"Aaaggh!"
A dread groan roared out in what seemed to be a prison cell.
"Wh-where am I....?"
A sharp young male voice mused as we are now seeing a half-conscious black boy who seems to be about 3'9 feet tall, his russet skin that shone dimly under morning sunlight and his white eyes and brilliant Vandyke brown irises that glimmered with fiercely under that same light.
His shiny black short, dreaded hair danced about as he got from a bed.
And this boy was none other than...
"Kian? You're finally awake, huh?"
A young sharp feminine voice said to him as he rubbed his eyes gently to clear his vision.
When he could finally see well enough, he saw could see that it was a girl.
She had red short curly hair; she was almost his height meaning she was about 3'7 feet tall, her warm vanilla skin shone brightly under the morning sun's light as well her white eyes and dazzling emerald-green irises that shimmered like a true gem giving an applaudable look.
For a moment, silence befell the room as the two looked at each other.
One looked at the other in awe as the other looked at her friend in utter confusion.
"Uhhhh, Kian what's... what's u_"
PUT!
"Huh?", Elianor's confusion was further increased by Kian's actions.
"Sob, sob, sob, Elia... sob, Elianor. I-I thought I'd never see y-you again sob, sob, sob."
Kian whimpered as he slowly cried while hugging Elianor with shear worry to his tone.
"Never see me again? Huh? Have you gone mad or something... get off your net even a real kid," Elianor expressed comfortably which caused Kian to hug her even tighter.
'Ugh, seriously what's with him today?', Elianor thought as another thought crossed through her mind, 'Maybe he lost it during his evaluation trail.'
"Pffft!"
Her thoughts of pity were cut off by a sudden burst of laughter from behind her.
"Hahahahaha!"
"Pfft, what the f***?"
"Mhm, mhm, I knew this would happen someday of the year."
Mummers of mockery and laughter echoed from the back which caused Elianor to become even more annoyed.
"Uuuuurgh!"
Elianor muttered a groan as she turned her head slightly to look at Kian's head that rested on her shoulder as he cried.
'Why I oughta-'
"Toka... Shimmer... how's it going?", Kian uttered with a shaky tone to his voice.
"Huh?"
The two muttered in unison as Mateo and Nora also tilted their upper bodies to look at Kian in utterly dumbfounded looks upon his face.
"Hey transmigrator. Have you lost it or something... coz maybe should hit you on the head a little," Toka said as he, Shimmer and the other two gently stroked their chins while nodding in agreement.
'Yah... maybe I shou-', Elianor thought in agreement while looking at Kian and clenching her fist in preparation for the hit.
"Oh right, you g-guys mu-must n-not remember...?", Kian stuttered as calmed himself down from the crying.
He then walked toward Toka.
Elianor slowly followed from behind as she raised her fist in the air with the most outrageously ugly serious look on her face.
Step, Tip!
Step, Toe!
Step, Tip!
Step, Toe!
Step, Tip!
Toka arrived right in front of Toka and signaled at him to lean in close so that he could whisper something in his ears.
Toka hesitated for a bit as shot a glance at Shimmer who looked as confused as him.
He then moved his lips but without making a sound in gesture to saying 'Hey, you guys. what. should. I. do?'
No response was given as the other three turned their heads back in guilt and Toka sighed in disappointment.
His face expression soon turned to one of utter worry as he looked back at Kian who stared at him without blinking even once as if he were waiting for him to lean in close.
GULP!
With a big gulp and a look of worry that was accompanied with a streak of sweat that ran down his face he leaned and when he did...
"Tanjobi ometado, Toka Kyo Mondaiji senpai."
Kian said as he faintly smiled while pulling back.
...
For a moment, silence loomed over the air like as if no one was there to begin.
'Damn it, I thought that that monkey kid would solve the issue if Kian said anything weird but...'
"Haaaaaah," Elianor softly sighed as she took the same position she was in before and without a second thought, she swung her arm down at a steady but tense speed.
'Uh shit that one's gonna hurt.'
The other three surprisingly thought in unison as they looked tensely at the innocently unaware Kian.
Kian who was still unaware of what was coming his way or the back of his head at least looked at Toka in admiration?
Swoosh!
Elianor's fist swung vertically downward with enough force to knock out someone and just when her fist was about an inch left to hit her target.
'I'll just have to finish the job by myself.'
PUT!
"Huh?"
"HUH?!"
The four hummed in confusion at the site before them.
Toka had... stopped Elianor's hit from connecting, but why?
Elianor wasn't angry more, so she was confused... she was confused so much so that she stepped back a little as an ugly expression of disappointed slowly formed on her face.
"W-w-w-whaaaaaa?!", Kian shouted in shook as the color drain from his face.
"H-his defending him?"
"Yap, Toka's been infected alright."
The three said as they looked at Toka in utter confusion while stroking their chins at vigorously.
"Uhhhh, Toka you good?"
Elianor mused as Toka looked at the ground without muttering a word.
"Huh? What's with him?"
Shimmer mused.
"He's lost it," the other two responded in unison.
Pat.
Pitter, patter.
"Huh, did you get that?"
Nora mused as the other's then looked at Toka more intensely.
And upon a closer view they all soon realised that....
"Wait a minute i-is he....," Shimmer muttered under breath.
"Crying?!"
They all shouted in unison even Kian.
"Kian....!"
Shimmer exclaimed in anger as she then added, "Just what the f***, did. you. do?!"
"N-nothing."
He answered confused.
Kian then worriedly looked at Toka and tapped him on the shoulder while saying, " Toka... did I do anything wro-"
PUT!
"Huh?"
"Sob, sob, sob, the-the only person apart from Shimmer who I told about... about sob, sob."
Toka said his voice shaky and tense as he himself was shivering not in fear no.
"About what?" Shimmer mused with a gentle voice.
"My birthday... thank you... for remembering sob, sob, sob!" Toka finished his statement as his sobbing got even louder.
"Wait, what does he mean his birthday?"
Elianor mused.
"He's... are you....?" Shimmer mused in a shaky tone as her eyes began to tear up.
"Huh? Uhhh Elianor?"
Nora called out to Elianor.
"What!" Elianor responsed with a tone filled with more confusion than steadiness.
"Wha... what's with those two?"
"Beats me-"
"It's you isn't Kian?"
Shimmered muttered with a sad tone.
"....Yes... it's me."
Step, step, step.
PUT!
"Aaaaargh!"
Shimmer cried out which scared the other three.
"Wait a minute why is she crying as well?"
"Ugh.... wait a minu.... birth...day? Birthday.... present."
GASP!
Elianor gasped as she covered her mouth.
Tears weld up in her eyes as her lips moved to say,"Kian... Kian Vian is... that you?"
Kian glanced back at her and he couldn't help but smile at his friend as he too opened his mouth and said.
"Yes, Elianor it's me."