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Disclaimer: I do not own God Eater or any of the franchise associated with it. I do, however, own Lexi and any other OCs that will make an appearance.
Chapter Four
Lexi didn't think she could feel any worse than she already did.
Lexi was wrong.
For practically the entire ride, the blonde haired girl had been sitting miserably in the crash position. Her legs were pulled towards her body and her head was positioned between her legs as she squeezed her eyes shut tightly and fervently hoped for the ride to be over. Kanon was sitting next to her and rubbing circles on her back to ease the motion sickness that had afflicted Lexi when the helicopter took off.
"How much longer?" Kanon asked the helicopter pilot as she continued rubbing circles on Lexi's back.
"ETA is ten minutes." The pilot reported.
Lexi groaned; ten minutes sounded like an eternity to her. Squeezing her eyes even tighter and pressing her face into her knees, she focused all of her will power on not throwing up. As unpleasant as her circumstances were at the moment, it would be even worse if she gave into her desire to vomit a second time.
Focusing on how miserable she was was only making things worse.
So she needed to focus on something else. But like what?
...
...
Maybe her happiest memories to counter her misery?
Not that she didn't have any happy memories, but most of them were back when she was still a child. When she had her family, Uncle Johannes and Soma. The last memory of them being together was when they were celebrating Soma's tenth birthday.
There had been streamers, balloons and lots of presents.
But the best part of the celebration had been the cake. The huge, eight layer chiffon cake that Nicolle made with the coercion of her younger sister, her younger sister's best friend and Nicolle's own children. The cake's filling had consisted of caramel and pecans while the outside had been decorated a bright blue. Despite the... unique colour of the icing, the cake had been delicious.
Thinking back on that memory made her wonder how her mother's best friend and Soma were doing right now. She wondered how her aunt and her best friend were doing. Were they still at the Far East Fenrir branch?
Lexi felt a hand on her shoulder gently shake her back to the present. Lifting up her head slowly so that she was less likely to throw up, she saw Tatsumi grinning down at her.
"We're here!"
The blonde didn't say anything, but allowed herself to be helped up by the man. Slowly she made her way to the helicopter's side door and nearly fell out had it not been for Kanon and Gina catching her in time. Lexi blushed bright red at her latest blunder in front of them, but made sure to thank the two girls as they helped her steady herself on the helicopter landing pad.
"Hey, Tatsumi! Who's the girl?" A loud and cheery voice that could only belong to a man shouted from nearby.
Lexi paused and tilted her head. That voice sounded familiar. Did she hear it somewhere before?
"We didn't get her name!" Tatsumi shouted back. "But we picked her up in the City of Mercy!"
There was a wolf whistle following that statement. "Got a rare find, then! Only Aragami roam around that area!"
"Excuse me?" The words burst out of Lexi's lips and she looked up with a scowl. She did not appreciate being referred to as some sort of object and was about to give the person a piece of her mind-
-until she saw who it was.
Lexi's jaw dropped.
He was older, obviously, but the blonde haired girl still recognized him. He didn't look all that different from his teenage self, despite now being a man. Judging by how the cheerful grin on the man's face had dropped and how white his face had gone at the sight of her, he recognized her as well. The cigarette he was holding fell from his gloved fingers and he stumbled back several steps, bumping into someone else, green eyes wide with shock as if had seen a ghost.
In a way, he probably did. Lexi was perfectly aware she could play the part of her mother's twin.
He had traded in his standard Fenrir uniform for a long brown coat, but Lexi still knew who he was. Even eight years later, his hairstyle was the same. Black bangs covering his left eye, only leaving his right one visible. He had been her father's student and the first friend that her aunt had made when he first came to the Far East Branch to sign up as a God Eater alongside his sister.
Lindow Amamiya.
A movement behind Lindow drew Lexi's attention away from him and to the person he had bumped into when he backpedaled. Her own blue eyes widened in shock when she saw who it was.
Lexi was aware that eight years was a long time, but the full extent of it never hit her until that very moment.
Like Lindow, he had grown up. But his growth was much more significant in in that he had been a child just like her when she last saw him; the same age as Lexi, but a few months younger. If she were to go up to him now and compare their heights, Lexi knew that he would tower over her unlike when they were children and she had been a few centimeters taller than him.
Much like Lindow, his sky blue eyes were staring at her in shock.
An awkward silence settled around the helicopter landing pad as everyone else tried to figure out what was going on. Either staring at each other or staring at the three people who had become the sudden focus of attention.
"Er..." Tatsumi's voice broke the silence. He reddened when they turned to face him, but he asked the question that was on everyone else's minds anyways. "...do you know each other?"
Lexi smiled at him, but it was a sad and bittersweet smile.
"Yes. I used to live here until eight years ago." Lexi's smile softened. "Thank you, Tatsumi, for finally bringing me home."
And we finally get to the part where Lexi reunites with some old people she knows. Unfortunately, the plot of the story isn't going to start until two chapters since Lexi now has to explain where she's been for the last eight years.
On the other hand, reunion!
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