Chapter 28

Judy's apartment was already familiar to us, so when Tortik parked next to the house where she was, and Judy said that she had to go to the store, because there were no groceries in the house again, Panam and I were not confused and quietly went up to the floor, where we used the guest access, which was already activated for us by our ranersha.

Walking through her apartment I inspected her with a new set of eyes.

"You think she'll finally surrender her fortress to the evil invader you are?"

I shrugged.

"Whether or not he'll pass is not that important..."

"М?"

Panam looked at me with interest.

"What matters is how you feel about it. Because you're my girlfriend and if you don't want to be in a relationship where you're not the only one..."

I shook my head.

"I don't mind..."

Panam shrugged her shoulders.

"...you're taking this too seriously. No, if you'd just brought her over, I'd have said it was either me or her, if she disgusted me, I'd have said the same thing, but now... She's become a good friend to me, so I don't mind sharing you with her. The main thing is that you should give us both enough time, or we'll get offended and both leave."

I nodded.

"I'll remember that."

I looked around the refrigerator, which was empty except for an old pizza and a couple of beers, and sighed. I'd have to wait for Judy to get the groceries.

Sitting down on the sofa in the dining room-living room, I closed my eyes and activated the deck and went online, where I quickly looked for an opportunity to buy out the apartment above. Still, if there's a nasty neighbor on the side, it's best not to deal with him.

"Hmmm..."

"What's wrong?"

"Yeah, the upstairs apartment happens to be for sale..."

"How much?"

"One hundred and thirty thousand..."

"We can afford it, right? So what do you think?"

"We can..."

I shrugged. I opened my eyes and looked at Panam.

"The only question is whether it's necessary..."

I sighed, thinking about the future, but I'd be in Knight City for a couple more years, and during that time the cost of the apartment would be recouped. And to be honest, I've got plenty of money. And with the amount of work I'm doing, I can make that money back in a week.

I closed my eyes again and quickly completed the purchase and sale, which didn't require anything special here and now. All the documents had been electronic for a long time, so it was all I had to do to fill out a couple of forms and pay.

"Why are you so quiet?"

"Making a purchase."

"Wait, did you buy it already?"

"Yeah..."

I nodded and opened my eyes and beckoned to Panam, who was still standing in the middle of the room. And she came quietly over.

"Give me your hand..."

Her eyes were understanding and she immediately extended her hand to me, touching mine I gave her full access to the apartment above.

"We'll have to do some renovations and get a passageway between the apartments here."

"Bastard..."

This was the moment Judy chose to enter the apartment.

"What's wrong?"

She looked at Panam with astonishment, who was showing her indignation. I gestured to Panam not to say anything and beckoned Judy to me, who put the bags on the floor near the kitchen corner and then came to me.

"Give me your hand."

"А?"

She held out her hand to me and I did the same procedure that I had done to Panam not long ago.

"А?"

"Access to the apartment upstairs. it turns out it was on the market, so I bought it."

"Wait, but that's not guest access..."

I shrugged.

"And?"

"Judy, that bastard just trusts us and doesn't even think we're gonna screw him with this apartment."

"This is..."

"Judy shifted her gaze from me to Panam and back again."

"Okay. but I'm using my own money to renovate that apartment and that staircase you mentioned."

"We do..."

Panam put her hand on Judy's shoulder and she looked at her and nodded. As they said this, they became silent and looked at me intently. And I realized that I was required to confirm what I had heard and agree with their decision.

"Hear and accept. the repairs are on your dime, but I'll help with the repairs."

They looked at each other, and after a quick communication channel, which was evident from the optics that glowed slightly, they made a decision, which they indicated with nods.

"That's good... Now that we've made up our minds."

I got up from the couch and walked around the girls to the bags of food I'd picked up on the bar and began to put the food I'd bought out of them. Hmm... I bought not natural products, but you can make something decent out of it.

The girls had already passed me and left the apartment, apparently deciding to check out what I had bought. I had a much more important task to do, to feed the girls, and I wanted to do it quickly enough, since the evening had already turned into night and we still had to go to bed.

I made a sort of macaroni on flotsam, and I was just in time for the girls to come back in a very pensive mood.

"Girls, dinner is served."

The girls walked over to the counter and sat down at it to look at the dish I had prepared.

"It tastes better than it looks."

"It looks pretty good, too."

Panam shrugged her shoulders.

"...you haven't seen Saul cook yet, I've watched him a couple of times and now I understand why he's strictly forbidden to touch food before it's cooked. He is capable of screwing up even the simplest dish like kebab, which most men will cook purely on instinct, if not well, at least edible."

"Is he that bad?"

I put the first forkful of a pretty good dish into my mouth. And the girls followed suit. And after the first forkful, they froze, looking at me in surprise.

