Pell is so under loved T.T There are almost no Pell/Oc stories out there and I wanna cry because of that. So here is something. Also I would love a review or two ;)
Oneshot: I Missed You
.~:*:~. Vivi 16, Avery 21 .~:*:~.
"I-it can't be." A man known by the name of Chaka gasped out. From where he and tens of others stood working on fixing the outer garden of the castle they could easily see a limping man making his way towards the stairs. And with the outfit he had on it could only be one person. "Pell!" Chaka cried out. His best friend was alive! Chaka dropped what he was doing and ran to find not only the kind but princess Vivi.
Upon entering the castle he ran to Vivi's room and barged in. Terracotta was there and immediately she became angry. "Have you not heard of knocking on a lady's door before barging in?" Her deep voice made him forget why he had barged in. The fear it involuntarily invoked in him was nothing new, not to him and not to anyone else.
"What is it Chaka?" Vivi asked catching his attention once again. The blue haired princess was dressed in a light summer dress colored in a soft tan. For a moment he couldn't speak, he still couldn't remember. And then it hit him.
"It's Pell, he's alive!" Everyone in the room silenced and Vivi took a moment before running passed him to see if it was real. A second after her a smaller girl too followed and that girl shocked Chaka and everyone else in the room. She was not much older than the 16 year old princess at the tender age of twenty one and she had always made it seem like she disliked Pell. Yet when Pell fist disappeared those two weeks ago she too had disappeared for a week before apologizing for not being there and getting back to following Vivi around as she had always done.
Everyone knew that she was greatly saddened by Pell's disappearance and only Vivi knew why. Her and Vivi had become great friends when they were younger and Vivi had taken the orphan girl in. When Vivi was seven the much shorter girl was twelve and Vivi had snuck her into the castle and let her live there for a full year before Pell found out. And because of that Pal and Avery, the young girl, had never gotten along. Or so everyone had thought. Until this moment that is. If her and Pell really hadn't gotten along why had she ran out to greet him just now? And why did Chaka see tears running down her cheeks?
Chaka remembered who else he had to tell and ran off to find the king. He was nearly at the kings throne room when he saw the king. King Cobra was looking out to the court yard with shock clearly written on his face. Chaka too looked and was also in shock. There was Pell. A wooden crutch discarded onto the ground. A few feet from him Vivi had sunk to her knees and cried. But the most shocking sight yet was clutching to Pell was Avery. Both of her arms were gripping onto the front of his robes and from here Chaka could see he had a soft look in his eyes that neither the king nor himself had seen before.
Sure Pell got a soft look when he was with Vivi but this was completely different. This was like how Igaram got with Terracotta at times. But it couldn't be, could it? Was it possible that between the yelling matches and the rough treatment of each other the two had gotten feeling for each other.? Pell lifted one hand and put it on the top of her head. She looked up at him then buried her face back in his robes. Pell's other hand moved to her back and it clutched onto the shirt she was wearing. He brought himself and the girl into a knelling position on the ground and held her tight. The hand on her head moved down onto her back and it was easy to see that he was clutching her as if he feared she would disappear.
Vivi could see that Pell was shedding silent tears while Avery balled. It had only been once Avery returned that Vivi learned about the two. Avery had told her everything from when she had suspected that feelings for him were growing and their first kiss to the first time they, coupled, and how much she loved the older man. Vivi had held her though that first night, both letting the dam break and crying for the supposedly dead man. And for the week after that Vivi woke in the middle of the night to find Avery had came and curled up with her. Tears fell from her eyes through the nights and during they day Avery put her mask back on. Just this morning Avery had hidden under Vivi's blankets and cried saying that acting like nothing wrong was killing her.
And now that Vivi could see with her own eyes Avery breaking down in front of everyone and crying, something Avery had refused to ever do, and even Pell's own tears she could tell just how badly Avery was hurting. How all those nights that Avery believed Pell was dead and then needing to put on a strong front during the day so as to not worry anyone was tearing her apart from the inside out. SO now Vivi too cried. Not only for Pell's being alive and safe but for her best friend who had tried to endure it all with a strong front only to cry herself to sleep.
