No one could deny that Sayaka Maizono had a gift. She was obsessed with "taming the untamable". Over the years, she'd trained horses, cats, dogs, bears. Wild, lawless creatures with no sense of right or wrong.
But her biggest love will always be for the one person she could never tame.
He is not hers, and she is not his. The agreement is strained and conditional, and yet. The two of them wouldn't have it any other way. Leon Kuwata protected her, and Sayaka offered him shelter and food. They kept each others' secrets. And that was the way it needed to be.
Sometimes, when he was feeling particularly good, he'd splay across Sayaka's lap and purr like a tractor. Sayaka would rub his back, scratch the back of his neck and behind his ears. And then he'd roll over like a tame pussy cat, and let her rub his belly. And yet.
It was nothing more than an agreement, they said. Just a temporary agreement until they could find the ones who made their lives hell.
It was just another lie they told themselves (because even a five year old could tell that they were in too deep with each other).