Hello all! I feel much better than before ....just some problems that needed some fixing and what not...Anyway, how's everyone's vacation in summer has gone? Isn't it funny, I STILL haven't started school yet!! LOL, I'm starting school on Sept. 13th! Can't wait to go back...strange little girl I am eh? But when u read this, I'll prob. Be in started school for a week...Hehe. Well, about this fic...
I'm surprised everyone liked that last chapter so much . . There hasn't been a lot of romance so I guess it was a small treat eh? But guess what!! From this chapter on, more romance scenes will start coming up!!!! I no everyone's thinking "Wtf!? It's about time!" After all, it is a romance story...I will also be hinting out other pairings...I think you'll all like the next chapter, fluff anyone!? If that's what it's called, I don't use a lot of fan fiction terms so bare with me...But u all will like the next chapter! Hopefully... . ;;
Oh! Another thing! Wait...never mind that...Anyway...Thanks for reviews...altho, some of them made me feel stupid while others made me feel inspired, lol. It's all good though! R&R!!
Hmm...I also might explain a few things cause some facts seem out of place and need understanding...hmm...maybe...anyway...That's if anyone asks me too...or have any questions...
Strawberry's Soul- Actually no...I made the poem on the spot, literally, when I was nearing the ending of the chapter. I wasn't planning on adding a poem, but now it's there! What did you think of it? Maybe I'll add more later on...I don't really like putting people's ideas like singers lyrics and poems... don't like the idea not one bit...I rather have something from me...something original. Thanks for reviewing!
Aiyu- What is with everyone and cookies!? LOL takes cookies and huggles them O.o gives her Pocky Say? Have you ever drunk this Chinese drink that taste like strawberry? It has these strawberry seeds floating in the liquid. The seeds have a jelly coating around it and the drink is like jelly itself. The drink itself look so wrong, the seeds look like baby eggs...but it tastes really great! Anyway, thankies .
Nikki- You better be reading this!! I added the KOS-MOS/chaos part just for you...and you'll get another treat of it in this chapter too... D I wasn't planning on putting to much K.K/C in here but u inspired me to, so thank you. But remember! This fic in mainly Jr. and MOMO. But the others might and will get their chances...thanks for reviewing!
MOMO, Angel of Light- Glad you liked that last chapter! I got some good reviews for it.hands of tissue J It'll be ok. I won't let on as to who is the mystery person, altho a may seem obvious...Enjoy this chapter! It's very long in my opinion...
Sailorjj07- Wow...such enthusiasm, lol. Thanks for your review hands over small treat basket. I update every week as I have mentioned before...although...it might be hard to update seen school starts. I'm joining the volley ball team and Saturday art classes...and I have a program I go to every wed. A lot of stuff right? Hehehe
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Blah Blah Blah- Thoughts
Light Your Face With A Smile
Chapter 11
Wipe
It had been a couple of days since they're arrival at the underground training facility. Everyone had calmed down since then. Shion and Allen had mostly been inside the lab figuring out ways to upgrade MOMO's system's and the sort. Of course, they couldn't forget about KOS-MOS, so sometimes Jr. would volunteer to stay in the lab while Shion went to do a check up on KOS-MOS's systems. And chaos, obviously, was there to help Shion whenever needed, especially if it had to do something with KOS-MOS (That's a duh!). Ziggy kept to himself, which cause the others to become concerned...why had he closed himself off so suddenly?
Things might have been silent around the place, but unsettled feelings still hung around in people's thoughts...
Speaking of Ziggy...the cyborg had been in his own room, doing nothing particular...he sat still on his maintenance chair, lost in his thoughts. Everything had been a complete mess...
His thoughts averted themselves, focusing on his comrades. He hadn't mean for the others to feel somewhat uncomfortable around him because of his mission...he also didn't mean for them to question their trust between each other. Ziggy crossed his hands together as he placed his chin on them. Jr. was another person to deal with...
From what he could gather, Jr. was utterly and completely pissed with the cyborg. He knew Jr. didn't like the fact that he couldn't save MOMO...and instead Ziggy did it for him. Ziggy then immediately lifted his head up. Why was he thinking so hard on this? Did it mean that much to him? What made him change...?