When Pell got control over himself again he released Avery only to lift her into his arms. Though he didn't show it he was shocked at how light she was. Sure she had always been light but this was ridiculous. With his injury's still not completely healed he wouldn't be able to carry her eighty pounds but she felt too light, like a child again. He limped up the stairs, with some effort, and was met by several of the nurses. Terracotta was at the front ans she took Avery from his arms. For a second he could see her eyes, though the tears had stopped they were still red, Wide with fear but then they lost their light and she went limp. Pell's own eyes widened in fear and he stumbled forward. Many of the other nurses stopped him from going any further and Terracotta spoke. "Don't worry about her, it's just a tranquilizer. I'll look after her." Then she left with Avery. Pell didn't fell much better about it but in his state there was nothing he could do.
Chaka came then along with the king And Vivi gave him a brief hug before running after Terracotta and Avery. Seeing Vivi go after the girl help to still some of his fears but not all. "Pell." Chaka said before hugging him along with the king. Pell felt pain and groaned. For a while there, With Avery in his arms, he had forgotten about his injuries. Immediately the other men let go of him and helped him to a seat. "Where have you been?" Chaka asked and Pell sighed, he was going to have to tell this story many times he knew already.
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Avery could feel the pull of consciousness but she tried to fight it. She didn't want to wake up and it all be a dream again. She could live if she had to continue life knowing that Pell would no longer be there to hold her when she was hurt or save her if she couldn't save herself. He was the only person she would ever love like this. Sure it had all started with him throwing her out of the palace time after time because she managed to sneak in and ended with her kissing him before running away for the first time she could remember. But now they had some connection and it blossomed into love for her. Love that had taken root in her heart and now was being hacked away until the only thing left was to pull the roots out and leave her heart bare.
Unwillingly her eyes opened and she recognized Vivi's ceiling. How could she not? She'd been staring at so much in her depressed mood recently that she had even begun to count all of the little specks of dust. It felt like counting the stars, it did. Impossible but seemingly the most important thing to be done. Vivi came into her vision and Avery was sure that it had been a dream. "I didn't want to wake up." Avery said and Vivi's eyes widened in fear. "I was afraid it was all just a dream, Pell being alive." Avery voiced this, hoping, no praying for Vivi to say something.
"Oh Avery." She cried while gripping Avery's hand. Avery looked at her hand, in her mind she was dully aware of pressure on it but it seemed so far away. If there was one thing that Avery felt besides depression at this moment it was loathing. Loathing at Crocodile, loathing at Baroque Works, and even loathing at Vivi. She knew Vivi didn't deserve it but how could Avery not? For it was Vivi, and Vivi alone, that kept Avery from letting herself die. She would not, could not, let Vivi lose another person that meant so much to her. She felt hate towards Vivi only because she would not let herself die and hurt her best friend. So Vivi was unknowingly keeping Avery alive mostly against Avery's will. Vivi's head lifted and Avery's eyes moved from her hand to Vivi's face. A large grin was spread across her face. "Pell's alive."
The words didn't sink in immediately and when several minutes passed without any reaction from Avery Vivi was afraid that there was something wrong with Avery. But she hesitated in doing anything because immediately her mind thought of how slow Luffy could be. And indeed Avery had been just as slow right then. The small and malnourished girl sat up quickly and accidentally hit her head with Vivi's. Several loud curses left both girls and for a moment they didn't notice the doors being thrown open.
Shock had overwhelmed both of them and at first Vivi though Avery had started to cry but it was a laugh. Vivi joined in not knowing why they were laughing but it felt good at that moment. Tears had formed at the corner of Vivi's eyes from pain then laughter while Avery cried because she was glad. Pell was alive. And Vivi cursing was too funny. Igaram stood in the door way before running to find the king who Chaka and Pell would most likely be around.
He entered the throne room and looked around. "K-king Cobra, where's Pell?" Igaram stuttered. If Avery went to find Pell and he wasn't here he feared the girl that had wormed her way into their hearts would again break only to be unable to fix herself.
King Cobra was confused. He had told Igaram just not too long ago about sending Chaka and Pell out on a mission. "Heading to Yuba for a few weeks. They are going to help with fixing up of the town." Igaram's fears came to life. Pell wasn't here and Avery would become a shell again. Cobra's eyes widened. No, she hasn't, has she? "Avery is-?"
