Chapter 36: Chapter 36
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Xander ate with the two cats and finally got ready to school. He kicked both of them out of his house since they are already overstaying their visit. He didn't forget to make a lunch box for Sona, though this time he only made for Sona's portion. He walked towards Kuoh Academy where he met Sona at the entrance gate.
"You're always early huh..Sona" Xander said as he got closer to her. "It's my job after all" Sona said while fixing her glasses with her hands. "Hooh? Are you sure you're not here just to receive me?" Xander said while smirking at Sona who just looked away from him. "How adorable" Xander shook his head as he kissed Sona's forehead and went inside the school, leaving the Student Council President in daze.
When Xander was walking in the hallway, he was stopped by a red haired woman along with her peerage. "Xander, hang on!" Rias said making Xander stop on the spot and stared at Rias. "What's wrong, Rias-san?" Xander asked while tilting his head, wondering what this troublesome woman want again. "Actually.. my brother wanted to meet you before the meeting so.." Rias said while looking at his eyes hopefully.
"..No" Xander said while yawning and started walking again. Rias was stunned first before she walked to Xander side and ask. "Wait, why? Its just a few minutes" Xander stopped again and looked at Rias as pain in the ass. "I'm not in the mood today.. can't your brother wait for tomorrow?" Xander words were unreasonable but he didn't care as he walked towards his classroom, along the way, Rias tried many times but seeing as Xander wouldn't change his mind, she just finally gave up.
Xander arrived at his classroom where he just sat in the chair and went to sleep immediately making the teacher who handled their class sigh. The bell rang and lunch time finally came, Xander went to the Student Council room and entered it. "Good day, everyone" Xander greeted them as he walked to Sona's side and sat beside her. He took the lunch box from his storage and gave it to Sona. The other members were also waiting for their boxes, however they were disappointed that Xander didn't make more lunch box for them.
"I was too easy on you guys, I started thinking that I need to be more strict, so from now on, you need to train your cooking skill to make your own lunch box" Xander said while shaking his head, the others were sad about this but they couldn't do anything as Xander was their teacher and Sona's gaze are starting to hurt them.
Sona and Xander just talked with each other until the lunch time came to an end. Xander went to his classroom but not before being stopped by Rias. "What is it again?" Xander asked thinking that Rias is here again to ask him to meet her brother.
"Ah..no, I came here to thank you on behalf of Koneko, I heard what happened, I just didn't expect that Onii-sama would hide this thing from me. Koneko is now gaining her emotions so thank you.. Xander" Rias gave her gratitude to Xander while bowing her head. Upon seeing that, Xander smiled lightly as he nodded his head and started to walk away.
After class, Xander went to Sakurasou to see how Mashiro is doing. He arrived at the front door and knocked on it, moments later a brown haired girl tied on a ponytail opened the door, Xander was confuse as to why this girl is here since Sorata don't even exist in this world.
In his first visit, Xander got curious as to why Sorata isn't living in the Sakurasou, but when he started researching for his information, all Xander got was blank. That's why Xander is confuse to why Aoyama Nanami was the one who opened the door.
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Nanami dreamed to be a Seiyuu, so she escaped from her home to become a voice actress. At first it was still okay since she can still carry on, however her life started to get harder, she had to do a lot of part time job just to pay for her apartment rent, and she also has to pay for the seiyuu class. Nanami's body started to betray her as it couldn't handle the pressure that she is giving.
That is until she heard of the dorm where the pay is cheap, although the residents of the dorm was kind of unique. Nanami decided to try living in that dorm, she was surprised by what she witnessed inside of it. Instead of the weird people that the rumours says, all she saw was geniuses being gathered in a small building.
Nanami was satisfied with her life in Sakurasou, since she can handle things now. She was also starting to get along with the residents of the dorm, mainly because of Misaki who kept introducing her to her dormmates. She was surprised when she heard all their professions, like Shiina being World Class painter and now illustrator of the uprising light novel Your Name.
She was insecure at first, wondering if she really belong here but she trust that her hard work will pay off later on. Chihiro gave the responsibility of taking care of Shiina in exchange for free living in the dorm which Nanami immediately accepted.
After school, Nanami went to art section of the school and picked up Shiina who was alone in the classroom while drawing some illustrations. Nanami still couldn't get used to Shiina's art as it was beautiful beyond words for a simple girl like Nanami. She told Shiina to finish it at home and took her to go back to Sakurasou, after arriving at the place, Shiina immediately went upstairs while Nanami started cleaning the her room.
She changed clothes and heard a knock from the door, she walked towards it and opened it. She was confuse to who the person infront of her was, because in the few days that she was living in the dorm, she never saw him before.
