Nightly Outings [Add]

It's been a while since Add had moved to his new modest apartment in San Malarus. So far it was pretty good. People have yet to give him questioning looks and it's a somewhat peaceful place. If you don't count people missing, but that's okay. The young man watched the computer screen intently, reading ads about buildings for sale. There was a number of them, but most of them were in a really bad shape. Add sighed. "Those places would be more trouble than they're worth..." He groaned as he was turning his head to look at his computer's second monitor and gasped. Nearly half past 2AM... Time flies when you get into something, that's for sure. And the worst part was, that Add didn't exactly feel tired. Just an occasional yawn, but that's about it. He sighed again. There was no way in hell he was going to sleep. He wasn't inclined to do computer stuff again, considering his behind hurt a bit from sitting on the chair for so long. It was late night, though. Or early morning. Same thing. Add felt like going outside, for a really long walk. There should be pretty much no people and fresh air. Perfect. Before Add ventured off, however, he prepared himself a cup of coffee, which he poured into a paper cup, like you would see in Starbucks and such. He put on his usual attire and made sure he had all Dynamo pieces and in right places. Even though it was late, he didn't want to risk somebody catching glimpse of floating things. He finished his preparations with pulling his coat's hood over his head. He took a look at his phone. It was a bit after half past 2AM. With his coffee in hand, he went outside.




Add was walking for a while now. If he was correct, he was at the Penecia Island right now. It sort of looked like it. There were plenty of lights. /"Pretty sure there's plenty of people partying out there."/ He thought, grimly. Sometimes he wished he could have an ordinary life. This was no place to be thinking that, though. He came here to escape from all that. The young man shook his head and continued his walk. He then would find a small park. That's probably where families on their vacation went to spend a more quiet afternoon. Add would then plop down on one of the nearest benches. He would take a drink from his almost-empty cup. "Damn... What a night..." He would say out loud as he stretched his limbs, groaning afterwards as he put his free hand on his hooded head.

Meeting a stranger at this ungodly hour was the last thing Add wished for at this particular moment. Scared the shit out of him, too. They seemed to be polite, at the very least. Shaking off the initial shock, he would slightly cock his head to the side where the voice was coming from, but not enough to reveal his face. "Help yourself. There's plenty of space." He would gesture to the rest of the bench that remained empty. Add would still keep the hood on. He'd like to stay incognito as long as possible. For now, at least. But he had to wonder, though. It was really wierd meeting somebody. They either were as bored as Add right now, can't sleep or can't get back home.

Add couldn't help but ask this stranger. "But tell me. Why would you share a bench with somebody when there's a bunch of them completely empty?" He was honestly interested in the reason behind this stranger's decision. /"I could be a fucking murderer and this guy wouldn't even notice."/ He would think bitterly.

Add shifted a bit in order to sit slightly more civilised as the stranger himself plopped down onto the bench, thanking Add. He honestly thought that the deed wasn't worthy of a thanks, but whatever. And as for the answer for his question... 'Less boring than being alone'. For Add this wasn't a reason at all, but for the other one seemed to be enough. The young man could use some company sometimes, but he didn't know if he wanted to have it right now. Perhaps he could make friends? Having friends was definitely good for future, considering he wanted to stay in this for longer than few weeks or months.

The hooded man would then reply to the stranger's question about the reason being sufficient. "I guess..." Add quietly sighed. Now he knew that the stranger seeked company. But why was he out here in the first place? "Why are you out here, anyway? Got kicked out by your girlfriend or something?" He would ask with a small chuckle, while fidgeting with his now empty cup. However, even though he was willing to make friends, didn't mean he wanted to reveal his face just yet, so he kept his eyes on the cup.

Another one who lived on their own. At least the stranger thought Add's question was somewhat amusing. Then the stranger mentioned inability to fall asleep this particular night. For some reason Add thought it was funny. Stranger who couldn't sleep, and him, who didn't want to sleep. He also mentioned a bit too much going on. Add kinda wished that there was something exciting going on in his life. The running for his dear for years life didn't count. Add chuckled at the 20 questions remark and got asked for his reason in return. The young man thought of lying for a moment, but his reason wasn't bad enough for such trouble. "Don't want to sleep, is all." He said bitterly.

Add would then fidget with the cup again, unfortunately for him, dropping the cup on the ground. "Goddamit..." He would mutter as he reached down in order to pick it up. With this motion the sides of his hood would slightly move upwards, revealing bits of his lower face, including part of the pink line. He would then pick it up and return to his previous pose.

Add would chuckle at the stranger's remark. Add was suffering from severe nightmares, but the stranger had no way to know about this. And Add wasn't really planning on saying this, since the next question would most likely be the reason for the nightmares. "Yeah. For me it's better." He'd reply quietly, looking down on his hands. He didn't want to remember. His own memories made him want to vomit. Sometimes he wished he had somebody whom he could trust and tell them these things. But then again, it would probably be better if they didn't know, for one reason or another.

The stranger would then ask about how often Add did this sort of thing. He was almost tempted to say 'all the time', but decided against it, in the end. "Often enough to be unhealthy." Add wasn't sure if that was completely sure, but it had to be. Quite overdosing on coffee and sleep-deprivation surely can't be any good. Not that Add gave a damn about it. He was pretty fucked up already anyway. But now it was Add's turn to ask something. He had no idea what to ask, though. The duo would sit in a bit of an awkward silence for a moment, until Add's phone started ringing, scaring the living shit outta him and most likely the stranger aswell. "The hell...?" He would mutter as he took it out of his pocket. Who would phone him so early in the morning?

Add picked up and a voice rang in his ear, which could surely be heard miles away in that silence. "Hey man, uhhh... Sorry to call at this hour, but you put up on your ad that you'd fix electronics anywhere in Azores and at any hour soo.." Oh, yeah. He did put that in his ad. /"Guess I kinda forgot about it..."/ He thought. "Yeaah, well, can you come to...." Add would continuously nod as he was given an address where he was supposed to go and then hang up. He would sigh afterwards as he put away the phone. "Sometimes I wish I didn't put the 'anytime' part into the ad..."

Technically, Add could modify his ad. But he wasn't getting much business as it was, so it wouldn't really help the cause. Even though he didn't need the money, it felt wrong just sit around and do nothing. It's not good if you're just burning through the money and not replenishing it. The stranger then said that Add had an 'interesting' job. He wouldn't call it a job, really. Just something to pass the time, perhaps. Add would cock his head, slightly, in stranger's direction. "I suppose I could change it, but it's alright. It's just that I don't feel like doing anything at the moment. And I think I'll take your comment on my part-time job as a compliment." He'd chuckle as he said that.

Add would then stand up from the bench. He still wasn't planning on showing his face, even though he made an acquaintance, he was not going to hand out trust just like that. He was fine with sharing his name. For now. "The name's Add, by the way. Look up my ad on the Internet if you need to have some electronics fixed and give me a call. I may give you a discount." He'd finish and start making his way to his customer, slowly.


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