It was just another night in New Eridu as she was out on another night run with Belle, and she was doing well tonight. She was able to keep a steady pace with her, which meant the proxy was making steady progress in her training. They were making their way back to Sixth Street since they were just about finished with their run. Soldier 11 stopped when she heard a noise, and she turned back to see Belle on the ground, which worried her. "Ow, ow, ow."

"Are you okay, Crimson Butterfly?"

"Ow, I think I twisted my ankle."

"Let me see." Soldier 11 knelt to inspect Belle's injury, and she saw the bruising. She lightly touched it, and Belle recoiled a little. "Luckily, it's only a mild sprain. It should heal up pretty quickly."

"Oh, that's good." Belle let out a surprised gasp when Soldier 11 picked her up bridal style, and she didn't know what to think. "Um, why?"

"Well, you can't walk back with that injury."

"Um, you're right. I'm sorry you have to do this."

"It's fine. I can't just leave you like this. I'll take you back to Sixth Street." So with that, Soldier 11 carried Belle to Sixth Street, and she could feel her heart pounding. She couldn't help it as Belle had her arms around her neck for stability. She was afraid the proxy could hear her heart pounding from how close the girl was. She could only hope that she wasn't blushing right now, or if she was, she hoped Belle didn't notice it. They stayed like this until they finally reached Sixth Street, and Soldier 11 carefully placed Belle down on one of the seats at General Chop's noodle shop. General Chop gave the two a confused look, which Belle caught on.

"Hey, General Chop."

"What's up, Belle?"

"I sprained my ankle."

"Ah, that's unfortunate. I hope it heals up quickly."

"It should. I was told that it was only mild." Belle and Soldier 11 watched as he did his work and whipped up noodles. He placed the bowls in front of them, which confused the two.

"Just for tonight, it's on the house!"

"Wow! Thank you!"

"Now, if you'll excuse me. I have something to do." General Chop said as he left the two, and Belle was about to dig in her noodles until a thought popped into her head. She thought that she would tease the soldier to see what kind of reaction she would get out of her. Belle tapped on Soldier 11's arm to get her attention before she ate her super spicy ramen.

"Ahhh..." Soldier 11 looked at the proxy like she was the odd one.

"What are you doing?"

"I was hoping you could feed me." Soldier 11 thought about it for a moment after hearing such a thing.

"Your arms should be perfectly fine."

"Oh, the pain." Belle comically put on an act. "I'm just kidding, by the way." Belle didn't expect Soldier 11 to hold up some of her noodles ready to feed her. Belle was so shocked that Soldier 11 went along with the joke that she just ate the noodles. "I don't know how to react."

"Why's that?"

"I was just messing with you."

"Oh. I'm sorry, I didn't realize."

"It's fine. It's my fault." Belle and Soldier 11 went to quietly eat their noodles until they finished. Soldier 11 stood up while she prepared to carry Belle again once she finished her noodles.

"Where to now?" Soldier 11 picked up Belle.

"To my-uh, my manager friend's store."

"I see." Soldier 11 carried the proxy over to Random Play, and they happened to bump into Wise, who was getting ready for bed. They all stared at each other when they noticed the situation that Belle was in. Said girl could only awkwardly wave at her brother, and he wondered what was happening.

"What's this about?"

"I, uh... sprained my ankle."

"What?! Geez... bring her upstairs." Wise led Soldier 11 to Belle's room, where she carefully placed the girl down on her bed. They both wondered if Soldier 11 realized that Belle lives here since they meet up here so often. Soldier 11 let out a small sigh of relief since she could calm her heart now. Carrying someone you love that close made her heart race a little more than she cared to admit.

"Hold on a second." Soldier 11 said as she left the room, leaving only Eous and Wise in the room. Eous gave her a worried look as he stood next to her bed.

"Ehn na. (Are you going to be okay?)"

"Don't worry, Eous. I'll be fine. It's only a mild sprain."

"That's good to hear. Okay, come on, Eous, you need to recharge." Eous nodded as he went to his charging station while Wise went to his room. Moments later, Belle heard some footsteps coming from downstairs, which ended up being Soldier 11. Soldier 11 held a small bag of ice and carefully placed it on Belle's sprain.

"You're not going to bed?"

"I don't feel tired yet."

"I see. Do you need anything else?"

"Some water, I guess." Soldier 11 nodded as she left to get Belle some water, leaving the girl in her thoughts. For the next couple of weeks, Soldier 11 would show up at night to take care of Belle. Belle couldn't help but think why she would need to do this for her, but either way, she was grateful for her. Belle walked downstairs to where Wise and Soldier 11 were, and they both smiled at her, seeing she had fully recovered.

"Glad to see you recovered," Wise said.

"Yep! It's nice being able to get up and move around after so long."

"Good. I have to go do something right now."

"This late?"

"Yes."

"Oh, I see." Belle watched as Wise left the two of them by themselves, and it gave her the perfect chance to ask Soldier 11 something. "Hey, I wanted to ask you something?"

"Go ahead."

"I just wanted to ask why you took care of me almost every day?"

"I... felt like it was my fault you got hurt. It wouldn't have happened if we didn't train like that."

"Oh, come on. It's not your fault that it happened. So don't beat yourself up like that, okay?"

"Okay... and besides, I did it because I lo... we are friends, aren't we?" Soldier 11 hid her face with her scarf in an attempt to hide the blush on her face. Despite her efforts, Belle noticed her blushing face, and the proxy felt her heart skip a beat.

"Of course." Belle smiled at her, which made the soldier even more flustered.

"You made a full recovery. If you need anything, just call me." Soldier 11 said as she left the proxy by herself, and said girl only had one thought in her mind.

"Whoa, Soldier 11 was surprisingly cute there." Belle smiled as she went to the back room, as another thought popped up. "Also, it sounded like she was about to say... nah, that can't be it."

Back at the Defence Force, Soldier 11 and Trigger were talking with each other about recent events. Which meant the topic mainly involved Belle and how Soldier 11 was taking care of her."Wait, you fed her?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Isn't that something couples do? Kind of romantic if you ask me."

"Oh." Trigger noticed Soldier 11 looked away, which meant she didn't realize what she was doing, so to save her, she tried to steer the conversation away from that topic. "So you took care of Belle until she was healed."

"Yes."

"I'm kind of jealous you spent so much time with her." Trigger thought.

"I hope that she'll rely on me more in the future."

"Of course she will. She's not that kind of person." Trigger said to reassure her.

"You're right."