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Xander stared at Nanami and she also did the same. "Excuse me... but who are you?" Nanami asked while still being polite, she wondered if he was some hidden resident just like how Ryuunosuke didn't want to leave his room. "I'm a friend of Mashiro, is she here?" Xander asked while tilting his head.
He want to know why Nanami was living her but ultimately threw that thoughts off. "Shiina's friend? Wait, My name is Aoyama Nanami, a resident of Sakurasou, can I ask for your name?" Nanami realized that she hasn't introduced herself yet so she did it, while also asking for Xander's name.
"Oh.. I am Xander Ran-" before Xander could complete his sentence, a blur appeared between the two of them and tackled Xander to the ground. "Xander!" Mashiro shouted while hugging him, she already missed him since its been a few days since he hasn't visited. "...Mashiro, I came to visit" Xander said while smiling at Mashiro who nodded her head took a sniff on his body.
'This girl is getting weird' thought Xander as he noticed Mashiro sniffing him. They stood up and Xander introduced himself again towards Nanami who was dumbfounded as she never saw Mashiro being so aggressive about something.
After introducing himself, Mashiro invited Xander to her room (No lewd thoughts) to show Xander the illustrations that she already made. Xander stared at them one by one as he started pointing out some slight mistakes that Mashiro made, she immediately corrected it.
Nanami could only stare at this two, their relationship look like a pet dog and its owner, it was quite funny to watch. After the show, Xander and Mashiro sat on the bed as Xander took some baumkuchen that he had in his storage, of course he acted as if he took it from his bag to avoid suspicion from Nanami.
Mashiro was overjoyed when she saw her favourite snack as she took it from Xander's hand's immediately. She started eating while Xander just patted her head thinking that Mashiro is quite adorable. "Aoyama-san..right? Are you new to this dorm? Please take care of Mashiro, she still don't have the ability to take care of herself you see" Xander said while Mashiro pouted at Xander's words.
"Leave..Leave it to me!" Nanami nodded her head while assuring Xander that it wasn't a problem. They kept talking until they heard a loud bang downstairs, along with a loud bubbly voice. "I'm back~!" It seems like the alien has arrived.
They went downstairs where they saw Misaki looking around, trying to see if there are already people inside the dorm. Her gaze went to the stairs when she heard footsteps coming from it. "Xander~?!" She was surprised by who came, and immediately arrived at his side.
"Xander! Please give me some of your cooking... Please!!" Misaki grabbed Xander's clothes as she begged him. "Don't exaggerate, I'll give you later" Xander said as he pushed her away from his body. "Really!?" Misaki asked for confirmations which Xander nodded, "Okay! That's a promise~!" Misaki was happy by that as she started humming.
"Kamiigusa-san, can I have some of your time?" Xander asked Misaki while staring at her. "What is it~?" Misaki was curious to why Xander wanted to talk to her. "Actually, I want to make an anime, and I would like to ask if you know some studio that I could rent" Misaki was surprised by his words, she didn't expect that he would enter that world so soon. "Hmm, I got it! I'll talk to the owner of the studio that I always use" normally Misaki would just refuse a unreasonable request like this.
Renting a whole studio for himself? However, Xander was the one who asked her, she just couldn't refuse when she was always eating his food without paying. Xander was happy by what he heard as he patted Mashiro's head who was nearby.
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*10 hours earlier
In the paraside of otakus, A certain girl with blonde hair along with a average young man wearing a glasses can be found arguing. "Tomoya, why did you brought me here?!" Eriri asked while pointing her fingers at the young man who she called Tomoya. "Ah, I just thought that you might be interested in it" Tomoya said while scratching the back of his head. "Huh?! What thing is gonna gain my interest?!" Eriri said still irritated, she wasn't in disguise today so she was afraid that someone she know might saw her here.
"Eh, you didn't know? Today is the day that the second volume of the greatest light novel is being released!" Tomoya said while pushing the glass between his eyes. "Greatest light novel? As if I would be interested in something like th-, let's go." Eriri was about to reject his words but suddenly stopped halfway when she saw the thing that is being released today.
Tomoya was happy that he persuaded Eriri, he was surprised that Eriri immediately changed her mind when he showed her his phone about the news of the second volume. He smiled while thinking that Eriri is really not honest with herself. "What are you waiting for, Tomoya!" When Tomoya looked up, he saw that Eriri was already far away from him and was pretty pissed. "W-Wait, I'm coming!" They went to a near shop where the light novel would be sell.
"Uwah, are they always like this?" Eriri asked as she saw that the number of people was even more than when she came here before. "You didn't know? The publishing company released a statement that the illustrator for the novel was changed, they even slipped a picture, but that picture was enough to shake the whole ACG community" Tomoya explained to Eriri why there was many people coming today.
