Writing Kalluzeb Every Day for a Year - Day 23
Idea: (Continuing from THIS one. @gettiregretti wondered what happened next and I had three scenarios in mind and I was going to put all three scenarios in one post but I'm struggling to write and it looks like I'm just gonna have to post them one at a a time.)
“I said, face me. Coward.”
Zeb’s ears flattened to his head and he held his hands up in a placating gesture. “Look, I’m sorry for staring. You’re very um-“
The human’s ire seemed to cool a fraction as Zeb tried to find the right words, one elegant brow lifting in skepticism. “Staring is the least of it. Isn’t it? Having me followed, scaring off clients, attempting to tamper with my accounts…”
“If you have a problem with me then you should just face me. Whatever your issue is, we can have it out right here, and then, you’re going to crawl back into whatever low self-esteemed hole you crawled out of and leave me be.”
“Look, I don’t know what you’re talking-”
Suddenly, the human is pulled around roughly, away from Zeb.
Something is said in Huttese before the first punch is thrown.
The human dodges the hit and lands a beautiful punch to the attacker’s jaw, sending them reeling.
The human backed up to give himself space between his attacker and Zeb, keeping them both in sight. The human eyed Zeb looking for an attack.
Zeb held both his hands up again to show he wasn’t gonna fight. He couldn’t help a smile and gave the human a thumbs up. That was beautiful well-practiced punch.
Zeb wouldn’t have expected a pretty face like that to actually know how to fight.
The human smirked at Zeb a little before their assailant came at him again. The crowd was paying attention and there were some murmurs and some mild laughter as the fight went on, the human maintaining full control.
The human only ever threw a few punches after one of each of his assailant’s. He could clearly beat this guy to a pulp easily, but this was about teaching some sort of lesson.
Zeb was just thinking about offering to buy the man a drink after his victory when some curses were shouted a few gasps from the crowd went up.
Three people from the crowd rushed out to the fight and were aiming to attack the human. They were back up for their friend it seemed and decided to step in.
Well that just wasn’t fair.
Zeb reached for the one closest to him before they could reach the human, turned him around, and knocked his head into the nearest table.
The human noticed one of the runners from the crowd and managed to dodge his blow while backing away from assailant one, but was caught in the side of the face by assailant three.
The human’s grunt got Zeb’s attention and he jumped in to assist.
The two of them took care of the three remaining assailants easily, Zeb knocking the first two’s heads together and the human turning to take down the one that hit him in the face, not showing any mercy this time.
Once the last attacker was down, there were cheers from the crowd!
Zeb turned to smile at the human who returned it while wiping a bit of blood from his lip.
The two men clasped hands.
“Can I buy you a drink?” they both asked. They laughed.
The human recovered first, “No, truly, allow me. It’s the least I could do after accusing you.”
“No worries. I was gonna offer you a drink for that beautiful punch you threw. I have to admit I didn’t think-“
“That a pretty boy like me could actually fight.”
Zeb scratched the back of his head, chuckling nervously. He’d been caught. “Uh, yeah.”
They moved towards the bar where the human had been seated before. The crowd parted for them and some security had come to take out the bodies lying around, cluttering up the place.
The human settled in on his bar stool and gestured to the bartender, signaling for two drinks. Probably two of his usual.
“Well, as you can see, I’m more than capable of handling myself. Thank you for the assist, by the way, I think I owe you a drink for that too.”
“Don’t worry about it. It was my pleasure. I love knocking heads together. Usually bucket heads but any couple of assholes will do.”
(not sure how to continue this one. Do they just become friends or do re-enforcements show up. I had the idea that Zeb and Kallus would be alone in the bar with a huge fight break out and then it turns out Kallus’ stalker (that he mistook Zeb for) is more powerful than he assumed and he has to go on the run. Zeb takes him with him and the rest is history.)
