The girl slept for two in a half days, and as Meliodas had expected- Ban never left his room or the girl's bedside. Which was okay, the blond supposed since it gave them time to prepare for her to wake. He had already sent Gowther on one errand, while sending Diane, Elizabeth and King into town at the local village to get extra clothing and such.

After which Meliodas had built a few extra rooms onto the area above the tavern- one of which would serve as a bedroom for Ban's girl if his friend chose not to share his bed and his space with her. And even if he did, the room would still be there just in case the girl needed it.

Which was very likely given Ban's personality.

Still, Meliodas made a point of making the room nice and spacious. Of furnishing it with hand made ornate flowering vines carved into the head and foot of the bed that he had made along with some other pieces. Mostly flowering vine covered shelves.

Oh! And the large oval mirror that he had bought and fixed up for her so that it matched the rest of her room.

After he finished carving the flowering vines and building the furniture, Meliodas then painted everything with a light brown before he then painted the walls of the room a nice girly color- he didn't know which one, the blasted room could be a nice cringe worthy pink and he still wouldn't notice due to his ability to zone out.

After which he then brought in some mattresses, sheets, pillows, and some curtains that he hung up before quickly exiting the room. After all, he was done. There was no point in standing back, admiring his handy work and feeling a sense of accomplishment.

Ban could do at least one of those things for him before he felt any sense of accomplishment.

Walking back down the hall, Meliodas was passing by Ban's room when he heard the faint sound of his friend speaking and paused so that he could listen.

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Ban hadn't bothered to eat or sleep during the time the girl remained asleep. Not because he was immortal and didn't need to eat and sleep but because- well okay technically speaking he didn't need too. It was merely the normalcy of the two actions that he usually craved.

But this was different.

It was different because he had decided to finally claim another person as his, and said person was currently injured and unresponsive and unable to make any attempt to defend herself should anything happen. And that alone was enough to scare him into staying glued to where he currently rested on the floor with his back against the wall, facing the bed.

So that he could see just in case something happened.

But as the day wore on from morning to a little past noon, the only thing that happened was the girl beginning to stir. Hearing a soft moan escape her, Ban was on his feet in an instant and leaning over her as her eyes fluttered and opened.

Revealing eyes as vivid a red as her hair as he reached out and framed her face in his hands and muttered under his breath, "Come on, come on- Wake up." His heart hammering in his chest, Ban watched anxiously for several more moments before the girl finally managed to wake up enough to lift her arms and put her hands on him and weakly try to push him away.

Ban felt a jolt of something unfamiliar course through him the second her hands touched the muscle of his chest that wasn't covered by his shirt and jacket, causing him to smile a little bit as he grasped both of her small hands in his own and lifted her wrists to his lips before moving away to go to the door and shout, "She's awake! Can we get some food up here?!"

Before turning around and recalling that his captain wasn't much of a cook before shouting, "Never mind! I'll come down and fix something myself!" Before turning back to the bed where the girl was now sitting up, holding her head with one hand as she gave him a suspicious look as he walked back over to the bed and leaned down to pick her up but was stopped when she grabbed the pillow and smacked him in the face with it.

Stopping in mid motion upon recognizing what the smack was, a warning shot, Ban looked at the girl almost expectantly as she asked, "Who're you?"

"My name is Ban. What's your name red?" He asked as he studied her for a moment.

"Akane... My name is Akane."

"Akane what? You have a last name don't you?"

"Niran. Akane Niran."

Ban tilted his head a bit in a curious manner as he tested the name on his tongue for a moment before finding it acceptable to him. "It sounds like a nice name. Foreign. What does it mean?" He found himself asking.

"Akane means brilliant red. And Niran means flame." She muttered with a small frown as she looked at him and saw his vivid red eyes look as if they were glowing for a moment. But that wasn't possible. People's eyes didn't glow. Akane thought to herself as the man muttered something that she couldn't hear before looking down at her again and noticing that she was sitting there in her bra.

Oh right.

After he had found her and his captain had stripped her of her clothing so that she could get warm faster, he had pretty much forgotten that she wasn't compeltely dressed.

Moving away from her and the bed, Ban went over to the dresser where he had placed everything that his captain had brought for her, and dug out some fresh clothes for her (including some panties) and then grabbed a brush and some slippers and walked back over to the bed and dropped everything in her lap.

"Here. You need clean clothes... And probably a bath too since you've been asleep for two in a half days." He said with a small frown as he pointed to the door across the room, over by the window and said, "Bathroom is through there. Do what you need to do and then come downstairs. Okay?"

Akane blinked and opened her mouth to say something but closed it again when she noted that he had already disappeared and left her alone.