The next afternoon, Yamato came home after working and his dinner just a cup of noodles. He glared at Sela who was smiling.

"What's this? Are you kidding me, Sela? You stay at home all day but you just let me eat dinner with this cup of noodles, seriously?" Yamato yelled.

"So what? As long as you can eat, it's all I can make for an Idiot like you." Sela smiled provokingly.

Then Sela went to her room. She gave way to anger because she let Yamato know that if he bullied her, he would not have good result.

Yamato was very hungry and tired after a day's work, so he sat down and ate a very very simple dinner.

In the room, Sela was lying on the bed and she was curious about Yamato's job.

"What if he did not find a job but he just said that to deceived me? Well, if it was Yamato, maybe he would do that." Sela thought to herself.

Sela sat up with the thought of being deceived by Yamato. We went to Yamato's room and knocked on the door. A moment later, Yamato opened the door.

"What's up?" Yamato asked.

"I just want to ask you, what job you got yesterday."

"Why do I have to tell you? It's none of your business. You don't need to care."

"Why not? Who knows if you lied to me?"

"Then you think I'm cheating on you?"

"Yes, I think so because you don't tell me anything about your job."

"I don't want to let you know. Now leave me alone!" Yamato spoke in an angry tone.

Then Yamato slammed the door. Sela was a bit nervous; she knew she had made Yamato mad at her.

"My life is not going to be peaceful with him." Sela whispered and returned her room.

End of the day.

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The next morning, while Yamato was preparing to go to work, the door opened. That's Tusk.

"Hello Yamato." Tusk said. "Where are you going?

"Go to work." Yamato responded.

"Go to work?" Tusk surprised. "You found a job? When?"

"Not long ago. I'm a man, not a girl, I can't stay at home all the time." Yamato said and glanced at Sela's room.

"You and Sela quarreled again, aren't you? What is this about?" Tusk asked.

"It's not a big deal. You don't need to worry."

"Why not? You and Sela are my friends, now you two live together so I have to make sure both of you live in harmony.

"But I can't live in harmony with a stubborn girl like her."

"You mean Sela is a stubborn girl? It can't be. From the time I had known Sela, I know she was a good girl."

"So you don't believe me?" Yamato said and clenched his fists. "I only say the truth, believe it or not, depending on you."

"Yamato, why are you angry with me?" Tusk responded. "I'm also telling you what I know about Sela."

"Okay, even you say the truth, I and Sela can never live in peace."

"Just tell me what your problem again."

"It's the housework. We have agreed if who can find a job first then the loser will stay at home and take care of the housework."

"What? You said you found a job, it means Sela has to..."

"Yes. She'll do the housework until she find the job."

"Anyway Sela is a girl, you should make concessions."

"I don't care who she is. She lost so she have to do our deal."

"I think you're the stubborn one."

"Whatever you say. Now I have to go. Bye Tusk."

"Okay. Bye Yamato."

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Sela was awakened by the smell of food. She wondered who was cooking. She sat up and opened the door and went to the kitchen. She was surprised to see Tusk was cooking in the kitchen.

"Tusk? Why did you come so early?" Sela asked.

"Yeah, today I have a meeting with my customer at Osaka so I take advantage of time to visit you and make breakfast for you." Tusk said.

Sela sat down on the chair with an unhappy face. Tusk looked at her and asked.

"You argued with Yamato again, didn't you? You do not seem to like Yamato." Tusk asked.

"No, I don't like him. I hate him. Really hate him!"

"I know, but trust me, if you know Yamato well, you'll see he's a good person. I think you'll have to stay with Yamato for a long time so you two should help each other."

"You mean I have no way to get rid of him?"

"I'm sorry. At Tokyo, your dad is finding you, Yamato's father is also looking for him. I have had a headache these past few days because your fathers came to my place and asked me a lot of things."

Listen to that, Sela felt guilty. Tusk helped her a lot, she can't be always fastidious.

"Okay, you don't have to worry, Tusk. I promise I'll try not to quarrel with him."

"Alright, now I have to go to meet my customer." Tusk stood up and gave Sela a paper. "Sela, take it."

"What's this?"

"This is address of my partner's company. It is recruiting office worker, today you should try your luck."

"Really! Thank you so much, Tusk. I'll try!"

"Okay, I'll visit you again when I finish my job. Bye Sela."

