<div style="text-align: center;"><a class="postlink" href="http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/steusloffa/Dicks/izuuuzuzuu_zps5e4b48941_zps6b1bd09c.png">[ img ]</a></div><br/><br/>Tired eyes squinted as a hand raised up to block out the bright morning sun. Now, Izu wasn't someone who minded the cold, but he couldn't help but feel irritated that the sun was shinning so brightly, but it was still so chilly. It baffled the young man how Alida could desire to come, and stay, outside when it was so cold. It was pretty obvious that the girl, despite feeling a bit chilly, was still enjoying her time outside, exploring. Izu watched with curiosity as the girl picked up  a small metal canister up and sniffed it, only to slam the lid back down. Judging by her reaction, it was probably something pretty bad.<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #BF0000">"Curiosity killed the cat, as they say..."</span></span>said Izu with a small sigh.<br/><br/>It was at that moment that a bird swooped down from a perch and cocked its head to the side, observing the strange girl. Izu crossed his arms and leaned to one side, watching the two with a slight bit of interest. Alida grinned, bending down as the bird hopped into her hand. It offered the girl a series of happy chirps as she stroked its tiny head, Alida turning to Izu before calling out his name.<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #BF0000">"Whaaaaat?"</span></span>He asked in annoyance as she made her way over, thrusting the bird right up into his view. The young man pulled his head back and furrowed his brow, the bird did something of the same sort.<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #BF0000">"It's a bird. So what?"</span></span>He stated, ignoring the fact that the girl was holding a wild bird as if it were a house pet.<br/><br/>Izu could tell that Alida was stricken by the tiny bird. He imagined she thought it was cute or something.<span style="color: #404000">"Izu?"</span>Alida said his name in a questioning tone before looking back down at the bird. While their way of communication was far from good, he understood perfectly clear what the girl was asking at that moment.<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #BF0000">"Sparrow"</span></span>Izu said plainly, with little emotion, as he eyed the small bird, leaning down a bit to get a better look at it. The bird tweaked out a bit though and flew away.<br/><br/>Alida cried out in dismay,<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #408000">"Dreh ni lif!"</span></span>obviously not pleased with the fact that the bird left her. It was likely that the bird had been spooked by the naturally unfriendly feeling that came off in waves from Izu. The young man met the gaze of the girl with a slightly irritated look in his eyes,<span style="color: #BF0000">"What...?"</span>he asked in a semi-hostile voice. Alida was obviously sad from the departure of the little sparrow, but what could he do? It wasn't like he could just snap his fingers and the bird would fly back. This was probably a good life lesson for the girl anyways, she seems like she needs to learn a thing or two about sadness and the way his world worked.<br/><br/>Alida let out a sigh before dropping to the ground and laying down on her back as softly as possible, eyes locked on the sky as a flock of geese passed by. The girl cringed and covered her ears though as a plane flew overhead, refusing to remove her hands until the plane was long gone.<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #BF0000">"Judging by that reaction, I take it you don't have air planes where you're from...?"</span></span>he asked, not expecting his words to mean anything to the girl. She was fairly skittish to certain things, usually things that made loud noises or flashed lights and sounds in some fashion.<br/><br/>The young man lost his train of thought as a loud grumbling sound came from Alida. Izu raised a brow,<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #BF0000">"Guess that means it's time to go back inside for a bit. It's cold anyways, and I'm over the stench of the outdoors..."</span></span>he said halfheartedly before assisting Alida up to her feet, then leading her back to the apartment, despite her protests.<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #BF0000">"I don't want to hear it girl. I'm cold and it's obvious you are too. You look like you could cut diamonds..."</span></span>he said, referring to her nipples.<br/><br/>Once inside, Izu took a good few minuets to observe the young girl. She had no clothing of her own to wear, not that he minded that much. This was a problem in a sense, Izu is, after all, a healthy young man. What could he do to fix this issue though? Buy her clothing? That would just add to the quickly pilling debt that she already owed him, and just how long would she be here? That was actually a good question, and one that had slipped his mind for a while.<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #BF0000">"Hey, free-loader."</span></span>he said, signalling to Alida,<span style="color: #BF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">"How long do you plan to free-load without offering some kind of service? What do you bring to the table as of now...?"</span></span>he asked, giving the appropriate signals to indicate what he was saying to the best of his ability.