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Isayah knew it was a mistake the moment Lucy showed up at his door. He knew it was only going to get worse after he agreed to let her stay. And lo-and-behold, when he arrives home it’s to an unlocked door and unfamiliar smells. (Thank fuck he got everyone out of the house; even the dogs had been temporarily evicted, though the cats still remained.)
Immediately a flare of anger sharpens itself in preparation, but just as quickly he buries its edge in his own gut. He was angry, but was he surprised? No. And that meant that he could very well accept and deal with whatever bullshit was left behind in the mess he’d helped create. Temper dismissed, he purposefully opens the door, closes it with the same controlled manner. It’s the only hint that remains of his fouled mood.
Motionless now, he focuses; listens, breathes, taps into that strange, almost sixth sense he has (though he’d never call it that aloud). Lucy’s gone. He’s not entirely sure how he knows this or if he really knows it at all, but he’d certainly be surprised if she was still around. And yet…the house doesn’t quite feel empty. Or maybe it feels too empty. Too quiet. Like something lying in wait.
Bone-deep exhaustion helps smother the coals of rage, and he shoves a hand through his hair wondering why he invites these situations even when he doesn’t want them. Especially when he doesn’t want them. Drawing the silence into his lungs, he breaks it cleanly on the exhale.
“…A’ight. Whoever you are, I don’t care. But get out of my house.” Now why didn’t he just do that to Lucy? Isayah reminds himself that it’s not the stranger he’s got a problem with, nor the stranger with him. “…Please.”
Ondrej had awoken from his nap nigh... an hour ago, two. The rest of this time had been spent staring face-up into the surface of the bedframe, just thinking. They weren’t even spent on Lucy, who no doubted hardly even spared any towards he-- it was simply the mundane that came and went throughout his mind. An old practice from times long gone by perhaps.
Then the sound of the door cracked through the silence. Steps inward, different from that of his (ex?)friend’s. The fext sighed breathlessly through his nose, aware that the true owner of this home must now have returned.
And somehow, said stranger was aware of his presence... odd, perhaps somewhat unsettling, but at least this made his next course of action easier. Ondrej obeyed as directed and pulled his heavy body out from underneath the bed, dusting off his legs and shoulders in the case of any dust. And then the room was exited.
Hands up as he entered the hall to be within sight, more for the stranger’s sake than his own. Not very fun to come home to some weirdo in your home, probably would like to know he’s unarmed. (He’s not, as always, but he’d no intention of using his weaponry at the moment.)
“Yeah. Okay. Sorry about that.” Shrug as he continued to step forward, nonchalant but by no means intent to overstay his welcome. “I... was here for Lucy. She left.”