"Bye Tusk."

Sitting on the car, Tusk secretly smiled. Sela couldn't be a stubborn girl like Yamato said. Apparently she was a lovely and obedient girl. Tusk didn't worried about Sela's work anymore. The address he gave Sela was the branch of his company and he arranged a job for Sela. Of course, Sela didn't know anything.

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Sela stood in front of the company's address which Tusk had given her. She hesitates for a moment but finally she decided to step in. One hour later, Sela walked out of the company with a cheerful face. She couldn't believe that she already got a job. She would scream if she didn't realize she was at a crowded place. Having a job, she could take care of herself without depending on anyone else.

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That afternoon, Yamato went home after working. When he opened the door, he saw Tusk was standing in front of him. While Tusk patted Yamato's shoulder, Yamato looked at Tusk with astonishment.

"Why are you still here?" Yamato asked.

"Why not? This is my house." Tusk winked.

"Because I think you're too busy so you don't have many time to stay here."

"You'll know the reason right now. Follow me."

Then Yamato followed Tusk to the kitchen. Yamato was surprised to see a hearty dinner on the table. Tonight's dinner was completely different from the yesterday's dinner.

"Welcome home, Yamato." Sela greeted Yamato. "Tusk and I are waiting for you. I cooked dinner and now we can eat together."

"Sela, did you really cook this dinner?" Yamato asked warily.

"If not me, who else? Yamato, you don't trust me huh?" Sela said with a frown.

"Of course. I have my doubts about your cooking ability." Yamato sat down and looked at the dishes on the table again. "It's completely different from the spare dinner yesterday."

"Come on, you two please don't quarrel anymore. Today I deliberately stayed here because I want to make arrangements to settle your dispute." Tusk said with a smile. "Please respect my face. Okay?"

Today Sela was in a good mood so she didn't want to fight with Yamato.

"Okay, now Tusk will tell you the good news of today." Sela cleared her throat.

"I'm tired! Say something quickly because I don't have patience." Yamato grumbled.

Tusk got up and started to announce.

"Yamato, today Sela had found the job so from now on the housework will be divided equally for both of you. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Sela will be responsible for the housework. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Yamato will do the housework. About Sunday... I think both of you should do the housework together or play a game of chance, the loser will do. Yamato, Sela agreed with me, so what do you think? "

Yamato looked at Tusk and Sela, who were waiting for his approval.

"If both of you have passed, then I don't have other idea." Yamato nodded and said. "Anyway, I think Tusk's arrangement is fair enough for me and Sela."

"Great! Now I have another thing to tell you two." Tusk suddenly became calm.

Both Sela and Yamato silently stared at Tusk and waited.

"Two days later, I will go to Canada to work for a while."

"Why so suddenly?" Sela was surprised, she looked at Tusk, stammered. "I didn't hear you say anything about this in the morning."

"Because I want to surprise you. My company has a new branch in Canada so I have to go there to run the branch company for a while." Tusk said.

"How long do you go?" Yamato asked.

"I don't know. I think maybe it will take a few months." Tusk looked at Yamato and smiled. "Hey Yamato, when I'm not here, I hope you'll give up the habit of bullying Sela."

"I know what to do." Yamato whispered.

"Don't worry, Sela. I'll try to come back soon." Tusk turned to look at Sela, he smiled with her.

"Tusk, do you really have to go?" Sela said sadly. "In Japan, I can only rely on you but now you aren't here anymore. How can I..."

"Hey, don't be like that. I'm here and you can rely on me." Yamato interrupted. "Tusk is my friend and you're Tusk's friend. Anyway, I have to take care of you. You don't have to be afraid anything, Silly Girl."

Yamato just said a few sentences, the sadness face of Sela disappeared. Instead, it was the unruly face that she often used to retort Yamato.

"I'm not afraid, I just feel sad because Tusk have to go to work far away. I'm not a child, I don't need you take care of me."

"Whatever. We'll see." Yamato smirked.

"Come on. Stop arguing and start eating" Tusk said.

"Okay!" Yamato and Sela replied in chorus and Tusk smiled.

Today, Tusk resolved the conflict of Yamato and Sela. But when Tusk wouldn't be in Japan, there was no one can help them reconcile with each other. The trouble of Yamato and Sela was just beginning...

To be continued...