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That smile definitely set her off. It just gave her more ammunition as she continued to glower at Kojiro. "I already told you, Yakuza, he changes the topic! And what's with your voice? You actually sounded normal before... You might have Lulu and Mama charmed, but I'm not buying it." she declared. 

He looked at the girl when she walked into the room, and despite knowing how much of a brat she was, Kojiro still smiled, and smiled at Lucius when he finally decided to show his face again.

Meanwhile, a little while after that conversation happened, Victorique continued to stare at Kojiro with displeasure in her eyes. It was a good thing he watched her like a wild animal, because there was no doubt that she would have done something mischievous. "Lulu stays out of trouble! Don't you ever say he can get himself into it." she pouted. "Hrm... no. Its a suspicious silence about you! He had a picture of you both on his phone, and got upset when I tried to ask."

The voice actor smiled, Maria was definitely the ‘mom type’ he had expected her to be. “Yeah, I suppose. It’s always good to see them again after so long.”

Kojiro felt no need to try to sound cooler now, he had already noticed the kind of person the woman was, and he realized he didn’t need to try and impress her. This wasn’t school, he really didn’t have to impress anyone. “I sure did.” He replied, with a cheesy wink. “Oh, we were just goin’ to head out for a while. I’m sure we’re gonna find something to do here too.” Kojiro smiled, then laughed at her last sentence. “Alright, alright, if you say so!”

"How about siblings? Do you have siblings, Jiro?" she questioned with a small smile on her face.

Maria's eyes glistened as she caught the actor slip up on his accent. She looked at him with an almost smug smile while he talked and slowly eased back into his regular voice. Was he doing this for her? What a doll! "Ah, I see! Well, I hope Lulu shows you around the small places here. Ah, so many beautiful sights. When I have the money, Lulu should bring you with him to visit Italy with us! Now that is a country with beautiful scenery."

"Mama, guarda~!"

Once again, the Victorique re-entered the room dressed in a beautiful lolita outfit. She looked like a human doll, and would be incredibly cute if it wasn't revealed how much of a brat she was. Maria stood up, staring happily at her daughter. "Che bella, Torique!" she smiled, moving towards her and kneeling in front of her. Lucius reappeared in the doorway, casually leaning against it and watching as Victorique enthused about her dress. 

"Lulu bought it for my birthday~! I look like a princess!" she squealed, spinning around in her mothers arms.

The host, despite how much he enjoyed watching the two, had to interrupt. "Mama, can I talked to you for a second?" he asked, motioning for her to follow him down the hallway. Her expression faltered for just a moment, yet she nodded and followed in the direction he motioned. "I'll be done in a second, Koji. Then we can go to the city, alright~?"

Rolling his eyes, the voice actor followed the siblings into the house, and was about to put his own bags on the table when he heard someone shouting, so he quickly retreated his hand, holding his bag close to his body as a woman showed up. Lucius’s mother looked somewhat like Kojiro had imagined her to be, though he had to admit her presence was more intimidating than he had anticipated. 

Choosing to remain quiet while she spoke to Lucius, he observed the two of them while they hugged, and when she came closer to inspect him, Kojiro kept a polite smile on his face, shaking her hand with a firm grip. “Yes, it’s nice to meet you, Maria-san.” He was definitely hiding his accent there.

While he found it awkward to be alone with Lucius’s mother, he thought it would be a good opportunity to make his good impression on her. He let Lucius take his bags, but didn’t reply to what the other said, instead, he shrugged and gave him a half smile, then watched him walk out of the room.

When a little girl answered the door, he couldn’t help but smile a bit at the display in front of him. Lucius and his sister were really cute, in fact, she reminded him of his own sister.

But the smile didn’t stay on his face for too long. When he noticed she was glaring at him, his face quickly went back to his usual deadpan expression. So this was Lucius’s adorable little sister? Maybe he had been wrong about liking her…

"Ahaha, just kidding~!" she chimed, tilting her head to the side and smiling. "Lulu told me you were coming! You're 'Yakuza'-chan, right?"

She instantly got nervous as he approached the two, and was somewhat annoyed at the slap to Lucius' arm. The host, winced in fake pain, holding his arm as soon as Torique let go. "Owh! I couldn't help it." he whined. Victorique hopped back inside of the home, and Lucius followed after her with his bags. Glancing at Kojiro, he smiled sheepishly and set his bags down on the table.

"Hey, don't put your bags on the table, cretino! Where did your manners go?" a heavily accented italian voice shouted from another room. Entering into the main room was Lucius' mother, a young appearing woman in her mid-40s. The woman was incredibly short, and had a somewhat chubby frame with blonde hair pulled back into a neat bun on top of her head. Green eyes watched with interest as her children and her new acquaintance entered the room, and she gave a friendly smile to them all. "It's good to see you, babino." 

Shortly after giving a hug to Lucius, she moved over to Kojiro and gave him the once over. "... Hm." she humphed, looking at the voice actor up and down. Her expression slowly began to soften, however. "You're Kojiro Yuzawa, yes...? I'm his mama, just call me Maria. Lucius has told me all about you and your voice acting! It is good to finally meet you." The woman beamed a bright smile, grabbing Kojiro's hand and happily shaking it. "Luci, go and take and unpack your things to the guest room with Torique. I would love to talk with your... friend." She winked.

The host was definitely reluctant to leave Kojiro alone with his mother already, but he knew it would be useless to argue with her. "Alright, mama." he listened, walking towards Kojiro and taking his bags from him. "Please, don't embarrass me..."

When they arrived, he followed Lucius out of the train. Even though he picked up on some of the other’s nervous signals, Kojiro shrugged it off mentally, thinking it was just a ‘bringing-my-boyfriend-to-meet-my-mom’ anxiety, and that things would most definitely be alright. Surely Lucius wouldn’t have invited him if he hated the idea so much, right?

