1 Literally Awakening

Wake up. Wake up!"

Five more hours.

"Don't sleep in there, wake up!"

"Shut up!" He waved his arm and rolled to the side—Wait, why is there no soft mattress?

"You! I'm warning you nicely yet you actually yell at me to shut up?!" 

Groggily opening his eyes, he tried to look at the person shouting at him.

"Ugh.. my head." A young man wearing white hoodie and black pants moaned.

"Hmph! Served you right." 

"How did you get inside my house?" Rubbing his eyes, he asked the person in question.

"House? Are you perhaps drunk?" Being fully conscious now. He noticed that the one talking to her is a girl that seemed to be a little young.

"Drunk? Little girl, are you trying to gasli—" Wait.

'Huh?' The young man immediately sat up. Looking around, instead of the ceiling of his room, he was greeted by the bright sun.

'What the hell? Where am I?' He thought while covering his eyes.

"Who are you calling little girl?!" Hearing the angry girl, he brought his hands down to see the one who's been constantly yelling at him.

Looking at the girl, he was surprised. She has white hair tied into a twin braid and blue eyes. Overall, she looks cute.

"Did you kidnap me?" Turning his head around, he realized that he was on a park bench.

"Why would I kidnap you?!"

"How else could I be here? Sleepwalk?" He retorted sarcastically. 

"You!" As if she had enough, the white haired girl approached him and raised her fist.

Seeing this, he immediately stood up and backed off, "Okay little girl, calm down. I don't want to hurt you." He didn't think this girl could harm him but she's right, he should be grateful for waking him up.

If he's kidnapped, it's probably not her, she doesn't look strong enough to carry him from his house to an unknown park.

Plus he isn't bound or anything. The kidnappers probably dropped him off here after realizing he didn't have any valuable possessions.

Aside from his watch which is still in his wrist.

"Don't call me little girl, my name is Kiana Kaslana!" After saying that, the girl named Kiana Kaslana threw a punch at him.

"You!" Blocking it, he underestimated the power of the punch and was sent backward a few steps.

"What's your problem?!" How the hell is she strong?

"Don't worry, I'll beat you up at most." Kiana has never been this angry, she was kind enough to help this stranger yet this stranger keeps calling her little girl.

Which part of her is little?

"You're just being unreasonable." He patted his arm. 

Kiana snorted and tried to kick him.

He dodged this and grabbed her outstretched leg before putting a fist on her thighs.

"I admit that it's my fault but you should stop now. You don't want your legs hurting don't you?" He warned. Although he didn't practice any systematic martial arts, he still knows how to fight as someone who lives alone.

A street fighter you could say.

Kiana is surprised before her face turns red.

"Y-You! L-Let go you pervert!" She tried to pull her leg.

This guy is weird, he can somehow catch her movements.

"And have you attacked me again? No way. And what do you mean by pervert?" Okay, this girl has gone too far. That's just slandering him.

Kiana gritted her teeth before forcefully pulling her leg away.

Seeing this action of hers, he immediately let go, causing Kiana to lose balance and fall to the ground.

*THUD*

"..."

"..." 

An awkward silence permeated the air before he hurriedly walk forward and stretched his hand on her

"Sorry about that." He felt that he had bullied her too much.

Especially now that Kiana is looking at the ground blankly. 

Looking at the outstretched hand, she reluctantly grabbed it before immediately pulling him into the ground with her.

"What are yo—!" Before he could finish, Kiana pinned him to the ground, her lap straddling his.

"Gotcha!" Her previous blank expression was gone and was replaced by a smug smile.

"You twerp!" Not to be outdone, he pushed her off before holding her arm and pinning her face to the ground.

"You dare?!"

Kiana was furious and immediately struggled to try and push him to the ground again.

"Mommy, what are they doing?" A little kid pointed at the two idiots rolling on the ground trying to push each other.

"They are just playing." The mother immediately covered her son's eyes. Seriously, what's with kids these days? Have they got no shame?

It's morning and there's people at the park, couldn't they just flirt somewhere else?

—

After five minutes of rolling around, the two sat down at the bench while trying to catch their breath.

"A-Are you satisfied now..?" He glared at the girl beside him.

"It's your fault! And my name is not 'you', it's Kiana Kaslana!" The girl threw a glare of her own.

As they were about to fight again, he immediately stopped himself and observed his surroundings.

He thought it was a dream but looking back now, he's definitely awake.

Where is he then?!

"Hey little g— I mean Kiana Kaslana right? Where is this place?" He was about to call her little girl but quickly changed his words when he saw that she was about to jump at him again.

"Are you still sleeping? We're in Nagazora City." She answered annoyed. 

'Nagazora what? Where's that place?'

Looking at the white haired girl, aside from an annoyed expression, she doesn't seem to be lying. 

"Can you not look at me like that? It's creepy, and I don't even know your name." Seeing him staring intently at her, Kiana backed off a little.

"My name is Daniel. Don't assume I'm staring at you." Daniel rolled his eyes. 

"Hmph, whatever. I'll leave now." Seeing that he's fine, Kiana stood up and packed her bags under Daniel's surprised expression.

Is she a newcomer to this city?

"W-Wait! You really don't know how I got here?" Daniel asked, confused. Where's Nagazora? If he didn't get kidnapped then how did he get here?

"How am I supposed to know? I just got to this city." Kiana rolled her eyes but when she saw his shocked expression, she was surprised.

He wasn't messing around?

"You really don't know where you are?" 

"Yes!" Daniel immediately stood up and searched his pockets. His phone must still be here!

Much to his despair, he didn't find a phone. Aside from his watch, he didn't have anything, not even a wallet!

