Pika318: Okay, this is the short short omake that I promised in the last chapter of the main story. Which would be how Tsurara came up with her plan to have Wakana and Rikuo have some bonding time. Enjoy!

Chapter 6: Omake

Tsurara frowned as she heard Rikuo's voice from outside the kitchen.

"I'm back!"

Apparently, he was saying that to his mother, Nura Wakana, as he passed by her on the corridor on the way back to his room after returning home from school. It was frustrating, to say the least.

"Kejorou," Tsurara said, addressing the other lady in the kitchen with her, "Don't you think that all Rikuo-sama's been saying to Wakana-sama lately seems to be restricted to 'I'm going' and 'I'm back'?"

"Hmm, I guess so…" Kejorou answered. Being in the kitchen for long periods of time meant that they heard a lot of things, since everyone needed to pass by the kitchen to get to the living quarters at the back of the compound. "What about it?"

"Don't you feel that something's really wrong about that? Wakana-sama and Rikuo-sama are mother and son, they should be talking more. Especially since they only got each other!" Tsurara said agitatedly.

"No they don't…" Kejorou replied as she silently hoped that Tsurara did not ruin the vegetables she was cutting at the moment. "But besides that, you do have a point, they're really talking too little, but…isn't that because we're the ones taking up Rikuo-sama's time?"

"Erhm…" Tsurara said, looking rather ashamed for a moment. "I guess you're right, but you don't have to rub it in like that, Kejorou."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Kejorou said, but she didn't really sound that sincere, at least in Tsurara's opinion.

"A..Anyway, I was thinking that we should make up for it." Tsurara suggested.

"Make up for their lost bonding time, you mean? How?"

"I'm still thinking about it, like we should make an excuse for Wakana-sama and Rikuo-sama to spend some alone time together."

"Alone time huh? Well, that means it can't take place anywhere in the house then, since everyone goes where they like here, so they could be interrupted anytime."

"Then that simply means we need to think of a way to get Wakana-sama and Rikuo-sama out of the house at the same time."

"Like a long walk?" Kejorou suggested.

"Something like that, but convincing them to go for a long walk together without arousing their suspicion isn't going to be easy…" Tsurara said as she looked down at the vegetables she was cutting. Just as she did that, a thought struck her.

"Shopping…it won't be that suspicious if we convinced Wakana-sama to go shopping for us right?"

"It would, considering that we're the ones normally doing the shopping without complaint, Tsurara." Kejorou gently reminded the Ice Maiden.

"Oh yeah…then how about I make myself unavailable, like I went to help the Arawashi Clan instead? And you can just nicely ask Wakana-sama to do the shopping since you're the only left in the kitchen?"

"Hmm…possible. Wakana-sama always passes by the kitchen at certain times of the day. If I looked really busy during that time, she might just agree if I asked her, or volunteer, knowing her helpful nature. Then how about Rikuo-sama? It's not like Wakana-sama would ask Rikuo-sama to go with her."

"Eh? You haven't figured it out yet? I thought Rikuo-sama would be the easiest to handle. You see, if you time it right such that Wakana-sama leaves the house just as Rikuo-sama comes back home from school, he'll be sure to volunteer to help." Tsurara said, in a confident tone.

"What makes you so sure he'll offer to help…?"

"He would! Because he's Rikuo-sama!" Tsurara replied, without a single doubt in her voice.

"Erhm, you sure are confident, Tsurara…Well, I guess if he doesn't offer to help, I can always discreetly mention how much things Wakana-sama has to buy, and hope he takes the bait." Kejorou said, thus solving their problem.

"Okay then! Then the only thing we need to do is figure out the right time to implement our plan!"

So over the next few days, Kejorou observed when Wakana would most likely pass by the kitchen while Tsurara took note of the time when both her and Rikuo reached home. Eventually, both of them decided on the ideal time and hoped for the best.

Luckily for them, it worked the first time, and Wakana really met Rikuo at the gate. Kejorou didn't even have to drop any hints to Rikuo because, like Tsurara confidently assumed, he volunteered to help his mother. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the both of them leave the house together.

Later in the day, Tsurara and Kejorou gave each other a high five when Tsurara reported that both of them really had a good talk.

It was just another day in being a loyal subordinate of the Nura Gumi.

END

Pika318: It was short, but I hope this clears up any confusion any of you felt about the last part in the previous chapter.