1 Of Heroes and Beauties

Angela and Harith

Of Threads and Furs

1. When Angela first met Harith, she was being chased by the hunters hired by Laboratory 1718.

She was battered and tired, already at her limit and resigned herself to being captured and taken back to the laboratory when a blue light passed her by.

Angela watched entranced, as her savior,a silver haired feline race, defeated her enemies in a clean and quick way.

She watched him as he checked over his work, nodding in approval after confirming that none of them will be able to get up for a while before walking towards her.

The sunshine surrounded him, giving the boy an ethereal look. The smile on his face only further enhance the beautiful scene.

Badump.

In the back of her mind, Angela remembers countless stories that was told to her by Dr. Gogh, of heroes and beauties, of dashing knights and damsels in distressed, and she absently wonders if she should also act like those ladies in the story.

"Are you alright?" A light and refreshing voice passed through her sound detector, snapping her out of her own thoughts. The feline boy stretches his hands towards her as a gesture for helping herself up, his brown eyes completely focused on her as if… she's the only thing he saw in the world.

Badump. Badump.

Taking the boys hands, Angela shakily stood up, but she underestimated the damage done to her body. Her legs gave up on her, and Angela closed her eyes and feels her self falling…

A hand caught her gently. A sweet smell of fruits and mint assaulted her nose. Frowning in confusion, Angela opened her eyes to see that beautiful face extremely close to her, the boy's brown eyes filled with concern.

"Are you okay?" the boy asked.

Angela feels herself nodding dumbly, still entranced of her savior.

The boys laughter once again woke her up from her stupid action.

Embarrassed to the point that she can feel smoke coming out of her ears, Angela pushed the feline boy away, unlocking a potential she never knew she had and fled from the scene, leaving the feline boy and her savior behind.

Only when she was quite a distance away did Angela notice the abnormal beating of her mechanical heart.