"I'm not used to this..." (Ryuu) [Mature]

[seishounohana]

Emily was certainly not sure if she was happy or not. Finals were up and approaching fast, and if anything - it almost seemed as if the teachers were stacking in on their work. I mean, seriously - she had a report for Biology and a book report for English due on friday, and then she had to finish her math workbook for tomorrow's submissions.

Oh, god - these were the times where Emily hated studying most: that absurd, inhumane pile of work. She even wondered if it existed in the world beyond the school - sure working multiple jobs is one thing but studying is another! It's like several jobs at once!

Sometimes it even gets jumbled up inside her head.

Oh, that was a headache coming on wasn't it?

She stretched a bit and let herself lay on the wooden floor. Argh, she can't even text Mary today; she said she was headed off to Taku's place to ask for help.

Yeah, right. "Help."

Come to think of it - that wasn't a bad idea at all, actually. Taking her phone, Emily began typing out a message to, who else - Ryuu.

"Ryuu, still stacked on work for this week? If you want we can help each other out on this, kinda need help on math. I'll help with Bio if you like? ^^;"

Send.

...

And then she hoped she didn't sound stupid.

[Ryuu]

Ryuu sat at his desk, his pen tapping against his paper, as he read from his textbook, while at the same time, working on his Biology assignment while referencing to his notes, when he heard the ring tone of his phone go off on his desk, without taking his eyes off his paper, he stretched his right hand out, and grabbed his phone. He tore his attention away from his paper, and pressed a button with his thumb, silenced his ring tone, as he saw he had a message from Emily, and opened it, his eyes moving back and forth as he read her message. He smiled slightly, before replying back to her message, as he slid his phone up, revealing the keypad, making tapping noises as he wrote his reply.

I'll see you in 10 minutes.

- Ryuu

Ryuu couldn't be more happy, he needed help with Biology badly, and on the plus side, it gave him an excuse to be with Emily. Sliding his phone back down, Ryuu stowed it in his pocket, as he pushed his chair back, and closed all his books and binder, before packing them in his messenger bag. He then pulled on his sleeveless hoodie, zipping it up, since he wasn't wearing anything underneath it, and slung his bag over his shoulder, before grabbing his house keys, and walked out of his room. He then went to Kyoko's room, and told her where he was going, before heading down the stairs, and out the door, locking it behind him. He then walked along the sidewalk, his hands in his pockets, passing by people taking an evening walk, and before long, he had reached Emily's house. He walked up to her front door, and rang the doorbell, before taking a step back, as he waited for her to answer the door.

[seishounohana]

Emily was eagerily waiting.

For what?

Ryuu's reply. Oh boy, was she waiting. She couldn't wait to be able to talk to him again, and considering that she lived alone - they could spend time together for as much as they liked, and for as long as Ryuu's family would allow of course. Emily snickered as well at the thought of her own relative finding out about her inviting a guy over to her house. They would flip!

And on that thought - the awaited ring came.

He was coming!

<3

Ryuu was coming to her house to help with homework!

Emily couldn't help but pump her fist in excitement, only to remember how unlady-like that was. Ten minutes, oh god - that felt like a bit too long. Well, as how childish that thought was, Emily was new to this. Emily never knew that being loved was as exciting as she felt it was right now. Maybe she was being too-excited, or too happy about it. She didn't know, it was her first anyways.

Ten minutes? What can she do that she can finish in ten minutes?

Her eyes looked around her living room. Well, there were her books by the table, the room in itself was clean so there was no cleaning to be done, the plants outside were watered and she - wait. The piano.

Emily looked at the piano. For one, Emily was never exactly a master of the piano. She couldn't sightread, nor did she know many pieces besides "Chopsticks" and other overdone piano pieces. Well, she did know of one - and just one, which was not overdone.

Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto. No, she didn't have sheet music for it, but she remembered how to play most of the piano parts well - considering as that was one of the few things Layla and Shinichi taught her during her trial. It had been a while since she played it, and she wondered how well she'd fare if she played it again.

