Intoxicating
@mpxblairkim
There was something about the few hours within a late night that was just shy of becoming the early morning, that he loved. It was quiet, peaceful and for some reason it felt like home. All his life, he woke up before sunrise to feed the cows and pigs, harvest crops or bring fresh produce to the elderly villagers in town and enjoy at least some time by himself. Without the need to take care of anybody or anything else. Naturally, it turned out to be quite complicated to get a tranquil moment in a family of eleven, on a farm in a village where everybody depended on each other.
The particular part of town Maxim was in was foreign to him. He couldn’t recall ever walking these streets, even at daylight. Not that he cared, he wasn’t in a rush to head back home. Well, at least not until he could hear muffled noises from a bit further down the road. It sounded like a bass booming from somewhere, and if he listened closely he could hear bits of a melody echoing through the empty alley. On any given night, this would be his cue to turn around and go home, the likelihood of a crowd too high of a chance. Unfortunately for him, he walked in a circle and was in the last quarter of his journey.
It didn’t take long until he could hear footsteps, laughing, shouting, and the chatter of people around him, a lot of them probably on their way home. Most of them definitely drunk. Maxim heaved a deep sigh as he braced himself—he knew he would never get used to this. For a second, the noise was pushed to the background as he heard somebody shout something at him—or at least he assumed it was directed at him. Before his mind had the chance to fully grasp what was happening, his legs moved him towards the girl the voice came from until he was standing in front of her. “Mind repeating what you just said?”
















