The two fell into the comfortable silence they were both used to having, simply enjoying the presence of the other. Avery decided that since the box that once held their dessert was empty, she could fold it back into its original flat shape. Although as she took it apart and folded it, she struggled since she couldn't find the creases in which it folded, but eventually she got it. After the box was flat again, she turned to face Nytin, who had been watching her the entire time. 

"So..do you like this place? The ocean is pretty nice, right?" 

Nytin hummed and shrugged, "I guess..up here is fine, but me and the ocean…don't mix very well." 

Avery paused and was a little confused, "How come?"

"Well…let's just say something bad happens every time I get near it." Nytin said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck, "We don't..get along very well."

Avery didn't push the question any further, as it seemed Nytin wanted to avoid answering it, "It's okay..not my favorite thing either..it's too salty, and the seaweed..kelp stuff.. that floats up is kinda gross too." 

Nytin stifled a laugh, "Yeah. Fairly gross stuff there, you'll smell like fish if you come here often." As he spoke, the waves seemed to get more aggressive, crashing louder against the side of the concrete walls.

Avery hummed in agreement. "Still, it's almost as interesting as space. Who knows what's down there? Maybe a creepy hundred-eyed monkey whale, " she said with a small laugh.

Nytin crossed his arms, snickering, "It's something ugly, real ugly, with a ridiculously hideous face, similar to all those weird-looking fish down in the depths."

As Nytin spoke, a strong gust of wind blew, making his hood fly back. At that moment, a soggy newspaper laced with seaweed flew up and hit him straight in the face. He shouted in surprise, grimacing and peeling it off, angrily throwing it on the floor. 

Avery hadn't seen what had happened since she was shielding her face from the wind that had brought up sand that blew in her face. She just heard a loud, wet smack and saw Nytin's blurred shape stand up and throw something on the ground in what looked like anger. 

"Are you okay? Did something happen?" Avery asked, standing up and moving closer to Nytin, who simply sighed.

"My.. bad luck has struck again, a wet..newspaper flew right into my face." He grumbled, wiping his face with his sleeve; that's when he smelled it. He quickly moved his arm away from his face and visibly gagged, "Holy- That..smells..awful..I think it's in my hair.." he couldn't help gagging again, turning to stomp on the newspaper in anger, cursing under his breath. 

Avery grimaced at the thought of getting smacked with ocean newspapers and figured the right thing to do would be to offer some help, "Would you like to come to my place for a little? I can wash your…hoodie...thing…for you, and you can wash your hair too."

Nytin didn't answer for a second, halting his stomping to stare at Avery. Avery figured he may have gotten weirded out, but she couldn’t tell because she couldn't see Nytin's face. She quickly raised her hands dismissively, "Y-you don't have to, of course! I figured you'd want to clean up and.... uhm..y-yeah." 

Nytin quickly regained his composure. He had been caught severely off guard by the question, "No! I'd really appreciate that. I've just... never been asked to someone's house before." He lowered his voice, and reflexively, he went to pull his hood back on, and a piece of seaweed fell onto his head. He took a sharp breath inwards as if he were going to scream and curse, but he simply picked it off his head and threw it back into the ocean water. 

Avery let out the breath she had been holding in, "My home is a little ways away from here, so we have to take the bus..or get a taxi..something along those lines, so you don’t have to walk with that all over you." She said opening her phone. She put an earbud in her ear and moved the phone close to her face, looking at the bus times, there weren't any coming soon so she decided to get a taxi from a rideshare app.

Nytin peeked over her shoulder curiously, watching her press buttons and type things with special buttons that appeared. He was curious, so he asked about it, "What are those circles you're typing with?"

Avery happily answered, "Oh well..since my eyesight has always been like this, my parents had me learn braille at a young age, just in case." She finished up ordering the rideshare and opened a typing menu, "My phone has a way to type in braille and fixes any mistakes I make, and a lot of the information also fills out itself, so it's a lifesaver, it also reads it back to me as a type." 

Nytin listened and was slightly  surprised at how advanced technology had gotten, "I didn't even know phones could do that." He wanted to try it too, considering learning braille to better understand Avery, "I want to learn how to do this too. Can I?"

