In the morning, Dextrin was the first to wake, checking his bags and the hallway to see if anyone had touched his stuff.

But no spell had been activated, but the only movement that had been going on was messy sheets and loud snoring coming from the giant man.

With a sigh, Dextrin began working, removing his spells, and began getting dressed for the day, as the giant began to stir, swearing through his groggy eyes that he saw something move and flash, before spotting the wizard finishing up getting dressed.

"W... What were you doing...?" he asked, wondering if the strange movements and flashing was either him being half asleep... Or something more dangerous...

"Reinhardt! You scared me! Sorry, I was finishing removing the spells, and then started getting dressed! Did I wake you?"

The curious blonde could hear in his new friend's voice that he was hiding something... but it wasn't his place to ask.

"Not at all." he lied, "I was getting up anyway."

"Forgive me for noticing, but you... You look like you had a rough night... Are you sure you're going to be ok...?"

The large man smiled.

"I will be fine, Mein Freund. Just dreaming was all."

Dextrin threw on his bag on his shoulder, the handle crossing before his chest.

"What does that mean anyway? Mine... Uh..."

"Mein Freund. It means 'my friend'. It's the male version of it, anyway."

"Oh! Is it from your homeland? Where did you come from?"

"The north, though I barely remember what it looks like."

Reinhardt slowly began throwing on his own clothes as they talked.

"I don't think I've been up that way quite yet, but if I head that way, I would love you to show me around!"

The knight rose from his bed, and stood before the little man. Dextrin couldn't help but be a little intimidated and shy from this massive, handsome man, blushing as he approached.

"Why not continue to travel together? Neither of us have a set destination, and we both don't exactly have any company. Besides, it's safer to travel in numbers, and both of us are experienced fighters, so we stand a better chance together."

The wizard HAD thought about that in his sleep, but wasn't sure if he could fully trust this man JUST yet.

"Uh... I... I'm honestly not sure right now, Reinhardt... I mean, I've never traveled with anyone else before, so..."

There was a lot to consider with having a traveling companion, instead of hoofing it all alone, which the fighter did bring up so valid points.

"Tell you what, let me do some shopping in the marketplace, and I'll give you an answer before the sun is at it's highest."

"Where would we meet, exactly?"

The magic man shrugged.

"What about that shop where we dropped off the request from? The same one that got us this room?"

"That sounds fair to me, Mein Freund! I have a few things to grab anyway, and I wanted to look at the bounty board anyway!"

"Excellent! I'm going downstairs for breakfast first, and then I'll head out, ok?"

Rein strapped in the last part of his armor, his stuff in his hands.

"Mind if I join you?"

It was obvious that he REALLY didn't want to be alone right now, and it was clear to Dextrin that he might not get a lot of alone time today.

"I guess...? But I would like to at least do my own shopping..."

"Of course! I just wanted to enjoy a nice breakfast together before you left! I... Never mind..."

His smile was huge, but this man wasn't good at hiding his more negative emotions...

"Ok! Ok! You win! I would love you to join, Reinhardt."

His smile softened, patting the wizard on the back, nearly making the man fall from the force, even if it wasn't mean to harm.

"Great! I look forward to it!"

The wizard turned away from the man, chuckling from how adorable this man could honestly be sometimes...

. . .

Shuffling around the marketplace, the little magic user gave a sigh of relief.

'For a moment there, I was worried he saw... Well..."

He breathed heavily.

'It's going to be more difficult with having someone else along the road... but...'

He could see the massive man towering over the crowd, his destination looked as if he was heading to the armorer.

'But it sure would be a lot less lonely on the road... And he doesn't seem to enjoy being alone either... Maybe we could come to some kind of compromise? I don't know... But a part of me thinks if I let him go on his own, I might not ever see the guy again, and he's honestly been the kindest and sweetest person I've met along my travels.'

Dextrin nodded, dropping a fist into his cupped hand.

'I think I've made my decision, but at the very least, I need to finish up my shopping. Hopefully, I can find a few new books that could help both of us out.'

Making his way to the bookstore, the wizard heard a scream from near the direction he spotted his new friend heading.

'Oh no... REINHARDT!'

He dashed into the direction, hoping his giant friend was ok.