𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵

"Okay, okay" he held his hands up in some sort of defeat in the situations. "I'm sorry, I won't joke about the infected again, alright?" He offered Saranya a small smile before looking down at the tomato and holding it up for a moment. "Thank you for this." He smiled once more before taking a bite into the raw tomato. "Not too bad. I think the salt would help a little too, I see the appeal. It's not a big, greasy pizza but if I close my eyes I can somewhat imagine it."

The way that the 'what' came out of his mouth sounded so human, so familiar to her. In situations like this, Emine had always been the first one out of there. She knew better than to push against people in todays world. But standing there on the step, a stranger above her, there was something inside of her that was begging her not to go. Not to leave him. "Do you live here?" Her question ignoring all other threats and comments the man had made. She turned her head to glance over her shoulder at the mess of the abandoned house they both stood in.

He didn't respond immediately, in fact he had an unusual gut feeling about the situation that he couldn't quite put his finger on just yet. The constant normal questions being fired his way were throwing him but he knew better than to trust anybody anymore. It was literally life or death out here and he knew better than to give in to his human nature right now if he wanted to make it back to the community today. "Huh?" He yelled back in confusion, eyebrows furrowed in confusion before snapping back to the reality of the situation. "I don't need your help." He called out sternly, "I am not alone. I have people. I have a girlfriend." All things were true but they didn't relate to this specific situation or the house they were in right now.

It wasn't often that you would find Emine outside of what she considered the safety of the community she now lived in. She didn't feel she had much to offer outside anymore, her teacher skills were nothing when it came to surviving in the broken place that was once her home. But it wasn't in her nature to turn down the chance to be helpful, even if it left her feeling vulnerable to whatever could be lurking in the corners of the world now.

Not a threat. Yeah right. That's what they all say and then suddenly they have a knife to your throat as their friends are removing everything you found on the hunt from your backpack as you watch. He'd been through these scenarios multiple times in the last two months and he would be damned if he was caught on the receiving end of it today. Those two water bottles would be coming home with him today as his prize.

Gabe grabbed the tomato from her hand without questioning anything, if he had learned anything from his three years of dating Emine it was that sometimes it is better to just go along with it without a word. "Thank you." He nodded before looking at the tomato and back up at her. "Have you been eating these raw?" He knew there was no harm in it but the thought still felt a little odd to him. "I promise I have kepy myself hydrated, you don't need to worry about that part."

His eyebrow twitched upwards slightly at the mention of salt. It wasn't the strangest thing he'd heard of and as the world became chaos it definitely will not be the last either, infact he often worried about what they would have to eat as their supply slowly dropped. "Or did I drink?" He hummed slightly, a small smile creeping at the corner of his lip as he teased the other. "Yes, yes. I promise to look after myself. The last thing I'd want to do is pass out in front of infected somewhere, right?" He was joking but the thought was also kind of scary, really.

Gabe grabbed the tomato from her hand without questioning anything, if he had learned anything from his three years of dating Emine it was that sometimes it is better to just go along with it without a word. "Thank you." He nodded before looking at the tomato and back up at her. "Have you been eating these raw?" He knew there was no harm in it but the thought still felt a little odd to him. "I promise I have kepy myself hydrated, you don't need to worry about that part."

"Uh.." Gabe trailed off, his looking upwards as he thought over the question she'd asked. When did he last eat? There were some things that hadn't changed when the world seemingly stopped and that was his ability to forget to eat as he kept himself busy through the day, a world filled with infected or not. "Maybe last night? God, I have no idea this place keeps me on the go. Does it help if I don't really feel hungry though?"