Placing her pencil by her book, she pulled herself up and went ahead by her piano and began to play. This had been one of her favorite music, and one could see why: Emotion. Emily hummed the orchestra parts to herself, as she played this song by memory.

She stopped as soon as she heard another sound. It was the doorbell, Emily pulled herself together - slightly hoping that he didn't hear her play. She wasn't all that good, and she lacked practice.

Taking a deep breath, she went for the door and peeked through the hole to check. Without a sound, she immediately opened the door, taking the Japanese boy into a rather sudden embrace.

"I missed you." She said (albeit a bit muffled), her face rubbing slightly onto his chest. He could notice that she was wearing glasses at the moment, which was new - since she only wore them when she had massive reading to do and/or drawing.

It wasn't even sure if she wore that white spaghetti-strap dress top and black cycling shorts on purpose.

>_>

[Ryuu]

Ryuu waited patiently at the door after ringing the doorbell, as he looked up at the sky, which was turning orange from the sun setting. Ryuu didn't have to worry about his father or sister worrying about where he was, since his father usually worked very late, and Kyoko had told him to stay as long as he wanted, even if he didn't come home, she was fine with it. Talk about relaxed huh? As Ryuu stared up at the evening sky, he caught the faint sound of piano playing, as he slowly turned his head towards the door, before it stopped abruptly, but from the bit he caught, he recognized the piece played, it was Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. Ryuu had heard the piece played by a live orchestra back in Tokyo, and although he never admitted it, he knew how to play the piano, having learned it for about 4 years. Without warning, the door suddenly opened, as Ryuu, who had resumed staring up at the evening sky, suddenly found himself pulled into a embrace.

"!?" Was his reaction, as he smiled down at Emily after getting over his initial shock, her face rubbing slightly into his chest, making her words come out slightly muffled. "I missed you too." He replied, as he wrapped his arms around her, noticing that she was wearing glasses. Well this was new, and a first, he had never seen her wear glasses before, but she looked cute with them on regardless. "Did you call me here to help with your Math homework, or to hug me out on your front porch?" He laughed, as he continued to hug her, he didn't really care if people saw them, after all, the two of them were boyfriend and girlfriend. He noticed she was wearing a white spaghetti strap dress top and black cycling shorts, as he blushed slightly, but then again, he was wearing a sleeveless hoodie, zipped up slightly, but still showing his chest, black board shorts, and a pair of sandals. "Am I allowed to come in, or are we studying out here?" He teased, as he bent down and gave her a gentle kiss on her lips. Oh yeah, he was definitely crazy about her alright. Anyone with half a brain could tell that much.

[seishounohana]

Emily smiled as she kept on embracing him, taking in his warmth as if she was charging her daily supply of it. The white-haired girl hadn't been able to spend enough time with him, especially after that thing with the hotel and the fake marriage dealio - considering that after that followed massive amounts of homework and final exams, not to mention the fact that Emily favored opportunities to show her affection off the sights of her own classmates.

Let's say, she didn't want anyone who shouldn't know - know about it. After all, she was indeed someone prominent in the school for her own physical prowess - might as well try to protect him the way she thought she could.

"Did you call me here to help with your Math homework, or to hug me out on your front porch?" Emily groaned as Ryuu said that. She wanted to hug him more, considering the tasks they were about to do that night.

"I need to recharge." She said, looking up with a pout on her face.

"Am I allowed to come in, or are we studying out here?" he said, before kissing her. A blush ran across her face, and she parted the kiss, before chuckling.

"You can, but after I'm done charging my Ryuu batteries." She paused. "... Okay, I'm done."

She laughed, telling him to come in. Emily's pile of books were by her wooden coffee table. Biology, Physiology, several books of math and a hardbound book of Sans Famille were stacked over the other, "... as you can see, I've already been stacked." she sighed, "Bio and English I can work out, but Math is a different story."

