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His eyes lingered wanting to observe the fleshy roots that pulsate, but hesitated the more he stared into the room. There was just one flower blooming from the roots that he looked past too quickly. The upstairs could only seep in the light that the downstairs tried to reach.
Amir entered the room registering now where the soft shwatiz music was coming from. Aoi had cleaned a tape, and helped her record her song using a recorder. He paused his movements, noticing her slumped body over the navigation system. He softly sighed seeing her head on the planetary view of her star system.
The pen in her hand stumbled along the floor when she had fallen asleep, and her mechanical hair tie was on her wrist while her hair was down. It was slightly knotted at the ends knowing her hair became a headache on busy days. Amir planned to help her brush it out later in the day, but it seemed it had already been irritating her.
The drifter head shifted a bit trying to find comfort in the most awkward position. The back pain she was going to feel began to become habitual when it was the only way she could sleep. The sharp curvature of her spine that bent trying fight the eventual slump to the floor. Her arm practically hugged the wooden box while her head was merged with a hologram display of a foreign planet. She was enveloped in her arm while the other laid along her bent legs.
“Shitshit-”
Amir mumbled sharply after he stumbled, and nearly knocked the shazin guitar till he caught it. He observed the intricate golden swirls making sure that nothing broke. He carefully placed it back softly stepping away, as if it had a mind of its own.
The drifter's head shifted softly feeling the slight creak of weight the wood gave. Amir let out a deep breath bending to see if there were any scratches that radiated from the studio lights above. His hands followed the curves thinking they were, as fragile as the plant leaf he burned. He didn't notice how she was awake now. She softly adjusted herself. They relaxed her spine, and closed the navigation system with a soft click.
They smiled softly observing how his eyes shifted to one area then another before bending up, and his mumbles to reassure himself.
“It won't bite you…”
Amir looked back to see her awake. He softly smiled before helping her up.
“No…but someone else will”