Finding a Fit

Time Five: Treehouse

The fifth time it occurred Taiga didn't even know what to think. It began very early on a Friday morning and the sky was still dark, and Taiga was lying in bed asleep. He couldn't really remember what he was dreaming about, but he was sure that at some point he was on the back of a blue camel riding gallantly into the Sahara. Don't ask.

Nonetheless he slept contently, perfectly entrapped in his deep slumber, until-

BANG!

Taiga shot awake, wiping away his crust-filled eyes. He scanned the room, looking for anything that could've made the noise. But his books were still on the shelves, his desk appeared to be neat, and everything was in place. Nothing seemed to be wrong. The redhead gave a shrug. Maybe it was just his imagination. Settling back into the pillows, he closed his eyes and felt himself fluttering back to sleep.

...

CRASH! BANG!

Taiga growled in irritation. It looked like he wasn't going to be falling back to sleep until that racket was put to an end. He slid out of the warm comforting sheets and tugged his hoodie to trek outside to investigate. He couldn't believe he was losing sleep over some probable trash panda digging through the rubbish bins. Flicking on a torch, he quickly came face to face to a eye-twitching pyjama-wearing Yoichi at his door.

"Dude, what the FUCK are you doing?"

"Me?! What am I doing? What are you doing?! Why does it sound like you're having sex with Aiden's pots?!"

"I'm not doing shit! I was just sleeping when I heard something from outside."

"Maybe it's Sir Yoshi? He could probably just be drunk again."

"No dude, it can't be. Him and the scoutmasters went out on some overnight work bonding thing this morning. The car's already gone."

"Then what the hell is going on?!"

"Calm your tits dude, it's probably just Yu-"

Just at that second, Yuki padded up to the two friends and wag her tail in curiosity.

"...ki. Ok, so maybe it's not her."

Now Taiga was beginning to work up a cold sweat.

"Dude..." he said in a worried whisper. "Is someone trying to break in?"

Yoichi's eyes widened in distress. He quickly shook his head.

"N-Nah, it's probably just the wind or-"

CRASH! BANG! THWACK!

The two boys yelped and scooted closer together in shock. Yoichi let out a shuddering breath.

"W-Well, so maybe we're being robbed."

"What the fuck are we supposed to do?! Dude, I don't need to be dying on a Friday!"

"Ok, let's just stay calm. I'll go see if the gate's unlocked and you go out to the sheds to see if they've taken anything."

"THE SHED?! That's literally where all the banging is coming from!"

"Exactly! So go see if they took anything!"

"Do you want me to die?"

"Well I'm not saying that you're gonna die, but you'd be taking one for the team-"

"YOICHI!"

"DAMN, FINE, I'm sorry! Me and Yuki still need to go see if the place got broken into though, so you're gonna have to go alone either way."