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"Miku."

His voice filled the cell, echoing through the dull room. She looked at him in surprise, as if she wasn't aware he had been there all this time. Mikuo sat, cross-legged on his simple bed, looking up at her. She stared back. "Um... Hello." The two simply looked at each other, tensing up at every second that ticked by. Miku looked away, breaking the silent game. "..Whatever." She climbed back up onto the ledge, turning to face the barricaded door. They continued to sit in silence, and she still felt his eyes on her back. Was he waiting for something? She peeped backwards, and Mikuo turned away.

"You, um..." Mikuo piped up, scratching the back of his neck. "You fainted."

Miku snorted, stretching into a more casual pose as she lay on her stomach, tail in the air. "Yeah, no doubt." She looked down at the dust covering the wooden ledge, and trailed her finger through it, leaving small marks and swirls in the sediment. "Hey. Just now... I mean, earlier this morning." She sat up, turning towards him, but he refused to let her catch his gaze again. "Ugh, I can't believe this conversation. What were you doing?"

Mikuo frowned angrily, the feeling biting him again, but as he looked up at her, still avoiding her eyes, the feeling slowed down into an easy-going throb. And it hurt, for one reason or another. He bit his bottom lip, then decided it wasn't a good idea to do so. "Wh-What? I wasn't doing anything. I mean... You fainted. Hey, I let you sleep instead of throwing a bucket of water at your face, be grateful." There only came a muffled sound as a reply, and he looked at his feet. It sounded like a "thank you", but he wasn't going to believe that. He had hated her as soon as he had set his eyes upon her malicious smirk. And the feeling was starting to annoy him a lot now, and he couldn't figure out what it meant. More questions threatened to form in his mind, but he shook them all away. He didn't want to answer any of them, especially not any concerning her.

He stood up and Miku noticed his movement, although she didn't respond. He looked out of the window, where the large globe of fire seemed to be hanging by a single thread as it began to descend down the hills, leaving a streak of orange through the sky. He leaned his head against the window pane, looking enchanted as he watched the sun dip itself down the mountains, light flicking in between the trees.

"You look like you've never seen the sun set before."

Mikuo turned around to see Miku standing next to him, leaning against the wall. He glared at her huffily, opening his mouth to snap at her. "Well, it's not everyday." He ended up admitting, sounding a lot calmer than he felt. Or thought he felt. "And... I..." His eyes left the window, trying to find something else to settle on. "A-Are you o-o-okay? You fainted, and..."

"Oh..." Miku looked away as well. She frowned to herself. It was that feeling again. Why did it constantly chew at her so? She hated it. She despised it. And it only ever occurred when she was near him, and therefore she wanted to loathe him as well. And yet that feeling prevented her from doing so. But she still hated him. Right? "I just... Yeah. I'm fine."

"Okay." Mikuo tried to focus on the sunset, but the questions itched at the back of his mind, a place he couldn't reach. He wanted to ask more. To tell more. And yet he didn't want to, and the feeling continued to bother him, annoying him more than she did. He hated that he felt this way. He wanted to hate her.

Miku looked down at her bare feet, still slightly wet from dragging them along the sand under the cool yet dirty waters of the marsh zone. She rubbed a sleeve against her nose, still damp as well. Mikuo, on the other hand, seemed dried out and exhausted, like he hadn't seen a drop of water all day. Watching him stare out of the window, questions began forming feverishly at the back of her mind, and the more she tried to win the argument with them, the more they began to pester her.

Until she decided to ask herself. Does he care about me? She shuddered at the thought. No. That's not possible. He doesn't, and I don't. He's just another filthy beast like the... The rest of us. She looked towards him. The sun had already set itself down below the mountains, and soon the guards would drag them out for dinner. Another time she could look forward to.