They all rushed to see her. It had been two weeks since she was put to sleep and hadn't woken up since. They stood in the doorway and watched as she grinned widely at Vivi and spoke with her mouth full. Chaka stood behind them now, trying to see what was going on. Avery looked at them and her eyes seemed to search. They knew it was for the one person who wasn't there. "Guess I gotta build up my strength for when he wakes up too huh?" She grinned and continued to eat. Vivi looked and fear was written all over her face.
"He's not here." Chaka said. He knew someone had to tell her he wouldn't be for several weeks. "He's heading to Yuba to try and help fix up the place. We didn't think you'd wake up. At least not for a while." Avery's face went blank and they all tensed. She looked at Vivi who had started to shake with fear. Tears running down her friends face.
Avery leapt off the bed and tackled Vivi to the ground and she laughed. "Vivi say's he's alive so I just have to believe her don't I?" She looked up at the three completely shocked men. "Of course I may start to doubt after a while but I have to trust Vivi, she's my best friend so until he gets back I'll have to try and gain some of the weight I had lost." They remembered what Terracotta had said about her physical state that day. How badly she had taken care of herself. How light Pell had said she had felt and how fearful he had become for her after that. "Vivi, I think we should train. Both of need to get stronger to protect others right? I'm sure that if it takes Pell too long to get back we could go and visit, right?"
"Three weeks." Igaram said. "If he's not back in three weeks then you may go not before that."
.~:*:~.
"Ready to go?" Avery asked Vivi. Avery was back to normal, mostly. She still slept with Vivi and woke up to nightmares in the middle of the night. But not only had she lasted the given three weeks she was determined to show them that not only did she trust them but she could wait, so she waited until four weeks. While Avery had been healing and doing the simple exercises in sword play that Pell had shown her Vivi had been learning how to shoot and a simple sword moves.
Now after the tedious four weeks Avery and Vivi were ready to leave. Carue, Vivi's spot-billed duck, and Cowboy, the most relaxed spot-billed duck of the Super Spot-Billed Duck Squad, and Ivan X, the largest of the Super Spot-Billed Duck Squad, were waiting for them. Ivan X held enough food and water for the girls to make it to Yuba and there was enough water for the Ducks around their necks.
Vivi, wearing shorts and a tank top under her white robes, got onto Carue and made sure her gun was in a place easy to reach and not in the way. Avery got onto Cowboy, she had on white shorts and a white tank top under a light purple robe, resituated her single sword so it wasn't digging into her hip. "Vivi looked over at Avery and under their hoods both girls grinned and the ducks took off. Just as they reached the outer wall of Alubarna they could hear someone screaming about their disappearance, apparently the other ducks hadn't been able to give them any more time. But what they had been given was enough.
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"Get Yuba on the Den-Den Mushi!" Igaram did as Chaka said. And it was Pell that answered. Chaka took the phone from Igaram. "How much longer are you going to be there?" He asked in a slightly strained voice.
Pell was confused but he answered anyway. "Another week or two. Why Chaka?"
"It's just... Don't worry about it." Chaka hung the phone up. "Stupid girls." He mumbled and held his head. "Igaram, I'm going to take ten guards and see how far they've gotten. Though I doubt We'll catch up with them. They've got at least several hours head start and are on the spot-billed ducks." Igaram took a brief period of time to realize what Chaka was saying.
"Don't bother. There's no way you could catch them on horses and not even you on foot. Only Pell would be able to and, ironically enough, that's where they are headed. Just pray that none of the dangers of the desert get them." It was silent again as the two waited for something anything. And what they got was not what they wanted. The kings booming laughter echoed through the halls and into the room. Both men made a face as they realized something, someone had to tell the king that his daughter, and recently adopted daughter, had went into the desert to reach Yuba with no protection.
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"What's the plan?" Vivi asked Avery in a low voice. They had encountered a problem quite early and neither had really planned for this. At least Vivi didn't, she hoped Avery did.
"Easy." Avery whispered in a low voice also. "Get ready." She said to the ducks who were just as confused as Vivi but they faced the way Avery wanted them to and tensed as if about to run. They got what her plan was then. The large purple lizards faced the girls as the noticed. "Run!" Avery yelled and her and Vivi held on for dear life as the ducks ran. By the time they reached a large standing of rocks they had lost the lizards. "See? I have good plans." Avery grinned at Vivi and laughed. By noon tomorrow they would reach the large water way and by night fall they should reach the opposite bank and another two days of riding they would make it to Yuba. Of that's how they planed it and rationed the food.
