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His lips pressed into a flat line as Hayaharu stared at him and he realized than yet again, he had said the wrong thing. Looking tired himself, he ran a hand over his face as she disappeared and rubbed at his ear. Tiring. Simply damn tiring. This was why he didn't deal with people. He always told Akiya that he always said things that never a: should be said or b: be recieved well. Not looking after where Hayaharu had disappeared to because he was just tired of this for one night, he looked down the road before him for a moment.

"Tis not wise to spend four hours doing something like that anyway." His voice sounded tired and annoyed. It was raining and the wind wasn't exactly a kind thing. He wasn't at home where he wanted to be but instead seemed to be trailing after a rather touchy Geisha. "To me, a natural beauty is more lovely than any amount of make up.. even from a Geisha." He knew that they had to look good to make the most amount of money... but he liked to be honest. He felt that her natural skin tone was better than looking white. "Tis no reason to ask for forgiveness..." He was so tired now.

Catching the maid extending something towards him, he looked over at the flower for a moment, not sure if he should take it or not. Oho, he saw how it was. So he would have to cater to this female and fix her mended pride? How tiresome.. so tiresome. But he knew what Reika and Akiya would say if he didn't apologize, though he doubted she'd forgive him period anyway. Rubbing at his face again, he sighed a bit and took it. "If ye say so..."

A self-mocking smile came to his lips as he snickered. "Aye.. tis a skill I find myself sorely lacking upon..." A look of sadness crossed his face before he banished it. "I'm used to only saying things when no one can hear me... old habits are always the worst to break... and the hardest. Perhaps I should have said that.. yet she didn't give me a chance to say that much, now did she..."

Looking down at the child like maid, he nodded. "Yer mother was wise... tis a good thing to follow such sage advise..." He fell silent when she said that understanding was something he wanted.. because it was. To him, he wished there were more people who understood him in the world... "Can ye lead me to where she may have gone? Tis not good to wander about alone in the rain like this..."

A brow raised when she said she didn't intrude, since this isntant could be taken as such but he only nodded and smiled faintly at her. "Thank ye for yer assistance... I'll find her and apologize to her properly..." Nodding towards her as she wished him luck and headed off, he carefully slid off Arkli, since he didn't wish to have him going through alleyways and asked him to wait for him as he headed off.

Lets try out this apologizing thing, shall we? Pushing his way through the alleyway, he constantly looked back at the pack to make sure it wasn't banging up against anything. Last thing he wanted to do was frighten Reika and Yue. Once he was positive they were safe, he allowed his eyes to scan ahead of him, hoping he would see the Geisha.

Seeing her kimono, he realized that she was just ahead and he slowed down his own annoying battle with the wind. Holy, it was strong today! Normally, such a thing never bothered him.. but times have changed. Noticing how she didn't seem to be moving at all, but looking over at something, he looked a bit baffled before he caught up to her and looked around the corner.

The first thing that he took notice of was Aversham. His colors were unmistakable and a slight frown appeared on his face. What was he doing here? Wait.. why did he care? But it appeared that he was spaking to someone and he peered a bit more closely, while making sure he didn't do anything to startle Hayaharu.. though perhaps warning was a good thing, he felt she would not exactly be pleased with his presence.. But he lightly brush his arm against hers to warn her.

His attention was caught by the woman he was talking to. That woman... he had seen her before! At first, it took a bit to recall just where and his brows drew together in a deeper frown. He was so deep in thought, he didn't notice that Reika had managed to poke her head out of her pack til she squeeked and ducked again because the wind nearly knocked her out. That woman was the one who had killed the other one! He wasn't familiar with names and though he had heard them, he didn't retain them since he had never met them face to face. Why on earth was he speaking to her?

Braving the wind again, which was now blocked since Koni had shifted so she didn't get blown away, she saw Aversham and smiled. Oooh there he was! She wanted to talk to him! But the wind was so loud, he wouldn't hear her.. the thought made her pout.

The squeak caused his ears to swivel in her direction and he then looked at her in bafflement. Well then, that hadn't worked either. He still had startled her. The hiss made him frown but the yank caused his eyes to widen before he was yanked out of the way. Actually, he did tend to forget that his antlers did stick out a bit. It was easy to forget they were there when one carried them around one's entire life.

"What am I doin--? I'm here to apologize to ye! What else do ye think I'd be wandering about in the rain for in a filthy alleyway!?" Keeping his voice down, he hissed back, not about to be cowed by her. "Tis also rude to just stare and walk away from someone before they could finish their thoughts as well!" His eyes narrowed a bit more at her huffiness, looking down pointed at her hands on his shirt collar before she did let go of him and he straightened his outfit. "After some good advise, I realize that.. I should have told ye my thoughts behind my statement.. but ye left before I could do so.. I didn't mean to offend ye if I had.. I just find a natural beauty more attractive on a person.. even on a being like a Geisha.." There, he said it.. he let his air out in a huff. This apologizing business was damn hard.

Seeing that there wasn't anyone there anymore, he frowned before he looked at her. "I'm sorry? Were ye lookin' for them?"

Glad to see that she was calming down, he relaxed his tense shoulders a bit before he paused to wipe his free hand over his face to try to clear the water from it. Bleh, he was not going to be happy later on about this... Even though he had no idea why she wanted to spy on Aversham and Cordelia whats-her-last-name, cause he was not good with last names either until he had written them down. He was wondering why aversham was talking to the woman anyway, but he still had plans to make him roast chicken for no more reason other than he could.

He didn't realize that it was a hair ornament. He thought it was something that she had dropped and her maid had picked up and gave back to him. He never gave much thought to such things. Probably because he never wore them and he wasn't female. Seeing her blush baffled him but when she spoke, a brow jacked up. Was it going to explode or something?! "Oh.. forgive me then. Yer maid handed it to me and I assumed I was meant to give it back to ye..."

"Pardon?" But he just watched as she tried to shelter herself and he smirked faintly. She looked about as unhappy about being out in the rain like this as much as he was, but least she didn't feel angry anymore. But since he only knew bits and pieces about Geisha, not everything because it wasn't like every custon of these beings were ever plainly written out, he wouldn't know there was anything special abot the ornament other than what it was. An ornament.

"Rain and meself dinnae tend to get along much... wet fur tis nay pleasant..." It made him thankful that his body was covered for the most part and his cloak was thick enough to repel and good portion of the rain from the rest of his body. Or else he'd be more irritated with the weather than he was now. But he nearly took a step back when she touched his cheek like that.. such forward attentions, well he considered them forward, always made him long to get away from it. "I'm sure we can find some place more comfortable then this alleyway... mayhap I can have Arkli show us where yer maid went off to. I think she went to wherever ye were trying to get to..." Delightful? He hoped he wouldn't mess up in his speech and say anything to make her huffy again. But he wouldn't say that. Thankfully.