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Chapter 7 - Chapter V.V: The After-Party Extras

Lily brought out potato chips, corn puffs, and other junk foods for everyone to enjoy, she also brought out sodas, juices, and other soft drinks. She turned on the A/C and started the convo. "Wow, Lily these are huugeee. Are you sure we can finish these?" she smiled smugly, grabbed one of the snacks, ripped them open, and the puffed snacks flew out. "Such a commodity, Lily. What's the occasion?" wondered Ivanna. Lily giggled excitedly, "Hehe! This is to celebrate you two coming here and becoming one of us!" the two of them stared at Lily with a pleasant surprise. She picked up a paper cup filled with OJ and held it up high, "Ehem! Mina and Ivanna, allow me to officially welcome you two to our home! May we get along and help each other out, yeah? Cheers!" the two smiled warmly and widely, picked up their cups and banged them, "Cheers!" and drank them. "Wow, I've never been this welcomed before... Thanks, Lily!" said Mina, "Indeed, such a warm wooly welcome, Lily." Agreed with Ivanna. She looked embarrassed and rubbed the back of her neck, " We all have something in common; we're monsters both trying to experience the outside world! We support each other, we help out each other, and confide and cover our weaknesses and insecurities if you guys want to." She was astonished at her level of amiability, friendliness, and speeches. "Well then, if that so? Then, I won't be holding back then," she said that with a warm and sincere smile. "If this is a welcome party. Where's Mr. Siegfried our Host?" asked Mina. She shuffled nervously, "Oh, I-uh, didn't invite him." The others were surprised, "WHAAT?!" she laughed nervously, "Okay, hear me out! I figured he didn't like this kind of thing, so I didn't invite him..." She coughed, "...and besides! We're the only girls here, and having a guy might make things uncomfortable for both parties." After a few seconds of processing they conclude, "Not really, in fact, I would like to learn more about our cold exterior Host." Proposed by Ivanna, and Mina on the other hand... "Well, how about we ask him anyway? No harm in asking, right?" Lily gave in and asked, "Well, the majority said to invite him. But the question remains of who's going to ask him?" Ivanna had an idea, "I know! At times like these, let's play rock-papers-scissors to decide! The loser will have to ask him." The other two agreed, they played rock-paper-scissors and the loser is...

"Nya... talk about bad luck. Calm down, Lily you got this. Just ask." As she was walking towards his bedroom, she did breathing exercises to calm herself down, then he appeared suddenly behind her back. "What the hell are you doing?" she was startled as he appeared out of nowhere, "Gah! Quit doing that, you're going to give me a heart attack." He looked down and sighed, "That's a problem that I have to address if you really are going a heart attack. Anyways, what's the matter, got something on your mind?" she shifted nervously and mustered all her courage to ask him if he wants to hang out with them. "Uh, hey, Siegfried. Do you mind hanging out with us? I prepared a welcome party for our two new residents here. So, if you wanna come with, you're welcome to drop by." he closed his eyes and thought about it for a second, and decided, "Sure, why not? It's not like there's anything better to do." Her face was struck in disbelief, (Holy shit, nya! He actually said yes! I-I can't believe it!) "You go on ahead, I have to do something first." She snapped out of it and went on ahead to tell others. "Ah, yeah. Sure, we'll be waiting for you." She raced ahead to her bedroom with her heart beating like crazy. (Hmph. The timing's too perfect, I was just on the phone with Mr. Heinz talking about spending "Quality time" with them.) After Lily raced to her room, she had a flustered look on her face and dragged her butt across the wood all the way down on the floor. "Woah, what happened?" said Mina with a concerned look on her face, "He's actually coming here! Oh jeez." The two were somewhat both delighted and shocked at the same time. "Ho-ho? Mr. Silverstein is coming here after all. Well, then I must prepare the appropriate questions." Sneakily said to Ivanna, "What's the menu of our activities, Lily?" asked Mina. She had a sneaky and mischievous gleam in her eyes and she had an evil smile. "Something he won't forget." Then fifteen seconds later Siegfried knocked on the door, "Come in." yelled Lily. "Uh, hi." He calmly said, and thought (What's the appropriate mood in this situation? No one ever invited me to a welcome party before. I don't know what's the proper etiquette.) "Ahh, come in, come in! We've already commenced before you came in if you don't mind." Calmly said Ivanna. Mina gestured for Siegfried to sit down beside her on the pretty pink cat-themed circular carpet. The snacks have already been opened, and the drinks have been popped open. "Um, this is supposed to be a welcome party, right? Excuse