[Ryuu]

Ryuu chuckled as he heard Emily groan and tell him she needed to recharge, before looking up at him with a pout on her face. "What am I, a charger now?" He teased, as he pulled her closer. After the deal with the fake marriage and hotel, Ryuu hadn't had much time to spend with Emily, since he too had a huge load of homework and studying dumped on him, and had spent most of his free time studying or finishing his assignments, leaving him quite drained. He too, wanted to hug her as much as possible, considering the reason she had asked him to come over, wasn't exactly going to be fun for either of them. He asked her if he was allowed to come in, before kissing her, as she parted from it a little bit after, a blush on her face, as she chuckled. "Heh, so now I really am a charger." He chuckled, as she paused, and then said she was done. He was then allowed to come in, as he held her hand in his own, following in after her like a puppy dog. He laughed quietly as he saw all her books stacked on top of each other near the coffee table.

"Yes, you're not the only one who got stacked. I spent my weekends studying and doing assignments non-stop. The only time I stopped, is to eat or sleep." Ryuu said, as he walked to the coffee table, and sat down, crossing his legs, as he pulled out his Biology homework and books. "Math I can help you with, I just need help with my Biology homework." Ryuu hadn't noticed the condom in his bag, even though he was the one who had placed it inside, he had been so ecstatic about getting to see Emily, he had forgotten about it. Go figure. "So what do you need help with in Math?" He asked, as he rested his arms behind him, leaning back, as Ryuu looked directly at Emily. It was kind of obvious they were going to be doing more than just Math and Biology, after all, they were craxy about each other, there was no one else in the house, except for the two of them. They were all alone, with no adults around. You could tell something sexual was going to happen, and if not sooner, than probably later. Somebody pinch Ryuu, he must be dreaming.

[seishounohana]

"Heh, so now I really am a charger."

"What? Maybe you inspire me, or maybe I'm absorbing energy from your Fire Qi to fuel mine, who knows?" She said, trying to sound sarcastic. Well, actually the first one was one of the real reasons.

"Yes, you're not the only one who got stacked. I spent my weekends studying and doing assignments non-stop. The only time I stopped, is to eat or sleep."

"Urgh, and the only time I had for rest was work." Emily sighed as she closed the door. "Not even so sure if you could count that at rest, but the Maid cafe's slow nowadays. Maybe it's because of finals."

Being in love can be a little out of hand, especially for one who's only been able to experience it the way Ryuu allowed her to. Requited love was a feeling Emily had almost never experienced. Sometimes she wondered still if everything that was happening between her and Ryuu was real or if it's just an illusion Taku and Mary wanted her to think.

No, she didn't want to think that way.

"Math I can help you with, I just need help with my Biology homework."

"Good, because I really dislike math." She chuckled, "Your math skills for my Biology know-how. We make a great couple team, mm?"

"So what do you need help with in Math?"

"Statistics." She shrugged, "You see, we were supposed to learn it in 259 - thing was, I got kidnapped when they taught the class that. I had to do an acceleration test to go through my sophomore year since I was gone for like... what, four months." Shaking her head, Emily set out for the kitchen. "Would you want something to snack on while we study?" she said, "We'd need the glucose to keep our brains working."

Emily's first task upon getting in was to get something from the refrigerator to eat. She had mango jam sandwiches from work earlier that afternoon, quite enough for herself and another to survive one night plus a pitcher full of ice-cold lemonade (not fresh, Emily used a powdered juice mix - all she could afford at the moment.)

Though, quite interesting enough - the Material for Emily's shirt was akin to a bunch of thin cloth layered on top of the other, making an illusion that it was somewhat transparent. Keyword: somewhat.

Not like there was any liquid that was going to spill on that shirt to reveal anything and cause Ryuu to go into another frenzy of raging hormones like last time.

