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"You sound rather disappointed," Moe pointed out, looking at Ally sympathetically before returning his features to blank.
"But, yes, I would like that. I actually have been meaning to go back to the park, the one near the cafe' that you assaulted me by." He said in a teasing tone.

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Ally's voice rose to a high-pitched defensive tone, while he waved his arms around. "Agh! That was an accident and you know it. I still feel bad. But yeah, sure. Let's go to the park." He turned off the light switch by his head, throwing a blanket and pillow at Moe. "Catch. Sleep well, and please do not leave while I'm sleeping. That'd be super uncool."

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"You know me, as cool as they come, quite literally." He said with a nervous half-hearted chuckle.
He laid down, staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep for the entire night, he could sleep of course but he didn't need to, so, most of the time he didn't.

6am and Ally's alarm went off, heat of the moment played on the radio-alarm, and Moe decided to pretend like he had been asleep.

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Ally fell asleep with his hand across the bed reaching towards Moe, and awoke with a start when the alarm went off. "WhaZZAT?!" He half yelled half grumbled. He sat up, hand searching blindly for his clock while his eyes forced themselves open. He didn't notice Moe at first, turning the alarm and facing the window. He saw Moe a second later, and made a noise of surprise before his mind caught up with his eyes. "Oh! Oh, hey. Christ, it's early. Too early. Much too early. 6am is not a reasonable time for human beings to get up. Ah well, I'm already up. Do what you gotta do, I need to get some breakfast and I get the feeling you aren't a huge fan of eating." He yawned loudly, laughing in surprise when his stretching made him fall off the bed and his head rested on Moe's stomach. "Well hello there. Good morning."

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Moe looked at Ally slightly concerned and rather afraid, "you're a morning person I take it?" He said incredulously, he had never liked mornings, mostly because he loved night so much, snow falling in darkness made him feel like he was floating without the effort of actually floating.
And laying in the show in night made him feel oddly at peace.

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Ally grinned widely, shrugging and moving so his chin rested on Moe's abdomen. "Yeah, looks like it. I'm gonna grab a banana and bring it back up here. I'll be right back." He got up, affectionately tapping Moe's nose before making his way downstairs to the kitchen. His foster mom, Alaina, was waiting for him.
"You brought a boy home."
"No, Alaina, they're not a boy. Or a girl. I'd prefer if you use neutral terms for Moe, please." Ally sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose as he grabbed the yellow peely fruit and tried to abscond upstairs. Alaina quickly moved to block him.
"Ally, you know my rules. You aren't supposed to bring anyone over without asking first, ESPECIALLY someone you're planning on having sex with then sending home the next day. I don't want whatever you picked up on the street in this house." Alaina spoke in a hushed whisper, obviously angry.
Ally seethed, eyes narrowing. "Do not ever insult them like that again. It's not like that. Moe's my friend. Please, just let me go back upstairs then we'll leave."
"No. You've broken my rules, and you live with me. You're grounded, and he has to go home." Alaina said, expression irate.
"Alaina, I just told you. Don't use male pronouns." Ally gritted his teeth, and his fist that wasn't holding the banana clenched.
Alaina rolled her eyes, sarcastic. "That's fucking stupid. I'm not doing that. He needs to leave, and I'm taking your phone. You aren't getting it back for awhile, maybe never if you keep arguing with me."
This time Ally growled, staring her down. "Like hell you are. I paid for this phone and the plan myself. You're not getting it."
She froze, before opening her eyes and staring at him calmly. "Then leave. If you're going to disrespect me, and my rules, you can feel free to leave.
Ally laughed coldly, rolling his eyes. "Oh, I'm disrespecting you? I wouldn't have such a problem with this if you had just listened to me and respected Moe. But you're choosing to ignore what I've asked of you, and on top of that you're trying to take property that is rightfully mine for a bullshit reason. So, yeah, I will leave. And Moe, since I know you can hear all this, I'm going to ask you come with and grab my phone charger on the way down. That's all I need from here."
Alaina looked at him, shocked, before screaming. "IF YOU LEAVE NOW YOU CAN'T COME BACK!"
Ally looked near tears in an instant. That's something he didn't expect to hear from her. After 3 years, he had grown attached to Alaina. He spoke slowly, trying hard to control his voice. "I really hope you don't actually feel that way."
Alaina hissed her words, blinking away tears as well. "I do. If you go now I'm changing the locks and not letting you come back."
Ally stiffened. "I'm gonna go with Moe and give you some time to cool down and consider what you're saying. I love you." He started walking out the door, not missing how Alaina didn't respond. He ran out to the middle of the empty street, hyperventilating as he hunched over, hands on his knees. He was nearly missed by a car speeding by, and it honked at him. He didn't react.

