yawwwwwn~
He stretched while rising up from the futon.
Holy shit, I can't remember the last time I slept by 8!
Haruki thought to himself as he opened the shoji doors of the inn.
A slight drizzle poured down the forest, contributing to such a satisfying slumber.
"I feel sooooo active!!!"
He yelled expecting to get a reply.... where was Hori.
A nearly deceased voice said shakingly.
"Good morning Haruki-san."
It was Hori, she was in a corner STILL watching! Her eyes were swollen and the screen shined brightly on her face.
"Oh my God, Hori you didn't stay up all night did you?"
Haruki asked with an anxious face as he approached her.
"Ahhh, I'm finally done...!
She had finished the entire My Blade series. A total of 5 seasons.
Now I can pass on.
Her mind rested as she fainted from exhaustion.
"What the?! Hey wake up!! Damnit I should have put a password, she's gonna have a serious headache! "
He complained as he jolted Hori.
She didn't wake up.
...I guess I should let her sleep....
He pitied her.
Haruki stood up and stretched.
He then carried Hori and layed her on the futon.
Gotta take a shower.
He strolled towards the shower but slowly moon walked back.
"For the wages of sin is death!!!"
A cry echoed through the forest.
"A Sinner?!"
He ran outside and saw the Sinner of Racism Hori had tied to a tree.
Haruki understood that Hori was the only other person who knew this place. So she must've tied it there.
On a serious note how do priests kill Sins and Sinners, I'm actually excited to to find out when we finish the Sabbath Exams.
Haruki bent down and casually ate the Sinner alive.
He swallowed and brought out his tongue in disgust. They tasted horribly.
After that he went to collect his phone from the floor Hori originally laid on.
Took a bathe and got dressed in his favorite color, a red T-shirt and black jeans.
"Time to prepare some food!"
He started marching to the nearest store to get some ingredients.
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"Ahh! old man! Goooood morning!"
He greeted the store owner Mr Tengokyu and with great enthusiasm.
The man was just opening the shop.
Tch!, it's that pretty boy.
He clicked his tongue.
"You should address me more respectfully, boy! I'm 70 years old!"
"Damn, weather sure is nice today~"
Haruki completely ignored him, taking in the morning air.
Tengokyu sighed and returned to his cleaning.
"Your in a good mood today..."
He said seeing Haruki smiling more than usual.
"Yeah, I slept real early yesterday."
He said happily.
".... Hori came yesterday night, you shouldn't let her walk alone so late. And to charge your phone?!"
He scolded.
"I wanted to walk her back home but I was too scared.... anyways,if you two are in a relationship you should take better care of her"
He concluded.
"Oh, Hori and I aren't dating... I'm not sure she even knows what dating is"
Haruki looked up and wondered if Hori even knew the word 'romance'
"Besides, she's tough! I'm sure she can handle her self when things get dangerous."
He exclaimed with a smug look.
That explains her strength against those robbers, and her participating in the Sabbath Exams.
The old man thought to himself.
"Enough chatting mister, I wanna buy something!"
Haruki yelled.
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Haruki finished his shopping and was headed home.
Wow so Hori went there all by herself at night, and came back home?! She even brought back a Sinner.....she's definitely stronger than before.
Haruki thought with a smile.
hehe, look at me being all proud...
He blushed, twisting his locks.
Finally arrived at the inn. He slid the door open and saw Hori.
snore~ snore~
Hori laid recklessly on the futon, like a drunk, back from a pub.
Haruki simply giggled and went to the kitchen
About 3 hours passed, before she awakened.
yaaaawwwwn~~~
Her arms reached for the skies as stretched.
She scratched her chin still half asleep.
Her nose started to tingle.
"What is that aroma?"
She exclaimed. Her tiredness disappeared as her nose guided her to the kitchen.
Hori saw the arranged meals lined up, beautifully decorated in front of her.
"Uwahhh!!"
She brimmed with excitement and immediately attempted touching it.
Haruki appeared from thin air and smacked her hand.
"Your not eating until you take a shower!"
"Haruki-san! Good morning! Hehe, I guess you caught me...!"
Hori joked scratching the back of her head.
She turned back to the army of food.
"Wow, Haruki-san, this all looks beautiful! Is it a special day?"
Hori asked confused at the sudden preparation of such a feast.
"Well I guess it kinda is, today you and I are finally gonna fight!"
"As In training?!"
"Nope, as in serious ACTUAL fighting! I think you spent last night watching a shonen anime, you should have a little insight on throwing hands"
He said.
"Understood!"
She shouted.
"Yeah but go brush your teeths, your morning breath stinks."
Haruki said shooing Hori to the bathroom.
"Ah, apologies....!"
Hori went to the bathroom with an embarrassed face.
She took her bath, brushed her teeths and got dressed in an oversized lemon
T-shirt and dark purple shorts most likely Haruki's clothes...
She walked quickly to the kitchen. To where Haruki was waiting.
"You sure do love wearing my clothes."
He said with a smile.
"Ah, yes, their quite comfortable!And as much as I appreciate the clothes you bought me, their too beautiful for house wear."
