The mouse, the tiger and the youkai jesus

Extra: Interesting Question

Right after the festival, Kogasa moved in at the Myouren temple. Hijiri immediately felt sorry for her after she found out that the poor karakasa had no home. Murasa got way too drunk again, so that we had to carry her back home, Ichirin cursing all the way to the temple.

That happened some time ago. And ever since that evening master- I mean Shou's and my love has been blooming beautifully. We couldn't stand being apart anymore and would spend a lot more time together and alone than before. Kogasa had grown close to me, she was like my best friend. I could count on her and even though she failed at being scary she never gave up and that's already the spirit of a winner. Nue suggested to give her scare lessons and Kogasa gladly accepted. With both of them together no one at the Myouren temple, no.. no one in whole Gensokyou was safe.

Shou's and my relationship caused a lot of weirdness at first. It was still hard for me to call her by her first name so I tried to continue with 'master', but she corrected me every time, giving me a very sweet smile. Aaah, Shou... she sure was and is an angel. Sometimes she would get over her morning annoyance and stand up earlier just to make me special breakfast. She knows I'd do the same for her, if only I could cook. She tried to surprise me with a gift once in a while, but always managed to spill the beans before that. She'd be sad and disappointed in herself when that happened and I would cheer her up. I wouldn't like her if she was perfect and would not ruin surprises. It's the klutz I fell in love with after all.

Neither Shou nor me had ever tried anything... well... you know... . I didn't know about Shou, but I never thought about it until a few weeks ago...

All members of the Myouren temple were sitting together, drinking tea. It had gotten kind of a habit ever since we all got along better, so since Shou and I first kissed... aaah... her lips... those sweet lips... where was I? Oh, right. It had become a habit so we did it that day too. I was sitting next to Shou, resting my head on her shoulder while she rested her head on my mine. We usually didn't kiss or anything in front of others, especially not in public. It wasn't like everyone wouldn't know. They had watched us confess to each other, after all. But both of us felt uncomfortable doing all that love stuff in front of others, except our friends. So when we were outside we were still master and underling.

Anyway, I'm digressing. So that day we were sitting there as usual. Nothing special happened, just the usual chatting. Well, unless it's unusual to find an octopus-like creature in your tea. Nue was enjoying herself way too much lately. Hijiri had screamed after finding that animal. When we were all sitting there, Shou finished her tea and stood up, letting me fall to the side, because I couldn't lean on anything anymore. "umpf!" "Ah, sorry Nazu-chan!" She knelt next to me. "Are you alright? Are you hurt?" I looked at her chuckling. "Calm down, master, I'm alright." I smiled at her. "Just try to do it differently next time, please." "And you try calling me by my name next time, please." She pouted a little, but it looked like she was faking it. "Yeah... about that..." I scratched the back of my head. "Otherwise you will get no more kisses." She decided. Even though I knew she could never go through with that I had to beg now so she wouldn't be mad or sad. "No! Please reconsider and I'll call you whatever you like!" "Shou-chan." I nearly fainted.

She then giggled and kissed my forehead before standing up. "I've got to go now. I still gotta buy something." "Oh, should I come with you?" I suggested. "No! I mean... no, thank you. It's kind of... no." she smiled nervously and stepped out of the room backwards. I sat up straight again. Looked like another try to surprise me. While I drank my tea I ignored the others staring at me. I thought they'd be used to this by now. Hijiri was the only one who seemed okay with it, she was smiling happily while enjoying her tea. It was almost freaky how happy she was. Then the silence was broken. "What the hell was that?" Murasa suddenly asked. I looked at her. "You call it a tiger youkai. Maybe you haven't seen someone like that before but-" "You know what I meant." I smiled a little bit. "What do you want me to say? You saw what happened, I don't know more than you do." Murasa didn't seem satisfied, not at all. Ichirin raised her voice. "Murasa, just let them be, are you aggressive today or something?" She asked calmly. The captain sighed. "No. But... there's stuff you DO know that I don't know." she turned her gaze back to me, locking her eyes on mine, I'm sure this is how she used to target the ships she was going to sink.

"And what would that be?" "How far have Shou and you gone?" She blurted out. I tried to stay calm at that question, but I couldn't and so I spat out my tea into Kogasa's face. "blurg!" she said. "What's with that kind of question?" I asked loudly. "I just wanna know!" Hijiri interrupted. "Please, both of you calm down, no one here wants to be deaf." We calmed down. "Both of you disappear into her or your room and no one knows what you're doing, so spill it!" She ordered. "That's seriously none of your business." I said calmly. "Oh, so you two have already-" "I never said that!" I interrupted her. Murasa chuckled. "I never knew you would do that kind of stuff so quickly." I blushed very hard. "I didn't say we did!" "A-ha! You're blushing! Memories coming to your mind?" she asked jokingly, but for me it wasn't funny at all. "No! Because there aren't any like that! You pervert captain!"

"Should I try bero bero ba now, Nue-senpaii?" - "No. Not now. Not ever." I heard the quiet dialogue next to me. Oh yeah, since Nue is teaching Kogasa how to scare someone my friend's been starting to call her senpai. Ichirin sighed annoyed. "Murasa, just stop it. If you wanna ask her stuff like that do it either quietly or not now." She took a zip from her tea and Murasa got quieter while talking. "Well if you haven't had anything like what you think what I think what you think you did, how far did you go then?" She asked. It wasn't anything of her business. She shouldn't care. But she was way too stubborn to even think of giving up on trying. "Well... we kissed that one time... ." I answered her.

"...That's it? You don't even kiss her regularly? You haven't even made out a little?" She asked. "No..." I said. Why did I have to say that in front of everyone there? "Of course I thought I could try making out a little, but... I can't. I still have troubles calling her by her name, how on earth should it be possible for me to do something like that?" I asked more myself than her. "Well, I guess that makes sense. But we gotta change that!" "What?" I started blankly at her.

"But I like it the way it is!"

Prepare for the sequel: The mouse, the tiger and the Palaquin captain

"Now that you two are together, you need to get closer!"

Thanks to Anonymous Pyramid Head, who read and commented all the time! I'd be happy to have you read the sequel^^