I'm going back to my "companions."

“Nah, Scarlet… I’m gonna go back to the others.”

Scarlet nods, looking a little saddened by your ability to remain faithful to your new “companions,” even after a considerable victory with her. Even after the drinks! She looked at you and smirked slightly. “I understand. Not everyone these days wants to be with human girls. Go on, then. Meet Arabella and the rest, you.”

The reunion was at first harsh. Arabella began to yell at you for being so careless when she saw you, but she rushed over and embraced you when Mikko saw you. Of course, all the commotion being stirred up in the house warranted Gwendolion to come out and investigate. She did the same as her sister and ran over to hug you.

Arabella wanted to stay angry but came over, too. Surrounded by warm bodies and adoring arms, you felt like the drinks at the bar were making a serve comeback. The room span and your face heated up. Gwendolion was the first to push away and cover her nose. “He’s been drinking.”

”Drinking!?” Arabella pushes away next and waves her hands across her nose. “You’ve been drinking while we were waiting?”

Mikko rubs her face against yours and giggles. “I think it makes him seem more like a man!”

”Arabella’s right,” Gwendolion complains. “We’ve been so worried, and he’s just been drinking. Probably with the other girl, too.”

Mikko smells you again. “There’s no dirty smell to him,” she giggles. “He’s not doing anything naughty without anyone else!”

Arabella blushes in the back and adverts her gaze elsewhere. “Of course he wouldn’t.”

“Jealous?” You ask, half-slurred.

”Of course not,” Arabella says.

”Relieved?” You ask, also half-slurred.

”Of course,” she deflates with a long breath. “Master, get some rest. Sleep off your drink, and let us sleep, too. Now that you’re back, we’ll have to start planning ahead for ourselves. It’s clear enough that there’s no work for us in a place this small.”

You yawn, and Mikko steps away. “Yeah, yeah… You got a bed for me somewhere?”

Gwendolion grabs your hand. “Master can sleep in my bed tonight! You guys finish cleaning the kitchen.”

”You’re not going to do something perverted with him, are you?” Mikko asks, looking at you and then her sister.

”Of course not!” Gwendolion laughs. “Not unless he wants to do something first…?”

You look at Gwendolion lazily. You wonder what she’d look like if she'd dye her hair black and wear more makeup. She’d make a good little goth fox like Scarlet. Plus, it would be nice to spot the differences between her and her practically identical sister.

You shake your head, seeing her red flow, protruding ears, and mixed-colored eyes.