"Where are you going?” he heard Jonathan ask upon seeing him slipping into his jacket. "You don't have work today, right?"
Felix stopped by the door and turned to look at him. He almost forgot that he hadn't mentioned anything about him working multiple odd jobs at the same time. Rubbing his nape, he chuckled, "Oh, I didn't tell you? I'm going out to meet a few friends.”
"That's great!” his guardian smiled brightly before returning his gaze to his open book. "Be safe.”
He ran out the door and into the streets cramped with overflowing trash bins and stray cats. As the days were getting colder, fewer people loitered outside. But tonight was especially cold that he could slightly see his breath forming in the air with every exhale.
Stuffing his hands into his pockets, he sank into the col
