It was dark and I was alone. I was probably lost too, since I ran all the way from the northern district to this place without looking where exactly I was going. But most of all, I was hungry. Sooo hungry. Finding food was the only thing I could think of, so I decided to start looking for some. Thanks to years of experience, I always managed to find the best dumpsters in the neighborhood. This time was no exception.

Got it, I thought, when I saw the sign of a fancy looking restaurant. After a quick look to see if anyone was watching me, I jumped on some barrels and other garbage to get over the fence at the back of the restaurant. Within no time I had enough food to get myself through the night and the next morning.

It was ridiculous what people threw away. Not that I would complain about it. I knew that if it wasn't for these dumpster treasures I found everyday, I probably would have died a long time ago. I took everything I collected, including a whole bread and some still pretty good looking tomatoes and started searching for a place to sleep this night.

There were a few spots in the northern district were we, that is to say, the homeless people of the great city of Nash, came together and sometimes I would join them, although I didn't really like being with other people. However, it was already too late for me to go back north if I wanted to get any sleep this night. It would probably take me seven times longer than it would take other people anyway thanks to my amazing sense of direction…

There was this bridge I spotted so I decided to cuddle up with myself underneath it. This way, I was at least safe from most of the cold winds that would always blow through the country this time of the year. When I sat as comfortably as possible I ate some of my bread with a couple of the tomatoes. I finished my splendid dinner with a piece of banana that wasn't even completely brown yet. It didn't take me a very long time to fall asleep. After all, this was the best meal I had in a week.

I woke up from the sound of some people shouting. It couldn't have been more than a couple of hours since I crashed in this bad smelling place. Still half sleeping, I saw three guys coming my way. Judging from the way they walked, barely able to stand on their legs, they were really drunk.

"Hey you!" yelled one of them.

I didn't react, although there wasn't anyone else around who they could be talking to. I pointed a finger at myself and made a questioning face.

"Yeah, you, with the strange, green hair. Get the fuck away from OUR sleeping spot!"

I wasn't looking for any trouble so I tried to reason with them, although they were assholes…

"C'mon man, there's more than enough space for all of us here and it's like three in the morning. Give a guy some rest okay?"

"You want to rest kid? Have some rest!"

While the guy who seemed to be the leader of this stupid gang was still in the middle of that sentence he tried to knock me out by kicking towards my head. I had no problems avoiding his drunken leg though, even while I was stil sitting on the ground and he was towering above me. I quickly got on my feet while Leader was trying not to fall on the ground after having nothing to kick but air.

Guess I'm gonna have to fight my way out of this one… I used a combo move to punch the other two guys and they went KO immediately. More because of the amount of drinks they had than because of the power of my fists. Not that I was a whimp either. When you live on the streets, you've got to have some muscles if you're planning to survive.

Meanwhile , Leader was back on his feet and tried to hit me again. He missed and I easily knocked him out too. After all that I couldn't stay there and continue my nap of course. I doubted these three would wake up before me and kill me in my sleep, but you never knew if they still had some friends around.

I turned to grab my food so I would have some breakfast but got disappointed big time. Leader had stepped on it during our 'fight' and all of it lay mooshed on the ground. Fuck. I really felt like beating up these stupid guys who ruined my delicious food some more, but that wouldn't get me anywhere.

I took shelter on a cold spot underneath a tree. The only thing I knew for sure was that I wouldn't get any more sleep that night. I sat through four long, cold and lonely hours underneath my tree and I'm pretty sure I dozed off a couple of times, but I was still broken when the first light came peeking through the trees. That was the moment I decided to try and find myself some breakfast. My stomach was already making the rumbling sound again I knew so well.

Against all odds I somehow managed to find the same restaurant where I got my food yesterday. Lucky me, there was some really nice stuff in here yesterday! Suddenly, I felt a lot better and I couldn't help myself but smile.

I jumped over the fence again, using the same barrels that helped me out the other day and walked towards the dumpster I hadn't used yet. While I was going through a layer of fuzzy looking vegetables which I defenitely didn't want try I suddenly heard the sound of the backdoor of the restaurant.

Fuck. Why are they already open? It's still so early! I didn't want them to find me here, going through their garbage. Even if they had already thrown it away, they still didn't want you to have it. If they found me they would immediately take me to the police for sure, and inspector Smoke had already seen more than enough of me this month, so I would probably end up in prison this time.

I quickly jumped behind my dumpster. It wasn't even that bad for an improvised hiding spot actually. I heard someone walking out the door and tried to look who disturbed my meal finding activities.

At first I thought the person I saw was a girl. The long, elegant legs, the golden, angel like hair that covered one eye, the fine features of that face, but then I noticed some slight traces of a beard. It was a dude. While I was still astonished about the fact that a man could look so delicate and beautiful, he lighted a cigarette and looked around.

"Pretty sure I heared someone back here…" I heard him mumbling to himself. "Well, nevermind that. Probably just one of those stray cats looking for an early snack."

He emptied his garbage can in one of the other dumpsters and I heared the door open en close. I stood up and stretched for a bit. Not the most comfortable hiding spot I ever came across, though not the most umcomfortable either… I had to get out of here, before they discovered I had been 'stealing' from them. Looked like I had to find my breakfast elsewhere, but that's how those things go. I walked toward the fence, when suddenly the door opened again and someone scared the hell out off me.