[Ryuu]

Ryuu chuckled at Emily attempting to sound sarcastic, it was quite cute actually. "Maybe you inspire me too, or maybe it's because of the heat from your fire Qi, that allows me to use my own Qi." Ryuu retorted back, though we all know the real reason was the first one. "I never thought I'd hear the day when work was a time for rest," Ryuu said in slight disbelief as Emily closed the door behind him, "Most businesses tend to have slow days around finals, probably because the majority of their customers are busy cramming their brains with as much information as possible." Ryuu smiled at Emily, requited love was something he had experienced before, but it had only lasted for a little while, before he and Emi had broken apart. Though they were still friends, which Ryuu was glad for, he didn't want their friendship ruined just because they were no longer together. "I'd say that's a fair trade. I don't dislike Biology, but it isn't my favorite subject either. Yeah, we do make a great couple team." Ryuu replied, as he stretched his arms up above his head, his joints cracking.

"Ah, statistics. Well lucky for you, I'm good in them." Ryuu said, though his smile dropped like a single drop of rain when Emily told him why she was having trouble with it. "It was the Correctional Facility... Wasn't it...?" He muttered softly, the place where Emily had been taken when she was kidnapped, even though Ryuu didn't know about the Facility until recently, it wasn't hard to make the connection. "F... Four months!? You were gone and stuck in that place for that long!?" Ryuu exclaimed, his eyes had flashed in shock as he got up and pulled Emily into an embrace, and looked down, smiling sadly at her, as he held his hand against her cheek. "If only... I had been there... maybe I could've helped..." But no matter how much Ryuu wished he had been there, he hadn't, no point on dwelling on it. "Yeah sure." He replied, releasing Emily, watching her head into the kitchen, as he sat back down at the table, and rested his left elbow on the table, his cheek resting in the palm of his hand.

Once Emily came back, he noticed that her shirt looked somewhat transparent, as he blushed slightly, but then again his hoodie was only zipped up partially. He would pull her Math textbook towards him, and look at it for a little while, except the book knocked against the glass on the table, spilling the lemonade. "Ah crap!" Ryuu said, tossing the textbook away from the table like it was on fire, away from the lemonade, so it wouldn't get damaged by it, he had gotten some on himself and Emily. "Damn it, sorry about that Emil--" Ryuu began to apologize, but stopped the moment he realized the lemonade had drenched the front of Emily's shirt. "......" Was his reaction, as he stood there, his chest drenched in the lemonade as well. ...This was awkward...

[seishounohana]

Emily blushed, especially when Ryuu expressed his concern with regards to the correctional facility incident. She didn't want Ryuu to worry, but also had the urge to tell him about it - he had the right to know her past, and it wasn't like she did something she---

Wait, she did. Emily did many things that she wasn't exactly proud of inside that horrible facility. No one, not even those who were inside with her, could fathom the amount of Emotional and Physical torture that she went through - and for what? Military benefit? More money? The memories of those events were engraved deeply into Emily's body, marked distinctively by the scars on her left arm (which was visible right now, considering that she didn't use her gloves) and her pearl-white hair.

The scars looked horrible, as it looked as if she was crucified at the hand, scalded on different areas of her arm and scars of some deep and not-so-deep lacerations - and there was far more underneath that dress. The first major injury she had received from the system, a slash mark underneath her left breast.

One would ask how she kept herself sane, with everything that she had gone through.

It was also a peculiarity that no one bothered to ask why she had white-hair, as an Asian. She wasn't even albino. Maybe it was also because they were afraid they'd bring back memories that they assumed she didn't want to go back to. Well, Emily didn't like to disclose those things to anyone, but she was open to sharing them should anyone be curious.

"F... Four months!? You were gone and stuck in that place for that long!?"

Emily chuckled nervously, "I don't actually know - I'm thinking it was actually a year, no one actually told me anything... Wait." She paused, counting with her fingers. "I got kidnapped April last year, and... when did I get out?"

She shrugged. "I don't remember."

Or maybe she chose not to remember? It was actually close to around more than five months in solitary confinement. Emily's thoughts shut down when Ryuu pulled her into an embrace. Ah, yes. She was always thinking too much, always pondering about things that don't even need to be thought of. She just smiled. "Don't think that way, mm?" She said, "I wouldn't be here it it wasn't for that."

