The girl ran into the building with panting breaths, feeling the food inside her churn with protest for the unwanted exercise. 'Ugh...I need to start immediately, I've already lost enough time.' Taking out her schedule she scanned over her duties, a sigh of slight relief surging through her. 'Alright, so I had to clean up the stairs and the central passage.' She smiled to herself as she recalled cleaning the area the previous day, minimising the workload for her in the time limit she was already put in.

However, as she looked over the rest of her final tasks, the girl's blood thickened, stopping the flow inside her body as she noticed the bedroom she was mean to clean up. The female slightly gulped as she knew there would be a specific individual that would strictly get out of his way to prevent her from approaching the said area.

"Is everything alright?" She was surprise by a voice softly regarding her, making the female spin around to identify the startling individual.

"Eban, you scared me..." She silently uttered, allowing the boy to inspect over her tasks as a smile made its way to his lips.

"So you'll be working on our room next. You'll be keeping to your promise today, right?" He questioned, watching for the girl's response with an expectant grin.

(Y/n), however, was far from enthusiastic over the prospect of nearing the boy's covetous sibling. As the girl's downcast expression lifted up to look into the pleased male's features, she nearly jumped back at the close proximity that he had brought his face. Eban held a calculative look, his jubilant smile replaced by an unreadable frown as he gazed analytically at the girl. "E-Eban-?"

"There's something bothering you...what's wrong?" He questioned, earning a blank stare from the female. (Y/n) attempted to wave off the concern as she tried to articulate the correct response to denote his assumption. "There's someone in this house who's making you feel uneasy, isn't there?" The girl's eyes gaped at him as he showed no hesitance with his postulating guess.

"No, no. It's nothing like that. I...was just worried over what the butler would do if I didn't finish my tasks in the next few hours..." She reassured him, seeming to unsuccessfully nullify his suspicions. Eban carefully scrutinised the girl with his gaze, giving her great discomfort as she felt her frontage bare for him to dissect. After a few moments of stilted silence, Eban returned her dismissal with an unfooled smile that would allow her unconvincing act to slide.

"If you say so. But please do share with me if you ever have any troubles with someone. I want you to feel safe around here, OK?" He reassuringly smirked, giving the girl a gentle pet on the head before turning around to allow the female her own space to consider her issues.

Once she was sure the male had completely left her on her own, the girl looked back at the schedule to be left unnerved at her duties. 'Hopefully Gennai won't try and do something odd again...' As she turned around to make her way to her next task, her heart sunk to her toes as her eyes were faced with a pair of bright golden ones.

Gennai held a kind smile towards her, playfully rocking back and forth on his feet as he kept his hands clasped behind his back, expectantly watching the female like a form of entertainment. To the girl's surprise, the male showed no hostility towards her as he simply grinned at her with a placid smile. "Hello."

His levelled tone and sweetened vocals caused deep alertness for the girl as she felt uncertain as to his intentions. "Hello..." Gennai looked past her, down the hall, as though following an invisible figure that was walking away.

"I noticed you were talking with big brother again. Anything interesting you might have said?" His innocent curiosity raised alarms in the female's head as she tried to shake her head to assure him she had not blurred out his behaviour. Gennai's smile further widened at her response, satisfied with hearing her hushed demenour over the subject. "I see. It's good to hear you're not having a bad time around here..." (Y/n) nodded, urging for her feet to move out of the area and away from the illusive boy, however, was stopped by her own nerves and stiff limbs. The male kept a sweetened exterior, holding his entire body language open to her like an unsuspecting individual. Gennai looked to the side in a thoughtful manner before turning his chirpy features back towards the girl. "Hey, do you want to know what I learned in school today?"

(Y/n) furrowed her brow in suspicious discomfort. Before she was able to even answer the male, Gennai began talking once more with a chilling soothingness to his vocals.

