Summoned

Splitting paths

"Nahh, go for astronaut." I point at the laptop's screen on Saya's legs, who was sitting with her back to my chest, while I was sitting on the bed, with my own back against the bed's headboard. A radio placed on the stand that was next to the bed. One that Saya used to talk with her father, or mother. Apparently, she's something like his 'messenger' now, so he won't have to send soldiers to find me every time he wants me for something...

"Pfft. Your penguin cosplayer? An astronaut? Petty criminal, at best. He won't be getting any promotions with his crappy athletic stat. Let alone bringing any money back." Saya snorts as she keeps panning the camera around the relatively big seaside house on the screen...

"I got us the money tree, it will make up for it." I respond...

(I'm going to be honest here. I didn't expect Saya to 'like' playing video games. So imagine my surprise when I came here and found her playing sims again...)

"Still, why can't we use your old save file? I mean, you went ahead and dressed me as a damn penguin again. The only difference is that my surna..."

"B, because I had progressed too far by myself there! Don't be a lazy ass, it's no fun if you gain everything from the get-go." Saya quickly cuts me off.

"Uhh, you got a point there..." I respond as I tighten my arms around her waist, Saya wiggling slightly to fix her posture without saying anything...

(And, this is way more fun than I thought it'd initially be. Then again, I guess doing things you like with somebody you like is always fun.)

Saya then stops moving her fingers, and starts staring at the screen...

Before turning the laptop slightly to the left, towards the windowed wall. Making the screen 'mirror' our reflections a bit more clearly. And as she kept staring, a small smile crept up on her face, or well, her reflection's face.

"Watcha smirking for?" I ask I turn to look at the actual Saya. Something that was easier said than done, what with her having two giant twintails on each side of her head.

"N, nothing." She quickly responds as she turns the laptop back to its initial position. Then starts to play the game normally again.

"Hey, can I ask you something?" She asked as she kept looking at the screen.

"What's up?" I ask back.

"Can you, stay here?" She asks as she lowers her sight slightly, turning to look at the keyboard.

"Uhh. Well, this place 'is' nice. But I don't know how viable it is to stay under the army's command in the long term..." I respond as I tilt my head.

"I, don't mean here as in this building you idiot..." Saya answers with a slight huff.

"I mean 'here'. As in Japan..." She adds with an almost whiny whisper...

"Uhhh." I just blink a couple of times as I turn to look at her.

"M, my house is big, we have a lot of empty rooms. Once we get it back you can stay in one of them I'm sure my papa and mama won't mind they might seem harsh but I'm sure that they would..."

"Oh, that's what you mean. Uhh, I can't just live as a permanent guest in somebody else's house Saya." I cut the pinkette off before you could increase her speech speed to 'gibberish' level...

Saya just keeps her head lowered...

"You wouldn't be a guest, stupid..." Saya whispers through her teeth, silently enough to the point that I think she did not want me to actually hear her. She then takes a deep breath.