Snippet #1602732

Adrien gave Will a small smile at his comment. Yes, well, it was the best someone like Adrien could do... Well, he probably could get a better place. After all, he could do lots of different jobs. He generally kept to legal ones, though, which meant less money but also less worry... Not like he didn't already worry enough. Worry about Controls, about being beaten up for whatever cash he managed to get in a day, about being beaten for being homosexual... Yes, the list went on. And on. Whatever. He didn't like thinking about problems. Made him depressed. They approached the hotel's front door quickly, and without anyone bothering them. Good.

"Do you want me to come in with you," Will started, glancing back at Adrien, "or should I wait out here and stand guard?" Adrien hesitated before opening the door and nodding. He'd want Will to be as close as possible, which would be more protection... And besides. Being inside the building meant less chances of being seen. Adrien had signed into the hotel under a false name, though, so hopefully the Controls wouldn't be able to track them down anyway. Adrien briefly wondered who they'd send after him. Probably someone scrawny and unable to fight, Adrien thought.

"Come on in. You can even see my room," Adrien said with a witty smile. The hotel manager was sitting at the desk and reading porn, as per usual. Adrien didn't even blink as he asked for the key to room 25. Said key was thrown at him with surprising accuracy, and Adrien caught it easily, long since used to the strange antics of the hotel staff. "The elevator is out, so I hope you don't mind walking." It was only on the second floor, so it wasn't like the walk would take a long time. Adrien walked over to the stairs and started to walk, some part of him knowing Will would follow....

Adrien stopped as he reached the second floor, waiting for Will. Something kept confusing him. Why hadn't he hit on Will yet? He certainly had more than enough chances... Was it that some part of him didn't want Will to think he just liked him for his physical looks? No, he just needed someone around to protect him, and chasing away Will would be a bad idea... That's what Adrien told himself. Nothing else. He didn't like Will... God, he only knew the fellow Nowhere for only a few hours, at most! What was wrong with him... Thinking that way about a fellow Nowhere. Who was Adrien kidding? Adrien felt something towards Will. What, exactly, he wasn't sure.