Predicament

Parasite Arc 2

A/N: Back with yet another chapter of Predicament! Hope that you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

"It is not what you think Miyuki, calm down," Tatsuya said as he quickly released Mayumi.

"E-Exactly Miyuki-chan, it is a misunderstanding." Mayumi stammered.

Miyuki demanded an explanation from Tatsuya in an icy tone.

"Let's leave the explanation until we get home. Senpai I will be taking my leave now." Tatsuya replied without hesitation and dashed out of the reading booth. Miyuki quickly followed her brother.

"Was Tatsuya being sincere?" Mayumi mumbled while seeing them leave. She then collected her feelings and went back to studying.

Pleasing Miyuki was no easy feat, Tatsuya had to add 'shopping with Miyuki' to his already packed schedule and that was only barely enough to please her. Tatsuya was also miraculously able to convince Miyuki to stay home when he left for the Saegusa residence.

"Mayumi-senpai, I hope I didn't make you wait too long," Tatsuya said when he saw Mayumi.

"Tatsuya-kun it is rude to make a girl wait you know, luckily for you onee-chan is not so petty."

Taking care of Miyuki took longer than Tatsuya had expected, he made it to the Saegusa residence in the nick of time.

"That aside, is the new equipment here?" Tatsuya changed the flow of the conversation at once, making Mayumi a little more serious.

"It just arrived this afternoon, I am not sure if the installation is complete. At any rate, let us not stay here, let's go to the CAD maintenance room."

Mayumi led the way to the room. The installation of the equipment was half done, not to mention that programming prior to the first use was still needed. The whole process will take at least one more hour. Instead of idling around the CAD maintenance room, Mayumi had decided to show Tatsuya around her house.

"This shooting range is built specially for you?"

"Yes, whenever you piss me off I will replace the targets with pictures of your face and shoot it. I never miss when it comes down to that." Mayumi replied in a teasing tone.

"I thought my 'onee-chan' is not a ruthless shooter who holds grudges, but instead one with a heart so big she forgives readily."

"Hmph, whether I am the goddess onee-chan or the devilish shooter depends on how you treat me Tatsuya-kun." That was the only reply Mayumi could give as her face turned mildly red.

"I must treat you like royalty from today onwards I suppose. I am at your service, milady"

"I concede, you really have gotten better at teasing me Tatsuya-kun," Mayumi said as she giggled.

"Then do I have the honour of witnessing the legendary Elven sniper's skills?"

"Sure, but only if you stop teasing me."

Mayumi retrieved her rifle shaped specialised CAD and took aim.

A hundred targets flew across the room.

A hundred shots were fired.

A hundred targets broke into two.

Mayumi turned to face Tatsuya and did a curtsy at the end of the show.

"Mayumi-senpai never fails to amaze," Tatsuya said with a smile.

A servant came up to Mayumi and informed her that the CAD maintenance room is ready for use. Mayumi informed Tatsuya and they made their way to the CAD maintenance room. Tatsuya did maintenance on Mayumi and her twin sister's CAD. Although she already had experienced Tatsuya's work first hand, she could not help but be fascinated by Tatsuya's degree of calibration. Her twin sisters who were sceptical of Tatsuya were at a loss for words after they experienced it themselves.