Divinity | MxM

Chapter 4

"And this is the dining room," the sweet old lady, called Yua says. She's at least 85, but super nice and kind towards Raiden. She got the task to show Raiden around since he didn't want to be near Seki at all. They have spent their time of the day together and now Raiden would like to avoid the male at all costs. 

Seki barely got to explain who Yua was before Raiden was out of the room, leaving him alone to think more about their short interaction.

What Raiden did catch though was that Yua has dementia. Apparently, Seki has tried to make her stop working for years, but every time the old lady forgets and just comes back to clean up and cook. In the end, it was better for her to just continue with her old ways.

"I will make some delicious dinner for you, young boy," Yua smiles so her wrinkles get clearer and her eyes sparkle slightly. She reaches up to pinch Raiden's cheek as if they have known each other for years. The old lady probably thinks Raiden is one of her grandkids, but even though he isn't, he doesn't mind the kind gesture. 

Actually, he finds this old woman's extreme kindness and inability to sense the terrible situation he's in quite comforting. She's just walking around, showing him the house she's proud of keeping clean every day.

The house is something closer to a mansion. It's huge, with more than just one common area and it even has an entrance hall with a huge staircase. 

The room Raiden woke up in only hours ago is apparently 'his' room now. It's on the first floor together with Seki's and a bathroom. There's even a private pool up there, which makes Raiden wonder where Seki got all that money from. 

The dining hall is giant, but Raiden is pretty determined on going home and eating most of his meals with his father. 

Still, he thinks he's gonna have to stay just for the sake of Yua, who he already seems fond of and has promised to dine with once in a while, even though they have only known each other for 10 minutes. She's just so sweet as she wattles her way through the house.

"You can always ask me if you need anything," she sweetly says after having shown Raiden around the entire thing. 

"Thank you," Raiden manages to show her a smile, even though he doesn't have a lot to smile about right now. Even though everything around him is filled with luxury and a thousand things he's allowed to use, he doesn't like it one bit. 

As Yua slowly walks away, Raiden is left alone in the entrance hall. For a second, he doesn't know where to put himself. 

Should he tell anyone about his whereabouts? Nah, he owes them nothing and surely not the information of his whereabouts. 

With that thought in mind, he turns around and walks towards the exit of the house. By the side of the huge entrance door, there are a few jackets and some shoes. His shoes are nicely aligned with the rest and stand out as being extremely dirty and not well-maintained. There are only two other pairs, which got to be Seki's. 

Why does Raiden feel the absolute need to take one of them and just throw it away in a tantrum? 

Somehow, he manages to hold himself back from doing that. Would have been pretty petty if he did it... 

He hurries up and takes his shoes on angrily before storming out of the door, no words or even thoughts spared to the supreme in the house.

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"Raiden, this won't work!" Haru cries out as he comes in with a new bowl of cold water before bringing the cloth down in it and twisting it. He places the cold cloth on top of Raiden's burning forehead, which has reached the temperature of almost 41 Celcius.