"Wake up!"
"Annie!"
"Annie?"
"Wake up already!"
"Annie?"
After who knew how long, just as Annie was sleeping soundly in a hazy, drowsy stupor, a sudden, urgent voice and a pair of hands shaking her awake jolted her from her sleep.
"..."
(っ-)
"Oh, it's you, Sister Clete?"
"What is it?"
(Д≡д)!?
"Have we arrived?"
!(;o)o
Slowly rubbing her eyes as she woke up, she looked around and saw that she was still inside the carriage. But when she heard what sounded like a lot of people outside, Annie sprang to her feet, slid off the pile of sacks, and asked excitedly.
"Huh?"
Seeing Annie wake up and immediately jump for joy, Clete nearly found herself at a loss.
"We have arrived!"
"But..."
"But..."
Clete quickly came to her senses, but then she started stammering, looking hesitant. She gazed strangely at Annie, as if she wanted to tell her something but didn't know where to begin—or whether she should say it at all.
"??"
"What's wrong?"
(ˇεˇ)
"Sister Clete, what are you trying to say?"
s(｀ヘ;)ゞ
Seeing the other girl shake her awake only to start stammering, Annie was naturally a little annoyed. She planted her hands on her hips and asked loudly, huffing impatiently.
"Fine!"
"Here's what happened!"
"Gus..."
In the end, Clete pressed her lips together and told Annie how Gus had abandoned the three of them while they were asleep, somewhere along the way just before they reached their destination, and left on his own.
"He's gone!!"
As she finished speaking, for some reason, she looked at Annie with a hint of pity and sympathy, as if she were worried about her.
"Oh..."
(⊙o⊙*)
When she saw Clete's expression, Annie had thought some major event had happened while she was asleep and she'd missed it. But who'd