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Moe was frozen in place, he was really bad at reacting in situations that needed immediate action, it's why he couldn't be a doctor or fire-fighter (well that one was more because he detested heat and fire could kill him) because he needed at least a years notice before anything happened. That being said, when he heard Ally call up to him, "Moe, since I know you can hear all this, I'm going to ask you come with and grab my phone charger on the way down. That's all I need from here."
He didn't know what to do, he couldn't move, and he wasn't breathing, he didn't need to- being already dead, but it did make him uncomfortable. Then he heard the front door slam shut and someone coming upstairs, he finally reacted, grabbing the phone charger and then the second the door opened he climbed out the window, the woman looked at him with fury in her eyes like he had never seen before, and he just whispered, "toodles", before letting go of the window and falling to the ground.
As he turned around he saw Ally in the middle of the street, hunched over and wheezing, a car narrowly missing him, this time Moe reacted right away- running forward and hovering over Ally like a protective mother hen.
"Ally, Ally come on, listen to me, we have to get you out of the street, okay? Come on." He said softly, grabbing onto Ally's arm.

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Moe was frozen in place, he was really bad at reacting in situations that needed immediate action, it's why he couldn't be a doctor or fire-fighter (well that one was more because he detested heat and fire could kill him) because he needed at least a years notice before anything happened. That being said, when he heard Ally call up to him, "Moe, since I know you can hear all this, I'm going to ask you come with and grab my phone charger on the way down. That's all I need from here."
He didn't know what to do, he couldn't move, and he wasn't breathing, he didn't need to- being already dead, but it did make him uncomfortable. Then he heard the front door slam shut and someone coming upstairs, he finally reacted, grabbing the phone charger and then the second the door opened he climbed out the window, the woman looked at him with fury in her eyes like he had never seen before, and he just whispered, "toodles", before letting go of the window and falling to the ground.
As he turned around he saw Ally in the middle of the street, hunched over and wheezing, a car narrowly missing him, this time Moe reacted right away- running forward and hovering over Ally like a protective mother hen.
"Ally, Ally come on, listen to me, we have to get you out of the street, okay? Come on." He said softly, grabbing onto Ally's arm.

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Ally's head snapped up, and the terrifying thing was he wasn't even crying. He dry heaved, coughing heavily before managing to calm down a little. He sorted through his thoughts.
Alaina hates you. You likely no longer have a home. Moe is here. You are standing in the middle of a busy highway, which is likely extremely dangerous. Moe is here with you. Moe thinks you should move. You don't really see the point.
Nonetheless, Ally moves. He let Moe lead him off the street, and took a deep shaky breath. "I'm really sorry about that. I didn't expect- fuck." He exhaled slowly, straightening up and steadying his voice. "Sorry. Are we headed to the park, then?" He took Moe's hand, looking at the other questioningly. "Is this alright? I just. It's fine if it's not."

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"It's fine, just stay close to me though, shock can do terrible things to humans, we need to get you somewhere safe." His words were soft, premeditated, like he had said stuff like this a million times before.
"Let's go to my hotel, then we can go to the park, okay?" Moe said softly, his voice genuinely concerned, or, as concerned as he could muster, displaying emotions after so long without was no easy task.

