I heard the door swish open.
I shuffled in bed.
The light switched on.
I groaned.
"Shiro, get up." I heard a soft voice say while sitting on the side of my bed.
I moaned and gripped the blanket tighter.
I heard a chuckle and then my blanket was ripped back. "Noooo." I whined in protest. My tail shook lazily. "You have to get up, we start training today. I brought you some clothes you can train in. Get up, don't make me get you up." He said in a threatening mom like tone. I felt the bed shift as he stood.
I opened my eyes to see Lay's cute caramel brown eyes swimming with amusement. He placed a hand on his hip. "Good morning beautiful. I'll be in my room. Don't take too long!" I groaned and rolled out of bed. I stretched up to my tippy toes and my tail let out a fast electrical shake. I mewed softly and rubbed my eyes. I took a glance at the clothes Lay left for me and stripped out of my large T-shirt.
It was a pair of dark brown sweats and a cream colored tank top. They were accompanied with dark brown, almost black combat boots. They really like brown around here huh. After changing i ran my fingers through my hair and decided to put it into a soft braid starting at the bottom of my head. Just so it didn't get too much in the way today. As soon as i finished cleaning up i headed to Lay's room.
I clicked the button and greeted the tall man with a smile. "Are you ready?" I said while playing with my braid. He nodded and made his way outside of his room. He stared at me for a moment. "Your braid looks cute." I mumbled a thank you and he then lead the way. "I thought we should stop for breakfast first. I haven't eaten yet, and i want you to try the food here." He nodded at me while leading the way. "Oookay." I dragged out in response.
We finally made it to the dinner hall and all I've received were stared and murmurs. The occasional smile and "how are you" was thrown at me but it wasn't too friendly. They seemed confused, and almost in awe. I kept my head slightly lowered to at least attempt to show them I'm not a threat? It sounded better in my head but i feel like it helps in some way. "Come on Shiro, it's okay. Let's just get some food and then start training." I nodded.
Since it was breakfast time, I ended up grabbing some pancakes and siding it with fruit and bacon. I picked out the foods that were most familiar to me, from my old planet, and thanks to Hornet. Lay dropped a few packets of something onto my tray and then we sat down. I later realized it was syrup for my pancakes. I smiled at him. I was grateful to find someone like him, that he found me. Alongside Poe of course, but i haven't seen him lately.
I bit Into my pancakes and my eyes lit up. "Holy crap this is really good." Lay laughed at my expression. "I think I'm going back for more."
After eating seven pancakes i slowed down. I realized we really needed to start training soon. Lay was finished and he was just watching me eat. I smiled sheepishly and threw away the plate that lied on top of the tray.
"Let's get to training." I said turning to face the caramel eyed boy.
After a couple of hours of tripping on my own feet and getting my ass handed to me, i got into a rhythm, and that's when the real lesson began for me. "Alright, perfect! You need to keep your feet evenly spread apart, balance is extremely important." I nodded, I was able to land a few hits on him cleanly. He seemed pretty pleased at my progress.
"Okay, so we're going to have one last tumble here and then you can go rest, it's getting pretty late." He said with a grin. I muttered out an okay and replaced my feet.
He launched at me first. I stepped forward and dogged his first two hits and then I jabbed him in the stomach, the air was blown out of him. I then jumped and tangled my legs around his head and slammed him onto the floor. He landed with a loud oof but we weren't done there. He somehow got ontop of me and straddled my waist. He looked down at me in triumph, but I didn't let him have it.
I rocked forward and wrapped my legs around his head and pulled him back, I then grabbed his hand and bent it in an awkward position. "Okay, okay! You win." He muttered out with a groan. I stood and looked up at his growing figure, as he was trying to stand. "Sorry if I got carried away."
"No! That's good, get carried away. I want to see you progress." He said patting my head. "Alright, I'm going to clean up, go head to your room and do whatever girl stuff. I'll see you tomorrow." I stifled a laugh and waved bye.
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I slid the towel down my long white hair and ruffled it a bit before going to brush it. My mind wandered off, thinking about the force. I wanted to feel it again. So, I tried with simple items, when I was done brushing my hair I tried moving the hair brush to the table, and with some concentration, I did it. I let out the biggest grin and threw my arms in the air. I then started organizing the room with my new found ability. When I was finished I sat on the bed. I wanted to meditate again. I got into the same position as before and closed my eyes. Only this time, something different happened.
"Who are you?"
