desolate.

03. fill in the silence.

It was weird to return to Fullilove Supply & Co without Vienna behind him. Everything he did he did by himself for the next few days, enduring no teasing, absolute silence. Maybe Beau would start talking to himself to fill in the silence.

As a week had passed since Vienna was gone, they had gotten a handful of holopad videos, and the family had crowded around to listen to the first week of Vienna's classes. She talked about the friends she had made and how she's already doing incredibly well in her classes. Vienna was always the smart one. Beau knew she'd make their parents proud.

And now here he was, sitting on his chair in the Fullilove store, staring at the ceiling out of boredom. He had already arranged the shelves about five thousand times and dusted all the sand out of the store as he could, and it was only past the afternoon.

He hadn't seen his favorite customer since he returned from Vienna's induction, and he wondered where Luke had gone. Usually even when his Uncle didn't need anything, Luke would still come by weekly to talk to Beau. Beau understood he was busy being a moisture farmer, but he missed the blond teen.

Reflecting on his thoughts, Beau did realize he liked Luke the way Vienna always teased him about. He thought Luke was cute, with his messy blond hair and bright blue eyes, the way he always fumbled with everything, and how he could talk for hours about anything. Once when he was in, he talked the entire time, from he walked into the doors up to the register, not even realizing Beau hadn't spoken in return, only nodding and listening. He felt embarrassed after he realized, but Beau didn't mind. He knew he was kind and caring too, from the way Luke talked about his family to random people he meets on the streets of Tatooine.

So he simply missed him. Maybe when he came in next, Beau would work up the courage to say something to him. If he did - he could've missed his chance when his family went to Vienna's induction and shut down the shop for the day.

Beau sighed, tossing a credit into the air and watching it spin before clicking onto the counter. Thankfully it was a rather busy afternoon, so he was able to distract himself from the woes of life by helping customers. He also found it difficult on days it was busy to balance time between all of the customers; when Vienna was here, it was easy to balance it all between the two. She'd handle the customers, he'd handle the money - if it was busier than usual, he'd help out with customers.

Beau's always interested in the people he sees come in and out of the shop. It always ranges in age; from kids to full adults to elders, he has seen them all. He's seen a lot of different species as well, he's seen Twi'lek's, Togruta's - the most common species, to Mon Calamari's, Nautolan's and Rodian's. Beau likes to talk to anyone, discover their life stories. Where they were from, who they know, why they're on Tatooine.

Often he gets pretty boring answers and rarely anything interesting.

Though it's Mos Eisley, so anyone can be anyone, especially when the Hutt's aren't lurking too far away. The most criminal of people hung around this specific space port, which Beau supposed is why an Empire affiliated building would be located here.

He knows of the surrounding buildings, though Beau's never been inside. He knows a space port is nearby, and there's a cantina - he's gone there a handful of times for a few drinks, on his days off or after work. Though that was rare, when he had to take Vienna home every night. Maybe he'd go more frequently now, since he really had no one to hold him back.

He perks up when another customer walks in, and with a wide grin, Beau begins his usual introduction. "Hello! Welcome to Fullilove Supply & Co, may I help you in finding anything?"

"Oh yes, erm, I'm looking for. . ." The person begins, glancing around at the things within the shop, before continuing on, Beau nodding and moving around the counter to help.