~Chapter Twenty : Jobs~
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"...And with that circumstances, we really need your help." (Y/N) explained as calm as possible before giving the person across the seat from her a big smile.

Hiromi and Aimi looked at each other as they sweatdropped, not expecting this kind of problem coming from them. Right now, (Y/N) and the cat boys excused themselves inside their mansion for a bit of help. Luckily, it was a saturday where they can freely talk about the problem without any sort of awkward atmosphere. "Ah, yes...You're correct, we do have some people working for us needing a bit of assistance!" Hiromi replied as he was more than happy to help.

"Thank you so much!" (Y/N) sighed in relief. "Sometimes, having a rich friend is amazing..."

Hiromi and Aimi sweatdropped as (Y/N) turned to the cat boys. "Alright, we should split into pairs. We don't need each of you to be working individually." She said with a serious face before looking at the sides and sweatdropped. "...Because some of you can't really be left alone."

The cat boys nodded, understanding what she meant. Chikage immediatly widen his smile. "Alright! Then, in that case! I'll be with-" However, he was cut off by (Y/N) who showed multiple popscicle sticks in her hand and smiled.

"Let's draw to make everything fair~!" (Y/N) said, excitedly. "At the end of these sticks, it has a color. Red, blue, and green. There's two of each color and whoever has the same color are the pairs. I'll be getting the last stick."

The cat boys looked at each other and smiled hesitantly, going with their eccentric Master's way. "I don't even know where those sticks came from but I'm not gonna question it anymore." Natsuki said with a smile on his face.

Then, each cat boys picked their popscicle sticks and pulled it, quickly checking what color they got. "Oh, I got red..." Haruki said and looked at the others. "Who got-"

"Yep! We're a pair once again, Haruki!" Natsuki said, putting his hand over Haruki's shoulder quite roughly that the red haired almost lost his footing.

"Oh, it's Natsuki-kun..." Haruki said, smiling as he adjusted his stance and laughed.

"What did you get, Master?" Chikage excitedly asked as he hold out the color of his stick. "I got blue~!"

(Y/N) smiled apologetically and showed him what color she got. "I got green, sorry..." She said.

Chikage pouted in disappointment. "I have a bad luck today..." He said as he looked for his partner.

Then, Chikage felt a tap on his shoulder and he turned around only to see Fuyuko holding up the color of his popscicle stick that was the same as his. As usual, the white haired cat boy was too busy munching on p•cky stick to say anything to him, but luckily, they understood each other. "Oh, it's you..." Chikage said and smirked, he got a p•cky stick for himself and began munching on it as well. "Well, I guess you aren't exactly a bad choice and you're useful too."

"Hm...Haruki and Natsuki, Chikage and Fuyuko...Then, that means my partner is..." (Y/N) turned around and looked at Akito who averted his eyes away from her. "The Tsundere himself~!"

Akito blushed as his ear sprung to life. "W-Who you calling a Tsundere!? S-Stupid Master!" He said and widened his eyes as he realised how rude that sentence was. He covered his mouth and looked down with the blush not leaving his face. "...S-Sorry...for that...But you shouldn't have called me that in the first place...!"

(Y/N) covered her mouth in an attempt to hide her teasing smile. A cute tiny blush appeared on her cheeks. "Goodness, you're adorable..." She muttered, not intending to let Akito hear her but since his cat ear twitched, it was more likely that he did hear her. Plus, his face getting even more redder than before and an embarrassed glare coming from him.

(Y/N) sweatdropped and decided to just ignore his glare. "A-Alright! Hiromi-kun, please take out those jobs we can take~!"

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It didn't take much time for everyone to decide on a part-time job as there were only a few slots available. The jobs were all suprisingly very nice and nothing too hard. They pay a good price too so perhaps deciding on which job to take was actually the hardest part on our characters' opinion. Once they decided on a job however, they thanked Hiromi for his offer and went on different paths with their partners.

(Y/N) and Akito walked side by side towards a certain orphanage that Hiromi's company somehow takes care of, towards the job they picked. The orphanage requires someone to take care of the kids as the one who usually takes care of them suddenly got sick. While in contrast to them, Haruki and Natsuki appropriately decided to take the job of taking care of animals in a certain pet shop. Chikage and Fuyuko, being too lazy to pick an actual job from the papers provided, decided to become temporary servants inside Hiromi's mansion.

"In the end, we went with this, huh?" (Y/N) said as they walked side by side, holding the paper in her hand. She smiled at Akito and sighed in relief. "Well, I don't know much if I could be that much of a help but I'm sure you know a lot about this, right?"

