#oofkemal

one of josie’s favorite time about the winter was the holidays and the giving season. it was pretty cliche, but she always thought more about giving gifts than receiving them. even though her parents did give her plenty of presents for christmas, she found the real joy in giving presents to other people and giving back. which is why she was so happy to have high volume continue the secret snowflake tradition, even with jerry gone and high volume effectively gone as well. she was thankful that everyone had a wishlist because honestly, she wouldn’t have known what to get kem. sure, they were friendly but most of josie knew about kem was based on a lie. she was glad she got him though, because now maybe they could move past the fact that josie used to think he needed saving from drugs. she knocked on his door, hoping he was home.

she hops up onto the counter next to the register and jabs a plastic ( !!! ) straw into a strawberry milk carton, craning her neck to look up at kem as she takes a few sips before asking, “ did you hear about the fight outside mean eyed cat’s? ” there’s always a fight outside mean eyed cat’s. “ it sounded horrible, kem. so many people got hurt. and you’re closing today, right? ” she shakes her head dramatically, shivers down her spine, as if she can’t bear the thought of kem getting hurt. “ i’ll wait for you. i can’t let you walk home all by yourself. ”