The morning came sooner than expected, and Ty woke up with a slight headache – probably from the crying, he reminded himself. He reached out to grab his phone and check for any new offers, tossing the device against the wall immediately after.

He watched the pieces on the ground, reminding himself what no, he want a drug dealer. Not anymore.

"Huh? What was what?" mumbled Sky, awoken by the crash of the phone breaking into pieces. "Tyyyyy? What'd you do?"

"Nothing," the teen mumbled, moving over to the kitchen to grab a box of cereal. He wasn't even hungry, it was just a reflex. "Sorry for waking you up."

"It's all right," Sky mumbled, dragging himself off of the couch. Luckily, he hadn't crushed his wings last night, and he was glad. "You know, we could go out there."

"Out where?" Ty asked, putting the box away after discovering that he really wasn't hungry.

"Exploring, you know. Go all the way out there, wherever we want, anytime at all. We have wings," Sky explained, one hand tapping at his pendant.

"Oh," Ty responded intelligently. "Sure."

Watching as Sky tapped the golden amulet on his neck, he remembered his headphones, snatching them from the coffee table and fixing them over his head.

"Sure?" Sky repeated. "I won't take you along if you don't want to."

Ty bit his lip. Was Sky always this nice? Did he just not notice this before? He shuffled his wings, "Yeah, I want to go with you."

"Okay!" Sky smiled, opening a window. "I'm going out the awesome way," he declared, springing out of it.

Gasping, Ty dashed over to the window, leaning out until he spotted Sky floating. He sighed out in relief, clumsily jumping out. He nearly fell twice, but somehow managed to stay in the air.

"Come on! Where should we go?" Sky called. "And you have to work on your flying!" he added.

"Thanks," Ty noted sarcastically. "I don't know…" he muttered, looking around and flapping his wings, making a loud noise every time the two appendages collided.

"Don't flap too hard! Your wings'll hit each other!" Sky laughed. "You know, there's actually a place a little ways south. A beach. Nice place, really." His voice softened, as if he were dreaming of it right now. "Some say it's only a legend, some say it's real. Some say it's on the border between myth and reality. The water's completely pure and at night the heavens are scattered with stars. It's completely secret. Nothing special, but people like secrets. That's why it's so legendary."

Ty blinked at him, completely lost as he tried to control his wings' flaps. The only thing he managed was fall down, saving himself at the last second, raising back to Sky's level.

"Well?" Sky grinned hopefully at Ty.

"Yeah, sounds good," Ty blurted out, completely losing the string of Sky's monologue.

Sky fluttered his wings. "Hey, Ty, you have a tail!" he chuckled, pointing at the wiry red appendage that ended in a arrowhead.

Ty looked behind himself, almost losing his balance yet again, seeing the wagging tail. He tried moving it, curling it around his leg and feeling the pointed tip. "Whoa," he murmured in amazement.

"C'mon," Sky laughed. He cuffed Ty on the shoulder playfully. "Let's go! We're gonna travel to lots of places and see lots of things! And nobody's gonna come looking for us, 'cause nobody saw us leave!"

Ty nodded, offering Sky a small smile. He flapped his wings slower, but making sure it was enough so that he would stay afloat. How Sky managed to fly so flawlessly was beyond him, though. "Where do you want to go first?"

"I dunno." The angel shrugged. "Maybe we'll find a map of the world and throw a dart at it or something, then go wherever the dart lands."

"Well then let's find a map!" Ty said, looking down.

Sky grinned, swooping down to search for a magazine stand. Last time he remembered, there were atlases at the stands, with every sort of map. So, he would just take it, though that was stealing.

He found a magazine stand and veered to the right. No customers and no cashier were around, but there was one atlas. "Hey, Ty! I found some maps! Come here!" he called.

Ty stumbled as he landed, waving his hands around crazily to regain balance. He was glad that only Sky could see him. Thinking of it, to humans, Sky holding the atlas must've looked like a floating book.

"Okay, now get a dart," he said.

"Uhhhhhh… I sort of didn't get the dart," the dark-winged angel mumbled.

Ty giggled, his pointy tail wrapping around his leg, the tip waving around. "I don't know, just close your eyes and point somewhere."

"Yeah, whatever." Sky shut his eyes, then pointed at a random spot on the map. "What am I pointing at?" he asked.

Ty rose an eyebrow, looking at the map closely. "Your finger lodged itself onto Hawaii."

Sky opened his eyes. "Oh. I've already been there. What about you?"

Ty shook his head. "I've been stuck in this city my whole life."

"Riiiight. Still, you want to go there?"

"Well, if you've been there, you won't have fun. We don't have to."

Sky scratched at his amulet. "Yeah, I guess so. How about you point at something?"

Ty shrugged, closing his eyes and pointing at the map. "So…?"

Ty scratched the back of his neck. "Just choose a place already."

"Well… remember that thing I said about the beach between myth and reality?" Sky began, his hand scraping at his pendant. It was kind of… stupid of him to believe in something as crazy as that. 'Between myth and reality' - what did that mean?

Ty nodded. "Do you know where it is? At least a bit?" he asked, looking over the map. Nothing looked quite like Sky described it before.

"Well, it's a little down south." The angel shrugged. "I don't really know. But we will when we find it!"

"Okay, lead the way," Ty smiled. The promise of a mythical beach was much more appealing to him than the Hell he had seen.