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Ms. Ashbury was feeling awfully lonesome, especially since Arisu was now not living with her, her happy home seemed to have lost its edge and became a little less happy. Usually, dinner would be for two, and Ms. Ashbury would even prepare dessert for Arisu, specifically an icecream sundae, which was Arisu's favorite, even though she never admitted it. Then after dinner, Arisu would politely clean the table and wash the dishes, leaving Ms. Ashbury drying the dishes. Afterwards, Arisu would say she was going to 'go straight to bed,' but they both knew that she was planning to sneak out of the house and into the music room to practice, in order to calm her demonic side during the night. Ms. Ashbury would wait patiently for Arisu to come back, by either finishing up some paperwork, or watching a soap opera, or maybe even both. And once she heard Arisu's window close, she knew that she was back home safely, and she would go to sleep herself.
But tonight was very different from the other nights. Mainly because Arisu was enjoying her moments with, what Ms. Ashbury hoped to be, new friends. Though Ms. Ashbury had to admit, it seemed strangely lonely without Arisu, even if they didn't talk much. It was nice to know that Arisu was in her presence, but now she was not. Tonight, Ms. Ashbury had prepared too much noodle soup for herself, since she was used to making dinner for two. She decided to save the rest of the soup for tomorrow morning and left it on the stove. After eating, however, somehow, she was able to subconsciously make an icecream sundae for some non apparent reason. Surprised by her actions, she chose to eat it all on her own, though she was still very full by attempting to finish all her noodle soup. So Ms. Ashbury cleaned the kitchen on her own, without any help, not knowing she had left the rest of her icecream sundae to melt on the table. the table became sticky, and it was harder to clean. The whole kitchen felt harder to clean without anyone helping her. But Ms. Ashbury forced herself to clean everything up no matter what, to prove that she would be able to live on her own as an independent woman. After all, she was over a hundred years old.
But for some reason, Ms. Ashbury was unable to sleep, worrying about how Arisu was doing, so she got up from her bed, and picked up a romance novel and began to read. She had gotten so into her novel, that she jumped when she heard a knocking on her door. She wrapped her red robe around her, and walked to the door, feeling dizzy from all the food the ate.
When she opened the door, she heard herself squeal in excitement. Not very womanly of her, if anything, it was very childish. But frankly, she didn't care, because she always acted childish.
"Ri-Ri!"
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