[centre][img]http://txt-dynamic.cdn.1001fonts.net/txt/b3RmLjEyOC5iMzAwMWMuUzNKcGMzUnBZVzQsLjA,/lemon-tuesday.regular.png [/img][/centre] [centre][h2]&[/h2][/centre] [centre][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/360327250866077698/373439341596377088/Travis.png [/img][/centre] Fuck. There was always going to be the one, wasn’t there? The one who was too smart for their own good. It was a shame he needed them for his own protection or else he would have cut out his throat. For now though he guessed he had to play the innocent card. He gasped a little at what Natsuya had said as a response to his accusation. He looked at Travis, then Alice. His blue eyes twinkling a little. Guess he had no choice. It wasn’t something he wanted to do, not in front of them. God how fucking low was he going to go just for some protection in this world and security. He couldn’t tell them. No not about that. Kristian clasped onto the front of the dress with shaking hands. He stared at Natsuya, then away from him to stare at the floor. “I….thought,” Kristian let his voice quiver a bit, “....you’d protect Ghouls. That you’d care about ghouls.” Kristian let his voice shake, staring at the table this always worked back then. He let tears fall out of his eyes. “I…” Kristian told him, “Couldn’t…..possibly tell you…..” Kristian looked away from the group, letting tears fall down his face, “Momma was always so cruel….I managed with my own strength…..to leave…..” He broke down on the table in fits, “I can’t….go back to those memories…….please…..don’t make me remember.” ---- Travis looked at Natsuya as he used his name but before he’d get the chance to talk Kristian had already started. From past experience Travis could tell the tone was a little forced, not completely genuine but if the kid was willing to try and lie to a room full of people he obviously did not want to talk about his past. Travis went to stand behind Kristian and put a hand on his shoulder. [color=springgreen]”Alright Kristian it’s fine…”[/color] Travis looked over at Natsuya [color=springgreen]”Look he’s obviously not comfortable talking about his past, and to ask him to tell it to an entire room full of people he’s just met seems a little. Unfair don’t you think?”[/color] Travis let the question hang in the air for awhile hoping someone would agree with him, it was true that he’d only know Kristian for a very short time but he did say he’d be friends with him. And Travis wasn’t going to watch his friend get questioned and stand idly by as it happened. Kristian was a friend of Travis, something he’d been lacking for a while. And he’d hope to be able to call everyone else in the room friend in time as well, but currently Kristian was the only friend Travis had. ---- Score. At least the sissy was good for something. Other than getting sprayed in the face with pepper spray and getting his shoulder chewed up. It pissed him off they could have killed that chimera. Still this worked to his advantage if someone was on his side, he didn’t know how much this would work on the other guy, and he wasn’t sure Travis was convinced. These people really had trust issues. What did they know about trust? Their lives were so easy. The CCG weren’t Ghouls pretending to be not Ghouls to kill them. They were people killing Ghouls. That should have been obvious. How weak were these people that they had that much infighting that he would have been asked the question he had? They still had a group. The Wolves, meant they fought together at some point. They had no meaning of what it meant to be alone and having to learn it all. Kristian looked up teary eyed at Travis. “Thank you…..” he said in a breathy way, “....you...don’t have to stick up for me…” he paused, “but you are…” he smiles at Travis as the last of his tears came rolling down his cheek. ---- Travis again looked back at Kristian returning the smile, [color=springgreen][i]this kid is fucking sneaky I’ll give him that.[/i][/color] his thoughts didn’t show on his face. [color=springgreen]”We’re friends, what kind of a friend would I be if I didn’t stick up for you?”[/color] Travis’ words were very genuine even through his scepticism. He then pat Kristian on the shoulder in an attempt to reassure him slightly. He may have to ask Kristian for the truth later, but before then he’d built up some major trust first. He then looked between Alice and Natsuya, honestly hoping that Alice would be for dropping the questions until later. Travis still couldn’t help but feel uneasy, there was honestly nothing stopping Alice and Natsuya from forcing the information out, Travis would stand no chance against either of them let alone both. And Alice had made it clear she held no problems with killing them if they were to jeopardize her plans. Travis had gotten himself into some dangerous shit. ---- Kristian looked at Travis, he widened his blue eyes, that sparkled with the tears he had been producing. Light shined into them making them look like diamonds. Even if he didn’t believe Travis believed him, Kristian had a few things going for him. They, for whatever reason, thought he looked cute in this dress and two he was very good at keeping up an act for as long as he had too. Suddenly standing up, and overjoyed he jumped up to hug Travis, allowing himself to wrap his arms around his neck and dangle a little. He realized his mistake when he forgot about Travis shoulder and immediately let go, but looked at Travis with a gentle, angelic, smile, as he let the light hit his eyes, “Thank you so much…..hearing that I have a friend now….makes me soooo happy,” Kristian said, “It…..makes going…..and doing scary things…..less scary knowing I have you.” [@TheRedWatcher]