Hotel Cryptid [completed]

Need to escape

Alejandro plays music out loud for Maria, when she gets home. Alejandro and Maria take different turns going to work. Every week they trade out. Sometimes they just go to work together.

Alejandro starts making dinner. Which is Sopa de Lima.

Maria walks in, tired and wanting a hug from her husband. The smell of dinner being made lingers around the house.

Maria walks into the kitchen and hugs her husband from behind. "Hola Mi Amor", Alejandro chuckles. "What's for dinner?", Maria asks, kissing his shoulder. "Sopa de Lima", Alejandro replies. "Smells good", Maria smiles.

Maria lets go and goes into their room. Maria changes into one of  Alejandro's shirts and a pair of shorts she made. She slips on comfy socks. Maria walks out and goes over to her husband.

Alejandro hugs his wife. He then starts dancing with her around their small kitchen. Maria giggles as he dips her, brings her back up and gives her a quick kiss. She rests her head against Alejandro's chest. He kisses the top of her head. "I love you, Mi Amor", Alejandro whispers. Maria smiles, "I love you too", she whispers back.

Alejandro hums to the music playing, twirling and dancing Maria around.

After a few minutes, Alejandro let's go and continues making dinner for them.  They sit down and eat together.

When they are sitting together on the couch, a knock comes to the door. Alejandro gets up and opens it. There is Pedro and Rosa. "Rosa, Pedro? What are you doing here?", Alejandro asks. Rosa is in tears as she holds her son's hand. "They caught Antonio! He got arrested for criminal business! He told me to go. Antonio refused to tell any other names. So we are safe for now", Rosa sobbed. Alejandro let Rosa and Pedro in. They gave them some food. "I'll get ahold of the others. I'll tell them to leave town with their families. We can go somewhere away from here. I heard about a hotel from Ana. She gave me coordinates. We can go there", Maria says.

Maria lays in her room, listening to the hum if the fan. Memories of her husband feel like bees flying and humming around in her head. She heard voices outside her room but didn't really hear what they were saying. Just bits and pieces. "-Been like this for days", someone said, voices, "Depression episode-", another person said. She knew they were talking to her. Maria got up and lit a cigarette. She started smoking as the voices hushed.

Maya sewed in her room while quietly humming. She heard arguing and yelling. Probably a fight. "Crap!!", A girl screamed. Maya looked up, knowing who it is. A girl, holding a hand over her stomach, runs in and slams the door shut. The girl had a long brown braid with a singular blond streak going all the way down, she has dark brown eyes, and an almond skin tone.

She walks over to Maya. "Oi. Did you get in a fight again?", She asks the girl. She nods. Maya lifts up the girl's shirt seeing the gash over her stomach. "You need to stop getting into fights. You injure yourself too much, Anita", Maya sighs. She moves away the sewing stuff and grabs a first aid kit. She cleans up the wound, upset Anita got into another fight. Anita let's her clean the wound.

After cleaning the wound, Maya goes back to sewing and Anita lays down, because Maya will get upset if Anita doesn't rest, and Anita knows that.