Isn't it obvious?
The image of MOMO appeared in his mind, and after many months, he closed his eyes and smiled...
After all the things and changes MOMO put him through, he had decided to cut the deal off. What deal may you ask?
"Where I would have been completely dead..." Ziggy thought as he laid back in the chair. He remembered meeting up with Juli at the U.M.N organization...the look on her face was priceless when he told her to forget it. She had asked why, but he kept those reasons to himself, like other things. His eyebrows came together as he narrowed his eyes. He didn't want to waste another thought on her. She was the reason they all were in this situation. MOMO wouldn't have been like this if it hadn't been for that woman.
Thinking of MOMO again brought him back to the thought of his own family...their deaths a mystery to him...( I'm not sure if that's true...I think it is, uh, this might be a small spoiler, not sure if it's true, maybe it isn't one, but a woman killed his family I think....and she might appear in the next game...It might have been the cause of him killing himself 100 years or something like that back...not SURE, so don't consider it true!! I'm still looking up...) MOMO reminded him of his son, how carefree and content he was as a child...he would always stay as a child though...never to come back, and for the first time in so long, he felt a pang of guilt and sadness hit him...
He wasn't the greatest father...nor husband...but he did miss them from time to time...well, all the time. In some way, Ziggy wished that he could somehow make it up to them, but of course...he was way late for that...
Ziggy stood up and headed for the door...one thing he could do for now...take care of MOMO. She was like a daughter, in a way, to him ... ( HAH! You all thought I was implying some Ziggy/MOMO thing!? Right!? Right!? Lol, well, I'm not...father and daughter!) So innocent, just like his son. Ziggy stopped walking in the hallway and looked towards the ceiling. He couldn't dwell on them forever...they were gone...he had to make a new life for himself...and with people he could now consider friends...
Jr. had been walking around the facility for quite awhile. During that time, he found that there was a game room in the place, which had failed to be mentioned. Now, he sat in one of the arm chairs lazily, with a small book in his hand and a pencil. He had been writing in it for who knows how long, from time to time, erasing mistakes and what not. He then stopped and looked up. Allen and chaos had entered and were chatting with each other. They also looked up and waved over to Jr. The red head only nodded as the other two males approached him.
"Hey Jr., I was wondering where you went." chaos said as he smiled.
"Yea, we're going to place some pool! I guess we all have to relax from time to time eh?" Allen added in as Jr. shook his head.
"Nah, I'll pass..."
"Oh come on Jr.! It'll take your mind off of a few things..." Allen spoke as Jr. looked down at his small book.
"What are you writing in there?" chaos questioned, causing Jr. to close the small book and place it on the table next to the chair.
"Nothing to important ( BS. lol )." Jr. answered as he stood up from his seat and stretched out a bit before looking over to Allen.
"Look Jr., I'm sure we could all use a break here. MOMO will get better, I'm sure of it! We can't really do nothing for her at the moment..." chaos trailed off as Allen mumbled.
"Cause Shion kicked us out of the lab..." Jr. eyed Allen as chaos merely chuckled and continued speaking.
"Anyway...we have to support her and each other...and, we're all here if you need anything, ok Jr.?" chaos put a hand on Jr.'s shoulder as he nodded again.
"Thanks...I guess I could play a game or two..." Jr. added as Allen perked up a bit.
"Great! Uh, I'm sure Chris would like to play, get to know each other right? How about it?" Allen suggested as the other two agreed. Allen quickly left as chaos glanced at Jr. He seemed to be in a more happier mood. chaos smiled at the thought. He was glad Jr. didn't beat himself up for the past events, things happened, he had to understand that. Even though he hadn't shown it, chaos knew he still blamed himself for MOMO's pain...he shouldn't be...
chaos also knew the fact that Jr. snuck in late night visits to MOMO. He caught Jr. once while feeling hungry one night. He didn't mind though, not one bit.
"Two against two?" chaos questioned as Jr. grinned.
"Sure. Why not? We both could probably whip their asses." Jr. said as chaos chuckled. Oh yes, things had been getting somewhat better...
