Exhausted Conversation

James was walking home, dark circles under his eyes. He was tired, exhausted even, he'd gotten a few extra jobs as a distraction.

The Shadow hummed some random song in the back of his mind, it could tell that James was tired but couldn't really do anything about it.

Now, James didn't expect to meet anyone he knew, he rarely did on his way home. So in his exhausted state, he didn't realize that he actually knew the girl was was approaching ahead, it was Euna.

He blinked quickly, nearly bumping into her, it took him a few seconds to realize who it was, "oh, hi Euna," he said holding back a yawn. "Nah, I'm ok," he said, a lie, and a very bad one at that. He was too tired to be good at lying. The Shadow grumbled at James, reminding him that he shared his body with someone else.

"Just....," his eyes partially closed a bit, his exhaustion taking hold for a brief moment before he snapped back awake. "S-sorry...," he stammered, "just got off work."

He rubbed his cheek a bit, "I'm ok....just a normal day," he reiterated his bad lie, hoping his friend wouldn't notice anything wrong. Overall, he looked tired, stressed and a little sad.

James tilted his head slightly, "you worry too much," he said putting on a smile and shifting the thermos of coffee he had to his other hand, it was filled with very strong coffee.

Reaching out, he hesitated for a second before gently taking his hand, he usually didn't like touching people, but she was a friend. He pointed out a direction.

"Well, I work at a restaurant, magic shop plus my internship with the museum," he was overworking himself, trying to distract himself. "But, nah, this nothing," he said, he said, his mind dazed from exhaustion, "back home.....in Ashton city, I'd be out for hours looking for marks...things Garret wanted."

"James?" the Shadow spoke up, "you're not thinking clearly, wake up!"

James eyes widened and he shook his head trying to clear it, "sorry about that....," he coughed nervously.

He yawned and hoped she'd forget everything he'd said. Normally he'd be blushing like hell, after all, he was walking hand in hand with a cute girl, he didn't have any romantic feelings for her, but that was James for you. Tonight however, he was frankly too tired.

"Nah...its ok," he said, his words slightly blured by his exhaustion, "its good....too stay busy." It was all a distraction, a distraction from his nightmares, and also from what he believed to be panic attacks. "I'll.....I'll be ok," but he wasn't so sure.

James gestured in the right direction, "sorry about this Euna," he said, hating that she got pulled into it.