#thread; 007

Leo was relaxed to say the least. His diluted drink was half way finished, the sweet spot for him as he could finish the next half in one go. He was enjoying Oliver’s rare company. Even if the mentions of Oliver’s successes fanned the flames of his own jealousy. It was still good to catch up when they could. There had been a comfortable lull in their conversation, and most of that was drawn by Leo’s absent gaze. 

Leo didn’t know what suddenly came over him. Was it the lounge music playing? The dimmed lighting? Or the percentage amount of alcohol that was in his slender frame? He squirmed in his seat as his thoughts began to race with his heart beat.

Say it, say it, say it. Say it to someone other than your favorite bartender, you coward! “I’m in couples’ therapy.” He blurred out, the recognition that he said it hit him like a rubber band, snapping him into reality. He even looked surprised as he looked at Oliver. Leo regretted impulsively opening that door, kicking it down was more like it. “We’re— we’re in couples’ therapy.” He corrected and adjusted the collar of his maroon dress shirt. 

@sunfluoral

She’d set out to explore more of the islands, curious of what they might hold. Transportation getting there was a little bit of a pain, it was much too crowded for her taste, everyone excited to see what was new and out there. Which, she was as well, so it wasn’t as though she could fault them there. She just didn’t enjoy being lumped together on these tiny transporters. 

Eventually she’d made it to the first city, Hana hadn’t encountered too many people so far. Once she got to the city, she thought there would be more. That didn’t seem to be the case though, not from what she had seen so far. It was almost too quiet for her taste. Although, if she was being honest there wasn’t much to be called a city here, only a few remnants of structure remained, mostly single walls. 

As she rounded the corner of one of the walls, she spotted a familiar figure not far from her; it was the kid she knew from the arcade.. Gon was his name! Although she had no idea what he could be doing here, she didn’t have time to wonder as a solider was running straight towards him. Making a dash for it, she held up her gun to take the guy out and protect Gon. Much to her surprise, before she could even take the shot, the young boy had dodged the attempted strike on him and even counter-struck with his fishing rod. Even so, Hana ran up to the boy to make sure he was okay! 

“Gon! Are you okay? What the heck are you doing out here! It’s dangerous!”