“Yeah, she’s gorgeous, isn’t she?” The male rose from his squatting position, a polished charcoal-colored helmet in hand. He’d given the tires one last inspection, long digits grazing over the thread and across to the engine, cool to the touch. But not for long. He was making amiable small-talk with an older man, a ‘Walter White’ of a fellow, with a short-sleeved button up, a tie, and a Slurpee in one hand. The blonde had noted him meandered around the shop while he’d finalized his purchase, “She’s a Scrambler Ducati–– steel and Termigoni all around,” He stated, answering the man’s inquiry while digging his leather gloves out from the bottom of the helmet, placing them on the seat of the bike, “They say she’s got a seventy-five horse power engine, but I’ll tinker with her; get her up to eighty, easy,” The male smiled, offering a friendly expression while nodding his head up towards the older man, noting his wide eyes and attentive demeanour, “... –– Go on, man, give the throttle a rip," He offered, playfully, "Make her scream.”
Truth was, he’d be paying it off for the next year at least. But with the down payment ensured he wasn’t worried quite yet, and the buzz from a big buy had yet to wear even in the slightest. A tear sounded then, the motor growling as the stranger pulled the throttle back, eliciting the attention of a few gazes from those passing on the sidewalk and grins from the two boys-on-Christmas-morning that had blossomed with the snarl of burning gas. To the city was the plan for the day, and a banqueted outing with his reveler friend Sean for the night, one to get his mind off of the uncertainties happening at home.