"Wake up Kuro, we need to go meet our friends now" the kitten was sleeping when Mark finally woke her up.
It was early enough by Mark's standards but the glaring sun outside said differently and made him aware just how late it actually was. It was close to 01:00 PM which did not leave a lot of time before the meetup.
The plan was simple, get Kuro to not go training for a day and then meet up with the party when they were alone.
There were flaws to this whole plan, but the risk did not overcome the rewards begging offered which was a good thing.
Then his door got knocked which made Mark actually lose sight of where he was moving and fall down. It was a startling experience, to get a visiting guest at this time.
People were generally too busy to actually seek him out at this time. This was the first time his room doors had been knocked by anyone which made it exciting and also frustrating to him.