[center][h1][b][u]Zero / Nathan Stryder[/u][/b][/h1][/center]

The crooked smile stayed intact on Nathan’s face, but inside he felt a whirlwind erupting as Leila opened her mouth and spoke his name. It wasn’t for any childish reason like the bloom of a young love where everything tingles and sparkles as you come near or think of the person at the other end of your new love, no, for Nathan it was something much more simple and rudimentary: secrecy.
He was a person that lived off of the secrecy regarding his personal life - one of the many reasons as to why he didn’t open up to that many, and Leila had been one of the few he had actually loosened up and told her his real name - mind you, only his first name, he would never let anyone know of the blood that ran in his veins and what family it came from.

[i]Now wouldn’t that be something to revel in experiencing?[/i] he thought sarcastically to himself, [I]me, a Child of the Darkness that had family relations to the upper echelons of the political and scientific realms of Domino City?[/i] At least to Nathan it was something that almost made him laugh. Almost. 
But of course he didn’t let any of this shine through the cracks of his perfect exterior, instead he kept his cheeky smile painted on his face as he listened to Leila’s voice.

“But you know, that is part of the fun to see your incredible reactions every time” he grinned, easily keeping up with her added pace on his board. [i]At least she didn’t call me ‘Zero’ I suppose… [/i] he pondered, that name might have caused a bit more trouble than his first name had - after all ‘Zero’ had started to develop quite a rumor since he was birthed a couple of years ago…

“How is the kind Dr. anyway?” Nathan asked, avoiding the question somewhat, “you know I could probably help him quite a lot, right? Plus he didn’t seem to object last time I helped him, if you remember…”

Nathan let the sound of his voice echo off as the realization hit him: She was off work today, but knowing Leila this could only mean that she had already a few plans set in motion for what she could do. His grin widened.

“So, you’re off today?” he voice trailed off his lip with an almost silky smoothness - an obvious warning sign to anyone that knew him. “Got any plans for the rest of the day then?”