Kaoru POV
"COME ON!" Butch yelled bursting through the faculty door pulling on my arm.
"Which door is it?!" I yelled still running
"How should I know?!" he yelled back
"Didn't you grow up here?!"
"That was like four years ago!"
The man was still on our trail, yelling from behind us. The doors passed by in a blur and Butch didn't let go of my hand. As we we're about to turn, I felt his hand grip my hoodie and pull me back. My hand was forced out of Butch's grasp and met with the rest on my body.
"You're in so much trouble you little brat!" he spat
"Let me go!" I yelled kicking at his legs. He forced my hands behind my back in a tight hold and dragged me along.
"Hey!" I heard Butch yelled as he charged for the man and punched him in the face. He stumbled back, releasing me. Before he regained his senses, me and Butch ran.
I noticed how he held my hand tighter until we stopped. "You okay?" he asked panting.
"Yeah," I replied trying to catch my breath. "T-Thank you."
"No problem," He replied looking at the office door. "I think Jean's is the biggest one."
"They all look the same from here." I said bluntly examining the door. Each door was the same, polished wood with name tags. "I think they're alphabetized."
Each door had a silver name tag. The names went from C-I. "What's Jean's last name?"
"Something with a R, I think." Butch said rolling his eyes. He was just as annoyed I am, not my fault he isn't much help in remembering stuff. "You can't expect me to know all this, I choose to forget everything I remember here."
I sighed and continued to look down the rows. Naming the letters out as I went. I know that me and Butch can't go on like this. Both of us were tired and used up. Butch's hand never left mine. It was covered in cuts and burn marks and he winced every time it was held to hard. The slightest touch seemed to hurt him. I only had few scratches and bags the size of Shirogane's ego under my eyes.
After our fifth break in a row and Butch's second time puking. I huffed in a pissed manner. "How many people have the last name with a M. I swear we've passed Matsuoka ten times now." I tired giggling slightly but it came out as a desperate cry. "How are you holding up?"
Butch seemed to be spaced and didn't notice I was there. I kept calling his name and he stayed quiet. "Butch!" I yelled
"Hmm?" he snapped back to reality
"You spaced out. Are you ready to get moving?" I asked
"Yeah." I said softly. We stood and he took my hand again in a firm grasp. What felt like a year of searching we wound up back in the G section again..for the second time.
"How about we turn right this time." Butch said mostly emotionless.
"Yeah," I replied in a similar tone.
The silence become unnerving before Butch stopped walking. He held onto my hand harder. "Kaoru."
"Hmm?" I looked at him. His face was serious and a bit red. As quickly as he saw me, he immediately shot his head down to the floor. "When I was caged, did you dream anything..weird?"
"Weird?" I asked. Remembering my dream I blushed some. "N-No, just about school. Why do you ask?"
"How you burst the cage open. I dreamt about it." he said not changing expressions. I almost wanted to laugh thinking that was what worried him so much.
