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So here you are, my dears, chapter 5! Enjoy!

She frowned. She missed his greatly. It was beginning to depress her, she missed his smell- usually blood, lathering cream and his own old and mysterious musk-she had memorized it. She missed his attitude, as confusing and odd as it may be. And she missed his voice most of all. He no longer sang as he "attended to his customers", his sweet, heartbreaking voice like honey as she hummed along downstairs, always a song of golden haired beauties. He remained quiet now, as did she. This was odd. It felt wrong, her being quiet.

She looked around the shop. It was about closing time and only five tables remained occupied. About 15 or so drunks lingered, singing off-tone and laughing heartily. Nothing Toby couldn't handle. She wiped her flour-coated hands on her corset and set the tray of now-cold pies on the counter for Toby's supper. She slowly and quietly made her way past the noisy dunks and to the dark rusty stairwell. She could do this, she would not back down. But perhaps, maybe, she could just wait till morning..? No! She must get this done with…No more procrastinating, no more. But it'd be better to go later…?

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He knew He had to be the one to take action. He, after all, was the Man of their…of THE house. And as such, it was His duty to go to her. Yes, he must go now, for this silly behavior must stop, and stop immediately. How dare she ignore him? And with no reason! What right had she to avoid all contact with him whatsoever? Was this all, perhaps, because he had thrown her out one to many times? Well, he certainly got what he had wished. However, he had not considered the lonesomeness that would overcome him. Not hearing her bubbly voice reminded him of his Lucy, this was what could have been, if Nellie had not been here…quiet, lonesome and frightening. He was thankful for her. What a blessing…

No! The barber shook these last few thoughts from his head. Of course she wasn't a blessing, she was a nuisance! He glanced at himself in the cracked mirror. He saw himself and sneered, what an ugly creature. What beauty she saw in him he did not know. He was a monster.

However, he had no time at the moment for sulking, for he had a woman to confront! He stood up straight and adjusted his waistcoat. He knew not what exactly to say to Mrs. Lovett, but he knew that he-

Knock, Knock, Knock

Goddamn that boy! Must he always come at the worst times? It's always a bad time! Just as bad as Anthony…thought the barber as he stomped his way to the door. It always must be when I am with a customer or when I'm trying to- I-I mean remembering Lucy…

He swung the door open with such force that it slammed into the wall behind it and ended up chipping the paint. He growled at the stupid door and turned his attention to the doorway where… "Mrs. Lovett?"

"U-um…'ello, love." She said. She avoided his eyes and twiddled her thumbs. She glanced up nervously. "C-Can we, um…I think perhaps, we should, um, c-c-converse? C-Considering, I mean, I'm sorry, Mr. T, let's start over…Can I come in?"

Sweeney was steaming. "God Damn you, Lovett!" He shouted, throwing his razor across the room.

"Mr. Todd!" She exclaimed, shocked at his sudden outburst. "What in the name of Meat Pies are you yelling about?"

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A quick Athor's ending note here: A bit short and kinda of cliffy, my apologies

Forgive me? Also, this took forever to finish because I've been bad:\

Shoot, I've been working on about 5 other stories to try and fix my writer's block but it ended up just making it worse D,X

So now I'm totally in a rut and so I'm going to be trying to spend equal time on each of them, but you'll have to excuse me if it takes ages for me to get back to you…

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