You eat what you sow [Saga Hifumi]

Oh? What's this? A free meal? Red watched as a bun fell from the basket of a girl who had tripped on the street. What luck! He arched his back with his tail slightly in the air as he made locked onto his target. "A little to the left," he would speak in his mind as he adjusted his body so. Was it probably a bad thing to be stealing from someone who just fell maybe, but he needed to eat besides they had a lot of food already. They could afford to lose one bun right?

After a few more seconds and waiting for some of the feet to clear he zoomed his way to the bun. He stopped and grabbed the bun with his mouth and looked back up at the person who dropped it. "Haha this is mine now," he said in an inner monologue and turned around and ran back into his alleyway. Turning the corner of the alley he placed himself inside a box he was using as a temporary shelter and began to nibble on the bun. A smile placed upon his little red and white face with each nibble of the bun. He was in such a delight he didn't realize his tail was sticking out of the box giving away his position.

Oh, this was such a sweet haul and though it wasn't much of a meal it was much better than sifting through the garbage. People were such nasty and evil beings always throwing away perfectly good food and then not cleaning the area they through the trash in. The mixing of smells and flavors just makes Red gag. He remembered some of the nasty combinations he had and honestly he was almost ready to get off the streets, but how? It's not like he had money to buy a home nor could he try and get a job. For all society knew he didn't exist. His life on the streets was very lonely and he was beginning to miss the circus life. Sure they weren't very kind to him, but at least he had the cheers of the audience and he got food sometimes.

He felt down now thinking about how hard life had been since leaving the circus. Why was everyone so cruel and saw him as a street rat not deserving of any food? If only someone could be so kind enough to give him a chance. Red finished his bun, rather quickly, and sat his furry little head down to rest. His eyelids slowly going down only to quickly blink open at the sudden noise. "Who? What? Where?" Red thought as he frantically looked around his surroundings. Before Red was the girl whom he stole the bun from. Was he in trouble was she about to hurt him? The image of a whip appeared in his mind and he flinched when he saw her hand move.

A few seconds passed and he didn't feel any stinging sensation. No pain. Wait what was going on? He opened his eyes and looked up at the girl and saw another bun being offered to him. Why was she giving him a bun? He had just stolen one from her. Was this girl crazy? Red was hesitant to take the bun, but he took his paws and grabbed the bun from the girl's hand and nibbled on it in the further corner from the girl. He never took his eyes off the girl still unsure of her intentions. What if she sent him back to the circus? She certainly looked like someone who belonged in a circus. Wait what if she was looking for him and was going to take him back. That would be horrible, but he was cornered now how was he supposed to escape then?

Fion found he came to the shopping district alot lately and he felt like it might be just to see Hifumi otherwise he wouldn't come here as often as he has the last little while usually he'd come by maybe once a week but he's been to the shopping district nearly five times the past week alone. He did wonder what about her he was so interested in though she was really cute and very nice which are definitely the main reasons he would go see her every chance he had lately but maybe it was something else?

Regardless he just walked around seeing if anything exciting was happening or if Hifumi was around getting into trouble or trying to befriend someone. It didn't take long until he could hear her voice nearby he could hear something about a noodle kitty? Fion had no idea what that meant but he picked up his pace abit until he could see the cute fish girl talking to an animal of some kind.

Fion took abit of a closer look and soon realized it looked like a Red Panda which he felt was strange to see hanging out in the city but perhaps it was someone's pet or something. He decided he'd say hello though maybe get an idea of what's happening in front of him right now.

"Hey there Hifumi making new friends? Looks like a Red Panda haven't seen many of those around." Fion had hoped it was a friendly animal though it likely was since it was playing with Hifumi or she just gave it food or something and it just appreciates it.