Maki watched the slender maid as she bit into her apple. Kirumi Tojo, the Ultimate Maid. Calm. Collected. Refined. Her and Maki weren't all that different, aside from their respective professions. Unless being a maid involved murder, which Maki didn't think it did. The maid continued to sweep the floors, despite said floors already being spotless. Huh.
After two more minutes, Maki decided that the silence was unsettling, and tried to start up a conversation.
"Hey."
The maid paused her work to look over at Maki. "Hello, Harukawa-san. How long have you been standing there?"
Maki shrugged. "Since I got this apple." She held up the apple, which was about 75% gone by now. "So...about 5 minutes."
Kirumi smiled. "That's a long time."
"Not that long."
"Fair. But...of all the places you could stand and eat that, why here?"
"Because," began the assassin, "everywhere else is overoccupied. Shinguji and Yonaga won't shut up about religion in the courtyard, Momota and Ouma are arguing in the dining hall, and everyone else is everywhere else doing something. This is the only quiet place in the whole damn school."
Kirumi chuckled softly. "It would seem so."
Maki nodded. She bit off the last of her apple, now left with only the core. "I'll go throw this away-"
"Allow me." The maid collected the core from Maki's hands and drew back. "I have other business to attend to in other areas of the school. I'll throw this out while I attend to those."
Maki nodded, unsure of how else to respond. "Ok. Bye then."
The maid smiled, waving farewell. "I'll see you later, Harukawa-san." As she turned away, Maki had a thought.
"Call me Maki."
The maid turned. "Hm?"
Maki smiled. Something she didn't do often, or for many people at all. "You can call me Maki."
One could swear that the maid was blushing, but it's not as if she'd openly admit to it. "Very well then. You may call me Kirumi in return."
Maki nodded, acknowledging the maid as she left. She smiled again, softly, to herself. Something about that girl...Maki turned on her heels, heading to her dorm for the day.
Considerably shorter than the last one, sure, but it's here