"Today we were doing experiments in school. We had chemistry and learned all about the properties of gases. Doesn't that sound interesting?" The female unsurely nodded, hesitating to answer with her voice as the dubious lines on her face deepened. "One that has really intrigued me was hydrogen...did you know that hydrogen has to be oxidised before it becomes flammable? Isn't that cool?" He mused, further settling his questionable voice into the girl's head.

"Where are you going with this...?" She quizzed, shrinking her body inwards as doubt continued flooding her instincts.

Gennai thoughtfully looked away as he showed no possibility of a proper explanation before smirking back at the girl. "Nothing, just...wondering if you were feeling thirsty?"

(Y/n) narrowed her eyes at the enigmatic question before the boy uncovered his unseen hands from his back, tossing an object in the female's direction. The girl reflexively grabbed the item before it could fall to the floor, and as she took it in her hands her eyes shot open at the confusing assortment in her grasp. Her brain busied itself in wrapping around the purpose of the item as it was only the contents of an empty looking bottle, with a thick cloth stuffed at the opening to the point of completely blocked off the top, obstructing any substance from entering or escaping the hollow container. Her eyes were then quickly drawn to a flickering flame that danced at the tip of the fabric that stuck out from the exterior. As the fire slowly progressed towards the obstructed aperture of the bottle, a striking realisation dawned on the girl as she gasped, flinging the item away before it had time to reach the contents of the inside.

As the plastic container was airborne, a moment hadn't even passed since the female's action before the chemical inside combined with the flame and open air to allow a small explosion to engulf the open space. As the cylindrical receptacle erupted into smaller plastic pieces, they scattered around on the ground as a small debris of cloth fluttered to the floor, still holding a spark of ignition. The female could feel the heat of the detonation as it erupted before a relieving chill caressed her skin the moment the blast had passed. As she stared, wide-eyed at the fallen pieces of what was left of the items, she heard a few striking clicks from her company, reminding her of the individual who had handed her the hazardous object in the first place.

"Hm, you've got quick reflexes...need to keep that in mind for next time." The boy was flicking on and off a lighter in his hand, as his mind seemed preoccupied with ideas and schemes that reflected off his amber eyes. Gennai turned around to depart from the scene, unconcerned with the disconcerted girl that was unsteadily leaning against the wall as she refused to peel her eyes off of the burnt remains of the bottle that she had been holding in her hands a few seconds prior. "Better clean that mess up..."

As the male moved out of the scene, the girl slowly slid down to sit on the ground, allowing her pumping heart to settle its beats as she stared at the charred remains. The female gulped at the sight as she rose back up once she felt her knees steady to support her body. Clutching onto her bag for some synthetic comfort, she breathed out a sigh. 'What the hell is wrong with this guy...? He's seriously trying to harm me now...'

The girl approached the mess as she kneeled down to inspect the deteriorated materials, a pungent odour invading her nostrils as the fumes lifted up to greet her. She grunted out an exhale, heading towards the broom closet where she would find the materials necessary to clean up the small disaster. As she walked down the corridor, she could feel all her muscles tense as she admitted to her first line of duty in the house to be cleaning up the mess of her attack.

The girl thoroughly scrubbed the ashy dust off of the carpet with clean water as a final finish before throwing the scrub in the plastic bucket, picking up the small amount of supplies to be placed back to their respected sections.

As she placed the items in the area, the female looked towards the stairs where her next task awaited. The girl uncertainly assessed the environment, weighing out her chances with proceeding with her schedule. She no longer was in a position to underestimate the dark haired boy that inhabited the bedroom in question, and neither was she prepared for any confrontation from the unpredictable male.

After a few minutes of thinking, she knew her best bet would be relying on her instincts. Her decision would be made upon improv as her body would conclude what course of action would be taken if she were to near the quarters. As the girl began ascending the stairs, she could already feel the her body protesting against the action as her brain sent signals to her motor functions, slowing down her pace.

Once she was on the upper floor, her feet stilted on the spot as her limbs refused to move. The girl urged forward, motivating herself to pass each of the bedrooms. Padraig's. Giovanni's. Lilito's. Coming towards the corner, the female could no longer tense her muscles. As she relaxed her body, her feet immediately took on a mind of their own as they momentarily backed up, increasing the space between her and the forbidden area.

