The next morning, the sun rose mercilessly, heralding the end of the duo’s stay at the onsen. But even so, when the first beams of light snuck through the blinds and onto Eva’s snout, the Kitsune simply grumbled and turned onto her other side.

Which would have netted her another few minutes of sleep at least. If she hadn’t in the same movement deposited two of her three tails across Kurt’s face. Though even that might not have caused immediate issues, had one of them not fallen right across his mouth and nose.

Startled by the sudden lack of air, he was ripped out of the last vestiges of sleep. Quickly, and painfully, shoving the tails out of his face, he gasped for air.

With a yelp, Eva got up, giving Kurt an angry glare as she brought her tails closer to her.

“You brought that on yourself.” Kurt grumbled as he stretched.

“No need to be that rough.” She mumbled in reply as she nursed her hurt appendages.

Giving just an annoyed grunt in response, Kurt slowly rose from his futon and stumbled his way over to the bathroom.

While stretching a bit on her futon, Eva decided to go for one last soak in the pool on their balcony and made her way outside, turning mostly human to slide the door open more easily.

By the time it had filled up halfway with hot water, Kurt had finished in the bathroom and began to pack away what little he hadn’t packed already the evening before.

“Packing already?” Eva asked him from where she was leaning against the balcony, a couple of blue balls of flame nearby keeping her warm despite the chilly morning air. “We have until noon to leave.”

“And it’s already past ten.” Kurt explained with a shrug. “And in a bit under an hour there’s gonna be one last breakfast, and then we’ll already need to hurry to get back to town in time to catch the train.” He turned to give her a stern look as he continued. “Or do you want to spend all day waiting for the night train to Tokyo?”

“Fiiiine.” Eva groaned. “I’ll have my things packed before breakfast.” Giving one last longing gaze to the slow flow of hot water, the Kitsune sighed and moved back inside and began to pack as much as she could before taking a, shorter than planned, soak.

Of course, just as she had finished packing and gotten comfortable in the Onsen water, there was a knock on the door. When Kurt opened it, waiting there was a young oni ready to set down two trays with their breakfast on it.

Nothing too special. Just like the last few days, it was some Miso soup and rice with a few pieces of grilled fish.

Taking her time to get out and dry off, Kurt was already half way done with his meal by the time she sat down to start on hers. While she’d have loved to savor every bite as long as possible, her friend's annoyed glances kept her at a much faster pace.

Thus not even half an hour after the food had been served, they were both ready to return to Tokyo.