Happily Ever After
aonemanapocalypse
Mako glanced down at Jaime when the grip on his hand tightened, before realizing that the smaller man wasn’t going to say anything. For once.
“Yes, we just moved in.” He said with a nod, offering his hand to the person who had approached them. “My name is Mako, and this is Jamison. We’ve just moved in from the city. Thought we’d explore a bit.” Mako said smoothly, taking over the conversation for once. It was almost weird, being the one to dominate the conversation.
Once they had made their excuses and continued walking, Mako looked to Jaime in slight concern. “Ya doin’ okay Jaime?” He asked softly, giving Jaime’s hand a reassuring squeeze as they walked. “’s okay if ya don’t wanna say nothing, I can handle it for now.” Mako never really spoke much, even around Jaime, though that was partially because the blonde never let him get a word in edgewise.
Many little stores and restaurants lined the streets. None of them were chains that Mako recognized from the larger cities they had looted during their heists. “See anythin’ ya wanna go in to?”
There was a little Italian place, a pizza place, the promised boba place, and so many other places that even Mako was a little overwhelmed. Some of this food he hadn’t eaten since before the Omnium had blown. He couldn’t even imaine what it was like for Jaime. “I think remember ‘talian food bein’ good.”
As Mako spoke for Jamie, he looped his arm around the other man’s and rested his head against Mako’s shoulder. As Mako finished speaking, he gave a surprisingly quiet ‘g’day’ to the suit, whom introduced himself as Angelo. Once the suit departed, Jamie found his tongue once more.
“Honestly, oi’m terrified. Sure we’ve had to hide out before mate, but not loike this. Not in plain sight. This--this isn’t going to work out! We can’t be out, we can’t be walking about Roadie--feck, Mako. If someone doesn’t recognize us, then they’re gonna ambush us--just like back in ‘stralia with that one suit! Filled with shit, the whole lot of ‘em!”
He lowered his voice the closer to the shops they got, but Jamison was still very animated as he spoke. He gestured wildly with his hands, though he paused in front of the Italian restaurant when mentioned. He looked up at the sign and then the window, taking a close look inside.
A memory long forgotten resurfaced; him and his grandmother sitting at a table and eating. He stood there seemingly staring blankly at nothing before saying, “Tortalini.” He pocketed his hands and looked up at Mako, something of a nostalgic look in his eyes. “... Way back before the omnium blew, my nan would take me to this restaurant... Oi’d always get cheese tortalini. Oi don’t even remember what it tasted loike, but Oi wanna try it.”













