Kitten's Peace

With the end of class the same day, I stayed back and packed my things as I went over to the school library which was only a single room in the more isolated area of the school. I had liked the peace and quiet of it as I was usually the only one who bothered to ask for the key to go into that room. It is my favorite hide away spot and when I entered, I flicked the lights on and began to walk over and pick an interesting book to read from one of the shelves.

I did not head home right away as my mom had work and dad was off somewhere across the Atlantic as he was a pilot for a private airline agency for the rich. 

There was usually no one home which had started 3 years prior when I began branching out and opening up to the world a little more. 

Suddenly, a creak of a door sounded as I was raising my head but saw nothing or one. Shrugging, I returned to my own little world and began crossing my legs playfully as I had a tendency to get lost in whatever I was doing when I enjoyed it. My shoes came off and I played with my long socks as I curled and smiled while intently reading the words in the pages. 

The book was one of fiction and I enjoyed the thrill of bizarre and mysterious adventures the heroes would go through in the stories. Much like my dad, I loved adventure but on a different scale as I enjoyed reading them from the comfort of my bed or in the library. 

"What'cha read-in~" I brisk, warm breath of brushed onto the back of my neck and in an instant, my eyes narrowed while I leaped and landed on a wild stance out of instinct without making a sound. "Woah… just like a startled kitty!"

An unfamiliar girl with dark ruby colored hair and eyes stood while adjusting her glasses on her small button nose. She was roughly taller than me at 5'7 just like the delinquent girl. Her red eyes looked toward me with astonishment and fascination. 

"It's you isn't it! Your Neko-"I had relaxed my stance and with a blush, I picked up my book that I had thrown when I was frightened. 

"No." I coldly said and was about to leave when-

"Neko-San! Your socks and shoes!" I stopped and looked down to see my bare feet. With a more furious blush, I turned around and softly took back my socks and shoes while walking a bit distance away and putting them back on. 

I reluctantly bowed toward the girl for catching me before I left and then left soon after. 

"Such a beautiful and quirky creature~" I heard the girls say in a whisper as I had clearly heard her as it was only the two of us in the room. 

I booked it home soon after. 

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The next day came and I woke up from the edge of my bed and uncurled myself as I stretched and sat upward on the foot of my bed. My large shirt slid slightly as I soon got up and flinched when I touched the cold ground with my bare feet. Growling in displeasure, I looked toward the loose carpet and lightly jumped onto it. I then hopped my way into the bathroom where I took care of my morning ritual and after getting changed into my inform, I walked on the cold floor and gritted my teeth as I made my way to my bed and finally put on a pair of new socks. 

Pulling my school bag over my waist, I sat down on the doorway and put my shoes on. My mom had left me some lunch money and I then left as I glanced at the calendar before the door closed and automatically locked. 

Dad would be coming back in a few days from his job. I left for the bus stop and made my way to school. Unlike before, I could handle a few minutes of being in crowded spaces but I still felt extreme discomfort and today is no different. My heel stuck the groin of the man behind me getting too close and he hunched over as I then got off at the next stop and decided to walk it to school.

Unexpectedly, someone else got off at that stop and followed behind me. I did not turn and kept walking thinking they would turn away at some point. 

But they didn't. 

Rounding an alleyway, I was determined to confront the creep as I had some skill in self defence my dad had paid for me when I was younger, I faced the person and to my shock, I was enveloped in a powerful hug. 

"It really was you, Neko~!" Confused, a blur of blue entered my gaze and when she tilted her head to meet my face, her watery blue eyes suddenly brought back an old memory. 

"N-Naomi?" The image of a toothless little girl popped into my mind and it was from an old memory from when I went to preschool. 

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