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'Come back here you brat!' the shop owner yelled.
The boy made his way skill-fully through the narrow alleyways. He had some close calls with some pedestrians, but he swerved just in time. Just as he had done a thousand times before. He had memorised the whole city of Vukovi.
His dark hair stood out against the snow-white cloak. His eyes were an electric blue. He climbed up the side of the building using the bricks as leverage. This was the the 'Empty Hollow'. The part of Vukovi that had no inhabitants. There were even some rumours that the buildings there, were built before the year 2000AC. It looked a whole deal different than the modern houses in the rest of the city. No houses were made of bricks nowadays. They were all made up of some type of chemically improved plastic. They were all mostly white or black. The boy was fascinated by the old buildings and went there when it was 'that time' in the month.
He sat down on the edge of the building. One push away from a deadly drop. He held his newly acquired silver elixir and got out a clean syringe from his cloak. He thought about not taking it and set the bottle down on the cold cement floor behind him. He started swinging his legs when he heard familiar footsteps.
'Arrow, you're way too close to the edge. You could kill yourself, you know.' a voice said.
'If only...' Arrow sighed.
He looked down and checked the distance to the ground. This could surely kill him. If he did manage to kill himself, Demi would drag him back from the underworld to kill him again. He chuckled at the thought of Demi hurting a soul.
'Please tell me that you're going to take that,' Demi said, gesturing at the elixir, 'And why are you in a cloak?' Arrow knew Demi wouldn't approve of what he has done. Then again, she doesn't approve of anything he and Alex do. At least she gets scared of Alex sometimes. Speaking of Alex...
'So, aren't you supposed to be keeping an eye on your girlfriend or something,' he said casually. A smirk played on his lips as he watched her fidget with embarrassment. He listened to one of her 'Arrow, I swear to god's' and another one of 'SHE IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!'
'But on a serious note though, shouldn't she be under supervision or something?'
'Don't worry, I made sure she took her elixir this morning.'
Arrow could see she's hiding something else. At moments like these, Arrow wishes to be able to read Demi's mind. But his quirk only worked on humans.
'She killed again, hasn't she?'
Demi nodded grimly.
'Ooo, who was it this time? A child getting on her nerves?' he asked with amusement. Demi glared at him.
'This is not the time for this,' she huffed.
Arrow knew Alex didn't really like him that much and he didn't either, but if she gets herself in trouble, then Demi gets in trouble.
What could go wrong when Alex is on her own?
Normally, EVERYTHING .
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