Beautiful Things (SeaChaos)

Part 15 - Apart

~Chilled's POV~

"Wow, you're seriously going to watch the whole thing?" Renee asks and climbs over the couch to sit beside me and offers me a bowl full of popcorn. Damn woman knows what hits my spot as I take a handful and lean back on the couch, watching the several scenes all cameras poised around the museum and several focusing on a regular screen of the glowing red ring within its normal stand usually standing there to be viewed by the people. Of course it won't be there now, I just wonder where it is this time and which tactic they're using this time because the last times have failed greatly. Both guarding it in a separate room and stuffing it in someone's pocket hasn't worked and I'm not sure which method was used with the necklace. All of the other ones were also failures I haven't researched as much since I wasn't involved with those. It's been a while since I've seen one of these though, Nanners took such a large break I was beginning to worry he was satisfied with our last encounter and left me to sit here without anything to do.

"Well yeah, if I can't be there myself this is the best next solution," I say and take a few more bites of popcorn as Renee joins me despite mocking me. Although none of the shots are good ones and the ones that are are blocked by the police telling them to look away. Suddenly the screen flashes to the note that was left and the note makes me frown. It's so... unamused. So official, without any ironic or side comments that Nanners usually leaves or even his annoying tone he uses to tell us he'll be taking something. Whoever Nanners is, is in a bad mood or is possibly getting bored being here and succeeding each time and I sincerely hope it isn't the latter. Do I know anybody else who is upset? I haven't really spoken to Adam in a while so I'm not sure if he's upset or not but rather we're just avoiding each other now. It's been good for me though, being here with Gassy and Renee is actually pretty nice and relaxing instead of constantly being in that empty house of mine.

"There is goes again," Renee complains and I watch as the screen changes to a chase of the black scarfed man dashing down the streets.

"Well hey, they got to the chase this time," I note enthusiastically but it isn't long before the screen turns black and all we can see is the night view of the city. We lost visual, already. How is that even possible?

"And we lost him. Now let's watch something else," Renee says, eager to watch something entertaining as I can't do anything to refuse since it's basically over already. I take another bite of popcorn and watch as the screen flickers to something else while my mind stays on Nanners. What is that guy thinking? Taking a week break, continually pursuing me and yet now that I was "fired" he's still stealing things so it's clear that he isn't purely aiming to mess with me, a detective like Sark said was a possibility. But what exactly is the guy planning anyways? The things he steals are all worth a fortune, the only note that told us something he didn't steal was... well me as Sark noted before. That note insinuated that I would be kidnapped or something but if that wasn't it and considering the actions he's done to me Sark says it's likely my heart he's trying to catch.

The entire situation is just a huge mess with Nanners, the guy is completely unpredictable and stealing random expensive items. Reminds me of someone else... Adam. Scratching the side of my head and at the thought of Adam I begin to grow depressed once again after having spent a couple of days without seeing him when we used to see each other often. Ever since the move I suppose he's just been avoiding me just like I asked him to, it doesn't mean that I really wanted him to. I assumed his usual stubbornness would kick in and he would visit me anyways and text me, skype me but not a single word from him. Sighing I kick back and watch the random show Renee is laughing her ass off at while I'm hardly paying attention. Why did I have to fall for such a troublesome person? Also a guy? I was the straightest man a year ago, always hitting on girls and having small crushes on girls and now I'm head over heels for one guy. It's really depressing how much I've changed probably all due to a single thief. Hell, I never thought of another guy like that until Nanners showed up and now I have these fantasies...