Hi, NorthernMage here with chapter 2, Lonely! I'm going to try and upload these faster than I usually update, because a certain person is pressuring me for constant updates. You know who you are, person I will not name.

Renina: NorthernMage doesn't own Pokemon or FTL. Took you long enough, NorthernMage.

Me: For your disclaimer?

Renina: Yeah.

Me: Well, N turned up on your day!

Renina: Why would he...oh NOW I remember.

Me: I may be just a tiny bit screwed here.

Lonely: Renina and N are in their own rooms now, but the loneliness is another thing to deal with.

Age:
N: 7
Renina: 6

General POV

For as long as he could remember, they had shared a room. It had been divided into two smaller ones with a divider that could be pushed away, but it was one room in the end. Renina could call to him if she wanted to talk about something, or if she wanted to pelt pillows at him, which usually ended up in a full on pillow war. She wasn't always the creator of those fights, N had started a fair few as well, but still, she had the sneakiest way of starting them. Pretending she was just asking him about something, then whacking him with a pillow. N stared at the ceiling. They had been moved into their own rooms today, and while it was much bigger and he had been extremely excited about it, this was something he hadn't realised.

Despite the fact she was in the room just next to him, and they had been in the same room for about three years, he was lonely. The room felt too big, and he felt tiny. It was completely silent as well. There was no sound from Renina moving in her bed, no startled cries when Renina accidentally tumbled out of bed while sleeping, and no yelps when he decided it was a good idea to start a pillow fight with Renina while she was happily asleep. Then there was a tapping sound. Confused, N got up and walked over to where it was. It was on the complete other side of his room, where his room was right next to Renina's. The tapping intensified, getting much faster but only a little louder. He tapped back, and there was a quick reply. They kept tapping, and after a while, the taps started to move along the wall, so he followed and ended up on the balcony their rooms had. Renina was on hers as well. She waved.

'That was your idea?' N asked, calling to her.

'Yeah. I got lonely, so I tapped on the wall to get your attention.' Renina said, as the wind picked up and both of their hair was whipped around, blowing into their faces. Renina cleared her face, and waited as N glared at his hair, and viciously pulled it out of his face. Renina looked to the right, and the two watched as all sunlight completely vanished, dipping below the curve of the planet and the lowest buildings. None of them are ever alone, N realised. They would never feel alone. He looked at Renina. But, we aren't completely alone either, even if we feel like we are. We have each other, that has to mean something, doesn't it? Sure, it meant something. But in the end, it couldn't match what had been taken from them since birth.

Renina was lonely too. A small part of her was excited about her new room, but the fact she was going to be alone worried her. What if something happened? If she got scared? Of the dark or of monsters? She was worried, and didn't feel like she belonged in her new room. It was huge to her, and had so much that she had never seen before. For example, there was a computer that had lessons on it to teach her things. It was all too new for her, and that meant she was scared. Scared of everything new, and to be honest, she wondered why anything had been changed in the first place. The independence was nice, but why had it all changed? It had been sudden as well. One morning they were waking up, then a few minutes later they were moved.

She was scared of how much had changed, how dramatically her world had changed in a day. As she had been attempting to sleep, she had remembered N was in the room next to her. So she had gone and tapped on the wall, and after a few moments, she got a reply. She moved along the wall, and led N (or at least she had hoped it was him) to their balconies. It had been him, and now she knew that as long as he was there, she couldn't be alone. He had come out to the balcony, and he had talked to her. For years, she had wondered if N was all the family she had. Slowly, she had discovered that she did have family, but not exactly a caring one apart from N. Ever since, she had felt completely ignored, and had resigned herself to being ignored her entire life. She hoped people would stop, though. She could dream.