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Lilia watched as both of them interacted, not knowing what had the boy murmured to his dog. She understood that the German Shepherd would be over-protective of her master. She stared attentively at the boy, waiting for him to say anything. Knowing that it was rude to stare, she did not really have a choice in this aspect as she had to read his lips to know what he was saying even though she was pretty embarrassed to do that. It always mean she had to look straight at the person. For one thing, the boy was pretty tall, probably towered over her by more than a head. She was busy observing him that she almost missed the answer to her question.
"Ki-da?" She mouthed, pronouncing so that it matched to what she just read. "It is a beautiful name indeed." She said in her soft, mellow voice.

"Here Kida... here girl.. I promise i won't hurt you.." She said, motioning the dog to come over. Lilia just wanted to touch the dog.

***

Ciel tilted his head, feeling confused of all the sudden.
"What do you mean you don't understand me? I'm still talking human right?" He asked but thinking back, he did feel a little strange after all those pain and migraine. His paw reached out to scratched his head tho it was awfully short now. He could only reach up to his face unless he bent slightly... Poking at his mouth, he was shocked to find two fangs protruded from his gum.
"Wait a second... Don't tell me.. I'm a...." He thought, feeling slightly scared from the whole turn of the event. He watched Keira, observing her every movement. For a moment tho, he was feeling hungry.. probably from skipping his meal during breakfast but somehow, he felt that it was not that.

"Whoa.. whoa.. You're not going anywhere just yet." He warned, creeping up slowly.. He did not know if he could trust Keira yet but certainly he would want to make sure that she would not spread any of these to the other colleague.. not when this will cause him much trouble for secretly experimenting on himself. Ciel blocked the way out, his eyes stared attentively at the older girl while he tried to think up a way to return to him normal self.

She stretched out her hand and watched as the dog slowly approached her with cautious, stopping just a short distant from her outstretched hand. Her smile widened when the dog touched her palm, patiently allowing Kida to sniff at her scent to earn the dog's trust. She gently fingered her fur first to see if the dog was alright with her before she was brave enough to pat and stroke her.

"Eh..?" She murmured, almost missing the timing when the boy was talking to her, if it was not for moment when she glanced up to look at him. She caught the words. Aaron, by the way.... He was introducing himself if Lilia was not mistaken.
"Aaron?" She repeated, feeling slightly embarrassed. Usually, the people she met would know that she was deaf right away since she would initiate using sign language. But now, she did not even have a chance partially because the dog wouldn't understand her even if she did use sign language. Kida would probably ended up being hostile and wary to her. Now, the boy going to think that she was a girl with some kind of weird problem or something.

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Ciel watched her every movement, his mind muddled from thinking on how to return back to human again. He did not really expected this to happen..or maybe he did but not in this weird way. Why did Keira has to be in his house this moment? All this thinking was making his head spinning yet again, his head throbbed from the sudden migraine. It was not like before.. somehow he was moving by himself as if he was losing control over his own limbs. His eyes glared at the human before him, his stomach rumbled with hunger.
Roaring, he paced around the girl, keeping a distance from her while watching her every movement...making sure that she did not escape.

In his mind, Ciel became dreary by the minute, too tired to fight those new uprising instinct. Image flickered in his mind, clear at one time but blur the next moment. He was driven by an animal instinct, creeping and then pounded onto the girl, pinning her to the ground and tore at some of her clothes. He sniffed at her, the familiar scent hit him.
"Keira...." He remembered. Somehow he was not acting like himself anymore and he was fighting to regain the control. It took a lot from him and the smilodon collapsed onto the girl, appearing unconscious once again.

Lilia smiled as the dog became less wary of her, watching as Kida wagged her tail, a good sign that she was warming up to her. She softly patted her head, noticing that Kida how frequent she would glance over her shoulder to make sure that the boy was alright. "You really like your master huh, Kida?" She asked, gently cupping the dog's face, chuckling softly as she questioned. She was a little envy of Aaron who was able to keep and raise a loyal companion. Truthfully, she would not be as lonely as she was now if she could keep one but family always come first.

