Saturday, May 28th

"B***h! You've got some explaining to do!" (Y/n) tried to block out the frantic shouts and aggressive tones of her friend as she continued banging on her door with as much force as she could muster. Mai looked up from the puzzle she was busying herself with to see her older sister attempting a sneaking get-away through the living room window.

"Sissy, I think Maeda is looking for you." The female hushed the girl down as an indication to lower her tone. Mai stared at the female as she firmly held onto her bag and prepared to make her grand escape. "Are you leaving already? I'll tell Mikah, when he wakes up." The small child promised as she exchanged departing words with her carer.

(Y/n) quietly made her way out from the side of her house while still keeping a selective range of awareness at her friend's location. 'God, what is up with her this morning?' The female sensed it to be harshly unfair to completely disregard the agitated calls for her, however,, knew she would regret it even more if she were to give the girl the attention she demanded. So while the fuming guest proceeded to waste her time with lightly banging on the door, (Y/n) walked onto a road from the back of the building to make her way to the bus stop.

As she hid from the upcoming summer heat under the small shelter, the female gazed around her to see a small number of children making an early start to their day. She watched the energetic small group in light nostalgic admiration as though being transported in her own years of careless splendour. Amidst her daydreaming, she was interrupted by the sound of wheels coming to a squeaky stop in front of the simplistic structure, to welcome the girl aboard.

The female slightly gulped as she felt her veins fill with an excitement and reluctance that drove her onto the vehicle. She quickly found a space near a window in the -mostly- empty bus and proceeded to stare out of the glass barrier, making herself physically comfortable for the long journey.

The moment her stiff foot connected with harder ground, she felt her body twice as heavy as her leg muscles became accustomed to her weight once more. Stretching to and fro each one of her joints, she inwardly complained about the constant routine she would have to get habituated with if she were to travel each day. Once her legs began automatically moving towards the direction that they memorised, she was slightly surprised to see an individual standing outside the gate in what seemed to be an awaiting of the sort. Closing the gap between herself and her greeter, recognition soon seeped through, in the form of her escort from her previous visit.

Zak courtly greeted the female with a patient smile that was underlined with relief that his endurance was rewarded. The male gestured for the girl to follow in his lead and proceeded to engage in a flowing conversation with the young teenager. "So, are you excited on your first day, or do you feel a bit nervous?" He inquired her with a  quizzical gaze. The girl uncertainly, however, turned her sights to the ground as she found the pinning of an exact emotion an impossible feat. "You shouldn't worry, I and the other staff here are ready to help at any time you need."

"How many people work here?" (Y/n)'s urging curiosity stilled the male's thoughts for a second as he quickly gathered the small handful of members that watched over the building.

"There's only a few members of staff. We're each assigned students that we mainly work for and have to completely comply with." After noticing the coaxing look in the female's eyes, he felt obliged to thoroughly explain the system to the fresh intelligence. Zak cordially opened the entrance to the building for the pair of them to take a momentary rest at the central passage. "It's not difficult to understand. For example take me: I'm the servant, however, I mainly have to comply with the orders of Master Eban and Master Gennai. I am also required to comply with the rest of the students but my main concerns and top priority are the brothers." The girl nodded as the information began clicking into place within her mind and allowed the female a better grasp of the scheme that ran the compound.

"I see...so what about that Nori man, does that mean he has a main pair to work for?" The female begrudgingly remembered the excruciatingly malevolent features that she was first greeted with while her escort confirmingly reciprocated.

"Yes. He is to be commanded by Master Padraig and Master Lilito." The female hummed her understanding before another concern entered her perception.

"Does that mean I have someone to be mainly bossed around by?" Zak let a light chuckle slip between his lips before he dismissively waved her disquietness away.

"No, no. Your mother worked outside the system that we live by. So you do not need to be worried about being constantly pestered. Though it is expected that you be polite and respectful of course." (Y/n) exhaled her relief and pleasantly smiled to herself before noticing the boy pulling out a piece of paper from his vest pocket. "This is your schedule for a week of work. You simply have to finish all the rooms assigned on each day and you can leave as soon as everything is over."

"What happens if I don't finish? What would the cut-off time be?" The girl took the large landscape of a sheet and opened it up to be graced with a tango of words and tangled assignments that overwhelmed her mind for a split second.

