Author : Dùlin
Characters : Clever, Train
Rating : PG
Warnings : angstiness
A/N : I guess now I am really doomed. The whole arc is manga-based, and comes from my own fascination with the little episode where Clever meets Train again in volume 1.
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"Pay attention, Clever."
The blond boy gives a start and realizes that he's been staring. Mr. Train doesn't like it when he is staring.
"If it had been a mission and I had been an enemy, you'd be dead by now. And I don't have much time."
Mr. Train isn't that much older than Clever, only a few years. But Clever knows that he's someone important. The other Erasers don't say his name out loud, ever. They call him 'Black Cat', like almost everyone in Chronos. Everyone but Clever. To Clever, he will always be Mr. Train.
"Let's start again."
Clever tightens his grip on the gun. It's too big for him, and his hand is shaking just from the effort it takes not to let it fall.
"Yes, Mr. Train," he says obediently.
He's here to learn, and he will learn.