As soon as Kiara stepped into the living room, she saw Zique, seated in irritation on the couch. “Took you long enough to come inside.”

“She was talking to me, that’s why.” Damion confirmed.

“Right...” Zique turned away from them and stared at Gabe instead. “What took you guys so long?”

“Well nothing much...we just went through the market, we’ll be going on a run next time.”

“Next time?”

Gabe nodded. “Yeah, next time.” He stood up from his seat. “Damion and I will be leaving now and please bear what I said in mind.”

On his way out, he patted Kiara's shoulder. “You too, come on Damion.”

Damion groaned. “I never told you I was ready to leave.”

“If you come with me, I’ll buy you a pack of condoms.”

“I have an everlasting supply of condoms at home, bastard!”

“There’s nothing wrong with having even more, come on.”

Damion sighed. “Alright that’s true and you’d better buy me food too.”

“I will, hurry up.”

Damion waved at Zique then turned to Kiara, handing her back the bag of apples after ta