"Then you can leave at around 8pm. But the jobs are usually straightforward and I'm sure you'll make it through with hours to spare." As the male finished off his explanation, the beeping of the watch looped around his wrist attracted his attention, leading him to grace the girl with an apologetic smile. "Sorry to cut this short, Master Gennai would be expecting for his morning tray of breakfast in a few minutes. Don't be afraid to come and find me if you need something or ask some of the staff." The female was given no time to utter a single word of enquiry or departure before the boy encouragingly patted her shoulder and swiftly disappeared in the other direction, leaving the girl in a silent, empty space.

(Y/n) winced as each rustle of the paper she straightened, echoed through the hall as though disturbing a necessary silence. She gazed at her first duty for a Saturday task and could feel stage fright sinking in at the image of her performance.

'Alright, so today I have to finish: Study room 1, Dining Room, Giovanni's Bedroom and...library? This place has a library?' The female prepared to fold the schedule in a more manageable form, only for her eyes to catch a contrasting picture filtering through the paper once light hit its surface. She turned the large sheet around to satisfyingly gaze at a makeshift map that acted as her guide around the large building. 'What should I start with...?' After pondering over her chosen assignment, the girl concluded that her curiosity over the library would be best quenched once she witnessed it herself. She looked down at the colour codings and tags assigned to each square centimetre, spotting the block of space she would start off with.

Eyes glued to the clear directions on the canvas, she made her ascent towards the second floor of the building, following the instructions of the paper. (Y/n) recognised the route from the visit on her first day at the premises. Passing Giovanni's room, the female made a mental note to work on his personal area later on, knowing of the mess that inhabited the single space.

Once her scanning sights spotted the small square that sheltered the cleaning supplies for her use, she began promptly folding and scrunching the paper in order to limit it to a more controllable size. The moment the folded schedule was safely placed in her pocket, the girl's eyes shot up to stare at the door that swung open ahead of the path, hitting the wall with a merciless impact once it pivoted its full cycle.

From within strutted out an aggravated looking female who had seemed to have been in the process of gathering her clothes before emerging from within. (Y/n) didn't seem to recognise the new face and found herself staring at the woman's body in congratulating admiration for the slender, yet curvy structure she adorned. 'Huh...nice...' Her sights were peeled away once she heard a whining tone following the room the woman had stormed out of.

"Camila wait! That wasn't your sister's text, I swear!" A black haired boy reached out for the already disappeared female, only to slump against the doorway with a disappointed posture. "Another fine piece of a** gone with the wind..." Once the male trailed his dissatisfied dark eyes towards the staring second figure that had been standing to the side as a witness, life quickly sparked into them as he pushed himself off of the supporting surface to begin his walk in the uncertain girl's direction. "Speaking of 'fine'~ how's it going, newbie? Enjoying your first day?"

The girl couldn't help give him a blank stare at the shamelessness he portrayed as he confidently stood before her eyes with nothing more than his underwear as his shrouding decency. "I don't know, it just started and I'm already getting a headache." The female failed to hide her slight disdain towards the bare boy, leaving him chuckling at the noxious undertone.

"Well get ready for a few more as long as you're going to be working here. Hhmmm...I should get to her sister before she talks to her first." Lilito proceeded to scroll through his phone as the female stared at the sudden appearance.

"Where did that come from?" (Y/n) eyed the phone with suspicion as she hadn't observed the device to have been in his hold before its abrupt manifestation, earning a heedful premonition and an unpleased expression.

"You don't want to know." (Y/n)'s eyes reflexively augmented in horror at the suggestive and dark tone that swiped over his words before his concealing, dark features brightened at a heartbeat as he began laughing at her reaction. "I joke of course. These have pockets." The male proceeded to demonstrate the extra flap of fabric sewn onto his article of clothing, earning an interested regard from the girl.

"Huh...that's handy." Commenting on the usefulness of the invention, the female made a quick mental note to acquire the brand for her older sibling, considering the productive factors that would follow his impulsive behaviour.

"Hey, I know you're enjoying the show but my eyes are up here, sweetheart." His teasing voice struck her out of her thoughtful state, forcing the girl to shamefully look away after coming to the realisation of her intent stare.

Lilito began laughing at her expense before sliding his hand around her shoulder to lead the girl up the hallway. (Y/n) prepared to question his motives, only to habitually quieten as soon as she realised his call had been received.

"Hello~ hi sweetheart! Sophy, my jewel, how are you...? Do you want to meet up in a few hours...? Good girl, I'll take you to some place very special, I promise." As the female let herself be led by the conversing boy, he shortly ended his call after a few pausing moments, allowing him to regard the person he's holding. The male allows his hand to fall off her arm, stopping them abruptly at his door to fully regard her. "So, will I be seeing you in my room anytime soon?"

