"Good observation skills, now I can see why you're the boss and I'm not. Yes, I'm angry!" Mac crossed her arms, well aware of her sandwich. She didn't waste anymore time.
"So um– Where is Kai? He hasn't showed up yet? Has anyone called to make sure he's okay?""
Her boss sighed irritably with her. “I know what’s going on, but is it really your business, Mac? I know he’s not here. Is there anything else you need from me, right now? I’m a little busy.” The woman didn’t cross her arms but she seemed pretty close to shutting the door in her face.
"Listen, I wouldn't care if it was someone else. But Kai isn't like anybody else! You told us to be there for one another, but everyone seems relieved that he's not here and that's not cool!" Mac argued, but she didn't raise her voice. She'd been getting better.
"Just tell me you'll get in touch with him soon? That's all I'm asking."
“His nurses said that he will be in touch, he’s just taking a vacation.” Her boss then turned around to continue with matters much more significant that someone taking a vacation. Her door shut in Mac’s face, and her blinds came down over the large clear windows, an obvious sign she did not want to be disturbed again.
"Vacation my arse!" Mac shouted at the door before stalking away. So even his nurses had no clue where he was. What if he was still outside the city? Still in the woods? Was he even alive?
She went back to her office and tossed her sandwich. She was no longer hungry.
(skip?)
(Where to, boss?)
(aaaaaaa idk?)
(XD So, should Mac try to contact him? Should she go and look for him?)
(Yesssssss! I wanted to say that but something happened lol)
((Okay XD, so which one should she do?))
(go look for hiimmm)
(Bet)
Mac tied her hair back and grabbed her bag and keys before leaving her apartment. She wasn't going to work today, not that she let her boss know that.
No, she was going to look for Kai. After getting his number from the employee files and calling him a couple times, with no answer, she decided it was time to check on him. So that meant going back out of the city. Back into the forest that overwhelmed their city walls. Not something she wanted to do, but her mind kept telling her she didn't have much of a choice. Mac caught a taxi part of the way and walked the rest, all the while trying not to talk herself out of it.
Kai could very well be dead. Whatever came after her that night was something to fear, something to be worried about. It could have harmed him.
But what if it hadn't?
Kai hadn’t died, no. He felt quite the opposite as he moved through the forest he dearly loved and remembered. It brought back memories of being with family and just living his own, best life. Kai’s phone was somewhere in his house; he never had it on him. It was just something insignificant in his life outside of this forest. He relaxed with the small animals near a stream, a long-tailed cat like thing relaxed on his lap. The thing was all silver with golden eyes and a hard, ruby-colored tongue that scratched when it licked. But its tail was luxuriously long, with small, blue feathers at the end of it, that flicked back and forth as Kai stroked it.
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