Avery nodded, "Yeah! It's not too difficult, I could probably teach you a little..." She smiled, and then her phone buzzed, "Oh..change of subject, sorry, we should probably head to the pickup point. It's on the street corner." She tapped a bit more on his phone and it began telling them where to go. Nytin followed obediently, casting one last dirty look at the ocean, before smiling and catching up to Avery. 

The two walked towards their destination, Nytin protectively standing near Avery as the sidewalks began to fill with people walking, not watching where they were going, too focused on everything but the things they should've been paying attention to. Nytin had been looking around and just barely noticed that someone on a skateboard had been rolling towards them quickly from behind while looking at their phone, threatening to ram into the both of them.

He grabbed Avery's waist and moved out of the way just in time, with Avery letting out a startled 'woah.' He quickly let go of her when he deemed it safe, "Sorry, that man on the skateboard was coming full speed towards us… I thought he was gonna ram into you."

Avery gave him a thankful smile, "Oh, well then, thank you. I'm always running into people when the sidewalks get busier…well, they run into me most of the time..I can't dodge in time." He said with a sheepish laugh, sticking closer to Nytin as they made their way to the corner.  

Nytin felt irritated, "People need to be more aware of their surroundings. It's not difficult." He said, kicking a rock. He knew people were absent-minded and inconsiderate, but he didn't know it was that bad. Avery was grateful that Nytin cared so much about it, smiling a little more as they walked.

The two made it to the corner just in time as the rideshare app notified Avery that their driver had arrived. Shortly after, a black SUV drove up next to them. After confirming it was their ride, they climbed into the back seat. The brunette woman in the driver's seat greeted them and began driving. She clearly seemed to be in a talkative mood because she almost immediately chatting with Avery. Nytin wasn't in any mood to talk to anyone but Avery, so he simply stared out of the window, listening to the conversation. The woman had asked how their day was, and what they were doing near the ocean in such cold weather,  Nytin thought she was a bit nosey, but Avery happily answered her questions and asked a few of her own, until they arrived at a large apartment building. 

Avery led the way into the building, using her electronic key to open the door, "We're almost there, just have to go up a few floors." She walked towards the elevator and pushed the call button, the doors opened and the two walked in.

Nytin was silently taking everything in, it was a fairly modern place, but overall nothing too luxurious. He watched Avery hit the button for the top floor and was startled when the elevator started moving, "...That feels…odd..." his stomach felt like it had been shoved downwards, and he had almost lost balance, using the bars to hold himself upright.

Avery snickered, "The elevator does feel weird sometimes, especially when they're fast like this one." 

The doors opened and Nytin hastily got off, but he still felt sick and a tad bit dizzy as the floor spun slowly around him, forcing him to close his eyes. Avery got off and noticed Nytin simply standing there, appearing troubled. She put a hand on his arm and looked up at him worriedly. "Are you okay?" 

Nytin nodded, "Yes...I'm just a bit dizzy is all." He said standing up straight, shaking his head, he didn't want to seem weak in front of Avery and kept a straight face, as much as he desperately wanted to lay down on the floor for just a few minutes. Avery seemed to accept that as an answer and led Nytin towards the apartment who wobbled after her, slowly regaining his senses. Avery stopped at the seventh door and felt the braille numbers on the side, confirming it was her home.

She took her keys from her pocket and opened the door, letting Nytin inside, "Ta-da! This is my humble abode.." She said while closing the door. Nytin took a good look around, feeling adequate to move around. Overall, it wasn't decorated much, and he had a good guess as to why. It was a cozy area with a loft as a bedroom instead of an actual room. The kitchen and dining room were below the loft, and the living room was in the center of the apartment.

"This is nice. Do you…live here alone?" Nytin asked slowly, trying to decide if this was an odd question to ask or a normal one. Avery seemingly didn't have any pets either, so naturally he was curious

Avery walked over to him and nodded, "Yeah, but I often have my friends over, so it's not too bad.." She motioned to Nytins cloak, "Uh..So…do you want me to wash this?" 

Nytin paused as if he forgot what he came here for, "O-oh right, yes please.." he reached up, releasing the clasp that kept his cloak together, and then took it off, "Thank you for helping me, you've already done a lot.." he said handing it over to Avery, "I'll make it up to you some time."

Avery smiled gratefully, "That sounds great, let me go put this in the wash, and then if you want I'll show you where you can wash your hair."