She played with her hair
"Well you can wear my clothes as much as you want!
Haruki said with a cheerful grin.
"Awwn, thank you!"
She replied with a lovely smile.
"Now it's time to eat! I'm starving!!"
She was about reaching for the food but Haruki slapped her hand again!
"Oh c'mon!"
Hori whined.
"Your not eating until one condition!"
He lifted a finger.
"What is it nowwwwwww?!"
She was starving.
Narrator - You know, girls, don't eat as much as you do, I'm a lady myself so I should know.
Narrator boasted with a smug voice.
Narrator, good morning! and shut the hell up!!
Haruki continued.
"The condition is, YOU MUST KNOCK ME OUT!"
He said taping his chest.
Hori stared silently.
"As in beat you half-dead? It's a little mean, but I'm hungry, so my sense of morality is at it's limits."
She replied with tired face, we all get cranky when we're hungry.
"...as you wish Haruki-san! Let our first REAL bout commence!"
Hori was determined! And extremely hungry!
They head outside of the inn, and took their fighting stances.
"Remember, if you don't knock me out, your not getting any food!"
He yelled.
"Such an inhumane condition!"
She replied, they were about 5 meters away from each other.
"Nah it's not that serious, you just eat too much!"
He shouted back.
"I- I do not!"
She yelled with a flustered face.
"Oh, and don't worry about using your hands! Since I'm serious now, you probably won't lay a finger on me!"
Haruki said confidently.
"Are you sure?! They get very hard when fighting, remember?!"
She said with a worried look, she wished to never injure Haruki again.
"Its okay! Alright, here I come!"
Haruki ended the conversation and dashed towards Hori with impressive speed!
So fast! I've never seen him move like this!
Haruki's fist was already in front of Hori's nose.
A punch!
She anticipated a jab to her face and immediately guarded her face.
Haruki giggled, he quickly switched and struck her stomach instead!
blurgh!
Hori threw up blood as Haruki's fist sunk in her gut.
He further launched Hori away by throwing his fist with force.
She landed far away on the ground, coughing from the pain.
Hori wheezed as she cleaned her mouth.
"That punch just now! most certainly could've killed me!"
She looked up and saw Haruki slowly approaching her.
Haruki-san is SERIOUS!
Narrator - Hori finally accepted the fact, that this was no sparing. But rather a death match!!
Hori stood up, cleaned the blood from her mouth and took a fighting stance.
Haruki simply smiled knowing she wasn't going to give up so easily, and she really wanted to eat.
Hori only took one blink.
Haruki vanished from her eyes, leaving only dust behind.
"That was even faster!!!"
She panicked looking for where he disappeared to.
Smooch~
Haruki pecked her forehead and smiled.
Hori froze with a flustered face, as her guard was now down.
Bam!!!!
Haruki slugged her skull forcing her into the ground, making a human shaped hole as she sunk in.
"NEVER GET DISTRACTED!"
He nagged seeing her embedded in the floor.
"Owwwwww!!"
She exclaimed in pain as she was stuck in the earth.
"Quickly! Get up! If I were a douche bag, I'll continue bashing you into the ground until your dead!"
Hori quickly stood up from the ground after hearing those words.
She leaped two meters away.
"That hurt! I should attack this time. Taking another punch from Haruki-san will definitely knock me out!!"
She swallowed her fear and charged forward.
"Huwahhh!!"
Hori ran and attempted a punch.
pfft
She's full of openings! Definitely fast tho...
Haruki reasoned casually,he was much faster than the charging Hori.
She used full force and punched Haruki! only for him to block with his two hands.
A simple jab blocked but something was wrong. Haruki's face twisted in pain from the single already blocked punch.
He carried her up with one hand and threw her away.
She exclaimed as she landed on the floor.
Narrator - Considering Hori's hands just momentarily inherited the properties of diamonds, here's an insight of what Haruki just felt from that single punch.
Narrator - The dense and heavy properties of her attacking fist generated an enormous amount of kinetic energy, making the punch feel like a freaking SLEDGEHAMMER IMPACT.
Narrator - The sharp edges of her hands would inflict severe lacerations, effortlessly cutting through skin, muscle, and even bone.
Narrator - The force of the punch also caused significant blunt trauma, leading to broken bones, internal injuries, and a shattered wrist.
Tch, it hurts...!
Slight tears rolled down but he quickly cleaned it.
Narrator - like a bloody tattoo, Hori's fist made a red mark on Haruki's palm.
"Oh no, Haruki-san are you injured?!"
She asked with worry.
"Don't worry, it'll heal... see?!"
He said showing Hori his palm. It truly healed.
"Thank God!"
She was relieved.
"Damn, your hands sure are dangerous, Hori! If I wasn't a Sin, that'll probably shatter my hands and still land on my face-
Hori's fist was in front of Haruki's face.
Baaam!!!
She finally landed a punch.
Haruki's head was about removing because of the force but he immediately drew it back and prevented it from flying off.
Black blood dropped like a tap from his nose. His knees fell to the floor.
"NEVER GET DISTRACTED!"