When they woke up in the morning the quickly got ready and headed out before the sun rose, hoping to get a good amount of space covered before the heat hit. And they reached the water way earlier than they had expected and there was a pleasant surprise for them. The Kung-Fu Dugongs were thee playing in the water. They noticed Vivi and they came and greeted her. Avery had heard all about her tales of the Straw Hats and knew about these animals. And when Vivi asked for help crossing they agreed and helped to swim the girls across and the ducks followed. Without the extra weight of the girls the ducks made it quite fast and the Dugongs had no trouble bringing Vivi across. It was Avery that quite a few of them had to help with. The girl didn't know how to swim and feared the large body of water.
And even with the inconvenience of Avery's fear they were making great time. Though they had indeed miscalculated how long the journey would take. Especially after losing the map. Just as Vivi ate the last of the food while walking, they had decided to stop riding the ducks as soon as the day began because they didn't want them to get tired out. Avery guessed they were still a day or two from Yuba though and was worried when Vivi gasped. "You haven't been eating." Vivi just noticed.
"I ate enough in Alubarna to last me a while. I'm not like Luffy so don't worry." Avery gave Vivi a carefree grin and looked around. "Let's head that way." Avery pointed in a direction. "I think I see something." Vivi didn't argue and the two started to walk that way.
"Avery," Vivi said and Avery looked over her shoulder at Vivi. "You love Pell, right?" Avery couldn't help but to laugh.
"If I didn't love him do you think I would have been in the state I was in?" Aver grinned at Vivi.
"How did you know though?" Avery had given Vivi most of the facts about herself and Pell, just not the miniature details. "I- I think I might love Kohza."
"Well I didn't know. I just did what I felt right and by the time I realized I did love him it was too late and I was completely head over heals. But I didn't immediately love him. You remember the first time I met him." Both girls stopped walking and remembered the time when they were so much younger and more innocent.
.~:*:~. Flashback.~:*:~.
Vivi, seven years old, was sitting at the table her eyes scanning the faces of everyone around. Seeing no one looking at her she took some food from her plate and placed it in a napkin on her lap. She had failed to notice how Pell was watching from the corner of his eyes. When her plate was close to empty she asked for seconds and continued with her eat, look around, hid food routine. By the time she finished the second plate she had gotten quite a lot of food snatched up. She excused herself and before anyone could question her ran off to her room. Pell too excused himself, he was quite curious as to what was up. Ever since Kohza had left she had been acting quite sad but recently she had perked back up.
On the other hand Vivi entered her room and closed the door. "Avery." She called and from under her bed a girl that was older than herself by five years, but much smaller from lack of nutrition, crawled out. She fit into one of Vivi's younger dresses. Both of them sat on the bed talking in whispers as Avery ate and Talked. Spinning stories of truth and exaggerations to the younger girl. They were stories that she had learned while living on the streets. Now she lived under Vivi's bed. Avery was about to take another bite of bread but paused. Her keen ears picked up light foot falls. Diving off of the bed and under it Avery held her breath.
Vivi sat on the bed confused as to why Avery had done that when Pell entered. Vivi gasped and Pell looked at her bed seeing the food scattered on the blankets. He sighed because for sometime now he had his suspicions. "Vivi-sama, you know you cant save every homeless child out there. I'm sorry but I can't allow this. His eyes searched looking for where the other kid could be hiding. His ears strained to hear the kid. He knew from experience that children could not stay still for long nor could they stay silent any more than they could stay still. But he heard and saw nothing.
"But Pell-Chan," Vivi cried. She didn't know what else to say. Pell locked eyes on her and then then flicked down. The bed was indeed low but perhaps a child could fit under there. HE saw how Vivi tensed and knew that he had found the other kid. He knelled by the bed and Vivi hit him on the head as hard as she could, he just ignored her. Lifting the bed covers with one hand and reaching under with another he instantly pulled back with a hiss of pain. The kid under the bed had bitten his hand and now there were tiny teeth marks on his hand between his thumb and fore finger.
