Disclaimer: I don't own Wolf's Rain or any of its characters, a-duh.

Strays

I met a kid today.

It was raining, I was cold and on my last nerve. I don't know where he was going but he was in a hurry. He ran right into me.

He blinked at me with his pretty amber eyes. He apologized wholeheartedly. I told him to piss off.

He put on some bad imitation of a scowl when I told him to save the pleasantries, I didn't give a shit.

We parted ways not seconds later.

I heard him mumbling under his breath until he was out of earshot.

I smiled.

I'm not taking in any strays. Not this time.