Cassie Rose grunted as she slid the dark brown chest across the floor. It was nighttime, meaing one thing- the monsters were out. Therefore, Cassie had to get everything in the house she just moved into that same day. She didn't want any people stealing anything, even though there were mobs out.
Across the street, there was a small blond boy sitting on the grass, simply lying down and looking up at the stars. Cassie sighed. This kid was going to get himself killed if he continued to lie out there in the night.
The redhead jogged across the street, leaning over the cobblestone fence.
"Kid- hey, kid!" she exclaimed, making the child wake up. With a groggy groan, he sat up. "You should get inside. It's nighttime, and the monsters will be out any minute." Cassie warned, no longer leaning over the fence but simply standing behind.
"Mama's a fighter. She can protect me no matter what, Mrs. Opaque-" It was only then that the boy realized that it was not the kind old woman next door to his home, but the new young adult who had moved in only that day. "Who are you?"
"My name's Cassie Rose, I'm uh.. New to the neighborhood." Cassie explained, glancing around her. There was a zombie slowly advancing at her to her left and she took out her axe.
"I'm Emmett." The kid stood, dusting off his pants. He notices the zombie approaching Cassie on her left. "Cassie, uh…" It was quite clear the child hadn't faced a monster head on before.
"Don't worry, kid. I can take care of myself." Cassie got her axe from her inventory and flipped it in her hand easily before running towards the zombie. She used the fence as leverage and lept into the air, burying her axe into it's head. It disappeared with a poof and the puff of smoke rose into the dark night sky.
She landed on her feet swiftly, panting.
"I better get home. Get inside, Emmett, please."
"O-Okay." Emmett nodded, turning around and going inside quickly.
Cassie turned around and continued to drag the large chest up the sidewalk and into her new home. She grunted with every step, having picked up one end and leaving the other to drag along the sidewalk.
There was the pitter-patter of feet running down the sidewalk. A grunt and the fall of a monster followed, but Cassie didn't bother to look.
"Hey, you need help?" Cassie looked up to the person standing at the fence gate.
"No, no, I'm fine." she managed, grunting again as she dragged the chest across the sidewalk. The person at the gates groaned and hopped over the wooden fence easily. He picked up the other end of the chest and that too Cassie off guard, making her stumble backwards a little. "I thought I told you I didn't need help!" Cassie hissed, glaring at the celery-eyed boy. His hair was so mussled from running all day long.
"Look, please- let me help. We wouldn't want a pretty girl dying to the monsters out here." The man winked, making Cassie roll her eyes.
"Who are we talking about here? You?"
The two had finally gotten the large chest into the house.
"Well, gee, a 'thank you' would have been-" The man cut himself off, having set the chest down and looking up at Cassie.
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"- nice…" Aiden managed to say, but it came out more of a whisper rather than a statement. The redheaded woman he had volunteered to help finish moving in next door to himself turned out to be… extremely good looking…
"I didn't ask for your help, but thank you anyways." The woman huffed onto her glasses, wiping off the lenses with her sweater sleeve. "Now please leave. I don't quite like having guys in my house when it's dark."
"Uh.. oh- oh, yeah! Uh, sure, yeah, no- no worries. I-I can go." Aiden stammered out quickly, going to the door. There was the clap of thunder and it began to rain.
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Cassie turned back around as soon as she heard the thunder, but the male was already gone.
"I, uh… never even got his name."