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The hybrid walked timidly down the hallways of the Highschool, her short claws making little tapping noises with each step but otherwise she was absolutely silent.
As she looked around, she noticed that there were other anthro students, but none like her, no other strange combinations. She saw a couple of foxes, but there wasn't a shark to be seen. She didn't know why but for some reason she felt like that would bring her a little peace of mind. None of these other anthros talked to her though. Everyone knew about her, that she was homeless and an orphan. They all just gave her sad looks but didn't approach, knowing how bad she was gonna get it.
"Hey there, fish face," a voice called from a nearby locker, a human boy probably a couple years older, "Why don't you go scavenge outta the trash can, like you're supposed to?" he mocked. Tears came to Natalia's eyes and she hurried down the hall.
It wasn't until lunch that day that something drastic happened. She was sitting alone, as always, when suddenly an avalanche of trash fell upon her. the boy from earlier and a friend of his had taken one of the trash cans and dumped the whole thing on her.
The hybrid's ears went flat and after the shock left her she started crying. She ran out of the cafeteria with milk and food falling off of her. She ran all the way out to the back of the school where she just sat and cried, curling into a tight ball.

It was just another normal day at Highschool for Nero. Rather than being quiet his footsteps were rather loud due to there size, and how he took powerful strides, wasting no time to get to class. He usually arrived before anyone else, and sat in his desk near the windows and peered outside, watching the clouds roll by.

After a while his classmates began to funnel into the room, and causing quite a commotion. Nero blocked them from his mind, lost in his own world, he could think of many places he would rather be at right now. No one ever approached him, and he was generally scary to most girls or timid people, and he very rarely made any friends. Nero was also held back a grade due to being suspended from a school, and was never being to catch up to the curriculum that year. He wasn't dumb, he just didn't care that much, and slid by daily, maybe it was because no one ever got on to him about it.

Nero had forgotten his materials and needed to get up and walk to his lockers to grab all his stuff. He heard something about scavenging out of the trash and saw a shark/fox anthro run off, looking very upset. He walked over to his locker wondering what all of that was about while putting in his combination. Nero recognized her but didn't know who she was, he didn't pay attention to social life at all, but he did see her a lot, especially at lunch, sitting alone like he did.

During lunch Nero quickly ate his food, and instead of gazing out of the cafeteria's windows he stared at the girl from earlier, wondering what happened earlier. He looked away for a moment noticing that the clouds had begun to cover the sun, when he heard the sound of many things being dumped on the floor. He turned his head slowly to see that the girl had been showered with trash, by the same guy who had made her run down the hall earlier. Nero's eyebrows furrowed slightly and he got up from the table, walking next to the guy who had humiliated her. He stopped beside him, and waited for him to realize who was staring at him after he finished his bout of laughter. He quickly recoiled and walked away, and Nero quickly walked out of the cafeteria, catching a short glimpse of the girl rounding a corner.

He followed her, catching short glimpses of her dodging past walls as he progressed through the school. Eventually he reached the back of the school, and saw her curled up into a ball and crying. Nero gave only a slight worried look, as he said, "Are you okay?", he felt like it was a stupid question, of course she wasn't, but he couldn't find anything else to say. He rubbed the back of his head in thought, running his hand through his already messy hair.

For a moment, all she saw was his shadow and thought it was the other boy again.
"P-please don't hurt me..." she begged and covered her head, preparing for an incoming fist or shoe, but rather she got a question from an unfamiliar voice but a rather familiar face. She just stated at Nero for a few seconds then shook her head and started crying again, "N-no..." she sobbed and pulled her furry shark tail tight around her shins.
"I-if you're gonna make fun of me just do it..." she whimpered and his her face behind we knees.

Nero wasn't that surprised when she mistook him for the boy from earlier, but he was slightly confused. 'Do I really look like that guy?' he thought to himself. He knew that he was fairly tall and towered over that kid, 'it was probably just my shadow', he thought once more. Nero had a fairly deep and gruff voice with a pleasant rumble. He walked closer to the anthro and sat down next to her, but kept his distance, about 4 feet apart. Nero rested his arms on his knees and looking up to the sky, he was trying his hardest not to seem hostile. "I'm here to help you...", he turned his head to her and raised an eyebrow saying, "Besides, who asks about someones well-being and then hurts them?". Nero kept his gaze on her, waiting patiently for a reply.

"Why do you want to help me?" she asked, "I'm not worth your time..." she glanced over at him. There was a banana peel on her head, right between her ears. It would have been comical if she wasn't in such bad condition now with milk and spaghetti sauce matting her fur down and staining her last wearable dress with gross streaks of red and brown.
"I'm not worth anybody's time..."

