“Unnnnnnnghh” I felt like shit as when I woke up I was already off my bed. I slowly slid off my bed as I flopped onto the floor like a wet noodle “I could really go for some noodles right now”. I laid there for several seconds as I still felt tired, getting shot does that to you I guess.

“Ok time to stop being lazy you don’t have time for it” And like a corpse in a zombie movie I slowly rose from my blanket covered floor. I took a quick look around my apartment making sure everything was where it was supposed to be. Just gotta make sure, I don't want to lose all that Curren I work so hard for.

I sniffed myself “ew I smell like crap well blood but still I smell bad”. I headed over to my bathroom and well I looked how I smelled. My short platinum hair was all disheveled and wild. I had lines of dry blood running down my face that looked like a shitty tattoo and if I ever get a tattoo it’s gonna be something awesome and badass like a dragon or a flaming skull. So I grabbed a sponge and spent a minute getting rid of the stain so I scrubbed real hard and that sucked because my face felt sore afterwards.

“Wait I could of have just took a shower” I sighed “fuck it I’ll take one anyways”. I took off my bloody jacket gloves and boots and tossed them through the doorway, still pissed my jacket got damage gonna have to fucking sow it and I fucking hate sowing.

Once I fully got undressed Immediately hopped into the shower and turned on that cleansing water. I felt all the remaining dry blood, sweat and stress wash away as the cold water fully woke me up. Oliver's offer had become so much more tempting as The idea of hot water in a non cockroaches infested bathroom would be a dream come true.

As I rubbed one of those cheap bars of soap that say they smell like flowers but they clearly don’t all over my body I noticed the bullet wounds from last night already healed leaving behind two circular scars. “Huh more added to the collection I guess well they’ll probably fade away tomorrow but they still look cool” It’s weird but I see scars as littles trophies.

It didn’t take me long to fully clean myself as I finally stepped out of the ice cold shower feeling somewhat refreshed. I felt something slide off my face as it was the bandage Oliver gave me “huh I actually forgot I got shot in the forehead”. I look into the mirror to see a large jag scar on my forehead much larger than the other ones “yep that’s a keeper”.

I changed back into a white sleeve shirt and some baggy jeans afterwards I flopped onto my bed. “What to do, what to do” I swung my feet against the bed as I tried to solve the greatest question I had at the moment? “Hmmm maybe I should head to that breakfast spot I always wanted to go to, yeah that sounds nice” I sat up and put on another heavy jacket, this one being white.

I hide my knife under my pants leg and my pistol between my waist band and pull down my jacket perfectly hiding it. After I grab old rusty aka my old backpack I then grab the breath case open it and dump all the Curren into my backpack.

“Welp time go let’s hope they got waffles” I pull up my large hood as I go to leave but before I leave something catches my eye. It was that black rabbit mask Oliver gave me “hmmmm should I take you with me?”. Does this thing even work and if it does work is it just instant or do I have to activate it, how do I even wear it, it doesn’t have any straps.

I stuff it into my backpack “you can never be too prepared” and I leave my apartment. When I stepped outside The air was a lot warmer, cloudy as hell, still warmer than last night as there were actually less people moving around during the day. A lot of the houses that aren’t apartments double as not only a home but also a place of work like a store or a bar so a lot of people during the day are inside because they are usually working right now.

I made sure my hood covered my face enough as I was able to move through the crowds a lot easily now. I didn’t get knocked over by any fat businessmen this time so that's another plus. Now this time when I got to the end of the street I went down another street on my right as this street was a lot better looking. There were still buildings made from scrap or that were old and decrepit but they were all fully built so I should be heading down the right path.

The people in this area wore nice clothing and I could even see children running around, it was nice. Some things don’t change like all the people giving me odd looks and when I mean I mean oh no are they gonna rob us! Looks hell even the kids were staring at but I think it was more out of curiosity than worry.

I let out a sigh of annoyance “even when I hide my face people still give me looks, is it the jacket? I feel like it’s the jacket”. Well it’s not my problem so I keep walking without a care in the world. The street noticeably got more How I put it? Well less shitty as the buildings started to look more and more well made as The more people were on the street and were much more well dressed.

I still spotted people glancing in my direction, mostly confusion probably not used to seeing people from the less fortunate side of town. Now this wasn't my first time in little old Sunnyside but so far it has been a much better experience since last time I was here there were less people giving me glances and more of me running for my life as police shot at me because of what I am. I shook my head in an attempt to forget the past. It's more important to focus on the present like the ball about to slam into my face.

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I spotted the little yellow mass flying towards me in the corner of my right eye so I held up a hand and caught it. “Sweet!, they actually caught it pay up” so it was on purpose “aw I wanted to see them get hit” yeah definitely on purpose. I looked into the direction of where the ball came from to spot two kids, one boy and one boy both around ten.

The boy on the left, the one who wanted me to catch the ball, had chocolate brown skin and light brown hair along with a set of hazel eyes. The girl next to him had more tan colored skin with blond hair and greenish eyes, she was the one wanting me to get hit in the head.