The boy leaned his mischievous and inquiring features closer towards the girl's own face, subliminally handing her an invite to indulge his suggestiveness. "The schedule says not until Thursdays, so I'm going to have to pass for now." The boy's expectant smile relaxed into a disappointed frown, drawing his body away from the girl as he remained unprepared for the barrier she held against him. Lilito presented signs of thoughtfulness, darting his eyes around the area in a contemplative manner before resting them on himself. To the female's unexpected surprise, this body began lightly shaking and tremoring before a song of laughter erupted within his lungs, to bounce around the large space of the halls. "Wh-what's wrong with you?" The girl could only stare in disbelief at the unexplainable reaction, leading the boy to shake his head in his own moment of doubt.

"Hahaha! I just realised. You're quite funny. Most girls would at least be slightly flustered or weirded out by a stranger just casually talking to them in their underwear. But you're not even batting and eye." Humoured at the scene, he continued cackling with little regard or shame of fixing his unpresentable state.

"Well, my brother has a habit of stripping half naked whenever he wants, so you could say I've developed an immunity." The girl readied to exit the scene, clearly indicating her disinterest to proceed with wasting her time on the male. However, the moment her foot stepped away from the grinning boy, she was briskly forced to freeze in her tracks as her shirt seemed to get caught in an unknown hindrance.

"Hold on there sweet lady, I still need to give you your welcome gift." (Y/n) could feel the prickles rippling throughout her skin at the sweetened tone that assisted the wording.

"I don't want it."

"Just stay right here!" Lilito graced the girl with a short moment of freedom as he darted into his room, leaving the suspicious female to uncertainly ponder over her decision to escape the scene while she had the chance, or further amused the joyful boy. Before she managed to make up her mind over the tempting choices, (Y/n) was joined by the energised male once again. To her bafflement, her mind refused to register the item he held in his hands, stricken by emotions of bemusement, shame and irritation, (Y/n) glared at the presented gift. "Try it on~"

The boy held out a fine and delicate black dress with white lace and ruffles decorating the hems, sleeves and skirt of the clothing. A pure apron, as untouched as fresh snow protectively draped over the front, finishing off in an elegant bow at the back. Silence stood between the pair as the male seemed to remain oblivious to the girl's spiteful aura that tried to signal its way through to his perception. "I'm a cleaner. Not a maid." She bluntly remarked, firmly stating her position as she proceeded to back away from the article of clothing.

Lilito unconvincingly pouted and moped before flinging the dress back inside of its prison along with the rest of the unspoken horrors the female imagined would inhabit his resting quarters. The boy advanced to take out his glasses from the pocket of his undergarment and placed them securely on the bridge of his nose in a sign of settlement. "Same difference. No need to give me that scowl little lady."

He nonchalantly tried to brush off the execution. "How did you even know my size?" (Y/n) vexingly eyed the male with high spikes of suspicion, leading him to proudly smirk at his skills.

"When you've been with as many women as me, you evolve to estimate measurements. Thank you, natural selection." Winking one of his dark, azure eyes the girl felt as though she finally had a relative grasp at his personality and quirks, understanding what avoidances she would have to follow. She begrudgingly grumbled under her breath while the male continued staring at her with a calculative gaze. "In fact...I bet you I can guess what colour underwear you have right now."

Leaving the scene. That's all the female's feet knew at that moment, carrying her as far away from the male as possible. She began making swift strides, with the boy's chirping voice right at her ear. Her gaze remained fixated to the ground in a desperate attempt to avoid his playful sights.

"Come on, give me at least 2 minutes and I can surprise you-" Lilito came to a blunt halt, surprising even the girl to the point of her pacing slowing down to a stop. She noticed his eyes were fixated on a distraction ahead of them, encouraging her focus off the floor to slowly scroll up towards the individual that had stunted, up the path.

(Y/n) recognised the deep, crimson eyes that were replete with a fiery energy, watching the pair. Or more specifically, the half naked male. Akai cautiously scrutinised over the boy ahead of him as Lilito did the same. The nude male then noticed his neighbour's red optics quickly flicking towards his room before reverting back to watching him in a tense and challenging glare. The dark haired boy followed his gaze towards the room that stood right between the two, with only a few feet difference.

