Since people wanted another chapter, it inspired me to write it. I also tried to add some description to Yako's room as requested by Crystalgardian.

A Push in the Right Direction

Mystery 02: Trapped in a Corner

Never before had Neuro felt so trapped in a corner. After that dreadful incident with the horrid pixie that Neuro would love to crush in his hands, deep fry, and make Yako eat, he had dozed off on Yako's bed, with the aforementioned girl in his arms.

The effect of the pixie sleeping dust wore off and Yako woke up to find her head resting on Neuro's chest. She swallowed a little yelp of surprise and tried to get up before he woke up and got mad. Sure she was comfortable, but her survival instincts wouldn't stop screaming in her head. Nevertheless, freeing herself became impossible because of Neuro's arm firmly wrapped around her waist.

Yako sighed and gave up on prying Neuro off, she still a little drowsy from the unexpected nap courtesy of a mischievous pixie. Either way, Neuro would be upset about the entire pixie ordeal, and Yako knew that somehow he would blame her for it. Thus she decided to ignore her better judgment and lay her head down again, where it was before. At least she would enjoy this before Neuro woke up, even if she didn't know why being close to her torturer felt so pleasant. It made no sense, but at that time, she didn't care.

Time passed and Neuro woke up. He was not planning to fall asleep; he was supposed to slip away before Yako woke up. He didn't want her to think he was going soft or anything. Luckily, she was still sleeping. However, the rhythm of her breaths and heartbeats was different; this was not a deep sleep induced by a pixie.

Neuro went over the possibilities, the effect of the pixie dust could have worn off; allowing Yako to wake up while Neuro slept, then she went to sleep again. Or she could have gone from deep sleep into normal sleep without waking up, which was what Neuro hoped for. Yes, that must have been it, otherwise, she would have gotten up.

The fluffy white pillows were still the same, the silky baby blue sheets still remained and the dull white of the walls was unchanged, yet it felt like it had been a long time since Neuro took a moment to observe Yako's room. But of course, he didn't know for sure about the walls, he could not see them and only assumed they were still just as white as before.

Yako's room was covered in so many posters of food, that Neuro only assumed the walls were white because he saw them while she was still unpacking, having recently moved in some time ago. Everything from the most elaborate to the simplest dishes, were there, on display on her walls. There were a variety of cakes, she really liked those, some sort of fruit salad where the fruits were carved into all sorts of shapes, a kind of shake with a creamy substance and a cherry on top, some type of meat decorated with various vegetables; the collection was endless.

"Neuro..." Neuro mentally kicked himself for not getting up right away, but he relaxed when he realized that Yako was not awake, she was only talking in her sleep. "Neuro..."

Neuro would have grinned victoriously if Yako was having a nightmare about him, but her expression and tone of voice told him she was having a pleasant dream, and that was unacceptable. In fact, she had a look on her face similar to how she looked when she was eating; Neuro could not allow that.

The mystery eater sat up with the slumbering girl on his lap. He reached for Yako's cheek to squeeze it with all his might and give her the painful awakening she deserved. As his hand got closer to her face, Yako's head slipped forward with her mouth touching Neuro's hand. Of course, if you put something in Yako's mouth while she's asleep, she will subconsciously try to eat it. "Ah! You dare to attack your master?!"

"Eep!" Yako fell on her bedroom floor. She knew she should have listened to her survival instincts before. Her eyes opened wide in horror as recognized her own bite marks on his hand. "Sorry Neuro!" After the hasty apology, Yako ran for dear life and Neuro dashed after her, screaming insults and threats.

Yako had reached the door in hopes of escaping and spending some time away from Neuro until he cooled off. Her hand wrapped around the golden colored door knob, but before she could turn it, Neuro's hand yanked hers away. He turned her to face him and slammed her back against the smooth polished wood of the closed door. "You lowly animal! Did you really think you could rebel and attack your master without being punished?"

"It was an accident! I already said I was sorry, it's all the pixie's fault, she made us fall asleep!" Yako continued trying to talk her way out of this. Maybe if Neuro was reminded of his anger towards the pixie, he would run off to find her, and Yako would live to eat another day.

"She made you fall asleep; such a weak creature could not affect me!" Neuro's eyes glowed brightly, his fangs were showing and his glare was deadly.

However, Neuro's positively terrifying rage did not produce the desired reaction from Yako. Instead she blinked in confusion. "Then how come were sleeping when I woke up? You wouldn't let go of me so I ended up falling asleep again."

Neuro did not like the turn the conversation as taking, "you were dreaming."

"I was on your lap when I woke up, that proves that what I saw wasn't a dream," Yako reasoned.

Great, the useless idiot had to develop deductive skills at the worse time possible. Neuro could either say the a weak pixie's sleeping dust affected him, so even if he wanted to get up and get away from Yako he could not; or he could admit that he stayed with her and allowed her to use him as a pillow by choice. Both alternatives were absolutely unacceptable. Never before had Neuro felt so trapped in a corner.

End of Mystery 02

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