Finding Strength Within | Digimon Savers/Data Squad |

           

Here we go! The next part of this little arc....thing! There were definitely some people who were confused about the whole ghost thing. I can't tell you what I have planned, sadly. You'll have to read and find out! ;D

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon Savers or any other OCs that appear in this story other than my own.

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Masaru didn't know what to make of what had become of his best friend. She was slumped over in her seat, her head resting against the desk and her back slowly rising up and down. He could hear her soft breathing. Never once has he seen her actually fall asleep in class, let alone before the teacher even arrived in the classroom. Concern bubbled up in him as he switched between looking at the sleeping Tohru and the door. If their teacher walked in and saw her like this, she'd get in trouble for sure.

He wondered why she would be so tired to begin with.

Masaru reached over and gently shook her shoulder, trying to stir her from her slumber before the teacher came in. "Hey. Tohru? Wake up." Good thing she's a light sleeper, because a few seconds of doing this was enough to make the brunette jolt up in her seat.

She looked dazed and confused for a few moments, until realizing where she was. A groan left her throat as she dropped her head back on the desk with an audible thud. Now Masaru was really concerned about her.

"Uh...Tohru. You okay?" The auburn haired male asked leaning his head down a bit to try and get a look at her face, though he had a hard time doing so. Tohru turned her head a bit to meet his gaze, her own emerald eyes looking groggy. Her eyelids were starting to droop again, but she tried her best to keep them open.

"I had a hard time sleeping last night. I was...um...thinking about my grandfather..." Tohru said before yawning softly. That was kind of a lie, as she couldn't fall asleep because of the...thing she saw at the cemetery. The....ghost. Was it really a ghost? Or had her mind been playing tricks on her? Whether she was going crazy or not, it had kept her up most of the night. She'd been scared that she was going to suddenly hear something in her room...or see something that shouldn't be there.

There was no use making Masaru worry over something that probably wasn't even there at all. But...still, she did feel like something had been watching her and her grandmother. That voice...she clearly did hear it. She knew that much. Tohru wanted to just chalk it up to her being delusional.

"Okay....you're sure?" Masaru didn't break his gaze from hers, just wanting to stare into her eyes a bit longer. To take in how adorable she looked when she was sleepy, even if it was a cause for concern. Tohru put on a smile to ease his worrying a bit and nodded quietly.

"Daimon! Harima! Heads off the desks!" They hadn't realized their teacher walked in at that moment, having become content with just staring into each other's eyes. Both teenagers bolted upright, Tohru suddenly not feeling so tired. Their teacher had that effect on people, and not in a good way.

Tohru and Masaru both blushed a bit as their classmates snickered at their expense, though the street fighter brushed it off pretty quickly. She yawned once more and took out her notebook to start taking notes, but instead of paying attention she just ended up thinking about the day before and the events that transpired.

What was really unsettling was...the voice saying her grandmother's name.

I have a really awful feeling about all this...

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Tohru let out what seemed to be the hundredth yawn today as she sat with Masaru in the classroom, taking out her bento. It was lunch hour, Masaru's favorite time of the school day. He whipped out his own bento in five seconds flat, splitting his chopsticks and immediately digging in. "Mom's fried eggs really hit the spot right now!" He watched Tohru yawn again, and stopped eating to stare at his friend.