Wild Child || Nina

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Okay, so, on a sunny day like this one most kids lurked at home on the computer. But Kitty needed to get out of the house, or else she’d have died of boredom. So, the first chance she got, she dressed, grabbed her backpack (she took it practically everywhere with her…just in case. Her brothers had taught her to be ready for anything) and left the house. She’d just let her feet take her where she wanted to go, really, whether it was in the form of walking or skipping. A small and yet content smile forced it’s way onto Kitty’s lips as she finally slowed to a walk, making her way through the crowded streets. She wondered why it was so busy today; perhaps there was a carnival or something? Shrugging it off, Kitty glanced around, seeing if there was anything or anyone interesting around. Unfortunately, there didn’t seem to be. A frown took the smile’s place on Kitty’s features as she noticed this. Looked like she’d have to make something up herself, in that case, if everyone else was so boring.

So, since running helped her think, Kitty began to run, dodging through people and accidentally brushing against a few. But what didn’t occur to her was she looked like she’d just robbed a shop or done something bad, since she had a backpack, she was running and wasn’t stopping to apologize. She heard a couple shouts behind her and cursed under her breath in French. ”Merde!” with that said, she ran even faster, which probably made her look even more suspicious but at the moment she was being chased by someone who thought she’d done something against the law. Which of course, while Kitty thought it might have been fun (growing into her teenage years had not done much for her curiosities about crime), she hadn’t done anything and she wasn’t planning to.

Finally she dodged aside and escaped into the park. Smiling triumphantly, Kitty sat down on some swings, and began to swing slightly. Even though it could have ended badly, the whole scene that had just occurred amused her greatly. Smiling, she began to swing properly on the swing, wondering how high she could go before either she fell off or the swing broke. A mischievous smile appeared on Kitty’s features and she began swinging higher. She wouldn’t have been caught dead doing anything like that a few years ago, but a lot can change in a few years.

Kitty swung even higher, determined that she was going to go as high as she could. Would the swing break, or would she fall off? She couldn’t decide which one was more likely so there was only one way to find out. Kitty shrugged off her backpack and let it fall neatly beside the swing, so she could still see it while she swung. A determined expression was now on the blonde’s features as she kicked her legs a little to swing higher. Curiosity killed the cat, Kitty’s mind told her, but she totally ignored it. Logical was rather boring, after all. Why waste time listening to that when you can get out there and do daring things?

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It was a rare occasion for Nina to be without Sébastien. Although Sébastien often craved his freedom from the Ifrit, Nina rarely gave it to him. It was something that he had accepted after many years of being held against his will in his own body. He learned to get over it, or he learned to live with the seizures. Explaining to his mother that the seizures only began because of a curious Ifrit who liked to mess with his cerebral cortex had been tedious and… well, fruitless. Sébastien’s mother wrote it off as just one of his outlandish lies.

Nina was beginning to feel cramped inside his body, especially as the violinist began to spend his days increasingly often with Gavri. She had thought the initial lovesick phase was annoying – the godawful romantic compositions, the dreamy sighs while thinking of the blue-eyed Frenchman, the shirking of practicing the violin just so he could go around daydreaming. But it had gotten so much worse when Gavri had decided to make Sébastien’s feelings requited. They spent most of the time together and it was driving Nina insane. She wasn’t allowed out around Gavri, and it just wasn’t fair to her. Not fair at all.

So she left! Just like that. Nina felt quite proud and independent for leaving her master (without his permission!). She didn’t know where she should go or what she should do, but she knew that it felt nice not to be in Sébastien’s body having to hear about Gavri incessantly. She decided that she would have to explore the world without the confines of his body more often now that she knew what joyous wonders the world could hold. She was certain that Sébastien would be grateful for that – and Gavri too, as more than once Nina had interrupted a romantic moment with her incessant complaining.

It was in the park that she realized she was familiar with one of the inhabitants. She crept up to the swingset curiously, watching the girl. Nina knew her as Kitty – one of Gavri’s many siblings. There was a slight problem in that Kitty didn’t know her. She didn’t know what Nina looked like, and she didn’t know that Nina even existed. She had been on her best behavior when having to suffer through meeting Gavri’s family. Well… she’d behaved for the most part. Mostly. That was all he really needed from her.

Kitty seemed determined to swing as high as she could and Nina canted her head curiously. Her fingers made a swiping motion, and suddenly Kitty and the swingset were swung over the top of the bar. Nina’s fist clenched to keep the girl on the swing while she performed her trick. After she was certain Kitty hadn’t fallen to her death, Nina laughed and clapped. “That was wonderful!”