OK, I am an incredibly lazy person, so starting here; Ms. Kisarami will be called Kisarami. And I've decided definitely what I'm going to do after this and "Second Chance for Life and Love" is over. I shall delete everything else and work on a Delphine Yuri fic! Maybe DelphineXSophia or DelphineXTatiana. And I thought I hated Yaoi…only this is Yuri…but that's girl Yaoi…oh, well.
Chapter 6
The Plate
Over the next two weeks, Cicada and Kisarami watched Delphine like a hawk. Delphine would throw tantrums and cry because she couldn't remember anything. She realized that her name was Delphine because that's what everyone was calling her. "Cicada, I need help!" She'd say when she was allowed to get out of bed. She needed to be watched in case she fell or anything happened. Kisara became increasingly quiet and Al, Holly, and Sparkie were doing anything they could to help. Kitami tried to help Delphine remember things. One day, everyone went out except Delphine. Kisarami was testing if Delphine could stay alone for a while. Cicada highly resented this task. "We need to see if she's progressing at all." Kisarami said kindly, but firmly. Cicada did not want to, but he left the house. Delphine sat on her bed and read a book for a few hours. "I'm hungry." She jumped down the stairs to the kitchen. She got herself a plate and tried to go to the table. But she fainted. The plate flew out of her hands and shattered.
When she had come to, she tried to remember what happened. "Oh, no, I broke it!" She cried when she saw the shattered plate. "I have to fix it!" She sank to her knees. She put the pieces together. Then she ran to get the glue. "Fit, you fit a few minutes ago!" She had cut her hands with the pieces and now the floor around her was covered with blood. She sat and cried that she was going to get in trouble.
When they got home, Cicada was the first one through the door. Upon seeing Delphine and the plate, he rushed to her. "What happened, Delphine?" "I was h-hungry, and I g-got a p-plate and it b-broke!" "What happened to your hands?" "I t-tried to f-fix it! Am I j-just s-stupid?" Cicada did not say a word. "Do you hate me?" Once again, Cicada had to blink back tears. "I'll be right back. I'm not upset with you." He went out and got Kisarami. "You girls stay out here." Kisara nodded and went to the porch. "What happened? Is Delphine hurt?" Sparkie asked. "Please stay here." "OK." Holly said disappointedly. The three girls went on their bikes.
Kisarami went in to see Delphine, still sobbing. "Oh, dear. It's OK." Kisarami went over and kneeled down in front of Delphine. "This plate did not mean anything to me. Look." She took out a plate identical to the broken one. She dropped it on the floor. Delphine laughed like a child. "It's OK. You didn't do anything wrong. Cicada, could you clean her up while I clean this up?" "Sure." "The first aid kit's in the second bathroom." "Gotcha."
Cicada led Delphine up the stairs and to the bathroom. "Do you think I'm stupid?" "No, of course not." "Good." He wrapped the bandages around her hands in silence. "You need rest, Delphine. Why don't you go up to bed?" "OK." She skipped up to her room. "Dammit, Delphine, why did this happen to you? Whatever the Guild did, we're fucking sorry already!" "Cicada?" Kitami was behind the door. "Kitami? What's wrong?" "She didn't deserve it." Then Kitami fled to her room.