[Rosekitten]

It was hard to believe he had put up with Mizuki for a year, between him and the kid it was half like having a small family.. especially after Neimi got over her fear of Mizuki. At the same time it seemed to work on Thalion, he had changed a little. Though it wasn't anything drastic, he was still his normal crud self and pretty much whatever came to mind probably came out with little to no regard of who he was talking to.

Though he had to admit, he started enjoying the company as time went on. He was use to just having Neimi come and go but Mizuki was always there. After a while things settled out a bit more when Mizuki started accepting the fact he didn't HAVE to stay in the same damn spot for all the hours they were home.

Whatever that caused the two to not kill each other over a year ago he had to admit he was glad for it. Though it did take half of the year for him to finally settle with his mind that the thoughts weren't going away no matter what he did.. that and the few awkward moments they had every once in a while ended up getting worse and worse each time.

He was in the process of drying his hair when the comment caught him attention. He stopped for a brief moment with a slight glare at Mizuki before a smirk crossed his face. "Least I don't look like a mop when wet, I'll take drowned rat any day" He had a point, Mizuki's long hair went everywhere when it was went or damp.

Once he had dried his hair to the point he was happy with it for now he walked over to Mizuki who was sitting there and grabbed his chin with one hand after moving the smaller towel from his head to his shoulders. "besides, you must like this drowned rat. You've stuck around this long" He had given Mizuki the option a few times to go elsewhere, or they could get him a place of his own but he never seemed to take the offer.