“ there's nothing left to say now.”

"Mm… okay…" Corbin sighed. "I'm just sick of getting treated like this."

" what can you expect, its a civil war against the crows "

"Yeah, yeah, I know, but… you'd think more would be being done to stop it, I dunno."

" a few thousand can only do so much" he said

"Yeah…" Corbin sighed. "Just feels like nothing's changing… obviously I appreciate you, but you'd think they would put funds into fixing the issue instead of just issuing guards to crows."

"yeah…" keigo said and then his phone gave a siren like beep " fuck.. cyrus we've got a problem.." he said. it only took cyrus a couple seconds to get the same text. "lets go." he said and grabbed corbins good hand " stay inside." he said sternly

"H-Huh? What's going on?" Corbin asked, holding tightly to Cyrus' hand and looking around with a confused, scared expression. He unfolded his wings and puffed them up, arching them for some protection.

" just stay inside.."

"Okay, b-but what's happening?" Corbin asked weakly, clinging to Cyrus' arm.

" a verry bad riot. three soldiers are either dead or unresponsive right now."

"O-Oh… do you… do you have to go?" Corbin asked weakly, moving behind Cyrus a bit.

" cori i have to, i cant just sit and watch my friends die.." cyrus said softly, kissing corbin passionately " i'll be home before you know it. promise." he said softly

"B-But what if you get hurt?" Corbin's eyes stung with tears when Cyrus pulled away, and he had started trembling lightly. "What if they come into the shop?"

" they wont. keep the lights off and the door locked. stay with the manager and stay hidden. understood?" cyrus said seriously

"Okay, o-okay…" Corbin rubbed at his eyes, drawing in a few sharp, wavering breaths. "Will you keep me updated so I know you're okay?"

cyrus sighed. he reached into his pocket and brought two clear ear peices out. " here, one for you,one for me.." he said and connected them.
" we need to go cyrus!" keigo called
cyrus kissed corbin forehead " this time dont get trampled, " he said making a joke to when they first met.

Corbin accepted the earpiece and fitted it into his ear, still looking very scared. He shakily waved to Cyrus, not quite getting the joke at the moment. Once Cyrus and Keigo were gone, Corbin locked the doors and turned out the lights so he could hide in the back with his manager.

cyrus went outside, chasing after keigo as he led the way to the riot. they grabbed a few spare uniforms and went to help, meeting up with asra in his med station. " lets get out there and help." cyrus said, his voice carried through the transmitter and into corbins.

Corbin could hear people knocking on the doors of the bookshop, but he stayed in the back room under a table with his manager. He seemed very anxious, and his wings were puffed up with fear. "H-How does it look out there, Cy…?"

" not as bad as it seems. a lot of violent protesters but their starting to calm" he explained. Cyrus's pain-filled yelp echoed in the speaker. " if another fucking person hits my wing i swear ill catch a manslaughter case' he mumbled

Corbin winced at Cyrus' pained cry, curling in on himself a bit. "I'm s-sorry… do you think you'll be back soon?" He asked weakly.

" yeah, real soon" he said. " riot shields now!" he called as the loud thump came though the ear piece. " you all are under the order of the queen to surrender, do it now and no more harm will come to you or your buddys. fail this request and you all will be crying on the ground. so pick." he called to the protesters,

Corbin covered his ears with his hands and drew his knees up to his chest, trembling where he sat. He could only hope that Cyrus would come back soon and that he wouldn't get hurt in the process.

cyrus watched as the younger protesters stepped down, though one specific protester hadn't. he started yeling something about killing the blue jay and then suddenly, as if on cue to the mans shouts, a gun shot fired and cyrus's sharp intake of breath made everything go silent for a good minute. … the man hit the ground hard, "holy shit.." cyrus mumbled.

Corbin listened through the earpiece, and it felt like his heart stopped when he heard the gunshot. "Cyrus? Cyrus?! Are you okay? O-Oh my god…" He covered his mouth with his hand, tears stinging his eyes as he tried not to throw up. "W-What was that? Did someone get shot? D-Did you get shot?"

" someone got shot, the man pulled a gun and one of us fired. im fine cori" he said as his voice trembled " im coming back to the shop, look for me.."

"Okay, o-okay…" Corbin breathed a shaky sigh of relief and got to his feet unsteadily. He tentatively poked his head out of the back room to look for Cyrus outside.

cyrus's blue wings gave a soft glow aganst the door. " going to let me in or just stare at me?" he teased. cyrus had a larger cut underneath his eye but it wasnt bothering him as much as not holding corbin while hes shaking.

Corbin nervously came over to the door and opened it, still shaking pretty badly. "S-Sorry, are… are you okay? Is everything okay…?" He asked weakly, his wings raised in a defensive position.

Cyrus didn't answer Corbin. He just swooped him up into his arms and held him. The blue Jay had a large cut across the under of his eye but it didn't seem to bother him at the moment.