<div style="text-align: center;"><a class="postlink" href="http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e327/steusloffa/Junk/9b4c67d7-5e06-4750-8d35-191de0acc40c_zpsagryk5tp.jpg">[ img ]</a></div><br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 200%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #BF0000">I Z U</span></span></span></div><br/><br/><br/>That night, Izu had a dream of a conversation that he and Alida had just a few months earlier, about where she came from and how she got here. Back then, Alida had just started to grasp his language, but what she said made enough sense to the young man. She didn't just magically appear here, she had been sent here. Someone from where she was from had thought her important enough to send her away from the conflict. That knowledge had Izu on edge for a few weeks, but it eventually faded when Izu noticed that no one had come looking for the girl. He was sure Alida wasn't as happy about that as he was though, as it meant maybe no one was left to come searching.  This thought was sorrowful enough to cause Izu to slowly wake up.<br/><br/>The sun hadn't even began to rise yet, but it wasn't more than an hour from rising. Under the blankets, Alida curled up and clung to his side. Silently, Izu brushed some hair out of her face and carefully removed himself from her clutch and then tucked a blanket around her before leaving the bedroom. While his apartment was still pretty small, Alida had one day surprised Izu by giving the apartment a good once over. It was cleaner than he had ever had it, and with some furniture moved around, the apartment opened up a little bit. A small mew caught his attention, a recent new addition to his home. A small kitten had followed the two home one day while coming back from their jobs at the local cemetery. It was a stray with stubby little legs, and while Izu wasn't a cat person, Alida very much was. So it inevitably ended coming home with them just a few nights ago.<br/><br/>The little munchkin kitten mewed up at Izu once more before the young man sighed, leaned down and picked up the kitten. The small animal let out a stream of purrs as it was carried around the house as Izu prepared a cup of coffee for himself. After the cup finished brewing, Izu walked outside with the kitten, sipping on his coffee as the sun began to slowly rise. "Guess this is what my life is now... Getting up early, getting some coffee and then watching the sun rise with a kitten who can barely support its own fat head." Said Izu before taking another sip of his coffee, looking at the kitten who was content in his arms.<br/><br/>Izu let out a slight yawn before opening the door once more, setting the kitten down in the house.<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #BF0000">"Go wake up your girl."</span></span>He said, then shut the door and took another sip of his coffee. The kitten let out a series of mews before jumping around and taking off into the bedroom. It was a rather smart little kitten, it seemed to understand what Izu said for the most part. At least understanding that when he said girl, he meant Alida. As the kitten approached Alida, it pounced on her sleeping form that was under the blankets and began to jump around, then crawled up to her face and began to annoy her until she would get up.