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[She'll just ~~not run,~~ walk and be down there waiting, tugging her scarf up around her neck because wow when did it suddenly get to October?]

[ He made an attempt at running without realizing it then got stopped by one of the officers because that's kind of creepy, R. Since when do you do that? Are you hunting someone?
No. No. Sorry. Okay. Don't do that. Just walk like a semi-normal thing. There we go.

Is it warm out here? ---Wait, which beach? It's an island. The entire thing is a fucking beach. Fuck. Just. Go to the nearest one that seems popular and work from there. Ah crap.

He's going to be late, isn't he? ]

[It doesn't take her long to realise that oops she actually didn't tell him where she'd be. That might help.

So she texts him.

Smart.

This is going well.]

[ What? Oh, okay. Thank you, Julie. That one. That's....

That's the other way. Shit. Turn around. Ugh.
Pass this guy again. Fuck off. I'm not acting weird. You're acting weird. I know where I'm going now thanks. I got it.

Stupid beach covered island. ]

[She'll be waiting on the beach wall, lightly kicking her heels against it while she hunches her shoulders up against the cold.

It's nice to see a real beach.]

[ Finally, god. You weren't even shambling. That shouldn't have took that long. There she is.

How's your hair? Give yourself a once over just to ...realize you look like a fucking corpse. Of course. You tried. At least you have a nice clean shirt to go with your nice clean hoodie and-

...Just kidding, it's Febreezed. ]

Hey.

Hey!

[As soon as she lays eyes on him her expression lights up, and she all but bounces off the wall to him and plants a kiss on his cheek, an inch from the corner of his mouth.]

What took you so long?

[A joke. That's a joke.]

[ Julie. Ah. He's smiling.

And then he's not. A kiss! Cheek kiss. He's pretty sure if he had a heartbeat she'd make it stop all the time. His hand slowly reached up to touch the spot while he gave her a tiny shrug at the joke (that was a joke, right? He has no answer for that question that isn't totally embarrassing.) ]

[She watches his hand move, a wry smile playing on her lips and maybe she'd blush if her cheeks weren't already pinched with cold.]

Shrugging again.

[Gently, she takes hold of his arm, squeezing the fabric of his hoodie between her fingers.]

You're not cold, right?

[ He starts to shrug again just because she pointed it out then he drops his shoulders and watches his arm get taken from him. Julie property. ]

Mmhm.

[ Is he supposed to be cold? He's felt like it was warm since she asked to go out. Ah. Well. Dead nerves, right? He'll take the date over being able to feel how cold it probably must be for Julie to drown her neck in a scarf. ]

You're cold... [ Not that she feels so to him but. Julie, do you need more scarves? ]

Only a little bit.

[The scarf helps a lot. She drops her finger down R's arm and takes his hand, gently swinging their arms together.]

I've been colder. It's not so bad.

[Still, that doesn't mean she won't hug his arm with her free hand anyway. Even if he's not exactly warm, it still feels like he is. Maybe it's some kind of placebo effect.]

I've asked Koizumi if I can join the police force.

[ Should've brought a jacket to offer her. You didn't think this through, man. He tries to move closer to her while she hugs the arm. Is there a way to get closer? He's trying. Maybe if he gets that arm back and puts it around her and-

Well, she'd have to let go first which he doesn't really want her to so maybe later. ]

Why?

[ Police force, Julie? Seems kind of. Military-law-enforcing, doesn't it? ]

Because...

[That was a thought she'd had - did she really want to go down that road? Her first instinct had been to dismiss it, but of course there was another reason.

It was that reason which had prompted her final decision.]

What happened to you, that could happen again. To you, or to someone else who doesn't mean any harm. I can't sit by, knowing that.

[She looks up at him.]

You protected me, R. So many times when you didn't have to. Now it's my turn.

[ But-
Don't argue, lover boy. Her mind was already made up before she told you.

Oh damn. He's looking back at her. Keep me safe? Huh.
He doesn't doubt things would probably be better with her working to make it that way. Koizumi was a good guy. Lin's a good person... More of them would work out better for everyone in general eventually.

And he's got to admit someone giving a shit about him enough to join a police force is a fucking nice thought. But still. Ugh. He's running it through his brain a couple of times. ]

...Then mutual safety. [ Probably follow you around on your shifts. If you don't mind. ]

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[If she knew he was hearing the voice of her dead boyfriend in his head she might have had a few questions. Was that even supposed to happen to zombies? Was it really Perry's voice or just some kind of echo, or just R's conscience?

They likely wouldn't have been questions that he could answer, anyway.]

... Okay. I can agree to that.

[She draws him to a stop and takes both his hands in hers, holding them to her.]

You're the only person here that I can trust, R. You know how important that is, don't you?

[ Important? Incredibly important. One of the only things that actually matters in this fucked up world. Julie's trust is a valuable thing and that he's the only one that has it...

She wants to protect him back because then she'd have no one. It's okay. He's not going to go anywhere.

He nods at her, staring off at their hands ]

Okay, good.

[Julie rocks her weight in a strange kind of indecisiveness as she places one hand to the side of R's face.

The only person she really knows she can trust...

She bobs up onto her toes and touches a quick, but undoubtedly warm kiss to his mouth.]

Thank you.

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[ Holy shit. You're welcome.

That was quick but he's got his eyes shut when she pulls back. Warm kisses. And then he inhales a breath he's not actually going to use for breathing because that would be ridiculous -it's just a think like wheezing, right? And then opens his eyes to resume the regularly scheduled staring.

Wow. Did that just happen?
Pretty much the greatest thing ever. That felt alive. Like that rush from brains only better because it's actually real.

Just. Wow. Too quick. Do it again. Or... wait. Maybe don't. That's probably not safe for you.
All well. He's not going to stop smiling right now. ]

[She smiles, half because she can't believe the rush she got from doing that and half because of the smile on R's face. He doesn't smile often enough, she thinks.]

Was that okay?

[Because he's not saying much of anything and.. well. She feels fine so she probably didn't catch anything.]

[ More than okay. ]

Yes...

[ That was definitely okay. ]

Okay.

[Good, then. She lets go of one of his hands but keeps the other, tucking a wisp of hair behind her ear.]

Come on, let's keep walking.

[ He's holding that hand a little tighter, looking at his own feet.
Best day ever. ]

Okay.

[She walks quietly with him for a while, occasionally squeezing his hand or bumping his shoulder against his. After a while, though, she looks up and watches his face for a few moments before she speaks.]

Hey, R..? Do you have dreams?

[ There's a pause. He has to think about it. Dream? ]

Mm- maybe? But I don't... [ He tilts side to side. He doesn't even know how to word this. He's really disappointed in his speaking ability right now. ]

-...sleep? [ He hasn't been doing that nap thing to actually determine if 'dream' is a plural. He definitely did once before coming here. Or was that him hallucinating on remaining brains in his teeth? R hasn't exactly had a reason to lay down and stare at a ceiling long enough to drift and find out. ]

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[While he thinks, she's watching him again. Her thumb draws an idle circle on the softer part of his hand, between the topmost bones of his thumb and forefinger.]

Huh... I guess you don't. [That had been something she noticed while he'd been keeping her in the aeroplane. She never once saw him sleeping.]

You don't need to, do you? Not at all?

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