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[Izumi understands, and he's truly getting the sense of Rohan's flippant character the more he engages—though this is such a small thing that he can't get mad even if he were to try. Rather, he nods and looks at the door behind his guest.]

Does that mean you're heading back already? You can stay for a while. There's no one else here.

[His parents never did come home.]

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Are you sure? I know my visit was kind of sudden.

[He could have called, but he didn't. What a terrible, neighbor, honestly. (Then again, maybe that's because he usually didn't have to deal with neighbors in the first place.)

It probably couldn't hurt to stay, though. Maybe he could learn more about Izumi. (Is he or isn't he a serial killer?) Also, he probably had food. If he's being honest, Izumi has actually been pretty helpful to him since he arrived here, even if they were both in the same situation. He kind of hoped he wouldn't turn out to be a serial killer.]

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[Izumi would shrug if this were an equal peer; Rohan, however, is an adult, and so he offers a polite response instead.]

That's fine. Would you like something to eat? I was about to have lunch.

[This hopeless neighbor of his probably doesn't have enough food in the fridge at home. As a part-time worker, Izumi doesn't have that much change from which to part.]

[illustrious]

[This man does not deserve to be treated like an adult.]

Well, if you're offering, I won't say no. [A snake!!] I really owe you one, Izumi.

[HE OWES HIM MORE THAN ONE.]

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[He can't afford to wait longer, having put his lunch off well beyond the hour. Even though he's sure Rohan owes him twenty at this point, Izumi heads over to the kitchen where a take-out from town sits on the counter.]

It's not much, but I've got some sandwiches.

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[Rohan follows after him. Normally, he was pretty picky (about... well, everything), but the strangeness of their situation allows him to forgive the fact that Izumi is settling for what he can only assume are mediocre sandwiches at best.]

Thanks. You're a pretty generous guy. [Please be as generous as you seem, Izumi, he's rooting for you. While he waits, though...] Where's everyone else? It's pretty weird for everyone to be out in this kind of weather, isn't it?

[He could understand if the storm had come out of nowhere, but...]

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[At the very least, he's much more generous than Rohan ever will be. Izumi pops the lid open and slides the container in Rohan's direction.]

It's just me. Turns out my family didn't move in with me. [And Izumi increasingly doubts that he'd moved in in the first place so much as he'd been thrust here. He chuckles.] It's kind of weird to have all this space to myself.