Bit stopped by the kitchen to stuff a few handfuls of granola bars into the pockets of the bag and hoodie before taking one last look around the apartment. The fish swimming in their tank, not bothered in the slightest by the squall outside. The instrument he’d learned was a grand piano. He had gotten to hear Taloch play a few days before. It had been entrancing. He’d miss it. He’d miss them. Quietly, he slipped into their shared room. He hadn’t dared step foot in there before. It was sparsely decorated, with simple art on the walls and long black curtains covering the windows. They both lay in bed. Taloch on his side, and Dren on his back with a strange machine covering his nose and mouth. 

Bit crept through the room, stopping by Taloch’s side of the bed first. Admiring his sleeping features. He had removed his cyberware horns, which lay on the bedside table. Bit held back tears as he leaned down to place a kiss on the crown of Taloch’s head. Lightning flashed as he walked over to Dren’s side. The machine was loud, and muffled Bit’s sniffles. He placed an equally soft kiss on Dren’s temple before silently slipping out of the room. The heavy rain smothered out the noise of Bit slipping down the hall, and into the elevator. Soon enough he was walking quickly from the lobby and into the squall. He looked back only once before disappearing down an alley and into the night.