And then, she headed to the Kitchen, taking some sandwiches and then some of that lemonade before heading back. It wasn't long, since it was already done prior to Ryuu coming.

Emily had the makings of a housewife already, no?

Now after returning, she had done the mistake of placing the glasses close to them, so when the accident happened:
"Ah crap!"

"Eep!" Emily yelped, almost standing up. "Hey, you didn't need to throw my books around!"

Wow, strange priorities, much? Well, her books were of much importance to her, since these books cost quite a bit and yeah, she loved them - and why not? She was to be a nurse!

"Damn it, sorry about that Emil--"

Emily blinked as Ryuu paused. "Um, that's fine but is there something wrong?" It wasn't long before she looked down and realized that the lemonade had basically drenched her white shirt enough to cling to her skin, making a silhouette of Emily's own body visible. Blushing furiously, she immediately reached for a throw pillow and used it to cover herself. "Ah..."

Yeah, awkward.

...

Oh dear.

...

"Okay, let's start, shall we?"

... not even going to change? Or was she scared of the idea of having to part from the pillow to rush upstairs for a quick change?

[Ryuu]

Although Ryuu was curious as to what had happened inside the Correctional Facility, he also didn't want to bring up such a painful subject for Emily. He knew though he didn't have a right to know about Emily's past, it was privilege. "... What happened inside there?" Ryuu asked softly, as he held Emily close to him, almost comfortingly, "What did they do to you... to inflict so many injuries and create scars on you... and change your hair color...?" Ryuu couldn't even begin to comprehend the amount of physical and mental pain inflicted on Emily during that time, but he did know this much, he would always be there for Emily as much as he possible could. And even if he wasn't there, all she had to do was call, and he'd come running right away. Though Ryuu couldn't believe she had been held in that place for at least a year, it must have been a nightmare, probably one that you thought you'd never wake up from, no matter how much you wanted to.

"I think it'd be something you don't want to remember..." He said quietly after Emily had counted on her fingers, trying to remember just how long she had been in the facility, she had been kidnapped last April, but either way, she had been held in that place for a long time. Ryuu then pulled her into an embrace, holding her comfortingly. "Yeah, that's true... Then you and I would've never met... Or maybe we would have back at 259, but not like this... And not so happily..." He then watched as she headed to the kitchen, coming back a little bit later, though she placed the glasses down on the table a little too close to the textbook Ryuu reached out to grab, as the lemonade ended up spilling. Ryuu reacted immediately and tossed Emily's textbook off to the side, to avoid getting the lemonade on her book and damaging it. "Lemonade just went flying, and you're worried about me tossing your book to save it from the lemonade damaging it?" Ryuu said in mild disbelief, as he picked up the textbook from the floor, and gently dusted it off.

He then began to apologize, but stopped the moment he realized the lemonade had drenched not only him, but the front of Emily's shirt. She then asked him if something was wrong, before realizing what had happened. The lemonade had drenched her enough that her shirt was clinging to her, as Ryuu stared, blushing furiously. Emily then grabbed a throw pillow and covered herself up, as Ryuu continued to blush furiously, looking away from her, but looked up at her in surprise when she asked if they should start, she wasn't going to change? "Um, sure... But... aren't you going to change...? Or you rather finish this, and then change...?" He asked quietly, as his gaze shifted back and forth from Emily and the textbook, though he spent more time looking at Emily. "... What part of Statistics you don't quite understand?" He asked, still blushing, as he shifted over, sitting right beside Emily, as he held the now open math textbook in his hand. He looked at her, but since he was slightly taller, even when sitting, he could see down past the throw pillow she was clutching, in his peripheral vision, making him blush even more. "Um... you sure you're okay? I don't mind waiting... if you want to go and change..."

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Upon the question of what happened to Emily inside the correctional facility, Emily's smile faded into a much gentler one; somewhat pained, but it was more of the memories that the question brought back than the question itself.

