↪︎ But it did garner a raise at the edge of his lip. Turning his gaze away to question.

“𝚂𝚘, 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎?“

↪︎ His fight was over. So what was left besides a broken shell?

“𝙸 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞.. 𝙸𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍.“

↪︎ The last one he’d ever smoke was her final gift. Now that they were back in arms.. well, old habits die hard.

“..𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞.“

“𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎?“

↪︎ Hed take a deep breath. Slowly straightening himself out and at least attempted to calm himself.

“𝙸𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜.. 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗? 𝙱𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝? 𝙸𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚢. 𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝..“

↪︎ The eyepatch could be heard scrunching in his hand. The other grabbed into the hem of her shirt. Twisting it till his knuckles went white.

“𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜..“

↪︎ That’s not something she should be doing.

↪︎ ...

↪︎ Alone that is.

↪︎ Aki suddenly rounding her shoulder and pulling the butt from her lips and popping it to his own with a small sigh before taking a drag.

“𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚑𝚞𝚑?“

↪︎He would slowly begin to look around now that he’d been snapped out of his panic. An awkward small smile on his lips.

“𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚞𝚖𝚋 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝.. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎?“

↪︎ Now, ◂READER▸ enters. Seeing a panicked man on the street, wearing devil-hunter attire, no less.

↪︎ The question of whether to assist arises. Will they?

↪︎ But when he opened the door, one lone figure stood there. Hair a small mess, shoulders slightly slumped. It made his chest clench softly, expecting it to be some mirage as he called out softly.

“𝙷𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚘..?“

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