Daisy placed the damp cloth over Ward's injured shoulder gently, careful not to cause him anymore pain because she began to trust him. He was indeed different-innocent even. They stitched the wound up, though not to a good extent, the stitches were clearly visible and out of place, but that was the best they could do without Jemma here or a proper doctor.

''You know,'' Ward began, and bit on his tongue when she pressed down too hard, ''I'm starting to believe you.'' As soon as those words left his lips, Daisy looked at him in surprise. She knew it wouldn't be easy for anyone to understand, but she was glad he did. ''Really?'' Daisy asked, almost sounding sarcastic, ''Why's that?''

Ward sighed while he thought about everything that had happened in the past two days, ''First off all, I come back home and you're different all of a sudden-like a different person but in the same body. Then I go out to find you and get shot by an apparent android who looks like a damn human and then you tell me that I'm not real without cracking a laugh, you looked dead serious.'' He said without any hesitation. Daisy was about to hit him again.

''Of course I'm serious, this isn't some game, Ward. I'm out here to find my team.'' She said and held back the urge to roll her eyes, but she couldn't blame him for not fully understand this-because Daisy couldn't understand it herself.

''I need a drink.'' Ward said and got up, bringing her out of the complex thoughts that she had been lost in for days now. Daisy heard the tap running as soon as Ward entered the kitchen and grabbed himself a glass.

''Manscaping?'' Daisy heard him say with confusion.

Daisy snapped her head towards his voice, ''What did you just say?'' She questioned, her eyes wide. That one word could be exactly what she was looking for.

Ward flipped the page of the newspaper to the other, ''I said manscaping, why?'' He asked, it was a unique word but Ward did not understand what it meant or if it had any connection with 'her outside world and friends'. Daisy jumped up from the sofa and meet her way into the kitchen, ''How do you know that word?'' She asked and eyed him carefully.

Ward rolled his eyes, instantly thinking that he was being blamed and not trusted again, he placed the newspaper down onto the counter to reveal the first page.

-Malibu

LA

-Nightingale plaza-20:00

-South Pasadena-14:00

-City hall-17:00

-A

-Park (Griffith)-12:00

-I

-N

-Getty center-11:00

Daisy had looked at the newspaper not too long ago, but she didn't get a proper look at it. She was thankful that Ward pointed it out.

''See?'' He asked and dragged his finger downwards near the highlighted letters. ''My turn to ask questions.'' He stated and took in a confused breath, ''What does that word have to do with anything?''

Daisy wasn't going to go into details about the word, so she gave him a simple explanation, ''It's our safe word. Manscaping is our safe word.'' She said and a smile lingered just above her chin. Jemma was really alive.

''Simmons, you're a genius.'' Daisy whispered to herself and let out a small breath of happiness. Her gaze drifted across the whole front page of the newspaper and she looked at Ward's watch. ''What's the time?''

Ward look at his watch, not missing the joy in her voice, ''half past four.'' He looked at the newspaper again, and it was clear what their next destination would be.

Daisy nodded, ''I need to be at the city hall by five.'' She announced and headed for the door that lead outside. Ward grabbed her arm gently which made her eyes widen in fear and confusion. Was he going to hurt her just like he did in the real world?

''We.'' Ward said, leaving Daisy even more confused.

She shook her head, ''What?''

He released her arm and smiled at her softly, ''We need to be at the city hall by five, not you.'' He explained and the smile did not leave his sharp face. He was going to help her. Again. Though Daisy was positive that she could do it by herself, she was definitely thankful for his help and words.

Daisy hesitated for a moment, but finally managed to thank him, ''Thanks.'' She said and they both left the apartment. It was hard for her to look him in the face and say all those nice things since in the real world, all Ward was was a monster. But here, however, he took a bullet and that earned her trust. Daisy was confident that she could trust him and she did. By the time Daisy had finished thinking, she was sitting in the back of a cab, with Ward by her side, she didn't even realize that he had a leather jacket on and a clean shirt and made it all look like he never got shot.

''How's your shoulder holding up?'' She questioned as the cab took a right turn and entered the space where there was a lot of traffic ahead.

Ward nodded and looked at his arm, ''Bleeding.'' He replied, feeling wet liquid stain his new, fresh shirt. But at least it was covered.

Dais looked out of the window, she couldn't believe that Simmons thought of all of that. Using their safe word and adding locations next to each letter was smart, but that was who Simmons was; smart. She looked down at her watch, they had ten minutes left to get there. Ward saw the worried look on Daisy's face and decided to take action, ''We haven't got all day.'' He said to the driver calmly, who just nodded and scoffed at the same time whilst pointing at the front window that revealed many cars in front of them.

''Tell that to them.'' The driver said and rolled his eyes. The lights in front of them flashed green, and the driver accelerated, it was exactly what they needed.

''Just five more minutes, Skye.'' Ward informed and saw her face relax slightly, though it was still kind of tense and annoyed.

But then again, Daisy couldn't blame him for calling her Skye. ''Is that what you always called me before I got here?'' She asked and he nodded.

''Always, and you called me by my first name.'' Ward said and smiled softly at her, she was still the same to him, no matter if she acted different and came from a different world like she had said herself. Ward didn't care. Daisy was still his Skye.

The cab came to a stop, Ward handed him the money and he drove off right when the two started marching along the even pavement that glittered because of the heated sun. ''There it is.'' He said and pointed at the white, tall building with many stories.

Daisy looked around in attempts to spot the figure of her best friend. She looked at her watch and it was exactly five.

''Who's that?'' Ward asked and his gaze traveled up the stairs up to a lone figure standing there.

Brown hair. Jeans and a white t-shirt.

''Simmons.'' Daisy breathed out quietly with her eyes wide open as she was on the verge of crying. This whole time she had doubts that Simmons was alive. But there she stood in the distance. Alive.

I had such a busy week but hopefully I can squeeze more updates in! Thank you to all my reviewers, you guys are honestly the best people ever, thank you for reviewing like every single chapter of this story. Please continue to review and leave opinions as they truly matter to me! :)

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