Haru covered his mouth as he yawned. After last night's interesting conversation with Albion, he was sure he'd dealt with enough weird stuff to last the rest of the week. He stepped out of his room and looked down the hall, right at the door to Ophis' room. He still struggled with the fact that the Infinite Dragon God was basically a pint-sized free loader in his house. Now that he thought about it, besides brief encounters and ordering food, they hadn't actually maintained a conversation at any length at all. Despite what she was, Haru made the conscious decision to at least try to spend some time with her. They were living together until she got her dimension back so why not?
He stepped back into his room, changed into his Kuoh uniform and left the room, closing the door behind him. He tiredly shuffled across the hall and down the stairs. Ophis stood close to the door, blankly staring at it.
"Uh, Ophis… Everything alright?" Haru asked awkwardly. Why must the weird shit start now? She turned to him, with that same eerie stare.
"There's someone passed out at the door." She said blankly. Haru shuffled a little faster to get to the door. "And I believe they've vomited up the door too."
Haru stopped and turned to her. With a sigh he said, "Well, that's disgusting. My better judgement tells me to rub their face in it but I'm feeling oddly nice today, so let's not ruin it." he reached the door and upon opening it, recoiled and cringed in sheer disgust. It was the fastest he'd moved in a while actually.
"Oh God! The smell! It burns!" he cried as the smell of alcoholic and spicy vomit stung his eyes and nose.
EWWW! That is just… Ewww! Albion yelled.
"Disgusting." Was Ophis' contribution to this.
Slumped up against the wall to the side of the door was a beautiful but vomit covered woman with long silver hair and white armour. A bottle was still clutched in her hand.
"Of course. It had to be her, didn't it." Haru said, wondering what luck deity/deities he'd pissed off to deserve all of the weird and in this case, disgusting things he had to experience.
Oh yeah. Didn't she do this last time? But you know, all down your favourite shirt?] Albion asked.
Thanks for the helpful input Albion. Haru thought dryly.
S'what I do.
Haru felt a tug on his sleeve. He turned to see Ophis standing there with a large cup of water.
"Thanks." Haru said as he took it. He then tipped it and drenched the silver haired woman with the water. She stirred and groaned with the beginnings of a hangover. Running out of patience, Haru nudged her with his foot, then a little harder. The he just thought "Fuck this." and kicked the wall next to her really hard.
She sprang up and groggily looked around. Her gaze then settled on Haru and a weird smile made its way onto her face.
"Wait a minute. I, uh, um.. .remember you. You're that guy… What's your face? Oh yeah, Haru, there we go!" She said with a slur. She swayed as she tried to stand.
"Ugh, what are you doing here Rossweisse? Apart from decorating my door, that is?" Haru asked testily. "No wait, don't tell me, you come to check the sales?" he said sarcastically. He took in just how pathetic and undignified she looked right now and felt a slight twinge of pity. He really hated being laid back sometimes.
"I'm guessing you're gonna want coffee?" he asked offhandedly. Rossweisse nodded, holding her head.
"Yeah, that would be great, thanks." She replied gratefully. He let her go in first, cringing at the smell that followed after her. Definitely needed a shower. Haru checked the clock on the wall of the hallway and saw the time was 09:27.
Late for school. Oh well, didn't feel like going in anyway. he thought with a shrug. He walked to the living room to find Rossweisse sitting in his chair, warily eyeing Ophis who sat on the sofa blankly staring back.
"Yo, Vomitron, go take a shower. Coffee will be ready when you're done. Bathroom's up the stairs, turn right and the third door down the hall." He said as he went to the kitchen. She nodded, kind of embarrassed at the nickname and went up the stairs to go for a shower.
Haru got to making the coffee but couldn't for the life of him figure out why Rossweisse would be here.
I thought she was old man Odin's body guard. So on that little fact, why the hell would she be here of all places?' Haru palmed his face. Of course, either she just got drunk, or Odin threw a party. He reasoned. But why here specifically. Odin hasn't once contacted me for social reasons so maybe he sent Rossweisse to carry a message? Ugh, my brain hurts. He idly went about making coffee for the two of them, knowing Ophis wouldn't want any as he'd found out several days ago.
Haru heard the shower running and was thankful that finally that foul vomit smell was going to be gone. He may have seemed abrasive towards Rossweisse, but the truth was that despite his attitude, he did like her. He admired her serious demeanour and drive to anything she could despite criticism and doubt from others. He'd studied her report on the Trihexa; another beast he hoped he'd never have to see but probably would because of his shitty luck, and was fascinated.
Though, it was times like this that he wondered how she could be so serious when she ended up like this. It wasn't too long before he, Rossweisse and Ophis were sitting at the table in his kitchen.
"So, what brings you here Rossweisse?" Haru asked, sipping his coffee. Rossweisse tore her cautious gaze from Ophis to answer him.
"Well, Odin sent me here to tell you something but I really don't know what it was, sorry." she replied, looking into her cup.
"Meh." was all Haru had to say. Rossweisse fixed him with a hard look.
"This could be crucial information and all you can say is 'meh'?" she said critically.
Haru fixed her with a look of his own. "I'm not the one who forgot what it was when delivering it." he retorted. The two glared at each other for over a minute until Ophis chimed in.
"Married couple." She said deadpan. Both Haru and Rossweisse looked mortified at her, then at each other, then back to Ophis. Not wanting to dig a bigger hole for themselves, they dropped the topic completely.
"Wait, now that you're actually here Ophis, I wanted to know when you'd start training me." Haru said. The girl's grey eyes locked onto him, and he could swear he saw some kind of cruel gleam in her eyes.
"As soon as possible. You've been busy, but now training takes precedence. I would ask that you have your opposite come here too. His help would be beneficial."
Haru was surprised that she'd consider Issei as reliable help. What was more surprising was that it was his original intention to have Issei train with him but he didn't even need to suggest it.
"Alright, I'll tell him after school, depending on whether or not I'm sleeping by then." he replied. Both Ophis and Rossweisse levelled a look at him that made him think that perhaps sleeping could wait.