𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗲 | Nagisa Shingetsu x OC/Reader

Chapter 8

Previously on 'A Starlit Gaze',

"You two can talk tomorrow, let's get some rest! It's a been a long day for us after all!" She got up to turn off the lights and they both went to sleep.

"Wake up, wake up!" Kotoko took a pillow and flung it on Nozomi's face with great force, making the girl jolt up with shock, "W-where are we?" She yelped.

Kotoko smiled, "That wasn't so hard," She got up from her bed and tossed some clothes over to  Nozomi, "Wear these today! I'm willing to lend these to you till you pick some clothes from Amazon yourself." Kotoko appeared to have already gotten ready for the day so she went to the dining hall without providing Nozomi any other info, like... where the bathroom is for example. 

Nozomi yawned and only just woke up properly. Her brain was still in it's slumber but when has it ever been awake? She walked around the room, finding a pink door decorated with stickers and the words 'Pee here!' Written in a cute handwriting. She lethargically opened the door and got on with her morning routine. Kotoko was surprisingly thoughtful enough to leave her a new toothbrush and soap.

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"Pancakes? Really? We didn't hire you to give us Dollar Store food." Nagisa pointed to the food on the plate, which, honestly looks delicious but it seems like the others agreed with his complaint.

A man with white hair bowed to apologize to the bratty kids. "I'll try to make a better meal next time."

"You better! Or ya know what's gonna happen to you!" Masaru crossed his arms furiously. 

Nozomi walked into the room dressed up in the clothes that Kotoko gave her earlier, they matched her quite well just like the pink haired girl surmised. "Good morning everyone!" She waved, and upon noticing the man with a weird get-up she stopped in place, "Hey-! You!" She pointed at the white-haired dude in surprise. "You're the scary Hope guy aren't you." She kept her hands at her hips.

"'Scary' would hardly describe my demeanor around my masters." He smiled.

"'Masters'?" She repeated.

"He's the new slave I guess you could say." Nagisa said.

"I'm sorry, SLAVE??" Nozomi yelled in disbelief.

"Why, do you not have your casual scrawny teenager cleaning the house?" Kotoko asked, and honestly Nozomi couldn't tell if it was sarcasm or not so she just had an awkward expression on her face as a reply instead. She frantically looked at Nagisa,

walking up to him and dragging him away, not so nonchalantly... 

"Where are you going Nozomi?" Monaca tilted her head.

"Um, well-" Nagisa knew that things wouldn't end well with Nozomi in charge of making the excuses so he butt in, "I told her that I wanted to talk to her before we left so I could brief her a little more on how we do things around here, we'll come back in time to leave." Nagisa pushed the girl away.

After they were reasonably far away from the group, he said, "You really could've just asked to meet me alone instead of being so suspicious."

She smiled sheepishly and shook her head to get back on track. "Anyway, isn't that the guy who was talking to Jataro earlier?"