Chapter 2 i

<b>Chapter 2</b>

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"Why does this always happen to me?" A voice said, walking down the hallway. The owner, while obviously a girl, didn't appear like any other girl of the age of 17. She did have long blond hair that reaches her back and green eyes. And also wore a zipped up dark blue vest with black stripes running up the sides along with a pair of black shorts. Attached to the shorts is a dark blue half skirt that covers her left leg. No, what was more notable about the girl happened to be the pair of cat ears and tail, with fur that is the same color as her hair. Yes, the girl is a catgirl.

"He better not be eating pancakes." The girl told herself. She was talking about her own boyfriend, who was the last person she saw before arriving at the place. In her distraction, she bumped into something. "Sorry. I wasn't paying attention."

"Naw, it's my bad." Another voice replied. The girl saw the owner, who was a boy older than her, maybe even older than her boyfriend. He looked to be around 19, spiked up black hair, hazel eyes. Wearing a black leather jacket, black sleeveless shirt, brown cargo jeans held up by a black belt, and black sneakers. The boy wasn't looking at the girl directly though, instead staring at her ears and tail. "Uh... No offense but-"

"Yes, I'm a catgirl and no, I do not go nyah." The girl replied automatically. She sighed, having heard the same questions all the time, even though the boy probably wasn't gonna ask them. "Sorry. You didn't deserve that. It's just..."

"Tired of people asking the same thing every time." The boy guessed. After a confirmation nod from the girl, he smiled. "Name's Steve. Steve Phoenix." Steve said, offering a hand.

"Jessica Mireu." The girl, Jessica shook the boy's hand. "Did you see a voice in a dark room too?"

"Yeah. And I guess it brought you here too." Steve said. He blinked and looked at Jessica more closely. "Mireu? Are you Pyro's sister?"

"Yeah." The girl nodded. Her brother was more well known than herself. "So... how do you know Pyro?"

"We met in the middle of a thing, we played music together. I played guitar, he sang. Your brother's a great singer." Steve replied. While normally skeptical when someone spoke of a normal person, Jess knew her brother was anything but such and believed what she had been told. After all, who knew Pyro (Aka Jonathan Mireu) better than the catgirl herself.

"Anyway, we should find out where we are." Steve said and opened the door to his left. Jess followed the boy into the room.

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The inside of the room resembled a small hotel room. It had one bed, two sitting chairs, a small table and even a mini bar.

The two simply walked inside, with Jessica sitting down on one of the chair. "Are we in a hotel of some sorts?"

"Looks like it. Even the mini bar's stocked." Steve replied. "They even have some good stuff here. You hungry or thirsty?"

Jessica shook her head. "Not really. So where were you before you got here?"

"I was training in a desert. Been there for a week and didn't have much water to drink." Steve replied, pulling out a bottle of water and drinking it.

"You have to be very thirsty after being in the desert for that long." Jessica commented, readjusting herself on the seat. Steve simply looked back at the catgirl. "I'll be honest, I haven't felt thirsty at all when I got here. And I don't have the sunburns I got when I spent the week there."

"So you're saying that whatever this place is supposed to be stops us from being hungry or thirsty?" Jessica asked, becoming more intrigued at the conversation.

"I guess so. And maybe also heals injuries." Steve replied and resumed searching the minibar fridge. "You sure you don't want something to drink? There's soda, water, some juice, tea. Don't worry, no milk." He added, having guessed that Jessica did not like being treated like a stereotypical catgirl.

She thought for a few moments then the young woman nodded. "Sure. I'll have some iced tea if there's any."

Steve nodded and took out a can of iced tea and a soda. He gave the former to the neko, sat down on the bed and drank some of the soda he had taken out. "I told you my story of where I was. Only fair that I hear yours."

Jessica thought for a moment. "Well... It was after I ran into my boyfriend again. His name's Will, by the way. We talked for a bit, he got hungry and we went for a bite. I closed my eyes for a moment and then... I got here."

"Ah. I don't think I've heard of this Will you mentioned." Steve drank more of his soda then placed the can on the small table. "Sounds like a nice guy though."

The teenaged neko nodded. "He is. But Will can act like an idiot sometimes."

"People do stupid things sometimes." Steve shrugged. The youth himself had done some reckless things before but not at the level the catgirl suggested her boyfriend did.