Mikuo tugged at the collar of his shirt nervously. The questions were snapping at him to no end, and every time he struggled to answer them, it seemed the search would end in mistakes. ((See dat? I did it again XD Unless you don't remember haha )) He pouted, trying to push the questions away, but they refused to release his angered mind. Do I care about her? He caught himself, shocked at the thought, and stumbled backwards. His tail hit something, and he found himself being shoved away. He turned. "What the hell-"

Miku glared at the ground angrily, cautiously taking her tail in her hands. Her cheeks were puffed up and tinted a soft pink, and anyone that wasn't him would have found her cute at that moment, an angry child. "Don't touch my tail." She said softly.

"Well, gee, fine." Mikuo held up his hands and walked away. At first he would have snapped back at her, but he could relate to his tail getting pulled and stepped on. Even though he didn't do anything. And he definitely didn't want her throwing him at the wall again.

Eventually a guard came and unlocked their door, and another two came in, cuffing their wrists. "Alright, beasts. Time to eat, if you want to stay alive." He chuckled at his own joke, and the two were dragged away.

...

"Kaiko? You look kinda nervous." Rin poked the Kappa's arm, and she nodded.

"Oh... I-It's nothing." Kaiko smiled, grabbing her spoon and sticking it into the goop on her plate. This time it was a light, dull purple in color, and watching her stuff it into her mouth could make anyone feel sick. She looked up at Miku, eyes looking up from the spoon she held in front of her. "And, um... I feel like we should be more concerned about Mi- Eep!" Something collided into her from behind, and she dropped the spoon, splattering goop everywhere.

"E-Ewww..." Rin spluttered, wiping the mush from her mouth. She licked her lips. "Huh. It's... Not that bad."

Kaiko looked behind her. "Y-You again...?" She moved forward, so that her tail wasn't in his face. "What happened now?"

A blue-haired boy looked up from behind her, and blinked. "Um... What?" The creatures behind them burst into giggles and laughs, and Luka glared. Some fell silent, but the others were too distracted by the boy falling on his face. He looked at Kaiko. "O-Oh... Sorry." He rubbed his crystal-blue eyes, sniffing. He stood up, waving his arms. "Sorry, everyone! I just got a little blur again." Kaiko looked away, embarrassed.

Miku looked at the boy curiously. Even though his hair was blue, his ears and tail were snowy white. "That's an Edurlan." Luka said, patting Kaiko's back. "They're ice wolves, and they don't have very good sight. This poor boy gets bullied a lot." She looked at Kaiko pitifully, and dropped her voice to a whisper. "Everyone knows Kaito. He's been friends with Kaiko when she came here, as children. He tried to look out for her, but he only messed up more, the poor thing. And Kaiko... Her life got a little worse, and he's still trying to make it up to her."

"Oh." She looked up at the blue scarf wrung around his neck, which was starting to get pulled and yanked by the other creatures in front of him, pulling him away. The guards did nothing. She then noticed that Kaiko had the same scarf wrapped around her, except that hers ended in a bow behind her neck. Pulled and yanked... She turned around.

Mikuo looked away.

"By the way, you've been awfully quiet." Rin noted, pointing her fork at Miku. "Luka tells me there's something going on with- Mmmff!" Luka slapped a hand over her mouth and she cringed. "I-I mean... You know. Anything wrong?"

"No. No, it's nothing." She forced a smile. "Shouldn't we be more concerned about Kaiko?"

The Kappa's face flushed. "Oh! N-No! Please don't." She shook her head. "I'm sure you're all really busy, too... With your own things." She chewed on her bottom lip, falling silent. Miku sighed. Yes, definitely busy. "You and Mikuo seem to be getting along better."

"Really?" Luka's face lit up, looking amused. "Is that so? Why? What are you doing?"

"Wh-What!? No, I'm..." Miku crossed her arms and huffed. "No. He's just a brat as ever. He's stupid, annoying, lazy, selfish..." She held up her fingers to count the insults, but the more she counted, the more aware she became that someone was watching her, and that said someone was feeling rather upset. "..Don't hope. He's too arrogant. I don't like him at all."

"Is that so? You really hate him?" Miku nodded angrily, then looked down.

She really hoped she did.

Oh my gosh.

Lol anyway, is this a bit too short? idk I tried;;