Shizuru and Sun -- Could You Spare a Few Bucks?
———«☀»——— His stomach growled loudly. Stealing fruit from the market was not going to be enough and the people there we beginning to get suspicious of him. If he was going to stay here, he had best keep himself on the low down for a while.
And, on that note, he was completely broke. He had a mobile phone, though, which wasn't going to do him any good if he was about to starve to death on the street. Okay, maybe he was being a little melodramatic but he was hungry.
He stared up at the menu of Magnolia's Pizzaria, vowing to try every one of these foods before he left Koi. Silently, he groaned and stepped backward -- only to walk into a girl who had been passing behind him. He caught her before she could fall, using his tail as a balancer before he fell with her.
He pulled her onto her feet again and made sure she was steady before letting her go. "Careful. Er, well, I guess I should be the one whose careful. ... And sorry." He offered her a bit of a smile and scratched the back of his head.
———«☀»——— Then his stomach growled, because it had the worst timing ever.