The Odd Pairing Part 2

Chapter 2

The Night is rather quiet. despite her noisiness, it seems their neighbours are content to not return in kind as he sinks into the couch about to drift off into rest before the subtle sound of whimpering could be heard, looking over to the Kitsune he saw her tossing and turning something was preventing her from having a peaceful sleep, after a few minutes of this she begins to relax but the sounds of her breath were strained, though he wanted to make sure she was alright, he decided to wait and see if it happened again, her body wasn’t fully relaxed but it seemed like she was alright, it seemed like whatever was troubling her was over, for now at least, taking one last look over to her making sure she was resting well enough before he too fell asleep. The next morning he was awoken by a loud yawn as the kitsune roused from her sleep

“Oh, I’m stiff you awake scales?” the Dragonborn grunted a soft sigh which meant a, yes, but unlike her he was a little slower to wake up, looking over to her

“Am now” He replied crunching his abs slightly as he leant upwards

“You alright?”

“Just the stiffness, you and your poor attitude must’ve affected my sleeping mind.” She sighed hopping out of the bed making her way over to the bath to freshen up the water

“I swear if I have bags under my eyes I’ll make you pay for it” Laying back down on the couch and staring up at the roof again sighing

“Uh-huh, It was my doing that made you stiff and not the tossing and turning you did last night and the whimpering as well,” he remarked

“Judging by the whimpers, seemed like you were having a nightmare of sorts” In reply, she hissed rather loudly at him mentioning the whimpering

“Fuck you, I did no such thing, don’t try and pitch things in your favour just because I thought to share the couch with you, I didn’t dream of a thing, or, at least nothing worth sharing. Mind your tongue!”

“I heard what I heard fluffy, you were tossing and turning in your sleep AND whimpering about, something,” he said waving his hands around accidentally revealing his skeletal arm to her, of which she paid no mind to as she was scowling at him

“You’re a horrid liar, at least try something believable. I slept like a babe, my body is just stiff thanks to your shitty attitude about me sharing a room with you” The Dragon chuckled sniffing a little as white smoke escaped his breath

“I know what I heard fluffy, deny it all you want, I heard you whimpering after you’d been tossing and turning in bed,” He said turning towards her in the bath eyes firmly directed into her own

“And your breathing once you’d relaxed, was strained as well, something was clearly bothering you” She leaned up to glare daggers at him from the basin

“Fuck off, if you want to keep trying to start shit, you can just wait outside. I’m not starting my day off with some shitty argument!” she snapped, with a heavy sigh he then got dressed and walked outside

“Wasn’t trying to, merely was stating to you what I heard last night, something was bothering you, but,” He said as he stopped at the door resting a hand on the doorframe

“I’m just voicing my concern for you, That’s all,” he then left her alone in the room for the moment

“Right, just piss off!” Her slitted eyes glared at him as he left, as he exited the room he heard her grumble in a low tone of voice

“Fucking rude asshole” He leant against the wall opposite their room, sighing heavily collecting his thoughts pondering over what seemed to be troubling the fox

“Pain in the ass” He muttered under his breath, about half an hour passed before she walked outside their room, looking manicured as ever as she scowled upwards at the taller man huffing directly at him going downstairs exchanging no words to him, to which he chuckled not concerned in the slightest by her scowling expression to him as he followed not too closely behind her as to make people suspect something happened between the two of them, greeted by the sounds of the crowded tavern below the Kitsune, she continued to give him the cold shoulder as she ordered her breakfast focusing more on satisfying her appetite and fans rather than him, being a private man he left her to eat her meal in peace ordering his breakfast as he sat at the bar counter but returned to her table handing her a tankard

“Here, something to wash it down,” He said before leaving her alone to her meal, returning to the bar to eat, Rissa grinned leaning on the counter in his direction after she’d served a customer

“Well, good morning Mr tall and brooding, everything alright with Suzume?” Rissa asked spying from a distance Suzume’s glaring directed at him before going back to her drink

“Little lovers quarrel between you two eh?”

“No, She’s, angry at me, claims my poor attitude was interfering with her sleeping mind,” He said as she went to pour him an ale and handed him Suzume in the meantime had made her way to the stage as the two talked Rissa spying her leaving out of the corner of her eye before her gaze returns to the dragon

“Well, whatever it was she seems to be over it now” turning his gaze backwards sure enough Suzume was indeed gone but he’d managed to catch a glimpse of one of the Kitsune’s many tails before it vanished behind the curtain. Later in the day as the tavern slowly began to fill up the Dragonborn remained seated by himself as he slowly finishes his meal and took small sips from his tankard, having the occasional chat with Rissa learning her name was Nerissa, the curtains soon opened revealing Suzume, dressed in her dancing attire he’d saw her in yesterday, the patrons of the tavern all snapped towards the stage and fell silent as inhaled and exhaled.