"A-ayato…" mumbled Lith before she lost consciousness. As Lith fell to the ground, Ayato caught her.

"Don't you dare leave me, dumbass." said Ayato as he gently placed her on the ground. He pulled off the leg of a dove and began to shove it into Lith's mouth.

After a while, Lith began to regain consciousness. She quickly sat up without noticing that Ayato was looking down at her. Unfortunately, Lith's head bumped into Ayato's chin.

"Ouch!" said Lith as she began to rub her head. "Ayato?"

"Are you that stupid?" mumbled Ayato as he got up.

"It really is you!" squealed Lith as she knocked him to the ground. She wrapped him into a tight hug and began to cry. "You moron…"

Quickly noticing what they were doing, Lith punched Ayato in the face. She got up and began to examine the situation. "What happened to the others? Is Shiku alright?" As Lith mentioned Shiku, she remembered briefly what had happened before she lost consciousness.

"The truth is I-" began to say Ayato as he turned bright red.

"What an idiot!" screamed Lith in anger before storming out.

"Fuck my luck." mumbled Ayato before he left the building and followed Lith.

—

"N-no…" mumbled Lith as she saw what was left in the aftermath of the raid. Buildings were destroyed, human and ghoul corpses were littered everywhere, blood stained the ground and a dark sky that loomed above.

As Lith dropped to her knees, she began to sob uncontrollably. "Why couldn't I do anything?! I'm just as weak as I was before!" she screamed. Her cries attracted a lot of attention.

"It's a ghoul! There's still a ghoul left!" yelled a dove.

"Prepare to initiate battle!" yelled the commander of the doves.

"But she was the one that-" began to say an investigator.

"Ghoul Countermeasures Law Article 119: Harboring or preventing the arrest of a ghoul is a crime punishable by death." roared the commander moments before he raised his arm and gave the signal to attack.

"I don't care about your silly laws…" mumbled Lith. "I don't care about who you are or your strength…"

"We all make mistakes! But some… ARE JUST UNFORGIVABLE!" screamed Lith. Moments before the attacks could touch her, she disappeared from sight.

"Where did she go?" asked one of the investigators.

"FIND HER!" roared the commander as he began to give the remaining squads orders.

—

Lith began to run as far away from the 20th ward as possible. Although she could still hear the yells from the investigators, she continued without stopping. When she was in the 17th ward, she decided to stop.

With her face full of exhaustion, she sat down in an alley to rest.

"God, you run a lot…" said Ayato as he plopped down beside Lith.

"Why are you still following me?" asked Lith with a surprised look in her eyes.

"Why wouldn't I? We're friends, aren't we?" replied Ayato sincerely.

Lith's eyes widened at his response. Didn't he just think of her as an annoying brat who just happened to be stronger than him (though he obviously admit it)? Once again, Lith's pink face began to tear up.

"Are you serious?" asked Lith as she faced him.

"I am, but if you make a big fuss about it, I might regret it." he silently replied. Lith began to hug him tightly, not caring about the fact that it had begun to rain.

"I'm so happy I could kiss you!" squealed Lith as she got up.

"What?" said Ayato with a stunned look.

"Just metaphorically, you know?" replied Lith, nervously laughing.

"Right…" mumbled Ayato with a slightly depressed tone as he stood up.

"Hey, you didn't really believe that, right?" quickly said Lith as she noticed his change in mood.

"Of course not. You're my friend." replied Ayato with a slight smile (#friendzoned).

"Great! Then, I'll go find a hotel I can stay in." said Lith with a relieved look as she quickly pecked him on the cheek.

As Lith walked away, Ayato just stared into the distance with a goofy look in his eyes and a bright red face.

=o=

Author's Note: I sorry about that last part, I just couldn't help it! Since this is a short chapter, it won't be counted as chapter 13 yet. Sorry for the inconvenience, I have a lot of things I'm working on right now and I ran out of ideas for this fanfic, so I might not post for a while (don't know how long).