Dawn covered the entire land, seas, and the clouds up above, bringing a vivids appearance to the place. A pleasant day was waiting.
"Riinngg....!"
Inside the room, an alarm clock started vibrating to the desk and a hand reached it to snooze it to stop. The man frowned and lifted his blanket out of his and take his seat onto the edge of the bed.
"Yawn!"
Izzeth yawned, what a great sleep for him as he rubbed the star to his eyes that clearly molded in the corner. Izzeth picked whatever clothes that his hand can grab inside the closet and drawer before opening the door to wash himself.
"Lilith, brush your teeth!"
Before Izzeth could fully open the door, someone bumped into it and a silhouette came running down to the staircase.
"I already brush my teeth yesterday night! Why would I brush again, can't humans endure some minor detail!"
Lilith didn't look back and just shouted to reply, and along the end of it, she said that she would practice again her fighting style.
With no further obstruction, Izzeth opened the door and looked to the left. She saw Chloe cleaning and folding the clothes and towels that they used.
"Good morning."
"Good morning too, big brother."
Izzeth greeted her which the latter reply. Chloe left the washroom so Izzeth could clean his body.
He drained the bathtub and fill it again so he can use it. Done on it, he instinctively slid the curtain, blocking him to the other side that he never thought would be useful.
Three days after Lilith been hired as a waitress. She would always open the washroom as long as she pleased. Thankfully, when Izzeth was naked inside the washroom that he usually does, he was near the door brushing his teeth and avoided the pedophile anime moments which he still clearly remembered.
Anime world was truly bizarre in some cases. His Dad even has a philosophy quote that "as long the little girl is a half-human, she was clear to get married", which his mother agreed. Whick good for him, Lilith is a dragon, and if ever she'd seen him naked, he can avoid being raided by FBI...
Oh, thank god, really...
Even though no matter what Izzeth explained what is the importance on privacy for both female and male to her, she would always shrug it off and says. "Human really. Why need privacy If your brother is a small wiener? Bet that even a baby dragon couldn't be satisfied in your size." She snickered in contempt.
Which made him twitch his lips, somehow infuriated by a small little girl language.
And now, Izzeth became fully aware of how useful the curtains are.
Izzeth stepped out of the washroom after he's done. He descent to the staircase and seen again the dedicated Lilith practicing furiously. Somehow, She'd manage to learn how to trash talk and even pose when she won.
The day as usually started with breakfast, and after it, they focus on their hobbies to kill some time.
Lilith is playing her game. Chloe was by her side, and the two were sleeping to their respective area while the fairies were out again to their Matamataya[1] game.
Izzeth was slowly mooching his cake as he sits outside in the swing, looking to the horizon again. Timepass so to his burden of fighting the sleepiness, slowly closing his eyes to rest for a little bit.
But before he can do so, a continuous sound of step brings him back, snapping his sleepy eyes to open. The sound gradually increased in step and sound as it was neared where he was, climbing the stair.
Don't tell me it's giant this time... He thought, he assumpted because of the sound he was hearing right now. Because no one can make that kind of sound, most of all, how long the staircase is to create that sound and be heard where he was.
Three black-haired guys emerged the staircase with a stern look. The three spotted him as their eyes became wary before easing down seeing his appearance.
The three approached and the guys in the front with long black hair spoke. "Brother, what are you doing in this place?"
Izzeth somehow became silences temporarily as he heard the brother's word. "Me?... I am living here."
"Oh, that so." The guys examine him before continuing. "Did you see someone pass by in here brother? He's in a blue long robe and a cloth on his shoulder. If you somehow notice or saw him, that would be a great help brother."
"Yes, I do. I'd seen this guy yesterday actually."
"Then, where did he went!?"
Izzeth looked to the hand that clutched to his shoulders before spoking. "Don't know."
"Please brother! Tell me!"
"I really don't know. Trust me, if I can, I already did. Ay, what am I saying?" Izzeth finds his word wrong, clearly, they didn't understand what he was saying.
"Brother, what now?"
The guys with short white hair, bundle in a cloth and have an earring on the left side of his ear asked the leader.
"Of course, we will chase! I don't want to face my sister not catching that man, or death awaits me!" The leader shudders in fear, pronouncing his sister. "Come! We might still find clue where he went."
The leader flung his coat and walked back to the staircase and the one with the earring followed closely. Lastly, the shortest in the group didn't follow, as he only looked at the plate beside Izzeth.
Izzeth notices him and follows where he was looking at, he traced where it was. The cake. He lifts the plate and offered it to him. "Want some?"
