Oreo

Chapter 20: Anxious Thoughts

Orion' POV~

We scrolled through different apartments in the area for a few hours, comparing prices, space and quality as well as how far it was from the school and Ro's work place.  We were using my laptop on the bed, laying down, and, I wasn't sure exactly when, but he ended up passing out at around 5:30. It honestly surprised me, seeing as we had already slept more than twelve hours.  But he looked too cute to wake up, so I let him sleep and settled on saving everything for later. 

I decided to clean up the mess we had made watching movies and chose to take a shower.  Then, I'd wake him so we could go out to eat and get enough food to last before we move.

By the time I had finished my shower and reentered the bedroom, Romeo was still slumbering soundly on the bed, legs half tangled in the sheets and hugging a pillow.  Smirking softly to myself, I knelt by the bed and shook his shoulder lightly.  "Wakey wakey, sleeping beauty~" I coo'd, stroking some hair from his eyes.

He rolled onto his back and stretched, releasing the pillow.  "Waaahh..."

"You're turn, if you want to, before we head out."

"Ooookaaaay.. will do." He got up sluggishly, grabbed a set of clothes, then prceeded to the bathroom.

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The only thing we had to be sure of was that we didn't end up "conviniently" running into Juni whilst we were out.  Who knew what kind of tactics she could have on finding out my location, whenever and wherever I was.  Honestly, she didn't seem like too bad a girl when I met her but time only revealed how cleverly devious she was.  Her actions slowly unveiled how twisted her personality really was.  She played a Dandere, but was really more of a Yandere.  And not in the cute way.

"Anything else on your list?"

He looked down and the slip of paper as we walked through Walmart.  He listed, I pushed the cart.  "Not really.  Unless there are any snacks or other stuff you want to get."

I pondered just a moment.  It wouldn't be good if she and her posse were waiting for us at home.  It might've even been a bad idea to go off shopping for two hours with no sort of security left behind.  Nonetheless, we needed the food and our next priority would be moving once a suitable home was found.  "No.  We should get home before the Ice Cream melts."

He nodded and we wheeled into a Self Check-Out line.

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Seeing the coast clear as we reached the front door was like a hundred pound weight was lifted off my chest, allowing me to breath.  However that didn't mean they hadn't already tried to visit, or wouldn't later in the day.  And if they hadn't already, then the night time scared me a bit.

We brought the groceries inside and started to unload everything to their rightful places.  We'd bought more pancake ingredients, eggs, milk, our low stocked ingredients, a couple boxes of cereal as well as some other stuff like ice cream, chips and other grubby foods.

"So by when do you think is best we move out?" Romeo asked, finally stating a question he'd seemed to be rolling around.

"Hmm..." Well, we haven't exactly decided on a place yet, but it shouldn't take too long.  "I'd say by the end of the week."

"Okay then." He said.  "We should probably get to finding our new place if we want to meet that goal."

I smiled a little.  "I'll also see if there are any available jobs in the area once we've decided on a place."

Romeo just nodded, finishing unloading the last bag.  It wasn't the first time I had brought up trying to get a job.  And it certainly wasn't like I didn't mean what I said.  But Romeo for some reason always went quiet whenever I mentioned it.  Does he not believe me when I say that?  Sure, I may have slacked off a little, but I can't help a force of habit.  I'm not used to desperately needing a job to make income.  Though maybe that's a flaw in itself...