[DO: I know Valentine's Day was a while ago, but I got this idea today anyway. If you like things being cronically synced with reality, tough luck]

Kuro and the Invasion of the Bandicoot Snatchers

Episode 4: An (Im)Perfect Valentine's Day

Kuro was roused from his rock-like sleep by the cold and somewhat hard floor of his bedroom. He had no idea how he ended up there until he looked up at his bed and saw Coco, still asleep, on the edge of the bed.

Kuro chuckled to himself and shook his head as he stood up and got dressed. He went out to the kitchen to fix some breakfast and, stuck to the microwave, was a note written in Coco's now familliar handwriting:

Kuro,

I got up early this morning, so I decided to make you something for breakfast. I left it in the fridge, it's wrapped in foil on the top shelf. All you have to do is put it in the microwave for about 30 seconds and eat. If I don't wake you up going back to bed, good morning.

Endless love,

Coco

The brief moment in which Kuro read the last lines of the note seemed to last forever. The sound of his own stomach growling tore him away from the note and toward the fridge. Just as Coco's note had said, on the top shelf of the fridge was a package rapped in foil. Kuro unwrapped the package to find a rather large waffle of some sort. Seeing as though there wasn't a toaster in the apartment and he couldn't tell just what was the oven, Kuro put the waffle on a plate and tossed it in the microwave for 30 seconds as per Coco's instructions.

When the waffle was ready, Kuro sat down at the table in the simple dining room and ate in silence. When he finished, he took his plate and silverware back to the kitchen, washed them off, and put them in the sink. The next thing he did was look at his watch, he wasn't late, but his pre-work free time was beginning to wear down. He walked back in to his bedroom, as soon as he entered he wished he had decided to knock first.

Unbeknownst to Kuro while he was preparing and eating his waffle, Coco had woken up and started to get dressed. He had walked in at about the halfway point. Coco let out a sharp little scream when Kuro opened the door.

Kuro, his face red, immediately shielded his eyes with his arm and tried to head out the door, only to walk into the wall instead. He fell back and everything went black for what felt like only a minute, but when Kuro woke up, he was lying in bed (still clothed) and Coco was sitting on the bed next to him with a concerned look on her face. She was the first of them to speak.

"Are you ok Kuro? You hit your head pretty hard." Kuro smiled a little and nodded, "It only felt like I was out for a minute and I feel fine now. How long was I out anyway?" Coco's reply startled Kuro, "You've been unconscious for a few hours. VonClutch called an hour ago to find out why you never came in for work. He was here a half an hour ago to see if you'd woken up yet. If it had been another half hour, they'd have taken you to the hospital. I was so worried I haven't left the apartment all day." A tear krept its way into Kuro's eye, "I'm sorry I ruined your day today Coco. Is there any way I can make it up to you?" Coco let out a half-hearted laugh.

"Well, Kuro, you do owe me the rest of Valentine's Day. We've spent the most of it in this room. You comatose, me waiting for you to wake up, but now that you're awake and alive we can go out and enjoy the rest of the day." Kuro's eyes widened, he'd forgotten that today was Valentine's Day. He'd had an entire day planned out for Coco, but it was all ruined now.

Kuro got out of bed, walked over to the wall, and punched it. He dropped to his knees and sat there, the knuckles on his right hand bloody from where he had punched the concrete wall. Coco walked over to him and put her arm around his shoulders and knelt next to him. The two of them sat there for what felt like an eternity. The quiet moment was interrupted when there was a loud series of knocks coming from the door.

Coco stood and headed towards the door to see who it was. Kuro stood a moment later and walked to one of the bathrooms and bandaged up his hand. It had already topped bleeding, but it was still sore. Kuro's silent introspective moment in the bathroom was broken by strange sounds coming from the living room.

Kuro rushed out of the bathroom to find the one person out of all of the people in the MotorWorld he detested the most, Blake Opossum (CrashFad13's OC - he also likes Coco). Blake was standing there in the doorway, his erratic brown hair and grey racer suit as cool as a book of matches on the sun. They had a rivalry twice as strong as Coco had with Nina Cortex.

Nearly everyone in the MotorWorld knew that Blake dated just about any girl that was easy to look at, this annoyed Kuro to no end. Apparently, Blake was trying to get Coco back and they had begun to argue when Kuro had come out of the bathroom. Blake nonchalantly stepped the rest of the way through the door, stopping only when he was nearly nose-to-nose with Kuro.

The two stared at each other for a long time. Neither wanted to throw the first punch in what would be a seemingly epic fight throughout the castle in which VonClutch had settled most of his staff. Kuro pondered for a half-second what to say but before he could say anything, Blake began to speak as his stiff posture faded, "Hey, you guys have a TV? Leo (CF13's OC - Blake's little brother) broke ours and I'm bored."

Kuro's jaw fell open. After he pushed it shut, he offered up his reply, "Second room on the...left... What are you doing here Blake?" Blake sighed just like many high school students do nowadays, "Man, I thought I'd told you about Leo and the dart gun. Even I'm not that-" Kuro cut him off with a sharp raise of his hand, "I meant, other than that."

Blake tilted his head to look at Coco who was still standing by the door, "I'd heard from Leo who heard from Pasadena who heard from VonClutch who heard from Cortex who heard from Uka Uka who heard from Aku Aku that you were dating Coco now."

Out of nowhere, Blake's older sister, Laura poked her head in the doorway, "Wow, I think that's the longest sentence you've ever said that actually made sense! I've got to tell everyone about this!" Then just as suddenly as she had appeared, Laura left. Kuro and Blake glanced at each other.

Kuro was the first to speak, "You know, I've got Modern Warfare 2 in the other room. Want to blow some losers up?" A sudden gleam came over Blake's eyes, "Let's own some noobs!"

Then, as if they'd been friends forever, the two rivals headed off towards the entertainment room talking about weapon combinations for custom classes (whatever those were) and stratedgies. Coco, still yet to move, stared after them, confused beyond belief.

Well, she thought, if they become friends, that'll lighten the tension around here. It'll also help me deal with all of the stuff Blake tries to pull. She paused and smirked, He thinks I don't know but what he doesn't know is that Pasadena Laura and Leo all send me a text if Blake pulls something. Satisfied, Coco walked off towards the bedroom and opened the doors of the large walk-in closet. Half of which she already dominated with her own things.

After an hour of Modern Warfare, Blake always won, the two walked out, arguing again. "I told you before Blake, camping is not a mature way to play!" Blake just chuckled, "You're just pissed because I beat you." Kuro shook his head, they were in the hallway outside Kuro's room now, "Like I just said, camping's pretty much cheating. It's the cheapest, crappiest, and least respectable way to win." Blake just stared at him blankly, there were too many big words for him to process efficiently.

[DO: This is going to lead into a sort of cross-over between CrashFad13's Opossum Life fanfic and KatIotBS... To CF13, you can continue off of this one in your own way and I'll do mine. We'll see which one people think is cooler.]