'So now are you going to fix the bed or buy—'
'I will buy a new one!' Zaroth interrupted Luna as he headed to the store.
It was better to buy something entirely new rather than fixing it, and even if he did fix it, there was the possibility that it would break again, so he opted to buy a new, tougher one.
"Wow," he couldn't help but mutter as he entered the store. This one was made specifically for selling beds and mattresses, and such it had hundreds, if not thousands, of different options.
He mentally prepared himself as he headed to one. Elysia had said that the bed he had cost 25,000 credits, so he wondered how much these would cost.
"...hm? That can't be right," he muttered as he glanced at the prices of a few.
"Why are they so cheap?" he wondered.
By cheap, he meant that he had expected the price to have one more zero at the end, and yet they did not.
"No… she wouldn't have," he spoke with a hint of irritation in his voice as he messaged Elysia.
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Zaroth: Is it true that the bed I broke costs 25,000 credits?
Elysia: Who told you that?
Zaroth: You did!
Elysia: Oh, yeah, sorry, I meant to say 2,500 credits.
Zaroth: …
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"So she really said that it cost this much just to mess with me, huh?" he muttered with frustration.
Even if he couldn't be sure, he suspected that Elysia had played a game on him or had done it just to ensure that he would accept the mission she would give him.
"Forget it, let's just get the bed and get the fuck out of here."
He spent an hour looking at the different beds on display. After that, he came to a conclusion.
"Okay, I have no idea what I need, so I will just ask the staff."
Approaching a man wearing a blue shirt, Zaroth spoke.
"Hello, I want to buy a bed."
The blue-shirted man shifted his gaze to Zaroth as he smiled, "Sure, is there something specific that you want?"
Zaroth scratched his chin. 'Specific... well, I will want it to be good quality so it doesn't break again... and Luna did say that if I did it with her, not only the bed but the floor would crumble as well, which is something that I would rather avoid…'
"Do you have reinforced ones?"
The blue-shirted man raised an eyebrow. "Yes, we do. Depending on the materials, the tougher the bed will be."
"What is the toughest material you have?" Zaroth asked.
The man laughed awkwardly. "Well, to be honest with you, sir, they are kind of overkill. You wouldn't want it unless you're going into some kind of warzone."
Zaroth smirked, remembering Midnight. 'Oh, I am going into a warzone alright.'
"Don't worry about the price, just answer the question."
The man scratched the back of his head. "Well, the toughest bed we have has a reinforced frame with titanium, as well as part of its components. While it will probably be impossible to break, you have to keep in mind the huge price—"
"I'm buying it," Zaroth spoke with a smile.
*****
It took about a day or two to set everything up and bring it to his room, now he was looking at a reinforced bed made out of mostly titanium that also had a very appealing look.
On it was the most expensive mattress that Zaroth could find, but just the moment you lay in it and feel the softness around your body made it worth every credit.
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In the end, this bed had cost him almost 20,000 credits, but this was certainly worth it as he didn't want to repeat what happened the night he slept with Midnight.
"And speaking about Midnight…" he activated his bracelet as he messaged her.
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Zaroth: Hey.
Midnight: What is it?
Zaroth: Nothing, just wanted to contact you. Oh, and by the way, I bought a new bed. This one is from titanium, so it will not break.
Midnight: I see, good for you.
Zaroth: …
Zaroth: Do you perhaps want to test it out?
Midnight: Not a chance.
Zaroth: Come on! We did it once… thrice already, what's one more time?
Midnight: We did it because that time I wasn't thinking clearly… probably. Anyway, we're not doing it again!
Zaroth: Do you perhaps want to go on a date first?
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Zaroth waited a few minutes, but Midnight didn't respond. It seemed that she wasn't in the mood for dates.
He collapsed on the bed. "Is she feeling guilty about breaking the bed? Or is it some other reason?"
He put a hand on his forehead. "Oh, I'll think about it some other time."
Remembering that he hadn't gone out with Roran and Zack in some time, Zaroth got the idea to message them.
"Wait!" Luna, who Zaroth had summoned a long time ago, stopped him, shifting her gaze from Silverfang as she was playing with his fur.
"Are you about to message your friends about going out?" she asked.
"Yes, is there a problem?" he responded.
Luna sighed as she spoke. "Before going to that place where they gave out the pills, didn't we talk about how you were going to try and save some money and not blow it all out on dumb stuff?"
Zaroth massaged the back of his head. "Yeah, I think we did talk about something like that, like I have to save the money and not blow it all out."
She smiled proudly. "Great, so what have you learned?"
He returned her smile with a smile of his own. "That I am living for my desires, and right now, I am desiring to get drunk with my friends."
He answered and immediately sent a message to the group chat asking if the others agreed with him.
It seemed that Zaroth had yet to learn his lesson.
But at the same time, he had yet to celebrate that he had managed to sleep with a breathtaking vampire, so who could blame him?