Thread: Unbreakable Ties (Ookami & Sumi)

Watching as the interaction between the man and the girl went from simple arguing, to the man actually trying to drag Chloe out by the arm. Trent actually made a move to get out of his seat and storm over to the man, the mere sight of Chloe being shoved around stirring a strange protective feeling inside him that he thought hed long forgotten. Hed done a bit of thinking by now and concluded that the odds of the girl being his sister were not reasonable. Even if she was somehow his sister, they were pretty much complete strangers now, ten years was an awfully long time and Trent had changed considerably since he was a measly 14 year old. His scrawny limbs had grown hard and firm, and his height had shot up by a considerable amount. Even his once raven black hair was now died a fiery red. Nevermind more obvious things like his jaw squaring out and his shoulder broadening. He waited a few seconds before picking himself up off the seat, watchning the pair quietly as hed now decided to not intervene. Once the girl was ungracefully booted out, hed be called to the counter and have to deal with the man with a stick up his rear. Not a pleasant thought, but the thought of spending another night in the rundown apartment room hed been renting edged him forward. Itd been his own little oasis when hed first moved out. A place to himself, a place without responsibilities, or a grumpy old man breathing down his neck. The mere thought of the man was enough to cause an old scar between his collarbone and chest to start stinging again. Of course, the pain was imaginary, but the number of times hed been asked about it by his exs was something that had consistently gotten on his nerves. Speaking of getting on his nerves, the girl was still resisting and the man was still blabbering about regulations and laws. Complicated stuff Trent couldnt possibly understand with his lowly education, hed been relatively popular back in his school days, but his friends had gradually dropped away over the years. Moving on to things like college, or gang life. A few of them had even lost their lives doing stupid things like overdosing on drugs, or sleeping in a gutter and choking on their own vomit. Most of them though, had just drifted away and never been heard from again. There was the occasional wedding, but Trent saw no need to attend some fake ceremony before a god that hadnt done anything for him when he needed it most. Noticing the girl and man still struggling, he clicked his tongue and tapped his foot, telling himself it wouldnt be much longer now. He was just about to pull a few scraps of paper hed jotted a few notes down on when the girl looked straight at him and called his name. A moment of silence settling on the room as even the man halted the process of hurling Chloe out. He was taken off guard by the girls comments, startled when he heard the familiar ring of her sisters voice. For a second he looked as if hed call her back, but when his mouth opened, the only thing that came out was air. The dumb gesture quickly turning into a scowl of disapproval. Im not going to help you, so dont pretend like we know each other he sighed, shaking his head at the girl apathetically. Names Joseph, not Trent he lied using the name first name that came to mind. It might of been the name of the camera man in his last shoot, or maybe the name of the bull terrier that lived two doors down from his room? Either way he managed to say the false name with confidence. It wouldn't be the first time someone recognized him. And the last time he'd responded, he'd had stinky old housewives clambering over him for his autograph. Do you think you could go now? Your sort of holding things up he scowled, indicating the door with his head.