my behavior but sitting alone with three girls with a locked door makes me quite uncomfortable." He cautiously said, the three girls looked at him with sly expressions. "I've been living here for almost three weeks now, and I for one wish to know more about the Host that granted us shelter from the cruel world outside." Fancily said by Lily, "We want to learn more about you!" suddenly and abruptly said by Mina. "Sorry, it's just that, you're shrouded in mystery. You're quiet, cold, and uncaring. At first glance I mean!" stammered Mina, "So you three wishes learn more about me?" The three nodded their heads vigorously. "All right, guess I'll spill the beans. However, in two conditions." The three said in unison, "What!?" he was slightly surprised at their reaction, "Man, such a violent reaction. First, promise me that you three will help around the house. Doing chores, cleaning, etc. and lastly..." the three girls stared longingly, "Actually never mind, that was it. Just help me do chores around here. I feel like I'm the only one that's moving." Lily raised her hand excitedly, "Ooh, oh, oh, me, me, me!" he sighed, "One at a time, please. Alright, Lily, you're up." She fumbled in the cards the three of them prepared. "When's your birthday?" he silently thought of it, "My birthday's February 14, 1998." The trio was pleasantly surprised and astonished that his date of birth is the celebration of Love. "Whoa, Valentine's Day, huh?" astonished by Lily and Ivanna chuckled, "How romantic, your birthday is of Valentine's Day." His eyes looked as empty as ever, "Next question." He demanded, "Oh, what is your occupation?" Asked Ivanna. He thought of it long and hard. (Tsk. Obviously, I can't tell them I'm acutally an off-duty Knight...) "Uh, I'm a part-time Bartender at the local bar nearby." the trio wowed, "Huh, so you serve drinks nya?" Lily wowed, "Yeah... they usually call me in when they're really busy." Falsely confirmed by Siegfried, Lily narrowed her eyes, "Really now? How come I never seen you outside? I've been here for almost three weeks!" and he shot back, "Do you even go outside Lily?" she looked down, "N-No..." he shook his head disapprovingly, "Okay, okay Mina, you're up!" pointed out by Lily, "Oh! Um... uh, what do your parents do?" nervously asked by Mina, he began to reminisce (My parents huh? I actually don't know them. Or myself for that matter. This is... the first time that someone asked me that in a while...) "Hey... um, Mr. Siegfried...?" he snapped out of his reminiscence and went back to reality, "Uh, yeah, sorry what was the question again?" asked by Siegfried, "What does your parents do, Mr. Siegfried." Repeated the question, "My parents..." he quickly thought up a lie, "...are currently abroad because of work. Thus, I have to fend for myself." the trio nodded as if they understood, "Uh, next question. Actually... where did you get these questions from?" he wondered, Lily and Mina both looked at Ivanna, and she simply smiled, "Ah, I see..." he nodded, "Okay not really an official question, nya. But I'm just really curious." She asked while eating a cookie from Lily, "About what?" he continued, "Why the land of the rising sun? Why Japan?" he looked at the expectant trio for an answer, "With my parent's help, and connections I'm officially a citizen in Japan. I've... well..." he thought for a few seconds, "Economically, environmentally and socially it's perfect for me. And it's also one of the many countries aggressively introduced to Monster species due to the bill passed four years ago." The trio was drinking Iced Tea while listening intently, "Okay! With all these questions it's kinda getting boring nya!" Lily said restlessly, "Whaaat? No, it's not, Lily. We were just getting to the juicy questions." Mina complained, "Okay, okay, I was just kidding around, nya!" both Mina and Ivanna gazed at Lily with annoyed visages. "Is that all?" The trio yelled out, "NO!" Lily pouted, "We're not done yet. Things were just about heating up." Ivanna giggled, "Okay, I'm next." She read a question on the piece of paper, "Do you have any plans of marriage or your general view of love?" mischievously questioned by Ivanna. He averted his gaze and the life in his eyes suddenly died and tried not to answer that question, "Love, huh? In all honesty, I've experienced it myself. I've seen the movies, basically everywhere that is pop culture. I don't believe it personally. I think it's a load of bull." He looked at Mina, "No offense." She nervously chuckled, "It's fine..." the trio's facial expressions were slack-jawed at his revelation. "W-W-Well, d-do you have any preferences in girls, Mr. Siegfried?" politely and nervously asked by Ivanna. He picked up a spoon that was lying on the floor beside Mina. "Not really... In fact, I really don't care about love. I think it's unnecessary. After all, love is just an excuse to continue one's bloodline, right?" the trio built up a similar train of thought in their minds. (This man... Is completely logical and scientific!) That