"Shh... It's okay... It's not going to hurt you. It's not alive it's a machine." Despite this Berwald hid inside his shirt, nose pressed inside Erztio's belly button. He could tell this was going to suck but he trusted him… Erztio went slow, careful to avoid potholes and from making harsh stops as to not further agitate Berwald and said snake promised himself he would never ride on this thing again. He was extremely grateful when Erztio finally made it into the small town, parking his bike when he could. Berwald couldn't stop the tremors that shook his small body as he hissed in fear.

"I'm sorry... We'll have to ride it back... I'll make it up to you okay?" He said quietly.

His hissing slowly died down.

"Here you can peek out a bit... It's okay now."

A small nose peeked out but then retreated back inside. If Berwald hadn't been so full with Erztio's sweetness he might have fallen into a complete state of shock...

Erztio walked down the street, going into the grocery store. "You alright...?" He asked quietly when he found an empty isle.

He softly climbed up, his head resting on Erztio's shoulder hidden by his long white hair... a soft puff of air resembling a sigh could be heard

"Sorry about that again... If you want you can eat again when we get back..." Erztio offered, blushing a bit as he put food in the plastic basket he had gotten.

His pink tongue softly tickled his neck in thought... Erztio chuckled lightly at the feeling, ah that always tickled him. Berwald calmed slightly after that, just busy watching all the humans... and it was warm and open. Erztio was to busy shopping to notice the stares he got for his striking white hair as he got a few things. At least berwald was well hidden in the coverage... He walked up to the clerk, flicking his hair a bit so it hid Berwald more effectively from her.

Berwald softly flinched at the movement but watched with rapid interest as the boy handed her paper for his food! Once he got his change back he took the bags, "Thank you." He said as he walked out.

"Have a nice day!" She said happily

Erztio waved and walked out, "Okay... Back to the tent..."

That's when berwald started crawling down and into his pants

Erztio blushed, "W-what are you doing...?"

Berwald carefully slipped down his pant leg and around a corner coming back as a human, "I'm not doing that as a snake ever again."

"Ah... Sorry... I didn't know it would bother you so much..."

He softly pulled Erztio into a hug needing the comfort, "Don't feel bad... it's a learning experience..."

Erztio hugged him before leading him to the bike and getting on.

"Uhm get on behind me." Berwald did so, carefully wrapping his arm around his waist. He started the bike, "Hold on tight." He said putting the extra helmet on Berwald as he pulled his own on.

Berwald nodded, "I might actually enjoy it this way..."

"I hope so." Erztio said as he started the bike and drove back to the campsite.

Berwald turned carefully watching everything fly past them... as long as he kept his tails locked tightly inside he was no where near as sensitive to the constant shaking of the bike...

Erztio easily glided it back, carefully keeping watch.

"It is kind of fun!" He said laughing softly

"That's good. I'm glad." Erztio smiled pulling up to his tent.

Still Berwald was off the monster as quickly as he could, Erztio followed after, taking off their helmets and then packing the food up.

Berwald was grateful, the thing might have been impossible to get off otherwise, "Paper is how you get food?'

"Ah... It's called money... We use money to get things here."

"Money... Can I see?" He asked curiously, Erztio nodded and pulled out his wallet to show him. Berwald tilted his head flipping through it... "Oh that's you isn't it?" He asked pointing to the drivers license

He nodded, "Its so I can drive my bike." Berwald leaned back looking between the card and the bike... "I don't get it..."

"It's... I don't know how to explain it..."

"... Alright... I'll take your word for it?" He said pulling out the money looking at all the different prints...

"Alright." Erztio smiled, putting the coolers back by the tent.

"What... How do you get money?"

"You have to do a job. Which means you do things and then you are paid money."

"Oh! Oh I see!" He said putting it back, "Do you need money?"

"Yea. Its an important part of surviving here. But you won't need any."

Berwald nodded carefully trying not to give his future actions away, "Of course Master... What all did you buy anyway? I've never used anything other than a bartering system..."

He blushed, "Please just call me Erztio... And uhm. I got some milk, water, a bit of meat to cook later and stuff like that..." He said, gosh Berwald was so... Berwald. It was nice actually.