Emily just smiled and gave no answer.

...followed by a series of other questions and the event that got her dress top drenched in sticky, sweet liquid. "Lemonade just went flying, and you're worried about me tossing your book to save it from the lemonade damaging it?" Emily mentally slapped herself. Way to go make an impression. She was a very workaholic girl, and more or less her school books were important to her.

"Sorry." She apologized, shrugging a bit. "I'm just a bit touchy about my books." Well, not like she can apologize for who she is anyways. Probably a thing she would have to loosen up on, but it would more or less take time.

And then she moved onto covering herself (which was obviously failing) and asked to begin the assistance on Math. The thing is, Emily was a workaholic - Ryuu could probably notice that even before his relationship with her. As for the reason why she keeps herself busy all the time, it was simple: the more work she occupies herself with, the less time she has to think about depressing things.

Emily had no time to be depressed, nor did she want to entertain it.

"Um, sure... But... aren't you going to change...? Or you rather finish this, and then change...?" Emily smiled and crept closer to Ryuu to look at the textbook better, not noticing his gazes. She had a sweet tinge of pink on her cheeks, slightly nervous to be as close as they currently were.

"Mm... maybe later," She said. "I'll change later tonight, once we got half the work done, mmmkay?"

More torture for Ryuu.

"... What part of Statistics you don't quite understand?" he asked. Emily looked up as she thought, pressing the pillow a bit more against her chest. It was a habit that more or less also exposed a bit of cleavage.

"Several formulas, like: for this-" She put her head back and leaned forward, giving Ryuu a good view of her back and began turning the pages with one hand, keeping the other hand close with the pillow. Emily then pointed to a certain question regarding getting standard deviations. "I tried understanding the formula myself, but the instructions on the book were weird."

Emily chuckled softly. "How about you? What part of Biology do you need help with?"

[Ryuu]

Ryuu did not further press the question on Emily, even though she gave him no answer when he asked about the Correctional Facility, just smiling gently, though it was coupled with a pained expression. She didn't have to tell him if she didn't want to, he didn't mind. It was her, albeit painful, memories, and they belonged to her, and only her. Ryuu just smiled and shook his head in disagreement at Emily. "You don't have to apologize to me, I didn't mean to toss your textbook around so haphazardly." Ryuu replied, as he gently dusted the book off. They then began on working on the math that Emily needed help with as she attempted to cover herself up, though it was obviously not working. Ryuu had noticed she was a workaholic, even before they began their relationship with each other, it had started back when she had visited him in the hospital after Reven had attacked him. He saw her smile and creep closer to him, to get a better look at the open textbook he held in his hand.

"Yeah... sure, if you say so." He replied, as he looked at the textbook, noticing from the top of his vision, Emily press the pillow against her chest more, making him blush slightly, as she then leaned forward and began to turn the pages with one hand, the other hand close against the pillow. He then looked at the question she pointed to, and saw it was about standard deviations. "Heh, yeah, the instructions in the book were weird, but you've got me to help you out sexually." Ryuu then leaned forward, his chest almost touching her, as he pointed at the question, explaining how the formula worked to Emily, trying his best to explain it so she would be able to understand. Once he had finished, he then pulled his Biology textbook and binder towards him. "Everything... No, I'm kidding. I just need help understanding human reproduction. I've read my textbook so many times, the ink probably faded, but I just don't understand how it works." Once they had finished about half of it, Ryuu leaned back, and stretched his arms above his head, as his joints cracked slightly. "Do you want to take a break, or keep going? Since we're close to being done soon anyways."

[seishounohana]

Things went by smoothly for this tutorial. Heck, Emily and Ryuu never really noticed that it was now around nine in the evening, and they basically were half-done at this point. Emily was full capable of answering the questions now, although she had Ryuu to check her answers just in case.

