A little bit of angst and basicly a reason why Alice is in the same boat with Britt taking out the partying and getting drunk all the time part.
It had been about 24 hours from Britt's knock out, and Alice was spending her time lounging in the fluffy cream sofa in the bright living room with her legs thrown on the other cushions, reading a the story of Robin Hood which was kind of ironic when she thought about what she and the boys were doing, out including the "steal from the rich give to the poor part." but fighting against evil… hell yeah. Alice had been reading about an hour when she unnoticed by herself started to get droopy and slipping in and out of sleep until finally the sleep won.
Not soon after Alice was out like a light Kato had stepped in to the living room to tell Alice about the news that it would take even a week for Britt to wake up. Only to find Alice lying on the sofa out like a light. A small smile formed on his face and he took the dark green blanket on the back of the sofa and put it on her, leaving her to nap while he himself went to prepare couple of things.
When Alice woke up she had noticed that she had been sleeping for 2 hours and that there was something very lovely smelling beside her. She looked at the coffee table and a smile lit her face. On the table was a class plate containing her favorite parmesan ham sandwich (that she had never even mentioned to him that she loved it) and a café made by Kato. What made her smile widen was that the foam on top of the coffee was shaped like a heart.
'You're so sweet Kato… But I still don't know anything about you…' Alice thought, and after taking the first sip of her fresh coffee decided to do something about it and went to search the man of many talents.
After looking her time Alice found Kato in the veranda having her own meal. She went to the open doors and knocked, getting his attention. "Hi." She said, receiving the same hello and walked over to the table. "You know… Your sweet gesture made me realize… that you know a lot about me but I don't know anything about you?" Alice stated and looked Kato patiently waiting for an answer. Kato looked at her nervously for a moment as if to be sizing her up if she should know the truth, but if he could tell it to Britt, why shouldn't he tell it to her.
"I was born in Shanghai, and grew up as an orphan. I had friends who helped me and each other to survive. In the streets you had to know how to fight. That was when I realized I had the talent of seeing everything slowed down when I am focused on fighting. One day I was working in a garage and you father happened to bring a car there, he said that if I could fix it in 24 hours. He would hire me and bring me with him to America to work for him."
He explained to and very interested Alice; this was something completely new to her that he had been an orphan. "So I guess you did it?" She said and a small smile came on Kato's face. "Yes, and had even 10 hours to spare." That made Alice chuckle as she turned to look at the lovely Rose garden her father recently died in.
"You know, I guess it's only fair to tell about myself to you…" she said and turned back to Kato, her smile dying.
"My dad was an asshole, My guess is you already have heard that from Britt, but my reason to hate him was even more sensitive than his…. He blamed me of his wife murder. Me. His own daughter, who never had a mom because she died when she gave birth to me and that sick bastard, blamed me of it every time I failed at anything." Alice had angry tears running down on her face. "If he had even once in his life said "I love you" or "very good." I would think he did it only for grieving and not out of sadism." She said taking in a shaky breath. There was a long silence until Kato took Alice hand. "Have some rest, I'll clean this up." He said and Alice nodded shakily and got up slowly about to walk in when Kato stopped her. "Alice…" She turned around and he said. "Thanks for telling me that." This made Alice give out a small smile and walk inside. Kato felt somewhat sad. yes, His boss had been a straight talking and maybe even a little bit crazy but to blame his own daughter about her mothers death?... Kato sighed and walked inside himself to check on Britt's vitals again for progress.