When they saw me looking in their direction they both I could see them becoming more nervous. “This is yours?” I held the ball towards them as they just kinda stared at me, I swear id it’s the jacket please someone tell me it’s making me self conscious. Finally the boy spoke up “y-yeah can we uhm please have it back?” I Step forward as I hold the ball in front of him “sure”. He went to grab it but with a flick of my wrist the ball landed in my hand behind my back “but first you gotta apologize because what you just did was super rude”.

“Hey we didn’t do anything wrong he just sucks at catching” The girl said as she pointed at her friend as I could see the look of outrage forming on his face as I could foresee an argument in coming. “I heard you two talking about a bet” They both stopped as they turned to me, they were already starting to sweat.

“B-but” I held up a finger shutting them both up “is that an apology I hear?” They both went quiet for a bit as they stood there in silence. “W-were sorry” I smirked as I gently pressed my nail into the ball and then tossed it to them “see was it that hard?”. I tossed the ball back to them as I started walking away. They started tossing the ball but eventually it flopped against the ground. The shock on their faces was just priceless “hehe karmas a real bitch”.

“Now where is that breakfast spot hmmmmm” I searched the area and surprisingly there were a lot of stores like seriously who needs a store that only sells soaps? “Rare crystals no, pet store nope, soap operas god No! Video store hmmm maybe but where the hell can I get some breakfast?”.

I eventually found my destination as a ray of light from the heavens seemed to surround the cozy little place as I could smell eggs and bacon from here. I was so happy I almost started skipping towards the place. When I got to the entrance There was a little sign on the front that simply said Lilies farm and there were cute little barn animals on it, actually the whole store had a barn theme, it was adorable.

When I opened the door there was a little ring of a bell as once again I got several looks in my direction. The place seemed to be filled with either teens or families as I gave a little wave to the ones looking at me. They looked away, losing all interest in me as I made my way over to the counter. The girl at the counter was actually pretty tall, at least to me she also had a pretty muscular build and was well endowed in certain areas. She had a light tan and was covered in freckles she also had curly golden blonde hair and one bright green eye and one brown eye and to add on to the farmer esthetic she was wearing a pair of overalls over a flannel shirt.

She was gorgeous, at least in my opinion “hello there friend what can I get for ya?”. “waffles” she smiled “straight to the point I guess, well my friend how many are we talking about”. I stroke my non-existent beard “hmmm how about” I snap my fingers “yes”. She chuckled “well the limit is ten so will that work?” I gave a thumbs up “it will suffice”.

“Well take a seat over there” she points to a corner booth “and I’ll be with you in a bit”. She walked into the back as went over and sat in the corner booth. The seats were pretty comfy as I sank right into them and surprisingly they were clean with no sauce stains or being sticky from some kid dropping their drink, this place is actually pretty nice.

“I haven’t even tasted the food here yet and I already wanna make my visits more consistent”. I took off old rusty left and laid it next to me as I looked around the place for anything interesting. I quickly realized there was nothing interesting going so I just sat there tapping my fingers against the table trying to make a little beat. I tried to make the beat match this one song I heard a couple months back but before I could continue the beat a stack of golden buttery goodness was placed in front of me “orders up”.

I instantly started shoveling delicious waffles into my mouth as I wanted to cry from how good they were. “Wow, either you really like waffles or you haven’t eaten in a bit” I shrugged at her. Instead of Leaving she sat across from me as I raised an eyebrow at her “want something?”.

“Oh I just wanna talk”.

“About what” I stuffed a whole waffle in my mouth.

“I guess you're not from Sunnyside”.

“What made it so” I swallowed the rest of the waffle “so obvious”.

“Everything”.

“oh but I thought I did so well at blending in” that got a chuckle out of her.

“Well since you're obviously new here I would love to welcome you to Sunnyside” she held up her hand “I’m Lillie”.

I accepted her gratitude as I took her hand and she had a really strong grip too hell her hands were heavily calloused to “good grip”.

“Thanks yours isn’t half bad either especially for someone of your stacher” I felt my twitch at that last part.

“So what are you doing here talking to some rando?” I stuffed another pancake down my gullet “don’t you run the place?”.

“Oh I like to talk to any new people That I see coming in since well in Sunnyside not many people move in or well leave” she smiled awkwardly as I could see her eyes glint a bit.

“But when did you move to Sunnyside”.

“I didn't, I just wanted to come try the food out here since I saw it on my last visit” I remember the alleyway where I nearly bled out hehehe good times.

“Oh really I didn’t see you around here you seem like you draw a lot of attention” oh I sure did.

“I was on my way out when I saw this place, I was in a hurry so I didn’t have time to check it out”. Lillie was about to reply but the glint in her eyes disappeared “well it’s been nice talking with you see you around Cass” She then quickly stood up and left to the kitchen, “Huh that was weird? anyways back to waffles”.

It didn’t take me long to finish the plate of waffles as I was at peak happiness at the moment so I felt like leaving a nice tip. I went to grab old rusty but I felt nothing but as I patted around as if I missed and When I turned to see if it fell on the floor it was completely gone. “What the fuck? Where did it go? I swear I would have noticed if someone snatched it” my question was quickly answered as I spotted two very familiar kids dragging my back into an alley. “How the hell did they even get that?” They both spotted me and quickly book it into the alley way. I sighed “I guess karma is a bitch to everyone” I then quickly stood and rushed towards the exit.