Hori yelled with a grin, parroting Haruki's earlier words,as if mocking him.
"Haha, you bitch...!"
He cursed seeing as she was right, you should never start blabbering during a fight.
One hour later.
One,two, three~
Haruki counted, as he gave Hori rotating kicks, she was barely dodging.
"Four!"
A kick finally landed on her face! It felt heavy, forcibly flinging Hori back.
She landed on the floor after performing 2 back flips.
She stood up and spat some blood.
"Wow, Haruki-san! Who taught you how to fight so well?!"
Hori was impressed. She herself wasn't used to fighting but Haruki looked like a natural.
"It was my mom..."
He said dejectedly.
Hori felt awkward for asking, she knew he wasn't on good terms with her.
"I'm, sorry,I didn't mean to-
"It's okay... Let's continue"
He cut hori off with a sad face rather than looking annoyed.
He faced her and Quickly ran towards Hori. Closing the distance within 2 seconds.
Hori was about raising her leg for a round house kick-
Thmp
Haruki stopped her leg from ascending by halting her knee with his left hand.
Ahhh this is bad.
She was wide open.
Haruki threw his hands towards Hori's throat! With such force would likely kill her.
Hori guarded her neck, right before his knuckles made contact!
She drew Haruki's now clenched fist towards her and gave him a good old NOD!!
"Ahhhh!! Fuck!!"
He fell back rubbing his forehead.
Hori as well fell back, it was painful for the 2.
Owww... Ah, he's open!
She thought as she saw Haruki still rubbing his head.
Hori ceased the opportunity and kicked Haruki's stomach forward.
Pushing him to the floor.
She ran towards him, and pinned him down with her legs.
Bamm!
She blew, luckily he shifted his face, resulting in the ground getting chaffed from the blow.
Hori was silent and attempted a second punch.
He as well dodged the second one. Shifting his head to the left.
"Hori wait-
Bash!!!
The third blow stronger than the last two finally landed! Haruki's head completely bursted, sending his brain flying.
Gasp!
Haruki opened his eyes.
He was resting on Hori's lap, it was now sunset, the time exactly 5:30 pm
"Ah, Haruki-san! Your awake!"
Hori exclaimed stroking his long hair which was now loose
Haruki slowly stood up and rubbed his eyes.
"This is the second time now huh?"
Referring to Hori's kill count on his head.
"Wait, why aren't I wearing a shirt?!"
Indeed. He was without his red shirt.
"Oh, it was stained with blood so I removed and washed it. I promise I didn't do anything indecent okay?!"
She blushed seeing his exposed chest.
Haruki giggled.
"I wasn't accusing you, your not a perv-
growwwlllllll~~~
A haunting sound came from Hori's stomach.
Haruki blinked.
"...no way... you haven't eaten?!"
He couldn't believe it.
"No...I haven't..."
Hori confessed.
"Why?! I told you to eat if you knocked me unconscious!!"
Haruki was angry, why would she starve herself like that?
"Well you see... the food was arranged quite well, so I figured you must have taken a lot of time to prepare it..."
She paused then continued.
"I- I simply wanted us to enjoy the meal together."
Hori said with a flustered face. Embarrassed from her childish reason
Haruki was speechless, he simply just looked at Hori in astonishment.
Hori as well stared at him not knowing what to do.
He tilted his head still looking at her.
"...what a lovely girl..."
He unknowingly said out loud.
"Ehhh?? Lovely?!"
She turned her face.
"Ahem! But I knew it would get spoiled, so I asked Tengokyu-san if I could use his fridge!"
She tried changing the topic.
"Great thinking Hori!"
He said patting her head.
"Alright, let's go get it, I'll warm it and then we can eat!"
Haruki as well was starving.
They did so and arranged the food on the large wooden table in the living room, the time is now 6 pm
"F- finally!!!"
Hori was crying.
They both said in unison.
"Thank you for the meal!!"
As they broke their chopsticks.
Hori carried a salmon roe to her mouth.
"Wooow!!! this is shooooo gooooooooooooooooooood!!!!"
Tears of joy began to fall.
"Of coursh it is! Do you know how long it took making it?!"
Their grammar interrupted because they were chewing. But their faces were happy.
They finished the appetizers, salmon and went to the main dish.
A humongous bowl with of ramen.
"Haruki-san! Haruki san! what's this?!"
She asked pointing.
"That's pork!"
He answered sipping the broth from his bowl.
"Wow!! It's delicious!!"
Hori exclaimed as she took a bite.
Next was the Hot Pot! A large bowl of stock mixed with multiple types of meat. This feast must have cost a lot.
Hori leaned in to better see the hot pot. "Woooooooooooowwwwww!!!!There's so many things inside!!!"
She squealed as she held her cheeks.
"let's take our time with this one okay?!"
"Yes!"
They both changed to western cutlery such as spoons and forks to quickly grab the meats in the soup.
They, laughed merrily, just the two.
Only 8 days since they met but we're both very dear to each other.
Hori's and Haruki's bond continues to grow.
Narrator - 4 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE SABBATH EXAMS!!