Chapter eight- Hiro’s first date 

The next day Hironori woke up to a now familiar scene, Rose’s absolutely beautiful face next to his own, while she was hugging him, using him in replacement of a pillow. The only change was that today they were closer then normal. That is when Hironori remembered that he had fallen asleep on the couch in the evening. 

While Hironori was trying to figure out some way to get up and get dressed without waking Rose, she opened her eyes, smiled sweetly and said “ Good morning Hiro, are you ready for our date?”

He tried denying it “Th, this doesn’t count as a date, we are just shopping for clothes and what not.”

She laughed “if that is not a date then what is it?” Hironori quieted down trying to find a different name for it, but he couldn’t think of anything. Then Rose said to just accept it and get ready.

After they were done changing Rose was wearing the white tank top and black skirt that she was wearing when he had summoned her, while Hironori was wearing a causal blue tee shirt and jeans. They went to eat breakfast and they talked with Andrea for awhile when she showed up, and got directions on where to go for shopping in the town. 

Rose was getting impatient as she pulled Hironori along the entire way to the shopping district. Then they arrived to the first boutique. There, Rose grabbed about ten different full outfits to try on while asking Hironori’s opinion on all of them.

Every time Rose tried one on she came out, did a spin and asked him what he thought, at first Hironori was completely stunned and literally could not comment on it. Seeing this Rose got mad and said “That is absolutely no good, you have to compliment a women when she shows you her clothing!”

Hironori quickly said, “It looks great on you Rose!” Hearing this Rose gave a satisfied smile and went back to the changing room. After the first time Hironori did not repeat the same mistake, and made sure to quickly compliment Rose on every outfit. In the end she chose her favorite and wore wanted to wear it out.

After paying for the clothes using the card he found in his apartment with a note from the headmaster saying to use this for all his daily needs and telling them to deliver it to the academy Rose led him to a shop that seemed to be focused on men fashion. Hironori was confused and asked what they were doing at this place.

Rose said with a mischievous smile of her face “Well, of course it is to shop for casual clothing for you. While what you are wearing now is not necessarily bad, it is not the best.” Rose walked around slowly, looking for outfits that enhanced Hironori’s natural qualities, and after a full twenty minutes she chose several outfits that she approved of she made him try them all out, and forced him to come out and show her, to make sure everything was okay. 

After Rose chose her favorite outfit that was a bright, white tee shirt under a button up black long sleeve shirt with black jeans and dark shoes. She demanded that he wear it out so naturally he agreed, since even he was surprised that the clothing made such a difference in his appearance. As it was about twelve thirty the couple decided to eat a light lunch at an open-air café.  

Hironori ordered a chilled tea with a cold cut sandwich, while Rose got tea with a salad. As they were enjoying the atmosphere Rose suddenly asked “So, you do realize what this school is right?” and Hironori replied “Isn’t this a school that teaches one how to control their demon and various magic?”

She smiled and said, “you get half credit! That is only a small portion of why this school exists the main reason is to fight the various gods around the world, and since you have me, I can promise you that you will be sent the front lines constantly when you have enough experience.” Hironori shook slightly and answered “ OH well, they are invading my world and I do have the responsibility to help since I have the power don’t I?”

She gave a smile that reminded him of a flower in full bloom and walked over to hug him and said “ I knew Hiro’s answer would be along those lines, that is another reason why I chose you, you don’t bask in the great power you obtained, or grow arrogant.”

He shyly said “Well it just doesn’t feel real yet, and I can’t even think of you as a demon, at most a very troublesome woman.”

She hit him and said, “who do you think you are calling troublesome!” after that incident they continued their date, and decided to watch a movie before they had to head back so Hironori could attend his etiquette class. 

Hironori had planned on letting Rose choose the movie to watch, but she immediately ran over to the one horror movie there, so he grabbed her and they chose a comedy. The entire time in the movies Rose would flirt with him, such as holding his hand, or gently blowing into his ears when he was not expecting it, causing him to get yelled at by the others present because he would jump up while yelling slightly.

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On the way back Rose smelled something good and forced them to make a detour. 

