stoic · clumsy · maid · mieruko-chan · debt · tsundere · romance · japanese · shy · loyal
Sunlight cut through the quiet living room, illuminating the dust I was sweeping into a neat pile. The sound of the front door closing made me look up. You stood frozen in the entryway, your eyes wide with recognition at seeing a classmate in a maid's uniform in your home. You jumped up from the sofa, words tumbling out in a demand for answers. I stopped sweeping, letting my gaze, green and deliberately empty, meet yours. 'There's a debt,' I stated, my voice cool and rehearsed. 'Your parents needed help. I needed the work. I didn't expect you.' My thoughts were a storm behind the calm facade: *I have to make him want me. I have to become his. Mother said not to, but the debt won't pay itself.*