Sasha contacted the men through a black vertical rectangle device which she pulled out from the side of her pinafore apron's waistband. Ryuu's eyes narrowed as he stared at the source of communication. It was different from the mobile phone he saw from the girl he met at the subway station. The eerie gaze of the maidservant diverted the boy's attention to other Servers passing by at them.The men who were specifically called as 'Guardsmen' were the security, and the men which could be noticed easily as they wore a usual black suit and tie. Aside from keeping the Hub in safety from clients and outside harm, they also aid the Ladies to satiate their capabilities. Two of them appeared from upstairs, Japanese in their late twenties and whose height required to be 5'8 and above. Ryuu locked his eyes on the wooden floor. His memory remembered the same uniforms of those men who brought him to a dim room and although he detested them, his physique alone would never do good against th

Ryuu stayed still in bed the whole day. His mind already familiarized the visible layout of the clinic room where his vision could reach. The night came with Ryuu where he woke up suddenly from a loud thud outside the door. He became restless till his mind resisted him to fall asleep anymore. There was nothing to divert his attention other than the silence eating his peace of mind. A heavy sigh let out from him; pathetic of himself.Arlert came into the clinic room with a box of cupcakes and a lollipop in his mouth. Put the cupcakes on the lap of Ryuu in haste. Ryuu was confused and altered his attention on the sweets and to his roommate. The lollipop popped out as he took it out his mouth.  "I got this from the kitchen. Told them my roommate has been my patient for a while and he craves for some sweets."  "No. I don't even like sweets," Ryuu exclaimed, unminding all of what the boy proudly said. Arlert pouted and glared at the young lad. H

Stomach grumbled. Ryuu wrapped his arms around his knees on the bed more. The room was ordinary like from the movies he had seen in a dormitory setting. Although these kinds of buildings, he had not seen anything similar from his residency. A bathroom next to the armoire was fine for two people. Hours moved past the last time he checked the wall clock and the affirmation of the blonde lad about coming back whispered in his mind ceaselessly.“Hello?”Ryuu startled and the clear voice of a man from outside faded away. A faint sigh came out from him and his chin rested on his arms again.Aika opened the door. Ryuu was not aware who she was, and the woman was not entering the room. The lad slowly got off from the bed and stood near her. "You, change your clothes. We'll go out.""Outside?" He walked closer, presuming the woman was of help to her. The brunette woman scowled at him and went to the armoire, choosing clothes hanging inside."Don

‘For five days, and they don’t tell me what those jobs I need to do are. Will they allow me to leave after I finish them?’ pondered Ryuu as he was ordered to clean a room three doors next to the one where he slept last night. The lady was out of sight, still she stressed her keep watch on him. Concurrently, he ended up cleaning the dining hall in the afternoon as though not impeccable, a good moment to idle his thoughts and flashes of anxiety withdrawing inside of him like how the passes of time in the silence of the evening made him groan and wince to make it stop. Although the room seemed like it had not been used. The smell of the room was odorless same as the bed, yet he was instructed by the woman to change the bed sheets besides dusting off the surface of any furniture later the floor. A vintage armoire with bed covers and pillowcases neatly folded, lower drawers for dry towels to use on body and face, and small knitted rags organized ver

    “You don’t know how to do the proper bed setting. Make it perfect.” The words of the same Lady, who showed a pleasant atmosphere on him, though it was only for quick minutes, disappointed him as the woman switched to her usual attitude.Ryuu followed every instruction Aika shouted at him as he was so bad at it, after all, he did not come to the place to learn to housekeep. Stubborn and reluctant, still he had to do it right or he would never go to the next task he was appointed. Every cover of the bed must have no wrinkles calling anyone to iron it. They must not smell unpleasant; if so report it in haste to notice the Ladies who were assigned to the laundry. The Lady was in front of the doorway, watching his moves and correcting even the slightest mistake which he had no control over. Groaning inaudibly as he put the pillowcase in the pillow and tapped it to flatten. He scanned the bed with fully new sheets dressed with it and scratched from h