When Merik arrived at her house she was quite pleased to find it in a loud mess of Yuri trying to get the freshly bathed Nathaniel in his clothes. The sole reason she was glad to return to chaos is because Cain was about as talkative as a rock. Cain on the other hand gave the scene a look of total distrust and shakes his head. He said something but Merik was beyond the point of caring as she walked to her room. Cain only watches everything for a moment before he just turns around to head back outside. As he is reaching for the door however, Mari grabs his hand.
"Why are you heading back out?" She asks as she looks up at him. "You just got here. Besides, aren't you hungry? We are about to make dinner~"
"Oh alright then." The bright red clothed gunner only sighs with a smirk. "I guess I can stick around for dinner."
"Good." Yuri says as he walks over and just picks Cain up. "Now you need a shower. You smell."
"Put me down you!" Cain says as he struggles to get free of Yuri who isn't even phased by the gunner's feeble attempts at escape.
"Not a chance. Now stop struggling and accept your fate." Yuri says as he tosses the gunner into the bathroom barring the door. "I will let you out when you smell better." Before the gunner can reply, Yuri walks away from the door to go and help Mari with dinner.
After an hour or so Yuri remembers the gunner he locked in the bathroom. With a smirk he looks at Mari and the others then gestures over his shoulder. They nod in understanding and get back to their meal and conversations as the healer walks to the bathroom. He opens the door he finds a pair of pistols pointed at him and a highly annoyed gunner standing at the other side of the door. Cain's hair is damp and the gunner is wearing a simple pair of jeans with a light collared shirt. His other clothes lie folded off to the side on a shelf with his hat resting on top of them. The gunner's long, damp, chestnut hair is up in its normal pony tail with his bangs down in his face hiding most of his face.
"Now how hard was that?" Yuri says as he rests his hands on his hips looking up at the other who is still snarling and holding his guns. "Now put down your weapon and let's go eat. Sound good?"
"I should shoot you now." Cain says before he spins his guns and puts them away. "I ain't going to because I know the team needs you."
"Good boy. Now let's go." Yuri says turning on his heel and heading back toward the kitchen ignoring the grunt that came from Cain as a response. When he arrives in the kitchen he takes a seat then points at Cain who walks in behind him.
"You look different out of your gunner garb Cain." Merik says with a smirk. "Look almost normal."
"Merik! Be nice!" Mari says as she shakes her head. "Cain there is a spot at the end of the table beside Nathaniel set up for you."
"Thank you Mari. At least someone has manors in this house." Cain says glaring daggers at Yuri who just smiles and takes a bite of his dinner.
Cain rolls his eyes and takes his seat. The group get back to their conversations and learn quickly that, despite his outward appearance and behavior, Cain is pretty well versed in table activities. They also learn that he is quick to volunteer for dish duty. Once the kitchen is spotless and everything has been put away everyone says their good nights then part ways. A couple of hours pass before Cain gives up on trying to sleep and just heads to the front room. The room the others had offered him was nice enough but he really wasn't tired. The dark urban area that Mari and her family called home was quite different from the dusty western plains, and Cain wasn't really sure how to feel about that. But little did Cain know that he was not the only one who was having issues getting to sleep.
Yuri sits awake in bed for a bit longer before he just gives up and heads to the kitchen for a glass of water. As he heads back to his room he glances in the front room and spots Cain standing by the window. Yuri decides that talking to the gunner would be better than laying awake in bed. With a shake of his head the healer walks over to Cain.
"Cant sleep?" Yuri says as he sits down on the couch putting the glass of water on the table beside him.
"Not so much cant sleep so much as ain't tired." Cain says before he joins the healer on the couch. "I guess I am a little homesick."
"I know that feeling." Yuri says as he leans back against the couch. "I'm not from around here. I come from the northern plains where it snows all the time. That icy wasteland was my home and ya know what, I was okay with that." He smiles and looks up. "When I learned the healing trade my parents were not one bit to happy with it. They wanted me to be an ice mage. They wanted a good legal magic user." He lifts his hand and shows Cain the odd shackles about his wrists. "Healing magic is not smiled upon ya know?"
