The car left the area slowly, unlike how it came swerving in high speed half an hour before. After all, the goal was to drive around until morning, when they could finally pick Hannah up from Sophie's place.
Heavy on wasting the gas and polluting the street, but...oh, well.
The first few minutes were filled with silence, more because Arthur was busy putting his mind to serenity by decoding chords for new songs playing through the midnight radio. He didn't say it out loud, but his mouth moved to silently mumble his analysis.
Eugene watched it all with an amused smile, feeling relaxed and at ease. The heaviness pressing on his chest for the past few weeks had completely disappeared, and his stomach no longer churned. Now, it fluttered like a nest of butterflies instead.
Honestly, a whole new experience for Eugene.