It had been a couple of hours before the four males were done playing. And after all the games that had been played, chaos and Jr. won most of them. Allen plopped himself down on the chair Jr. had sat in previously and sighed. Jr. made a sly grin as he leaned against the pool table.
"Well, I guess you guys need more practice..."
"Hey, I can't help it! I work you know!" Allen pouted as Chris shrugged his arms.
"Excuses, excuses..." Chris added as he received a glare from the pouting young male. chaos had proceeded in putting the equipment away, and after doing so, he stretched his arms out and walked over to the others.
"Well, since we're all done here, I'll be taking a walk around the place, if any of you get the chance, call me when food is ready." With that said, chaos left, followed by Chris, saying how he needed to get back to work with Miyuki. Allen and Jr. were left in the game room, letting silence settle in.
"Guess I'll take my leave too." Jr. spoke as he walked over to where Allen was seated and reached out for the small book he had left on the table. Allen eyed the object curiously and leaned in the chair.
"Say...Jr.? What is in that book anyway?" The Vector employee asked as Jr. froze. Should he show it to him or not? Jr. stood up more straight as he starred at the book resting in his hands...
"If I show it to you...promise not to tell anyone what's in it?" Jr. asked a bit shyly, which surprised Allen. Sure, Jr. was older then him and at times he did act child like, but he did show his anger and mature side more. After a few seconds, Allen nodded.
"Sure, I promise." Allen agreed as Jr. handed the book over to him. Allen stood up from the chair and opened the little book, examining the contents inside. Could this be...?
"You did this yourself?" Allen asked incredulously as Jr. nodded. " It's been awhile since I've seen something like this, I never knew you had that side of you..."
"Yea...only Gaignun knows about it, I really wouldn't want the whole world to know that I was capable of doing that sort of thing...If you put it this way, there's just some things I'd like to keep to myself, you know? Something I don't have to share with everyone..."
"I think I get what you mean." Allen paused and handed the book back to Jr. "I'll be sure that no one knows about this...you seem to be really good with this type of stuff, how long have you been doing this?" Allen questioned as Jr. scratched the back of his head.
"A couple of years I think...I'm not the best, but I'm not bad either." Jr. said as he shrugged and turned around. "I'll be heading to my room now, If you need anything, just ask."
"Sur-"
"And if you need a plan to ask Shion out, I'll give you some tips!" Jr. left quickly before Allen got to protest about that last comment. Allen sighed heavily and made a displeasing look.
"He just had to remind me..."
"Allen!" The said male looked around as he heard Shion yelling out his name...and she didn't sound to thrilled...
"Uh oh..."
chaos had enough of walking around. He had checked up on a few things to see if any news came in. He had gone to the lab and found out that MOMO's hearing had been repaired, as well as her eye. The doctor and Shion said they would explain more later on what they plan to do for her, he hoped that MOMO would make it. Jr.'s sanity depended on it...
The silver haired male found himself nearing his room. After a few seconds, he made a left turn and suddenly froze in front of one particular door. He turned to face it, his expression turning blank. This was KOS-MOS's room. He had heard from Shion, when she was looking for Allen, that the android was in her room. He wasn't sure if she was asleep...recharging...whatever! But he couldn't contain the urge to leave her alone...alone. This could be his only chance to talk to her alone...
He sighed as he came to a decision. He approached the door, letting the automatic doors open for him as he stepped inside. Her room was filled with a few gadgets here and there. A small red couch stood on the left side of the room. KOS-MOS's maintenance bed sat in the middle of the room, it's cover opened, revealing the blue haired girl sitting up, starring at nothing particular. chaos wondered if she was checking over her systems, or maybe analyzing data? She didn't seem to acknowledge his presence, so chaos decided to leave...
"chaos?" He stood in place and quickly turned around, seeing now that she was out of her trance and starring at him blankly.
"Hello...KOS-MOS, are you busy? You seem to be..." chaos muttered the last part of his sentence as KOS-MOS jumped lightly out and closed the hatch to her bed.
"I am not attending to any matters at the moment as I have just finished checking on my sensors." KOS-MOS paused as she saw a little screen pop out in her eyes, showing chaos speaking. This scene repeated itself over and over, until she was finally able to rid of it. " But I seem to be having a malfunction."