'God, what's wrong with me...? I can't risk losing more time than I've already done, I need to finish this task before the day ends. But Geannai...what is his deal...?' The girl pressed herself to the wall, conflicted between her decisions, too unsure to move onward with her task. Staring at her feet, she forcefully slowed down her thoughts, brining a calmer track of consideration to her senses. As she stared at the floor, the girl chose to take her chances with the dangerous boy.

As she peeled herself off the wall, the girl prepared to proceed with taking her first step towards her assigned destination. However, before she could completely perform a walk cycle, her ears picked up on an anomaly in her surroundings. For a second, the girl could not fully comprehend if it wasn't just her imagination, however, as she closely listened in, she noticed the sound coming from the door ahead of her. The room that belongs to her red-eyed assailant. Her attention completely averted towards his quarters, closing in on his door as the hushing sound moulded into an elegant harmony of an unmistakable instrument; a violin.

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The pacing started off slow, each stroke gliding against the strings as the bow slid with tender precision against the board. (Y/n) pressed her ear to the door, allowing the vibrations of the symphony to travel through the wood and into her perception, each change in pitch and octave being perceived by her senses. The girl slowly turned the handle on the door, making sure the noise she made was not louder than the instrument. As she managed to create a decent enough gap for her to peep a fraction of her head in, her sights were greeted by a silhouette making swift and pacing slides, turned away from the door as he allowed his entire body to face the window where he immersed himself in the notes of his performance.

As the girl watched in admiring awe for his skill, the shifting music came to an abrupt stop as a pair of embers quickly darted towards her form, catching her guilty in the act. Akai straightened his neck from the chin rest on the instrument as his eyes seethed towards the intruding female. "Do you want an encore or should I get straight to the prosecution?"

His heavy tone sat deadly in the air, his deep voice sending warning signals all throughout the girl's frame. However, she pushed the door open to fully reveal herself to the tempered male. Akai glared at her action as he fully turned his body to stare her down.

"Unless you're deaf you've got no excuse to be coming in right now. Get out." He commanded, scowling at his intruder with a smouldering fire in his optics. The girl swallowed down her heart as she took a step inside, quickly switching the male's hostile gaze into a fully peeved one of sweltering aggravation. "Did you hear me, b***h? I said get out!"

"I won't." She finally spoke out, triggering a challenging rumbled from within the boy's throat. "I...still need to take care of your laundry. It's part of my tasks in this house and I didn't manage to perform it last time." The male began making slow paces towards her resolute form, warning her with each step he took to turn back and leave.

"It's taken care of. Get out now!" His voice raised to echoed off of the empty walls of his room. As the girl walked back in beat with his feet, she had eventually strayed from the door to be cornered against the wall as the boy's dismal shadow loomed over her, cloaking her body in darkness. Akai leaned down to level his crippling glare with the girl's eyes where he allowed his voice to significantly lower in a final display of pretend politeness. "Are you going to leave on your own?"

"No..." (Y/n) winced, holding in a gasp as a fist flew pasther skull, crushing the wall beside her, the hard plaster giving in from the merciless impact as chunks from the surface crumbled to the ground. The girl looked towards the indent, the boy's hand deeply injected into the interior until his wrist disappeared through. Gulping at the display of damaging strength, the female turned back towards the boy to stare at him.

"If you think I'm not going to hurt you just because you're a girl then I'll have to teach you my way of things. Get. Out." The girl could feel his unsteady breaths on her skin as he tried to keep composure, failing with each agitated pant.

"You won't hurt me." The statement made the boy slightly retract, not expecting the response he was given. His blood rushed through his veins, feeling challenged by the girl's words. "Unless I seriously provoke you, you won't do any harm to me." Akai scoffed at her analysis.