"I understand that much." Cain says as he looks down at his own hands. "I really don't know much about my family. The closest thing I ever had to a family was a little sister named Ashley." He smiles and Yuri is a bit surprised at how soft a tone his voice had taken. It was a nice change from the snarl and snark. "She stuck by me as I was training to become a gunner. She told me that when she could, she was going to be a gunslinger so she could be like me. To be honest, she was a better marksman than I was at that age." Cain's voice trails off and Yuri looks at him a bit confused. He is about to ask what had caused the pause but Cain continued the story. "When I hit level 50 I had to go off on a mission to take out a small gang of Mothmen. She wished me luck and told me that she would have a huge surprise waiting for me when I returned."
"She sounds like a really sweet girl." Yuri says trying to stay neutral on the topic, "Maybe we can meet her one day?"
"When you take a dirt nap, then you can get the chance to meet her." Cain says as spite and sorrow enters his voice. "She was only ten years old damn it!"
Yuri gasps and looks at the gunner as he clenches his fists. It was clear that something had happened to Ashley but Yuri was not wanting to say a word. He had an idea but the fact that Cain had stated that she was only ten had the healer a bit shocked. It was true he wanted to know but he did not want to pry. Turning back to Cain he gestures to the kitchen and Cain shakes his head before taking a breath to continue his story.
"Wile I was out on that mission the town got attacked by bandits." Cain says taking another deep breath to keep his voice level and calm. "I had no idea what happened till I came back. By that point it was too late. My sister was in our house by the water tower when the bandits showed up. They attacked the water tower causing it to fall on our house. She was crushed under the rubble. The doctors say that she was asleep when the attack hit so she went peacefully. But that still don't make it right."
"I think I understand now." Yuri says as he looks up at Cain. "The bandits that attacked were a part of Roman's gang weren't they?" Cain nods and clenches his fists again. "That is why you suddenly agreed to come along with us on this mission when I mentioned Roman." Cain nods and goes to stand only to look at Yuri with a lost expression as the healer snags his hand. Yuri pulls him back down on the couch then looks at him with a dead serious expression. "Cain, I am pretty sure that you are under the belief that guys will lose man points or something if they show any sad emotions. Do me a favor and throw that out. It wont make you any less of a man if you cry and I can tell that you are fighting back tears now."
"I ain't some.." Cain goes to say only too be cut off by Yuri who pulls him into a breath defying hug.
"Don't argue you. I know you are upset. Don't bother trying to act like a big tough guy. You have no one to impress right now." Yuri says looking down at Cain's surprised snake-like eyes. Cain is surprised to see the healer's eyes open fully. The white-haired healer has bright blue eyes that are remind the gunner of ice. "If you need to get something off your chest then go for it Cain. I won't tell anyone. You have my word."
Cain sighs then just gives up dropping his guard completely. He goes on to tell Yuri about how his little sister had planned a huge party to celebrate his new higher level and how she got everyone in town in on it. He also went on to say that the friend he mentioned earlier on in the day when he helped Nathaniel find his glasses was in fact his sister. By the end of the conversation Cain had told Yuri of all the weird quirks and sweet moments that his sister had. The gunner was telling a story about how Ashley had this strange liking toward puppets when he suddenly goes silent. Thinking it is another sad story, Yuri glances down in surprise to find the gunner has fallen asleep. Chuckling lightly Yuri carefully picks Cain up and carries him to the room they offered him. After the gunner is in bed and tucked in Yuri leaves the room and closes the door lightly. As he turns to head to his room he spots Mari at her door, that is across from Cain's, with a confused look on her face.
"It is nothing to worry yourself over Mari." Yuri says as he offers her a bright smile. "He and I were talking on the couch about tomorrow and he fell asleep."
"Okay then?" Mari says with a yawn as she heads to the bathroom.
"Good night Mari." Yuri says only to get a wave over the shoulder from her.
Yuri heads to his room and gets back in bed looking up at the ceiling. He was still a bit shocked and surprised that Cain had put that much trust in him and told him all that stuff about his little sister. The more surprising thing was that half way through one of the stories Cain did have to stop and regain his composure. The healer yawns and smiles to himself. He fully planned to keep his promise to Cain and tell no one of what he had learned until Cain wanted the others to know. Chuckling Yuri yawns again and rests his head back on his pillow getting comfortable. It does not take the healer long after that to get to sleep.