"I don't think it is much of a surprise she is in NQSC, is it?"
"Yeah but how did she find us? Can anyone find our house?"
"No, they sense me. As members of Shadow clan, they can sense other members by their presence so you don't necesarly need to know. We are visible to each other."
"Wow, that is very useful. Still, what is she doing here? She is an awakened so she should have a housing."
Sunny thought for a moment and shook his head.
"I don't know. Well one way to find out."
Sunny opened his door and in front of them stood Mia, in a regular cloaths and cap on her head. Her dark black hair thucked under her hoodie.
As soon as she made eye contact with Sunny she said.
"Evening, master Sunny, lady Nephis."
Sunny looked at her and tilted his head slightly.
"Evening, Mia. Is there something I can help you with?"
"Can we talk?... In private for a second?"
Mia's gaze went from Sunny to Nephis and back to Sunny.
Nephis looked at Mia and into her eyes.
"I will be in the living room."
Nephis closed their front door and stepped inside leaving Sunny and Mia alone outside.
As soon as Nephis closed the door Sunny broke the silence.
"What is it? It has to be something very important if you are asking to meet and talk outside and alone."
"Can you say my true name? It's ..." {Author here: it's empty on purpose}
"What does it do? Does it bound you to someone?"
She looked up at him and smiled gently.
"Yes. I don't want to be bound to someone random or some oracle that can abuse it. So, please use it."
Sunny stood frozen in place and said her true name slowly.
With that Sunny leaned on his door and sight loudly.
"Come inside."
As he was about to open the door all of his shadows took their corporeal forms and Happy asked.
"Master, could we borrow her for a moment? As a fellow.... servents?"
Happy said the last part while glancing at Mia.
Sunny scratched his forehead and nodded, while slowly placing his palm on Happy's shoulder.
"Yes, please."
Sunny entered his house with words.
"Thank you."
As he closed the door. Happy faced Mia with a strange expression.
"Do you know what you just did to yourself or you just think you know what you did."
Mia smiled and looked at Happy
"Oh, no. I know. I can't disobey any of his comands. I know what my true name means. It means: The one that follows. I was aware of the effects from the start"
"If he will die you will as well."
Mia faced Gloomy and said.
"You'd die too wouldn't you? Besides... If I can't stop him from dying then I don't deserve to live either."
Haughty faced her and said sternly
"I think you are missing the point, Mia."
She looked at him and got way too close to him and touched his chest with her finger.
"I can't disobey his comand right?"
"Yeah, well at least to the best of your ability."
"So, if in the future he will say something sexual that he doesn't know about. I have to do it, right?"
All of them froze and only Gloomy said as if for everyone.
"Oh no. I did not think of that. That might be one hell of a problem for master. He is very dense in that kind of stuff."
Creepy shook his head but said nothing he only sunk and dissapeared into the shadows with the rest of his brothers. After that Mia entered their house and faced Sunny and Nephis with warm smile aimed at Sunny completely ignoring Nephise's uninviting glare.
"Can I stay here? I don't really have anywere else to go?"
Nephis scoffed and said with dijection.
"Aren't you an awakened? School should have provided you with some acomodation."
"Unlike you, lady Nephis I didn't come from rich family, fallen or not. Sunny knows what I am talking about. I don't expect you to understand what kind of situation I am in."
Nephis didn't reply to that.
Sunny nodded and added.
"For outskirts people becoming awakened is a very big thing, after all we are at the edge to the population, so it is pretty obvious how higher ups would treat people like us. Since she has no backing she could get tied up with some government agency that could not care less about her well being. I don't really see an issue with you staying here, but we don't have spare room for you. Is that a problem?"
"Not really. Isn't that sofa also a bed if you pull it open?"
Nephis looked down on the sofa she was sitting on and tilded here head.
"This can be opened? Like a door?"
Mia looked at her with confused expression on her face and faced Sunny who wore similarly shocked expression.
"Neph, you didn't know you can open this sofa to make a makeshift bed?"
Nephis faced Sunny and said.
"Of course not, how was I suppose to know that?"
Sunny just sight and waved his hand in dijection.
"Forget it. Yeah, you can take the sofa, Mia. It's late, we will talk about what we will do about this living situation tomorrow."
With that Sunny walked upstairs leaving 2 girls alone.
Nephis sat her hands down and slowly stood up looking coldly at Mia.
"What are you playing, Mia?"
Mia did not display any hint of emotions and just slowly walked up to Nephis and stopped right in front of her looking up at her.
"Good night, Lady Nephis."
Nephis pushed pass her their bodies pushing one against other and headed for the stairs leading up.
"I will enjoy this night. Enjoy what you will never have, Mia."
Mia did not look back and just coldly added.
"I will listen to silence, because Sunny is a man of pricipals. You 2 will not do anything any time soon."
Nephis did not respond and just left for the upstairs room and closed it behind her facing Sunny.
"Let's do it?"
Sunny looked at Nephis with confused expression.
"Do what exactly?"
Nephis faced him and said while taking her cloaths off.
"You know very well what I mean."
Sunny closed his eyes for a brief moment and looked at Nephis with a smile.
"There is no need to rush things. If it is just so you can spite Mia, then I will not do it. After all it has to be accepted from both partners and I don't want to do it if it is not genuine moreover we did say we will wait till after our wedding didn't we?"
Nephis opened the wardrobe and picked her pj's putting it on and getting into the bed like a cat slowly coming closer to Sunny.
"I see. Alright, I see your reasoning a little bit. After all I don't want to regret it further on into our relationship."
With that they both fell asleep and once they woke up and walked down there was breakfast on the table and Mia sitting by the table waiting for them.
"Morning, you 2."
Sunny and Nephis looked at her and then at the food on the table.
"You really didn't have to do that Mia."
"But I wanted to, Sunny. After all I have to earn my stay somehow. And I think this is a good idea of what to do, don't you think so as well lady Nephis?"
"Yes, also thank you for your effords."
"Thank you."
All 3 of them ate their fill and after some time both Mia and Nephis had to leave to do something in the city and while they were away Sunny sat on the front porch and watched the city with an empty expression on his face and cup of his espresso in his hand.
Sunny didn't really know how much time had passed since he dozed off but when he looked down his coffee was cold.
"Such a waste."
"What are you staring it, brat?"
Sunny smiled while looking at his reflection on the surface of his coffee and slowly looked up facing his sister, Rain.
"Brat? Aren't you the brat? You brat."