Rhoa's breathing became harsh, his eyes wide as his body shook. Her name replayed in his head over and over before an image of her appeared, dressed in a long white wedding dress walking down the aisle and in her hands was a bouquet of flowers. Her smile was beautiful as she walks down the aisle but he knew that she wasn't smiling at him but the betrothed that she is engaged to.
"I can't fucking believe it. You're already over me after a fucking year?!" He hissed as anger coursed through his veins, his golden eyes stare down at the fallen invitation before he reached down and picks it up, looking through the card to find more information. "In Arlind and you'll be married at the end of the month… Alright."
He put the invitation inside his bag and stared hard at the door in front of him before he let out the air he's been holding. "You're testing me… Angel… I'm… Wait for me!" He quickly ran out of the complex as he head to the phone booth, his hand fumbled with his pockets before taking out some quarters and a phone number.
As he slotted the coins into the machine, he looked back at the number wrote into the paper before he began typing in the number. He left the phone to rest on his ear as he patiently waited for the very person to pick up the phone, his eyes narrowed when he heard a familiar voice picked up but he stayed calm knowing anger won't get him very far in life.
"Hello, this is Arus Phoenix. How can I help-"
"Arus, can you explain to me about the cheque I just got? Where's the rest." Rhoa's lean on the wall as he stares at the busy street of Deiour. "You were supposed to give me more but I only got $250. Care to explain?"
"Rhoa, you hadn't even handed in anything to us. I literally fought tooth and nail to get you that blasted cheque, I almost had my head bit off because of you. Currently, I'm not in a safe spot at my job, I could've gotten fire because I made a bad bet on you-"
"Well because of you I got evicted out of my apartment."
Arus was silent for a moment before he spoke softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't know."
"Yeah… Well, I need get to Arlind and I need your help."
Slowly the clouds passed by as Rhoa closed his eyes waiting for Arus's response until the said man spoke with confusion laced into his voice. "Arlind? How are you going to get there, bussing your way is too expensive and there isn't any point going so why?" He opened his eyes and look to his worn down shoes and frowned.
"Angel is getting married."
"Now I understand… Okay, Rhoa. If you can get to Obselion, I can get you some odd job to help you but for now, I can call up one of my old friends at the Frontier News Line, an old friend of mine that goes by the name of Belfura is the owner of the news line." Rhoa reached out to grab a small notebook from his bag as he began writing down the place. "You can work there but if not you can work at the special agent over there, I will give them a call if you want but I recommend working at the Frontier News Line. Also Rhoa?"
His gold eyes snapped to the side of the phone, question swirling in his eyes as he let out a hum to signal Arus that he was listening. "Remember the journal you've been writing?" Rhoa's eyebrows furrowed as he answered with a quiet 'yes'. "I want you to give that journal to me, I'm going to get your journal published so that you and I can make the cash. Deal?" Rhoa inhale the air around him as his finger twitched but he closed his eyes.
"Deal."
"Alright, I'll see you at Obselion."
The phone went dead as Rhoa place the phone back to its holder as he ran a hand through his red hair. He heaved out a sigh but it was replaced with determination in his eyes as he pushed himself off from the wall and began walking towards the Frontier News Line's building. "I got deposited the cheque and check the card I've been given by Savia before selling the baseball cards I got." He shakes his head as he enters the building to be greeted by a female who sat on the deck typing away.
"Hello, welcome to the Frontier News Line where every news will come here and be printed out. How can I help you." The woman drone at as Rhoa stared at her confused before he decides to speak up.
"My name is Rhoa and I'm here to see Belfura." The moment he spoke, the woman looks up before her cheeks flushed at the sight of him, Rhoa cringed as he wonders why the woman hasn't question of his messy appearance but he decides to ignore her.
She cleared her throat and pointed towards to a hallway as she looks back on her computer. "Just head down the hall and it should the only door you should see down there." Rhoa nodded his head before mumbling thanks as he heads the direction that he was given, his eyes trailing over the dull yellow wallpaper that held frames of photos and couple of news clipping.
A doorway enters his line of sight, he turned his head and quickly approached the door before opening it only to be weirded out as he watches a woman with long blonde hair and sharp red eyes cooing of a lizard tank as she held some sort of treat in front of a dark blue lizard. "Who's a little good Dragon? You are, you are!" Rhoa slowly approached the woman as he tapped her shoulder.
She spun around her cheeks flushed in embarrassment before she began scowling furiously at Rhoa who shrunk under her angry gaze. "Who are you and what do you want." She hissed while the male swallows his nervousness down and stared at the woman who was wearing a blue suit jacket and white button up shirt with her blue pants matching and black heels that could puncture his body if he said something unpleasant to her.
"My name is Rhoa and I believe Arus mention that you would hire me for a bit." He answered as he saw Belfura's red eyes brighten in realization.
"Right, you're the one Arus mentioned on the last minute call. Well, your first job would be to check the Scorched Theatre as apparent news that this idiot that I didn't bother remembering his name is introducing some stuff I could care less about but it's supposed to be newsworthy." She walks over to her desk and grabs a notebook and pen before walking straight back to Rhoa and shoving them into his chest. "When you visit there, don't believe any of that jack ass say. Also, make sure you get the exact truth okay?"
Rhoa nodded his head as Belfura smiled but it was small before she turned herself back to her lizard tank. "Good then you better slither quickly, the showcase is today. Once you finish, I'll pay you $100 for your work." She waved her hand to shoo Rhoa away who got the message and left.
