Having had some not so pleasant encounters in this city so far, Sakuya was attempting to find his apartment now. He strutted through the streets, even in this time of despair he was his usual arrogant self. One couldn’t let their guard down ever. They couldn’t show weakness or insecurity, anything that made them vulnerable to any sort of attack or failure. That was how one became perfect or so he had been taught. Perfect for the Le Bel family, maybe, but Sakuya couldn’t help feel not worthy or simply not right in a way. His father had never embraced what filled with Sakuya with joy, or what actually made the pigeon himself. Right. He couldn’t be an individual. Forever and always he was meant to represent his family and a slip-up meant failure.
A deep breath. Wow, he was doing a lot of deep breathing today. Maybe he was practicing for some type of pigeon yoga? No, that was ridiculous. He was a cheerleader, silly! Actually, this whole experience was taking a big toll on Sakuya’s confidence. So many people today had said he was nobirdie. Nobirdie at all. The little voice in his mind argued that he was somebirdie indeed! He was Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane, wasn’t he? Or… he was meant to be. Such a big name, with even bigger expectations. All of it became a heavy weight that he carried with him as he tried to keep whatever remainder of his “right” self he had left. If he broke down or something, … imagine how disgraceful that would be! His father might disown him if he expressed his vulnerability in such a manner.
His deep thoughts were interrupted by a voice. Oh? And it sounded familiar. Sakuya turned around, ready to yell at the human for disturbing him when he was thinking and for calling out to him in such a casual and rude manner.
… It was her. Hiyoko Tousaka. That human girl from his class. Well. She must be comfortable here. Her kind was in power and plentiful, far different from the world they both knew as home. Lucky her. Sakuya continued with his regular actions and rolled his eyes at her.
Yes, he was jealous of her. Would he admit it? Never. The girl looked so happy as usual, when Sakuya himself was drowning in despair. How dare she be happy when he was upset! It was so rude of her and here she was treating him like one of them. Now he had even more reason to be jealous of Hiyoko. This situation wasn’t a bad one for her as it was for him. In fact, he thought she could be happier here than in a pigeon ruled society. Not that he wanted her to be. Her happiness did not matter at all to him for it did not matter to the Le Bel family.
Looking skeptical when she mentioned the word “cave,” he raised an eyebrow at her. She was poor, of course, but really? Had she not realized they had apartments here? The apartments had to be nice too if Sakuya was given one. Those scientists wouldn’t dare give a Le Bel a less than five star place to stay. Oh, yes, she was a human, he almost forgot. Hiyoko had been a familiar face that he had treated her like a pigeon. Clearly if she were human she’d live somewhere such as a cave and he couldn’t possibly expect a human to understand things like apartments. Especially a commoner human. .. wait, were there noble humans? No, that was unthinkable since humans didn’t even look as noble as pigeons.
“I do take your social rank into consideration, Hiyoko, but I believe the apartments do take in even peasants? I wish they didn’t, obviously, but it seems as though everybirdie is staying in one and I assume you shall do so as well.”
He flipped a small piece of his hair out of his face. It hadn’t even occurred to him that the hunter-gatherer might not recognize him in this form. If she didn’t at first, it would be obvious after a few seconds. She couldn’t be that dumb as to not recognize his aristocratic aura, correct? Or so he thought, at least.
“If you switch your quest to locating your apartment building, I’m afraid I still cannot assist you. I have no time to waste on you, peasant.”
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