Disclaimer:…….meh, I've got nothing. Wait! No, no, nothing. (Head desk, papers go flying every where) Huh? Oh here it is! (Clears throat) I DO NOT OWN +ANIMA!

………………. So ya.

Nana ate her fish quietly glancing at Husky every so often, it was because she worried that he remembered what she did last night. Whenever she watched him she always noticed something new about him. She noticed he seemed to nibble at his food, small bites, much smaller than Corro's, Senri's, and even her own. Now that she thought of it, he often ate very little, normally giving leftovers to one of the others. Today he pulled one last morsel into his mouth of the half-eaten fish before getting up and handing it to Nana.

"Here Nana, I don't want the rest." Nana reached out to take it, but hesitated.

"Husky, you really should finish it; I mean you're really skinny." She immediately scolded herself, she probably insulted him. But he on the other hand brushed off the comment.

"I'm full, it's not like I'm starving myself."

"But, I can see ribs through your shirt."

"Nana, where I come from food is scarce, so the people have adapted by only need very little food and water to keep going."

"Are you from a desert or something?" Nana asked, Husky merely ignored the question. Nana sighed accepted the fish and finished it feeling much more full. She wondered how the heck Husky felt full on so little.

As the group were licking up the last remains of their breakfast Husky seemed to be daydreaming. Of a world his friends knew nothing of, of his family, his friends, and his home abundant with plants in the public gardens. Nana on the other hand jerked her head up suddenly, everyone turned to look at her.

"A screaming girl is coming this way." Every one stared in puzzlement until they heard the screams themselves. They stood awestruck as a young woman with rabbit features came running swiftly through the jagged rocks, and went flying into Husky crashing and tumbling until she lay on top. Husky looked stunned for a moment before completely panicking and throwing the girl roughly to the side, he looked as if he had seen a ghost.

"Don't touch me you-" He paused when he got a good look at the girl.

"Jenna?" The girl looked up. She blond hair (fur too) and washed out gray eyes.

"Husky?" The pair stared at each other in way that suggested that they couldn't believe what they were seeing. Nana felt a pang of jealousy.

"Oh Husky, you've gotten so big! And manly." She added slyly. Her tone suggested she thought of him as a child. Nana gave a sub conscious sigh.

"Husky, I didn't know you had female friends." Nana chirped.

"Of course, he's a girl lover; I mean he will cling to any girl who will let him."\

"But Husky hates girls." Cooro said in his innocent tone. Jenna eyes widened.

"Is that because of what Wendy-" Husky twitched and cut her off.

"This has nothing to do with what that female did to me." He barked and ran off. Jenna stood up to go after him only to feel a tug on her skirt. Nana looked up at her.

"I'll go talk to him, he's angry with you." She stood up and brushed off her skirt, following Husky down the mountain path.

It took her awhile to track him down, but none the less she found him, knees under his chin and face buried in his arms. All she could hear were his strangled sobs. She was surprised when he whimpered "Mama", he seemed so helpless, and something Husky rarely was. She took small hesitant steps toward him, and he heard and spun around. The clear blue eyes and white skin she had often admired were stained red with tears. He tried to scoot away but he was too upset, too distraught. She knelt down to face him and he looked terrified, Nana couldn't grasp why though. She reached out, and he buried his face in his arms; Nana just started stroking his hair. Husky relaxed significantly at the contact. Nana continued this motion until he looked up at her.

"It's alright Husky. Everything will be alright; no one's going to hurt you." His pretty eyes welled up with tears again, and Nana stood up realizing she was only making it worse. She surprised when he firmly grasped her wrist, pulling her back to the ground and hugging her, his shoulders quivering. Nana hummed a lullaby and Husky calmed down shortly after.\

Meanwhile, the rest of the group was watching the exchange, Senri didn't seem to care, Cooro stared in innocent wonder, and Jenna got a playful smirk on her face.

"Husky really has grown, he no longer clings to mother/sister figures-although that might be Wendy's doing- and he has discovered love." The two boys looked as if she were speaking gibberish, to them Husky and Nana were always going at it.

"Are you two that dense, they obviously like each other?" She hissed quietly at them so the couple wouldn't here.

"Sorry Nana, I just have some bad memories with Wendy. After it happened normally Jenna or another girl would cuddle me until I felt better. I find a girl's presence comforting it reminds me of how my mother would comfort me when I was afraid."

"What was your mother like Husky?" Nana asked hoping that getting to think of his mother would calm him more.

"My mother was an angel that graced this earth. She was kind to everyone, but knew how to be cold when she wanted to. She was kind to the other children whose own mothers were caught up in own squabbles."

"So it was like having a bunch of siblings."

"Yeah, a whole bunch of brothers and sisters."

"Am I like one of your sisters?"

"No." Nana's heart thumped, did that mean he didn't care for her?

"You're more than a sister to me." Nana's heart began to race, Husky lifted up his face to meet her eyes, and began lean forward. Nanas began to beat like a drum in her chest as she sat frozen with shock. Then without warning……

"Husky, what are you doing?" Husky's eyes widened and pushed himself away from Nana.

"Nothing!" He barked in a panic.

"Why were your faces so close Husky?"

"No reason!"

"Little Husky is growing into a man!" Jenna chirped ruffling his hair.

"Okay, okay stop it already, Nana and I were just talking."

"Oh yea the body langue you used with your tongues was very clear and friendly." Jenna smiled.

"Shut up Jenna!" Shouted Husky blushing then he paused looking at what appeared to be a servant's outfit.

"You need new clothes, those look too suspicious."

"Really now, do you have money to spare for clothes?"

"Well no, but we can get some jobs."

"But I can't go into town I look too "suspicious" as you put it. I don't want to be alone."
"Fine then Nana and I will go into town!"

"Oh really now?" asked Jenna slyly

"Nana and I are better suited for higher a paying job, that's why."

"Sure whatever you say Husky." Laughed Jenna.

Later on that day Husky and Nana were packing their things to go into town. Both of them were silent, Jenna was perched on a boulder watching the two packs their things in silence. The trio waved good bye to the duo as they made their way into town. Nana edged her way closer to Husky's side. She looked down nervously touched fingers with him; Husky looked at her and smiled. Nana blushed when Husky firmly took her hand in his. Nana thought that this alone time would be nice.

Author Note: I got a new laptop for my birthday but I lost all my actual work so I had to rewrite this chapter. On top of that my school started loading homework on by the dickens. I haven't had a break from school since it started except for getting sick from all the stress.