She looked up when she felt that Aaron wanted to ask her something and sure enough, he asked using sign language. Slightly shocked from the fact that the boy was attentive enough to know her problem, it took her a while for the action to register in her mind. " I'm Lilia... Lilia Evans. Nice to meet you." She introduced, her voice was a little louder than usual but not much. "You're around here?" She asked, feeling a little silly for asking such obvious question. But even though the town was small, Lilia did not really know much of the people here. Likewise to the people who went to the same school as her.

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Ciel groaned, slowly regaining his consciousness. He was feeling so tired that he just laid there, his face faced down against the cool marble floorboard. "Oh.. my head.." He mumbled, his hand reached up to massage the temple of his head. He was feeling slight chilly, as if he was stripped bare. Come to think of it, he did feel that he had nothing on.

Feeling that he had a little strength back, he sat up, scratching his head while trying to recall his memory of that day.

Lilia was glad that Kida was beginning to warm up to her, her smile plastered onto her face and she chuckled when the German Shepherd licked her on the face. She sat down on the grassy ground when her legs ached from kneeling down. It was fun watching those two and Lilia could not think any day better than this one. Observing, she took note whenever Aaron started talking, reading what his lips were mouthing.
She nodded, knowing what he was telling albeit being a little slow at responding. "Yeah.. Just around here.. A little further away from the cluster of houses in the town." She answered slowly, stammering along the way since she was not used to talk much.

"So how old is Kida?" She asked, not knowing what else to talk about since it was her first time talking this long to a complete stranger. Lilia reached out and stroked Kida's fur gently, playing with her along the way.

***
Everything seemed to come back at him all at once. Heaving himself up, he wobbled over to his room where he had suspected that he left his clothing there. Tiredly, he dressed up in his clothes once more before heading over to the living room.
He grabbed onto the brown file that Keira left him, quickly looking through everything that was inside of it. So far there were some positive result, the subjects gained and utilized their extraordinary ability.

Ciel was feeling a little guilty for how he acted, tho he did not know about it most of the time. He knew that Keira wouldn't want to see him right now but he felt like he should make sure that she was alright. Grasping the car key, he ran toward his car and drove all the way to her house.

"Keira.. You in there?" He asked softly, knocking on the door. He had try turning the doorknob. Locked. But the light in the living room signified that she was inside. Well, where else could she gone to? "Keira.. Look. I'm sorry for the way I've been.. but could you please open the door and let me look at you?" He said, continuing with the knocking once a while. He was not afraid that this would disturb her neighbours. "Come on Keira.." He persuaded.

((Sorry for the late reply.. Was feeling lazy that time.. ))

Lilia chuckled lightly when Kida was comfortable enough with her that the canine laid on her lap, shifting slightly at the sudden weight that came crushing down onto her. She smiled thankfully when Aaron pulled his dog back a little, making her feeling pleasant than earlier.
"Wow.. She's so young.." She commented after watching Aaron, reaching out to stroke Kida's soft glossy fur. "A bit pampered too." She added.

"So, what do you usually do?" Lilia turned to ask, feeling slightly curious that she rarely see him out here. The place was her usual hangout spot, a quiet and relaxing place to get away from the hassle in the small secluded town. For the first time, she felt like she was at ease, talking to someone that she just met out of the blue. It was really a pleasant feeling.

**

Ciel waited for a while, sticking his ear close to the door to hear anything behind the door.. nothing. He was about to knock again when he heard her voice, loud albeit being far away from him and for the fact that she was behind the four walls. His hearing was improving since 2-3 years ago where he was able to pick up sound softer than a whisper and at a far away distance.

He breathed out a sigh of relief when her voice rang out. At least he knew that she was alright, minus the emotional damage it seemed. "Look I'm sorry.. I know what i did was wrong and i don't intend to let that "animal" instinct to get the best of me next time." He said. "I know I know that I lost control but it was a little unexpected.. shocking.. even to me.." He continued. "I'm back being me again.... but most importantly, i just want to see that you're alright.." He added, waiting outside.