It only took Michael a few seconds to answer, which meant he had been sitting near the door for some time waiting for him to show up. No time was wasted on hellos, Chad hurried on inside almost immediately.
“Sorry. Some of my neighbors are kids from school, and… yeah.” No need to get into specifics about that old worry. Probably being overly paranoid at this point.
Michael… never had anyone over besides Nea, so he wasn’t sure what to do. Especially with the whole… implication of what they were going to do that night.
“I. Uh. I got Popeyes, if you’d like some. Or pop. In the fridge.”
micheal answered quickly, chad’s obligatory hello going unsaid as he’s rushed in. normally he was all for secrecy when it came to them but ‘ i mean, we’re working on a project together. it’d be weird if i came over but not out of the question… ’ micheal thankfully saves them both from an awkward silence.
‘ like, the fast food place ? that’s fine. ’ chad hasn’t eaten there before but he’ll be fine. he pulls of his bag, showing micheal. ‘ i brought what’s left. figured we could get some work done if we’re not, uh, busy. ’ the smirk he gives says it all and then some… a lot more !
‘ speaking of THAT, i have a surprise for you. ’
“A surprise?” Michael was still standing around awkwardly, the bag hardly even glanced at. He knew they weren’t going to open it. At least not until after... things. Maybe then? He didn’t know how much energy that sort of thing took.
He decided that standing around the kitchen wasn’t the best idea, and moved up the stairs, motioning for Chad to follow along. The house was messy, but not unbearable- the rooms they passed were cluttered and well lived in by children, Michael’s room was not.
If anything, it was weirdly sparse. A few posters on the walls, a computer, but otherwise tidy.
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