Night's POV 👻

Yet, I'm still wondering how he's managed to do that.

Shrugging my shoulders, I reached into my shorts pockets and pulled out two keys I was given, that unlocks the doors to the third bedroom and the basement downstairs.

Why do I have them?

I don't know.

But, both of those rooms carry a really dark secret that someone I know is hiding from and doesn't want everyone to find out.

And I was entrusted with those two keys as a reminder and a heavy burden of the moment when I first found out about it myself, and swore to keep my mouth shut, just to keep myself alive.

Because if I told everyone in the village or even a single person at least, about the dark secret, I'll end up getting brutally killed.

To make things worse, I was also told to kill anyone who finds out about the secret themselves, clean up any mess that's been made in either one of those rooms, and get rid of any evidence remaining.

And I have to do all of this while it's around nighttime, to avoid drawing any attention towards me and them.

Messed up, ain't it?

But, this is the only way I can repay them for sparing me and keeping me alive.

Even if I'm still constantly being treated like a dog behind both Klonoa and Kirara's back.

Looking at the keys, I walked over to the basement door and inserted one of them into the keyhole before turning the doorknob and going down the stairs.

When I made it to the floor, I reached over and flicked the light on, revealing one of the people that was here before Kirara came into the picture.

"Please....Please let me go...I promise I won't tell the police about this. Especially what's in the bedroom and here in the basement." They pleaded.

"I'm sorry..." I say as I felt tears appearing in my eyes a little, before grabbing a rope from the shelf. "...If I had all of this my way, I would've letted you go...But, I can't. I'm being forced to do this, even though I don't want to do it."

"Then, why?"

"Because, if I don't do what I'm being forced to do, I could get killed...And, like you...I don't wanna die either." I answered, unable to stop the tears from falling.

"The least I can do is make this quick and painless for you......"

As I said that, I gripped the rope tightly, unable to stop myself from trembling before I made a noose and had it on the person's neck.

Hesitating, I could only say "I'm...so sorry" before closing my eyes tightly and quickly ending their life, not wanting to see them die and fall limp as the sound of their neck being snapped was heard.

After that, they didn't move anymore, once I opened my eyes and started to dispose them....

Kirara's POV 🫧

By the time it was the next day, I woke up and yawned a little while stretching the tiredness out of me a bit, before noticing Klonoa sleeping right next to me, which made me remember the events that's happened yesterday.

"Oh yeah....I fell into this world, met Klonoa, was given a place to live in thanks to him and also met Night during all of this." I thought to myself as I looked over at Klonoa's small figure, making me smile and chuckle lightly at the sight of this, before giving him a light scratch by the back of his head.

"Hehe...He's so cute."

Then I pulled him close, letting him rest his head on my shoulder while his body was on my chest, as I embraced him in a gentle hug.

"He feels so warm and soft too...It almost feels like I'm hugging a life sized plush doll, around his height and size, that just got cleaned and dried up really well recently..."

While I was lost in my thoughts about Klonoa, I suddenly felt him move, seeing him starting to wake up and yawn cutely.

Just seeing this made me silently squeal over the cuteness, as he buried his face in my shoulder, just after noticing me.

"Morning cutie..." I chuckled while rubbing his back soothingly.

"Morning, Kira...." He responded, rubbing his eyes sleepily, before smiling.

In response, I smiled back and cuddled him, as I gave him a kiss by the forehead.

"You looked so cute when you were asleep." I mentioned to him while giggling a bit.

Just after I said that, Klonoa smiled again and blushed lightly, before he scooted down, resting his head on my chest and curling up into a little ball.

"Thank you..." He replies before giving me an adorable smile.

In response, I letted him get comfortable as I reached over and kept him close to me, like he was my own child, even though he's not my kid and I'm only just around his and Night's age.

For a while, we remained like this, until the both of us started to feel hungry.

Looking at Klonoa, I reached over and booped him by the nose for a moment.

"You do know we gotta get up eventually and get ourselves something to eat, right?" I began.

"I know...But, I don't wanna move. The both of us are in a good spot and I feel really comfortable where I'm at." He whined before making a pouting face at me.

"Sorry..." I replied as I playfully stuck my tongue out at him. "We can go back to cuddling after we've had our breakfast, okay?"

"Okay..." He sighed wearily, as he pouted again while getting off of me and out of the bed as he did so.

Smiling, I gave him a hug and a head pat before we headed out of the room and to the kitchen.

As we entered into the kitchen, I asked Klonoa what he wanted for breakfast, since I wanted to cook him something.

In response, he said "You..." , clearly joking around, while that made me blush hard and cringe a little to myself on the inside, due to my thoughts mistakenly assuming what he meant for a moment before learning it was just a joke.

"Oh, c'mon...I'm being serious." I went before pouting at him.

"Sorry." Klonoa chuckled. "I want some waffles."

"What kind? Strawberry, blueberry or chocolate chip?"

"I'm in the mood for blueberry..."

"I'll fix myself some too, after I serve you yours, since it's one of my favorites." I mentioned before smiling.

"Okay!" He replied.

Then I grabbed the ingredients and went to work on making waffles, after Klonoa told me where they are, since I'm still new to the house and to my surroundings outside.

Klonoa's POV 💍

I didn't expect myself nor realize that I'd fall in love with Kira so quickly.

She's only been here for a day so far, and we just met each other, but she's already stolen my heart.

And it seems like I stole her heart too, because of me just being who I am.

A cute, little kitty with the personality of an innocent, cinnamon roll.

If I had to be honest, it felt like my love for her was growing stronger and stronger within every single second, minute, and hours in the day.

It's strange to me, for this feeling to be related to love.

Without even thinking or anything like that, I got up from my chair and just walked over before hugging Kira lightly, with my arms wrapped around her waist.

As I did that, it caught her by surprise a little for a moment, until she looked over and smiled at me instead.

"Aww...Did someone want another hug from me?" Kira asked.

"Mm-hm..." I went before nodding.