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They had been in a standoff for about an hour now. Shigara was sitting at the end of the kitchen counter sipping on some coffee that had gone cold thirty minutes ago, going over reports on the tablet about the ring he and his men had broken up the night before. The kid was curled up on the opposite end of the room in a corner, with the blankets and pillow he had left out last night for him. He had actually left a perfectly good futon on the ground as well for the kid to sleep on, but apparently that wasn't a thing right now. Shigara could understand, don't get him wrong, but that didn't make it any less annoying. A thought occurred to him, and he tapped the end of his coffee mug, mulling it over. This might work.
Gavril jumped when Shigara suddenly stood up and further tensed when the man made his way closer, only relaxing ever so slightly when Shigara made it clear he was heading for a door near him, not the boy himself. He curled the blankets up closer to his mouth, hiding the lower half of his face and throat. He could hear a rustling of several objects being moved around the room, and jumped again when the man emerged, carrying a couple beanbag chairs. He then proceeded to place them in the other corner, the one next to the window. Shigara continued to move things around the corner until it was a defended space with the coffee table in front of it, the tv stand on one side, and an armchair on the other. As a finishing touch, the man went back to room and retrieved a set of throwing knives and put them on the coffee table, before retreating to the other side of the room. The standoff continued.
After a while Shigara began to nod off, and when he fell asleep, Gavril quietly made his way to the more defensible corner with his collection of pillows and blankets. After eyeing the sleeping man warily, the teen curled up and began to doze, before slipping into a deeper, more restful sleep than he had in months.
Across the room, Shigara's eyes snapped open and his lips twitched upwards. Very quietly, he retrieved his tablet and continued looking over the reports.