Allen opened his eyes, the light blinding him for a moment. He looked around the room he was in, taking a few seconds to recognize that this was the room he was in before, at the guild.
"You away, sweetie?" Mira asked, making Allen finally notice the five people and a cat in the room.
"Y-yeah..." He replied, feeling the gazes of the whole room on him.
"You've been asleep for three days. I'm sure you're pretty hungry," Mira handed Allen a plate with food he didn't recognize, but that didn't matter. He inhaled the food in record time, faster than Natsu! They all looked surprised at how fast the small boy ate.
When he was done, Mira handed him a glass of water, which he quickly gulped. Mira smiled. She looked at the team behind her and the smile dropped.
"Allen. You need to know that you can move too much in your condition. So you can't leave again. Natsu and Gray will watch over you now, to help you."
Allen looked down at his hands. His eyes widened in surprise at he saw his whole left arm was black, as if it was dead. On his hand was a small l, glowing cross. Allen instantly remembered that he was born with it, causing his childhood to be ruined. But what surprised him was that it had no bandages, completely healed. He felt his other arm, feeling bandages, but no pain. He quickly got up, walking to the bathroom.
His audience was thoroughly surprised. He had a broken leg, ankle and some broken ribs. He would at least take a few more days to heal. This healing was very strange.
Allen, on the other hand, wasn't as surprised as his saviors. He could feel as though he knew he would heal that fast, but he didn't know how he knew. He looked in the mirror, almost gasping at his reflection. But he knew that this was his face. He trailed the scar around his left eye, Mira coming up behind him.
"It's a curse." He told her
Her eyes widened, looking more closely at the markings.
"Its not bad. I've defiantly seen worse," she said, her hand on his shoulder.
"How'd you get it?" The pinky asked, Mira walking over and hitting him for his inconsiderate question.
"I... Don't know... But I feel sad remembering it... Like it was my fault somehow..." Allen replied.
"What do you remember?" The blonde girl from before asked.
Allen looked at them all with confusion.
"How about we introduce ourselves first. I am Mira, as you probably know by now."
"Oh, I'm Lucy. Nice to meet you," she smiled as she held her hand out, Allen shaking it.
"My name it Ezra Scarlet."
"Gray Fullbuster."
"Natsu Dragneel. But some call me Salamander."
"M-my name is Allen Walker. Thank you all for taking care of me," Allen replied politely. The whole group smiled at him. They were all greeted back with Allen's smile, which was way to bright to be real, though none of the girls noticed that.
"So, Allen. What do you plan on doing?" Natsu asked.
"Once I'm better, I will pay you all back for helping me. Then I guess I will try to make a living somewhere. Maybe I could work here, or something. I wouldn't need any pay, just a place to stay and eat," Allen replied, walking back to his bed and sitting.
"Of course, hun. But you need a place to stay tonight. I have to go back home and I cant just leave you here alone," Mira said, looking around the room at her friends.
"I know! We can have a sleepover at Lucy's!" Happy yelled, Natsu agreeing instantly, Gray and Erza smiling to agree. Lucy sighed, but thought of the boy, who also looked happy.
"Sure," she finally said, everyone laughing at her late reply
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Allen was now at Lucy's house, all of them making plans of where to sleep.
"I think Allen should have my bed. He is hurt," Lucy said.
"Oh, no. I wouldn't want to leave you nowhere to sleep," Allen shook his head.
"But Allen, you should sleep well so you can heal faster," Erza said, agreeing with Lucy. Everyone else nodded, finalizing the plan for Allen to sleep in Lucy's bed. Everyone got in their pajamas, Erza using her requip magic, which made Allen's head feel dizzy. Lucy, Natsu and Gray all took turns in the bathroom to change. Allen frowned, not having any other clothes. Everyone else but Lucy went home to get their own pajamas.
"Here, Allen. I brought you a pair of my clothes. I thought you might need them," Natsu said, handing Allen some red pajamas with orange flames on them. Allen smiled, taking them in the bathroom to change. He finished, his hand reaching for the doorknob, when he felt a presense near him. He slowly looked at the mirror, jumping when he saw a shadow next to him.
"Hello, Allen. Did you like your few days of freedom from me~?!" It whispered in his head, not moving its mouth as it spoke. Allen quickly opened the door and left the bathroom, sitting on Lucy's bed.
"Are you ok, Allen?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah. I'm just tired," Allen replied. They all nodded, saying their goodnights to each other and to Allen, who whispered it back. He stared out the window, looking at the stars as he fell asleep.