"Oh? Do you need any help?" chaos questioned as he starred into her dark ruby eyes. He wasn't sure if he could get lost in them forever, seeing as how he couldn't detect any emotions flashing through them. There had to be some type of emotion somewhere...He knew there was, and he would make sure to find it.
"There is no need, Shion will assist me." KOS-MOS stated as chaos nodded, a tad bit disappointed that she refused his help. After a few seconds, KOS-MOS approached chaos. "Do you need any assistance?"
"Oh no!...It's just, I wanted to talk to you, that's about it." chaos waved his hands in front of himself as KOS-MOS tilted her head to the side.
"For the past 2.753681 minutes, we have been convers-" KOS-MOS had suddenly been cut off.
"I know KOS-MOS, but it's not what I was intending to talk about..." chaos paused and decided to take a seat on the couch. KOS-MOS watched him closely as he made himself comfortable. "Seat down." chaos said, patting a seat next to him. At first, KOS-MOS wasn't sure what to do, but complied anyway, taking a seat and she began to stare at him.
"What do you wish to talk about?" KOS-MOS questioned as chaos seemed to be in deep thought.
"Anything...just a regular conversation..." chaos paused. There were so many things he wanted to ask KOS-MOS, but her found them to be rude. But one question had been on his mind, ever since they first arrived on Second Miltia.
"Can you feel pain?" chaos asked quietly as KOS-MOS seemed somewhat confused.
"Pain?"
"Yes, can you feel pain?" chaos repeated. "Do you remember when the Elsa was heading into Second Miltia's atmosphere? You were going to save everyone by protecting the ship with your shield. Before leaving, you said ' Relinquish your pain onto me.' Did you feel it? Did you feel my pain?" He finished as KOS-MOS fell silent. She wasn't sure how to answer such a question, she didn't even remember the event too much herself. All she knew was that she had saved the Elsa that one time...
She turned her head and starred at the floor. chaos's eyes showed concerned as he leaned forward to look at KOS-MOS from the side. His eyes widened a bit, he parted his mouth, about to say something, but then closed it. Did he see something in her eyes? For just a second? Was his mind playing tricks on him? He looked more closely at her.
Longing? Did he see that reflecting through her ? And maybe a little spark of sadness? Had he cause something to trigger in her mind?
In a flash, those feelings were gone, and her eyes grew blank again. He looked away, not wanting to see her blank expression again. It bothered him to see her always have a sentence that called for numbers and data. He wanted her to put that all aside...and just talk...about anything. But how could he? She was an android...he had to face reality. Although, he knew something was inside her. He and that pink haired girl, Nephliem knew there was another KOS-MOS, waiting to burst out and be human...to have emotions...to have the burden of always killing people off her shoulders and feel an ounce of freedom for once...
"You forget chaos, I am an android, I cannot relate to human emotions or feelings." KOS-MOS finally stated as chaos quickly turned to her and held one of her hands. She looked at his hand holding hers and glanced at him.
"You can feel this right? If you can, there has to be some emotion to go with it when I touch you. Feel deeper, look deeper...don't shut those emotions out, I know you have them in you. You can't just shove them aside because your systems tell you to, fight it." chaos stated quickly as KOS-MOS grew silent again.
She couldn't comprehend the situation. She tried to understand his words. A battle within her self? Was that even possible? chaos then led her hand to his face, her smooth skin making contact with his. Her hand now rested on his cheek, and she still couldn't understand why he was behaving so strangely.
"You can feel this too, right?" chaos locked his eyes on hers, a serious expression falling over his features. What was he doing? Why did she suddenly feel a tingling sensation in her fingers?
Sighing, he decided to let it go. He was acting like an idiot in front of her, it didn't show much, but she seemed to be confused and lost. He thought it best to leave, so he proceeded to let go of her hand...but as he did so, he was quite surprised to see that her hand hadn't drop back to her side. Instead, it rested there, not moving an inch. It became silent for a few moments, until to chaos's shock, KOS-MOS begin to caress his cheek softly in a repeating motion.
KOS-MOS didn't know what she was doing. She didn't know why her fingers tingled...all she knew was confusion. But she sat quietly, repeating her actions as she heard chaos sigh contently at her touch.
