Shopping

"Yuuya-kun you live here alone right?" Marin suddenly asked.

"Mm," Yuuya nodded while eating

"Oh, this is really something, Yuuya-kun you have a maid and you live alone with her, UFUFUFU what type of relationship do you guys have? Like a secret affair between the master and maid or an open one. What do you guys do alone in this big house? This is so interesting." Marin said with a smirk as several scenarios ran through her head about the relationship between them.

BONK*

"YEOWCH, Yuuya-kun that is uncalled for," Marin said as she rubbed her head with her hands because Yuuya gave her a light chop on her head.

"You are playing too many adult games, and now it has started affecting your thoughts, and I have said it before don't compare real life with eroge game scenarios," Yuuya said as he looked at Grayfia who was blushing and sighed.

'S-Secret A-Affair,' Grayfia's brain was overloaded as she remembered that she was indeed in Yuuya's embrace in his bed this morning.

"But, isn't that what usually happens," Marin said with a smile.

"How did you even reach that conclusion?" Yuuya said as he ate his cupcake.

'Then why is your maid blushing Yuuya-kun? What did you do? No, it can't be, Yuuya-kun isn't that type of person but why am I so sure he isn't? And why do I…..' Marin questioned in her mind why did she know about this.

"Oh, you are no fun Yuuya-kun," Marin said as she looked at Grayfia's reaction and then at Yuuya.

"So when are we going to buy the materials?" Yuuya asked.

"In a bit, let me finish this cake first. This is so delicious." Marin said as she ate with a gleeful smile.

"Do you like sweets?" Yuuya asked.

"I love sweets, I can't function without rice and sweets," Marin said with a big grin.

'She likes sweets just like her, the reason I like sweets so much is because of Ashber. She used to bake a lot as her hobby and gave a lot of it to me, though let's not talk about how it was when she started baking.' Yuuya thought as he looked at Marin who asked for more and shuddered a bit when he remembered the first batch of cake he ate if it can even be called that. He looked at Marin who was explaining how important sweets are.

'The more time I spend with her, the more she reminds me of her. Just minus her noisy behavior which can be a hand full, if she really did get a chance to live then it is good, as her life hasn't been any good before,' Yuuya thought as he remembered the life Ashber has lived.

'Both of us have lost so much that we…..' Yuuya sighed at his thoughts.

"…..Right, Yuuya-kun are you listening?" Marin asked as she looked at Yuuya who was lost in his own thoughts. and Grayfia was looking at him as she felt his emotions become a bit chaotic.

"Yes," Yuuya said as he smiled slightly which shocked Marin, and didn't let his inner thoughts show on his face, he finished his cup of tea then looked at Grayfia who has collected herself as she was looking at him with worry and sadness in her eyes. He didn't know why she was looking at him like that but he didn't say anything.

'Master just smiled again, Although, I should be happy why do I feel sad when I see him smile at someone else?' Grayfia thought as she looked at Yuuya.

"Ok let's go," Marin asked as she finished eating.

Yuuya nodded and walked towards his room to change.

Only Grayfia and Marin were inside the room.

"Are you coming with us Grayfia-san?" Marin asked suddenly.

"No, I will tend to the house," Grayfia said with a smile as she cleared her thoughts a bit and Marin nodded.

They were glancing at each other but they didn't say anything after that.

After 5 minutes Yuuya walked in wearing a white shirt and black pants.

"Then let's go Yuuya-Kun~~," Marin said as she stood up with a smile.

Yuuya nodded at her and then looked at Grayfia.

"Do we need anything at the house?" Yuuya asked her.

"No, we don't, Master," Grayfia said with a bow.

"Alright then we'll be back by 6 P.M.," Yuuya said as he walked towards the door and wore his brown shoes.

"Yes, Master I'll be waiting for you," Grayfia said with a small smile.

"Ok," Yuuya said as he walked out of the door while thinking.

'Why did she say that? is it because..' Yuuya thought.

"Bye~~, Grayfia-san," Marin said while waving her hand as she followed Yuuya and Grayfia waved back at her.

Then the door closed and Grayfia was left alone in the house.

Sigh*

'I should be happy that master smiled, But why do I feel….' Grayfia thought as she walked back and found herself in front of Yuuya's room without knowing.