What they found turned out to be a hole in the wall bakery, when they walked in the place was nearly empty, yet everything on the menu looked great. They took a seat and when the waitress came to take their order “Welcome how m-“ and the three just stayed like that in awkward silence. 

The waitress was actually Andrea, and she was wearing an outfit that vaguely resembled a maid, except that it was less frilly, and the skirt was moderately shorter. Andrea’s face was as red as her hair, and the first one to break the silence was actually Rose with her laughing. “Hahaha… you actually work as a waitress in your free time?”

Andrea said with teary eyes, “I, its not like I want to. The tuition at the school it extremely expensive, so it is actually common for a student to find ways of income. Mine happens to be working here because the work is relatively easy, and the pay is good. By the way Hironori your clothes really suite you. So what can I get you?”

Hironori said “I would like some green tea, and what ever you recommend.” Rose with teary eyes from laughing “ I will have the same as Hironori” while Hironori ordered calmly, he was inwardly shocked, “The perfect, model student Andrea is actually working as a waitress, and on top of it the uniform completely doesn’t seem like something she would ever consider wearing.”

“It will be right out.” Then she calmly walked away. Rose said “Well, that was certainly the last thing I expected to see here.” Hironori nodded his head and as they were talking Andrea came back out “Here you are, green tea and strawberry short cake.” When Hironori got the cake he saw an extremely delicate looking cake. Everything was perfectly balanced, and the presentation was absolutely amazing. When he took his first bite, he was delighted that the taste matched its appearance. The cream tasted fresh, the cake was moist and soft, while the strawberries tasted extremely fresh, and the combination of it all made for one probably the best cake that he had ever eaten. 

While not quite the same as Hironori, Rose was very happy with her cake as well. Seeing the smiles on their faces Andrea smiled and did a small bow while saying “I am glad to see that everything is to your liking.” Since there was no one else to serve Andrea sat down with them and chatted for awhile. 

Hironori glanced at his watch and jumped up handing Andrea his card to pay “Here use this to pay, I have to hurry back to my dorm if I am going to be on time for the tutor.” Andrea was shocked to see the card in his hand because she knew that the card meant that all of Hironori’s future expenses would be one hundred percent covered by the academy. As she was walking away Hironori said “Oh yeah, Andrea feel free to take out however big of a tip you want as well.” She nodded and walked away.

Andrea only took out 2000 yen as her tip, but she was still happy and when she returned the card Hironori grabbed Roses hand and they ran away.

When they got back to his dorm it was already 2:56, and while panting Hironori just sat on the couch, catching his breathe while waiting for the etiquette teacher to arrive. 

Only a few moments later there was a knock on his door and when he opened it he was shocked to see a girl about his age with long brown hair in twin tails. Se had large, dark brown eyes, and the word that best fit her was cute, yet an entirely different type from Mei and Mao, who he met yesterday. While the twins gave of a mischievous feeling, she made him want to instinctively protect her.

She said, “Nice to meet you, my name is Kato Sana.” 

“Eh” while Hironori had not been to surprised meeting the first and second placeholders in class meeting one here, and for her to be his teacher this was completely unexpected. When she glared at him slightly he quickly said, “I mean my name is Isa Hironori, nice to meet you.” While bowing.

She nodded her head “that was not to bad, but your general posture needs some works, and I am sure there are many other areas that also need quite a bit of work aren’t there?”

Hironori could only nod his head and since the curiosity overwhelmed him “ I don’t mean to be rude, but why is the fourth ranked of all the first years my etiquette teacher.”

She simply answered “ I am quite qualified to teach you, and the pay for being your tutor was astronomical, the academy really treasures you,” he just laughed awkwardly., She continued “ now it is my turn to ask a question “ Why are there the two of you here, but there is only one bed?”

While Hironori was just blushing and saying nothing her glare was quickly getting increasingly severe, and before Hironori could explain Rose jumped on his back, hugging him “of course it is because we sleep together!”

She looked at him like she was looking at scum and then they started the lesson. By the end of it, it was already seven as Hironori was worse then she had expected, and was forced to stay there making sure he got the basics down.