"Look Yuuki, I Know you're a nice guy and all, but are you sure about this?"

Kyaru and Yuuki were having a private discussion outside the guildhouse talking about the idea of Ranpha staying. Kyaru had her suspensions of Ranpha, and rightfully so seeing as she was once a part of Rage Legion, but Yuuki insisted she could stay.

"I understand your suspensions, but I feel if Ranpha was evil she would have done something to me back there in the woods. Besides that she seems to be one of the members of that guild that wants to change for the better. If that's the case I say we let her.

Kyaru sighed. She wanted to put up more of a fight to this idea, but she had a feeling Yuuki wouldn't budge.

"Alright…but the moment she does anything suspicious or ill-will we're throwing her out. Got it?"

Yuuki nodded, then yawned.

"You should get some rest, you did spend all night fighting dolls."

"Thanks for your concern Kyaru, I think I'll do just that."

Yuuki was about to pat Kyaru's head, but she stopped him at the last moment.

"Hey, who said you could pet my head!"

"Sorry Kyaru."

"Ugh…it's fine. Just get to bed before you start stumbling around from exhaustion."

Back inside Ranpha was getting a warmer reception from Kokkoro, who was showing her around the guildhouse.

"And here is where we eat together." Kokkoro said, showing her the dining room table.

"I see."

"It's quite nice, being able to eat together like one big family. Am I correct to assume that you haven't done this before?"

"Not really. I mostly ate by myself."

"I see, well from here on out you can eat with us. It's a nice experience, being able to eat with friends. Some say it makes the food taste better."

"I can imagine."

"Yep. Well, I've shown you around the house, now I want to go over the chores we do around here, and show you how to do them."

Part 3:

Ranpha sat down on the couch defeated. Chores didn't exactly go as planned for her. Trying to clean the dishes, she broke some, trying to clean the floor, she slipped and fell, and the first thing she cooked caught fire.

"I wanted to help out around the house, but instead I caused more trouble for the guild." she thought to herself.

Yuuki, who had just woken up from a nap, sat down beside her to ask what was the matter.

"Well, Kokkoro tried teaching me how to do the chores around here, but I kind of messed them up. I dropped the dishes, slipped and fell while cleaning the floor, and when I tried to make food it caught on fire."

"Hey, don't beat yourself up over it." Yuuki said. "If it makes you feel better, when I got amnesia, I was bad at doing chores around the house, among other things, but eventually Kokkoro taught me, and I started to get better at things.

"I see…" Ranpha said, still looking a bit glum. Yuuki tried to cheer her up by petting her head, which surprised her, but at the same time also made her feel good.

"I'm normally the one that pets your head, so to have you pet my head feels weird, but at the same time it feels nice."

"Yeah, Kokkoro and Kyaru like it when I pet their heads."

Watching from this distance, jealous, was Kyaru, who wasn't liking what she was seeing.

Part 4:

Kyaru found herself tossing and turning that night. She couldn't sleep, filled with thoughts of Yuuki and the guest that he decided to bring home.

"That damn Yuuki…I was hoping to go farther with him after confessing my feelings to him…but I should have known better…I don't have a chance with a guy who's surrounded by girls."

Just then, Kyaru heard someone walking in the hallway. She went out to investigate to find Ranpha walking into Yuuki's room, quietly.

"What's she doing?" she thought to herself. Kyaru quietly followed Ranpha into Yuuki's room. Once inside, she saw Ranpha hovering over Yuuki. At first glance, it seemed like she had ill-intent, but that wasn't the case.

Well, it wasn't the case for everyone but Kyaru. While Ranpha wasn't planning on assassinating Yuuki in his sleep, she was planning to make himself at home in his bed next to him. That's when Kyaru quickly ran over and snatched her, covering her mouth so she couldn't scream, and dragging her out of the room.

"What the heck do you think you're doing!" Kyaru said in a hushed voice.

"Oh, Kyaru, you scared me for a second there. I apologize, I was just going to crawl in bed with Yuuki."

"Why?"

"Well…because I was having trouble sleeping in my own bed…"

"Well, just go drink warm milk or go for a walk. Sleeping with Yuuki isn't the solution!"

"Oh? Is it an unpleasant experience?"

"I don't know, I've never done it before, but I imagine it is."

"Right…my apologies Kyaru, I shall go downstairs for a glass of water."

After Ranpha left, Kyaru headed back into Yuuki's room. Looking around to make sure no one was watching, she made her way into his bed.

"I don't plan on staying for long…but it would be nice to sleep with you again…" she said, remembering back to when they first did so during their trip to the desert. Thinking back to that memory made her blush, as not only did she confess her feelings to Yuuki and kiss him, but was also wearing a revealing outfit.

Kyaru laid there listening to Yuuki's soft breathing. She tried her best to keep her eyes open, but eventually, sleep found her.

Part 5:

The next morning Yuuki woke up to his arms feeling numb.

"Jeez…I guess the fight with the dolls took more of a toll on me then I thought it would…"

When Yuuki turned however to look to his right, he found Ranpha next to him. Ranpha was lying close to Yuuki, using his arm as a pillow.

"Oh jeez…Kyaru isn't going to like this…" Yuuki said. That's when he looked to his left, only to find Kyaru sleeping next to him as well.

"W-what?"

Kyaru slowly started to open her eyes, and rubbed them.

"Huh? Where the heck am I?" she said, looking around the room. That's when Ranpha also started to wake up.

"My apologies Yuuki, I didn't mean to crawl in bed with you, but I couldn't sleep, even after drinking a glass of water."

Kyaru slowly turned to face Ranpha, who turned to notice her. The two looked at each other for a moment while Yuuki sat up, looking at the two.

"W-w-w-w-w-w-what?"

"Oh, Kyaru. My apologies, I know you said I shouldn't sleep with Yuuki, but I couldn't help it. I still couldn't find sleep even after drinking a glass of water."

Kyaru simply got up and left, heading straight for her room and never coming back out for the rest of the day.

Next chapter: Kyaru's new year (December 31st)