"Milk... it's to feed young right?" He said frowning

"No... Well yes but uhm... Humans can drink milk even as adults... It's actually pretty good for us... Uhm... Berwald? Where are you from?"

"I could probably drink it too..." he said thoughtfully... "Me?... It's a long story..."

"Well uhm... We have time."

He nodded, "Let's get the fire going at least... I want you to be warm..."

Erztio nodded, starting the fire back up and sitting down as it began to burn.

Berwald sat too, his shoulder brushing against Erztio's... "I'm from a planet... I don't even remember the name anymore..." he said frowning, "I was too young when it happened... our planet just started... collapsing. In on itself..." he struggled with the complicated English

"Oh... I'm... I'm sorry... You dont have to talk about it if you want."

Berwald shook his head, "I am fine... it doesn't hurt." He promised taking Erztio's hand, "My species has a trick we do, so I don't think anyone even died... it's just the... culture? Land? Was lost..."

"You sure...?"

"Yes. They would have had to fail miserably... it's instinct after all..." he said smiling

"Alright..."

He tilted his head back to look up at the bright blue sky, "I'm sure I traveled far... I wonder..."

"Me too... Uhm... Just checking but... You aren't going to take over the world are you..?"

Berwald blinked down at him for a long minute... "Why would I do that?... I only want you."

"I dont know..." He blushed, "Allot of movies here center around Aliens trying to take over the world."

"Movies..." he repeated, "Stories? Well... No, I don't want too... unless you want too."

"No not really... I'm just content with being here."

"Then I have no desire too." Berwald promised turning to nuzzle Erztio's cheek

"Alright..." Erztio blushed, "... Do you want to try human food?"

"I doubt I can eat much of it... it's too... hard. The milk might be ok..."

"Alright." Erztio grabbed the milk, pouring him a little bit.

Berwald took it surprised, "It's so cold!"

"Yea. It's supposed to be."

He frowned, "You'd hurt a baby like this..."

"No no. See babies are fed breast milk which comes from human females and... As we get older we stop drinking that milk and drink the milk from cows instead... Which is kept cold so it doesn't go bad..."

"Sounds... very strange..."

"It is... Uhm on Earth we're the only animals that drink the milk of other animals."

"Yes, I've been on six planets myself and I've never heard of it..."

"It's weird I guess..."

"I will try." He said, hesitating to actually do so.

"You don't have to if you don't want." But he did anyway frowning at the taste.

"It's clean..."

"What do you mean?"

"There's no bacteria..."

"Oh no... it's cleaned so that it doesn't carry any diseases that could could hurt people... Uhm is that bad for you..?"

Its not going to to hurt me but... well its kind of useless?"

"Uhm... Anyway I could fix it?"

He shook his head with a small smile, "No, you just drink it ok?"

"Okay."

He shrugged, "I'm glad it can't hurt you anyway."

He nodded, sipping the milk. "Uhm anything you would like to do?"

Was that a trick question? Berwald hesitated to answer...

Erztio tilted his head at him as he drank the rest of his milk.

"I don't need anything?"

"... The way you say that makes me doubt the truth of that statement..."

"..." he raised an eyebrow, "I'm not lying... I'm full... Happy."

"Alrighty." Erztio said before he began to go make himself some food.

"Did I say something wrong? " he asked worriedly

"No it was just your tone that threw me off a bit..."

He nodded slowly, "Sorry..."

"It's alright."

"I'll try to do better." Humans seemed to be more in tune with their emotions then he was used too...

"It's not your fault... I'm just... Different."

"Different? How?"

"We aren't the same species..."

He nodded understandingly, "It's bound to happen more than once."

"Yea..."

"How old are you?"

"29 years."

"... And how long do humans live?"

"Uhm... It varies but I think the average is 60 to 70...?"

"Not very long at all..." he murmured thoughtfully

"Yea..." He sighed, "We are all too aware... There are allot of species on our planet that can outlive us..."

