[ It's late in the afternoon, well after reasonable customers have all left and Rin's probably sweeping the floor and preparing to close up shop, that her door swings open. Some inconsiderate person stopping in at the last minute forcing her to have to stay another twenty minutes dealing with them? Well ... not quite.
It's Gen standing there, looking like something the cat dragged in. Disheveled, bleary, exhausted, and frankly a little greasy -- like he hasn't been taking care of himself at all the past week. (He hasn't.) He looks a little disoriented at first to boot -- he's been sleeping so much, curled up in the darkest corner of Amos' guest room that the decor of Rin's store is almost too much for his eyeballs right now, and he blinks hard for a moment as he adjusts.
Only afterward, he shambles in a step, letting the door swing shut behind him so he can lean against the counter. Of course, what he says isn't 'hey' or 'how are you doing' or 'how have you been since the life-upending events that have probably traumatized all of us than we should be at our ages.' Instead, what he grumbles hoarsely is -- ]
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It's Gen standing there, looking like something the cat dragged in. Disheveled, bleary, exhausted, and frankly a little greasy -- like he hasn't been taking care of himself at all the past week. (He hasn't.) He looks a little disoriented at first to boot -- he's been sleeping so much, curled up in the darkest corner of Amos' guest room that the decor of Rin's store is almost too much for his eyeballs right now, and he blinks hard for a moment as he adjusts.
Only afterward, he shambles in a step, letting the door swing shut behind him so he can lean against the counter. Of course, what he says isn't 'hey' or 'how are you doing' or 'how have you been since the life-upending events that have probably traumatized all of us than we should be at our ages.' Instead, what he grumbles hoarsely is -- ]
Lemme borrow your couch.