↪︎ A cocky little smirk appearing.

“𝚆𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎? 𝙱𝚎𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚊’ 𝚘𝚗𝚎.“

↪︎ Children chirp and scream all around, Teenagers as well linger trying to act cool. The usual life spurs around them. And for her. Not as a tool of destruction but just Rapi.

↪︎ They stop at a crane machine. Small pushes of animals lining the inside. Denji eyes her for a moment.
⇅

↪︎ Denji would pick up the menu. A small shock slowly taking over as he tapped at the menu.

“𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚘..“

↪︎ He still struggles to read after all this time..

↪︎ Notepad in hand and sigh seeing the young man.

“You at least plan on paying this time right?”

“𝙷𝚎𝚢! 𝙸𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢..𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜. 𝙸 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗’ 𝚖𝚎. 𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚑. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚐𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢.“

↪︎ The two would scoff at one another but the waiter would still wait for his order.
⇅

“𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢?“

“𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗’?“

↪︎ He’d scoot into a booth. Seating himself and looking around for a few moments.

“𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚢.“

↪︎ A male waiter would exit from behind the counter.
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↪︎ Each step sends a croak through the building. Hallways unlit and dark. His teeth grit, a small snarl expression lingering silently at the unease of it all.

“𝙸𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗’ 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗!“

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㋛ ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Thank you 😭

↪︎ His mission was to technically safeguard her as mentioned.

↪︎ So.. If they had a little bit of an off-the-books moment. Whose to complain. Let alone question.

↪︎ But quietly, with soft pleading but hopeful eyes. Cheeks that burns as they closed into one another. Voice nothing more than a whisper.

“𝙲𝚖𝚘𝚗.. 𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍.. 𝙸 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎. 𝙲𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎. 𝙰𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍..?“
⇅

↪︎ Still he sniffed at plucked a piece of the fruit planning to taste.

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↪︎ A small refresh and cool down for the day before they venture forth eventually.

“𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚑.“

↪︎ He sets everything to the side. A bonfire to be made soon and eyes the ‘fruit’ sizzled and cooked through.

“𝙽𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎..“
⇅

“𝙲𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗’ 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚜.“

↪︎ He could've continued on. Gave a small spiel but he felt like his point had sunk enough with him. After all, Geti already begun to show his change. Even if it took effort sometimes.