罪に陥る

                He may or may not have fallen asleep on that paperwork he now was holding.

"O-Oh dear! That sounds awful! W-would you like some assistance with that? I finished up my reports last night, and I d-don’t have anything to do at the moment."

"No, it's alright. I can handle this. But when I'm done, I'm going to find the idiot who thought that delivering half-assed reports was a good idea." And then make him pay. "Tea?"

"A-Ah…W-Well good morning, either way! D-Did you sleep well?!"

"Not really. I've been up all night, trying to fix a pile of poorly written reports. I still have at least ten of them left on my desk."

Jolts up, blinking and rubbing the sleep from her eyes. “Y-Yes! I am alive!”

"Calm down, calm down. It's just me. Taichou's not even in yet."

Still half asleep.

Nudges, gently. "Hey, are you alive?"

Keiko got comfortable sitting on the floor just as the cat did, reaching over to stroke and fluff over his exposed tummy and all over. “I think I might have leftover chicken I can give you, actually, now I think about it… But let’s show you some love first!” Of course Keiko would spoil this random cat; she’d never had a pet of her own before. She gave it a few more minutes of fussing before getting up and slowly moving back into her office. “Come, kitty, I’ll get you some chicken!” And with that she hurried into her office to grab a little box of leftover chicken, hurrying back to the cat as soon as possible.

He could smell the food; smell something delicious the moment she appeared and had only then decided to rise to all fours, meowing on his way up.

Ernest Hemingway

             ”This isn’t good. Do we know which squad this came from? I sure hope it wasn’t us.”

"It doesn't say. But judging by the content, I'd say Eleventh." Pauses, before pointing at the drawing once more, "What is this thing even supposed to be? A bird? A goat? I don't understand that division, I swear."

            “Oh dear. Mind if I take a look?”

"See? Someone even doodled across this one. I'm returning this stack right away. And whoever was stupid enough to hand this in will pay."

Its wobbly movements made it all the more cute to Keiko. Once he was within reach, she gently stroked his head and behind his ears, smiling all the while as she acted like a ten year old. "You don’t look like a stray… and you don’t look like you’ve wandered very far, or rather, can’t wander too far." She was very tempted to pick it up and cuddle it but she didn’t want her face ripped to shreds.

He quite liked how this lady treated him, with respect and gentleness. Just like his Hina. Now, if only she gave him food too...