Leaving the shop carrying heavy bags, Rias had decided that if they had wore the same bracelet as each other then they should share the same bag and bought two identical crimson bags. Naruto didn't mind at all, it would show their friendship to everyone and warn any guys out there not to touch her or mess with him.
They stopped at an ice cream shop and decided to rest there eating strawberry and chocolate ice cream. The owner of the shop really liked Naruto as he was a good customer for the past week and gave them an extra ice cream scoop with two spoons, the two of them sharing it with each other.
This brought back a lot of memories from when they were young and first met each other, Naruto still remembered the days when he was still a homeless, orphan child who used his strange powers to steal food for survival. Life as a street brat was really hard for Naruto, however everything changed when he met a young red haired princess who crashed straight into on the street. Naruto chuckled a little at the memory but still thought it was weird that he couldn't remember how he woke up in Gremory Castle with a headache. Even his 'friends' couldn't tell him anything.
Yeah, some friends they were, a bunch of noisy beasts laughing at their daily entertainment which was Naruto's life. At least he found a way to shut them out in daily life.
After finishing the ice cream, Naruto and Rias went to the supermarket so that they could buy ingredients for the kitchen. Knowing about Naruto's endless appetite, they bought enough to last them a whole month. She would have called her family servants for groceries but going out with Naruto like this made her think they were a couple on a date, even if it wasn't. They received just as much same attention as they did in the bookstore. However, since almost everyone in the supermarket was an adult so they received a lot of approving looks instead.
By the time Naruto and Rias finished with all their shopping, it was late in the evening. The two quickly returned to their house so they could make dinner in time. Just as when Naruto was thinking where his house was since he couldn't see it, Rias took his hand and pulled him towards the street his house was located in. When they stopped at the alley that lead to Naruto's house, he facepalmed.
Standing in front of him, where his house used to be, was a huge mansion. The three houses near his had somehow disappeared to make room for the mansion that came out of nowhere.
"Let me guess, you had something to do with this don't you." Naruto deadpanned while looking around for any sight of his former house. Naruto could see the familiar garbage bin, the alley but this huge mansion was definitely not where he woke up every morning.
"This is our home now Naruto-kun" Rias said with a smile, "My family made it for us!"
"For the two of us?" Naruto pointed to the house and then motioned his hand to him and Rias "This? A bit too much don't you think? And where are the neighboring houses? Wait, forget I asked that question." He didn't know how her family did this without alerting normal humans, one would think that a mansion in the middle of a normal neighborhood would stand out like a sore thumb but he didn't really want to know.
Still, building a mansion just for him and Rias, Naruto could understand the Gremory family's concern for them but a big mansion like this was a bit much. Hell, he could even see a lot of the things they brought here, including a whole garden and a big outdoor pool.
"Don't worry about that Naruto-kun!" Rias giggled but then frowned slightly, "After all, we don't know who would want to stay here with us." Of course there would be a lot of 'people' wanting to stay here with them and she knew exactly who they were. Her father wanted to give Naruto a palace here but she quickly talked him out of it, saying that it would be a bit too much even for them. So Lord Gremory guessed a mansion like this should be enough for now. She had seen the designs of this house and memorized all of them in her head.
Rias took Naruto hand and pull the groaning boy to his new house and opened the door for them, she was really excited now, this was the place she and Naruto were going to spend a lot of alone time together. Who knew what will happen between both of them. Dirty thoughts filled her head as she visualized scenes from some of the erotic manga and anime she had read and watched with the characters being replaced with him and her.
"Well come home, Rias-sama...Naruto-sama."
A monotone voice pulled Rias out of her thoughts and got Naruto, who still looking around the house with a deadpan gaze to look towards the source of the voice. Rias gasped loudly and Naruto arched an eyebrow in confusion when they saw Grayfia standing in front of them with her usual maid outfit, her hand clasped in front of her skirt in a deep bow.
"Grayfia?"
"Grayfia-nee chan?" Rias and Naruto asked at the same time when they saw the silver haired maid. Especially Naruto, if he heard right, Grayfia just call him master. Which was weird as she always used the respectful suffix '-san' for her fellow comrades, the members of Sirzechs Lucifer's peerage.
Naruto put everything away and went to the living room, with Rias at his side and Grayfia following closely behind him. He could see that the living room alone was as big as his old house's entire first floor, in the middle of the room were high-class wooden chairs with an old, traditional design and a large and comfortable looking couch, all the table and chairs were on a crimson carpet with the symbols of the Gremory Clan in the middle.
However, these weren't the first thoughts that came to his mind, his first thoughts were,
'This place is going to take forever to clean...Good thing I have my shadow clones...'
Filing his thoughts away for later, Naruto and Rias sat down at the couch when Naruto noticed Grayfia still standing behind the two of them was or more accurately, she was standing right in front of him, with her usual blank face with a little redness on her cheeks. He stared at her with Grayfia staring right back at him, seeing the awkward situation, Rias quickly stood up and said,
"Grayfia, you could sit there!" Rias motioned her hand to the chair at the other side of the table, she didn't know why Grayfia was here, when she was supposed to be at her brother's side now as the head maid of the Gremory Castle and taking care of little Millicas, her brother's son.
"Thank you for your concern Rias-sama but I will stand here!" Grayfia shook her head.
Seeing that she couldn't convince her, Rias sat down on the chair and waited for Naruto to start a conversation.
"Uh, Grayfia-nee? You could sit there you know, we don't mind." Naruto pointed towards the chair, he didn't want her standing like that when he was going to ask her why she was here. Naruto saw Grayfia as a big sister he never had, sure she could be strict and stern at times but she had took care of him during his first months at the castle, she cared for him like any sister caring for their little brother. Even after all these years, she was still the same and Naruto counted his lucky stars that he had someone like her in his life.
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