Shizuka glanced around the dark room, surprisingly anxious for once. Kanra had said this would be easy, and that's was worried her. Nothing should be easy about running away.
"This way," Kanra hissed, grabbing the blonde's hand and pulling her into the room to shut the door behind them. "Honestly, Shizu-chan."
Shizuka would have normally growled or spat a response, but she wasn't in the mood tonight. It was three in the morning, the time Kanra said everyone would either be asleep or drowsy and therefore most likely to not notice the two girls sneaking around.
"Here," the ant whispered, letting go of Shizuka's hand to push clothes into her arms. From the feel she could tell that they were the clothes that she had bought the previous day. "Change and I'll get mine."
"What about our other clothes?" Shizuka asked in a whisper.
"I like these better, and we can't carry much with us, can we? We can always just buy more tomorrow or whenever we need them."
"With whose money? You don't have that much saved."
"Father's of course."
Shizuka didn't like stealing, unless it was from the brunette. Stealing from anyone else was just wrong, and mean.
"Don't start," Kanra whispered before she could say anything. "Father's loaded. He always has, like a bunch of money everywhere. It's almost too easy to take it."
Shizuka had a thought then. Everything her father had said earlier, what if he was trying to push them into running away? Having a lot of money easy to take was another indicator. Was he trying to get them to run to the beast and information broker?
"Done yet?" Kanra asked.
Shizuka blushed when she realized that Kanra had been waiting for her. She quickly stripped, happy for the darkness concealing her body from the other girl, and changed into the clothes that felt so comfortable. "Done," she whispered when she had pulled on her second shoe.
"Follow me," Kanra said, the grin obvious in her tone. She grabbed Shizuka's hand again and opened the door.
Sneaking though the house was almost too easy. Kanra had done it so often she probably could have gone through purely my muscle memory.
Unfortunately she had to lead Shizuka with a hand, knowing that the bigger girl was scared of the dark and was probably losing it. The best part, however, was that very hand that Kanra was using to guide Shizuka. She felt that as long as she was holding the blonde's hand she could do anything, let alone follow a clear path out of the house.
Kanra slid the door open hesitantly. This was where she had been caught occasionally when she was being reckless. Shizuka was nervous as well, but did her best to pretend to be strong. Kanra smiled sympathetically. The strong girl relied on her strength for everything, and if you took that away she had nothing.
Seeing nothing, Kanra continued forward. She made sure to keep her footsteps as quiet as possible, glad that Shizuka was being careful as well. At the front entrance, they put their shoes on and left.
Kanra's adrenaline was making her heart beat extra fast, making her pleasure at the idea of leaving the house for good even greater. She had to admit that she was an adrenaline junkie, getting extreme pleasure from each of her fights with the blonde, making it feel that she was truly alive.
A light appeared from one of the windows in the house, and Kanra took off at a run. She was still holding Shizuka's hand, so the mutant ran with her. They smiled to each other as they ran, both feeling the high of escape.
Their endurance ran out after running for what seemed to be like an hour. Kanra normally didn't run that hard except to escape from Shizuka, but running with her was almost the same thing right? It had begun to drizzle as they were panting, and Kanra noticed now how little the strong girl was really wearing.
"Come on," she said with a giggle, "we need to get out of the rain."
They looked for somewhere to stay, but failed to find anything except an empty alley that was slightly covered by one building's overhang. Kanra wanted to keep looking, but saw Shizuka try and hide a yawn.
"Let's stop here," she said, realizing how tired she herself was.
Shizuka shrugged, probably too tired to say anything. Still holding her hand, Shizuka plopped down below the overhang. She chose the far corner of the alley, being supported by both a chain-link fence and the building's wall. She obviously didn't want to fall over and sleep on the disgusting ground.
Kanra agreed with her, settling herself between Shizuka's legs as she took off her jacket. She heard Shizuka's intake of breath to protest, but Kanra cut her off by draping the jacket over them as a blanket. Cuddled up like they, they quickly fell asleep.