Thread: Collared by a necklace (Payne/Ookami)

Not really having any objective or goal in mind, the brown furred fox stalked silently through the alleys. The little encounter with the strange blond human had knocked him several hours behind schedule and he figured that the normal restaurant he visited would be as bare as a bone by now. Fen of course wasnt a legitimate customer, hell he had no money and he was pretty sure the store was strictly off limits to creatures like himself. The food he ate was the ones mashed together in crumpled plastic takeaway containers, the leftover meals that couldnt be sold in the upcoming day due to expiration. The food was still good in Fens eyes, and he couldnt understand it too well. Hed heard someone expressing sentiments once and the other guy had said something about retail laws, hygiene and quality of food. But it sounded like human bogus to him. Figuring that one night without eating wouldnt kill him he continued wandering the streets, hoping to catch glimpse or whiff of something edible, he smirked at what Lillian would say if she saw him now. An animal? Scavenger? Whatever it was it wasnt really something hed take offensively. He didnt even know why he was still thinking about the girl. She had probably forgotten he existed already, and not in a million years would he expect her to be conjuring him up again in her dreams. It must have been his idle thoughts of her that led him back to the same alley hed found her. A faint scent, barely noticeable trailing through the air towards him, his brow immediately furrowed in disapproval. His mind briefly suspecting Lillian to be back in the alley, if she was back here again she really was a complete dunce, but after the initial surge of irritation he realized that the scent in the air was a bit too frail to be that of a human girl. Perhaps a forgotten shoe, or a sweat soaked scrap of her garment? Either way it couldnt have been anything important, and yet he felt he had to go in there. He had no use for human clothing, but the realization that hed blown his chance, and would never see Lillian again somehow stung his stubborn mind. Quite frankly he hadnt spoken this much to a human in his entire life. The most he ever gave them was a feral growl or a blunt Get lost and seeing as how his own kind were few and inbetween, his social skills werent exactly top-notch. All hed wanted to say to Lillian was to be more careful, but he didnt think he had the right to be protective over her, and even if he did, he doubted Lillian would listen to some complete stranger shed met on the streets. Frustrated he scowled at a pile of black plastic bag piled ontop of eachother, only now realizing that hed been searching for the fragment of Lillian on auto-pilot, it only took a few more seconds before he noticed a glint of metal which he quickly snatched up and held to his snout. Must belong to her. He mumbled, squeezing the necklace inbetween his paws, wondering if he should return it. It was a pretty little thing, but considering how Lillian could offer him a million dollars, it was a petty thing he doubt shed miss. Shed probably just shrug it off and buy a replacement before the sun set tomorrow, and the thought sort of made him grow a bit sympathetic towards the small trinket as he figured he too would be forgotten. Youre a bit too fancy for my tastes but I guess you wouldnt be too annoying to keep around he smirked at the necklace, placing it around his neck, he fiddled with the hook for a few seconds, before finally managing to clip it in place. The heart shaped accessory dangling from his neck and resting comfortably over his chest. He considered taking it off, but it wasnt like he could wear it anywhere else, and tossing it away again was out of the question. For the first time in years hed picked up something and made it his. Hmph, guess she wasnt a complete waste of time after all. He mumbled, turning his head upward to the night sky and wondering what Lillian was dreaming about right now.