Meanwhile, the girl kept switching her attention from boy to boy as they remained at an intense standoff. Each one seeming to wait for a signal from the other that would coax some sort of chain of events. To the scarlet haired boy's horror, it was his opposer's smirk that triggered his motor functions. "S**t!" Akai shot towards his room, catching onto the second male's intent as Lilito followed in the same action.

As the pair quickly sprinted towards the middle ground, Akai shot his hand out to grab onto the handle of his door. For a split moment, he felt the calming sensation of relief as safety enveloped his every sense, only for a second hand to push against his pulling force once he attempted to open up his shelter. The fuming male looked up to seethingly glare at the grinning face that he loathed.

"Why the rush Akai~? Aren't you gonna say good morning to your neighbour?" The teasing male's vocals were filtered through with a mocking suggestiveness that stood unnervingly with his opposer. Even from her distanced vantage point, (Y/n) could see the subtle constant struggle that was occurring against the doorknob as a completely separate battle was taking place at the object, with either male acting against each other's forces. "Come on big boy, I missed you~ you know you're my favourite neighbour roomie-"

"Lily-boy. You literally have a 5 second countdown till your death. And I start hitting at 5. F**k off!" Akai gave a last, resilient haul at the handle, managing to coax a few resisting creaks from the weakening wood, but remaining an unsuccessful act at opening the entrance.

"Are you trying to get away from me? Why? I'm so lovable-" Lilito's sugared speech was instantly interrupted as a fist made merciless contact with his smug features. The boy was knocked back a few feet, sending his optical aiding frames flying, rendering him immobile to allow his attacker a window of time to enter his room and promptly lock the door.

(Y/n) stared at the unravelled scene before quickly running over to the grounded male to examine his state. "God, that was a punch...are you alright?" She squatted down beside the boy to notice his irresponsive manner. Lightly shaking him didn't seem to stir the male in the slightest, somewhat panicking the girl as she worried over him. "Hey, wake up. Get a grip."

"To wake up, you need to kiss me." His moping voice came through gritted teeth, earning an annoyed glower from the female. Sensing her form disappearing from his side, the male began giggling before standing back up to demonstrate his developed healing from the countless pummelling he's endured. "That was a refreshing wake up call." He made a quick job at cracking his neck before picking up his shattered glasses.

"He doesn't seem to like you." (Y/n) commented on her observation as the sturdy male caught up to her.

"He abuses me because he loves me." Lilito expressed his interpretation in a breathless voice, as though exaggerating his denial over the violent intent. He placed a hand against his chest as though clutching for his heart and leaned against the door that separated him and his attacker.

"Leave me alone, F**kboy!" An infuriated tone seeped through the crevices of the room to drown out the opposing boy's will power. The male was forced to back away from the surrounding perimeter, instinctually deciphering the angered boy's behaviours as akin to an irritated wild animal.

"Anyway, I have to get ready for my date. You enjoy your time here newbie. Hopefully, I'll see you later when I get back." The girl eyed the still unmoved male while he patiently seemed to wait for the girl to make the first departing step. She uncertainly hesitated once she began turning her back to the boy, sensing an unpleasant response to her action.

The moment her rear was turned, the female felt an alarm going off in her head, forcing her body to reflexively jump aside. Managing to avoid a hand as it passed by in a fanning motion, the female had to defensively scowl at the attempted assault.

"Ha ha! Clever girl, you're learning. You'll be fun to play with." (Y/n) made sure the boy had completely left her on her own, having no intention of a repetition from his previous welcome.

Once she gathered the courage to direct her sights towards the corridor, she proceeded to take cautionary steps towards her destination, hoping to avoid as many distractions as possible. She turned the corner to see the rooms that held the rest of the household. (Y/n) neared the frames, remaining on high alert due to her past impression.

'The map said the library and broom closet should be just at the end of this corridor...' She spotted the doors that were supported by thick, patterned glass that hid the content of the inside.

The more she neared the structure, the more she felt curiousity and inquisitive building up at the mystery that each placement held. The girl chose to disregard the supply closet for a small while, as her mind was set on discovering a more interesting place. She pulled at the steel handles of the structure to allow herself a passage inside.

The moment she set foot within the threshold, her sight was caught by a figure standing between a few varying bookshelves. Instead of focusing around her new surroundings, she centered her attention on the individual, anxious she had disturbed them. Turning towards the newcomer, the person greeted the girl with a welcoming smile as he gestured for her to further step in.