>>53936308Kaz took it as a sign she wasn't about to drive him off and took a seat beside Debby, looking to the sunset as well. He came to ask her to come back in, Delilah was struggling to keep up with the work by herself, but this seemed more important to him. Before the silence got top long and awkward, he spoke up. "Everything alright, Deb? You look like a doomer the way you sit there."
"Ain't no doom or gloom about me, hon. Just need a lil' moment to charge up the batteries, is all." Debby took one last lungful of smoke and blew it billowing straight up in the air before stomping on the butt to kill off any embers. "'Sides, I'm feelin' better now that y'all are here."
Kaz hadn't seen any sign of a filter, but even then surely they didn't reach halfway up the tube. Looks like she tossed it early for his sake. Her muttered addition sent blood rushing into his face, and he thanked his fur for the camouflage. "What are friends for? I don't mind the smoke, by the way."
"Hoot! I don't want my employees reekin' of herbs when makin' deliveries." Debby reeked of herbs as she leaned against Kaz. He chuckled for a lack of a better response and she continued, "Passive smokin' is bad for y'all anyway." The hypocrisy elicited a chuckle from both.
"So why do you do it? Can't imagine you can fly for too long if you got lungs like a victorian child." Kaz leaned a little against Debby so he didn't have to fight against her push constantly, and the two settled into each other. They had gotten closer since the date at the festival, but this seemed the closest they got. He felt a little silly, thinking back to how he was swept up by Delilah's games so easily.
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