One snowy winter day, Yuka the snobbish koala was riding on a train. She was a citizen of a town called Pinesville, on the way to a similar town called Pinetown. She had ridden the train several times, but this was the first time she had seen a certain cat. He walked over to her. "Hey! I remember you!" he said.
"That's nice..." said a bored Yuka. "I have no idea who you are."
"Why, I'm Rover! I got you the house you're living in!"
Yuka barely looked up. "You're responsible for that dump?"
Rover looked a bit mad for a second, but looked happy again. "Why, yes! I did help you get..." he looked mad again, "...that dump. I met you on this train a few years ago and found out that you had no place to live. I called my pal Tom Nook who sold you the house. I think I helped you a lot."
"Well, you're welcome, I guess."
"Can I sit down?"
"No."
"Oh, is that seat taken?"
"No."
"So can I sit down?"
"No. You bore me." Rover walked away with a very angry expression, muttering to himself. "I can't believe her! When I met her, she had no home, and no money! She didn't know what she was going to do! I called my buddy, Tom Nook, and got her a place to live! Now I'm a bore, am I!"
Yuka got off the train and walked into Pinetown. On her trip there, she thought nothing about Rover. However, when she got on the train and went back to Pinesville, she found Rover sitting behind her. "Hello, Yuka," said the strange cat.
"Rover! I thought you'd gotten off!"
"Nope, I'm just riding home with my best friend, Yuka!"
Yuka calmly gazed out the window. "I'm not your best friend." Rover twitched. With a forced smile, he said, "Right, I meant my good friend!"
"I'm not your friend period. You're just a freak on a train."
Rover paused. "Well, that's a relationship of some kind, isn't it?"
"No. It isn't."
If anyone could see Rover's brain at the time, they would see it exploding. Rover looked mad. "Okay, Yuka. Just remember...be careful what you say to a stranger on a train."
"This is my stop."
"Goodbye, Yuka!" called Rover.
"You annoy me." Yuka got up and left, unaware that Rover was looking daggers at her. Walking quickly, as she didn't feel like talking to any of the animals, not even the train conductor, Porter, Yuka hurried away from the train station all the way to here house. She lived south of everyone at the very edge of the village. Her house was a bit to the left of the dock, next to the ocean. She sat down inside. "What a dump."
A few weeks later, Yuka took a trip to Pinetown again. On the train, she met a familiar face..."Who are you?" she asked Rover. (Well, maybe not so familiar...)
"I'm Rover...The cat...Remember?
Yuka paused for a long time. "Ah, yes. Why are you still here?"
"No reason."
"You're attracted to me, aren't you?"
Yuka didn't notice Rover was holding a knife behind his back. "I suppose you could put it that way..."
"Get lost, loser," said Yuka. Rover looked hurt. "What did I do?"
"I don't want a disgusting creep like you in love with me."
With pure hatred in his mind, Rover forced a smile. "So now I'm a creep? I thought I was boring."
"You're that, too."
"Oh, look! It's your stop!"
"So it is." Yuka got up and walked off the train.
"I hope I see you again!" called Rover.
"I don't."
Boy, don't you hate snobs? Let's see what Rover has planned in Chapter 2...