"It's not bad. you were right, it does taste better than it looks..."

Panam nodded her head at her friend's assessment of the dish.

"So, what did you find in there?"

"It's really nothing."

Panam shrugged her shoulders.

"Yeah, it's just like my apartment, just like mine. I propose to make it our main apartment, where we can make two bedrooms, as well as a living-dining room, and here, both rooms combined into a large workshop for you and me, and for Panam will find a place, although she is not very into technology.

"Well, she's more of a car guy. If you want to rebuild the engine, fix the suspension, that's for her, and you and I can handle the rest."

"That's right..."

Judy nodded her head.

"Anyway, there will still be a kitchen and dining room here if it's too lazy to carry upstairs..."

"You can not carry it, you can make a small elevator in the corner, then you can just put the food there, and then elevator it to the floor and already there calmly carry it to the table, so as not to lug with plates on the stairs."

"It's not a bad idea..."

Panam nodded her head.

So leisurely we finished our late supper, after which I went to the sofa, and Panam and Judy went first to the shower, taking turns of course, and then to the room...

Morning colors...

It doesn't...

Sleeping on the couch is not very comfortable, even considering that I have synthetic muscles. And let them not get sweaty, but my skin, bones, tendons and joints are quite ordinary and they were not in the best condition after a not very comfortable night.

Stretching, I got up off the couch and crunched my bones a couple times, but just so, gingerly.

And only then I made my way to the kitchen, where I began to quickly prepare a simple breakfast in the form of pancakes, as potatoes were still easy to find in Knight City, and Judy had bought them. The rest of the ingredients were not so natural, but it did not affect the flavor of the dish. In the meantime, I put the kettle on and brewed some coffee. So the girls looked out of the room at the delicious smell of ready breakfast.

"Whoa!"

I couldn't resist, this time the girls were more open than usual when we slept together. And if I could expect that from Panam, she'd had sex with me more than once, so she had nothing to be embarrassed about. Not in front of me, but in front of Judy, yes, she was still a little embarrassed. But her cloth sweater over her swimsuit over her head...

Just wow...

And Judy was not far behind her and was dressed only in snow-white panties and the same T-shirt tied with a knot right under her breasts. - Girls, you are just incredibly beautiful.

"That's it?"

Panam arched an eyebrow playfully.

I grinned as I walked around the bar and pulled her close to me. A gentle kiss was the answer to her question.

"Ahem."

Judy interrupted us, so I pulled away from Panam and turned to her and put my hands on her waist. Slowly I pulled her to me and I saw no reluctance in her eyes, only expectation and hope.

Kiss...

Long... tender.

"Yep, now that's a good start to the morning..."

Those were the first words Judy said as soon as I pulled away from her.

"Seconded..."

Panam was in complete agreement with her.

"Let's get some breakfast."

I went around the bar again and put plates with pancakes and coffee in front of the girls. There was also a plate in front of me, but it was a little smaller, because I had eaten a little while cooking.

"You spoil us."

Panam sighed.

"This is my evil plan, an evil genius who maliciously decided to do evil and cause injustice to two beautiful ladies."

"Hmm?"

"So let's imagine a hypothetical situation-- you and I split up.

I see the girls' looks of outrage and raise my hand to stop them.

"...and every time you meet a new partner you try to replace me with, you'll remember that I made the best breakfasts. That I spoiled you with desserts, first and second courses..."

"Villain..."

Panam laughingly sent a piece of the draino into her mouth, which she had just torn off, then took a sip of coffee.

"Tell me about it..."

Judy grinned, too. At that, she shook her head and sent a whole draino into her mouth, which she folded in half.

"Hmmm..."

She chewed thoughtfully and looked at me.

"Something is missing..."

"It would be good to have either milk with them or sour cream..."

I shrugged.

"but you can't find either in Knight City. So, uh."

"I see..."

The girls shrugged and began to eat their breakfast with gusto.

I finished breakfast first, so after waving to the girls, I went to the bathroom to clean up after my nap.

"Bastard!"

It was a double shout that was directed at my back before the bathroom door closed. But no sooner had I turned on the water than the doorbell rang.

"Will you open it?"

Judy's loud, questioning cry made me leave the bathroom and walk to the door activating the camera.

"Who's that?"

At the entrance stood a girl I didn't know, dressed... tasteless to me. This is how expensive prostitutes dress, trying to hide their belonging to the oldest profession.

"Uh, uh. I'm sorry, I think I have the wrong apartment..."

Fuck, I know the girl. No, not personally, but it's impossible not to recognize this lady who appeared in the game...

Is it really starting already?

No... canon is a long way off... at least game canon, since Maine hasn't gone cuckoo yet. And the ship called Kujiro, which means Keith, isn't on TV yet...