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Of course, it had to be raining the night they had set the date. Or rather maybe it wasn’t a date, but appointment sounded far too weird in Cillian’s head. Whatever it was, it was happening in half an hour’s time, and under a sheet of torrential rain. Cillian grabbed a bus, and texted when he was close enough to the place, which he knew would give Dali ample time to walk to the place. Unluckily for him, the bus got caught up in post-rush hour traffic, and he took longer than he thought he would. In addition to that, he just couldn’t make himself go inside, not yet, not until he’d had a quick fag under the protective awning of the store next to the restaurant. Rain poured, Cillian smoked his cigarette, and tried to prepare the things he was going to say. As always, he knew he would bungle it up.

Finally, after one last message apologizing for his delay, and letting him know he’d be there in two, Cillian headed into the restaurant. It was small and not too packed, and he found the back of Dali’s head right away. “Hey,” he greeted as he slipped into the seat opposite, taking off his sodden jacket and hanging it up on the back of the chair. Warm eyes greeted Dali and he was smiling a genuine smile, realizing it had been a month since he’d last seen him, and then some. Lots of words fought to come out but they all tripped up over each other, making the words that came out of his mouth sound like Good to nice to finally see you.

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Cillian: [phone rings]

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Six days, he’d stayed with Dali for six days, and it had been an awkward, stilted six days. During the days, he was usually out, either job hunting or going round his mates, trying to sort out what to do and where to go from here now that he’d left St. James. He’d left his ipad back in the hospital, along with all manner of his belongs that he still had to go pick up, and job hunting without a computer wasn’t easy. But he preferred staying out to being at home, the atmosphere whenever they were around each other calm, but stilted. On the third day, he told Dali he’d found a new place to stay, he had looked put out, and Cillian felt even more at a loss of what to do. Did he want him to stay? To go? To apologise for what he had done? He couldn’t tell. But getting out of his space and his hair, as generous as he’d been and as sweet and accommodating Poppy was, was the best thing to do he felt. It was a living space for two people in there, not three.

On the sixth day, his friend Liam finally told him that he’d be back from his holidays, and his place was all set up and Cillian could move over there. He felt relief, this awkward living situation coming to an end, as much as it had been a mix of good and both bad. He still felt a little awkward and stifled, and so, after doing some shopping around on the high street, had bought Dali a nice box set of acrylic paints. He knew he liked to draw and paint, and he couldn’t think of a more practical parting gift, so it would have to do. Thinking they could end their stay the same way they started, he bought two more takeaways of fish and chips, but this time with two six-packs of beer. Dali could keep whatever was left over of it.

“Hey,” he greeted the man on the living room couch with a warmer-than-usual smile, entering laden with his many bags. He set the food on the coffee table, and immediately got to pulling out the box of acrylics, handing it over to him. No gift wrap, but at least he removed the price tag. “Just wanted to give you this as a thank you for everything. Take it, I won’t accept refusals.”

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Cillian arrived roughly when he’d promised he would, knocking on the apartment door as opposed to ringing, a backpack swung over his shoulder and a plastic bag full of takeaway in hand. He knew a few people in Leeds, but for one reason or another, calling them up to ask for a stay seemed awkward and wrong. Dali and the old lady it was, then. He was vaguely wet, covered in tiny, invisible raindrops, it having rained and Cillian having nothing warmer than a thick hoodie, but he didn’t mind.