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“so this is where you disappear to,” renato hummed thoughtfully. he looked around the storage room, eyeing the various piles of things that david had accumulated over the years. “don’t suppose you just decided to show me out of the kindness of your heart.”
despite his nervousness, this was still a terrible terrible idea , david barked out a laugh at that. “don’t tell me you think I have that. I told you I have a place for you to get high without getting caught, that’s worth something and you know it.”
renato shrugged, turning back towards him. “could just tell the guards about this place and then come here myself while they’re busy keeping you out.”
“they’d keep you out too and you know it. come here without my permission and I’ll attack and you don’t want a repeat of last time, do you?” his eyes flicked down to the scar splitting renato’s scorpion tattoo. they hadn’t gotten violent with each other in over a year, and david was hoping that would be motivation enough for renato to try making some sort of deal. he just needed him close enough.
“you wouldn’t,” renato countered confidently, taking a few steps towards him. perfect . “altercation like that would get you thrown in solitary for a while and who knows what would happen to your little toy if you came after me.”
david clenched his jaw. he was supposed to stall a little longer and he wanted to do this right, but-
“I guess we’ll find out,” he growled, all previous hesitation gone as he rushed forward, slamming renato into one of the shelves. even though it was a relatively empty area most of the time, both david and renato disappearing would draw enough attention that anyone looking would be more attentive than usual. if anyone went by before miguel's distraction was in full swing, the plan would be ruined.
david didn't know the plan, but he knew he couldn't fuck it up.
“you little-” renato grabbed him by his sleeve and spun them around, pushing david up against the shelf instead, arm twisted behind him. “you’ve gotten weak because of him.”