Nero sighed and scooted closer so he could reach over and grab the banana peel. He pinched the stem with two fingers and lifted it off of her head and threw it off somewhere, before getting up and dusting himself off. He looked down at the girl and said, "Well...It's a good thing I'm a nobody...", he said with a small smirk. Nero's smirk faded and shifted to one of concern as he reached a hand out towards her and said, "Come on let's get you cleaned up".

She blushed bright red beneath her tan, furry cheeks when he just took the banana peel off her head and even more when he offered her his hand.
"A-alright..." she said and some more food and garbage fell off of her.

Nero didn't actually know any place that she could get washed up at, and she probably didn't want to go into any girls restroom, plus it looked like she needed to get sprayed off outside before even walking in anywhere to take a bath. Since something like this had happened he decided it only appropriate for him to take the day off and ditch school for now, the teachers would understand if he explained. Plus he was actually never absent from school, mainly because he never got sick, and he didn't do much outside of physical training and boxing. He easily pulled her off of the ground, and decided to introduce himself, "I'm Nero by the way....Nero Mason....", he looked around. "Let's find somewhere you can get clean...We will have to go off campus....", he said hoping she would understand, and hopefully accept, the odds were that she would since it looks like it has been an emotionally stressful day.

She kept her eyes to the ground after being hoisted to her paws, "Thank you... I'm Natalia," she said softly and stayed close to him.

(May I ask, what's the point of playing anonymously?)

Nero nodded to her and gave a small smile, which made him look like a completely different person, certainly much less aggressive. "Hi, Natalia it's a pleasure to meet you...", his smile fades as quickly as it came and he is restored to his serious looking self once again. He gets back to the matter at hand, "Now...Where do you live?".

(There is no point, I defy logic. Am I doing something wrong though? I hope I'm not I don't want to burn any bridges, )

She looks up at him with a semi-infatuated expression when he smiled at her but quickly looked down again when it faded.
"I-I don't live anywhere... Not anywhere I want to be anyways..." she whimpered quietly and stared straight down at her toes, then looked up at the ground ahead. She didn't want to think about or see the dress. She was going to be in a lot of trouble once she got "home."

(No, you're not doing anything wrong I'm just wondering cus I like to know and beforend whoever I'm playing with. It makes it a lot easier to contact you again, because so far I like RPin with you a lot. You've got great posts.)

Nero gives a slightly saddened look when she explains that she does not live anywhere, how was she going on? He looked at her with concern, he decided that the only option was to go back to his place. His mom would be at work due to her long shifts, hopefully. He couldn't let her be when she was in this condition and didn't have anywhere to go. After a few moments of thought, Nero finally said, "We will go to my place then...", and began to walk off before she could respond. After a few steps he looked beside/behind him to make sure she was following.

(Just PM my character, I respond fairly quickly so not2worry, plus I subscribe to all of the forums I am in so I get an email and know when you posted.)

She was indeed following him but looked uncertain, "A-are you sure you want me to?" she asked quietly. There would be no argument from her if he for some reason changed his mind but prayed that he wouldn't.

Nero said, "Of course, I can't let you remain in the state you're in, especially since you don't have a place to go home to...", that really did bother him. He lead Natalia through the campus, avoiding people and taking detours as they traveled through the city, which was neither large or small. It had been a long walk to his house, about half an hour had passed, hopefully Natalia didn't mind. He stopped in front of his houses gate, it was very basic in design, it had 2 stories and a balcony which was outside of his room. A garden was in the small yard and it was surrounded by a 8 foot wall. Nero fished around in his pockets for a few moments and said, "I left my wallet in my locker...My keys are in there...", he looked up at the wall as if he had done this before. "So, wait here for a sec...", he leaped up and grabbed the wall pulling himself up with ease and dropping down on the other side so he could open the gates, and let Natalia in. Once inside he closed the gate back and led Natalia up to his doorstep, and told her to wait once more. She seemed to have lost all of the large bits of trash through the long walk, so he decided it was okay for her to walk in and take a shower, as long as she didn't touch anything. He said once more, "No keys...", as he walked off to the side of the house and turned around, looking up. His eyes were gazing at the Balcony that was a little more than 12 feet above the ground, he overturned an empty wheel-barrel so he could reach it after the running start. He ran, jumped off of the wheel-barrel and grabbed on to the ledge of the balcony. After stabilizing for a bit he quickly pulled himself up using the railing to his advantages, and slipped into his room. After a few seconds Nero opened up the front door and asked her to come inside. The inside of his house was very clean, the living room was to the left, beside it the kitchen, and in front of them was a small hallway that had stairs leading upstairs. He walked upstairs and motioned to a door next to him, saying, "This is the bathroom, you can wash up in here, do you need anything before you go in?".

