Worlds Left Behind
I watched Lucina as she obviously thought the same thing about the boys' wing as I did earlier about the girls' when I followed Luma, just like she was following me. The two dorm areas really were similar.
"I've, uh, never been in this wing. It's kind of a deja vu kind of feeling. Almost like a parallel universe to the one I know," she remarked, then shuddered slightly.
"What's wrong?" I asked, somewhat concerned. Parallel universe? How could that warrant a shiver like that?
Her facial expression changed from lost in thought to jumpy in a second, "Oh, nothing. It's just that my experience with parallel universes isn't exactly pleasant."
That didn't dispel my curiosity, "How so?"
"I'd rather not talk about it now. Maybe another time," she said.
I decided to let it go, "Okay then. So, how have you been?"
She shrugged, "Good. Not much has changed since I last saw you. It was only yesterday, after all. Thanks again for helping Luma, by the way."
"It really was nothing. Turn down this way," I guided her.
She shook her head, "What was that?"
Since she didn't turn, I nudged her and motioned down the hallway toward my room. She took the hint. A playful elbow to the ribs hit me back.
I chuckled, "My room's right here. Come on."
We stopped in front of my room. I could see a bit of a nervous glint in her eyes. The door swung open as I pushed into the room. At that moment, I was very glad it wasn't a mess. In fact, it was cleaner than normal.
She hesitated, "Can I come in?"
"I'll only be a moment, but sure," I continued into my room. My sword, the Yato, was normally kept under the bed. In my tired state I crashed into bed with Luma yesterday, I must have tossed it somewhere else. Lucina sat down on the edge of my bed and watched as I looked around for it. It turned out to be on my bookshelf under one of my Nohrian texts. Luma must have put it there.
Lucy must have realized how it got there, "Oh, that's funny. Luma does that all the time with Rosy's things. She can never find her wand. It's pretty funny watching her look for it as Luma acts like he has no clue where it is."
I laughed, "That's great. Anyway, I'm ready to go."
"Wait," she interrupted, "Who are these?"
She was pointing to a picture frame on my end table. It had caricatures of my four Nohrian siblings in it, sketched my one of my royal maids, Flora. Xander and Leo, my brothers, looked very serious, but I could still feel their friendly demeanor toward me through the images. Then there was Elise, my little sister. She exuded happiness and excitement, even through her portrait. In the other corner of the frame was my other sister, Camilla. Overbearing and caring to a fault, she was quite a sight. Any other man might be attracted to her, but of course I hadn't been.
After thinking about them for a moment, I responded, "Those are my brothers and sisters. The Nohrians, anyway. Apparently I have more in Hoshido, but I've only met them briefly. Those are the ones I'm close to, in the pictures."
"I think it's cute that you keep them by your bed. You must miss them a lot."
I blushed a little bit, "Yeah, they're probably what I miss most from my world. They're really all I had. That might change when I get back though. I kind of abandoned a bunch of opportunities when I came here. Hopefully things will be okay when I get back."
"I get that. My friends and my brother were all I had for a long time," she sighed. It seemed like she had a sensitive past. Maybe I'd get to know it someday.
"Yeah. Anyways, weren't we on our way to train?" I opened the door again, and we exited my room. We were quiet until we got to the training grounds, though. That's where the fun began.
