For a moment, Saya couldn't tell where she was. Hazy memories came back to her. How Train went missing for nine days and wouldn't call her. She started 'house sitting', waiting for him to return. Then, when she decided to rest on his chair, she fell asleep...but...she wasn't on the chair... She was in a bed. It felt like her bed, but there was something different. Was it all a dream? A nightmare?
Saya rolled herself upright, noticing that she was still in her favorite Yukata. She looked for her phone to help determine whether this was a dream or not. She sent Train a lot of texts and voicemails, but he hadn't picked up even once. Saya flipped her feet over the bed and stood up. She stretched and yawned a little bit, but something black caught her eye. Saya took a moment to determine what the figure on the windowsill was.
It was none other than Train himself. Asleep on the windowsill. Snuggling with that little white cat.
Saya quietly pinched herself to see if this were the dream. It wasn't. Of course she was happy to see him, but she had her priorities straight..
"You baka!" Saya yelled, hitting Train on the head, effectively waking him up - and, scaring the cat away. Saya could barley hear his shout of pain and surprise; she was trying not to cry. "Where the hell have you been for the last nine days?!"
Train looked up groggily to see tears edging Saya's eyes. Suddenly, he got a little nervous. He didn't know what to do. The last woman he had ever seen cry was when he was about ten years old. Train simply did not know what to do with a girl who was crying, much less with one who seemed to want to cry while not letting themselves cry. Women were complicated.
"I got in a fight." Train mumbled a response when he finally came to his senses. Maybe, if I just tell her what she wants to know, she won't cry.. he hoped. He really wasn't good at this..
"With who?" Saya demanded. If someone were strong enough to keep the infamous Black Cat from coming home for over a week, then she felt she had the right to know.
"Leaders at Chronos." Train said, still looking out the window. Why did he always have to feel so powerless when it came to Saya? It didnt make any sense and he sure didnt like it..
Saya was about to yell something else, but she hesitated. What did Train to to make Chronos so angry? Did he rebel? He was so complicated..
"Listen," Train said, breaking Saya's train of thought and trying to be careful with how he said this. "There's a festival going on in a few minutes. Why don't we go? My treat." When Saya looked at him funny, Train couldn't look her in the eye, so he looked off to the side. "It's an apology for not answering your calls." Inside, his head was going off Its not my fault i couldnt answer my phone!
But that melted away when Saya smiled her usual smile. "All right" she said. Train was relieved to see that the tears had died down without actually overflowing.
CRACK
Across the hall, the sound of Saya's apartment door could be heard as it was sliced open and kicked down.