The young man walks out of the Frontier News line and decides to quickly visit the bank to cash in the $250 cheque and the card he got from Savia. He opens the card and to his surprise, he got a good cash of $300, by adding the total he had. Rhoa had $550! He just needs $250 more for the fact that the bus ticket cost $800 to get to Obselion, he quickly heads to the desk to hand his cheque in so that it could be a deposit.
"Sorry sir, we just need run a security check just in case, the question is. What did you want to be when you grew up?"
He blinked before smiling at the strange answer he used as a kid. "Well, what I want to be was a Scientist of Elements."
"Pfft, that was a strange answer."
"I was pretty weird back when I was a kid okay?!" Rhoa huffed as he watches the worker return back to work before Rhoa himself left the bank only to see the dog walking towards him.
"Hey there buddy!" The dog barked happily at him as Rhoa smiled before he and the dog went down the sidewalk towards the movie theater until Rhoa notices a sign of lost dog and sign of wanted dog for competition. He stared at both paper in thought until a sound of someone calling out to him from a shady alleyway turned his attention.
"I like that mutt, I'll give you $100 if you-"
"I'll give you my fist if you don't buzz off!" Rhoa snapped as he ready himself to attack and defend the dog but the shady man wasn't stupid enough to fight in broad daylight so he slinked himself back into the shadows leaving Rhoa huffing in pride as he went to the front of the coffee shop where phone booth was waiting. "Well, the paper did state you're lost and there was a number on it. So don't worry buddy, I'll get you home."
After paying with few coins and punching in the numbers, he quietly waited as the phone rang until a voice picked up. "Hello?"
"Yeah, hi! My name is Rhoa and I found your dog."
"YOU FOUND DOUBLE VOLTAGE JULIUS?! FALMA! DUDE! A GUY NAMED RHOA FOUND OUR BABY!" Sounds of yelling and crashing could be heard on the other end as Rhoa looks at the dog confused before back at the phone even more confused. "Rhoa! Meet us at Delux Coff!" Before the redhead could even get a word in, the line was dead and he was left there confused and equally mortified.
He just shakes his head and enters the coffee shop in front of him with the dog before he decides to patiently wait for the owners for only a minute until two people crash through the doorway. "JULIUS! BABY WE WERE LOOKING FOR YOU!" A man wearing orange goggles screamed as he hugged the dog tightly while a man wearing a headband patted the orange haired man with goggles before approaching Rhoa with cash in hand.
"Sorry for the entrance but Grafl was really happy to hear that you found our dog. Here's $75." The blonde smiled as he turned around to only sweatdropped at the sight of his friend and the dog wrestling each other. "Grafl people are staring, you need to stop." Rhoa looked between the two before he slipped out undetected as he went straight to the movie theaters without stopping.
Until he saw police tape over a bar that made him stop for a moment before he went back onto the path he was going. "Closed until further notice, police are investigating the area. Hmm, wasn't Sefia doing a show there? Hope she's alright." He voiced out loud before he stepped into the movie theater to see a man on a stand talking about how great this movie theater will be until everything went out from one to another as he just stood there dazed.
Few more people talked until he was finally snapped out of it when the guy on the stand spoke that they will be watching the movie and should go down to their right towards the movie destined to be shown. Everyone began moving but Rhoa couldn't as the guy that bore Rhoa to death called out to him.
"I haven't seen you around before!" The way he smiled, it only made him uncomfortable but he smiled back unsure as the man approached him. "My name is Gazia and I welcome you to the Scorched Theatre!" Rhoa began to doze off again as he nodded his head unconsciously until something caught his ear this time. "Well the rest are watching the Slime's Redemption but I, on the other hand, is going to watch the Grand Cyber Gods 4! You could join me if you like."
Rhoa stared at him blankly before he smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry, I'm just not interested in GCG 4, sure it's not out and I won't be able to see it for like 3-4 months but I haven't got to see Slime's Redemption yet and it is nice to watch it right now. Thanks for the offer though!" He turned around and quickly left to the doorway that led to Slime's Redemption.
The red head sat himself down in the comfy seats of the theater with popcorn and soda in hand, he sat there watching. He smiled to himself when Angel came into mind at the time when the two would also have movie day on Sunday together, just them alone as the two were either laughing or crying from the scenes they were seen.
The smile that was on his face turned into one with sadness as he remember the reason why he never go to the theatres, his heart tighten as he tried to force himself to focus on the movie but yet somehow a soft laughter entered his mind and he only shrank himself back as he thought hiding himself in the seats of the movie would cancel out the laughter and the smile.
He struggled to focus and that struggle ended as the movie end and Rhoa leaving last, his mind dazed until Gazia called out to him. One by one everyone left leaving him and the purple head and Rhoa as the two stared at each other until a gift bag was shoved into his chest. His eyes confused as he stared at Gazia who smiled at him.
"Gift to people who visit our movie theater! Take it, I insist!"
Rhoa looks down into the bag and his eyes narrowed when he saw $75 in there and looked up at the man with a scowl on his face.
"Are you trying to bribe me?"
"Huh? I don't know what you're talking about."
"In here, the money is in this gift bag!"
"There's no money in the gift bag, my friend, it's just your average gift bag."
He huffed as he glared at Gazia before turning away from him as he walked towards the exit. "Fine, I'll take the damn bag."
"People and their gift bags."
As the golden eyes male stormed out of the movie theater, a woman with long blonde hair dressed in a pale blue cardigan sweater and a light pink scarf wrapped her neck. Her eyes could not be seen as they were closed but yet she could see him clearly as she shoved a piece of paper into his arms.
"Please help us!"