She felt even more confused and was so sure that her systems were malfunctioning when chaos suddenly cupped her face with both hands and kissed her on her forehead. She had stopped her hand and slowly took it away from chaos's face. She sensed his body heat rising...but to her amazement, she felt some type of heat forming on her face.
chaos had finally let go, slowly taking a good look at her while he still had his hands holding her face. chaos gave off a genuine smile as he saw for the first time...
KOS-MOS was blushing, and it made him feel happy. He stood up and walked in front of her. She slowly reacted to his actions and glanced up at him, the blush still on her cheeks as her eyes held confusion and dizziness.
"Well, I should be going, maybe dinner is ready, although it seems a bit early...I'll check anyway." chaos backed away a bit as KOS-MOS sat still, not even moving an inch.
"I'll see you at the eating area ok? I'm sure Shion would like to know about you malfunctioning." With that, he headed for the door and let it open. Before he left, he took one last look at her.
"See you later." chaos smiled and disappeared from the room. KOS-MOS never left her seat for awhile...still trying to understand what had just happened.
One thing she did understand a little, she felt lighter some how, and it didn't feel bad at all...
Feel? These are feelings?
It felt refreshing...
It had been a couple of days since chaos had that small talk with KOS-MOS. He seemed really excited that even though in the smallest of ways, he was getting through to her. It might take time, but he was willing to be patient...
At the moment, everyone was taking a break. They all sat in the small eating area, chatting about anything their minds could think up. Miyuki and Chris had stayed back in their working rooms, seeing how you can never have your guard down at anytime. They took their plates of food and left. Shion had finally forgiven Allen, so of course, he was on top of the stars when Shion actually talked to him. It was a true miracle...
chaos and Jr. had taken up their own table, and proceeded in talking about their own things.
"Everything has seemed to settle down." chaos talked as Jr. took a sip of his drink lazily. Even though he had been more corporative and calm ever since they had gotten to the place, that didn't mean he was suffering from the inside. Jr. did keep to himself a lot, just like Ziggy had been doing. chaos then pondered "Where is Ziggy? If haven't seen him for some time now..."
As if on cue, Ziggy came walking through the automatic doors. Everyone's eyes widened as they finally saw they're comrade come out of his cave for who knows how long. Shion smiled and decided to be the first one to greet him.
"Ziggy! How are you!? Where've you been? How are you feeling?" Shion asked a bit hastily as Allen gave her a disapproving look. " Sorry..."
"It's quite alright Shion, thank you for your concern." Ziggy replied. " I feel better now, just needed to get some things sorted out." Ziggy looked over to Jr., seeing as how he was looking the other way, uninterested. He then glanced back at Shion who only nodded.
"That's good to here." Shion smiled and looked at Allen, who seemed to be looking on a tad bit jealous...Shion shrugged her shoulders as Allen waved his hands in front of him, dismissing the on coming subject. KOS-MOS came out from the kitchen, holding more drinks for everyone. She walked over to Shion as the brown haired girl looked at her. KOS-MOS these days seem to be complaining of a malfunction with her sensors. And every time Shion checked, everything seemed fine, it was starting to annoy the hell out of her. Was she doing it for fun or what?
Shion stopped herself on that thought and frowned. If only KOS-MOS could release some emotions, instead of her monotonous voice everyday. If only the blue haired girl could experience having fun, but then again, it was her and Kevin who made her, so maybe she was the one to blame for the way KOS-MOS acted...
"Shion?" KOS-MOS called again as said lady was snapped out of her thoughts.
"Oh...yes?"
"You ok Shion, you spaced out there for a bit." Allen questioned, concern reflecting through his eyes.
"No! Don't worry, I'm fine...what is it KOS-MOS?"
"Would you like a cold beverage?" KOS-MOS questioned as Shion shook her head.
"No, I'm fine, thanks for asking."
"Understood." With that, KOS-MOS walked away from her table and Shion sighed.
"Everyone, I would like to apologize for my behavior for the past couple of days." Ziggy started as everyone looked towards him.
"Shion! Jr.!" Ziggy was cut off from his speech as Miyuki came prancing in the room with a small communicator in her hand.
"What is it?" Shion questioned as Miyuki motioned for Jr. and chaos to come closer.
"Someone would like to talk to you all!" Miyuki answered as she set the little gadget down before them. She pressed one small button as a screen appeared revealing...
"Gaignun!?" Jr. called as he saw the image of his U.R.T.V. friend grinning at him.
"It's been awhile, hasn't it?" The black haired young man said, folding his arms. "I see your all in a tight spot, but none the less safe."
"How did you know we were here?" Allen asked.
"Helmer of course, he can't keep anything from me, even if he really wanted to." Jr. sighed at this comment. " But it really is good to see all of you alright. I wanted to speak to you all myself before anything happens."
"What do you mean?" Jr. questioned.
"Well, our communications systems to anyone outside the Kukai Foundation will be suspended soon."
"What!? Why!?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Gaignun calmly spoke.
"Juli Mizharhi?" Ziggy asked as Gaignun only nodded.
"Exactly. Haven't you all been watching the news?"
"Well, I'm not able to, seeing as I'm here helping KOS-MOS and MOMO with repairs, plus, we all know the news doesn't give away the whole story.
"Heh, I guess I should help fill you all in?" Gaignun smiled as the all simultaneously nodded.
"Alright." Gaignun paused as he crossed his fingers together. "As of now, the Sub Committee is out looking for MOMO and the rest of you, but that's obvious news..."
"My brother...I wonder if he's alright..." Shion frowned again.
"Oh, you mean Jin Uzuki? He is quite all right, the police gave him a hard time but now they've backed off of him." Gaignun explained as Shion let out a sigh of relief. Although, the thought never left her mind as to how Gaignun knew about her brother.
"They all seem frantic about finding some disk that could expose everything too."
"Yes...at least we know what your talking about there."
"Care to explain?"
"To put it short, It's a small black disk containing illegal stuff." Jr. said as chaos looked over to him.
"Also, The foundation and the Miltian government are now going through court proceedings. Of course, the Committee is putting most of the blame on us, saying how we have more man power than Miltia. So, our communications will become limited, as well as the Miltian government. But me and Helmer will always find a way to contact each other. " Gaignun paused. "And as for Mary, she will be appearing in court as a witness. Her testimony might be very crucial indeed."
"Say, where is Mary anyway?" chaos asked as a finger lightly tapped Gaignun's shoulder. The man looked up and moved away from the screen a bit, letting the golden haired girl appear.
"Mary, how are you??" Jr. asked as she waved to everyone.
"Little Master! I'm glad to see you safe like the others, I'm fine! Those reporter people won't leave me alone though. But even so, it hasn't been too hectic around here." Mary cheerfully said as Jr. nodded. "Everyone else here is ok too."
"I see..." Jr. trailed off as a short silence set in.
"Now, I'd like to ask some questions myself." Gaignun spoke in a more serious tone. "What exactly did happen at the Contact Subcommittee base? What has been going on since then?"
Jr. and the others explained the whole situation to Gaignun. From making a rescue mission to them being at their current location (don't worry, I wasn't going to put you through a whole explanation thing there...hehe). Gaignun had an expression that signaled concern.
"Jr.? What did I tell you about controlling your temper?" Gaignun questioned as Jr. only frowned. Geez, Jr. was the one to kill all those people...at least the committee was right about something...but of course, he wouldn't turn his back on Jr. The small U.R.T.V.'s powers going out of control? This was something to be dealt with...
' Are you sure your alright?' Gaignun asked telepathically as Jr. looked at him. It had been awhile since they've talked that way.
' Yea...' Jr. paused as Gaignun detected sadness in his tone.
' If you need to talk, I'll be here, you know that. You haven't called saying you were alright, I was getting worried...' Gaignun trailed off as Jr. lifted an eyebrow.
' Look who's talking.'
' I was busy...that doesn't give you a good excuse to ignore me.' Gaignun pointed out as Jr. rolled his eyes.
' Yea, whatever...'
"How is MOMO?" Gaignun finally questioned to the others as Shion spoke. She explained MOMO's condition to him...as well as some new information the others hadn't heard about.
"In a few minutes, I'll be heading back to the lab...me and Dr. Lunas are going to perform an operation on MOMO...she doesn't have much time left, I won't wait any longer. We have all updated data and repairs to install in her, as well as to bring her functions back to life. It will be long...but-"
"And WHEN were you going to tell US about this?" Jr. snapped at Shion as she frowned.
"Jr., I'm sorry. We were going to tell you all around this time, but Gaignun called in."
"You were still late with the news."
"Quiet Jr." Shion and Gaignun said at the same time and then glared at each other. There was still tension left between the two...Gaignun sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"Well then, I wish you all the best of luck. I won't keep you...and Jr.?"
"Hmm...?"
"Take care of yourself." Gaignun commented softly before the screen went blank. Jr. closed his eyes and smiled. He was trying to cope with what was happening. It was really good to hear from Gaignun and Mary. It made him feel somewhat better. Shion then cleared her throat to grab everyone's attention.
"Well then, I'll be leaving." Shion said, somewhat nervous as everyone nodded. Jr. approached the Vector employee.
"I'll come."
"No Jr., we can't have anyone else in the room, we have to-"
"Then I'll wait outside! I want to be the FIRST to know what's happening! I want to know that she'll be ok!" Jr. quickly said, and then stood still. Shion looked down and turned around.
"Well...alright..." With that, everyone followed Shion out of the room...all except Ziggy and Jr.
They both stood still, not sure what to say to each other.
"I am sorry that I took it upon myself to save MOMO back then..." Ziggy started.
"I stood by my rules by just letting the numbers and strategies fill my on my goal...but through that time, it never left my mind as to why I was going through so much trouble in my mission." Ziggy said as Jr. looked at the cyborg. "Jr., you are not the only one who cares for MOMO. I never would like to admit it, but she is somewhat like a daughter to me, and she reminds me of the better things in life. She is the reason I have decided not to become a walking dead man around this place. It is understandable that I pay her good deeds back. So I propose to put our differences aside and support her when she needs it. We really shouldn't be angry with one another."
Jr. let his small speech settle in. He did have a point. Jr. should try not to take all the glory for himself, how selfish he was being... Jr. looked around himself and placed his hands on his hips.
"That about explains it then huh? I should apologize then. I've been selfish..." Jr. said quietly as Ziggy headed for the door and looked back at Jr.
"No need for the apologizes, things happen. And when they do, we have to take responsibilities for our actions." Ziggy then left as Jr. sighed contently. He didn't have to be mad at Ziggy, the cyborg only did what he felt was right, and Jr. could accept that.
The red head sat himself on one of the stools by the bar. His elbow sitting on the table as his hand rested under his chin. He was reviewing in his head on the past events.
The way he acted...the way he was around the pink haired girl...
It just hit him on how much he really cared for MOMO. Sure...he did like her, that's why he gave her the bracelet.
Speaking of the little trinket, he lifted his sleeve and starred at the small object that sat around his wrist. He felt the smooth surface on the bullet as he looked fondly over it. He blushed at his sudden actions and rested his head on the table, arms folded under his chin.
"Stupid emotions..." Jr. muttered bitterly as he buried his face in his arms. He never really felt this way for anyone. But not just anyone, a realian.
He shook his head. He would never look at her differently because she was different, he liked her the way she was...He didn't want her to change herself so she could meet up with societies standards. She couldn't be nice to everyone...but so what? She tried...didn't she? There was so many things she didn't understand about the world...
And he wanted to protect her from it all...
But then again, if he did do that, how would she be able to grow and understand? We all have to learn through past mistakes to better ourselves.
"Hmmm..." One of Jr.'s eyes revealed themselves from his trench coat arm sleeve, where it was once hidden. He still was blushing, and it annoyed him. He couldn't get the heat to go down.
"It settled then..." He whispered, hugging his arms around himself more tightly. He sat alone in the dim light of the eating area...pondering only one thought...
"I love her..."
LONG....chapter there!! I tired not to make it to long but hey! What are ya gonna do! I'm trying to setup the stage for the next chapter, dun dun dun!!! Reviews are welcome of course!!! Now the operation on MOMO will finally start...but I wont REALLY spend time on that...how was the chappie all?