The two ate lunch, not saying a word.

The girl movements were slow, as she would winced once in awhile, whimpering. Shadow sighed softly, glancing at her, his red eyes filled with worry.

"May I ask you something Alyssa..?" He asked her, as he pushed his plate away from him. She looked up at him, as she nodded softly, her baby blue eyes watching him carefully. "Why are you scared of hidding-"

"I just do, ok?" She cut him off, folding her ears down, looking away. "I'm sorry to sound rude, but I just do, ok...?"

"I understand." he told her, as he rose, taking his plate to the sink. He washed it and dried it, then put it away. He came back to the dinning room, as he walked past the girl, saying to her, "I have some work to do, call me if you need anything." He said, sighing at the end. He made his way down the hall, and into his bedroom, slamming the door shut behind him.

The girl glared down at her plate, her bottom lip pouting, as her eyebrows frowned deeply. She dared not move, as her body felt sore. Her mind started to wander, as soon, horror thoughts came to her head once more. Her eyebrows rose slowly, as her body trembled, as her hands that clamped onto her knees started to shack. She drew her lip back, bitting on it softly, as she shut her eyes tightly, bowing her head.

Her tears dripped softly down onto her legs, making her shiver each time it her.

"GET AWAY!" She screamed, coving her head with her hat that she grabbed. Tears ran down her redden cheeks, as she cruld up in the connor of a wall, her tail wrapped around her. A form slowly made its way to her, as she screamed in fear, as it grabed her arm. They laughed as their hand coild back, as it came back, snapping on her face. She cried out in pain, as she pulled her arm more, desspret to get away.

"Where do you think you're going, freak!" The voiced mocked at her, snearing at her. They drew back there hand again, slaping her in the same spot. She cried out for help, screaming at the top of her lungs.

"S-S-Some one!" She cried, trashing around, "SOMEONE HELP ME!"

Her eyes snap open when she felt a hand touched her shoulder, as her mind went blank.

She screamed out, as she jumped out of their grasp, slapping or punching, falling back onto the table. She sobbed, coving her face, as her body treamed.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" She screamed, when she felt the same hand touch her leg. She drew back her leg, as she kicked them, as she crawled back more onto the tablet, sobbing. "D-dont hurt me...!"

"I'M NOT GOING TO HURT YOU ALYSSA!" Shadow yelled, as he stumbled back on the ground, drawing in gasp of air. 'God dang does she kick hard!' he growled in his mind.

He watch on the ground as she sobbed on his table, trembling and shacking, as she keep mumbling to herself.

'What has happen to her? What is making her do this all of a sudden?'

"Fox..." He whispered, slowly rising, as he held his hands up slowly.

But thus caused her more pain.

Her eyes snap open, her eyes widen in fear, as she screamed, crawling back away from him, her plate fall off the table, shatting down on the ground.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" She screamed again.

Shadow put his hands down right away, as he slowly back up. "Fox, look, I'm not going to hurt you. Please, please, dear God, please stop... I'm not going to hurt you..." He spoke to her softly, his eyes watching her carefully.

Her eyes sifted where he was, as she watched him carefully. Her tears ran down her face, as she winced, her wounds on her arms opening again. She sat up, grasping her arm tightly.

"Fox, please, let me look at them..." he said softly. Her eyes shot up at him, as she shivered. "Fox, I'm not going to hurt you..." he said again, taking a step closer.

Slowly as can be, he made it back to the table, as he sat down in a chair, hands resting on the table, palms up.

"Let me see them..." He told her softly, as his eyes looked up at her, a small frown on his lips.

She watched him with horror eyes, but, slowly, they started to soften, as she gently laid her arm in his hands. He slowly unwrapped the wrap from her arm, as he got up, rushing as he came back with paper towel, as he held it gently on her arm, stopping the bleeding.

She whimpered softly, as once in a while pull away, her tears never stopping. He dared not let his eyes fall on hers, worried that she might be frighted by his red ruby eyes. He made quick work on cleaning her wounds, then wrapped them back up with some new gauze. Once done, he pushed himself away from her, as he bent down around the table, picking up the broken glass that feel from her 'melt down'. She watched him with tear-filled eyes, and once he disappeared to throw away the glass, she slipped off from the table, rushing into the living room, diving onto the couch, huddling up, covering herself with a blanket, desperate to disappear from this nascence.

Shadow walked back into the dinning room, finding the girl amiss. He slowly made his way to the living room, finding her cruld up on the couch. Sighing deeply, he walked slowly over to her, sitting down far away from her, to show no harm.

"hey..." He murmured, sighing again. "I'm not going to hurt you, ok? I don't know what happen to back then, but I am not going to hurt you, okay?" he sighed again. His hand gently patted her foot, as he rose, walking back to his bedroom slowly, flicking the light off.

Walking into his room, he left the door open, as he feel on top of his bed, sighing deeply into his pillow. He rolled over, throwing his arm over his eyes, while his mind wonder.

His thoughts were stopped sudden when a soft knock came to his door. He uncovered his eyes, sitting up, as he looked over at his door, seeing the young girl standing their, sifting slightly from foot to foot. She held a blanket around her, her ears folded down, while her tail wrapped around her right leg.

"S-...shadow...?" She mumbled, her voice just over a whisper.

"Yes...?" he replayed softly, ready to get of his bed, but was stopped when the girl took a step into the room.

"I...um...Want to apologies about what happen...I...just been...though a lot..." She said softly, sighing.

"That's why you hid them. That why you hid you tail and ears, because you were hurt...?" He said, as he saw the girl trembled.

"...yes" she mumbled, slinking back to the door.

"Come here..." He said softly, swinging his legs over to the edge of his bed.

The girl didn't move for a few minutes, her eyes sifted down.

Shadow could feel his heart ach, watching the girl standing there, broken.

His heart flutter slightly when she slowly made her way towards him. She stopped when her toes brush slightly over his, as she keep her eyes down.

"What are you going to do..." She asked softly, trembling slightly.

"This" He said, reaching up towards her, wrapping his arms around her. She flinch at the sudden movemnt, but slowly relaxed, wrapping her arms around his neck, hidding her face on top of his head.

Slowly, he guided her down to rest on his lap, wrapping his arms more tightly around her. The two sifted their heads to rest on each others shoulders. The girls trembling slowly died down, as her short breath slowly turn to deep, shallow breaths, her body relaxed under his grip. Shadow's tried eyes slowly sifted close, as he allowed his own body to relax.