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Natsuki POV
To my surprise, I didn't see Yuri until I got to her house. I was expecting to see her outside the clubroom, or at least on the way home. I unlocked the door (Yuri gave me a spare pair since I basically lived here) and still Yuri was nowhere to be found. I wandered around for about ten minutes until I found a locked bathroom door.
"Yuri? Y-you ok?" I asked. I heard the shower going.
"I-" Yuri's voice cried out to me, "I'm fine..."
"I'll be in the living room ok?" I said, then walked away. If she was in the shower then she should have some privacy. It wasn't for another twenty minutes until I saw Yuri enter the living room. She was wearing a plain sweater and leggings and her hair was still a little damp. She avoided eye contact and I quickly switched off the anime I was watching.
"Are you ok?" I asked. Yuri's eyes were red and she looked liked she had been crying. She tugged a little on the sleeve of her sweater.
"I'm fine..." She muttered, "I just got some shampoo in my eyes..."
"You're clearly not ok!" I said and hugged her. She winced a little, then relaxed. "You can tell me Yuri, I won't judge!"
She hesitated, "Nothing..."
"If you don't want to tell me that's fine." I looked up at her, still hugging, "But if you're dealing with some problems you shouldn't deal with them on your own."
She sniffed and gave a wobbly smile, "When did you become so serious Suki?"
"I'm serious about my friends problems!" I cried, "C'mon, let's watch a movie, you can choose and I won't mind even if it's a horror!"
She shook her head, "I'm not in the mood for horror."
We watched Titanic and Yuri cried a little more, but she was much happier by the end. She sighed, "I'll make some dinner, I'm starving."
I offered to help but she shook her head. I watched her leave feeling sad. Even though I had made her feel a little better she was still dealing with something big, something which she couldn't seem to tell anyone about.
I started to resume my anime Spy X Family, while I heard the usual clatter of pans from the kitchen. My phone started to ring.
It was papa.
I immediately switched off the TV - papa hated anime - and sat there stupidly just watching the phone ring. I finally clicked accept.
"Natsuki?! HELLO?! CAN... YOU... HEAR... ME?!"
"Yes!" I cried, fear filling me 
"I'm on the flight home... I'll be about 2 hours you hear me? 2 HOURS!"
"WHAT?!" I gasped. He was coming home?! But why now?
"DON'T YELL AT ME!" He yelled, "YOU SHOULD BE PLEASED FOR FUCKS SAKE!"
"I... am!" I cried into the phone, but my eyes were streaming. Papa hated flights, he would be in such a bad temper when he got home!
"JUST MAKE SURE THE HOUSE IS CLEAN ALRIGHT?!" He growled.
"Papa... why are you coming home?" I asked, the hand holding my phone was trembling.
"NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" He snapped, making me wince, "I'LL BE BACK FOR AROUND A MONTH..." The line crackled, "BE GOOD MAKE SURE THE HOUSE IS-" But the connection died. I sat there, not even bothering to dry my eyes.

"Yuri!" I burst into the kitchen, "I'm sorry but I need to get home, my dad is flying back and I need to make sure the house is clean and-!"
"Hey! Calm down alright?" Yuri stepped forward to put a hand on my shoulder but I brushed it off.
"There's no time! The house needs to be clean-! God I'm so stupid! The bills!" I groaned. I had no money to pay them and papa would be furious. 
"I've paid the bills, don't worry." Yuri explained, I looked up at her in shock, "There was a big pile of them when we went to collect your things. I rang the company that did them and agreed that I would pay them."
"Oh Yuri!" I ran to hug her but there was no time. I briefly embraced her, then stepped back.
"I'll get some of my clothes and my wash things." I gabbled. As I was running up the stairs Yuri called up to me, "I'll get an uber!"
I stuffed a couple of clothes and my washbag into my old rucksack. I hadn't used it since Christmas Eve when I had turned up on the doorstep of this house. I glanced around, I would miss this place.
Yuri was waiting for me downstairs with an uber parked outside. She argued that she should come with me, my protests were useless.
The ride there was awkward. My head was buzzing with papa and Yuri's still unknown problem that she had been crying about. When we finally areived I lept up and unlocked the door while Yuri paid the uber driver. I tried and failed to convince Yuri to stay outside or go home, but again she won and stepped inside.
The house was tidy, but not clean. Sure, everything was in the right place, but it was all so dusty and mouldy. Yuri stood there blinking, but I was used to it.
"Here- put this in my room." I thrust my backpack to Yuri, "You can't miss it. It's upstairs with my name on it!"
"Of course." Yuri replied, "I'll tidy upstairs, you tidy downstairs."
"I-" But Yuri was already upstairs.
I scrubbed every surface, wiped every corner and dusted  every object. I checked the fridge and thankfully there were some beers. That would keep papa happy. 
I was just cleaning the toilet when I heard heavy footsteps up the path. I stopped like a deer in headlights, my yellow rubber gloves still on. I hastily put away my cleaning supplies just as the door clicked unlocked.
There, standing in the doorway was papa.
"Hello Natsuki."

Hope you enjoyed this chapter :))
Sorry to end it on a cliffhanger lol
Have a nice dayy <33