126 Vol. 2 pt. 63 Patch 11.0: The Not-So-Delusional Princess (2/2)

Serra is in the path of all their stares as she's next to Ryouta, so she tucks herself behind him to hide from their eyes.

”Could Cassiel – whoops! Could Cassandra not come?” Nell asks, rolling up to the two.

”She had to,” Ryouta yawns, ”cover for somebody at work. They called out at the last minute, and since Cass Cass promised she'd go in when needed to the next time since I guess she refused the last few times, she had to go. Said to tell you she's sorry that she couldn't be here but will come over after work.”

”That is most alright! I am looking forward to seeing her.”

”Hi,” Serra greets her.

”Hello, Serra! Your voice sounds so different in real life.”

Ryouta realizes just now that, as far as he knows, nobody told Nell that Serra is deaf in real life. He also realizes that one of his girlfriends is in a wheelchair and the other is deaf. What's next, somebody who's blind? He's starting to remind himself of that one game he played before where the protagonist had heart problems and was in a school full of girls with various issues to romance.

”She's deaf, by the way,” Ryouta explains.

”Really?” Nell asks, looking up at him, then looking back at Serra. Ryouta was not expecting her to look as excited as she looks right now.

To both his surprise and Serra's, Nell starts signing to Serra. Not only is she signing, but she's using ASL which really surprises them.

While Ryouta maintains his expression of surprise, Serra brightly smiles and signs back to Nell.

”How'd you learn sign language, and I thought I read that BSL is different from ASL? Wouldn't you know BSL instead?” Ryouta asks.

”Oh! One of my maids growing up was deaf and originally from America, so I learned ASL to talk better with her,” Nell explains.

Nell may be a perverted and delusional princess, but she's also a nice person.

”You'll have to give me some pointers then. I've been trying to learn it myself, but I think Serra misunderstands me half the time. She either starts taking her clothes off or tries taking off mine every other time I try signing to her,” Ryouta explains.

Nell signs some more to Serra, gets a response, and then looks back up at Ryouta. ”She says that she understands you perfectly fine. She just pretends to misunderstand you to try and have sex,” Nell explains.

Ryouta and the other strangers nearby all blink a few times at how blunt that was.

”A-anyways, let's get your luggage. Which one is yours?” Ryouta asks.

Nell points at the conveyor belt for luggage.

There are nine large suitcases all in bright colors on it.

”The tourist visa is good for six months, so I brought enough clothes to last!” Nell explains.

”You're – you're staying all six months? I thought you were just coming over for a week?” Ryouta asks.

”Oh! I am sorry, my hero, I forgot to tell you that I changed my mind a few days ago about how long I would be staying.”

”But… but you said just yesterday that your return flight was next week.”

”Did I?” Nell asks, trying to innocently tilt her head and smile, but Ryouta sees right through her.

Looks like he's got a roommate for six months.

Knowing Cassandra, she's going to get jealous and force herself into his apartment to stay that entire time as well.

Knowing Serra, she's just going to play along and do the same thing that they are. He doubts that Serra's parents are going to complain.

At least his bed is big enough, barely, for the three of them. Though, he isn't looking forward to sleeping on the couch for six months.

What he has to worry about right now is how to get these nine suitcases back to his place.