She went in after hesitating a bit and looked at the bed where she was in the morning.

'I only want to….' Grayfia climbed onto the bed and lay down on the spot Yuuya was sleeping on although the mattress was cold her body felt warm for some reason she curled up as she smelled Yuuya's scent on the bed.

"What do I want?" Grayfia muttered as she closed her eyes as the new emotion in her heart became stronger.

...….

MC POV.

"NeNe, Yuuya-kun what do you think about that?" Marin called out to me while pointing at the billboard that had an anime poster as we stepped out of the Shibuya station under the eyes of the crowd and the reason being.

"That can come later but Marin why are you holding onto my arm?" I asked her in my usual tone as her breasts were pressed on my arm.

"It is so crowded what if we get separated?" Marin said as she grinned.

"Ok," I said as I was too tired to argue with her.

"What? You accepted it. I was sure you would be like 'Do you think I'll buy that.' Or something like that," Marin said as she tried to imitate my tone.

"I am just following the script," I said normally as we walked towards the shopping center.

"Your script is so wrong for reals," Marin said with a smile as her grip around my arm tightened.

"Ok, Ehhhh-, M-Marin-san can you leave my hand y-your-" I was about to continue.

"Your timing and tone couldn't be worse," Marin shouted.

"..." I just looked at her.

"Say something?" Marin said.

"You are loud," I said in my normal tone.

"That is what you are worried about," Marin said as she hung her head.

And we reached the handicraft shop named 'Yusawaya' and entered.

And we walked towards the Cosplay corner,

"What do you think about it? Isn't it awesome?" Marin said in with a smile and I nodded a bit.

"So Marin-san what is the budget?" I asked her so that I can choose items accordingly.

"Don't worry about that I saved up a lot of money from part-time jobs, Fufun~~," Marin said with a grin as she raised her nose high.

"If you say so," I nodded and we went to the cloth section.

"What do you think about this one Yuuya-kun?" Marin asked me as she pointed at a black cloth.

"Umm, I think this one will be better," I said as I pointed at the one in the corner it looked of high quality.

"Why?" Marin asked me.

"Because they go to a prestigious school, so the uniform's material should be of high quality, but this one is a bit too thick to wear," I said as I touched the material I looked to the right and saw a female employee staring at me.

"Can I have a moment?" I asked her and she flinched.

"S-sorry for staring at you guys because both of you looked good together," the girl said in one breath as she blushed.

"L-Looked good together," I heard Marin's surprised voice and looked at her to see a blush spread across her face.

"I wanted to ask if there is a more breathable material of the same quality," I asked the employee showing her material as I ignored their earlier remark.

"Y-yes, I'll get it right away," the female employee ran to the left and then came running and went towards the right. Looks like she went the wrong way.

I looked at Marin who was looking at me.

"What happened?" I asked her.

"Nothing," Marin said as she pouted and the employee came back with the material I asked for.

"Thank you," I said as we continued to shop for more things that we needed from here and Marin paid for it.

"So what do we have left?" I asked her.

"There the wig is next." She said as she led me towards Swallowtail while holding my hand.

We entered the shop and looked at the wigs with different colors that were showcased everywhere in the shop.

"It is colorful isn't it?" Marin asked with a grin.

"Nn," I nodded as I looked at the colorful displays that were full of Wig with different hair colors.

And we walked toward one of the displays to choose one.

"So is it going to be Black medium," Marin asked.

"Hm, it should be deep violet," I said as I pointed at the one on the showcase.

"Huh, but Shizuka-tan's hair is black," Marin said.

"The color-coding of the game is that the characters have the same hair and eye color and Shizuka's character has purple eyes," I said as I looked at her.

"….Doesn't it," Marin said as she blushed.

"You didn't notice it," I said to her.

"Ugh, Yuuya-kun why do you have to be so mean? Can't you just think about it?" Marin said as she lightly hit me with her fists then looked away while pouting.

"So are we buying this one?" I asked in my usual tone.

"Don't ignore me, But Yes we are," Marin said as she puffed up her cheeks.

"Then is that all?" I asked her.

"No, we still have one thing left," Marin said as she hugged my arm again and we walked down the road.

"What is it?" I looked at her.

"Garter belt and Stockings," Marin grinned widely as we stopped in front of a shop.

"….Why?" I muttered.