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"It's fine, just stay close to me though, shock can do terrible things to humans, we need to get you somewhere safe." His words were soft, premeditated, like he had said stuff like this a million times before.
"Let's go to my hotel, then we can go to the park, okay?" Moe said softly, his voice genuinely concerned, or, as concerned as he could muster, displaying emotions after so long without was no easy task.

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Ally shook his head quickly, frowning. "You want to go to the park we should go to the park. Why your hotel room?" He was confused but a little comforted by Moe's tone, as he hardly ever got to see the sage expressing emotions. He stopped on the sidewalk, seeming slightly upset. "I'm fine, Moe, don't worry about me."

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"It's too cold to be outside right now, let's wait until it's a little warmer and then go to the park, okay?" Moe said soothingly, trying to muster as much sympathy as he could, it was as much as he could manage really, he wasn't used to caring about people, he hadn't for a long time. Why was feeling so hard for him now? It was disgusting, he was disgusted with himself, now was not the time to dwell on his negative emotions (or lack thereof.)
"Come on, you'll catch hypothermia in this weather."

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"Maybe I want to catch hypothermia..." Ally muttered sourly, before looking up at Moe. He saw that the sage was making a considerable effort to help him, and it formed a lump in the brunette's throat. He suddenly hugged Moe, tightly, head resting on the other's shoulder. "Thank you. You helping means a lot to me." Ally whispered, closing his eyes.

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Moe was about to stutter out a "no you really don't", but only got to "n-" before Ally had wrapped his arms around him, then he looked down at the shorter male and wrapped his arms around him in return.
"Of course, I like you Ally, perhaps more than I dare say, maybe you'll be the reason for me staying here a little longer." He said softly, then he realized that he probably shouldn't be hugging Ally, as he would just make him colder, "come on Ally, we should get you somewhere warm." It was evident he was distressed because the Russian he had been trying to fight back was very audible

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Ally giggled, shaking his head and stubbornly clinging to Moe. "I'm not that cold, and I don't want to let go." He buried his face in Moe's chest, voice now muffled by the fabric. "You can't make me." In reality, he was a little cold, but he really didn't want to let go of Moe. "Also, your accent is really attractive. Like, wow, I could fall in love with just your voice." At that thought he blushed, and was glad the sage couldn't see his face.

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Moe let out an incredulous laugh, "thank you, I try not to speak in my Russian accent because it's very noticeable amongst Americans, but eh, what am I gonna do now?" He said softly, "but really, we should get you somewhere warm, you don't have to let go of me, but we do need to get you inside somewhere, I would fly us to my hotel but I can't make you invisible along with myself, and seeing a floating boy would seem rather odd, don't you think?"

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Ally grumbled, pulling away reluctantly. "Okay. You know, you don't have to stay here. We could always just leave." He looked down, starting to walk with Moe towards the hotel. "Not like I have a place here anyways. I could go with you." He kicked a rock, frowning. "If you want me to, of course." Ally sighed, breath coming out in a visible puff in the cold air. He figured he'd just go back and apologize to Alaina later. He's not staying with her though. Definitely not.

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"Ally, if you would like to join me on my many spectacular adventures I'm not going to deny the company, not your company, I don't think I could deny that even if I wanted to." He said teasingly, really he liked Ally's persistent nature, it was endearing.
"So, if you would like to tag along, who am I to deny you the pleasure." He said with a small twitch of the lips that quickly faded at his own pompous self. This was dangerous, and god he was so so selfish for doing this, there was so much danger in letting Ally come with him but god he was so so lonely and he didn't want to be anymore.

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Ally smiled widely, taking Moe's hand and squeezing it tightly as he spoke. "That's amazing. Thank you." They walked in comfortable silence for a few more minutes, while Ally thouht to himself.
Today, I got kicked out of my house and decided to travel the world with a god of winter. Take that, teachers who said I'd never succeed in life. Ha.
"Hey Moe? I really like you. And I feel like you really like me too. Where do we go from here? Both physically and choice wise, because I also don't remember the rest of the way to the hotel."