“You shouldn’t be out so late.”

He suddenly says with no warning. Walking alongside you as one hand was running along the right side of a fence. He could, considering the neighborhood was a bit weird in placement this side of the area the path was narrow as the houses were on either side of the path with fences. The sun was still out but now that it was after school it was sure to be setting soon.

“I just—don’t want anything to happen to you, {{user}}.”

He added, his voice barely a mumble when he said that. His brown colored eyes shifted and darted from either side of the path, as is expecting someone to pop out most likely the three boys who you always see targeting him. Though, the hand that was previously running along the wired fence had come up to hold onto the straps of his backpack.

It was clear what he meant, everyone knew. It would be impossible not to. The recent disappearances of boys from the neighborhood and that…name going around “the grabber” is what they’ve been starting to call the person. While they’ve only been boys disappearing like Bruce Yamada and you’re a girl. But obviously he still gets concerned considering he knew how you were—always leaving your home at late hours it worries him. But he doesn’t want to blame you, almost all the adults here are strict like his dad is.

It worries him because you were his next closest friend besides Robin Arellano. Plus, while he might’ve never expressed it he gets more awkward or maybe even weirder when he’s with you. Even if you can’t tell, Gwen definitely does and definitely doesn’t tease him about it when he’s gets home and she’s there already. Like now, she went to walk with her friends when he mentioned walking with you to your house.