04-05-2020, 02:54 PM
Sterling rambled on about what had happened to her that day from meeting him online to right then. She had only stopped when they stepped into the cafe and ordered some food to go. Nox wasn't particularly hungry, but there were two needs in his head, two things ha had to fuel. He could still feel their hunger. And he needed to ease it. They couldn't stay so Nox lead them to the counter. And hoped they would do a to go order. He tried not to think about it when he ordered a burger and three more bunless burgers. The girl at the counter had looked at him strangely, "Have to keep this figure somehow."
They couldn't stay but it would be nice to just sit down like normal people. But they didn't know when Sterling's parents would be at Kallisti they would probably be there as quickly as possible considering how Sterling had run away and was now in the Red Light District. Nox waited for the others to order before he turned his back to the counter and smiled at Raffe. He wanted to pull the man closer, he wanted to curl up and forget his life for a few more moments. Before he wanted to process any of this... he wanted to just go home. But Raffe was just as much home as Kallisti was.
The hungers inside were fighting and Nox had to feed one or the other. He had his choice but food was probably the better choice. At least the first one, the hunger inside didn't really differentiate from one or the other. It felt all the same. "I wish I could just disappear for a few days." For ever is what he really though, but it wasn't going to say that - there was things he still needed to do.
His arm was starting to ache and Nox absently rubbed the bandage and his hand fell from the place his arm had been. Phantom pain for an arm that didn't exist. But what was left hurt just as much. His stomach rolled as Nox focused on the pain instead of the hunger. The pain was better than whatever it was that was not him. He knew this was his and he'd own it. But he knew it would only get worse before it got better. And he hadn't stayed long enough for any pain killers to be prescribed - this was going to be hell.
They couldn't stay but it would be nice to just sit down like normal people. But they didn't know when Sterling's parents would be at Kallisti they would probably be there as quickly as possible considering how Sterling had run away and was now in the Red Light District. Nox waited for the others to order before he turned his back to the counter and smiled at Raffe. He wanted to pull the man closer, he wanted to curl up and forget his life for a few more moments. Before he wanted to process any of this... he wanted to just go home. But Raffe was just as much home as Kallisti was.
The hungers inside were fighting and Nox had to feed one or the other. He had his choice but food was probably the better choice. At least the first one, the hunger inside didn't really differentiate from one or the other. It felt all the same. "I wish I could just disappear for a few days." For ever is what he really though, but it wasn't going to say that - there was things he still needed to do.
His arm was starting to ache and Nox absently rubbed the bandage and his hand fell from the place his arm had been. Phantom pain for an arm that didn't exist. But what was left hurt just as much. His stomach rolled as Nox focused on the pain instead of the hunger. The pain was better than whatever it was that was not him. He knew this was his and he'd own it. But he knew it would only get worse before it got better. And he hadn't stayed long enough for any pain killers to be prescribed - this was going to be hell.
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