"Huh?" Akito looked at his Master, not expecting her to blurt out such statement. "W-Why do you think so?"

"Because it's obvious!" (Y/N) proudly said to him and began skipping. "I mean...You're good at taking care of people that you're practically the big brother of our group! You make the best food, you do chores perfectly, and you're kind too! Everyone will love you!"

Akito began to play with his bangs, trying to hide his face that was blushing because of her words. He took a deep breath and looked down, averting his eyes away from her. "I'm fine with just you loving me though..." He muttered unconcsiously.

Then, he gasped realised what he said and covered his mouth immediatly. Akito glanced at (Y/N), to see if she heard anything but luckily, she was too busy thinking of a reason on how perfect he was at there incoming job. He sighed in relief and bit his lip. "W-What did I just say..." He thought and shook his head.

Noticing his sudden stop in movements, (Y/N) blinked in confusion and waved her hands infront of him. "Hey? Akito, are you okay?" She asked before giving out a nervous smile. "...A-Am I exaggerating my words again?"

Akito huffed and grabbed her hands. "Of course you did, Master! You always do!" He said, still trying to hide his face and moving forward, dragging (Y/N) with him. "A-Anyway! I can see the orphanage! It's just right there! Let's hurry up."

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"Kids, as you all know that Izaku-sensei is sick and she needs to have atleast a week of rest." One of the teacher inside the orphanage announced to the crowd of children gathered, obidiently listening to her words. "I know it's sad since I know how much you all love Izaku-sensei but it can't be helped..."

The children looked at each other with different emotions. The oldest children was educated enough to know what she meant and was genuinely sad for the said teacher. However, those who are still young were confused and couldn't understand some of the words.

As if expecting these kinds of reaction, the teacher infront of Akito and (Y/N) smiled, cheering everyone up. "But that's okay because today, we have new friends with us!" She said as she mentioned the two of them to move forward. "Here we have (Y/N)-san and Akito-san, they are going to be the ones playing with you until Izaku-sensei comes back from being sick!"

"So, please treat them nicely, okay?" The teacher asked of everyone cheerfully but nicely in which every child complied to.

"Okay~!" The children said in unison.

(Y/N) blinked in astonishment to the teacher and begin to feel butterflies in her stomach. "Uwaah...That teacher's good at her job, I'm getting quite nervous..." (Y/N) said, her smile twitching and turned to Akito who was fixing his hat, not a single nervousness can be felt around him.

Akito took the effort to hid his cat features, worried that the children wouldn't take him seriously. He looked at (Y/N) and tilted his head to the side. However, (Y/N) just began to giggle as she walked towards the kids to greet them. Akito huffed and raised an eyebrow in wonder. He placed his hand on his hips and rolled his eyes before beginning to walk towards the kids as well.

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"Hey, Onee-chan~! Do you want to play with us?" One child spoke up as (Y/N) were fixing the children's toys.

She turned her attention to the children. "Oh? What kind of game?" She asked as she dusted off invisible dust in her apron.

"Tag! We wanna tag each other!" The kids said cheerfully, excited of the idea.

(Y/N) nodded. "Alright! Then, I'll be the demon to chase you, okay?" She said, as she attempt to make a scary face, which the children only laughed excitedly at.

"Yay!" They cheered and began running away. "Wah~! Onee-chan is gonna capture us! Run away!"

Then, they all chase each other, happily. They tagged each other while (Y/N) trying to match the children's pace by slowing herself down.

As the game continues on being played, (Y/N) turned to a corner to somehow hide for awhile to rest. Though they were having fun, she was not much of a runner. (Y/N) panted for awhile and took a deep breathe and was about to go back as she can hear the children calling for her.

However, when she was about to run away, something caught her attention. She stopped for awhile and peeked. There was a boy, crouching as if he's inspecting something from underneath the bush. Looking closely as the boy got up, a beetle was on his tiny hand, staring back at him.

Blinking, (Y/N) tilted her head to side. Curiously, she began to move forward in order to take a closer look at the boy however, she felt someone tapped her.

"Tag! You're it, Onee-chan~!" A child who somehow found her hiding spot, smiled proudly at her.

The child's voice seemed to have startled the beetle as it flew away. The boy was startled as well and looked at their direction. His hair was long on the other side, thus covering his right eye. However, that other visible eye was enough to show that he was glaring at the child and (Y/N), clearly displeased of them. Then, with that, the boy stood up and ran away.

