Girls und Panzer: It's St. Gloriana and the Dimension Hopper!

7 - It's a new member of the Noble Sisters' Household!?

"ASSAM-SAMA! YOU ALRIGHT?"

"..."

"ASSAM-SAMA!"

In a sudden turn of events, the tour group consisting of Orange Pekoe, Rosehip, and Arthur entered the Sensha-dō club room because they had heard Assam yelling to what they assume was Darjeeling.

Darjeeling, sitting back down, sipped a bit more tea and began to speak up.

"You're here," she said to the tour group in a devious tone. "How was the tour, Arthur?"

Arthur, who at the moment was quite skeptical with the blonde commander, simply asked, "What's up with your colleague?"

"You didn't answer my question," Darjeeling replied. "And besides, you shouldn't really mind that..."

"Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you? Just tell me, what happened?" Arthur answered back.

Darjeeling put her cup down and looked on over at Orange Pekoe.

"Orange Pekoe," she said in her composed voice. "Do you know this saying: Do I not destroy my enemies by befriending them?"

The loader took a breath and said,

"Darjeeling, just tell everyone what's going on. And that quote was said by Abraham Lincoln, right?"

"Correct," replied the Blonde Commander. "And to cure your burning curiosity, I simply thought about something that made Assam jump..."

Arthur, fed up with Darjeeling's deep bullshit, exclaimed, "What is it then!"

"Do you have an address here?" She asked as she sipped some more tea. Arthur simply nodded. Darjeeling spoke up again.

"Well, how's this: instead of staying at your place, you stay with me, Pekoe, and Assam in our townhouse?"

Arthur froze and everyone in the room gasped silently.

"This woman's gone off the deep end, hasn't she?" Arthur grinned in his head.

Darjeeling spoke up once more.

"Of course," she said as she put her cup down. "You can reject my offer. I mean, that'll just prove you are-"

"I'll accept it."

Suddenly, everyone looked at Arthur and Darjeeling choked up a bit in shock.

"This guy's relentless..." Darjeeling groaned in her head.

"I'll accept it," Arthur continued to speak. "But, you should really take into account your friend's feelings about this. Look at what you did to her!"

Assam was still shaking. Arthur, not wanting to see her like that, went up to her and put his hand on her shoulder.

"I'm so sorry your friend here isn't taking to account how you're feeling," he said as he turned to give Darjeeling a face of disbelief. "But, I promise I won't be of any trouble. Got it?"

Assam took a deep breath and nodded to Arthur in agreement.

"I'm taking a breather outside..." she said as she walked out the room. Rosehip ran out and followed Assam.

"I'll take my leave here," Darjeeling said as she finished her tea. "Orange Pekoe, escort Arthur outside soon."

Orange Pekoe nodded and Darjeeling left. This left the loader and Arthur in the Sensha-dō room.

Looking towards the door, Arthur breathed a sigh of relief. "God, Darjeeling can be something else. You must have it rough, Orange Pekoe."

Orange Pekoe shook her head. "It's fine. I have dealt with this multiple times, but this is kind of new to me."

"Interesting. But I am sorry for just becoming your new roommate out of the blue. I kinda had no choice."

"I actually don't mind! The more the merrier!"

At first, he nodded in agreement. But, something felt wrong about her statements.

That's when he realized, "But, I'm a dude."

"It's going to interesting, sure. But, I think we can work it out!" Orange Pekoe optimistically replied.

Deciding that this wouldn't be bad, he agreed and he and Orange Pekoe walked out of the room.

However, as he walked down the halls, he realized something that Kay had told him. "Shit, I'm not supposed to get close with anyone. What do I tell her..."

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As the two walked outside, they found Darjeeling, Assam, and Rosehip.

Assam was still indifferent about this whole situation but has slightly accepted it at this point. Darjeeling was not smiling at Arthur and Rosehip was Rosehip.

"Alright," Rosehip announced to her colleagues. "I gotta get home. See you tomorrow!"

Everyone waved her goodbye and she ran off into the distance.

"Alright," Orange Pekoe spoke up. "We should all head to our townhouse right about now. I'll call a cab!"

After a few minutes, a black cab rolled up and the four of them entered it.

"Ah, the Sensha-dō crew," The cab driver exclaimed. "Oh, you bringing a new chap along?"

Assam looked embarrassed and Darjeeling didn't answer. Orange Pekoe told the cab driver not to mind Arthur, as he's just a guest. The driver shrugged it off and drove to the townhouse.

After a pretty quiet drive, the cab had arrived in front of the townhouse. They thanked the driver and Arthur was shocked by the outside.

3 words: It. Was. Fancy.

"YOU GUYS LIVE LIKE THIS?!" Arthur exclaimed.

Orange Pekoe simply chuckled at his reaction.

Although the outside looked like one of those old townhouses, the inside was anything but old. It was surprisingly modern with some Victorian-era flair.

According to Pekoe, their townhome has 4 rooms. 3 rooms were occupied for the Noble Sisters (herself, Darjeeling, and Assam) and the 4th room is a den.

The den reminded Arthur of the room he slept in when he stayed with Kay.

"I'll prepare supper," Orange Pekoe said to Arthur. "Make yourself at home!"

Arthur thanked the loader and as she left, he realized that she was making dinner already?! He looked outside and what do you know! It's already sunset!

"Time flies when... Nah, I'm not having fun,"
he said. "I'm gonna take a snooze-"

Suddenly, his phone rang.

"Goddamn it..." Arthur groaned.

When he looked at his phone, he saw that a familiar person was calling him.

It was Kay!

Arthur sighed and accepted the call...