Decline
Author: MoonlightOfure
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

"You have to take it easy or you'll end up in that hole." Came the voice of a man who pulled Richard away, right after he was about to fall into a nearby hole due to his drunkenness.

Richard staggered, and the man held him carefully while Richard turned his head to meet the man's gaze, his blurry vision became clear at the sight of the man in front of him as he became still, his gaze not leaving the man's face.

"Aren't you going to let go of my arms now?" The man asked raising his brow.

Embarrassed, Richard removed the man's arms from his hold, shifting his gaze away from him as he ran his fingers through his hair in embarrassment.

Both men stood beside the hole, Richard refusing to say anything to the man standing in front of him as he kept sighing and refusing to meet the man's gaze.

The man kept checking his watch as he waited for Richard to say something but the latter didn't move an inch. "Let's go back to the bar and talk." He said, leaving Richard all alone as he headed to the
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