Slow burn (mxm) [SB]

Chapter 2

Tinka was in his apartment going through the email from earlier to see if it said if he needed to wear anything or if normal clothes worked. He found nothing so he just shrugged and went through other things on his phone then got a text.

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After Tinka talked to Leo and a bit to his coworker, Simon. He found out that any clothes are fine but black is preferred to wear. Tinka got up and went to find clothes to wear for work. "I used to wear mainly dark blue or dark red... mother did give me my old clothes... might go with dark blue and get black later"

Tinka only found dark blue but it could work since he worked at night. he put the clothes he wanted to wear for work on his bed and put the other clothes that he took out back where they were supposed to be.

Tinka went and got some food to eat which was just blueberries. Tinka sat down at the table and ate some blueberries while looking at his phone to see what was around his apartment in the form of places to buy things.

"Nothing- closet is 5 miles off, I can run that in about 25 minutes... damn, just close to other apartments and my workplace... and a hell of a lot of fields and hills... there are some trees southeast of here-" Tinka finished the blueberries that he grabbed so he got up and tossed the paper plate into the garbage and looked at the time. "Work starts at 10:30 and it is currently 1... 9 hours until I need to be at work"

Tinka walked out of his apartment and locked it then walked out. he started walking towards where the forest near his house is, he passed a few people and they looked at him in fear or shock, Tinka didn't care and just kept walking. he got to the edge of the forest and found a trail and started walking down it while looking around at all the things inside the forest. he found a map and it said that there was a waterfall nearby. "Oh god... not a waterfall..."

Tinka is scared of water due to things in his childhood, mostly because of his uncle on his dad's side. Tinka was really close with him and they seemed more like best friends than relatives, they would tell each other anything and everything. but one day. Tinka and his uncle went on a boat ride in a lake that his uncle lived near. started out normal, nothing out of the ordinary until a sudden storm hit and they had to quickly get back to shore. they were almost to shore when a big wave hit them and tipped the boat over. Tinka was able to get out from under and up to the surface fairly quickly so he waited a bit for his uncle while making sure he didn't sink, his uncle didn't appear after 3 minutes so Tinka dived under and found his uncle laying on the bottom of the lake, Tinka swam down and tried to pick his uncle up but couldn't. Tinka had to go back up for air then went back down and tried to pick him up again. Tinka wasn't strong enough to pick him up. Tinka was only 14 during this time and his uncle was a few years older at 29. Tinka knew he couldn't stay out in the lake for much longer before he became like his uncle, unconscious at the bottom so he had to go up and go onto shore. he sat down and just started crying while looking at the lake.

Tinka stopped having the flashback and shook himself then turned and started walking back to his apartment. he got back and unlocked it and walked in, he checked the time. "4... just 5 more hours until work..." Tinka went and sat down on his couch and turned on a movie to  watch and watched it. once the movie was over Tinka looked at the time again and sighed.

"4 hours... the days seem longer without anything to do..." Tinka got up and walked into his room and went through some of the stuff that his mother had given him and found a few things he knew he wasn't allowed to have due to his crimes. Tinka quickly got up and went to his kitchen and searched for a garbage bag, he found some and took one. he went back to his room and put the stuff he's not supposed to have into the bag then tied the bag close and put the bag in his closet then went back to looking through the stuff.

It took Tinka 2 hours to look through everything and put stuff where he wanted it. he took out his phone while walking out of his room and to his table, he searched up how much a bed would cost him and what size he'd need. "Ah... the biggest I can find aren't even 6 and a half feet... maybe if I search for something else..."

Tinka searched for something else and found something. "Oh, hey... this is 8 feet... how much does it cost?" Tinka searched more and did some math. "God... just for the bed and a normal frame it would cost 4,598... my paycheck is 32,535 in a year and 2,710 in a month... 625 in a week... I make 20 an hour... I can afford it in 2 months if i only spend 822... I should be able to do that. mother is paying for everything in my apartment so I just need to worry about food and whatever I want to buy or do..."

Tinka leaned back against the chair a bit and put his phone down, he looked up at the ceiling. "Wonder what Simon is like, Leo didn't tell me much or really anything about him... he also didn't say much about himself..." Tinka sat up more. "I have to work with him for 5 hours everyday... I also will need to reschedule my sleep..."

Tinka got up while grabbing his phone, he walked back into his room. "2 hours... I should also measure the size of my room" Tinka grabbed the tape measure his mother left for him in the apartment and also moved his bed away from the wall, he measured the room. it came out to be 10 by 12. Tinka put the measuring tape  back and moved his bed back, he walked out and walked into his living room. Tinka let himself fall onto the couch, he flipped over to face the ceiling and sighed. "Think I can quickly take a nap and still have time before work..." Tinka shifted and let himself fall asleep on the couch.

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Tinka woke up about an hour later and sat up, he checked the time. "9;40, 50 minutes..." Tinka got up and walked into his room and changed, then left after gabbing his phone and keys. he locked his apartment and started walking to his work. he got there with 30 minutes left. 

He saw Leo talking to someone outside and walked over, Leo noticed Tinka. "Tinka! hello" Tinka smiled a bit and the other person turned to face Tinka and was surprised by him. the person was only up to Tinka's shoulders, Leo was a bit shorter than the person's shoulders. "Didn't you say you wouldn't be here tonight?" Leo kinda nodded. "Yep, I'm actually leaving right now... just was saying bye to Simon" Tinka now knows the person Leo was talking to is Simon and looks over at him. "Hello" 

"H-hi" Simon accidentally stuttered while saying 'hi' to Tinka and blushed a bit, Tinka kinda laughed. "I'll be leaving now, bye Simon, bye Tinka" Leo started walking away. "Bye Leo" Simon said bye to Leo then looked at Tinka again. "You're really tall..." Tinka slightly smiled. "I've been told" Simon got a bit confused. "The way you talk- it's a bit confusing..."

"My accent or word choices?" Simon shifted a bit. "Both... what is your accent?" Simon slightly tilted his head. "British" Simon was surprised. "Oh! are you British?" Simon felt a bit stupid for asking that. "Yes" Simon smiled a bit. "That's cool" Tinka kinda nodded. "I assume it may be... what about you?" Simon glanced away. "Oh, I've always lived here... I got no fancy things about me..." Tinka kinda nodded. "Mhm... what's your height?"

"6'4... you're a foot and an inch taller..." Tinka smiled. "Indeed I am" Simon shifted a bit. God... Leo wasn't lying when he said he was good with his words - Simon shifted a bit. "Sooo, why did you want this job?"