Male: R

Series: Warm

Being human sucked, it meant he could feel pain both physical and other. And damn was he feeling that other pain.

Heartbreak.

It felt like he was dying all over again. Like someone had ripped out his heart and was stomping on it.

Why?

Because Julie had moved on, found a new man, some Hojo, now that zombies were no longer well zombies... People were able to move around without fear of dying and people flocked to their town, city...whatever it was.

Among them was a bright young guy named Hojo, he and his group had moved to the states right after it started. Part of the huge evacuation. Japan was tiny, once someone got the virus there it was over. They knew that and tried to save as many as they could.

To bad Hojo was a part of that group.

Stealing his Julie...

"Tch..." He kicked a crumbling wall, wincing as pain flooded his foot. "I hate being human again." The words were mumbled and full of scorn.

Yet ture, without Julie what use was there of being human?

"That's not a very nice thing to say." The light voice made him look up and there sitting on the crumbling wall was Kagome. She and Julie hadn't really gotten along, hence he knew her name. From the various rants about her when they were still a couple.

He said nothing but looked down, he knew the rumors, that she and Hojo were a thing before coming here and well yeah. Hojo had dumped her for Julie...

Rolling her bright blue eyes Kagome jumped down from the crumbling wall, and leaned against it. R, for everyone knew who he was, was sulking like a sad child. She understood, what he had with Julie had changed not only him but the world. Unlike her and Hojo she had agreed to date him simply to give him a reason to keep going.

Once they moved here she saw the interest he took in Julie she encouraged him, after dumping him, what they had wasn't love. Yet now she felt bad, R loved Julie and she had played a hand in taking her away from him.

"I'm sorry." They both knew what she meant.

R merely scoffed and shot her a self loathing grin. "You got dumped to." She winced and lowered her gaze.

"I dumped him actually, what we had...it wasn't love. So I'm sorry." She expected him to yell at her to lash out, yet he merely gave a humorless chuckle and leaned on the wall next to her, his hands in the hoodie of his jacket.
"Well, what we had must not have been love if all it took was a pretty face to break us up." He huffed, he hadn't wanted to admit it but it was true. Standing her calmly talking things out with Kagome was nice, she was not a harpy as Julie had once suggested.

"Well still, sorry and to be honest I think you're much more attractive than Hojo. Hojo is so...plain." They both let out a small laugh at the face she made. As much as she cared for her friend he was boring...plain...simple.

Safe.

After years of living like every second might be your last...safe was boring.

R glanced down at her, she was a head shorter than him, and gave a small smirk. She was a looker, pretty, very pretty, and smart, and brave.

Hojo had lost out.

"So, want to go for a walk?" There wasn't really much to do anymore...people were busy trying to re build or rehabilitate former zombies.

A bright smile bloomed on her face as she nodded linking her arm with his. "Sure! Let's see if we can't find a reason for you to still want to be human eh?" She winked at him and dragged him along after her, laughing as he grunted under his breath.

It was cute!