"Will you stop staring at everyone you pass?" I growled for the fourth time and Dack turned his attention back to me, a tiny smile curling his lips. Having bought lunch for the thief, I returned to our seats under a large oak tree to find Dack looking at a silver purse on the table to our left. "That is not yours so kindly stop staring at it." I muttered, handing him a sandwich filled with fresh cheese and tomato.

"I wasn't planning on stealing it. I was making sure that the owner didn't leave it behind." Dack replied, loud enough for said owner to hear. With a frown in his direction, Nalia kept a tighter grip on her purse. "See? Now she knows it's safe."

"Whatever, Dack. Anyway you shouldn't steal...especially not that woman's purse. You don't know where it's been." I told him, unwrapping my sandwich. As soon as I spoke, Nalia glared at me.

"Hmph. Like anyone would want your money...what little you have anyway." Nalia snorted and I rolled my eyes, ignoring the airhead who rose from her chair. "I didn't think you could afford to buy your own lunch let alone two." She added and Dack raised his eyebrows, looking on as I narrowed mine at Nalia.

"Don't you have anyone else to bother, Nalia?" I grumbled, trying to ignore her. "Or do you want to race me again? And cheat like you always do."

"Huh I won that race fair and square. Plus I stayed on my horse unlike you. Must have been painful smacking that thing you call a face." She laughed when I clenched my fists, my eyes glowing blue. "Resorting to your freaky powers? Pathetic." With that Nalia rose from her seat, glancing back as I fought to keep calm. By the time I clamped down on my anger Nalia was gone leaving me with Dack, who stared at me.

"That was interesting. Is she always like that?" Dack asked, finishing the last bite of his sandwich. "Mina, is something wrong?"

"No, nothing's wrong. Was the sandwich okay? Sorry I can't afford anything fancy but I'm a little..." I trailed off with a sigh, looking towards the forest.

"Don't worry about it. Anyway I appreciate you not letting me take her purse." Dack answered and I gave him a tiny smile, returning my attention back to the rest of my lunch.

"It was probably contaminated anyway." I replied and he chuckled, making my smile grow. "So where are you from?" I asked and Dack frowned, his gaze looking past me. "Sorry, sore subject?" I added and he blinked, his eyes widening for a moment.

"You have your secrets and I have mine." Dack answered, rising from his chair. "Now I'm going for a walk around town. I promise I won't steal anything." He added, his lips curling into a smile when I raised my eyebrow at him. With a mock bow he left me sitting there, staring long after he was gone.

What did he mean by secrets? I don't have any secrets...well, maybe one or two but nothing really major.

The sun was setting by the time I returned home to find my house empty. That brought a frown to my lips as I hurried towards my bedroom to find the door still locked. After wandering the kitchen I checked the spare room finding the bed still made and no sign of the wandering thief. I

"I can't believe he ditched me. I let him stay here and he leaves without even saying goodbye." I whispered, slumping onto the couch. "It was actually nice having company for once even if he is a thief."

"I was right you do like having me around." Dack said and I just about hit the ceiling as he stepped behind the couch, eyes on me as I let out a yelp. "You are very easy to sneak up on, Mina." He observed as I crossed my arms, eyes narrowed and pale blue.

"Were you sneaking around my house to find something to steal? If so there's nothing valuable. Just when I thought you couldn't sink any lower..." I trailed off with a growl when he narrowed his eyes at me, anger and something else clear on his face. It took me a few seconds of staring before I blinked, my earlier anger vanishing as I rose from the couch having seen the hurt on his face. "I...don't know where that came from."

"You think of me as just a thief and nothing else?" Dack asked, his gaze sweeping the room to settle on the front door. "Then maybe I should just leave." He added, taking a single step towards the door before I was blocking his path.

"Look I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." I quickly told him and he stared at me, arms folded against his chest. For a moment an uneasy silence filled the air then to my shook Dack's eyes light up and he actually chuckled.

"You are a soft touch, Mina." He said, my face turning a bright shade of red when he laughed. "I think I'll use that spare bedroom now. Goodnight, Mina." He added, heading towards the bedroom as I moved back to the couch. Just as he opened the door to the spare room a cushion flew at his head, which he ducked. "Thank you." Dack said as he knelt to grab it, the second cushion hitting the frame of the door instead of his head. "I'll take this as well." He added, blowing me a kiss before he entered the room leaving me red-faced near the couch.

I spent a few minutes just staring at the closed bedroom door before I shook my head, finally choosing to return to my own room. But sleep didn't come easily, my mind wandering back to Dack.

I still can't believe he made me feel sorry for accusing him of stealing. Dack is a thief so I wouldn't be suprised if something's missing when I wake up.

I must have fallen asleep at some point because the sun shining through my window woke me sometime later.

"Mina, are you awake?" Dack called from the other side of my door as I climbed from the bed, rubbing at my eyes with one hand. When he lightly wrapped on the door I opened it just enough to peer out, eyes half closed. "I'm going to say no." He chuckled as I yawned again.

"Not a morning person." I mumbled as he stepped away from the door, a grin on his face when I shoved the door open with one hand. "Why are you so cheery?" I asked, shaking my head to clear it as he headed towards the kitchen.

"Well it's bright and sunny for one thing. That and I get to see your face first thing in the morning." Dack replied and I raised my hand, running it through my hair. To my horror it was sticking straight up and Dack laughed as I tried to hurriedly finger-comb it. "Looks good." He added as I growled at him.

"It's been a day so when are you leaving?" I asked Dack who ignored me, grabbing an empty cup on the table. As I watched he filled it from the tap and I narrowed my eyes, a little confused.

"Who said I needed to leave?" Dack asked, turning around before he took a sip from the cup. "Because I like it here and I might stay awhile."