The signals he was giving Kojiro definitely screamed 'bring-my-boyfriend-to-meet-my-mom' anxiety, but it was more of a mix of so many factors. Mostly fear of what Kojiro would think of him based on this side of the family. The side of the family he was being a host for. Lucius only nodded his head.

It didn't take all that long for the two to reach the home. They navigated the area until they reached a simple residential area. It obviously wasn't the most wealthy area, but it wasn't exactly the slums either. The home was modest and simple.

As they approached the doorstep, Lucius bit his lip. This was it. Which person would it be to open the door? Ringing the doorbell, the anticipation of seeing his family was almost overwhelming. And then the door opened.

"Mama, Lulu is here~!"

A short, brown haired girl around the age of ten rushed out to tackle hug her brother. Lucius dropped his bags, happily hugging her and holding her in his arms. "Torique, I saw you just last month..." he laughed, kissing her on the head. He expected her to let go, but she continued to cling to him. Was she... glaring at Kojiro?

"... Who are you?" she asked, narrowing her eyes and possessively clinging to her brother. "Lulu, he looks like a pedophile... you didn't bring him with you, did you?"

Despite being a Christian mother, Mama Luci was definitely a bit zany and off the wall. She just cared about her sons happiness. If this was his dad, well, it would be a different story. Lucius would probably keep Kojiro on the opposite side of the house to avoid suspicion. "I'm not answering anything. If she asks you, I'm usually not allowed to answer or I'll be told off in Italian." he smiled.

The two continued their goofy conversation on the train ride over. Of course, there was some silences, but it was instead spent on their phones showing each other amusing things they could find online. And within the course of four hours, they had finally arrived.

Sitting up and stretching his limbs, Lucius could feel his heart rate accelerating. Shit, he was starting to panic. His hands quickly grabbed everything off the train so they didn't risk missing their stop. Once off the train, the host had to pause and breathe. In... out... things would be fine...

The voice actor waved his hand dismissively. “Yeah, alright, I’ll be good. She’ll love me.” He winked. At least he hoped he was right about that.

Lucius could only roll his eyes at the comment. His mom was going to have a field day harassing Kojiro.

The voice actor shrugged. “If ya say so.”  He would actually make an effort to cause a good impression on Lucius’s family, so he had to make sure Lucius’s mom would understand him. “And yeah, I could do that, but I like soundin’ like a delinquent from some 90’s anime.” He wasn’t lying. “I won’t, I won’t.”

The host rolled his eyes at Kojiro's next comment. "Okay, mister otaku delinquent." he chuckled. "Whatever you say. Just don't make her whack you with a towel. She's not afraid to if she's frustrated with you."

"No worries, I’m good with accents. By the way, ya think she can understand me? Like, since Japanese isn’t her first language and all." The voice actor knew enough about Lucius’s family not to call his mom by his last name. "Vic sounds lovely. Kids who lie are amazing, really." He had been one of those himself, so he was prepared. Overall he thought this would end well. He could do this.

Shrugging, Lucius shook his head. "Your accent isn't too difficult~! At least to me, anyway. She's lived here for over 20 years now, so I'm sure she's used to it." he mused. "Besides, aren't you a voice actor? If she can't understand you, just choose a different accent when talking to her." It seemed like a legitimate suggestion to Lucius. After all, why not? "And I hope you don't feel like taking that back after you meet her."

He followed the other around as they purchased the tickets and waited for the train, all with an annoying smirk plastered to his face, but in silence. When they finally got inside the train, Kojiro waited for Lucius to find them a seat and then sat down, dropping his bag on the floor next to him. The voice actor was still not completely used to being touched like that, but it didn’t bother him when it came from Lucius.

 "Well... as for my mom... she has a heavy Italian accent, so she can be hard to understand sometimes. She grew up in Sicily and taught herself Japanese so she could move over here with her husband. She's probably going to comment on your weight ten thousand times and talk your ear off, but she has no foul intentions. Don't call her by my last name. Whatever she introduces herself as is what you call her." he explained. "Victorique is incredibly sweet. She probably won't cause you too much trouble. She has horrible asthma, so she isn't the type to run around. Victorique does tend to lie quite a bit though, so make sure to pay attention to what she tells you and not to believe the more absurd things she says."

"It was only about twenty-one thousand yen. I-it’s not that much in hindsight,"

 She replied, pushing her hair back.

"Takahiko-san…please don’t worry about it. I…that money I saved for college, back before I got into Hope’s Peak. I probably don’t even need it anymore, n-not now that I’m actually in Hope’s Peak. All I have to do is graduate and every college in Japan will be begging to give me a full ride. B-besides, I can make that money back,"

But he couldn't make her feel bad for trying to do something that someone normally would be appreciative of.

"Thank you... so much, Shiori." he whispered. "This means the world to me." 

It would look odd to suddenly hug her out of the blue after the whisper, so he instead pecked her cheek lightly. With a small sigh, he pulled away from her and returned with his act.

"You're just the sweetest thing~!" Takehiko laughed, moving his arms to rest behind him and on the booth. "But flattery will get you nowhere, Kimura-hime. I will remain unphased by your charms. Why don't you pick something for us to drink?"

"Y-yes, of course,"

However, he did break the persona as he handed off the ID back to her. The host leaned in, trying to look as if he was about to whisper something sensual in her ear. What he said however was far from it.

"Kimura-san... Please, tell me how much you spent." he nearly pleaded. "I appreciate the sentimentality so much, but I can't have you wasting your money on helping me. I wouldn't, it doesn't feel right..."