XLIII

                                    

                                          
"I found her out in the back alley not having anywhere to live so she's going to be your new roommate."
"Celeste..." Aura growls looking at her grinning cunningly. "What did you do to my mother you dumb bitch?!"
"What do you mean? Your mother was so nice as to give me a helping hand after my house got burned down and I have nowhere to live."
"She wouldn't do that! You mind controlled her you-!"
"Aura! That's enough out of you! You two need to get along because I don't want the house's atmosphere change because of this fighting!"
Aura grumbles to herself but replies to her mother. "I'm sorry mom."
"Celeste dear you'll be staying in the guest room next to Aura's room-"
"Are you kidding me mom-?!"
"AuRa ZiP iT!!"
Aura fidgets and finally gets silent.
"Make yourself at home okay Celeste?"
"Yes ma'am. Thank you," Celeste says humbly.
"Aura why don't you and (Y/N) prepare the room for her while I show her around the house. Now."
Aura silently obeys and storms upstairs whilst dragging me with her.
                          
"My my, Aura is so angry today," Celeste says a bit nervously.
"I know what you're here for Celeste," Stella says while storing the groceries in their places.
"Wh-What do you mean ma'am?"
"Cut the act sweetheart, I wasn't in your control. I never was."
"What? I swore it worked on you!"
"It did for a split second."
"H-How did you-Gaahh!!" Celeste tumbles over grabbing onto the counter to keep her on her feet as she felt a distinctive pain along with black-like substance coming out of her.
"Would you look at that? Your essence is leaving you. Got panicked and came all the way here to get your job done aren't you?"
"Sh-Shut up half-breed! You're under me!"
"Is that so? From what I learned full-breeds shouldn't even be oozing out their essence like this. Unless-"
"Shut it!! You have the audacity to insinuate Mother Ochaiko is a deceitful person?!"
"You're saying it's not possible?" Stella turns to her.
"No way it is! And you shouldn't even be talking so highly right now, I almost got your daughter to kill herself after ruining her mentality."
"And look at that, she's still not dead."
Celeste growls at Stella. "It's all because of...her fucking boyfriend!"
"Your plan ruined by a human, that's hilarious."
Celeste in anger slams her fists on the counter jerking the plates that were on there.
"You break those plates, I'll break your face," Stella warns her in a threatening manner. 
"...sorry. What I'm curious about is...you're not in my control but still you let me to your house with your whole family. Why did you do that?"
"To just get everything over with."
"You believe in your daughter that much?! Oh please, she's nothing like you. She's not even close to threatening."
"That's where you're wrong Celeste, Aura is exactly like me. You'll come to see it at the right time."
"What a bluff."
"Coming from someone who bluffs her way throughout her hunt. It's funny, you're saying all of these things about Aura and still she's upstairs alive. She's weak as you say, so she should've been dead by now but she's not dead still. Her boyfriend hasn't done anything, you're just not good with your job."
Celeste looks at Stella despisingly.
"Here's an advice for you, this vendetta between you two is none of my business; my business is elsewhere. But you better not attack right away, tonight nor tomorrow morning. Or even attempt to touch my husband because I promise you right now that AuRa Won'T bE tHe OnE tO kIlL YoU. I'Ll cUt yOu lImb fRom lImb and bUrn yOuR LimBlEsS bOdY AliVe wHilE I wAtCh. GoT iT?"
                          
Celeste affected by her threat nods in compliance. "Y-Yeah...got it."
"Good. Bathroom is the door between you and Aura, the room across is mine and my husband's, living room is right behind you and you already know where the kitchen is. Now move along to your room Celeste."
Celeste looks at Stella once more before she goes upstairs.
"And Celeste?"
Celeste looks back at her.
"If you two fight in this house as of the days I assigned to you, I'll cut both your throats so you two die together."
"Y-You'd kill your daughter? That's funny."
"Try me Celeste, feel welcome to."
"She hasn't changed much from the previous reality...Aura didn't get her job right," Celeste thinks to herself as she continues to her room.
                          
We finish tidying up the room and Aura plops on the bed looking very upset.
"Come on don't have that look now, she was gonna come eventually. We prepared for this Aura, remember we got this," I say, encouraging Aura.
She pushes out a smile. "Okay."
                          
"Aw my room looks so tidy. My victim has made it so nice for me," Celeste comes in saying to heat Aura up.
Aura gets up about to fight her but Celeste holds her hand out to her to stop her. "I wouldn't recommend that. Your mom would cut our throats if we fight right now. She was dead serious about it," she points out to Aura.
"....she would say something like that," Aura steps back. "Why are you even here?!"
"My house got burned down."
"The real reason!"
"That was the real reason. I'll admit you two got me angry to a point where I was burning and trashing stuff in my house...until the whole thing caught on fire."
"Why my house out of every other?"
"Obviously because (Y/N) is here. His house was my first choice but he wasn't there so obviously he'd be here."
"You touch (Y/N) I'll-"
"Get in trouble with your mom? That's the only option you have don't you?"
Aura grumbles lowly.
"I told you already Celeste, I'm not yours. I'm Aura's."
Celeste blinks at my response and Aura blushes.
                          
She then bursts into laughter and says, "you two are so cute. Now would you excuse me, I need to settle in my new room."
"Gladly," Aura immediately leaves and I turn to Celeste.
"I don't know what you're up to, but we're ready for you."
Celeste laughs at me and I exit her room.
                          
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