At the foot of the bed the kid shot out and Pell ran after her, she was wearing a dress that looked similar to one of Vivi's. She didn't make it far before Pell caught her. He lifted her up by the back of the dress and looked at her in the face. "It's not nice to bite people." He said calmly. Her reply was to spit in his face. He made no notion the he even noticed he brought her to the palace entrance and threw her out onto the grassy ground. As soon as his back was turned he made a disgusted face and wiped at the spit. "Imprudent child." He grumbled and look at the crying Vivi. "I know you wish to help everyone but right now you can't." She turned her back to him and ran back to her room. Pell followed and both were shocked to see the child there again.
"I'll be seeing ya around Vivi." She said in her child like voice before climbing out the window. Pell looked out the window and saw the many chipped hand holdings that the child was using to get in and out. He groaned and turned shocked to see Vivi next to him. She tossed a bundle out the window and the child yelled thanks. That was not the last time either of the two would be seeing that girl.
.~:*:~. Flashback End.~:*:~.
"I remember the look on his face when he found you in my room right after he had trown you into the court yard." Both girls giggled and resumed walking towards the way they had been.
"From that first meeting you would never have guessed that we would have fallen in love with each other. And with how many times I had tried to attack him or when he'd throw me into the court yard and filled in my hard worked hand holds. Or all of the yelling we did and the names we called each other. No one would have guessed but sometime in the middle we had grown feelings for each other." Avery grinned remembering the first time they had kissed. "The first time either of us really realized our feelings was our first kiss."
"You didn't know before hand?" Vivi questioned.
"No way. I knew I had feelings for him but I didn't know what they were. You were eleven I think and me fifteen just about sixteen. It started as a mock battle. I had found a sword way to big and challeneged him. He used his to cut the sword in half and it was the perfect size for me. As I jumped at him-"
.~:*:~. Flashback.~:*:~.
Avery threw her small body at the much larger male. Shock was clear on his face but he knocked the sword out of her hands easily. She was still going forward and neither had time to fully react. Both fell to the ground as Avery landed on top of him. IT was a moment before they realized that their lips had locked and as soon as Avery realized it she jumped up off on him, grabbed her sword, and ran off. Pell just laid there.
.~:*:~. Flashback End.~:*:~.
"Later, much later, Pell had told me that he had actually liked the chaste kiss but was disgusted with himself because he was an adult and I was still just a child. As soon as he told me that I kissed him and said screw right and wrong. SO do just that. Screw what others was Princess Vivi to do and just do what Vivi wants to. If you want to kiss Kohza then do it. If you want to hid and do as your father says then do that and live a life of regret." Avery grinned as Vivi nodded. "Hey, look."
Vivi looked and there was Yuba. And someone on a hoarse was riding fast towards them. Vivi coughed, her throat dry and her water empty. Avery handed over her half full canteen. Vivi took several large gulps before handing it back and Avery put it on her belt under the robe, hidden from the blistering sun, once again. Kohza stopped feet from them and dismounted. "Are you and idiot!" He yelled at Vivi. "You could have died going through this desert."
Hey," Avery cut him off. "We had a plan for every monster we met." A sound came from behind them and Vivi's eyes widened while Avery made a disturbed face. "Shit." She cursed. "Hey, remember that plan I talked about?" Vivi nodded, "Now's a good time to put it in action." The glanced over their shoulders and saw it was the lizards that had been following them for close to a week now. The two jumped onto the ducks backs. "Run!" Avery yelled and all three people did just that.
"That was your plan?" Kohza yelled at them.
"Yeah, and it's worked so far." They were ahead of the large lizards but not close enough to the city for safety and Kohza's horse was slowing down. "I'm lighter than you and the duck still has a lot of energy, switch with me!" Avery yelled to Kohza, he didn't argue as she jumped onto his horse and he onto the duck. Looking over his shoulder he saw that she was right behind them, and the lizards behind her. He looked back in front of him and soon enough he and Vivi no longer heard the lizards following them. But neither did they hear Avery or the horse. A curse left him as he noticed Avery was heading in a different direction than them with both lizards following her. Vivi was yelling and both people had stopped. They were close to Yuba now but there was no way anyone would make it to her in time.
A thud next to them made both teens turn their heads. A large, man sized, falcon was standing next to them. "Pell." Vivi said. "Avery's over there." She pointed. And with his sharpened eye sight he caught sight of her immediately. He jumped and was headed towards her. He had noticed that Kohza had left in a rush so he slowly made his way to see why. And he saw Kohza make his way quickly towards Yuba with Vivi. At first he didn't know why they were in such a rush to get back so he had went to them. Now he understood.