"Uhh, maybe you should go to the police? They probably know what to do." Kiana suggested surprisingly. Despite their rough start, she still didn't want to see a stranger lost.

"Where's the police though?" Daniel took her suggestion. He doesn't have anything, no wallet or phone. 

"I have a map here. I need it myself but we could go there together." Kiana offered help. He seemed genuinely lost and she can sympathize with that feeling.

"Alright…" He was unsure, it's not that he doesn't trust this girl, well it's more weird if he immediately trusts her but for some reason, he felt that she's not a very smart person.

She also seems familiar somehow.

"Kiana right? Have we met somewhere before?" He couldn't contain his curiosity.

"... Are you hitting up on me?" Hearing the classic pick up lines from him, Kiana stepped back a few steps and assumed a defensive posture.

'This little..' Daniel's mouth twitched before he sighed. It's probably just an illusion.

"In your dreams. My type are the gentle ones." He disdainfully said to her.

Kiana glared again before storming off. Hmph, is he saying that she's not gentle?

"Wait up little girl!" Seeing her walking away, he immediately followed.

"How many times do I have to tell you to not call me little girl?!"

—

"Are we there yet?" Daniel asked while carrying her bags. After arguing, they came to the agreement of separating ways after they go to the police.

It's been an hour now but unfortunately, there's no sign of a police station.

And this street somehow looks familiar…

"Uhhh… we're almost there… I think?" Kiana whispered the last part before looking at her map. She's following the directions but somehow, they couldn't see where the police station is.

Did she get scammed and bought a fake map?

"We've been walking since forever. You told me that the police station is just ten minutes away." Seeing her looking at the map for the nth time, Daniel had enough and took the map from her hands.

"Of course! I travel a lot so I definitely know these things." Kiana's words sound like she's comforting herself rather than informing him.

"Screw this, let me see." He dropped her luggage.

"W-Wait!" Seeing this, she tried to get the map away but to no avail. Daniel still took it away from her.

"Huh?" Raising the map high so that Kiana wouldn't be able to get it, he squinted his eyes before noticing a mark on the map.

Wait…

Looking blankly at her, he slowly rotated the map until it's back in the right direction.

Yes, the map is upside down.

"So we've been going around in circles and the reason why is because you don't know how to handle a map?" Daniel sighed, for some reason he wasn't surprised by this outcome.

"I-I know how to hold a map okay? I'm just tired because I have to deal with a rude guy!" Kiana's face turned red but she was still stubborn and shifted the blame to him.

Daniel stared at her before opening his mouth, "Idiot."

—

"Finally! We're here." After another fight with Kiana, they made their way to the police station.

"Hmph! There it is. I told you I could do it!" Kiana said with a proud expression.

"Uhuh," Daniel looked at the police station, he was surprised. Come to think of it, aside from a few signs, most of them are not English.

He didn't notice it earlier because Kiana is speaking the same language as him.

"What the hell are you waiting for? Let's go inside." She pushed the door open.

Daniel nodded and followed her.

"Welcome. How can the Nagazora police help you?" A middle aged man in a police uniform asked in Japanese.

"Quick, he's asking you." Kiana urged him.

"... What's he asking?" As much as he doesn't want to admit it, he can't speak Japanese. 

"What do you me—!" Kiana's eyes widened in realization. This guy… doesn't know how to speak Japanese.

"Pfft…Ehem." She covered her mouth and pretended to cough.

Daniel looked at this action of hers and his lips twitched.

"So you don't know how to speak Japanese." She composed herself but her smug smile didn't leave her face.

For some reason, Daniel had the urge to dropkick her but still force a smile and 'politely' asked, "Miss Kiana, can you please tell me what he said?" 

"What? I didn't hear it correctly. Also it's sister Kiana for you." Leaning closely, her smug expression has become more evident.

Seeing this, he really wanted to kick her but reason told him not to and just decided to go with it, "Beautiful Sister Kiana, can you please tell me what the mister said?" Daniel asked with a 'smile.'

"There we go! The mister said "welcome"." Kiana grinned. 

"..." 

'This little shit.' He was about to take her then and there until he heard the police officer clearing his throat.

"Young man, young lady. Welcome to Nagazora police station. How may we help you?" This time, the officer spoke in English with a smile. It's been a while since a foreigner visited them so he spoke in his home language in reflex. 

As a police officer, he knows some basic English. It's necessary in case someone needs them to communicate that way.

"..." Daniel didn't know whether to feel better or not. If you know how to speak English, couldn't you just have said it earlier?!

Kiana, on the other hand pouted, it seems that she was not satisfied yet.

"Sir, could you…" After calming himself down, Daniel asked the police officer about their current location and other things.

"Hmmm...Young man, from your story, you came from Europe but our location is in SouthEast Asia." The police officer frowned, he found Daniel's statement unreal. From Europe and suddenly woke up to Asia?

Although the police officer can tell that he's a foreigner, it's still unbelievable.

Daniel, on the other hand, was shocked, not because of what the police said but what he realized.

Nagazora… as someone who studied geography, he can tell that it's Eastern but doesn't know where, he has never heard of it before.

Kiana has also been telling him that they are in Nagazora.

Kiana…

"Kiana Kaslana right?" Turning around, he asked his companion very seriously.

"You're being weird but that's my name." Kiana replied unsure. Did this guy finally lose it? She can't blame him. She was also surprised that he was from Europe and somehow got to the Far East. No wonder they can understand each other.

'Nagazora… Kiana Kaslana…' 

Hearing that, Daniel really wanted to shout.

'FUCKKKKKKKKK!'