The green haired slender, delicate man nodded furiously and grab the cake. He put the whole cake piece on his mouth. With an instant, the cake sweet surged inside him as his eyes bulged in bliss, mooching the soft texture of the cake. It was delicious of course.
"Rin, come on! We're still need to catch a mouse!" The earrings guys shout at him, but the latter didn't answer as it just chews the cake as though he was in his own world, and no one but him inside.
The guy shouted again but still, the latter is busy chewing. Seeing that he can't call his brother, put his feet again to the platform and approach him.
"Rin, we need to go. Fast!"
Finally, he manages to snap the guy called Rin back to reality. Instead of replying, it grabs a cake again and shoves it to him. The guys almost choke because of the sudden force of feeding. Before he can even spat the cake out of his mouth, he felt the light and fluffy cake in his mouth, somehow melting as it met his teeth. Its sweetness was light, and its taste was not so strong to be so sweet, but the texture was so intoxicating to chew, and he was loving it.
Rin tasting food was rather to be called ethnical while the latter was not. As it tastes the food, it continued to devour it all resulting to be finish soon and hunt more.
There!... there's still one piece of cake, he quickly grabs it and attempts to shove it to his mouth, but stopped by Rin on his side. Rin seized his hand and shoving his jaw away to the cake.
"Rin, what are you doing? This is mine!"
"Mine!"
The two argued while the one was pushing the other and the other was himself to eat the came. Its a tug of war, but vice versa, who could take the last cake.
"Rin! Arlo! Where the hell did the two of you go!?"
Down the staircase, the leader was furiously ascending as he shouts were his subordinates go. Again, he emerged out of the staircase and dumbfounded saw his two subordinates in the ground fighting for smashed bread in the ground.
"What the hell the two of you doing!!!"
He shouted angrily after a brief of silence. But even so, the two still didn't pay attention about him and continued the fight for the smashed tidbits bread in the ground. He tries to call them again but to no avail. He notices the man that looking down at the two, just to their back.
"Hey, did you feed them something bad?!"
He pointed his finger to Izzeth.
Izzeth looked at the man and said differently. "Who knows." He shrugged.
The leader twitched his lips... Who knows my ass! You're clearly the one who has that bread! And you have the audacity to say "Who knows!"
He approached the two and shout, snapping them back to reality. "Both of you stop!!!"
The two looked up and seen their brother looking at them. They hastily retain themselves up and fix their clothes.
"So, care to explain what the two of you doing?"
The leader hissed in his teeth as he looks over to the two with a glare. Instead of answering their brother, Arlo reasoned.
"Brother Izon, we were just hungry. So tasting food again was clearly something we can't resist."
"Oh, you can't resist, is that so?"
"Y-yes brother!
The two shudder in fear, hearing their brother cold voice. They waited for their punishment, but to their surprise, the brother asked the man in their back.
"Brother, do you have some foods in here, it is okay if it only a porridge."
"No, but actually. This is a restaurant, so wanna have some meal?"
"Oh, that so. Then that's great!"
With the turned around of the event, the man guided them to the sliding door.
"Don't idle there! Come! where going to eat!"
"Yes, brother!"
"Brother!"
The two reply in enthusiasm. They followed their brother but stopped again when their brother stopped.
"What's wrong brother?" Their leader asked Izzeth.
Izzeth the one in the front petrified where he was standing.
"Opening time is still not open!"
He heard the system reminded him. "Can we do something about that. " He asked inside.
"No! As a system that needed to be strict, we needed to follow the regulations!"
Yeah, you're the rules... He thought and looked back. "Looks like the three of you need to wait for hours before the opening."
"Why brothers? Can you just open it and let us eat?"
"No, trust me, even I wanted too, I can't do anything about it"
"Come on brother. Rules can be changed by people. How about this, I pay 2x the price!"
Suddenly the leader offered which made Izzeth eyes wavered a little bit because he can earn some profit on it, so he can somehow pay the system about his debt.
Before he can huggle to the system, it spoke.
"A great chef can't be bought by material things!"
Yeah, great. Great your ass!... Izzeth lampoon inside. "Can't break the rules guys." He said with consideration.
"Come on brother! how about 3x?"
"No."
"5x, it's 5x brother"
"No"
"Grrrr! How about 10x times! 10x the original prizes brother!"
Izzeth patience is now dwindling as he heard the prize. He's not mad about that, but rather mad because he can't get that as the system was stubborn to not open the opening time. But something happened that almost choke him to death when the sliding door opened.
"N-"
"Welcome customers! What do you need, water, cake, pudding, or M.E?"
Motherf"ckers!!!! "COUGH!!!"
[1] Matamataya - A Philippines game where you need to tag the enemy, which all of them.