He also realized just how muck of an idiot his lover was. Of course he wouldn't love her like he did if she was any other way. But still and idiot to do something like this. He caught up to the lizards and took out his sword. He landed on the head of one and dug his talons into it. Then with his swords stabbed it through it's skull. It thrashed around and he took off after the other one. It would die soon enough and right now he was more worried about saving Avery. The Lizard stopped and Pell flew right passed it only to see a riderless horse running off. The Lizard reared back and screeched Pell could see that Avery had a sword through the things tongue and was holding on trying not to get swallowed. Pell swooped in and with his back feet grabbed Avery by her shoulders and flew out. He tossed her onto the sand before going back at the lizard to kill it.
Only the lizard backed up before turning tail and running. Pell landed and shifted from his Zoan form back to his human one. Avery ran passed him sheathing her sword as she went and yelled at him to run. He looked behind him just in time to slash and remove the stinger of a large scorpion. It reared back and Pell decided to ignore it. Sheathing his sword her transformed again and flew over to Avery at a lazy pace compared to his normal pace. "Would you like a ride?" He questioned and Avery stopped, stumbled a bit and he easily maneuvered his wings so that her went in a lazy circle around her before landing. She bent over hands on her knees and looked at him. Still panting she pointed behind him and he jumped out of the way just in time to avoid the large lizard that was bleeding profusely from the head.
By the time he killed the thing and took care of the scorpion that decided to come back for seconds Avery was laying on the ground breathing slowly. "You know, I made a lucky guess in which direction to take to get to Yuba." She laughed. "But there was no way I could tell Vivi that. I didn't want her to be any more scared or disappointed than she already was about losing the map." Sitting up The hood fell from Avery's head. "I'm just glade you saved me." Pell, still in his Zoan form jumped into the air and started to fly back to Yuba. "Ack!" Avery made the weird sound she did when thoroughly surprised. She ran to catch up to him before tripping.
She stayed laying on her stomach and Pell flew back. He circled her for a while before speaking. "When was the last time you ate?"
"Hungry." She moaned. Pell landed and before he could take off again she hopped onto his back. "I missed you." She said and he took off. Her arms hung loosely around his neck and she just laid on his back. He turned his head to look at her and realized she was asleep. When he made it back to Yuba she as still asleep and he was worried that like last time she wouldn't wake up. But Vivi quelled that fear by waking Avery up.
"How stupid are you?" She yelled and Avery slid off of Pell's back, Pell was once again in his human form. "What do you think you were doing running off like that? You could have easily gotten eaten." Vivi yelled at the half asleep Avery and kept going on about how stupid she was. Avery just sat there and agreed with everything Vivi said.
When Vivi took a breath Avery asked her, "Did you tell him yet?" Vivi took a step back and her eyes darted around. "How about food?" Avery's stomach grumbled.
"I'll go get food." Vivi ran out of the tent.
Avery looked to Pell. "She likes Kohza. More than a friend. I think they make a cute couple." Pell opened his mouth to say something about it not being right. "Screw right or wrong." Avery grumbled and stood up. "We did and nobody really cares. And besides if the king 'unites' the rebels with the 'kingdom' through a marriage wont that help the 'unify the country once again'?" She said and Pell had no reply to that. When she wanted to be Avery could really be smart. "I'm hungry, how about you?" She asked with a smile.
Pell was hungry, but not for food. His eyes roamed her body and noticed that while she had gained some of her lost weight back she was still much skinnier than when he had last seen her before he had been hurt. With lust filled eyes he met her eyes. A blush had covered her cheeks. "We can quell my hunger later." He said. Yet that didn't stop him from walking forward and lifting her up to kiss him. On instinct her legs wrapped around his muscular waist and her hands went beneath his hat and tangled in his blond hair. After a few minutes the broke the kiss, both of them breathing heavily. "I missed you too." He finally said. Vivi went unnoticed as she ran from the room, the food left next to the door.
P.s. If you ever notice any errors in my story like HE instead of He or He instead of Her let me know. (If you point out anything like how Vivi never had a friend like Avery I will thank you for pointing out the obvious and inform you that I don't care. This is fanfiction and I have the power to do as I wish, don't like, don't read, enjoy and remember flames keep my toes nice and warm.)