Natalia had also dried of during the walk and she looked very homeless now, what with such a messy dress and her fur stained and matted down too. She felt bad simply for following him; she didn't want anything to happen to him just because he was being kind to her.
She looked around wistfully as they arrived at his home. It was perfect in her eyes and she wished she had something like it. She doubted her chances though. It's hard to move up in life when even your foster siblings don't like you much.
The hybrid watched Nero closely and gasped each time he did something that was considered unorthodox and she watched nervously as he ran for the wheelbarrel, imagining all the things that could possibly go wrong, but he made it and she let out a little sigh of relief.
Upon finally entering the bathroom, she looked around again and felt like she holding even be in there. It seemed so clean...
"I-is there anything else I could put on?" she asked shly, "And... Do I only have five minutes? Or is there a different amount of time?"

Nero gave her a slightly odd look at her last statement, "No...Take as long as you like", he said smiling briefly. At finding her something to wear he scratched his head for a moment. He wouldn't dare touch any of his mom's or sister's clothing, he looked back to Natalia saying, "Do you mind wearing men's clothes?". Nero has never been in this situation so he doesn't really know what to do, but it seems like the best decision. A thought ran across his mind and he said, "Just don't take extremely long, My mother and sister would freak out if they found out I brought a girl home...", probably break out in joy that is. His mother always told him that, 'A handsome young man like you should, have a pretty girlfriend', Nero would loathe the subject. He looked at Natalia for a second, without all of the trash and grim, she does seem kind of cute, but he shook his head mentally, he wasn't that much of a person you would want to be with. He waited for Natalia to say if it was okay or not to wear his clothes.

She seemed to relax a lot when he said she didn't have a specified time limit. It meant shoe coil actually take a shower rather than being bullied out of her time so that her other siblings could take showers.
"I-I'm okay with wearing a boy's clothes," she said, though it wasn't like she had a choice. She had also gone for several years before the orphanage took her off the streets and before being adopted wearing nothing but a large men's sweater and if she was lucky, maybe some shorts or some ratty blanket.

Nero nodded to her, it was a good thing she didn't mind. He points into the bathroom and says, "My sister has an assortment of shampoos and such on the second rack, the stuff on the top rack is mine", The shower was actually fairly spacious and had plenty of room and a glass screen covering. His bath supplies only consisted of soap, shampoo, and body wash, while his sister had bought many different assortments. Nero walked into his room that was next door, and opened up his drawers and pulled out a plain white T-shirt and some gym shorts, deciding this was probably be best, he walked back to the bathroom and set the clothes on the sink counter. "Towels are under the sink", he said dryly before giving her privacy and walking into his room, closing the door. He flopped down onto his bed and looked out the balcony which was right beside it.

"Thankyou so much..." she smiled weakly and wanted to hug him, but he'd probably need a shower too.
She turned on the shower and quickly stripped out of the now ruined dress then stepped in once the water was warm. She closed her eyes and looked up into the water as it rushed down her body, getting off most of the gunk. She looked at all the bottles and finally picked a slightly minty shampoo for her long, blonde hair. She then looked for some kind I shampoo or conditioner or even body soap that was safe for fur, or just one that had an oatmeal in it. Fortunately there was a hair/fur shampoo combo an she scrubbed her body down as fast as she could.
Natalia had begun to sing without even realizing it and she had a beautiful voice, though the water overpowered it a little.
She finally stepped out of the shower and was still singing, though much quieter now as she began to dry herself off then pulled on her undergarments and then the clothes she had been provided.
"We live on front porches and swing life away, well get by just fine her on min-imum wage! If love is a labor I'll slave till the end... I won't cross this street 'til you hold my haaaand..." her voice faded to nothing as she stepped out of the bathroom and looked around, "Nero?"

Nero had fallen asleep after some time, watching the clouds roll by and sitting in a comfy bed was a bit too relaxing. His messy red hair covered his eyes as he slept, taking long and drawn out breathes as he rested peacefully. The door to his room was slightly cracked and had light shining through it. His room wasn't very personalized, he didn't have in posters or wallpapers, neither did he have pictures laying about. The room was very spartan and basic, he had a large bed with plain blue cover, next to that was his nightstand with a lamp and an alarm clock. There was a desk resting at the opposite side of the room with various writing utensils and supplies within it, and a basic computer idly stood there, looking underused. He had a closet that was very big, about half the size of his own room, and next to the closet door was a dresser. What the most impressive thing about the room was the fact that it was so clean, picture perfect, and it had a clean boyish smell to it.