190 Vol. 3 pt. 60 Patch 10.0: A Growing Crew (2/2)
She's not the only one who wants to change for the better.
”I am sure that she will be alright, my hero. I must admit that she did not seem to be a very healthy individual, but she is aware of her issues and is going to seek help. It is better to admit to oneself and seek help then to be in denial and have help forced upon oneself,” Nell says. ”Furthermore, neither of you are trained in psychology, so please do not be hard on yourselves for not picking up on her distress. I knew she had her issues, but I did not know they were so negative toward herself.”
”Yeah, I thought she was just obsessive and a stalker,” Cassiel says. ”I wouldn't have guessed she was so depressed.”
”Just feels like I should've done something differently,” Fenrir says.
Cassiel shakes her head. ”I… I know you feel bad about her leaving, but… thanks,” she says. ”I ap-appreciate you for… for standing up and saying that since I – I know you saw me and—”
”Don't worry about it. I want to be a great boyfriend for you, and I wouldn't be a good boyfriend if I didn't take my relationship with you all seriously.”
Nell leans over to kiss him while her fingers stroke his ears, causing them to twitch around.
”I'm a bad friend,” Serra says.
”What're you talking about? No you're not,” Fenrir says.
Serra looks away. ”I'll try to be better,” she says. ”I really want to be.”
Now Cassiel looks like she's the one who feels guilty.
”Yo, bro, you back?” Rao asks.
Cassiel glares at him.
”I'll come back later,” Rao says, heading back to The Shoebill's stern.
Fenrir sighs. ”I don't want to say this now, but I've got bad news about the apartment. I'm in trouble for everybody staying over,” he explains.
Serra hangs her head even lower despite her being the least at fault regarding noise complaints.
”People have been complaining and saying I had a bunch of people move in when I'm technically supposed to be the only one living there, so… either I get kicked out, or you two are going to have to leave,” he says, looking at Cassiel and Serra. ”Sorry.”
”It's not your fault. We all sort of basically moved in without saying anything, so we should be the ones apologizing to you for getting you in trouble… sorry,” Cassiel says.
”Sorry,” Serra says.
”I can return home if it would,” Nell says and gets interrupted.
”You're a guest, so the landlord should understand you staying for a few months,” Fenrir says.
Nell still looks like she feels guilty, but then her eyes light up and she gets a wide smile on her face. ”I have a splendid idea! Why do we not just find a larger home for ourselves? My family will have no issue affording whichever location we choose, and then we will not have to worry about breaking the rules!”
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”Wait… you're proposing all of us seriously getting our own place together?” Sure, he's been dating Serra and Cassiel for a few months already, but Nell has only been a member of the relationship for under a month of real time.
”I am!”
”Seriously?”
Nell excitedly nods her head.
”Don't you… kind of think that's moving too fast?”
”It most certainly is, my hero, but you love me and never plan on doing anything that would make me fall out of love with you, yes?”
”I mean, yeah.”
”And I never plan on doing anything that would make you hate me, so that means we shall be happily spending our lives together!”
”You sound pretty confident about that.”
”Should I not be, my hero?”
”I can't give you a reason to say you shouldn't be.”
”Then it is settled! We shall find ourselves a new home to happily live in together.”
Cassiel and Serra both blink a few times at Nell's words.
Neither of them rejects the plan, though.
”We'll think about that later, Nell. Let's just go through one thing at a time right now. I don't think my head is in the right place right now to seriously think about that sort of life change,” Fenrir says.
”Very well, my hero. I would need to talk to my father about it beforehand regardless,” Nell says.
This day has been full of unexpected surprises. First the boss, then the serpent and Rao, then the dungeon and Azalabulia, then Aiko leaving, and now Nell proposing that they seriously buy a home together.
To think just half a year ago and he was thinking that he'd never even get a girlfriend and forever be stuck with 2D waifus.
”Just know, my hero, that it is one less thing for you to be worried about,” Nell says in a soft, almost motherly tone as she brushes his bangs off of his forehead.
”Thanks, Nell. By the way, your thighs make a great pillow,” Fenrir says, turning his head to place a kiss on her thigh.