Eriri was not happy by this, "Can't we comeback tomorrow? I'm sure that the people would be more less tomorrow than now" Eriri suggested while thinking that it would be too troublesome to enter the shop. "That's where you're wrong. Instead of being a lot lesser, it would be opposite." Tomoya explained while shaking his head at Eriri's amateur move. "Huh, why?" She asked not understanding why there would be more people tomorrow than today.
"I was also a victim of that kind of thought. I used to think that the second day would be much tamer, but instead the people got even more aggressive in the second day. First of all, because of the readers that bought on the first day, the stock of the books would be more less than before. And more people thought the same like you, they thought that coming second day would be the best, but because everyone has the same thoughts, the population of Akiba on the second day was even more than the first day" Tomoya ended the explanation with a long sigh.
Eriri's mouth twitched when she heard Tomoya's explanation. "Okay, okay! Let's go already!" She could only grumble as she didn't want to be reprimanded by someone. Tomoya nodded his head as they walked inside, Eriri took just one book where Tomoya took 3. "Huh? What are you going to do with that much?" She asked weirded by his actions.
"Of course its important to get 3. One is for reading, the second is for collection, and the third one is for when I lost the second one" Tomoya said and stared at Eriri weirdly as if wondering why she is asking for obvious. Eriri gritted her teeth, obviously pissed by Tomoya's stare. They lined in the counter where there were many people lining before them. It was only after half an hour before it was their turn, they paid for the books and went out of the shop.
Tomoya was smiling in satisfaction as he hugged the book on his chest. "Finally, I can finally read the continuation of that book, I wonder how many volumes are there.." Tomoya randomly said while fantisizing about the great story it would became. "Nah, there is only one last volume left" Eriri said while shaking her head. "3 volumes huh, and here I was hoping for mor- wait what? How do you know that, Eriri?" Tomoya asked as he stared seriously at Eriri.
"Eh, oh I forgot to mention it but I met Takatou-sensei a few days before" Tomoya frozed when he heard that, "..What!?" Tomoya shouted as he gripped Eriri's shoulder.
"W-What..?" Eriri asked, surprise by Tomoya's outburst. "Did you really meet Takatou-sensei!? When? Why didn't you tell me?!" Tomoya asked while shaking Eriri's body. "S-Stop! Tomoya!" Tomoya realized what he was doing and immediately took some distance as he apologized. "I..I'm sorry Eriri, I was just too excited, so... What kind of person is he?" Tomoya asked excitedly while wondering if Takatou-sensei was an old man with a beard.
"He's...quite unique? I don't know, he was just a young man like us" Eriri said making Tomoya stunned. "What!? He is not an old man?" He asked making Eriri weirded out as that was also her image of Xander.
Eriri shooked her head and said. "No, he's not. I even thought that he was a mangaka before, his drawing skill is just so strong to be merely called hobby." Tomoya was amazed by that, he knew that Eriri was proud of her skill that she wouldn't admit that someone is great unless the gap between them is large. "Why did you think that he was a Mangaka?" Tomoya asked wondering how Eriri made that conclusion.
"Grr.. I was tricked by him! H-He made me think that he was amateur" Eriri lied while stuttering mid sentence. She don't want to admit that she was bragging to him before she was defeated. Tomoya just nodded his head, accepting Eriri's answer, that's how guillable he is.
Eriri started to rummaging to her bag as Tomoya tilted his head at her, "What are you doing, Eriri?" Tomoya asked. "W-Wait, I'm looking for it" Tomoya just nodded his head while watching Eriri taking many things from her bag. Eriri's face brightened as she took something from her bag, Tomoya was confuse again, why is Eriri so happy from taking a paper from her bag? Tomoya thought as he saw Eriri smiling at the paper while holding it gently, afraid that it might get crumple or something.
"What is that, Eriri?" Tomoya asked while trying to take a peek at the paper. "This?... This is a work that he made!" Eriri excitedly said while letting Tomoya look at the paper. Tomoya's eyes shone as he saw the most beautiful piece of art he ever saw in his life, for a otaku like him nothing is more precious than a anime character that is drawn skillfully.
As if he was hypnotized, he started reaching his hands towards the paper, he snapped out of his state when Eriri hid the paper from him, she stared at him while showing her tiger teeth to him. "Don't take it! It's mine you know!" Eriri protected the paper as if her life depends on it.
Tomoya apologized for what he was doing and they started walking back while he was still asking some things about Xander. "So, does this book only really consist of 3 volumes?" Tomoya asked as he was sad that such good story would be ended with only 3 volumes.
"Yes, and don't be like that! You can understand why he did it if you read this volume later" Eriri slapped Tomoya's shoulder as she can see what he is thinking. Tomoya could only nod his head as they parted ways, and went home.
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