Friend: That's more like it
Me: . . .
Friend: Your not going to cry again are you?
Me: *sniff* no
Friend: Oh, C'mon aren't you a man?
Me: I'M A GIRL!
Friend: Or are you?
Me: What's the whole mystery for?
Friend: Your perverted like a guy . . .
Me: I AM NOT A GUY, NOR AM I PERVERTED!
*Yusei*
It was one of the strangest reunions I had ever experienced. (And trust me, after meeting my dead father I was pretty sure that was going to be it) Jack and Crow had found me and it had ended up with Crow continually hugging me and saying something about making sure I was alive. (He was crying in-between so it was kind of hard to understand him) While Jack, having to be the egoistic one, just had to lecture me about my sloppiness. "If it were me, Jack Atlas, I wouldn't have allowed such-" and it just continued on like that. What really had ruffled them up was the girl.
She hadn't even bothered to cover up when she woke up about ten minutes ago. Instead, she was sitting upright and cross-legged, rubbing the tiredness from her eyes and yawning. It was like she didn't have any common sense. I mean, she was in front of three guys and she didn't even care?!
I shifted as my pants started getting very uncomfortable. The tightness almost had me crouching for cover. Almost. I tried to explain to the other two just what had happened, while they tried to distract themselves from looking back at the girl. I was grateful at how silent the two were, I really didn't know if I could answer many of their questions about the girl, so I just told them what I knew. I lied about the part about waking up alone. The embarrassment of waking up and freaking out of a naked girl was . . .disgraceful toward a guy.
"Hey, Yusei," Crow whispered in my ear, "You think she's . . .ok?" I looked over to the girl who had just started poking Jack's hair. Jack, one who would normally yell at her for such behavior, had turned away from her figured and let her play with his hair. I could see very well that he was blushing around the ears, which made me smirk a bit. I was about to laugh went she lost her balance and fell into Jack's back. (Jack was so tall that she had to go on her tip-toes in order to reach his hair.) Then I felt Jack's glare, and kept silent, but that didn't stop me from coughing at his beat-red face. To think that the former King had zero experience in girls was a surprise to me and to Crow too apparently.
"Well, for now we need to bring her to Martha's." I hesitated for a moment before I asked, "Jack, could you give her your coat?" For the third surprise I received today, Jack placed it on the girl's shoulders without any complaint. I knew he was embarrassed but not that embarrassed, right?
The girl looked confused as she pulled one arm through one sleeve and then left the other side of the coat to fall to the ground. "Oh geez!" said Crow as he helped her pull her other arm through and buttoned the coat so that it covered everything, which made me grateful and disappointed at the same time. She struggled for a bit, but soon gave up as Jack glared down at her. Poor girl. She seemed to look Crow, Jack and me over as she tilted her head. I saw her open her mouth, but no sound came out.
I walked up to her with concern. I pulled off one glove and placed the bare hand gently on her neck. "Are you ok? Try speaking again." She opened her mouth again, but no sound came out. I felt no vibrations in her throat but I could feel her muscles straining to get her cords to vibrate. "She's mute." I said simply as I pulled the glove back on my hand. Crow looked at the girl with interest, "Mute?" I nodded as I tried to recall something from memory. "Martha told me that she had taken care of a girl once who was mute. It happened when her parents died. Apparently there was nothing wrong with her muscles but the trauma from the incident had caused the girl no desire to speak, even if she physically tried." Jack stepped up this time, "So, she doesn't want to speak?" I shook my head, "Martha said that the girl wanted to speak, but the girl had written to Martha that she was afraid. That, if she spoke, she would scream."
Crow and Jack exchanged glances, I watched them out of the corners of my eyes. I started to stagger as I felt my leg go numb again. Crow caught me before I fell to the ground. "Easy there, you ok?" I nodded a bit as I leaned onto him. "Yeah, but I think that's it for this leg." I looked the girl over again and then realized something that I probably should have noticed sooner. "Jack, she's barefoot." I said simply looking at him with hard eyes. He immediately understood what I meant, but before he could protest I said something that would strike his ego. "Would Jack Atlas turn away from a girl in need?"
I held a small smile as we started walking toward Martha's place. I was carrying my helmet, while Crow pushed my runner. I knew my leg would last the trip, even if I was limping a little. Jack, on the other hand was carrying our new companion, as I knew he would with the right words. He was even carrying her bridal style, just to show off. Crow and I glanced at each other and smirked.
Jack Fan Girl: NO! JACK IS MINE! ALL MINE!
Me: . . .
Jack Fan Girl: HOW COULD YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
Me: *pulls out knife* I like knifes . . .they make me feel all tingly.
Friend: You couldn't be thinking . . .
Me: TEEEEE HEEEEEE