A/N Yay! Another chapter! I'm actually just going to go ahead and upload the third chapter today. Otherwise, I might be too busy to finish uploading this story since school started.

Thanks to GoldenGyrfalcon for followding this story! you're actually the reason I'm uploading this story...I kinda had forgotten about this story...


Lilian ran out, not caring a bit about her wounds, and she saw her dear friends and her brother.

Alyss still managing to look graceful, Evanlyn looked incredibly happy.

Lilian saw Alyss give Will a tight hug that led to a long kiss between them. Evanlyn and Horace's show of happiness went somewhat similar to it, the only difference being the lack of a kiss.
Lilian hugged Selethen. He draped his arms around her in a friendly hug as well. Lilian felt like she was swelling with happiness, although it was only a friendly hug. But she couldn't help but wince slightly as his arms came in contact with the wound.
Selethen pulled away and placed two hands on her shoulder. His face was filled with worry. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," replied Lilian, despite the slight stinging sensation coming from the gash. Screw this wound. She liked the feeling of Selethen's arms around her.
"Hey, no hug for your brother?"
"I would have but you were preoccupied." Lilian laughed and hugged Will despite her wound hurting again.
She was vaguely aware that Halt's eyebrows were raised and she thought she caught words like "coffee" and "Pauline".
Lilian involuntarily let out a groan and Will looked concerned. She waved away his concern.
"Just that slash, you know. It's almost healed."
Selethen frowned as he looked Lilian's back. It obviously hurt so why wasn't she saying anything? He stepped forward when he saw what seemed like dark red blotch spreading slowly. Barely visible on the dark tunic, but it was definitely there. At the same time Will noticed it, by feeling and sight. The dark spot was spreading, signaling more blood was seeping out from the newly opened wound.
"Lilian!" Will shouted. Then he quickly draped one arm across his shoulder, supporting her.
"'m fine, 'm fine. It's not like I can't walk," said Lilian weakly.
"Sure, and I'm a butterfly," muttered Will darkly.
"You are a butterfly." Selethen said seriously.
"Oh?" managed Lilian, while Will grumbled.

The healers took her in with a lot of tsk's. It seemed tongue clicking was an universal language.
Selethen and Will waited outside. Will glanced sideways and asked. "So, what are you doing here?"
Selethen pondered over his answer. The truth was, Selethen didn't know why himself. It was just that he didn't like seeing her in pain. He found his eyes coming back to her again and again, and he couldn't help feeling a bit unsettled when she wasn't around. And Selethen couldn't deny that he quite liked her hug, even if it was probably just a friendly hug on her part. He recalled the scent of fresh pine in her soft brown hair...
Will coughed.
"Do you have a cold?" Selethen asked, pulled out of his thoughts.
Will rolled his eyes. "You spent too much time around Halt." When Selethen still stared at him, Will prompted, "We-ell?"
"I feel responsible for her," was the answer Selethen gave. Will's eyebrows shot up at this answer.
Selethen hastily added. "I mean her wound."
"Oh, right. " Will nodded in understanding and fidgeted with his knives. Selethen knew Will could be quite overprotective of Lilian, even more than he was of Alyss sometimes. As much of an expert swordsman he was, Selethen didn't fancy getting on the wrong side of this Ranger.
"Will!" Alyss called, walking over to them. "The Kiroki and Shigeru want to thank Chocho." She said with a lsight smile. Will groaned at the name.
"But Lilian-"
"Selethen can wait here, right?"
Alyss suddenly turned to him and Selethen found himself nodding without fully comprehending the situation.
"well, take care of her, alright?" Will walked towards the people with Alyss. Selethen took a double-take. Did Alyss just wink at him? What for?
Araluen and women were just too hard to understand sometimes.