"Uh, Hi." Shilo breathed, her voice barely above a whisper. "You can let go of me now." Graverobber immediately withdrew his hands from around her and Shilo almost plummeted to the ground again. Graverobber laughed and Shilo glared up at him. Why had she thought she'd wanted to see him anyway?

"Wow, you were so quick to let me go Graverobber," Shilo teased, "and I was thinking that you liked me." Graverobber smirked and drew close, and his warm breath on her face made Shilo get that weird feeling again. She made to step back, away from him, when he suddenly grabbed her and pressed his mouth hard against hers. Shilo was stunned, but quickly recovered from the shock of his sudden actions and felt a strange heat ignite inside of her. What a wonderful sensation! But this was wrong. All wrong. She didn't want her first kiss to be from him. And as quickly as it had started it was over. Graverobber pulled away with a cheshire cat grin on his face, and he waggled his eyebrows at her.

"What the hell was that for?!" Shilo practically screamed at the infuriating man before her. Grave simply shrugged and licked his lips, a nervous habit. She was supposed to have liked that, not be yelling at him like this. He played it off as nothing. "Simply me showing my affection for you kid. Jeez, let's not wake the dead shall we?" He said casually, gesturing to their surroundings and the many graves around them. He looked back at Shilo to see her holding back tears. She had come to him for comfort and when he provided it she had only yelled at him. No wonder she was so alone.

"Ah, kid. Shi. Don't cry." Graverobber pleaded. He was bad with crying women. He never knew what to do. Shilo solved that problem for him throwing herself into his arms and burying her face in his chest as she broke down completely. Graverobber awkwardly patted her back and held her tight against himself. If this was the least he could do for her he'd do it. Poor kid had been through so much these past few weeks. Even his cocky attitude faded away and all that was left was concern for Shilo, and a smidge of pity too. It wasn't easy being alone. He should know. He himself had been on his own since he was 13. Earlier than Shilo, he'd had a rough start at life. But he liked to consider it a good educational situation. He certainly knew how to live on the streets after 20 odd years of it.

After a while Shilo quieted, and sniffling, she pulled away from Graverobber. She gave him a weak smile and he managed to return it. "You gonna be okay kid?" Graverobber asked tentatively. After all, no matter how much he did care for her, he still had a business to run and zydrate to collect before the night was over.

Shilo nodded, but slid her small hand into his big rough one and looked up at him with big doe eyes. Oh gods, she was going to ask him for a favor. "Grave, I can't go back in there, " she said, her eyes flitting back to the house, " If I go back there I'll go mad. I want to come with you, wherever that may be. I promise I won't be in the way or be any trouble. You won't even notice I'm there."

"Kid," Graverobber started, shifting his feet uncomfortably, "It's not like I don't like you an' all but I don't exactly have a place for you to stay. I mean, I sleep in a shitty apartment in the crappiest part of town, and fuck Shi, you don't want to go where I go. You don't want to do what I do."

Shilo stared at her feet. Willing herself not to cry. Not in front of him again.

Graverobber, seeing her eyes start to water once more, grasped her gently by the chin and pulled her face in to his. They're lips met this time with not as much force, and with a new tenderness that Shilo had not experienced in her last kiss. Graverobber rested his other hand on Shilo's back and pulled her closer still. He wanted to drink in the smell and taste of her. She was so soft, and so very fragile in his arms that felt if he held her too tightly she'd break into a million pieces. She didn't seem to have been eating very well lately, if at all.

As he pulled back from their second kiss Graverobber saw that this time a smile found its way to Shilo's lips and he was pleased to see it. Shilo suddenly felt very embarrassed at how hot and flustered she had gotten and averted his eyes, but couldn't help the smile. She felt pretty and more grown up around Graverobber and was starting to like the feeling. Shilo took a chance with her newfound confidence to be coy and said, "So I guess that's a yes?"

Graverobber, though surprised at her forwardness, nodded and replied softly, "I guess it is."