Chapter 4 - present day

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"Oh, Historia. I hope you get better soon."

I had her head in my lap, stroking her hair as her heavy-lidded eyes stared into mine.

"Don't you worry shitface. I feel better already. It's only been a couple days.
In fact, let's go do something. We're on break from work. Adventure? "

A grinned slowly, tossing the idea around my head.

"Road trip..?"

"HELL YEAH ROAD TRIP!" She replied. I pretended not to notice her wince.

I slipped out from under her head, lightly kissing her forehead, laughing as she slapped me away, telling me not to treat her like a kid.

I padded through our condo to the bathroom, grabbing our brushes (tooth and hair) as well as paste and our cosmetics. Tossing them into a cloth bag, I brought them back to bed, where Historia was yawning and shaking her hair from her face.

"Which direction d'ya want to drive?" I asked. Opening drawers, I grabbed some clothes and shoes and underwear, tossing them on the bed. Historia folded them into neat stacks, putting them in the single suitcase that we shared.

"Hmmmm... East. Let's go to some random desert town. Get a break from California." She coughed violently for a few seconds, and shook her head at me when I looked over in concern.

I buried away my worry, and thought about her proposal."I like it. Just straight east, see where we end up. "

I nodded, zipping up our suitcase and lugging it off the bed, plopping the wheels gently to the ground. We rolled it down the hallway, pausing to grab a water bottle from the kitchen and then continuing to our car, shoving the suitcase in the trunk.

"Shotgun!" Called Historia, skipping by me and jumping in the car. I sighed and resigned to behind the wheel, slamming the door and sticking the keys in the ignition.

"ROADTRIP!!!!" I yelled

"FUCK YEAH!"

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