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It was late at night,Arc layed on his back,his head resting in his arms,he lay on the bed of a hotel he was staying at,he looked up at the ceiling,he turned his head to the left some,glancing at the clock beside him,the clock read 2:30AM.Sure it was late,but its not like he had anything planned for the next day,he could stay up later,and sleep in late.Arc looked back up at the ceiling,and closed his eyes,thoughtful. I hope this place doesnt burn in flames he thought,after all,he always had a bad habit of being around things,and them catch on fire.Be at school,burn his homework,burn the bathroom,burn the school.Be at the park,burn the branches,burn the trees,burn the benches,burn the park.Rather it was bad luck or misfortune,this human would never know.Eventually he dozed off,when the clock struck 3:00 ,he was dead asleep.The next morning Arc woke up and looked around,glad the hotel was still standing in all in one piece.He got up and sleepily walked to his dresser,atleast to get some clothes on,since he was just trudging in his pjs.After getting dressed in better clothes he grabbed alittle messenger bag,a small one,not a huge one,and put some stuff in it.Rather then sitting around the hotel room he was going to go look around this place.He slung the bag over his shoulder,and left the room,locking the door behind him.About an hour later he was walking through the streets,headed towards the ocean,oh how he loved the ocean.Eventually he made his way to the ocean,he stood on its shore,the wind blew slightly every now and then,and the 14 year old boy just sat down on the shore.One might wonder why a 14 year old is out alone,well,nobody but him knows.

In the water was the one place she felt safe and at home, like nobody and nothing could hurt her... There was always the possibility of some life guard thinking she was actually a shark, but do far that hadn't happened.
Natalia had been swimming fora while when she finally came out of the water, her sleek fur dripping. The anthro had managed to find a bikini and so at least she wasn't naked. She walked over to the towel she had also found and wrapped herself up in it then sat down with her head low, hoping no one would notice and hurt her.

Arc looked out at the ocean,he always felt close to the ocean,peaceful.He was a oddball,he never went to the ocean to swim..unlike the rest. He had unfastened the strap of his little messenger bag,he pulled out a note book,a pencil,and some colored pencils of every color and set them beside him.He had opened the notebook,and took a dark blue colored pencil and began to draw the water,then exchanged it for a lighter blue and colored in some white he left behind purposely.For a 14 year old they boy could draw good.He had been coloring when something had caught his eye,a figure walking out of the water,but it didnt look human..he looked at her out of the corner of his eye.

Natalia looked over at Arc and saw that he was drawing. She suddenly had the desperate urge to go and watch him but feared that if she got close enough to see what he was working on, he would hit her like everyone else did and so she just pulled the ratty towel tighter around her body.

Arc noticed she was looking at him,he looked back down at his drawing,he colored the sky,shades of blue,dark blue,light blue,purple,and light purple,then the drawing was complete,he stood up,he walked over to her,and sat about 3 feet infront of her,he always liked people to see his drawings,friend or foe,stranger or family.He placed the drawings on the sand so she could see it.No part of him showed that he would hurt her ever.“Like it?” he asked looking down at the drawing,that looked upside down from his point of view.

She cringed when he approached, thinking he was going to hit her just for looking at him. When she heard his question, she tentatively looked up at him then at the drawing.
"Yes..." she nodded, "It's very pretty..."

He looked at her a smile on his face,“really?” he asked even though he knew the answer,she liked it.
Some guy smoking a cigarette walk by flicking his ashes in the direction of Arcs drawing,setting it on fire,then just to ashes.He looked down,his smile gone aw.. he thought.As said earlier,things catch on fire around Arc,one way or another...

Natalia saw the man an curled up into a ball as he walked by, fear written plainly on her face and she cried our when the sheet of paper burst into flame like that. She assumed that Arc was going to blame her for it, everything bad that happened around her usually got blamed on her. It was a lot easier to blame an anthro since they were so prejudiced against anyways, and much easier to blame a homeless one.
She remained curled up in her tight ball, her whole body shuddering as she lay there.

Arc took a deep breath and sighed,“Oh well,i can always draw another picture..” he said.He began to bury the ashes in the sand so people wouldnt think they were burning stuff and all.After he was done burying the ashes he then looked at Nara.,“You okay?” he asked,no sign that showed he would hurt her was shown.No angry expression,no angry loud voice..nothing,just curiosity..

She slowly looked up at him, on fear still writ on her face.
"Y-you're not going to hurt me?" she asked, almost sounding confused.

“No...” he answered.He cocked his head to the side some,“Why would i hurt you? Your cool.” he asked/said,confused

She relaxed a bit and looked away, "Everybody hurts me... I'm useless..." she said quietly then looked up at him with a faint spark of hope in her eyes, "Y-you think I'm cool?"

Thats mean of them.. he thought, “Nobodys useless..everyone has atleast one use or another in this world” he said looking at her.He smiled seeing the hope in her eyes“Yes” he said smiling.He looked down,and started to play with the sand alittle,“Want to be my friend?” he asked her.

Her mouth opened and closed a bit then she nodded but couldn't get words out of her mouth. She had never had a friend before and no one had ever asked her to be their friend.

He looked at her,he smiled when she nodded a yes,“everlasting friendship.” he said.Then he realized he left his bag alone,he got up and put his things back in the bag then snapped it shut again he picked up the bag and went back over to Natalia.

She whimpered with a tone of desperation in her voice and she stood then followed him, "D-do you have any food?" she asked. Her ribs could easily be seen through her matted, wet fur and her hollow belly stood out even more.

He stood and thought for a moment,he thought he had packed a few snacks.He opened his little messenger back to see,“I have a bag of chips,2 candy bars,and a sandwhich” he said.Only then noticing her ribs could be seen,alongside to the hollow stomach.“You can have any of it..if you want” he said.He was stinjy with some things,but food was not one of them.

Natalia nodded gratefully but didn't reach for anything. She would wait for him to give it to her.

He looked over the food,but he didnt know anything she liked,or hated,or loved,or anything.He went with a plan B ,he crouched down and layed the food objects on the sand,all of them were protected with plastic,or something,so they wouldnt be ruined.He looked up at her,“Take whatever you want” he said.

She nodded and started with the sandwhich. She unwrapped it then scarfed it down in three bits with that shark mouth and all those shark teeth of hers.