Sitting at the table with a bowl of cereal in front of me, my eyes were half-lidded as I desperately tried to keep them open.
I'm just going to tell you now.
It was not easy.
At some point, I felt my eyes close before my head nearly dropped…
Into the bowl of cereal.
"Crap."
I cursed as I pushed myself off the table, preventing myself from having a nice face wash with milk instead of sparkling water.
It seems that running dry on Honkai energy was having some bad effects on me.
I'd adapt to it, but this was just another excuse for me to fuel my sugar addiction.
"BWAHAHAHA!!!"
Kiana…
My bloodshot eyes flicked over to the laughing
"What are you laughing at huh?" I slammed my hands on the table, chin jutting out.
"You! Hahahahaah!" She laughed. She somehow gained superspeed? as she was to the left and to the right, finger pointing at me like I was the main attraction of the carnival.
Bronya slid into the scene as she pushed away the laughing white haired girl out of the picture.
"Kiana Idiotka is being too loud in the morning."
That made Kiana scream out as she did a backflip in the air before landing on both feet.
"Hey! How did you get in here, Bratnya?"
In response, the girl in question pulled out a set of keys, looking at Kiana with disdain.
"The Bronya has 3 sets of spare keys to Idiotka's home."
"WHAT?! How did you get that?!!" Kiana shouted with a finger pointed in accusation.
A sparkle appeared in Bronya's eye as she snorted. "Hmph. The Bronya has her sources."
"GOJO! WAS IT YOU?!"
Kiana ran in front of me, who was walking over to the cabinet to get some coffee beans. I looked at her with exhaustion in my eyes and then sighed.
"Can this wait? I need my coffee, woman."
"Just tell me! Was it you who gave the keys?! And how does she even get that many? I don't even have three keys?!"
"Kiana… you don't have any keys. You have a keypad, and Bronya's a hacker…"
The girl seemed to come to a realisation at that as she had the decency to let out an embarrassed chuckle.
"O-oh yeah…"
Kiana wanted to turn back around to argue with Bronya again, but I hooked an arm around her shoulders and dragged her back.
"C'mon now. Don't get baited by her again. Let's get some coffee."
"Oooh! Vanilla latte?!" Kiana's eyes sparkled.
"Of course. Did you think that I was going to make…" A look of disgust appeared on my face. "Black coffee?"
"Ew"/"Ew."
It seems that Kiana and I shared the same brain cells in regards to this.
"The Bronya does not understand why Gojo and Kiana have such a disdain for Americanos." Bronya floated over to the cabinet and took out the coffee beans. "Americanos are far healthier than flavoured lattes…"
"Blasphemy!!!" I grabbed both of Bronya's shoulders. "How dare you speak such despicable words in my presence!!!"
She didn't even bother to answer me this time.
All she did was tilt her head to the side, a small tug carefully hidden on her lips.
"Guys, what are you doing…"
Mei came out of her room at this time.
There was a hint of haggardness on her face, but it was remarkably better than how she was looking yesterday.
I guess that the time we gave her for herself had allowed her to clear her thoughts.
"Mei!! Are you feeling better now?" Kiana rushed over worriedly. "Do you want anything?"
She was pretty hyperactive this morning huh?
Mei gave a gentle smile as she held onto Kiana's hand. Her gaze then swept over all of us. "I'm fine now Kiana. Thanks for giving me some time to think guys."
Before we could say anything else however, Mei's eyes locked onto my bowl of cereal barely touched.
"Gojo… is that your breakfast?"
"Yea?"
"And none of you guys are done with breakfast yet right?"
A series of nods confirmed her thesis.
"Then put that aside." A confident smile formed on the face of the purple haired girl. "I'm taking over the kitchen!"
Hmm…
I swore I heard Mei whisper something about pots and pans as soon as she took over though…
Wait…
Did she…
Did she just redirect our attention from drinking our vanilla lattes?
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"My home… is fixed?"
The words that were on the screen of my phone at the moment left me slightly stunned.
I was actually somewhat used to living here by now. And I'm not going to lie, it would be kinda weird going back to living alone again, even if it was a far bigger house.
"Your home is fixed?"
Kiana jumped over the back of the sofa I was sitting on so her upper body was on it. "Does that mean you're going to go back now?"
"Probably…"
A hint of melancholy appeared on Kiana's face at that moment as she moved herself upright.
The gaze in her eyes became softer as she looked at me.
Seeing that, I could not help but feel a bit touched as well.
Kiana seems to be feeling the same way.
She placed a hand on my shoulder and then said in a soft tone.
"Gojo…"
"I know that you're feel-"
"Does that mean I can raid your snack bar again?"
…
…
"Nine ropes. Polarised light."
"AHHH!!! I WAS JOKING!!!!"
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"You guys want to move in with me?"
There was a hint of unsureness on my face as I looked at the girls with their packed bags.
Kiana adjusted her backpack slightly as she laughed. "Of course! Your house is huge! No way we're staying here when we can crash out at your place!"
I put a hand on my chin.
"I dunno… I feel like it's kinda weird…"
"What's so weird about it? You've been living with Mei and I for so long anyways!"
"Kiana…" Mei sighed, putting down her luggage as she arrived at the door to Kiana's house. "Don't say it like that. It really does make things… weird."
"Idiotka does not bother using her head much at all." Bronya said from outside the apartment. Project Bunny 19C was carrying a bunch of bags and luggages as well…
And I'm going to say this now…
I'm sure that 90% of those bags contained Homu stuff.
"You're coming too?" I asked exasperatedly. "You know what I mean better than Kiana…"
"Gojo's area has a better internet connection for gaming." Bronya said monotonically. She held up her phone with its screen facing me, showing me the game Homu of Kings. "The Bronya requires the best conditions to defeat Gojo."
"Pssh. Bronya's just making excuses." Kiana rolled her eyes. "C'mon now. I want to get over there now!!!"
I pointed inside the apartment with my thumb. "What will we do about this apartment then? I assume your contracts aren't over."
"The Bronya owns the apartment."
Kiana's eyes shot to Bronya. "Wait… you're rich too?"
"The Bronya is an expert at stocks as well. And technically, the Bronya is Kiana's landlord." She looked at Kiana as smugly as her emotionless face could.
I went over to Kiana and whispered in her ear. "Don't worry. She's my secretary, so her building is half mine as well…"
Hearing that, the white haired girl let out a phew.
"That's good. Better you than her."
"Somehow, I don't think that's how it works." Mei covered her mouth as she laughed at the side.
Bronya urged me by pulling on my sleeve.
"Gojo. The Bronya wants to go now. The grind cannot wait."
"This…"
"The three of us don't care, so why do you huh?" Kiana asked suspiciously.
"Okay, okay. Let's go then. I lived at your house for quite a bit anyways. "
I finally relented.
Of course, there was the fact that Kiana had freeloaded at my place for quite as well, but I didn't bring that up.
I suppose that I did have more than enough showers to not have to do any waiting anymore…
As we finally stepped out of the apartment, I sighed.
"I'm just gonna make one thing clear first."
"What?" Kiana asked, tilting her head.
"I better not catch you guys raiding my jacuzzi. That's mine!"
The three of them looked at each other, at me, then smiled brightly.
"No promises!"
(A/N: A bit of a cooldown chapter after all of the stuff going on.
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