Akira almost blushed when the soft lips of Maleena brushed against his cheek and had to do a REAL big effort not to become red as a semaphore when he received<em>another</em>peck, this time from Skuld. But he was the heir of an attorney family and if he wanted he could control his blush with his sheer willpower.<br/><br/>Also, in addition to absolute poker-faceness, Akira had inherited another quality from his grandfather and that was the ability to assess a situation with a single glance. So when an over-excited Skuld jumped out of maleena’s possible reach and bolted in the direction of the open door, he didn’t even blink before rolling into action. He took the still unsigned documents from Doreen’s grasp and elegantly turned on his heels, so he was facing Maleena… “Change of program, it seems…. We do it Skuld’s way!” His voice was friendly and determined although mentally Akira was kicking himself for having been an idiot and leaving the door open.<br/><br/>His movements were brisk and efficient as he took Maleena’s rather big bag and started to move in the door’s direction, beckoning her to follow him in with a bright smile. “I’ll sign these documents later. Time to see your new home.” He smiled, waiting for her and letting her go in first, before following with bag in hand.<br/><br/>The first thing one could see when entering Akira’s (and now Skuld’s and Maleena’s) home was a hallway with a flight of stairs leading to the upper floor. The walls were of a soft pastel creamy color and there was a little painting of a landscape hanging just above a little, elegant wooden table. Ove the table there was a telephone and beside it there was a big, wooden coat-hanger. There were also two visible doors, one of which led to the kitchen and the other one leading to the living room… and a smaller one just under the stairs that led to a little bathroom.<br/><br/>Akira smiled to Maleena. “Welcome again..” Then he looked around and tried to figure where Skuld could have been… fortunately he had preemptively put all the cutleries and generically fragile items in safe places… places with<em>locks</em>on them. Nevertheless… “Skuld!” he called “Come here now, please! I have to show you to your room before showing you the house..”<br/><br/>He turned towards Maleena. “Do you think she will come?” he asked with a voice that did not show much hope…<br/>