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Now it was Kayde's turn to look at her with widened eyes. Right. He'd forgotten people who lived together usually shared a bed and all that. Honestly, he'd only been thinking about how nice it would be to just get away from here, in one house because that was cheaper.

"Two rooms!" the Leaf man said a little too quickly, a blush of his own highlighting his cheeks as he tried to steer his mind somewhere else. Anywhere else, while also comforting her on what his motives here were. "It'd just be...Cheaper. Right?" He cleared his throat, glancing down at the floor of the forest to search for the plant, providing himself with a suitable distraction. Still no luck yet. "I don't like the idea of staying here. Leaving as soon as possible seemed like a good idea in my head."

Kayde only smiled at her claims. Oh, he believed she would try. He just didn't have faith in her succeeding as much as she probably thought she would. Which was fine. He wasn't much of a spender. Never had been. Money was easy for him to save up and he'd already had a little bit of a pocket from his time as an acrobat, so they were already partly there. Only partly.

He patted Elka on the shoulder, as if he were comforting her. "I know you will." He didn't sound confident, which earned him a frown. When he only laughed at her expression, she stuck out her tongue at him, clearly not offended by anything he'd said. Good. That could have ended badly. Him and that honest mouth of his got him into a lot of trouble with Elka years ago, before he'd really started to learn how to control it. Sometimes things still slipped out, especially when he was comfortable. "How about you give me a set amount each week?"

"If not, I'll add interest every single week if you can't pay it," Kayde answered, trying to sound and look serious, but failing when his face split into a grin at her reaction. Man, sometimes she was so gullible. His joke earned him a smack on the arm and another upturn of her nose. Which only made him laugh harder.

They discussed the plan as they walked, their eyes going back down to the forest floor to keep an eye out for that plant. Half the time spent looking for the second one had been in fooling around, cracking jokes at the others expense. It was nice to be on friendly terms with Elka, again. Her smile was radiating in her face. He always said she should smile more often and not frown so much at everyone. She might have made more friends in all the years she'd been here, too. Not that he'd tell her that. No, that was something at least he could keep himself from letting loose from his thoughts.

"Hey!" Kayde suddenly shouted, putting out an arm to stop the Ice woman from going any further. He pointed down at the ground, where a plant was nestled among the roots of a large tree. "Get the small shovel from my bag, please," he instructed as he bent down to inspect the plant. It looked like it'd be an easy one to get out. He set to work, already feeling excited at the prospect of being able to spend the rest of the day more leisurely.