They had finally reached Delta's side of the island. The forest was growing less dense and the tops of several well lit buildings poked over the tree line. The concrete finally met Killer's feet and he stopped at the edge of the tree line. Delta had fallen asleep, she had decided to not provoke Killer anymore and didn't want him teasing her. She figured it was best to stay on his good side. Killer wasn't going to speak unless she said something so Delta's best option was to stay quiet which resulted in her nodding off in the man's arms.

Killer thought for a moment. He didn't really want to wake the girl up but he wanted her to go home. Delta shifted a little closer to him and mumbled something in her sleep. She grasped his shirt and nuzzled him a bit and whimpered when he stopped moving.

Killer, growing more nervous, cleared his throat and moved his arms a little.

Delta woke with a start and flailed her arms, squealing, startling Killer. He dropped her again on accident this time.

"Ow.." Delta mouthed and rubbed her arm.

"Do you always...wake up like that?" Killer asked, somewhat unfazed.

"That hurt." Delta whined turning her arm around, her wrist was scraped up.

"...Sorry…" Killer apologized.

Delta frowned at him, he actually sounded sorry. Killer gently pulled her up by the other arm and looked at her dinged wrist briefly.

"Its fine" Delta reassured him and jerked her arm away.

Killer grew silent again, turning away from her.

"Oh...we're here." Delta peeked through the trees. There was the grocery store that had gotten her in this situation in the first place. Still dead and empty as ever. All the other establishments nearby had their doors closed and blinds drawn and shut as well. It had to be after 10:30 Delta wondered. Most of the businesses closed after 10:30 pm. There were lots of things open later, but most of them were much farther down the area, more towards the restaurant where Delta worked. The spot Killer had taken her to was mostly city council places. The library, a courthouse, and a very large community center.

"Thanks" Delta turned to Killer and finally gave him a sincere smile.

"You aren't home yet" He replied and lowered his head.

Delta shrugged. Why couldn't he just accept what she said?

She looked down at her ankle and turned it around. The swelling had gone down a bit and it wasn't in pain so much, just a little sore.

"I..think I can walk now."

Killer nodded.

Delta eyed him carefully.

"Did..you want to come over?" Delta questioned

"What..." Killer cocked his head.

Delta slapped her cheek realizing how awful that sounded.

"I meant did you want to...go over to here...with me..nevermind." She stuttered and limped towards the town.

"I can." Killer replied, stepping towards her.

"Oh." Delta smiled to herself, glad it wasn't a total fail. She wondered why she even cared if Killer came with her. Not long ago she was trying to steer him away from her town..

Killer followed close behind Delta who limped out in the street. It was late so she wasn't too concerned about anyone seeing a pirate over here. Even if someone did, it's not like he'd done anything wrong, yet at least.

Delta checked for her bag and realized she still had it over her shoulder. She loved that bag, it was so comfortable. She stopped to fish through it for a moment. Killer stayed close next to her.

"What are you doing?" He asked her.

"Oh.. I have a book I need to take back to the library." Delta pointed at the building.

"It looks closed" Killer followed her finger.

"Well it is, but there's a box outside where people can drop off books to return after closing." Delta smiled at him.

Her hand grazed the book in her bag and she quickly pulled it out, careful to cover the front of it with her hand.

"What book was it?" Killer asked.

"Great, he's gotten comfortable." Delta thought.

"Uhm...its not..anything." What a fail at an attempt to hide something.

Killer grabbed Delta's arm and quickly snatched the book away from her.

"Wha-hey!" Delta cried and scratched at Killer's arm trying to get the book back.

Killer fell silent again as he looked at the cover and flipped through the pages.

"Art History ?"

"Uh...yah" Delta hung her head sadly.

"What's so bad about that?" Killer shook his head.

"Nothing" Delta snapped and snatched the book away from him.

"There were questions in it, it looked like a school book" Killer told her.

"It is-I mean- it's not." Delta laughed trying to cover her mistake.

"Your studying to become an artist then?" Killer assumed.

Delta looked up at him sadly and shrugged.

"I wish.." She admitted.

"What's stopping you?"

Delta continued forward to the library and dropped the book in the metal return box. She listened to it tumble to the bottom of the container.

"I'm not good enough. And I can't afford it anyways." groaned embarrassed.

"Why do you say these things?" Killer crossed his arms.

"...because you asked? I told you I can't afford it and I'm not good enough" ,Delta reminded him.

"I can understand if you can't pay for it. But you can only be as good at something as you let people tell you you are." Killer said.

"Yeah but...its true" Delta whined.

"Its only as true as you let it be." Killer retorted

Delta looked into his...mask. Still trying to desperately read behind it. Why was he helping her? And being nice to her? From what she understood, he was one of the worst pirates…something wasn't making sense. He wasn't really living up to his reputation.

"Why are you telling me this?" Delta asked Killer.

The tall man fell silent once again. Arms still folded across his chest.

"Why did you get quiet?" Delta sighed.

"Because you're working yourself up."

"I am not!" Delta shot him an angry glare.

"I only met you several hours ago and you seem like a nervous, sorry, wreck. I don't

even know your name, but I can tell you're a pathetic girl." Killer said flatly.

Delta glared at him with her mouth open, she was too shocked to say anything.

"My name is Delta..." was her comeback. She didn't know what else to say.

"But I can also tell you are just letting yourself be like that. You know what you want for yourself but you never say anything or go for it. What's holding you back? What is scaring you so bad? " Killer continued.

"And this is coming from, apparently one of the most feared pirates in the world...who still can't even show his face to anyone." Delta snapped.

Killer dropped his arms with no reply.

Delta didn't move either. But she was wondering if what she said was going to get her hurt.

"That's more like it" Killer nodded.

Delta scoffed, confused.

"Isn't it odd that you can tell a complete stranger how you feel but not the ones who you know?" Killer asked her.

"I guess" Delta laughed and moved closer to him.

"You need to fix that" Killer pointed at her ankle

"I know. I will when I get home."

Delta peeked around Killer. She heard some people laughing in the far distance.

"You don't have to stay if you want." She offered Killer.

"Come back to the bar tomorrow. Ask the bartender where grove 21 is and meet me there."

"But I have work…" Delta reminded him

"Do you want to come back or not?" Killer barked.

"Yes!" Delta nodded quickly.

"Then do as I say"

"Wha-what time?"

Killer shook his head "Doesn't matter"

"...ok?" Delta agreed. Before she could say anything else, he zoomed off into the forest. Delta listened to the leaves and branches crunching under his feet until she could hear no more.

"What the fuck?" Delta asked herself. She adjusted her bag and turned in the direction towards her home.

He definitely was a strange man. He only spoke when he wanted to, he teased, and helped her...he wore that...helmet. Delta felt kind of bad for what she said about it earlier. She was hiding her feelings because she was afraid to stand up to people, but maybe Killer had an actual reason to wear his helmet. And he still got what he wanted. Delta figured she could learn something from him. But was she really going to miss a day of work for him? She was terrified of Miss Sidney, and getting fired. But she was so drawn to Killer and really was curious about him. And Killer was right, it was time she did something she wanted for herself.

Delta actually felt excited and nervous to see him again. She knew tonight was going to be a sleepless night, she was too thrilled for the next day. She tried to ignore the butterflies welling in her stomach as she hopped into bed to at least attempt to sleep.