"You've come into my room, once again, unannounced, and then refuse to leave on your own accord. Is that not provocation enough?" He asked, coating his tone in a thorny layer of challenging spite.

(Y/n) knew if she could show a glimpse of her unsteady interior, she would consequently have a panic attack at the looming threat of the male before her. However, she kept her poise, determined to smooth out her relationship with the aggressive boy. "Maybe...maybe that is enough to provoke you...but I don't think you're one to just throw punches as punishment that doesn't fit the crime. That's why..." The girl trailed off slightly, seeming to catch the male's interest as he raised an eyebrow at her deduction. "That's why I don't believe you'll seriously hurt me..."

Akai eyed the girl, attempting to figure out her game before sneering at her alert frame, leaning his head in to fully dominate the female's space and bubble of safety. "With the way you're speaking, you're making me sound like some sort of d**khead without a backbone. Let me tell you little girl, these hands aren't gentle for you to-"

"That's not true!" The female blurted out, catching the boy off guard at her sudden interruption. (Y/n) realised her outburst and attempted to explain her track of thought before she was misunderstood. "I mean...the way you played the violin...it's such a delicate and fine instrument, and to create such smooth and low transitions is very refined. You need a gentle touch in order to play it like that..." Akai stared at the girl with assessing scrutiny, absorbing her words with intrigued curiosity. "So...whether you choose to act that way towards anyone is your decision, but it's undeniable that you can be a gentle person." As the female finished off her statement, she finally allowed her knees to shake from her uneven nerves, not daring to look up into the male's eyes as her head automatically fell to look at the floor.

As she waited a few seconds for any sort of response, there was only a lingering silence between them. As each agonising silent moment slid by, she was finally given a reaction as she watched the embedded fist retracting from the hole that was made in the wall, allowing some rubble and chunks to fall to the ground as the hand was completely extracted. She looked up to see the boy's speculative gaze that no longer held the burning malice that once occupied his every pore. He seemed to be waiting for the girl herself to make some sort of attempt at communication while he expectantly watched her.

(Y/n) searched in her mind for a way to pierce the silence when she reminded herself of a gesture that could help her cause. As the girl rummaged around in her bag, she presented the male with the juice box she had ordered from the restaurant. Akai seemed taken aback by the motion, unsure what his reaction or reply to be. The girl was more than certain that this was the brand he showed most fondness over, and hoped it would be the final staple in securing a flowing acquaintanceship with the boy. "I also planned to come here and make amends. I wanted to apologise for intruding the other day and...well, I guess my apology is sort of rendered meaningless since I practically did it again...but I hope this at least counts for something." She hastily prodded the carton forward, desperately hoping the male would accept it and her rectifying attempt.

The boy stared at the carton for a long while, fluctuating his sights from the girl to the object. Eventually, he allowed his hand to take hold of the item, lifting the girl's spirits with the reciprocating response. Akai carefully examined the box before taking the small straw attached to the side and poking through the small hole. He turned his back to the girl and began sipping the juice with casual apathy before giving her a vocal reply. "Do whatever you came here to do and don't misplace my stuff." The begrudging permission brought a pleased smile to the female's face as she was finally allowed to wipe the sweat off her brow.

"Have a good evening Akai. Thank you for your cooperation." (Y/n) called out to the boy, emerging from his room with a laundry basket that, despite holding minimal amount of clothes, counted as the male's blessing in forming a mutual understanding.

As the girl closed the door behind her, she turned around to feel a large form blocking her way. The moment she spotted the black vest covering a pristine white blouse, she knew she was in for a handful of hell once her eyes would connect with a pair of lime ones.

"Found you, you brat." Nori's harsh tone shrivelled any previous confidence the girl had within her as she was left to stare innocently at his enraged features.

"Hello Sir...how are you doing this fine evening-?"

"Don't mock me girl! I've already called up Mr Kim to come down and witness your lazy performance. You're coming with me to explain yourself in front of him." He grabbed the girl by the arm, dragging her down the corridor with brute and spiteful force as she was only left to wonder of her future in the house.

