Chapter 2. Smudge on the wall

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Negan went back to the quiet park the night after he got out of the hospital, as the sun is sinking into the far hills, the night sky slowly consumes the fading light. Negan watches the nightfall as he leaned his back on the art wall to watch the town do their nightly activities. Watching some stores closing down and some stores still have their lights on. Teens walking and chatting their days and plans, and cops patrolling the streets of the town. Negan stood there and watch as he thinking a way how to get his bag back or even how to get it back. Hoping he would get it his very valuables stuff back before it could get ruined.
"What to do...What to do.." Negan said to himself in the middle of the darkened park, forming his plan on whatever he got left.

Negan smells smoke from a cigarette nearby, almost familiar to him. Footsteps were heard behind him and Negan turn to see Damien again, seeing he left the close coffee shop. Damien seems exhausted, looking he could sleep any surface that has a pillow on it. "Hey man" Damien greeted, the bags under his eyes were darker. He took a drag of his cigarette and blows it out, he snaps his fingers to think "It's...Megan right" Damien mind could be there or anywhere for working all day in the coffee shop.
"It's Negan" He corrects Damien with a bit of annoyance in his voice. Negan gave a giving a questioning look at him for mistakenly his name in that way.

"Sorry man. F**king work. Right? Yeah.." Damien mumbles to Negan, Negan pretends to listen to him with a occiansl nod and a yes or no response.
Damien mumbles more as he talks about a customer that did not know the difference between a smoothie and a milkshake, and rants how he doesn't get paid enough for both shifts, and Negan yawns on his ramblings. Damien takes a minute to realize that Negan isn't listening and slowly stops rambling, hoping that he would listen but just stops himself.

He didn't say anything to save himself the trouble, he looks at the view with Negan.

He took a drag from his cigarette and blows it out, he asked Negan a question "Something wrong man?"
"Nothing wrong. I'm just thinking" Negan respond
Damien shrugs it off and went back to watching the view with Negan. It took him a minute to say something as Negan still struggles to think.
"Dude, what's wrong?" Damien ask again

"It's nothing!" Negan replied with a hint of anger in his voice
"Can you jus-"
"I said it's nothing! Okay!" Negan snaps at him

Both of them kept quiet. Nothing but the sound of driving and wind blowing was the only sound they hear. Negan clench his fist of not thinking anything that could, he turn around and kick the wall in frustration. Damien flinches from this and hesitates to speak to Negan, but wanted to help him but yet he doesn't want to piss him off even more.

Damien build up the courage and finally said something to help Negan
"Hey man. Look. I don't want to be rude for not helping you but could you at least tell me what is going on?"

"I told you just to shut-" Negan see's the shoe mark on the wall
Negan kneeled down and tried to look at the wall but can't see the details in the dark. Damien assisted him with his lighter to help him to see the wall better. Damien waits for Negan saying thanks from his assist but Negan is more focus on the wall than being polite. Negan minds wonder as his eyes are laid upon the sketch of the forest.

Negan got a layout of his plan and now he needed a way to go to this spot.
"Hey man" Damien said, Negan attention finally got caught and looks at him.

"Whatcha looking at?" He asked, still trying to have a conversation with Negan

Negan thought for a moment to keep it for himself but he doesn't have plans to get his bag by some help

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