❝ do you need help finding something? you seem a little lost. ❞ more like out of place. that isn’t to say that she knew absolutely everyone around, but she took advantage of the times that her corner of oregon got sun, which meant that she had a pretty good sense of the typical crowd around her usual spots. shielding her eyes from the sunshine and putting her notebook back in her backpack, she smiled politely at him.
❝ you’re not bothering me i promise. already read over my notes on this book five times today. ❞ just in case he was a shy person that didn’t like asking for help and would further lie and say that they knew what they were doing to make sure they didn’t inconvenience someone. when jessica didn’t have a lot of studying to do, she made sure she knew her notes down to the punctuation to ensure a 100% on the quiz. especially literature. she loved reading, but hated all of the questions teachers asked.
out of place was one thing, but for ky… it was a usual day of the week. it had only been about a year or two since his life was thrown into shambles (quite literally) in some cases and moving around was easy – more so than anything else. if he stayed in one place too long, people started asking questions, and wanted to make him feel welcome. something that ky didn’t believe he needed. not now and certainly not ever.
“i’m not lost,” he said rubbing at his temples for a few moments. “far from it actually.” in-fact, he was running…. running away from everything. maybe he’d eventually find himself, but for now? no, he’d just keep going until he found what he was looking for – so far? he’d found squat, but maybe one day he’d find what he was looking for. just not today… just not here.
“— don’t you have school or something?” he then pulled out a bottle of whiskey from his bag. “maybe a boyfriend you can bother… unless you can point me in the direction of the oldest church or even graveyard in the area.”
Hellfirebound 