Alescouldn't say things went back to normal after that night. In fact she couldn't say where anything went. The days just seemed like a blur after that.

She continued with her job. After her attack, her coworker had made sure to never leave her alone. Aleswasn't sure how far his generosity found stretch if another episode reoccurred but she was grateful either way.

But it wasn't necessary.

Toto had created himself a job of his own centered around the simple task of accompanying her to and from work. He would he remained at her job for the length of her shifts but Alescould tell how uncomfortable her coworker was around his presence.

It didn't take long for word to spread.
Toto was never officially named as the killer of the trio, but it was heavily implied, and everyone got the message and stayed clear for his female companion.

Whether her was named the killer or not hardly effected Toto, and frankly Aleseither. She was more than content to just put it aside, and Toto complied easily.

Alesand Toto's relationship seemed to move on from her inner fears. Her mind managed to look past his violent stages because it understood that it would never be directed at her. Toto was her friend, her protector, and that was all she needed.

Alessighed as she brushed the back of her hand against her forehead to clear the sweat. Her eyes quickly flickered to the clock hanging above her and groaned as she realized just how many hours she had left.

Not that she had anything more productive to do with them anyway.

She quirked her lips as she stared at the piece of equipment in front of her. Growing up, Alesbad never dreamed of being a mechanic or engineer, and certainly didn't have the education for it. But in her time here, she had learned much more information than she would have learned under a normal school session and at a much faster pace.

Alesbriefly wondered if she would have ended up in the profession in the real world. She had never even had one in mind in her childhood and this task came to her too easily to be a coincidence. Maybe it was some ancient task buried deep in her family-

" You just screw it in, silly. It really doesn't take that much though."

Aaliyce's nails dug into the wood of her workplace, the only thing she could do from screaming and alerting her workmates. Her heart panted relentlessly as it struggled to adjust to the sudden appearance of the form waiting patiently at her side.

After collecting herself, Alesturned her head to glare at the real haired boy glancing curiously over her shoulder.

"Seriously, Toto? What are you even doing here?"

The said boy only smiled teasingly as he bounced around her ridged form, taking his time as he inspected her small compartment. His shoulder rose in a small shrug," I got bored, I used up all my Carnival tokens for the week."

Alesfurrowed her brows in confusion. She didn't even know the Carnival Corpse had tokens. And was he really attending the event that much? Was that all he did while she was at work?

Rolling her eyes she sat down her tools knowing she wouldn't get anything done while he was prancing around. She took the moment as a break and reached for a snack. However the bag of chips hardly managed to get opened before it was snatched from her grasp.

"Ooo, I love these"

Aaliyce's hand twitched around the open space as her eyes narrowed," Toto, you can't just steal my food,"
she protested.

Toto simply waved her off as he dug greedily into the bag," I'll buy you a lobster for dinner. Fair trade?"

Alesglowered at his baiting move. He knew she wouldn't pass up a good meal. She had long gotten over him using his expenses for her, as long as they were purposeful. She was never the kind of girl to waste funds on items of no use.

She eased her glared and waved him off, causing him to grin brightly.

" Thanks, Aal."

Silence overtook them easily with the exception of the consumption of the chips. Toto had never been in her workplace before, but oddly enough it didn't effect her in the least. She had become so used to his presence in everything else, placing him in her work schedule was hardly out of place.

She continued to finish up the maintenance of the machine as Toto watched quietly over her shoulder, only asking a few questions every now and then.

"But I don't get it," he finally asked.

Alesinspected her work on last time before moving the newly fixed part to the bin to be transported back to the main area. Toto had long finished his snack at the point and watched her patiently as she cleaned up for the day.

" Get what?," she responded finally.

Toto cocked his head to the side as he followed her movements," Why do you still work in this dump? You know I can support the both of us."

Alespaused. Honestly she had expected him to ask this at one point. Toto out life in such a simple perspective, that something like this would easily go over his head.

"Because it has purpose."

Toto opened his mouth to speak, but she beat him to it," Why do you fight Toto?"

The question stumped him briefly. He had never been asked why he fought. He just did it. The question was more, why wouldn't he?

He was good at it and it paid well. That was a plausible enough explanation at that.

"Because it has purpose right? You do it because it return it does something for you right?"

Alesshe knew he wouldn't function if he couldn't fight, just as she wouldn't if she couldn't work. Both of their tasks kept their minds busy and off the dire truth of the situation they were in.

"It keeps us sane."

But who was she kidding.

She was a labeled sociopath murderer and he killed for sport.

Nobody was sane in Deadman Wonderland.

A/N: I'm so sorry about this super late update. I kind lost my muse here. But I randomly came up with this in the middle if the night. It's completely typed on mobile so I'll come edit and fit things better in the morning. But I wanted to get this out.

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