Remaining Days: 2
"Master?" Saber touches my shoulder, slightly shaking me. "You're not asleep anymore, are you?" I do not react. I could not check the time for quite a while, to be exact I have no idea what time it is. The last time I checked, it was almost noon but some time had passed, possibly an hour. Maybe even two. Saber sighs.
"I know you're awake. Your face looks different when you sleep." Still no reaction from me. As long as I am not awake, I would not have to face Rin or try to come up with an excuse. How could it even get this far? Me pretending to be asleep in front of my girlfriend just so I do not have to talk to my best friend? This is a mess. "It'd look cuter," Saber adds, whispering straight into my ear.
Feeling her warm breath on my ear is so hard to ignore and I fear that I shuddered, for possibly shorter than half a second. But, for someone like Saber, noticeably enough to know I am not asleep. Right? You would not react so sensitively when you sleep, would you?
But I cannot cover my ear now. Any movement might give a stronger hint that I am awake, even if it was a knee jerk reaction to cover your ear after a tease, even asleep. It would probably be different in speed and motoric when you are asleep. And now seconds, a minute or two have passed. It is too late for a knee jerk reaction to happen.
Suddenly, Saber bites my earlobe and I cannot help but jerk up and whimper in surprise, holding my hand defensively over my ear afterwards.
"I knew you're up already," she comments disappointedly. I can imagine she is slightly upset that I tried to trick her. It is not really an honest thing to do, especially since it has nothing to do with her.
"Sorry," I apologise. I turn away. "I am a coward." In this case, I really am. It is not really like me to run away like this, but… facing someone dear to you who is just cold towards you just hurts too much.
"I know," says Saber, letting herself fall down on the bed next to me. "But it's fine, just go talk to her." Since when does she want me to talk to Rin?
"Maybe tomorrow," I mumble. Saber groans. It is only fair, I suppose. I made her face Rin for weeks while it surely hurt her, especially seeing me not really rejecting Rin up until now. "I will, okay? Just… give me time," I say. I do not want to wrong Saber any more.
"What's the plan for now, then?" asks Saber. Well… I have none.
"We could go training?" A weak suggestion, I know that.
"Meh." Okay. Submission rejected. What did I even expect? I think for a while. Staying in our room, hidden below the covers is probably not an acceptable solution either. We also have both Triggers. We did an Alteration of the Soul. We had a bath.
"We could talk," I say, before I could even consider that. Great idea, Ritsuka, I scold myself inwardly.
"About?" Saber eyes me. Well. There is not much we could talk about, is there? It is not like we have much free time here to do anything but participate in this tournament.
"Uhm… What are your hobbies?" Such a casual, small talk question, and yet it makes me realise I do not know much about Saber. Besides her story which I could have read in a book as well.
"Hobbies?" This question seems unexpected for Saber, but of course. You probably do not ask this of someone you are dating for quite a while already. "I didn't have much time for such things. I enjoy winning… and I'd wanna travel, if I could. Really far," she eventually tells me. "How about you?"
Of course, seeing victory as a hobby. That could just come from my Saber, Mordred. But travelling? I wish I could do it with her. It is probably fun, exploring a world neither of us really knows. Me, because I do not remember a thing; Saber, because she is from a long time ago. But when it comes to me…
"I have… no idea. I cannot remember and I am not sure what would be fun to do. I would tag along on your travels, I suppose." This is really the only thing that comes to my mind when I think about what I would enjoy to do. Am I really this bland that I have no hobby? I have barely more personality than an NPC.
"Sure! Let's go on a trip someday. I'll drive," says Mordred enthusiastically. I take her hand, making it some sort of promise between us, just the two of us. But… wait .
"You? Driving?" I do not feel safe about that at all. Back in her days, you did not "drive", did you? They still rode horses. How would she be able to drive something of modern technology?
"My Riding skill is pretty good. I could ride anything easily!" Or anyone, finishes my mind, but I brush that off fast enough. I am not going to turn this talk into any indecent direction. Yet, for some reason, I hope that maybe we will not really go on a journey together… or at least take some form of public transport. "You need some hobbies, though, Master."
Cannot loving you be a hobby, I wonder. Though, I do not think I am that serious about this idea. I think for a while. "Writing Code Casts is not half-bad. Maybe I could pick such a thing up as hobby?" Saber rolls her eyes.
"Great, nerd." I throw my pillow straight into her face.
She talks weirdly colloquial in modern terms for her origin. But knowing Saber, I can imagine that even in her own time period she was not really paying much attention to speaking any formally. And I doubt I could expect her to still speak like she did in her lifetime—after all, now she is a Servant. The Moon Cell would get rid of all language barriers for sure, including outdated speech.