EVERYTHING IS just like it is supposed to be. Break’s half hug, any hint of embarrassment vanishing, affection disguised as irony. Leo thinks they have never told each other I love you out loud, but to be honest they do not need it. They have always had other ways to show each other the other is important to them. Eating ice cream while listening to awful pop music, playing pranks on each other, being one next to the other when one of them is throwing up after a long night - those are just some of said ways. And undoubtedly, they will find more.
Leo decides to ignore Break’s remark about his lost money and just rolls his eyes behind the glasses before breaking their hug. “Of course you can. Everyone’s out, so don’t worry about having to go through another reunion.” Truth be told, it is better that way for Leo as well. He would like to spend some time alone with the idiot who is still his best friend, knotting a few broken threads back together, making up for the months they spent apart. “Let’s go get her and then go inside. I think there’s still some ice cream left from last night.” Break does not have to tell him he is hungry. Leo has known him for long enough to know he cannot spend a few hours without something sweet in his mouth.
He would lie if he said he did not miss this familiarity.
When he is next to the car, he softly taps on the window with his finger. Shelley looks up at him and stares at his finger with her big cat eyes. “Is it just me or did she grow up in the last months?”
IT’S A LITTLE WEIRD. break doesn’t know whether to be relieved or disappointed. of course, when it comes to not being overwhelmed, calmly catching up with leo is an advantage, and hearing lacie’s scolding isn’t the first thing on his list of priorities, either. but seeing the sisters again, that would’ve been nice. ( especially alyss. he might have grown a soft spot for the little girl. ) still, it is how it is. and it’s not like spending time with leo and eating ice cream together has ever been anything negative, with or without context.
speaking of ice cream, it’s hard to miss the way his face lights up when the other mentions it. after spending the last few hours in his small vintage mini cooper, both break and his cat could need a refreshment. he’s still kind of sore, and he doubts shelly feels any differently about it. she’s been behaving perfectly on this little trip of his. he could’ve dropped her off at reim’s place, make him take care of her for the time being, but he didn’t know when he’d come back. honestly, he didn’t know if he’d ever come back. and leaving his cat behind like that, that just wasn’t an option. so she stayed, and she never misbehaved. at least not too much.
❛ she did. just a little bit. ❜ standing next to leo, break turns the key in the lock and carefully pulls the travel cage out of the backseat. it’s put on the ground for a second, the lock is turned once more, and that’s all it takes for them to be on their way back to the door. at this point, shelly is meowing loudly, more in excitement than anything else, and break can’t help but grin at her exaggerated stretching as soon as the small door is opened. ❛ see that? she became even more of a dramaqueen while i was gone, too. ❜
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