"I see...so she was that late to come to work today." The older man assessed the guilty girl as the butler satisfyingly nodded with confirming agreement.

"Yes, and she was even careless enough to get distracted by one of the young masters in the house. This girl is clearly unfit to perform her duties as a cleaner in such a prestige environment." The man spoke with heeding dominance, his voice excelling beyond any persuasive tone the girl could ever form.

"I see...I'm very disappointed..."

Mr Kim's words struck at the female's conscience while her superior colleague smirked with triumph.

"I'm very disappointed in you Nori." The pair of workers gaped at the older man's direct underwhelming attitude that was assigned to the opposite person, as the butler could only stumble out his confusion. "I mean...this young school girl has to worry about her education along with taking up the responsibility of supporting her family...and you make no attempt to guide her in prospering along the way." As his boss' analogy left his mouth, Nori could feel the flustering sensation spreading through his body as he could not figure for a proper excuse over the man's ideal. Meanwhile, the girl was unsure if it was more appropriate to grin or stare wide-eyed at the elderly man.

"S-Sir, the girl is incompetent and irresponsible! You cannot truly tell me I'm to fully blame for this?!" As the worker attempted to explain himself, his superior keeping a stern expression towards him that remained unwavered by the statements.

Mr Kim looked towards the female as a supportive smile formed on his lips. "She's clearly doing her best. I see she's carrying laundry with her." The girl looked down at the basket that was still in her grasp, relieved at the notice, while Nori continued flinging insults and degrading expressions towards her. "Nori, how many of her duties has she finished today?"

The man muted at the question, feeling his own temper rise as he internally battled for his better judgement. In the end, he crossed his arms like a defeated child as he huffed out the answer, looking away as he said so. "Almost all her tasks are finished for the day..."

The older man smiled at the response before knowingly nodding. "So she's performing to the best of her abilities, despite the obstacles. Truly admirable young Miss." (Y/n) slightly blushed at the worrying confrontation as it began getting her flustered as well. "But that doesn't excuse the fact that she needs all the support she can get...that's why..." The male hesitated over his decision, leaving the two workers in suspense at the rest of his explanation. Mr Kim then brightly grinned towards the two with an assured aura. "Nori, tomorrow you will personally train her and guide her through her tasks!"

"WHAT?!" The man seemed at the edge of having a heart attack as he gawked at his boss before flicking his wide eyes towards the equally astounded girl, and back to his superior. "S-Sir please, you know I'm not too fond of these intern activities! This will not change anything, I've got nothing to support or teach her! She's incapable of even learning-"

"Nori..." As the green-eyed male halted his unregistered rambling, he stared at the stern and serious face of his boss. Mr Kim's wise gaze assessed the two workers, silently nodding to himself before flicking his thumb up towards the pair as an encouraging grin poped up on his features. "Just do it!" He informed, carefully weaving his way into his car, under the delusional hope that the his worker would not suspect his sly movement before he could further protest.

"Sir, tell me this is some sort of sick humour-SIR?!" As the driver stepped on the pedal -as requested by the dean himself- the car quickly swivelled towards the gate where it exited the scene.

Nori only chased after the vehicle for a few paces before he slumped in defeat at the disappearing car. His horrified expression interchanged into one of aggression as he balled up his hands into fists.

"This is what happens when you spend your time around disgraceful brats!" He shouted to the sky, bellowing his last pent up anger, causing the girl to flinch at the high volume of his chords. As the man settled into panting exasperation, he looked over to the female who still stood at her spot. (Y/n) had to suppress the urge of running away as she witnessed the male approaching her with quick and swift strides, only stopping to looked down on her with demanding arrangement. "If you are not on time tomorrow to meet me here at a sufficient hour, you won't get so easily let off as this time." He warned her, withholding himself from shoving the girl as he passed her to go and cool off with his work.

(Y/n) stared after him as she looked up towards the warm sky where she watched the soft clouds passing her by. 'Such a pretty blue sky...welcome to hell...'