Remaining Days: 5
I woke up earlier than usual, earlier than even the terminal would dare to take me out of my slumber, because two girls just could not help but raise her voices.
"I never asked you to sleep here!"
"I never asked to sleep here!"
"Then don't! "
"Ritsuka invited me, it would be rude to decline."
"Master's too kind! You could've brushed her off!"
"And you could have told her, too!"
"I did! "
"Maybe she's bored of you?"
"Maybe your head's been on your shoulders for too long?!"
With a swift motion, I put an index finger on each girl's mouth to finally silence them to prevent any blood being spilled in this room. "Just be quiet for a minute," I groan. I cannot believe they could not refrain even half a day from fighting. Actually… Thinking about it, I can believe that. I should be more surprised why it has not happened earlier.
Saber and Rin turn away from each other so synchronously, it makes me think the two of them are more alike than they would ever want to admit. I turn to Rin.
"Was it even comfortable to sleep in your clothes?" We sadly do not have any clothes left to offer her to sleep in. Rin removes the blanket, revealing that she only wears her red sweater and panties, possibly a bra. Though, maybe with her size she would not need one…
"It's fine, really. Actually, it's pretty cosy." I am glad this is no issue I will have to worry about. "But I'll be out for today. I'll have to run some checks and try to get some info on the error… I'll be back in the evening, no worries." And with that, Rin does not even take five minutes to get dressed—because she uses a Code Cast for that—and takes her leave.
This should ease the situation.
"Do you want to go anywhere today?" I ask, because there is not too much on our non-existent to-do list for now. We already got a head start by acquiring the first Trigger yesterday and Saber is in great shape. Well, everything about her is "in perfect shape", if you ask me.
"Not really," Saber admits and I can relate. Rin will be gone for the day, so we have time for us.
"Should we take another bath?" The last one did not end so well, but maybe this time it will. Saber at least agrees. Saber still seems to be sulking from earlier, though. Maybe Rin's words really hit home? "I am not bored of you, if you think that." I do not want her to worry about such a thing, how could I ever get "bored" of the most precious person in my life?
"That's not it," says Saber. Though, she seems grateful that I at least stated it and gave her some assurance.
"Then what is?" I really want to know now. I need to know, or this will not work out. They would kill each other… or, more likely, Saber would behead Rin.
"Can't you tell, Master?" Saber looks at me pleadingly. She really wants me to make sense of this myself…
What could it be that I have missed? At first, they did not seem so hostile towards each other. It started, when Rin kissed me and I made it a habit to get closer to Saber, to raise our bond. For our survival, at first.
The closer I felt I got to Saber and the more I held her dear, the worse it got between the two of them. Wait a second…
Rin kissed me. In front of Saber.
"Back off from my girlfriend, bitch."
"Make me."
"Rin… likes me," I state in disbelief. Really? Rin? My best friend here, has she developed feelings for me? That…
"Finally…" Saber seems tired of my obliviousness. But now that I figured it out, I really want to slap myself for not realising this sooner. It should have been obvious.
"Explains why she kissed me once in a while…" The moment this passes my lips, I feel regret. I definitely should not have said this.
"She did WHAT ?! I'm gonna kill this fucking—" But I wrap my arms around Saber from behind her to keep her from murdering Rin after all. I do not think I have ever seen Saber this angry.
"Sorry! Really, I am sorry! I… I did not think much of it, I will tell Rin that I do not like her in that way so that she will stop… It is my fault, okay?" It really is… I should have noticed earlier and rejected Rin. How much false hope did I accidentally give her? I am such a bad friend.
Saber sighs. "Fine. But any more moves on you, and she's dead."
I do not respond to that, she should know I would never approve of that. But I am tired of this talk and I do not want to waste this rare occasion of being alone with Saber—we would not know when it happens again—so I go prepare the bath, waiting for Saber to join me. Which she does, after not much of a wait.
The water feels hotter than the last time, it slightly hurts the skin but somehow this also feels a bit nicer. More relaxing, so to say. But I am sure that we cannot stay in the tub for long this time or we would get dizzy. This time, it is me who inches closer to Saber, until I wrap my arms around her.
"M-Master?" Apparently, she has not expected this. But I somehow miss touching her, the last time we had sex I did not really get to do anything myself, after all… It was really one sided.
"Call me Ritsuka when it is just the two of us, okay, Mordred?" Whispering her True Name into her ear startles her, and her face is flushed instantly after.
"B-but…" But I bring my finger to her lips again.
"No 'buts'." I nuzzle my cheek to hers, enjoying the proximity of this innocent touch. Just being by Saber's side like this, forever—I would not mind it one bit. "Should I wash your back?" Saber probably knows I would not really accept a "no" as answer, so she reluctantly agrees.
She turns her back to me, facing away. This is the back that has been protecting me for weeks, I cannot really help the impulse of wanting to kiss it. Instantly I sort of regret it, though, because it tastes bitterly soapy from the bath water. I take a soft sponge and gently rub it up and down Saber's back, who seems to really enjoy it, according to her sighs.
After a while—and I am sure there cannot possibly be any sign of dirt left on her back, if there was any to begin with—I wrap my arms around her sides, softly pressing my front against Saber's back, which she arches upon impact.
"Mas—Ritsuka, w-what's that for?" Saber asks surprised, her voice at least a pitch higher than she probably intended to.
"Washing your back, of course," I half-lie. It would be somewhat cleaning, I suppose… But that is not really my intent, to be honest.
With the soap that is spread on Saber's back, I can easily slide my own skin over hers, before I softly squeeze her small breasts, eliciting a soft moan from her. Before she can even complain or ask, I give her a full lie, not that she would buy it anyway.
"Just so I do not slip." Not that I would, not in this position.
"Y-you're unfair… Ritsuka," Saber whines. She is just too adorable. I wish I could see her expression, but one cannot have everything.
"I just want to make up for something," I say. Maybe that is true for a big part, but at the same time I just do it because it is indeed hard to keep my hands off Saber for too long. And considering we will not have much privacy anymore, I have to take this occasion.
This will be a long bath, I think as Saber moans out my name.