Shadow Fangs

Chapter 37 side route 1

(Zorakuba runs with no destination in particular)

Zorakuba tisked before bursting out of the door, running. He didnt know where to....he just ran and ran and ran.  Eventually, however, he slowed to a walk, glancing around....before realizing he had no idea where the heck he was.

"Damn it...where the hell did I go?" He grumbles to himself as he looks around. The area was quiet and very dark and dreary compared to the regular appearance of Platinum Jail. "Heh....you lost kid?" A man asks from behind with a cocky tone. Zorakuba could practically hear the smirk and asshole-ness of this guy.

He turned to see one of the men Noiz was fighting before..."what do you want?" Zorakuba asked in a no-bullshit kind of way. He slowly reached for his pistol only to realize he left it at home...

"Hehe don't look so scared kid. I ain't gonna hurtcha~" the guy said and laughed darkly. He was definitely drunk...
Zorakuba decided to do the only thing he could in this instance (and the only thing he really wanted to do since he didnt even want to get close to him) and bolted down the alley. He had no idea where he was going...but he had to find a way out of this situation.

Zorakuba pant quietly and ran faster, hearing the heavy but fast footsteps of the man chasing after him. Shit...at this rate he would catch up. Zorakuba was already running a lot but this guy hadn't...plus he was much bigger.

Zorakuba turned down another corner but ran into someone, almost knocking him over. He gasped and tried to run again but the person grabbed him, covering his mouth and ducking back against the wall, concealing their presence. The man who was chasing him, thankfully, ran past.  His footsteps became distant before eventually fading into nothing.

Zorakuba had no idea what was happening as he gasped and pant. He tried to move or break away from the person, fearful still.  However the person had a firm grip on him.

"Would you stop for a minute?" An annoyed, but oh so familiar male voice said.  Zorakuba instantly froze and looked back over his shoulder only to come face to face with noiz!  How...did he find him?

Zorakuba pulled Noiz's hand away from his mouth, frowning as the events and words from earlier came to mind.

Who are you?

Zorakuba looked at noiz before looking down and pulling away. "Why....are you here Noiz?" Zorakuba asks in a slightly sad, confused tone.  He felt horrible after what happened and didn't know what to tell noiz.

Noiz only huffed and crossed his arms, remaining stoic.  "Why do you think? I heard the front door slam shut and wanted to know what you were doing." He responds and glances away nonchalantly...wait...that didn't completely answer his question but it helped.

"Yeah but...why didn't you just let me go? I thought you hated me now," Zorakuba began, his voice growing quiet and soft.  "After...what happened I mean. I...I didn't think you wanted to see me anymore so I-" before he could finish Noiz hugged him tightly, catching him off guard (severely).

Zorakuba's eyes widened as this happened, freezing. This was far from what he expected noiz to do.  "Just shut up, Zorakuba..." there it was...the noiz thing to do.

"Noiz..." zorakuba said, his voice wavering little as he slowly relaxed. What came next however surprised him even more than what just happened...and it was probably the most genuine thing he's heard from noiz.

"I don't care about who you were...I just want to make sure you're ok...I don't know why...but I feel the need to keep you safe." (I know this is kind of out of character for noiz so just roll with it)  zorakuba couldn't believe what he just heard as he looked at noiz wide-eyed. That was practically a confession and a half...

"Let's...let's go back Noiz...we can talk privately there ok? I also don't wanna meet that asshole again...he's weird," noiz reacted a little but didn't smile (just relaxed) and nodded.  Then the two started to walk back...all the while Zorakuba tried to form words to say when he arrived back at the house.  He felt...like it was time to tell noiz everything. And that's what he did.

(So sorry for the late chapter. Don't worry! Suggestions and comments will be kept in mind while writing the routes. Anyways let me know what you think in the comments! I love to hear from you guys.)