If I go to work tomorrow ... ... I'm gonna kill somebody.

He finally shifted his gaze back to her once again, a chuckle finally escaping his brims. A low smile. " ... Not once," Well. Maybe a couple of times. "But, uh, yeah -- glad you're going to be out a lot more this summer. That's nice."

"Oh. Cool." He looked down at his shoes –– lightly kicking a can away. She bit the inside of his cheek. " ... Are you, uh, sure people will be okay with you doing that? Don't people usually go ... y'know ... "

"Well, you always do –– " He can't help but be a little caught off guard by what she says afterwards. Central Park? Sunbathing? EH? "Wait. What?"

Looking good, Red!

/ i kinda. don't ... wanna be here anymore, lol

Mm. I feel ya.

Tired too, huh –– ?

... Uh-huh.

I don't really got any, sorry.

Why –– why would someone want to do that?

|| gonna try and be here more.

... Aw, geez. I'm sorry, April. Really.

... Of course not! –– ( Looks at the smudged writing on his hand. ) A ... Apollo (?)

Nothing, nothing.

:/

Well, yeah.

... Annie.

“Whatever comes my way, whatever battle I have raging inside me, there is always a choice. It's the choices that make me who I am. I can always choose to do what's right. Whatever life holds in store, I can never look the other way. Not again.” ♡ + ↻

What's new, pussycat?

Glowering, an aggravated groan leaves his brims. Goddammit.

His phone vibrates, he stares — a groan. 📲 yeah 📲 you. back home.

His gaze hardens –– he squints. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 is she up to?

Watching her from afar, in civilian clothes.

Letting you run free without consequence — ? Fat chance.

You? Nah, not this time. Just ... uh, tired. Barely slept a wink last night.

Mhm.

𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚. 𝐈𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧.

Just the whole ... uh, dead girlfriend thing.

... I'm having a strong amount of conflicting feelings no man should be having right now.

😏

Oh, yeah. That reminds me. Have you cleaned your room yet?

Mhm.

Not much.

Ow. The edge.

Yeah, yeah –– heard it all before.

No but's –– !

Start marching, young lady.

Story of my life. Lemme tell ya.

And 𝐍𝐎𝐖, the 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 you've all been 𝐖𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 . . . Put your hands together for 𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐀 .ᐟ