Chapter 56
… "My name is Kitster. Kitster Banai. You?"
Leah just looked down. She wasn't about to tell a man she had no idea who he was about her situation, that she had no memory and she was looking for the person who dropped her in a transport ship and left her there like an unwanted meat.
She just kept looking away, frown not leaving her face.
Kitster chuckled with amused eyes. She reminded him of someone he used to know.
"You're a weird kid, you know that? Come on. Let's have that checked."
"What?"
"Your head. You were hit pretty badly. It's better to be safe than sorry. Come on. Let's go to my house."
"I'm fine."
"You don't look 'fine'."
"Even so, it's none of your business, so just go away and leave me alone!" She said angrily and left.
Laetitia was sitting on the ground against a wall. She wrapped her arms around herself and was hugging herself. She shrunk even more when she noticed that man she saw earlier come closer.
He, too, sat on the ground but he couldn't see Laetitia because she was sitting behind him. He didn't turn around to face her but knew she was there.
"I know. I know. You told me to leave you alone but sorry. I can't do that when I see a kid that is hurt."
Leah didn't say anything.
"Can you talk? I know you're young but you seemed to speak pretty well for a kid like you."
Leah didn't answer him.
"Look, I know you think you're fine but I don't think you are. Let's go to my house and have your head looked at. I won't do anything weird. I promise."
Leah considered that for a moment but she shook her head in decline. She wouldn't go to a house she had no idea who it belonged to.
"Fine! Then, I'll stay here for however long with you. I won't leave without you," He said with fake and childish anger in his voice.
Kitster chuckled to himself.
"You're just as stubborn as he was. My best friend. He, too, denied it when he was in pain because he wanted to look strong. One time, he even collapsed but kept insisting he was 'fine', just like you are." He smiled sadly and muttered to himself "I can't believe he's gone."
Leah felt like there was a story behind it and it was sad, seeing the look on his face.
Kitster just kept talking and Laetitia kept listening, while pretending otherwise.
2 days later
Laetitia was sitting on a chair in this Kitster Banai's house. He didn't leave as he said and stayed with her for two days. Finally, Leah was convinced to go with him.
She looked around awkwardly. It was a modest house. A small living room that had a sofa, a small kitchen where you could barely eat it and a bedroom. She didn't look inside it but from what she saw, there was a bed there.
She felt uncomfortable. She had no idea who he was and yet, she was in his house.
"Where did you get these scars and bruises?" Kitster asked, touching Leah's body.
"Trouble at home?"
Leah scoffed bitterly.
If only.
"Okay. Sore subject. Got it." He paused "This isn't gonna do it. Let's go find a med-droid or something."
Leah came out of her thoughts.
"Hmm?"
"I said let's go find a med-droid."
"But I'm fine. There's no need." She smiled to reassure him.
"I think you have a concussion."
"No, I don't."
"Then why don't you remember your name?"
Leah blinked and almost jumped out of her seat.
How did he know?
"Uh … that … that's not true." She stuttered.
"Really? Then what's your name?"
Leah looked away. She was getting uncomfortable and irritated having this conversation.
"What about your home? Your parents? Where are they? They must be worried sick."
"I don't know." She said quietly.
Kitster looked at her.
The concussion must be worse than I thought.
"I said I don't have a concussion!" She said, being irritated.
Kitster and Leah both jumped out of their seats.
Leah just realized he didn't say anything. So how did she know what he thought? How did she hear it?
"Did you just … read my mind? How?"
"Uh … uh … No. I just … guessed that's what ... you were thinking." She smiled nervously.
Kitster looked at he suspiciously but let it go. He seemed to be convinced.
"Okay. Back to the subject. What do you mean you don't know? I know you're too young to remember the details but you should at least know your name or your address."
"I don't remember."
Kitster looked at her with confused eyes, demanding an explanation.
Leah sighed "I don't know what happened but I have no memory of what's happened in my life before a few days ago where I woke up in a transport ship, on its way to Corellia."
Kitster just shook his head. This was too much and definitely, not what he expected.
"Wait, a transport ship? To Corellia? That criminal planet? But if that's where you were going, what are you doing here? On Tatooine?"
"I was told someone dropped me off the ship and he was last seen on Tatooine …"
"And you came back here to find that person." He completed the sentence for her.
"Okay. Well, what does he look like? I've on Tatooine my whole life. I know everybody around here." He said, trying to help her.
"I don't know."
"What?"
"I don't know what he looks like. I just know he has ginger hair."
"That narrows it down to nothing. Everyone here has ginger hair."
"Look, I know it's a long shot but I have to find him!" She snapped.
"I'm sorry … It's not ... I'm just …" She paused, looking for words to describe her feelings and situation but found none.
"I know. It's okay." He said, holding he hand.
"Why don't you stay here for the time being?"
"Here?"
"Just until you find what you're looking for." Kitster said smiling.
Leah just looked at him, appreciating his offer. She couldn't just stay on the streets and she spent the last two days with him. He didn't seem like a bad person.
"Is that … okay?"
"I wouldn't offer if it wasn't."
Done :)
