205 Chapter 206 - Home (1/2)

A place with merely one person living in it could only be called a place to live.

Only a residence with two people living in it was a true home.

Shika had arrived at her new home.

The rooms were pretty much what she imagined, and it was only natural that there wasn’t very much furniture. Even the few pieces of furniture were showing their age… but that wasn’t important.

The wondrous part was that even though this was Shika’s first time here, she felt more attached to this apartment than the place she had lived in for so long before by herself.

Was this a special feeling that only an older apartment possessed?

That seemed possible, but Shika preferred to believe that it was because of the boy in front of her.

”I don’t have much, so if we need anything, we’ll have to go out and purchase it.” Seiji examined the empty living room. ”Let’s go out shopping later together, and you can buy whatever you want without worrying about money. President Yoruhana gave me a five hundred thousand sakura payment for aiding her in the duel! That’s why we don’t have to worry about the rent or living expenses, so anything you want—items for daily life, furniture, and so on—you can buy it all without worrying about the cost.”

He turned his gaze to Shika with a gentle smile on his face. ”How would you like to arrange this place?”

Shika blinked her eyes as she mulled it over.

She also took a look around the living room as she began imagining it.

She had zero experience with arranging rooms. In the past, she had never decorated the places she lived in with anything at all. Both her temporary and long-term residence looked exactly the same when she moved in and when she moved out.

But now, just one sentence from him gave her ideas that she had never even considered before.

Just how should she arrange things in here?

Shika’s eyes gradually lit up as she considered it.

”Brother Seiji, I’d like to decorate this as a… tatami-style room.”

”Tatami?” Seiji pictured it in his head.

What he imagined was a scene which he often saw in manga in anime: watching television, playing games, resting, or having fun in a tatami-filled room, and placing a small kotatsu under a blanketed table as they sat around it in winter and lazily peeled some oranges… scenes like that.

That seemed pretty neat to him!

”Let’s go with that, then.” He embraced her idea wholeheartedly.

And so, they decided to change the living room into a tatami-style room.

By the way, tatamis… although Seiji often saw them in animes and mangas, he wasn’t actually sure what they were made out of.

From his impression of them, they seemed to be a type of grassy or wooden object made for placing on the floor and that was similar to a combination of carpet and flooring.

Shika didn’t know anything either.

”I’ll have to ask Miss Landlord, then, or seek out a professional in this area.”

At any rate, he had money now, and this would easily be solved with money.

”It’s time for dinner. I’m feeling like high-class takeout tonight, but what would you like, Shika-chan?”

For the first meal in their new home, the two of them ordered a luxurious sushi dinner to be delivered to this new address.

…

After dinner, they purchased various necessities at the store and put everything in its place.

And then, Seiji and Shika wordlessly sat together in the living room.

It wasn’t an awkward silence where neither of them knew what to say. It was simply a silence where neither of them happened to be saying anything.

What should they do next?

If either of them was by him or herself, both Seiji and Shika knew what they would do at home, but they were living together now.

While it was fine for both of them to do things by themselves, neither of them wanted to do that; instead, they wanted to do something together.

'Why don't we work on our story together?'

That was the best option that Seiji could come up with.

But Seiji didn’t want that to be the only choice, as he believed they should have other activities they could do together as well.

But he was unable to come up with anything else for the time being.

Nor did Shika offer him any suggestions.

And so, the silence continued. The two of them sat at the table and silently stared at each other.

The atmosphere became rather subtle.

A few moments later, Seiji suddenly came to the realization that he had become lost in thought while staring at her, which caused him to smile.

That’s when he noticed that Shika’s face was flushed red.

Seiji was mystified by this.

Shika shyly averted her gaze.