or he just doesn't care. (I'll do whatever it takes for him to discover the importance of love!) silently declared by the trio. "Nevertheless... I do wish to experience it. Just once. And marriage? I really don't think anyone would want to spend their life with me. I'm on the fence when it comes to marriage and love. Hopefully, in the future I can decide whether love is good or bad for me." he sipped the iced tea with a wistful gleam in his eye. The trio's faces were filled with triumph and hope. (ME! I want to spend the rest of my life with you!) silently yelled out by the trio. "All right, I think it's enough for the questions." He got up on the floor, and the trio immediately got up and tackled him to stay, "Gah!" he winced in both pain and surprise, "What are you—!" the weight of Nekomata, a Pan and a huge Minotaur girl was enough to suppress him at his limited state. "Gwah, get off me!" Lily on top of Siegfried was begging him not to go, as her huge bouncy breasts were being smushed in his face suffocating him. Not a bad way to die. Ivanna and Mina were also preventing him from leaving, Mina grabbed hold of his legs while Ivanna held onto his arms. After a few seconds of struggling. He thought up a way of escaping, first things first, he has to get rid of a Nekomata on top of him. He struggled to free his right arm he released his limiter a little, and he managed to free his right arm from Ivanna's grasp, and immediately grabbed Lily's tail and squeezed it, "Ah! Nya..." moaned Lily, and her weight shifted and Siegfried seized the moment to free himself he pushed Lily away from his body and grabbed Ivanna by the back of the neck and pulled her closer to his mouth and gently blew air in her ear, incapacitating her. He tried to forcibly roll out of his lying position, however, his arms are maybe free except for his legs. The strength of a Minotaur is strong enough to toss away nearly 1-2 tons of weight. He had to release a little bit more to shake Mina off without hurting her. "I'm sorry, Mr. Siegfried! Please do not resist!" she defiantly yelled out, "I wasn't expecting a violent reaction to me leaving! I'll only say this once, let me go!" instead of letting go, she switched her grip from his legs now to his body by tackling him forward and now she's bear-hugging him, or rather Cow Hugging him with his arms entrapped by her hug, to the point of crushing his bones due to her immense strength. "Mina, let go! I. Can't. Breath...!" then CRACK! He yelled out in pain, "AHHH!!!" Mina loosened her grip while yelling apologetically, "I'M SO SORRY!!!"

After some time they speed-dialed Mr. Heinz's number and like lightning, he quickly arrived to see and assess his sustained damage. "Oooh... that looked like it hurt huh, Freddie?" and Mr. Heinz whispered in his ear, "A normal person would've been crushed to death if a minotaur hugged you. That unbridled strength is enough to crush a 2-ton armored car into a pancake, let alone a person! I know you're tough, but you're a lot more resilient than I give you credit for." whispered Mr. Heinz, he pulled out his arm and he grunted in pain, "Luckily I released a little bit of my Limiter, otherwise I would've been dead." He winced in pain, "Yeah, no shit sherlock. It's all fun and games until someone got hugged to death. And I'm sure she means no harm." He continued to pull and done! "Hoo... luckily no bones were crushed or pulverized or powdered... It's just dislocated joints in both of your arms." He assessed and offered Siegfried a hand. "Mina, it's fine. I forgive you; I know you didn't mean any harm." He forgave Mina, and Mina was still sobbing from what she did. He sighed, (Strength that can crush an armored car with ease, eh? Yet, so kind, gentle, and pacifistic. Fighting does not suit her at all.)

"Well, all's well that ends well! I'll be going now. Call me if there's anything you three need!" and he left. Siegfried was stretching his arms that were put back in place. "Mmm... It's fine now. Still, I'm going back to my room and rest." He walked past the three, and when he passed by Mina, he whispered something in her ear. He whispered, "Don't let it get you down. I'm not the petty type that holds on to grudges for petty reasons." She wiped her tears and whispered back, "R-Really?" He nodded, "All right you three, go and have some fun at your welcome party. There's a karaoke machine that was placed here yesterday, I can sleep off any noise so don't worry." The three monster girls giggled excitedly, turned on the karaoke machine, and resumed the welcome party. Mr. Heinz went home and Siegfried hit the hay as he was laying in bed he thought to himself, (What does it mean to fall in love? What does it mean to be "friends"? I only talked to her that way because I don't want to upset her feelings... In fact, what does it mean to be human?) then he something in his chest, a weird sensation that he never felt before... (What is this? These sensations... I've never felt this before... It's hot... it feels like it's burning me.)