"But, I thought you liked killing…" I sighed after he hung up so rudely. I'll have to tell him off for that when I see him.
Oh god, I have to see him.
Quickly, I called my highly illegal chauffeur and hopped into the car. The man began to drive fast, as I told him how urgent this mission was. In reality, the mission wasn't urgent at all. I wasn't even sure if there was a due date. There were small drinks in the door of the rather expensive car: wine, coca cola, water. Obviously, I grabbed the water.
After a good two hours, I finally arrived at Jean's coordinates. Shrugging my backpack onto my shoulder, I stepped out of the car. My hoodie draped over my hair, and there was nothing that could distinguish me from any other average man. Out of habit, I looked down and away from any possible camera spots around the apartment. Since Jean was a town over, I could still be a suspect.
I jogged up the stairs and stood in front of his door. Hesitating, I knocked the code.
Knock. Wait. Knock. Knock. Wait. Knock.
EDITED VERSION, EVERYTHING BEFORE THIS IS NOT CANON EXCEPT THE FIRST POST:
Normally I'm wary about these meets, making sure they aren't set ups. This time, however, no matter how much I tried looking into this 'Daniel Phillips,' he had nothing for me to work off of, except that he did somewhat of the same jobs I did. Whoever he was, he either was a god at erasing his trace, or he simply just ceased to exist technologically. Nonetheless this job had a huge paycheck. I couldn't pass that up.
My stupid ass decided to take the chance and meet with the suspicious killer. I hoped that he would cooperate in the least. And not kill me right off the bat, claiming all the money. It really frustrated me that I couldn't find any useless information on him.
I climbed up the steps of the apartment building, rereading the address on my phone a couple times to reassure I wouldn't knock on some random door. 532N… I turned the corner and discovered the number etched onto the wall. I pulled off my hood and knocked on the door.
I expected some short bald guy, some psychotic man with twitching bloodshot eyes and wrinkles filling his features. Or a man with brown hair and extremely asymmetrical features. Or even a girl hiding behind a male identity, with short hair but a clearly feminine face. I expected everything except this.
The door swung open and I was met with a specific shade of blue. I looked up and there he was, with a condescending smile and long black hair pulled back into a bun. "Anubis! Nice to finally see your face after all this time! C'mon in, man, I got some drinks for us," he said rather cheerfully as he grabbed my shoulder and led me in, causing me to stumble a bit.
I pulled away in shock. "J-Jean?" My eyes flickered over his familiar features as if trying to decide if this was real or not.
"Yeah?"
My voice quivered. I tried to spit out the words lodged in my throat.
"I thought you were dead."
Jean's expression darkened, realizing how confused and lost I felt. Jean was here, alive. I didn't burn him to death. He escaped All these years he had been out and about, living. And here he is, killing people. It was my fault. But he's alive.
Subconsciously I wrapped my arms around him, gripping the back of his shirt as the long overdue emotions bubbled over. Jean was apprehensive at first, but gradually returned the embrace. My mind told me he was a ghost, and I was just imagining this. That I was just in my own place, with nobody. But, the stupid smell of his cigarettes and his stupid shirt and this unknown place told me otherwise. and now i am gay, thank you everyobody