And the Skies Turned Gold (Reboot) // OxO // Closed

Tohru had his head resting on the counter as Vex finally let him be for a minute.
"That's all you're drinking, right?" Vex asked, "You have to work in a bit, you know."
"Yeah, that's all," he sighed, "I'll be fine by shift."
"Good. Don't be like Kira. She drinks on shift sometimes."
Kira snapped her gaze over to Vex. "I got hammered on the clock once."
"Shouldn't be doing it at all- but you're secret's safe with me… and Tohru."
Kira scoffed. "Riiiight, just try being as gorgeous as me in a bar that's usually full of gross, drunk men."
Tohru laughed a little. "I mean, she's right."

When Davin arrived, Tohru was still at the bar, watching his coworkers go about their business. He laid his head down on his hands.

Vex stirred a bit when Davin walked in the door, and tapped the counter in front of Tohru to alert him to Davin's arrival.
Tohru suddenly wanted to hide. He did not want his nosy-ass coworkers and his crush in the same room. Not after that conversation.
He lifted his head up from the bar and turned to see Davin.
"Hey, how'd it go?" Tohru asked, gesturing for Davin to take a seat next to him.

"Good to hear," Tohru replied, "The only reason they took me in here was because they were desperate."
Vex laughed softly from where he leaned up against the bar.
"Yup. It's just us three and a student who works here part time. It's not good."

"Yeah, as long as they don't find something else to use as an excuse," Tohru agreed, "They shouldn't, but it'd be pretty fucked."
Scarring?
Tohru played along with it, not knowing what Davin was talking about at first, until he put two and two together.
"Can I treat you to a drink?" He asked, "I don't work for another hour and a half, so I don't mind you here at all. Even if you wanted to stick around while I'm working, I wouldn't mind that so much either."
Vex, still standing behind the counter, nearly dropped the glass, startled by how naturally Tohru seemed to be flirting. Was it flirting? Was he even doing it on purpose?

"Ah, okay then," Tohru said.
Vex set the glass in the stack and looked over to Davin.
"Just let me know what you want, when you're ready," he said, pointing at the menu up above the bar.
"Just about anything's good, but Vex makes pretty good mixed drinks especially," Tohru told him.

Vex made the drink in front of the two and slid it over to Davin when it was done.
"So, you two are roommates, you said?" Vex asked, trying to make easy conversation without immediately prying too much.
Tohru gave a simple nod, then looked over to Davin, not sure how much he wanted to elaborate.

"Yup, we're over in the Torchwood area," Tohru added, "Renting out an apartment over there because neither of us can really afford the rent of a place on our own. But it works out."
Vex nodded and leaned back against the counter.
"Cool, cool. I've been hopping between apartments between the last few years. Can't seem to keep a good living arrangement very long. Did spend some time in Torchwood myself. Not half bad compared to some of the places around here, though."

"So you're not from around here either," Vex guessed, "Tohru said he was a bounty hunter and a traveler before. What about you?"
Tohru gave Davin a nervous glance. They really needed to keep a consistent story together now.

"We were both moving to this planet as it was," Tohru added, "The arrangement made sense, was all."
Vex gave a nod.
"Gotcha. I'm a local. Never left this place, but it might be fun to one day."

"Some places definitely nicer than others," Tohru agreed.
Vex chuckled. "I think I'd take a gamble with this dump."
Tohru tilted his head. "That's how I felt about my home planet. Sure, it had pretty landscapes, but a lot of the people were damn intolerable."

"Guess we all wanna live anywhere but home, huh?" Vex laughed, "Did you at least find what you were looking for? New horizons? Money? Love?"
Tohru chuckled a bit.
"Nope. But it's better than there at least. I've met some pretty cool people along the way, too, so that's always a plus."
He shot a glance at Davin.

Vex nodded and smiled.
"Alright, a couple more customers came in, so I'm gonna go see to them. Call me up if you need anything, okay?"
Tohru smiled at Davin a bit.
"Sorry if it seemed like he was prying too much. Hope I at least talked enough to fill in some of the gaps."

"Ah, well, it took me a moment, but I just decided it was best to agree with whatever you said until I figured it out," Tohru replied, "Hopefully it'll get a little busier soon, and they'll leave us alone for the most part. But I suppose my shift will already have started by then. Like I said, though, you can stick around if you want."

"Yeah, sure!" Tohru replied, "Do whatever you want. It doesn't matter that much to me one way or another."