Always
AN: I got inspired to write this because of a conversation Frey and Leon had in my game. The conversation went like this:
Leon: Um...what are you doing?
(Frey could then say either "Seeking something fun." or "Getting depressed." and if you choose the latter, then the conversation continues like this)
Leon: I see. Well, it's perfectly natural to become depressed every now and again. But I'm here to support you. And I always will be.
For those wondering, I'm also dating him (trying to marry Doug, but I want to get the third arc first). So I hope you all enjoy this sad but hopefully cute story!
Frey woke up teary eyed, sweating, and tangled in the sheets of her bed. She let out a sigh as she untangled her legs and escaped from the covers, then she stood up and straightened her light blue gown out before she headed through the door to the town square.
From a glance at the clock, she knew it was late, but she needed the fresh air, the smell of the town, and the wind against her face.
She breathed in deeply as she glanced around, happy that not many people were out at such a late time, but she still felt uncomfortable standing around, and quickly headed towards the lake.
Once she was at Selphia Dragon lake she smiled fondly at the cool water and quickly walked over to sit down on the ground near it.
"Hey, you," a familiar voice spoke, and she nearly jumped, but upon looking over her shoulder to see Leon standing on the steps leading to the back door of the Obsidian Mansion, she instead smiled and greeted him in return, "Hello, Leon."
He smirked and walked forward to sit down next to her, "Were you planning on getting a past-midnight snack?"
Frey glanced back towards the water, "I woke up and I can't get back to sleep."
Leon nodded at her answer, his own light blue eyes growing pained, "Happens to a lot of us."
"Does..." Frey paused, wondering if she might cross the invisible line that she sometimes played around, "Does it happen to you?"
They met each other's eyes as an tense silence fell between them, then he nodded slightly before putting his mask of a smirk back on, "Well, yes, I am human."
She continued to frown at him though, and that was when she decided to go further past the line of their normal conversations, "Why are you up?"
"Same reason as you," he said simply.
"You had a bad dream?"
He looked a little shocked that she'd asked, but of course, he quickly turned the attention back to her, "I'm sorry to hear that you did. Do you want to talk about it?"
Frey was half-tempted to push him about his reasons for being awake, but the way he seemed so serious and sympathetic lured her away from that topic, "The dream wasn't very scary, but...it was...confusing. I've been having dreams about my past, and I think some of them are actually memories...I can't remember anything, though."
He slowly reached over to gently grab her hand, "So, you're awake because...the fact that you can't remember is bothering you?"
She shook her head, "It just feels like I'm missing so much...so many years of my life are gone. And-I mean, I'm happy with how things have turned out, I'm glad that I've met all of you..."
"But?"
Frey felt the tears coming, and she bit her lip for a moment before continuing, "I'm afraid...of just so much! What if I forget everything? What if I find out that I used to be someone terrible? What if..."
Suddenly Leon put his left hand finger against her lips to shush her, and she glanced up to meet his sad light blue eyes. "Frey, calm down."
When he moved his finger from her lips, she quickly spoke up again, "How can you say that?"
He stared at her for a moment, his eyes searching hers as he thought about it, then he sighed softly, "There's no reason to be afraid of any of those things. If you somehow forget everything again, then we'll help you...but it's unlikely that that would happen. We've all got your back."
"Okay, but what if..."
"What if you were someone terrible? It doesn't matter now, Frey. Nothing you did in your past life will be held against you."
She smiled softly, though a tear rolled down her face, which Leon reached forward to wipe away, his eyes still pained.
Frey leaned against him then, making him gasp in shock, to which she smirked, "You okay?"
His breathing slowly returned to it's normal pace, but she could hear his heart still beating fast. "I'm fine. Are you okay?"
She nodded a little against him, "Thank you, Leon."
"Hey, I meant it when I said I'd always be here for you when you need me."
Frey smiled at that, and they continued to sit their in comfortable silence, both knowing that neither of them wanted to sleep again tonight, not when they could spend their time together like this.
