As each passing minute and each passing door opening came and went Kosi grew increasingly frustrated. "Um what are you still doing here" the boisterous doctor who had examined Kosi said in confusion. "Waiting for someone" Kosi replied not even looking back to acknowledge him.
Foot tapping as he looked at the doors the doctor cleared his throat. "I'm going to hazard a guess and say you're not really looking for a friend. If it's a girl your out of luck they're on a different floor" the doctor said pointing to the elevator. "Oh for fuck sake, thanks" Kosi said as he stood up and walked to the elevator.
"Still hate these things" Kosi said as he clicked the down button. As the door chimed and opened he closed his eyes and held his breath. Nervously going down he kept his eyes closed and gripped the railing for dear life.
As the door chimed once it reached the bottom floor he tentatively let go and bolted out of the door. Tripping over himself he tumbled forward rolling through the hospital floor as confused hospital staff looked on and snickered.
"Um what was that" Rue said as she walked forward and stood in front of a face down Kosi. "I hate alligators" Kosi said as he got up off the floor. "It's called an elevator" Rue said as she crossed her arms. "Um what are you wearing" Kosi said as he was left flummoxed seeing Rues new outfit.
Gone were her usual long shirt and sweatpants, now replaced by a simple yellow sundress she looked stunning. Even as she stood with a visibly grumpy demeanor and grimaced as Kosi looked at her outfit he still blurted out "you look amazing as ever".
Those five words melted away Rues insecurity as she looked up into Kosis eyes. "Alright let's go" she said as she turned in place and walked away with Kosi in tail.
As the sun hit their eyes once again they held their hands above their brows and proceeded to their camp. "Why did you use the elevator if you're so scared of them?" Rue said making conversation. "Didn't want those people staring at me anymore, felt really uncomfortable" Kosi replied nervously.
"I thought you were over caring about people staring at you" Rue said as they went down the same street they used to get to the hospital. "No I was but look around" Kosi said as he pointed out the people watching them from their homes. "That's different, they just hate us" he said with a disgruntled tone in his voice.
"I mean, I never really cared. People are bound to stare but what they think doesn't change anything about me" Rue said as she held Kosis hand. "There's about three people who's opinions I care about. They're just strangers" she said as she squeezed his hand.
A distant whistle sound followed by a distant voice shouting "Hey Jaran hands off my girl!" caught Kosis attention as he turned to face Cole with Claudio trying to grab him and visibly admonishing him as they walked towards them. "Mate they're just people leave them be!" Claudio said to deaf ears.
"And here we have the illusive actually pretty Jaran but wouldn't you know it she's with one who looks like he's got some type of disease. Not her fault though this is probably the best she could do down there" Cole said as he zoomed in on them.
"Not today dude" Kosi said as he turned to walk away before a shove caused him to stumble forward. "Pfft come on I barely even tapped you" Cole said arrogantly chuckling. Looking at him with visible disgust Rue walked away.
"Oh come on babu I didn't mean to scare you off just showing you what you could ha-" he said reaching for Rue before Kosi leapt in front of him in the blink of an eye. Despite the clear size advantage Cole took a step back once he locked eyes with Kosi.
Turning to see Kosi stand his ground Rue looked around and saw phones being held out as more and more people peered our of their houses at the commotion. "Babe you don't need to do anything else let's go" she said into Kosis ear as she tucked on his shirt. Eyes focused on a now nervous Cole Rues words fell on deaf ears.
"Dude you look like an ass let's fucking go" Claudio said grabbing a startled Cole by the arm. As Claudio grabbed his arm the sensation shook Cole from his nervous state. "No no no, I'm not letting this worm get away with this insubordination" he said repeatedly looking back at Kosi.
"What did you just call me?" Kosi said in a chilling tone. As the hairs on the back of his head stood on ends Cole took a heavy gulp of spit and turned to face him. Avoiding eye contact he turned to face Kosi "You're a worm and not even worth looking at. So yeah I called you a worm what are you going to do about it" he said looking at the growing crowd.