Ratigan was in his room changing his shirt when he caught himself in the mirror, grimacing at the scars on his body. He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't hear his door open.
"Ratigan." Isabelle said, "I got the shirt you want-"
She then stopped and gasped as she started at Ratigan in horror, particularly his scars. His ears perked down as he suddenly felt shame enveloped him, feeling self-conscious around her. He was then started when she walked up to him, and gently laid her hand on one of his scars on his chest.
"What happened to you?" she whispered, making him smile softly at her.
"I had a chaotic life, my dear." He said, "I do get hurt at times."
Ratigan stifled a groan as he felt Isabelle's fingers gently going over each scar on his chest. She then went around to his back, her fingers gliding over the long scars.
"These look older." She said softly.
"They were my first ones." He said, "Mostly from my childhood, children can be quite cruel."
He heard Isabelle went silent and to his surprise, he heard her whimper. He turned around and saw tears falling down her face as she tried to wipe her eyes.
"God, Ratigan." She sobbed, "You didn't deserve that, you didn't deserve any of that."
Ratigan then realized Isabelle was crying for him, she was crying for what happened to him. He remembers Lily telling Basil that Isabelle was sensitive, that she will cry for anyone that has been hurt in any manner or way.
Ratgan reached over and wiped the tears from her face. He then gave her a soft smile.
"Thank you, Isabelle." He said, making her give him a confused look.
"For what?"
"For crying for me." he said, as he gently kissed her forehead. Isabelle gave him a shy smile at the intimate gesture as he smiled back, even though he wanted nothing more than to kiss her.
Kiss as thanks for crying for him.
AN: So here, Isabelle sees Ratigans scars and is horrified and cry's for him. Ratigan is touched by her empathy and kisses her forehead, even though he really wants to kiss her. I do think Ratigan has a chaotic life, so he's gonna have a lot of scars.
Anyway, enjoy and comments are loved! I don't own GMD, just Isabelle!