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Twelfth Star to Midnight

First Star: Sollicitudo

Lucy stared at the raven head as he stood in the hallway of her cozy home, dripping water on to her shiny wooden floors.

He had refused the towel she was offering and had resorted to crossing his arms across his leather vest in vain, his crimson eyes glaring at the floor.

Lucy knew she should be scared of the guy, considering all that he had put her and her nakama through.

Yet, seeing him in the pouring rain, sitting next to a cargo box; Lucy couldn't help but liken the guy to a kicked puppy.

And Lucy didn't like seeing hurt anything.

So she had done what any normal human being would have done and had brought him home.

Even if there was a voice screaming in her head that now he knew where she lived and this is a bad idea Lucy; very, very, very bad, what are you doing?

But Lucy couldn't just leave the guy, it was wrong.

That, and it didn't even look if he had the strength to stand, from what she could see as he leaned against the pink wall.

He couldn't hurt me, not now.

She sighed as she walked over to him. His form tensed as she grew closer, until he was as tense as an arrow on a bowstring as she stopped in front of him.

She thrust the orange towel on top of his raven strands.

He flinched as he was unable to see, before reaching up and taking off the towel of his head cautiously. He stared at the fabric before looking up into sharp brown eyes.

"It's better if you use it now." She told him, her voice reprimanding. "Even if you don't mind getting sicker, my floor does mind getting wetter. And I'll be the one to have to wipe it down."

He was quiet as he stared at her, his hands clenching in the fabric.

She stared at him before sighing. "Hopeless." She groaned before grabbing his free hand and dragging him down the hallway. He stiffened at the feeling of her hands grabbing his wrist.

She stopped at a door and opened it. "This is the bathroom. Use it." She told him before pushing him into the room and closing the door. "I'll get some clothes for you so you might as well wash up." She told him through the doorway.

She turned away as she stalked back to her room. "Honestly…"

Inside the bathroom, Midnight stood staring at the interior of the room he had been brought to. It was just like any regular bathroom; tiled floors, tiled walls, white bathtub, and feminine products lined neatly up on the shelves.

He unclenched his hand from the fabric and shivered as the wind drifted past the small window at the top. He stared at it as the gray skies outside stormed with thunder and lighting.

He jumped as he heard a small knock on the door outside. "The clothes are here. They're Gray's clothes and might be a little bigger but that's all I have at the moment." She paused. "Also, it might be best if you gave me the clothes you're wearing as well so I can dry them up. Just leave them here outside when you're ready." She told him. There was silence as Midnight stared at the door.

Lucy herself was silent as she waited for a response. It sounded oddly quiet in there.

She sighed; she seemed to be doing that a lot lately. "Well, just leave it when your-"

"Why are you doing this?" came a quiet voice from the other side of the door.

Lucy blinked. She hadn't expected that. Yet, she supposed it was only natural for him to ask that. She herself would have been suspicious if the person she had once fought with came out to help her with no rhyme or reason.

Midnight waited for a response.

"Because…" came her light voice. "Well, it's not like its right to leave a person out on the streets in that kind of rain."

"Even if that person tried to kill you and all of your friends?"

Lucy was quiet. "Even then." She told him before she walked away to change her own clothes.

On the other side, Midnight never said a word.

Next chapter done. Actually, the whole point for this story is that I create 12 stars, each with a different meaning and a different feeling they each have to pass and realize. I'm confused on the order I admit, but I'll figure it out. Each chapter was supposed to have 3 Stars to surpass, but I'm having abit of writers block on the next star. I might upload another later but it still depends.

Sollicitudo = Worry

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