Shadowed Pain

Katsumi saw his brother open his mouth but he spoke up first. “Yeah, we were bored. I’m sure that we’ll be able to help you with what you need to find.” After having said that, a smug grin had appeared on his face as he looked over to Izumi, who had been silently glaring at him the whole time he was talking. “Don’t you agree?” Of course now he was just asking for another argument.

Chen and Luca looked at each other as they saw the looks pass between the twins. This didn't seem to bode well. They always seemed to be really caring with each other.  Chen pulled his back pack strap a little tighter and gripped Luca's leash a bit before letting it go. He took a deep breath and just smiled" Well good cause I know nothing of this place, I usually avoid them with the crowds. At least it's not a crowded time."

"Oh—" He blinked at the dog with a smile and managed to crawl over to start petting the dog. "You’re pretty." Otto hummed with a smile before looking up at the guy who had walked in. "No problem, what’s his name?" He asked, scratching underneath the dog’s collar. He had always loved dogs.

Chen grinned" Don't give him a big head. He's cute and he knows it" But it was all love. " His name is Luca. Manners Luca" Luca sat down and raised his paw to the one on the bed. Giving a light woof he seemed to grin.

"Well it’s a big city, I don’t blame you. I’m heading that way anyways if you want me to take you there," Taemin offered, adjusting the strap on his bag so that it sat better on his shoulder and heading off in that direction, assuming the other would follow.

"Um yea, just touring. New to the city really. Hence the lost" He said a little quietly. He wasn't stuttering anymore which he figured was a good thing. He smiled down at Luca who seemed to just grin at him." Yeah, he found me. He was actually being trained as a therapy dog for kids." He blinked and seemed to shake off a memory." Bonds are nice" He tilted his head. He'd caught a wistful tone but he wasn't going to ask.

Chen and Luca were back in the hospital for their weekly visit to there therapist when Luca dropped by the same room he'd stopped in a few weeks before that. He'd always turn his head in there to just see. It was what Luca did. Now he saw the boy sitting on his bed and he trotted in to look up at him with his two colored eyes and wag his tail.

Katsumi decided to call the boy up to hang out since things have been slow. There was nothing out of the ordinary to do and only being in the castle was boring, he might as well try to ask the other to meet them somewhere. “Hey, this is Katsumi. Izumi and I are going to the mall today, if you wanna hang out we’ll be there for most of the day.” He chuckled softly before hanging up and went to go get his brother.

He had agreed to meet them at the mall. He knew the place would be extremely crowded but he should be alright. It was the middle of the week and most people should be working or at school. He put on his jacket and they headed out. He  had been told they would be standing by the fountain and thats exactly where he found them. Luca gave a delighted bark and trotted up to the twins.

"Well it's a big city, I don't blame you. I'm heading that way anyways if you want me to take you there," Taemin offered, adjusting the strap on his bag so that it sat better on his shoulder and heading off in that direction, assuming the other would follow.

He gave a shy smile and bowed a little" Yes yes that would be very helpful." He adjusted his own strap and telling Luca to follow. The dog trotted along between then and Chen rose a brow as the other started talking about dogs and owners. At the part about same personality, Chen and Luca seemed to look at each other." Oh no no Luca is the more social one of us. I wouldn't talk to people unless it's because of him or it's because I am at a store. Even then I don't."  He looked down at Luca with another smile." Four years now I think. He actually found me. He was bred to be a therapy dog." Luca seemed to add an extra bounce into his step." In all honesty he's more human than I am. "

The younger halfling held the ball in his hand but still kept his eyes closed. “How nice~” He mumbled as he started to slowly doze off, lightly nudging his brother to continue to talk to the other as he fell asleep after about ten minutes or so.

Katsumi just chuckled at what the boy said about people wandering in. “Yeah, well my brother seemed to like the encounter. I’ll just go along with it since you two don’t seem like a threat.” If they were a threat to him, he’d probably not do anything. If something were to happen to his brother, that was definitely a different story. “What is Luca giving Izumi? If you two do come back you should hope that Midnight isn’t around.”

Izumi continued to pet the dog softly before he was leaning his head on top of his brother’s shoulder. He pouted a bit when the other had said they would come by later on. “But I wanna play with Luca…” He mumbled, his words were just a bit slurred as he was pretty sleepy.

Luca licked Izumi's hand and gave a woof. He gave a look to Chen and gave another woof. Chen sighed and shrugged off his pack and rummaged through for his ball" Luca, he's really tired. Your going to let him keep it arn't you so you come back for it arn't you" Luca woofed.