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Victor pulled up in the parking lot outside his apartment and turned the ignition of the van off. He hadn't really had any visitors in his apartment before, and now he'd suddenly have four. How great wasn't that?
"Alright, this is it," he said, opening the door and stepping out. He'd run ahead to unlock the doors, hoping the kids across the hall were indoors. Alex looked out the window then looked at Eddy, "I guess the organization would never look here."

He murmured softly but was still a bit weary about it all. He would have to check everything to be safe.

Eddy patted him on the head, "It will be fine. Don't worry too much. I will check up on you often."

Hopefully not in Victor's apartment though because that would be weird and he definitely didn't want to impose on the man's home too much. He would find a secluded spot near by as to not disturb Victor.

Slowly they got out of the van, Eddy and Inu grabbing Alex's things. Ray grabbed his own stuff and followed the other guy's out of the van. It was nice to be back in the fresh air and the sunlight as Victor's driving had given him motion sickness.
Victor went ahead and unlocked the first door and held it open for everyone. To say that this made him uncomfortable was an understatement. Not even Inu had been in his apartment before. Until right now, nobody except an electrician had been inside this apartment while he lived there. He hated this, really, but he'd endure it. Take one for the team to get everything back to normal.
Alex looked around, starting to map things out. He needed to know all possible entrances and escapes. Nowhere was completely safe so he needed to have a plan.

Inu was also looking because he had never seen the apartment complex Victor lived in! He had thought them as friends, yet he had never seen it.

"Welcome," Victor muttered as Ray traded places with him as the door stopper so he could head inside to his apartment door. "Hope you don't mind a bit of dust."

Alex glanced at the man slightly, not too keen on talking either, "I don't. Any living condition is okay."

Shelter was shelter, and as long as he could get fresh air he would survive.

Eddy agreed with the sentiment and Inu just didn't care because he wanted to know where Victor lived!

"As long as the dust to air-ratio isn't too high, I'll live," Ray joked as he let the door close behind them. Victor opened the apartment door and went inside, kicking his shoes off and pushing them into the corner. He expected everyone to follow, and the amount of people made the place feel crowded and they hadn't even entered yet!

Eddy entered first, taking his shoes off neatly and facing them towards the door. Inu and Alex actually did the same because they were taught to do so. Most likely for different reasons but they all did it the same nonetheless.

"Where would you like us to place his things?" Inu spoke this time.

"That room there. I'll pull out the sofa bed," Victor said, pointing to the room he normally used as an exercise room. He had a sofa bed there, though, for reasons he wasn't really sure about himself.

"Alright," Inu nodded, seeing as the room was pointed out that was where Eddy and Inu scurried off to. Leaving Ray, Victor and Alex.

"Do you mind if I check my work real quick? It was a pressing situation, and I want to make sure it is as good as I'd like it to be," Ray asked of Alex, not sure if he'd straight up murder him for asking.

Victor ignored the rookie and his house guest and went to start his coffee machine. He just wanted everyone to go home, including the guy who was staying with him.

"You can check, it's better safe than sorry. Yeah?" Alex thought that he could keep his cool without Eddy. Ray had proven to be an okay person at the moment. His physical triggers were more easily controlled when he was of clear mind and conscious. Seeing as he was both he thought it would be okay.

"Definitely preferable over an infection or anything like that," Ray nodded. "Wanna come to the kitchen just for the flat surface?"

Victor heard them say 'kitchen' and sighed to himself. He'd just have to deal with people coming into his house and making themselves at home.

"We can do that," Alex was pretty sure the big guy went in there to avoid seeing people though. He could vibe with that. Living together would be easy if they both just stayed in their own space. From the looks of it they would. Perfect. Maybe he would even sneak off with Eddy on some days.

Ray went ahead into the kitchen, putting his stuff down. He would only change the bandaging real quick, but he still went to the sink to clean his hands again. Victor watched them, not feeling sure about anything at this point.

Alex glanced at Victor, not saying anything as he followed Ray into the kitchen. He stayed practically silent, only a small hum came from him.

"Would you please sit down and place your arm on the table?" Ray asked once he finished up cleaning his hands. Victor just leaned on the kitchen counter, watching them, in part because he was lowkey not really trusting the assassin.

Alex took a seat and did as told. He may have seemed docile but it was just his silent confidence. He wasn't worried about any of them in that room. Well except maybe Ray, since he most definitely knew the human body well enough to make a clean kill.

Ray carefully undid the bandage he had placed only half an hour before, being as careful as he could. He just wanted to make sure his patient was okay.
"The anaesthetic should be slowly going away in about twenty minutes, and then you'll probably feel the incision," he mumbled while undoing the bandage. "I have painkillers if you want, but I'll assume from your worry about the anaesthetic that you don't want the painkillers either."

"I don't need painkillers, thank you for asking though," Alex nodded to that, he didn't mind the pain. It made him feel more human although he wasn't created to be one it seemed.

"I thought so. Eddy is the same," Ray said with a small smile as he got to the wound he had caused. He carefully put the bandage away and lifted his arm up to see it better. It seemed to be alright.

"Well, he has been known to get poisoned through medication distributed through the organization. It's an ingrained distrust," Alex hummed softly.

"Very understandable, really. I hope he'll come to trust me eventually, though. I don't like seeing my patients in pain," Ray said with a small shrug. "This looks good, actually, so I'll just give it a quick rinse and wrap it back up for you."

"He probably will. Anyways, that's good. Thanks," Alex nodded slightly. Speaking of Eddy, he wondered when the other would come from the other room. He wanted to just look at him a bit because he hadn't seen him in awhile.

Ray went ahead and did exactly what he had said he would while Victor still watched them. He didn't really know why Victor suddenly had such an interest in how he wrapped up a wound, but the man was difficult to read so he'd let it slide.

Alex didn't care if the man looked, let him look for all he cared. Right as he was thinking that Eddy came back with Inu.

"Alrighty, we got everything in the room," Eddy announced to Alex then smiled. Their gazes met one another, as if no one else was there.

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