Chapter 34: All Girls Club.
The house that the girls gave to Seven and his team was surprisingly spacious, it was a five-bedroom place that looked relatively untouched from the outside, but the inside revealed had been blatantly fixed up and fairly recently by the looks of it, like they were expecting to turn it into a dorm house for more arrivals to their little crew.
The place looked like a nice family home that had been constructed with the hope of a growing middle-class family moving in and seeking shelter from the world within its walls.
It had a spacious living room with a large leather sofa and armchairs as well as a love seat that Ven grabbed before anyone could beat him to it pulling Gregory into his lap as he spread himself out upon it.
It all faced a large old-style TV which Seven had absolutely no idea how he even knew what it was let alone what it was supposed to do given he'd never seen one operate.
There was a large spacious kitchen that had a huge number of appliances that were all utterly useless without any kind of power to them but the obvious change was that the oven was a log burner now so that whoever lived here could still cook their meals, there was even a neat little stack of precut wood stack next to it.
Shepherd had told them this is where they would be living for their stay and said that while they were not prisoners here she asked them not to go wandering about too much as their presence might be upsetting to some, she also said she would be back soon to grab them to start discussing plans for getting into Raven Rock.
But that didn't stop the gang from splitting up to go and explore every inch of their new temporary home, it wasn't long before Visa had claimed the master bedroom with its large double bed for herself and Seven while Ven had snagged the only other bedroom with a double bed for himself and Gregory.
Though to be fair it wasn't like the others minded as it sure beats sleeping on the floor or in a bloody broken down chair, the other three bedrooms all had single beds in them as they looked like they had once been designed for children and to make themselves a double bed Riss and Runs snagged the spare mattress from the unused room which Malakai was fine with as he said a single mattress was more than enough for him, which kinda surprised Seven given the Arachnakai boy's size.
All in all the group seemed to have landed on their feet despite getting shot down, crashing and nearly dying in a firefight with super mutants, the scavenger group didn't seem all that bad to be fair but Seven had advised them all to keep their guards up as you never quite knew what desperation would drive normally good people to do.
After about an hour there was a knock at the door and Seven went to open it only to find the girl in the blue coat standing there looking somewhat embarrassed and hopeful.
"Umm hi there I was kinda umm wondering if I could speak to the spider guy?' she said in a rather nervous sounding voice as she craned her neck a little to look up at Seven who was still in his power armour much to Visa's annoyance.
"Sure come on in and his name is Malakai just so you know," Seven said stepping clear of the doorway to allow her to pass him and enter their new home.
Malakai was sat in the centre of the living room floor doing that whole spider-shaped loaf of bread thing he did when he wanted to rest his legs by folding them up under him, he looked up from the old book he'd found and was currently engrossed in as the young woman entered.
"Umm hello Malakai, I was umm just wondering, what you said about my coat, do you err, really think you can repair it like you said, its umm kinda really important to me as my mother gave it to me before I lost her and I umm have absolutely no clue how to fix it, the tear has been getting bigger for a while now and I'm scared I'm going to lose it," she said in a very shy and hopeful sounding voice as she stood before him wringing her hands as she felt every set of eyes and one tongue in the room fix on her.
Malakai's face lit up and his two large front-facing eyes did their whole utterly amazing thing again as he smiled at her, he unfurled his legs from under him and rose up to his full heigh making the woman take a nervous step backwards bumping into the armoured chest of Seven who was stood directly behind her.
She glanced back at him and he smiled as he took his helmet off so she could see his face for the first time, "Don't be scared, Malakai is as gentle as they come, he wouldn't hurt anyone, I know he looks different and different can be scary, but trust me it can also be the best thing that ever happens to you" he said shooting a warm smile at Visa who had stretched out her large frame on the couch.
The woman looked back at Malakai who was still smiling at her warmly and she seemed to take a deep breath to steady her nerves as she stepped forwards toward him, to his credit the large Arachnakai boy simply stood there and let her come to him like he was trying to tame a skittish horse or something.
"May I?' he asked gesturing to her coat and the woman nodded before taking it off and gingerly handing it to him.
Malakai lifted the coat up and in his expert hands began to turn it in a multitude of directions to examine it closely, "Hmmm other than the obvious tear there are a few patches of slight damage here and there and one or two burst seams but other than that it's in very good condition, I should be able to fix this up for you no problem, in fact, I should be able to improve it for you" he said confidently as he examined some seams closely.
"Improve it?" she asked curiously and Malakai nodded.
