okay, second chapter time! R&R and..yeah, flames are welcome.

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Millia rolled onto her side and slowly opened her eyes. It was morning now. The sun began to spill into the house through the giant windows, the new day being greeted by the chirping of birds. It was so picturesque...but that wasn't what was on her mind, she wanted to know where in the hell she was. She looked around at the gigantic house, the large kitchen with marble floors, the walls all painted tan.

She quickly rose to her feet, only to fall back down onto the couch in pain. "You're still hurt from last-night.", A voice said from behind her. She turned around to see Venom leaning on the wall. He had large bandages on his chest, legs, and the one on his arm. "You're not going to be able to move much for at least a few days.", Venom said as he pushed himself off the wall, beggining to walk towards her.

"Where am I?" Millia asked calmly. Venom walked to a chair across from the couch Millia was on and took a seat. It was a large, black leather armchair. He looked at her through his long mop of hair and replied, "You're in my home." Millia raised her head and stared at him, "Why didn't you kill me..." Millia asked in a low voice, her eyes piercing through his barrier of hair. He leaned forward in his chair and moved his locks out of his face, his golden eyes fixed on hers. "I'm weak. I should have killed you."

Millia replied meekly, "It's because of what I said about Zato isn't it?" leaving the room in a brief moment of silence. Venom looked away, but he knew he couldn't lie, especially to her, she knew as much as he did. Venom simply let out a firm 'yes'. Millia stirred a bit in her seat, "I wasn't lying just to save my life. It was true.", she blurted out quickly.

Venom's eyes dropped to the floor. He asked in a calm, deep voice,"Then why did you say it?". Millia thought to herself at that moment, why DID she say it? Out of fear she could understand...and she WAS afraid to die, no matter how tough she acted, how strong she had seemed, deep inside she had always had a fear of dying. Even when the assassin's guild thought they threw out all fear of anything when they 'crafted' their students, not everyone accepted death so easily. But no, that may have been why she thought it, but it wasn't the reason she said it...but then...why? Millia crossed her arms and looked way. "I don't know...I don't know why I said it.", she replied angrily.

Venom rose from his chair and walked over to her. She leaned back a little in her chair as he approached. He looked down at her and said, "Whatever the reason...I wanted to thank you...", he said as he began to move towards the stairs. Millia couldn't believe what she was hearing, him, THANKING someone? The only person he had ever shown any slight sort of compassion for was Zato.

As Venom began to muster his way up the stairs, he stopped and turned to look at her. "Are you going to stay in those rags all day?" he said. Millia lifited herself from the couch and slowly walked over to the stairs. Venom waited in the middle of the staircase as he watched her struggle to get up the stairs. He walked down to her and helped her up. As he they made it to the top Venom pointed down a long hallway, "The bathroom is down that way, there's some bandages in the drawer. I left you a set of clothes on the chair".

As Millia slowly hobbled her way down the hall, she turned and looked at Venom, "Why are you doing this? You've never been even remotely caring for anyone other than your precious master." She said. Venom turned to her and looked at her with his piercing gold eyes and said quietly, "I feel like I owe you something...let's just leave it at that". He continued on his way down the hall to his room. Millia continued on into the bathroom, and as she shut the door, she began to think that maybe Venom wasn't as horrible a person as she once thought...maybe.

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Well, there you have it. I must say that the next chapter shall be much longer! Hope you enjoyed it and stuff. Peace.