Rough around the edges

CH.2

Ej's pov:

I had been taking to this kid for a while, he seemed to have cheered up a bit since our meeting. I had also scooted closer to him as I began to trust him more.

We had been talking about how shitty zalgo is, in a joking manner, which seemed to lift his spirits a little. That's when he sort of stared at me for a while, before saying "I think your mask is cool, how come you wear it?"
I had honestly not been asked that for a long time so it caught me off guard, preparing to not stumble over my words, I explained to him as best as I could. "Well, I used to look.. different, something happened and I.. am not very fond of my current appearance anymore.." I said bashfully, messing with the fluff at the end of my tail to soothe my nerves.
"Oh, I'm sure you look fine! I mean, I look a bit messed up too, I don't judge! Can I see, please??" He asked, giving slight puppydog eyes at me, unaware that I can't actually see the face he's giving me.

Sighing, I nervously reach my hooded arms behind my head to begin undoing the buckles of the strap, rather than coming up with excuses to keep it on, I decide it would be easier to just let him see my face to get it over with, right?
The buckle came undone with a satisfying click, loosening the auburn straps enough to pull the navy mask above my head. I hesitated for a moment, already overthinking the judgement that I was used to. I slowly removed the entire thing, setting it down next to me and crossing my hands over my lap in a nervous way.
The kid stayed quiet for a moment, seemingly taking in my features and unusual anatomy.
"You.. have no eyes..?" I almost snickered at the question, being far too used to hearing that, from victims and other residents at zalgos place. "Mm, You're correct." I Mutter, lowering my head a little in embarrassment of feeling so exposed in front of somebody I just met, "can you see? Ah! Sorry if that personal I just-"
"No, it's fine." I cut him off "and no, I can't see anymore, I had them taken from me by someone I thought I could trust. But I'm used to it now." He seemed to be genuinely interested in this new information, soaking it up like a dry sponge, "oh, I'm sorry that happened to you..-" I could tell he felt some sympathy for me, which made me feel a little better about the situation. I smiled at him to let him know I appreciated the sympathy given, quickly forgetting about my.. mouth, I covered it with my sleeve quickly, feeling embarrassed yet again. "Woah- dude you have sick teeth.. In a good way of course! I just, I've never seen something that looks like you before." He smiled at me, I envied his curiosity and confidence to speak his mind, dropping my arm back into my lap I smile at him again, trying my best not to scare him. I spoke up again, "I know they're kinda.. gross and yellow but I can't really help it. Not like I have to impress anyone with my looks anyway.." as I spoke I noticed his silence, I assumed he had noticed the Color of my mouth, embarrassing, again.
"YOUR MOUTH IS BLUE LIKE A SLUSHY!?-"
His sudden outburst made me flinch due to my sensitive hearing, but I was just glad he wasn't disgusted by it, I shrugged and snickered at the remembrance of slushies, however my mouth is a shade of blue naturally, rather than from drinking an icy blue drink like most 'people'

We had talked about each others fascinating anatomy, he had some similar features but they were less.. obvious than mine. Surprisingly my skin color wasn't a shock to him either, considering he had seen other demons at zalgos place before. He was weirdly fascinated at the fact I have 3 tongues, the first thing he said was "I bet those are good for giving head, huh?" The words that spilled from his mouth honestly shook me, I became flushed and decided to not answer that. This was a kid and he was already knowing what oral sex is, god this generation-

We spoke some more about random things, before I decided to ask what gender he was, "are you a boy? Or a girl? Since I can't see, you have a sort of feminine voice but you talk like a guy would, I was just curious."
He seemed to think for a moment before realising I hadn't meant any harm in the question, before responding with "I'm.. a transgender boy, assigned female at birth but I go by he/they/xem! What about you?"
Ah, pronouns, I forgot new ones had existed honestly, I never gave much thought to pronouns. "I'm male, born male, and uh, he/him pronouns, although I get called "it" sometimes if that's a pronoun?"
He chuckled quietly before nodding, "that's cool!!" He looked up, his eyes widened slightly, "ITS NIGHT?? We've been talking for that long??" I hadn't realised how much time had passed since our conversation, but I should've noticed due to the change in temperature, it had become a bit chillier.

"Guess we better head back huh? It's pretty late." I said as I stood up, limbs cracking slightly from sitting for so long, Tail dragging up from the floor behind me as I stretched.
I suddenly winced at a sharp pain in my stomach, right, food, I had forgotten all about my previous plans for tonight to go for a kill, seems like I got caught up.

"Aw, but I don't want to go back, it's peaceful outside at night, can we stay out here??"
I thought for a moment before deciding I would also rather stay outside than be locked in that room again for the night. I nodded.
"Holy Shit You're tall.. i just noticed."
I just blinked as I placed my mask back on, forgetting myself about how abnormally tall I was for my age. I had asked 'void' as he said his name was, how old he is, he's 15, only 4 years younger than myself, which is older than I assumed, but I guess that's because of his height, he's rather short. "Yeah,, I'm 6'4." I rubbed the back of my neck sheepishly, "man give me some of your height." He responded playfully.

I came to the thought that I should probably tell him about my.. eating habits, he knew that I have and do kill people, as we both work for the same douchebag, but I hadn't mentioned the fact I eat my victims. Thankfully he started the conversation before I did, "Man, can we like steal from a gas station for a snack? I'm hungry." I hummed, "Same, but that.. isn't exactly an option for me." I said calmly.
He raised a brow at me, encouraging me to continue, "I eat people." I bluntly said.

For the first time since our encounter, he genuinely seemed taken aback at my confession, before slowly replying nervously "oh.. that's.. cool? I'm not exactly sure how to respond, but as long as I'm not on the menu I'm cool with that!" I couldn't help but snicker at that, this kid was chill as hell.
I did decide that we were both hungry, it was way past dinnertime anyway, so I agreed to stop by a gas station for him to grab something.

Timeskip

We were both sat under some fat tree for shelter, void was happily munching on some "borrowed" goods from the gas station. I was slightly falling asleep as he talked, I was pretty tired, unknowingly I slumped against his shoulder slightly.
He stopped talking for a moment to take in the sudden contact, before smiling and continuing his one sided conversation. I mainly replied with small sounds and hums, much too tired to talk too much.
He stopped talking for about 20 seconds (shocking /j), I was curious as to what made him suddenly stop speaking, he rested his head on my chest for a moment before proudly announcing... "YOU'RE PURRING, DUDE."
Great, I thought to myself sarcastically as I gave a half hearted smile back and humming in response. He removed his head and leaned back against the tree, tossing the snack wrappers in his backpack before yawning, him yawning in turn made me do the same, it really was contagious. I had my mask pushed to the side of my head as I listened to him continue to ramble about things, mostly about stores he likes and music/bands he listens to. I sighed before falling asleep.

END of CH. 2!!