Day 49: Early Afternoon - Tasty Burger

[feartehreaper]

[ Continued from here. ]

The damn burger place was actually the last place Haseo would have wanted to revisit after the previous week, but there was little other choice when practically dragging the distraught Endrance along with him and trying to find an appropriate shelter: he couldn't be certain anywhere else close would have somewhere to sit

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[feartehreaper]

Haseo caught that brief alarmed glance, and over the top of finishing his coat unbuttoning, gave a sudden stern look in return. Don't say anything he thought at the boy, wishing it would get across somehow not to reveal just what had happened here earlier- how, starting right on the other side of the building, they'd been forced to fight for their lives.

... And to kill the creatures, some who had definitely been townspeople moments before, using whatever was within arms-range, hoping to fend them off just long enough to find a way out... how even when the zombies had no chance, they continued to attack despite destroyed body parts and--

"It doesn't matter, do what you want," Haseo answered, a little more roughly than he should have, but then sighed and shook his head slightly. "No, stay here," he appended after a short pause, "Or-- whatever, just stay nearby."

He ran a hand through his hair and glanced over at Endrance again, more or less trying to gauge his state. Everything else seemed strangely dulled to Haseo, but his anxiety towards keeping his friends safe managed to persist despite it. Good for them, tiring for him in the end, although naturally he would be loathe to admit that under most circumstances.

[oftemptation]

"If it'd be easier, I can step aside for a few minutes...?" Endrance's words were quiet, calmer than they had been a few moments prior. What happened before had happened, and while it wasn't really easier to accept it, it...if he was going to be honest with himself, panicking over it wouldn't help things. Whatever would happen would happen, and it didn't matter where they were when it did.

He took a moment to glance out the window. "I hope this rain lets up, regardless...I hadn't even realized how bad it was until a few moments ago.

That was really more for Leon's benefit than his own, though. The rain mirrored Endrance's mood, and he didn't mind it so much, personally.

[heraldric]

"Don't be silly! You were here first." Leon shook his head. It looked like Claude and Guy were in the room now too, though he'd missed them entering. If he really needed to leave he could always just visit them instead. Right now this building was probably the safest place for him to be in the entire town, despite what had happened the previous week. (At least there were chairs and trays to whack zombies with, right?)

He smiled at Endrance, trying to get across that he wasn't uncomfortable with him there even if he wasn't feeling all that chipper. (And the man was right - this wasn't exactly the best weather for being chipper.) It wasn't as though the rain had been coming down all that hard until a few minutes ago anyway, so it was no big deal that he hadn't noticed - especially since he was preoccupied.

[feartehreaper]

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