A Certain Magical Index: A Day In And Out

Chapter 1

Aiho's Apartment...

His day appears to start the same way as any other. He woke up on the couch staring off at the ceiling. And, as usual, he spent a good few minutes staring at it before deciding it was time to sit up, followed by a few minutes of sitting up before deciding to actually get up. It was after he got up that he realised something was off. Today's wake-up felt different. It didn't take him long to realise why. Last Order and Worst weren't home. He had no clue why and wasn't even sure he wanted to know why. He looked around the room.

(Accelerator): Nobody's home, huh?

The place seemed empty enough. No sign of the sisters or his "guardians". He figured they all must be out and decided not to wake him. For once, they actually chose not to annoy him and leave him in peace. Already, that felt wrong and unlikely to him. There was no way Last Order wouldn't take an opportunity to bug him, even if it wasn't intentional. She was just too perky for his liking, which was understandable. She's a kid after all. As for Worst, Accelerator figured she'd take this opportunity to set a prank up for him for when he woke up. But, having visually surveyed the room, that didn't seem to be the case. Still, there was no point in dwelling on it. Not like he missed their presence anyway.

He figured Aiho was probably handling Anti-Skill work right about now anyway. They always did have early starts. Kikyō on the other hand was probably doing research on something or whatever. He never really cared what either was actually doing, but was glad something was keeping them busy. Of course, he'd never openly admit that. Nor would he admit he was somewhat grateful to have them, though he could've done without their attempts to irritate him by making him out to be some kind of good guy. He surveyed the room once more to be sure he was alone.

(Accelerator): Well, since nobody's around, I've got the place to myself. Might as well start with a shower.

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Bathroom...

(Accelerator) lazily opened the door. Despite how low his expression looked, it dropped even further from the sight he was greeted with. His irritated gaze was met by looks he could only describe as both confused and startled, along with a hint of indifference. And those looks belonged to the two women standing beside the bath, as if they were about to get in. Of course, the biggest indication wasn't that they were standing beside the bath, but because they were both naked. Their towels were hung on the edge of the bath, and their backs were towards him. The room was silent for quite a while, which began to irritate him. They decided to speak out, but he beat them to it.

(Accelerator): You've gotta be kidding me.

Kikyō: Well, good afternoon to you too, (Accelerator).

Aiho: Enjoy your nap, sleeping beauty?

(Accelerator): Seriously, this again?

Kikyō: Still as grumpy as always whenever you wake up, I see.

Aiho: You know, if you keep frowning like that all the time, it'll set.

(Accelerator): Didn't I already tell you guys to lock the door when you're using the room?

Aiho: Give us a break, will you? You were asleep, and we all know how long you can go being out for, so we figured it wouldn't be a problem.

(Accelerator): Tch.

Kikyō: Now that you mention it, I do vaguely remember you saying something like that, though we probably couldn't hear it properly over Last Order's screams.

(Accelerator): Speaking of the little brat, where is she? And the other annoyance?

Kikyō: Oh, that's right, you don't know.