"Uwaah...It's Riku..." (Y/N) heard the child behind her say. "He's really creepy..."

"Why so?" (Y/N) asked.

"Because he keeps playing with insects! They're so gross!" The child said with disgust. "He doesn't like playing with us and he's mean too!"

(Y/N) hummed, showing the child that you understood his disgust. "But Onee-chan! The game is not over yet, is it? You're it now!" The child's mood suddenly went back as they giggled and ran away. "Catch me if you can~!"

"Ah...Okay..." (Y/N) said as she smiled slightly. She looked behind her to look at where the 'creepy' boy playing with insects located back then. (Y/N) gave a twitchy smile and sweatdropped. "Creepy, huh? Children can sure say some pretty crude stuff without realising it..."

With that, she began to chase away the children that she was instructed to take care off.

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It was lunch time and the children was happily eating the lunch that Akito prepared for him. It was this moment where the two of them can properly rest even for just a while.

"So, how was your time so far, Akito?" (Y/N) asked as she drank some water and gave him a teasing smile. "I'm suprised your Tsundere side hasn't been activated yet~!"

Akito raised an eyebrow as he gave her a slight annoyed look. "I told you already...I'm-" Before he could finish his sentence, (Y/N) finished it for him.

"-Not a Tsundere. Sure, I get it~" (Y/N) laughed. "So, how was your time with the kids?"

Akito puffed his cheeks and looked away. "...It was fine." He said. "They were a bit annoying but they knew how to respect other people."

(Y/N) giggled at his experience and told her own experience which was just pretty much the same as him. Akito listened carefully at her every words and found himself smiling. "Talking to each other like this..." He thought as he tilted his head to the side. "...Doesn't this make us look like a..."

Then, Akito's face began to heat up as he thought of the next word. He shook his head and even startled himself that he almost fell off his chair. "A-Akito!?" (Y/N) exclaimed, confused about his behaviour as she helped him up. "What happened? Are you okay?"

"Y-Yeah...!" Akito said, attempting to cover his red face with his arm. "I-I just remembered something that's all!"

"Okay?" (Y/N) blinked, still unsure about his behaviour as Akito looked away from her.

"...Something's wrong with me..." Akito thought as he felt frustrated upon himself.

While Akito was overflowing with thoughts, (Y/N) however became concerned at his actions. She tried to look around to lighten his mood but instead, she found someone familiar.

There, on the other side of the window, seated a familar boy, eating by himself. (Y/N) considered talking to the boy but decided against the idea as she remembered the glare he gave her this morning. That glare shows that he doesn't want her or anyone coming close to him.

However, (Y/N) couldn't just leave the child alone and turned to Akito. She tapped his shoulder and watched him flinch and turned to him. "Akito? Can I ask you a favor?" She asked, smiling apologetically at him.

"W-What is it?" Akito mentally slapped himself for stuttering.

"Well, about that boy over there..." She pointed towards the lone child on the other side of the window. "Can you go talk to him?"

"Hm...Why can't you do it?" Akito asked. "Oh, I mean...I have no problem doing it but..."

(Y/N) laughed. "Well, I just think you're really good at handling kids than me!" She said, scratching the back of her head, sweatdropping and thought to herself, "Besides, I don't think he likes me with the way he glared at me earlier..."

"Seriously?" Akito complained but he sighed and stood up. "Well, I guess it can't be helped, then..."

"Yay! Thanks, Akito! You're the best!" (Y/N) said as she gave him a wide smile. "I'll take care of everyone else here as payment!"

"Yeah, yeah..." Akito said as he walked out of the door to go to this child you speak of.

As he walked, Akito childishly pouted. "You're the one who's supposed to be doing this..." he said as he opened the door to the outside world. "Because you're the..."

With that, Akito's face heated up once more and screamed in embarrassment as he had the urge to slam his head into a nearby wall

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A/N :

Hello~! Everyone! Long time no see ψ(｀∇')ψ

You know, I'm really sorry for being so busy these past few days! ('；ω；') My graduation day is on Friday and I just want to spend more time with my classmates until I can.

Anyways, I gave them some kind of adventure game to find my final message to them. Hehe, I love making everything challenging for my class ψ(｀∇')ψ So I guess I should say goodbye this challenging and memorable, ey?

And yes, my final message to them is in here. In Wattpad. In one of my books. ╰(*'︶'*)╯

Anyway, I really hope I can update as fast as I can because we're really getting on the good part of the story.

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**Please Wait Patiently For The Next Chapter, Nya**