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[Shirou was out for a walk. He decided on a change of pace, so he began to walk through the upper-class district of Sirocco. He looked at all of the elegant houses as he walked, but then he turned a corner and stopped. Why? Because one of those buildings looked too familiar to him.

It was a large, Japanese-style house. The moment he entered the proximity, he could detect a bounded field surrounding the house.]

This...this is my house. But...what is it doing here?

[Shirou enters and looks around. Everything seems to be in place, where he remembers them. He walked into his room and sat down on the floor.]

This is weird...but at the same time it's also kind of nice. I feel at home here.

[After giving the house one last look-through, he leaves and heads back to the Ermis Suites. For the rest of the day, he can be seen carrying things from the Ermis Suites to his house, or from the shopping district to his house.]

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Wha--

[That just short-circuited his brain. He hadn't been expecting something like that...]

You...like me?

Maybe they couldn't tell you until you were a certain age or something. Oh! I know, maybe it was a rite of passage when children matured enough.

[ She's just going to continue to talk as though she didn't say that a moment again. ]

Hey, wait a second! You can't just change the subject like that!

You're the one trying to change the subject. We were talking about humans and things that can use magic.

Yeah, but you changed the subject first, then changed it back while I was still trying to process the first change!

Oh.. that's right.

So where's this stupid house of yours that appeared out of nowhere?

That's not the subject I meant, either!

Shirou, can't you remain focused for once? We're discussing your house. That appeared here. That means there's a link back to our world and here!

I can focus on that after we get back to the subject I'm most focused on!

...Wait, what?

Idiot!

[ Here comes one TSUNDERE fist towards his face. ]

If your house from back home appeared here, then what's the most logical conclusion!?

WHOA!

[Good thing Shirou's reflexes are good! Unfortunately, they leave his coordination in the dust, and so he falls back on his ass.]

Geez, you didn't have to...!

Okay, okay, I get that!

[ Great, now he's in range of being kicked.

Don't worry, she's not a fan of steel-toed boots or anything. ]

Then you should show me!

[There's one move that being on the floor makes really easy to do. It's called "rolling." Shirou gives us a demonstration.]

Okay, okay!

[There is a small voice in the back of his mind that's questioning how Rin's logic has done a complete 180° turn...but the part of his mind that has the most experience dealing with tsunderes tunes it out.]

You've gotta give me a chance to get up!

[ Also, he better not dare think of looking up or else she'll destroy him! ]

Fine. [ The wild tsundere is tamed. For now. ] Get up already. You look pathetic laying on the ground like that.

It isn't my fault that I fell.

[Shirou may lack self-preservation, but even he can tell how bad of an idea it would be to look up until his head is at waist-level. He rolls onto all fours and climbs to his feet.]

If you didn't piss me off so much...

[Sigh. It's times like this when his similarity to Archer shows.]

Whatever. Let's go.

[ DON'T WHATEVER HER, BOY.

SHE WILL CUT YOU!!!

A good thing inner!Rin is silenced by the prospect of a potential link between home and here. ]

Lead the way. [ Hmph. ] You did pack some groceries already, right?

I haven't moved those yet. I need to check the refrigerator at the house.

[You shameless mooch.]

[ Shirou, she just said she liked you. Can't you at least jam something in to keep her from shrieking like a banshee?? ]

Were you expecting to move and not eat?

Of course not! I just need to check the fridge first. Food's no good if it spoils.

Fine, let's just hurry.

[It takes them fifteen minutes to get to Shirou's house on foot. The Japanese-style architecture is a stark contrast to the Western-style architecture on either side of it. The bounded field is there, too, which will result in a slightly odd feeling as Rin passes through it.]

Here. This is my house.

[ She doesn't really notice the field as she passes through it, disregarding it in favor of checking out the house. ]

Geez, this is so huge!

[Shirou unlocks the door and steps into the entrance hallway.]

Yeah. My dad had a lot of money, so we had a nice house.

[He's conveniently omitting the fact that their money is managed by a yakuza boss.]