The Loft

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{ Oh my darlinnnn... oh my darlinnn, Clementine!~

I can't get Max's voice out of my head for that scene...}





Ash's real dad lived on a farm far outside of New York with rolling countryside and fields. The farmland wasn't used, only owned so that he would eventually sell it off. Instead, there was a bar on the property which turned up just enough profit for them to get by.

The blonde male couldn't help but resent going home to his father. After the whole situation with the sex ring, he regarded him as a whore. It didn't matter that he'd been a kid when he'd been forced into it. His father couldn't understand it.

By then, everyone besides Ash and Max was in the back. Max was humming this god awful tune and Ash was tired of it, so he decided to say something he'd been meaning to for nearly the entire drive there.

" Thank you for understanding all of this... I didn't want to have to run away." He said, looking out the window as they drove on the dirt road which would eventually lead to the bar.

" Ash, I get it, okay? You got the education already, so this stuff takes priority for you. Just... once we get all this Dino stuff taken care of, I hope you reconsider and go back to school." Max sighed, keeping his eyes on the road. He'd learned that no matter how much he wanted Ash to do something, he couldn't control him. No one could ever tame such a teen as him in a million years.

" It isn't just about taking out Dino..." Ash replied. " Griff... Griff is dead. What kind of brother would I be if I didn't get justice on those who killed him?"

Max felt his heart aching for Ash in that moment. He didn't want to even think about how awful the other felt, how much everything weighed him down.

" I know, Ash. We'll get this taken care of. I'm here to help you through it." Max told him, and there was just something in his tone that told Ash he was telling the absolute truth, and that he would be there for him.

They pulled up at the house and bar, and Ash sighed to himself deeply. He pulled the lever and opened the door, waltzing behind the truck and opening the back as well.

" Get your lazy asses up." Ash told them all, and Shorter yawned heavily. He sat up and put on his black sunglasses, and Skip and Eiji were still curled up and sleeping despite the sunlight pouring in on them.

Ibe was awake, rubbing his eyes. He had taken time off of work so he could watch over Eiji. Plus, it wasn't safe for him to be alone.

" Skip!" Ash exclaimed, making the freshmen shoot awake. His chestnut colored skin was sweaty from how hot it had been in there, but that was the least of his worries. Ash's temper was something that scared him the most.

" I'm up! I'm up!" He whined.

Eiji awoke slowly, sitting up and looking dazed before he realized where he was. His eyes fell upon Ash, who was looking at him as well, but then pointed his gaze the other way.

They all began to get out of the back, and as Ash stood there and waited, Eiji noticed something about him. It was... an attitude. What with his hands shoved in his pockets and a tiny scowl, he seemed vulnerable and in a bad mood. Something told Eiji that he shouldn't ask him if he was okay, though. Why would he be? He was a young gang leader whose brother had died recently, and they'd just fled home after he'd been shot while duking it out with a mafia don. No part of that was okay.

Instead, Eiji stayed quiet as they all walked toward the house/bar.

" Hey, Jennifer." Ash waved on the way in. There was a woman with curly brunette hair behind the bar. She was the one employee who worked there, also a family friend. Meanwhile, Ash saw his father emerging from the back. " Hey, Dad..."

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