The New House was expansive and expensive...but nowhere near the cost of some of the houses on the market in the area. The old Landgraab mansion cost at least §100K more than their own, but their home had 10BRs and sprawled across 50% of the property and when one counted the four floors above the main, it was HUGE.
River and Haruo took the top floor and had mini-kitchen installed. And Haruo and River would paint (Illustrious Author LTW also has painting as one of the skills needed) and Haruo utilized the computer to write his books. River also played the guitar and at least upstairs on the top floor, they had a modicum of privacy not given to anyeone else. The fourth floor had an area that no-one was quite sure what to use it for and a martial arts gym which Haruo conveniently locked off before Mayumi could avail herself of it. Mayumi with the evil/mean-spirited traits would have been unstoppable if she had ever laid her hands on martial arts training.
The third floor had the regular training gym with treadmills and universal weight machines and a two bedroom one bathroom suite for Satoshi and Molly; the second bedroom being for Molly's daughter, Sandi.
The second floor had 10 bedrooms of which Fiona, Yasunobu and Mayumi took up three of them. Three because Yasunobu and Mayumi's relationship had degraded to the point where Yasunobu couldn't bother even sleeping with Mayumi anymore.
The mainfloor comprised of the main common area; the living room, the foyer and the kitchen/dining area and the wide open-ness of this layout was not lost on the rest of the family who thoroughly enjoyed the space, even though in real-life such an open layout would be impossible with the load distributed on the main floor ceiling with the four floors above it.
River was absolutely enthralled with the bathroom and enjoyed looking at the mirror. She was still getting a major kick out of the makeover that had turned her into a stunning beauty. She couldn't believe it, even though Haruo told her day after day that she'd always had that beauty both inside and out.
Molly came home from work and immediately gravitated towards the kitchen, cooking up a delicious meal of veggie burgers for dinner that night, which everyone partook of despite the lateness of the evening. As it turned out the school FINALLY called to give Haruo and River notice that they were to appear for graduation on Friday.
...and Satoshi got into a bit of a disagreement with his sister-in-law.
Mayumi went upstairs in a huff to take a shower and ended up the target of a well-placed booby-trap by Sandi, who most definitely didn't like Mayumi at all after being upbraided for her homework situation and being called a little, lazy good-for-nothing by Mayumi.
The Creator, knowing what an evil creature Mayumi was, was hoping more for orange dye himself, but well the dye would wash out. Pity...
On the following day (Thursday) River took advantage of the pool that the Chikamori/McIrish family house had now and she had a fun time increasing her diving skill. And then still in her bathing suit, went up and painted...which certainly thrilled Haruo seeing her with her wet hair slicked back and her bathing suit contoured to the curves of her body. Yep, males...all they think about...
Thursday evening Mayumi got to fix the dishwasher that broke. Even with the puddles lying around the periphery of the dishwasher, she still managed to get away unscathed fixing the dishwasher. The Creator is going "drats...next time it has to be something more powerful."
Molly made her "To Die For" Key Lime Pie. It was absolutely delicious.
And River and Haruo, not officially having graduated yet, still took advantage of the fact that they were a) betrothed, b) young adults and c) in love and went for a bit of a fun shower. Woohoo... :D
Friday morning dawned nice, with a few clouds racing across the sky and Haruo did his morning circuit of the property looking for gemstones. Of course they'd been lucky and the Creator did his bit of providing the Chikamoris with monetary sustenance...after all.
Just as one figured, graduation was a success and everyone turned around and stared at River as she was called up. "Who was that stunning redhead with the shining green eyes?" the students asked each other in confusion. "That's River?" Jaws dropped, The student body believed that she was just this mousy, plain-Jane girl who was always into painting and other nerdy subjects. They hadn't reckoned on a woman in love with the man that she was going to marry who wanted to look good "for her man" River came to the graduation dressed to the nines and pretty much left the rest of the female students at the graduation "in the dust". Haruo on the other hand pretty much taunted Parker Langerak with a side-turned gangsta-ballin' cap the way Parker always used to walk around. Parker wanted to start a fight with Haruo for "dissing" him, but couldn't with all the adult parents around. Oh well, there would be plenty of time later on in life for the two of them to be at each other's throats.
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