A Rare Sight
'I am not Apophis, and neither am I Marin, I am Grayfia Lucifuge, I am…'
"…just a Maid," Muttering this Grayfia sat down and started to study the materials she had brought back while ignoring the pain in her chest that was increasing with each passing moment.
And just like that, the morning arrived.
Grayfia left her room at 5:30 in the morning and started to clean the house and the backyard. Even if the property was big it didn't take her a lot of time in order to finish her task even if she did everything with her hands, the only room left now was Yuuya's but that will be cleaned after he wakes up.
'It's time,' Grayfia saw the clock hitting 6 and left the house after locking it.
She was on her way to the fish market in Koto city to get fresh fish for breakfast, it would take 10 minutes to reach there with a car but Grayfia didn't need to use the car.
She had already reached the location in under a minute.
"Ah, Maid-chan you're here as usual," A shopkeeper said as Grayfia nodded and continued to look at the fish he had, she was still in her maid uniform so she stood out in the crowd of middle-aged women and mostly old men.
"I would like to purchase the kisu (Sillago)," Grayfia said and the owner nodded.
"Your eyes are good like usual, they just came in and will make for some great tempura," The old man laughed and packed the amount of fish Grayfia asked for.
"You should buy some more right now instead of making rounds daily," The old man said as he received the money but Grayfia shook her head.
"It is better if the ingredients are fresh," The shopkeeper sighed since he had heard that a dozen times already.
"Oh! The Maid-san is here Mornin'," A middle-aged man came to the shop next to one Grayfia was shopping from.
"Good morning, Morita-san," Grayfia greeted the man.
"Hmm, here to buy some seafood again?" Grayfia nodded at Morita's question.
"I see, you want some shrimps? I just got them in the auction before, they are of great quality," Morita pointed at the box that a few of his workers were unloading from the cart.
"Yes, I would like some," Grayfia bought a lot of shrimp since they were of good quality just like Morita said.
"I'll place them in my pickup section so if you buy anything else tell them to send it there, don't worry about carrying things while shopping it'll only get in the way, Also Kubo-san got some real good Tuna today," Morita said as Grayfia paid for the shrimps.
"Thank you I really appreciate it," Grayfia thanked Morita and went to the shop he mentioned.
"What is it, Morita? Are you shooting your shot?" The old man asked since he was being a bit too nice to Grayfia by letting her use the place that was reserved for restaurant owners and such.
"Are you crazy old man? Me? trying to woo her? I might as well try to get an Olympic gold medal in the 100 m," Morita said waving the asthma inhaler he took out from his pocket and then continued "I was just doing this cause she comes here every day and lugs around the fish she buys."
"Well, I guess I can get behind that reason," The old man nodded.
"Also I think she already has someone she likes," Morita said and the old man raised an eyebrow.
"You know the way she selects the items by coming here daily? She really takes it seriously and only chooses the best ones, Kinda like it is for someone special," Morita said and the old man sighed.
"You are reading too many mangas these days," The old man said and Morita winced since it was partly true.
"Anyway, that guy must have used all of his luck to get this opportunity in his life," Morita clicked his tongue while shaking his head.
"Also did you just say that you would've tried to go after our little missy if she didn't have someone she liked?" Morita winced more when he heard that.
"A man can dream alright!!" Morita proclaimed.
"So, Japan already has one gold medal confirmed in the next Olympics," The old man said and Morita deadpanned since his dreams have been denied, but he agreed on one thing…
'The guy that kid is looking after is one lucky man,' The old man had noticed it as well, it was something that came with age. But shaking his head he got to work again.
Grayfia was currently in a restaurant after she finished buying the seafood and vegetables at the market here, the reason she was stopping by to eat was that this market was a spot where many highly skilled chefs visited to buy ingredients for their restaurants.
That was the reason that the chefs who made food in markets like these had a high level of culinary skill since they had to feed such people.
"Here is your Shrimp tempura, and cold noodles, hot soup Udon," A waiter placed the food in front of Grayfia.
"Thank you," Grayfia thanked the waiter who smiled and went back to do his work with a new jump in his steps.
The other waiters and waitresses in the shop were just looking at this guy as Grayfia started to eat without paying any mind to her surroundings.
She already knew her attire did make her stand out in this place. It wasn't every day you can see a beautiful woman wearing a French maid uniform going around shopping in a fish market.
Well, in the Toyosu Market, it did happen almost every day now.
Grayfia left the Market at 6:40 and went straight home with everything taken care of.
Entering the house she went to the kitchen and started preparing for breakfast. Placing the pot full of rice and miso soup on the stove after she prepared the seafood, she left the kitchen and went to Yuuya's room.
She already knew Yuuya wasn't inside so she opened the door and looked at the bed.
"She isn't here today," Grayfia usually found Apophis wrapped up in the blanket on the bed, but on a few days Apophis woke up on her own or more like she was woken up.
'No time for that,' Grayfia quickly tidied up the room and placed Yuuya's bag on the bed after putting in the books and supplies he'll need for the day alongside his ironed uniform.
And after that, she went to the backyard to find Yuuya placing the wooden spear back into the storeroom. He had just finished his daily practice just on time like always.
"Master, would you be having breakfast first?" Grayfia asked as Yuuya turned around and looked at her.
"…Master?" Grayfia was a bit confused since Yuuya didn't say anything for a few minutes.
"Hmm? Yes, I'll have the breakfast first," Yuuya answered as if he has snapped out of something.
"Would you like anything in specific?" Grayfia asked even after she had made a lot of preparations already, the reason was that Yuuya's preference took precedence over everything for her.
"Some pancakes would be good," Yuuya said and Grayfia asked another question.
"Blueberries and maple syrup?" Yuuya nodded at that
"It'll be done right away,"
Going back into the kitchen Grayfia got to cooking quickly, she had already made all of the preparations aside from taking the pancake batter from the fridge.
She had prepared some in advance since Yuuya liked to have pancakes for breakfast on Mondays, but his mood changed a few times.
'I need to plate everything quickly, Can't let Master wait for long,' With the rice and miso soup done, Grayfia got the first plate of tempura done and took it to the dining room with the rice and soup along with a plate full of pancakes.
Yuuya and Apophis were already in their seats, and like always it was noisy because of the latter.
"Ash, when will you stop kicking me out of bed?"
"Most likely from the moment you stop trying to take advantage of the fact that I am sleeping," Yuuya answered flatly, there was no hint of remorse in his voice was doing what he did, and similarly…
"Come on a little kiss doesn't hurt anyone," Apophis was the same with her actions.
"…" Yuuya just stayed silent.
Grayfia placed the food in front of Yuuya as Apophis sighed.
"First you kick a lady down and then you ignore her? That's real bad Yuuya I didn't raise you up to be like this," Apophis shook her head with disappointment in her voice.
"…You didn't raise me at all though,"
"Do you know that I woke up early took a long bath to prepare myself and got into my best clothes for you, and you just kicked me out of bed?" Apophis continued ignoring Yuuya's words.
"You were in your underwear," Yuuya didn't know how that qualified as clothes.
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See you next week suckers....