She had to use a calculator, the poor girl, she was too paranoid to do her math on paper. Not like nurses did a lot of math anyways. Their math was basic, unless they were into research. Which was Emily's major gripe about the education system - you'd think they'd allow students to cater their subjects to the needs of their intended careers, right?

Oh well, it was something new to learn at least.

Emily stretched her arms upward, slightly forgetting about the earlier incident with the juice and the fact that the cloth was still clinging to her quite dangerously.

Didn't help that Ryuu's topic was about reproduction. Reproduction - of all things! Why? Here are two teenagers, massively attracted to each other in every way possible, both highly attractive, both intelligent, both charismatic... heck, the narattor could go on and on, but you see. This night wasn't going to be some night they were just going to sleep on - that much was obvious to anyone but them.

They were also massively clueless and dense. Good luck getting laid, there.

Emily blushed a bit as she stretched though, remembering that massive feeling of embarrassment and slight excitement when Ryuu's chest brushed against her back as they went through their homework.

"Do you want to take a break, or keep going? Since we're close to being done soon anyways."

"We can afford a break. It's been about three hours, so might as well." She said, "When do you plan on going home? It's quite late."

[Ryuu]

After explaining the formula to Emily, Ryuu let her answer the questions on her own, though she did ask him to check her answers, just in case, in which case, Ryuu was more than glad to do so. He noticed she used a calculator, though standard deviations did require the use of a calculator to solve them. Ryuu then checked the time, and was surprised to see it was already nine, the time really had flown past. He saw from the corner of his eye Emily stretch her arms up, making him blush slightly, since her shirt was still clinging to her from the lemonade that had been spilled on the both of them. It really didn't help that Ryuu needed help with human reproduction, given the situation the two of them were in. He saw Emily blush just as he was, though her reason was different from his. They then went back to working on their homework, as time continued to tick past, and before they knew it, it was already quite late in the evening.

"Alright then." Ryuu replied, as he leaned back, his arms behind him, keeping him from falling backwards. "I'm not sure, to be honest. Kyoko told me if I wanted to sleep over, since she knows just as well how much studying we have to do, she would be fine with it. That is, if you want me to stay..." Ryuu added the last part in quickly, as he trailed off, blushing furiously. "I didn't bring any spare clothing though... Since I wasn't too sure if I could stay over or not." To be honest, Ryuu wasn't sure if Emily wanted him to stay over or not. He knew she lived alone, and he wanted to stay with her, but had no idea if she'd be comfortable with it or not. After all, even though the two of them were massively attracted to each other, the two of them had only gotten together recently. They were definitely going to be doing more than studying and sleeping alright. "I'll stay... Only if you'll let me..."

[seishounohana]

Emily had basically no idea about cultural norms. Neither did she understand the implications of why a guy should not be allowed to sleep in the same house alone with a girl - even more so that they had a relationship.

Emily put her arms down and blinked. "Mm... I have no problem with that." She said, "I think I have some of Rem's old clothes up at my room, but I don't think I can reach them. As you well know, I'm quite lacking in the height department."

She sighed. Well, being short had it's advantages. At least, for Emily of course. Pulling herself up, Emily kept on clinging to the pillow for protection from Ryuu's prying eyes. "They're still quite clean, and I have an extra room upstairs..."

She shrugged, "So many rooms, but I live alone right? I should find someone to live with." Emily laughed before leading Ryuu to the stairs. It could be seen that there wasn't much decoration beyond the first floor at all. There was another floor upstairs, but Emily didn't bring him up there - at least for now. She took him to the hallway where there were two doors - one on each side of the wall.

Emily then pointed to the door to the left and then began to open the door on the left, "This's my room," She said, "That one will be yours for the night." Inside was a typical girl's room: drawers, closets, a clean bed, and lots of drawings tacked onto one of the walls. It seems that Emily's love for manga didn't die either- as she had loads of manga on a bookshelf, and other medical books on the other bookshelf right beside it.

On top of one of those bookshelves was a box that had a large label that said, quite clearly. "Rem."

"Hmm... how to get it down."