Serena woke blissfully. She was warm and cozy. She snuggled into her bed mattress and almost jumped in surprise when it shifted slightly under her. She gulped and twisted her head slowly. Darien was sitting against the closet wall sleeping. His arm was around her waist and one hand had dropped from her hair when she turned. She had no idea what to do so she just stayed still.
Darien woke blissfully, just like Serena. Only when he opened his eyes he found Serena staring at him. He lazily stretched.
"Morning Odango."
At the familiar nickname Serena turned red, but in the darkness neither of them saw that.
"Jerk! How are we going to get out of here? I'm hungry!"
She let out a heart-rending wail that caused Darien to wince.
"Lower the decibels Odango."
She glared at him. Darien held in a chuckle. He couldn't see her face but he knew exactly what she was doing and wished he could see her face, she was so cute when angry.
"Hand me all of your pins."
"Huh?"
"So I can try to pick the lock."
"You can't do that! The lock is on the outside!"
"I can try can't I?"
She grudgingly took down her pins that held up her 'odangos' and handed them over. Darien scooted slightly so that he was nearest to the light underneath the door. He started fiddling with the pins making them into a stiff chain and when he was sure Serena wasn't looking he strengthened them with a rose stem. Finished with the chain he stuck it through the crack of the closet door using his control of the rose stems to twist the pins and pick the lock. He heard a click and then shoved on the door. It opened and the lock flew off.
They blinked at first from the light from outside. It was very early morning. They had stayed a night in the closet. Serena gathered her stuff and leaped out of the closet enjoying free space after being cramped. She donned all of her clothes and started grumbling.
"I wonder what my friends said to my mom."
A tired yawning man stumbled down the stairs to the left of the closet. Spotting them he frowned.
"Who are you two?"
Darien closed the closet door behind him.
"I'm Darien and this is Odango."
Serena turned red and screamed at Darien pelting him with her hat.
"It's Serena you baka!"
The man raised one eyebrow.
"I'm Chad. I'll tell Rei that you two are here."
Serena suddenly had a gleam in her eyes that made the two men back away.
"Don't. Where is she? I'll just… surprise her…"
"U-Upstairs to the r-right in her b-bedroom…"
Poor Chad all but stammered out the directions and Serena was off. The next second Rei scampered down the stairs with a bellowing Serena following.
"RRRRREEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIII!"