"But you're so smart..." he said confused

"Well humans are the dominant species here but there is allot of species that can live for upwards of 200 years and a species of jellyfish that can live forever."

"Forever? I assume it rebirths some how too."

"Yea. It can go from an adult stage back to its pulip stage which is like pretty much a baby."

"Mhmm, I do the same." He agreed like it was nothing special

"... What."

"Remember I said my species has a trick..."

"Oh..." This meant Berwald would outlive him... By allot...

Exactly Berwalds thoughts... The question was how long would he stay on earth? Possibly until it broke down like his own planet... Erztio remained quiet as he got the meat ready to cook. Berwald sighed softly trying to think of a better topic...

"Do you have kin?"

Erztio nodded but remained silent, movements a bit stiff as he wrapped the now seasoned meat in tinfoil. Apparently that wasn't a good subject ether... Berwald looked to the dirty ground upset with himself... Erztio put the meat in place, sitting on the log as he thought.

Berwald didn't dare breathe expecting almost to be yelled at...

"... Do you have any family...?"

He looked up startled, "I-I do, somewhere out there..."

"Okay." Erztio said, waiting for the time to be up and the food to be done...

"Only the females can latch onto others while... Well in space as an egg. My mother hopefully still has Ladon..."

"... I hope so too..."

He smiled softly, "Thank you..." that had only solidified his belief that this man was very kind...

"Your welcome." Erztio smiled, using some tongs to grab the now cooked meat.

Berwald looked curiously at it all brown and dry looking... at least to him, "That's how it's supposed to look?"

He nodded, grabbing a fork and knife, cutting it open to reveal it was rare on the inside.

If it was still half rare why even cook it? Berwald mind ran with question after question but he stayed quiet... he had a feeling he would start annoying his little human...

Erztio sighed catching his confused look, "Uhm... Well humans are susceptible to allot of diseases... So we can't eat raw meats... Uhm we have to cook it but since this steak is basically a slab of meat... We only have to cook the outside but some people like the inside more cooked than I do..."

"I'll remember." He promised thoughtfully, maybe he should try cooking for his human? He had done it before...

"Uhm... I really don't mind answering your questions... It's actually kind of fun... But uhm... I'm not a very great source for allot of things so... I wouldn't suggest taking everything I say seriously..." The albino man said, eating his food happily.

"I probably will until proven otherwise." He admitted, "Taste good?"

He nodded, "Yea it's good..." Although he could probably do better with some proper tools...

"I'm glad." Berwald said scooting over and wrapping an arm around his waist

Erztio blushed, eating his food happily. To be honest he was glad to have company... But still he wondered how long Berwald would stay?

Berwald softly sighed through his nose, "What are your kin like?"

He stiffened again, "Ah... Uhm..." Erztio and his family... Well... He didn't get along with them...

"Do you not like them?"

"Well uhm... We just don't really see eye to eye well... Except for my younger brother Aries and my older sister Juniper."

"I'm sorry to hear that... how many siblings do you have?" He asked curiously

"Uhmmm..." Erztio took a minute to count it off on his fingers... Let's see... Aries and Juniper... That was two. Couldn't forget his other brother Marzo... So three... There was Rune and Illaya... So five... Hm... Also Maria and Nelly... So seven... And last but not least Satrina. "I have... Eight siblings." Erztio murmured, he had way too many siblings...

Berwald's eyebrows shot up, "Wow..."

"Yea... Mornings were always a bit crazy..."

"Here I thought two was nuts... matter of species again I suppose, a mother can only hold on to one at a time..."

"... Eight is crazy... Especially in this day and age... I honestly don't know how Sira managed to keep all of us and live a comfortable life." Erztio sighed.

"Sira? Your mother?"

"My Dad. Mom died after Maria was born."

"I'm sorry to hear that..." he whispered kissing his cheek, "I... did you know her? "

"Yea... She... Was the greatest person I ever knew." Erztio sighed, leaning against Berwald a bit.

Berwald softly sighed half hugging him.

"Sira... Well... He wasn't the best father a kid could ask for..."

Berwald turned, eyes sharp with growing anger... "He didn't hurt you did he?"