"We will look for them tomorrow, no? For now, lets go home. Its not safe here anymore. Mountain might swallow us or the aliens.." Rome whispered those last few words.
"Haha. Lets go." She laughed and stood first.
She extends her hand to Rome.
He reached for it and Abby pulled him up.
"What will you do without me, huh?" She thought of their past when Rome always follows her.
From their Peewee days, baseball days and playground days.
"I would have died long ago." Rome smiled in recognition that he is saying the truth.
"Haha. Cause who's stupid enough to eat a coin."
"Apparently me."
They tagged along with others so the trip to downtown is easy and not so scary.
There are many guys, so its cool.
It was only 15 minute walk from her house to the mountain.
At her drive way.
"Thanks Ro..and they say u changed." Abby spoke as he lead them to her front door.
"What does that mean?" Rome gawked.
Abby shrugged.
"They said u got grumpy and all. They're wrong.."
She smiled.
"Oh that…they are not u so, I go crazy on them. Hehe"
Abby smiled and she leaned forward.
Rome too.
They shared a tightly hug.
"I missed you like this." She whispered.
Rome breathe in and his body shivered like he got electrocuted.
"I..I missed you too. Ill come by tomorrow."
Abby staring at the nervous Rome smiled.
Her face softened.
"Yeah. Take care."
His house is just down the street. Like 3 minute walk.
"Crack!!"
He sees a shadow in his driveway. Clearly, a window got busted.
"Hey!!" Rome immediately dashed.
The thief got startled by Rome.
"Where are u going?!!!"
Because he does menial jobs and stuff, his body is pretty strong. He is young too.
He just flew with reckless abandon.
Flying kick!!!!
Rome kicked the guy after he tried to run away.
With so much strength, the guy did passed out immediately.
Rome went to the guy and got guys kniife.
Drags to the gutter and left him there.
"Fuckin thief." Rome strips the guy just because he can.
About 5 meters.
Behind the darkness, a guy stood in the middle of the street watching him enter his house.
The man only have one eye and the other is scarred. Burnt.
He walks to the man that passed out .
He just looked at the man sleeping sweetly.
He got a knife.
"Guuuuuccckckkk"
"gucckckckckc"
The sound of throat being gutted.
With no emotion on his eye, he cleaned his knife.
"Soft."
Nasally voice said with so much hate and disdain like he cannot stand the mercy of Rome to the thief.