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The first time Keys saw the woman in a coffee shop, Keys knew she was an Angel. It was something about the way the sunlight pooled around her head like a halo, or the way she had been sitting there for hours. Deities moved slower than most people, they had already cheated death once, and now they had all the time in the world.
“You should talk to them,” Orange Peel said from his bag, “You’ve been staring for a while, it’s weird.”
“Shut up, I was subtle about what” Keys flipped the bag’s flap closed.
“Subtle about what?” Keys looked up to see the woman in front of her.
“Uh,” Keys flushed, “Nothing?”
“Very convincing,” She teased, “Anyways, I’m Sweetheart, Angels of Flowers and Hearts, I do hearts and parts so don’t go lusting after me, cause I can tell.”
Keys blushed harder.
“You are a disaster,” Orange Peel’s voice was muffled by the flap of the bag, “Run away immediately”
“Ooo what’s in your bag,” Sweetheart bent over and flipped open the flap, then paused, when she saw Orange Peel, “Huh. That’s an interesting rabbit”
“And that's a nosey angel,” Orange Peel snarked back.
“Is your stuffed animal always this rude?” Sweetheart poked them on the nose, much to Orange Peel’s annoyance.
“You can hear them?” Keys blinked in surprise, “I thought I was the only one.”
“Apparently not,” Sweetheart straightened back up, her voice trailing off. “Hey!” She smiled, “Can you drive?”
“Uh… yeah?”
“Perfect!” She clapped her hands, “How do you feel about a road trip? No wait! Don’t answer that, I know the answer is yes.”
Keys stared helplessly after her as she breezed out the door.
“Don’t you dare go with that weirdo,” Orange Peel warned, “You know literally nothing about her. She could serial murder you.”
“It might be interesting though, “ Keys mused.
“Why can’t you go back home,” Bun said flatly, “I don’t want to go on a crazy ass road trip.”
“You know why I can’t go home,” Keys shrugged, “Besides, I’m bored of normal life Peel, I want to do something fun.”
Orange Peel didn’t argue with that.
He joined Sweetheart outside of the cafe. “ So,” It adjusted the strap of his bag, “I’m Keys. Uh. Human of being human and doing human things,” She gestured at the rabbit in her bag, “That’s Orange Peel. Sentient toy I guess? I don’t really know actually.” Orange Peel said nothing in response. They were probably pouting.
“Nice to meet you,” Sweetheart grinned.
“I have a car we can use, if you need it, but I uh… don’t really know where we’re going?” Keys pointed at her beat up, rust orange car.
“Cool, thanks,” Sweetheart seemed unbothered by this fact, as she made her way to Key’s car, and got into the passenger seat.
Keys followed her in, taking the wheel, and propping up Orange Peel on the dashboard. He started the car, pulled out, then paused, “I do kind of need to know where we’re going.”
Sweetheart shrugged, “Somewhere in Utah, I’ll figure out the rest once we get there.”
Keys paused, “Sweetheart, that’s a two day drive.”
“Exactly,” Sweethearts said, matter of factly, stretching her arms out, “A bona fide road tip.”
Keys felt herself smile along with Sweetheart, and pulled out of the parking lot, and onto the road. He was really doing this.