Lucia's gift.

Its time to wake up Arien

Arien's phone buzzes on the floor. He's on the floor with it as he stirred awake. He whined as he goes to check what the fuss is about.

(Unknown number)

He stared at the screen, wrapped in his blanket on the floor, praying for it to just go to voicemail already. The room was dark, the curtains were drawn over the screen door blocking any natural light from getting inside.
The buzzing finally stopped and Arien sighed setting his phone on the ground. He yawned as he decided to get up. Why he slept on the floor when the couch was available is but a mystery to anyone but Arien... he just did those things sometimes.

He rubbed his eyes from the boring hallway dream he had again, maybe if he was still in school his guidance counselor would tell him he's crazy and lock him up away from everyone.
Now that's a dream...

He yawned again as he went over to his cupboard for some sort of breakfast. His taste buds weren't in the mood for anything he had, so he simply just decided to move on.
Most...however old he was, year olds, would have a job by now, be productive or something, not Arien Thana. He was a lonely kid that shut himself in after...something he doesn't want to remember happened..found him in Utah.
His mind a discombobulated mess has led him to a simple comfort of non confrontation.
He simply lives in the place he's found himself. That is until he finally got sent letters about eviction, he didn't read much of it, a lot of it was a gross reminder.

But regardless it had started the search for jobs, he didn't want to leave the house he knew that. He looked for easy jobs he could do from home, and math tutoring came up for a kid he didn't look into. He applied a few days ago without much thought.

However, hearing a knock at the door, he'd totally forgotten about that. He blinked looking to the door, "be there in a minute..!" He shouted,
He was surprised by his own voice a minute...he hadn't heard it in so long. Maybe he was scared to.
Besides the point he sounded fine, he grabbed a soda from the fridge and headed to the door.

His hand was nervous as it felt the cold metal of the door knob. It hadn't been touched in awhile.
He opened the door to the blinding light of the outside, fresh air ran into the house quickly, coupled with the heat of the sun soaking into Ariens skin.
His eyes adjusted to the brightness as he looked at the person in front of him.
Or... the kid

A bright eyed teen stood in front of arien nervously, he stood with a few books in hand.

Arien blinked looking at him utterly confused,
"Can I help you...?" Arien asked bluntly and the kid seemed to reflex into his shell of anxiety.

"I- a-sorry is this not 329 south bridge..?"

"No...that's here.. I think..."

"Are you a-aaro-"

"Arien. Like Aries." He corrects

The kid paused,

"So are you...the tutor..?" The younger one asked

"Oooh fuck." Arien cursed and the kids eyes went wide in surprise,
"Shit I totally forgot..." arien mumbled as he scratched the back of his leg with his foot in the door way.

"Are you-?"

"Yeah sorry my bad." He Said simply, "come in, sorry about the mess...." Arien said turning back, Ahiko stood outside the doorway nervously. Arien tilted his head, "What's up?"

"W-well- I thought we could go- to the library rather than.."
honestly the kid was nervous arien would kid nap him, saying he wasn't exactly a glowing green flag."

"Oh..." arien said, "yeah sure let me...go find some shoes..." he said walking back to the door, and around to the stairs. He went into a room that most surely wasn't his and sorted through several shoes he'd rather not wear.
He finally found some slides which would actually make him feel comfortable in his flesh. He came back down and grabbed his phone off the floor then out to the kid again.
He had been nervously fidgeting waiting for arien, as he closed the door behind him,