He's A Little Strange

"Do you not know where you are!? You can't even go home tomorrow since there aren't any trains going there till Monday!!"

Quinn chuckled sadly and averted his eyes to the ground. He didn't want to trouble this woman anymore. She didn't need to know what happened to him and she doesn't have to go out of her way to help him, but did he have a choice? He didn't even have much money in him. It would be enough or a ticket, but definitely not for a hotel.

"I don't know what I'm going to do... I just... Ended up like this. Sorry, I wasn't thinking and I troubled you. I'm sorry for all this, and also for the train. Here you can have your cap back, thank you for what you did in there. It meant a lot to me,"

Quinn stretched his hand out to give Riley back her cap and she collected it with the hand holding her groceries. That movement caused Quinn to smell the food inside the bag and his stomach growled angrily! Feed me!!! Quinn coughed to the side to try and hide it and Riley deadpanned. Who did this idiot think he was fooling?

She looked from the cap to him and then she looked around at the dark street. He wouldn't survive a single hour out here. His hands were soft and it didn't look like he ever did a day of physical work in his life. If he stayed out here he would either freeze to death or die from one of the robbers around. Riley grimaced and sighed. She couldn't believe she was even thinking of something like this! He might be young but he was still a man! Could she do this!?

Riley took another look at him and saw him sneeze into his hands. He already stayed out here for long and it looks like he'll be catching a cold soon. Fuck! Fine! Whatever!

"Grab your stuff and come with me!"

Quinn looked up in shock! What!?

"Are - Are you trying to kidnap me!?"

"What!? No. You idiot!! I'm trying to help you! Just grab your stuff and come with me!"

Riley waited for him to grab his bag and come under the umbrella before they both started walking in the direction of her house. Riley kept silent and expected him to also keep silent, but of course, he wouldn't do that.

"You really aren't kidnapping me, right?"

"Shut up, you idiot!"

.....

Riley's room was a mess, and for the first time in her life, she regretted it. What was that look on his face!? It looks like he just saw something foul under his shoes and had to scrape it off using his fingers! Don't look at my room like that!

Quinn was disgusted! There was nothing else he could use to describe this feeling. There was nowhere to put your freaking legs! There was something everywhere! Food! Tissues! Clothes! And there were papers everywhere! Papers on the bed! On the seat! Even on top of the fan! How the hell do you get papers up there!?

Riley blushed and she quickly tried to move her thing into order. She wasn't going to apologize! This is her room and she can do whatever she wanted with it. Don't look at my room like that!!

"This is like a tsunami victim,"

"Shut up! I'm just... Busy! I'm busy okay! I don't have time to always arrange things!"

Riley's house was a studio apartment that had an adjoining kitchen and bathroom. The bed was pushed to one side of the room and she had a table and chair where her computer and other drawing tools were kept. It took her close to five minutes to finish pushing things into place and by the time she was done she was panting like she ran a marathon.

Quinn rose a brow. She should work out a bit more. Ha! Who was he kidding? She was probably stronger than him!

He moved to drop his bag on the floor when she told him to. She sat down in the chair and he sat in another chair opposite her so they could talk. She couldn't just let him stay without laying down some rules.

"Okay, first things first. Some ground rules. You'll be staying here till Monday only and if you ever show me any signs of rebelling or doing something I don't like then you're out!"

Quinn saluted! Riley frowned and Quinn quickly rose his hand in surrender! No saluting! Got it!

"Rule two, you don't bring any girls in here and you don't stay out past eight. If you want to sightsee then you can do it during the day,'

Quinn nodded and then she rose the third finger.

"Rule three. You don't touch my drawing materials. You touch even one of them and I'll personally kick you out, do you understand?"

Quinn was about to nod, but that was when he finally noticed all the drawings that were on those papers! He looked at one of the papers beside him and he couldn't help but be shocked! They were good! So she was an artist? He never thought someone like her could be an artist! She's too unorganized!

"For some reason, I think I'm meant to be kicking your ass now, but I'll hold back,"

Quinn chuckled as he saw the pissed-off look on Riley's face. She had her hair loose around her shoulders and she took a pencil and rolled her hair into a loose bun behind her while turning away from him.

She told him that he could do whatever he wanted with himself and then she went to work.

Quinn just sat there for a while and watched her. She was a very strange woman. All the things she told him now were rational and non-intrusive. He didn't expect her to let him stay so easily! He thought she would ask him more about his personal life. Why was he here? Why didn't he know where he was going? Why was he crying?

But nothing! What a strange woman.

"Oh, yeah. How old are you?"

Riley asked this while still drawing something on the paper in front of her. She was very focused on it, but Quinn could tell that she was also listening for his answer. Should he lie to her to make himself look older? No. Why would he do that? She probably won't ever see him again after this weekend anyway.

"I'm twenty-one,"

Riley's pencil snapped and Quinn jolted! What was wrong!? Did he say something bad!?

"S-Sorry about that,"

Riley only apologized before taking another pencil and going back to her work. She was so calm on the outside, but on the inside, she was screaming! She couldn't believe he wasn't even up to twenty-five! He was ten years younger than her! If anybody knew she was letting him stay here then won't they say she was a cougar? No, those are for women who actively go after young men right? Wait. Isn't that what this is!? I let him into my home and I'm also letting him stay the weekend! Am I a cougar!!?

To think her good deed would kick her in the ass like this!

Growl~!!

The sound of Quinn's stomach rumbling echoed across the room and he coughed in embarrassment again to try and cover it up. Dammit! He completely forgot to eat before coming here!

Riley laughed and asked him if he wanted to eat. Quinn nodded and she brought out some of the groceries that she bought before.

As she brought them out, the look of wonderment and confusion on Quinn's face was making her more and more confused. She lay some of them down at a table in the middle of the room and she watched as Quinn looked in confusion at everything.

He put his hand out and pointed to one of the food.

"What is this?"

Riley blinked and then looked at what he pointed to. What was so strange about Pizza?

"That's pepperoni pizza. Why? Is something wrong with it?"

"Perperrroni Peezah?"

Quinn dragged out the syllables as he repeated what she said in confusion. Riley tried her best not to laugh at his pronunciation, but she couldn't help letting out a few chuckles at it! It was so silly! But when she looked up and saw the absolute seriousness on his face she was shocked! Did he not know what this was!?