𝐿𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝒢𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒

Chapter Twelve {1/2}

Vara's past POV

I look at my fingers that were freshly wrapped. A man sat down next to me, I was quiet and stared at him. The whole room was white, he was dressed in white, I was dressed in white. "Vara you're starting off into space again." He says in a soft tone, then he gently starts patting my head. "Why don't we do visit the heroes today, do that sound good to you?" I don't speak but he can see a glimpse of excitement in my eyes. "Alright Vara, why don't we go visit the heroes. It's almost your birthday." He points to the small calendar, which had the 31st circled. "Did you know it was October?" I looked at the calendar and shook my head slightly. "Nurse Mary?" A woman who felt like a sister in my eyes. There was a whisper next to me. "Can you grab Vara's shoes please?" The man asked her politely, I look around. "No Z." I whispered back and the man looked at me. "Is he back?" I shook my head, and he raised an eyebrow. "Z, aren't you supposed to be staying away from Vara?" There was a moment of silence before Z began to talk, "but father...I wanted to see her..." Z stopped using his quirk. Phantom. Z's family is full of phantom, he's red eyes stared into mine. "Why are her hands  and arms bandaged father?" Z asked while pointing to my hands. The man chuckles, "Vara's quirk is dangerous." I looked down, but Z says in a slightly cheerful voice "I like dangerous father. Don't worry." The man smiles at his son. Nurse Mary walks in and puts on my shoes. We walked out of the facility or my new home. There was a black car with tinted windows waiting for me. "Will you take Vara to the Hero Corporation? She wants to visit some of the heroes." The driver nods and starts the car, but I hold on to his hand tightly. "What's wrong?" I didn't want to be by myself, he always went with me. "Z?" The man said and Z appears, "yes father?" The man smiles "why don't you go with Vara; I normally go with her, but I have test to run." Z stares at me, "sure! I guess I'll be her knight and shining armor." He holds out his hand for me to hold. I hesitantly reach out for his. "Vara, don't be scared. He'll protect you while I'm gone. Don't worry." The man says giving me a reinsuring head rub. I held Z's hand; he brought my mine closer to his face due to the fact that we are maybe young, but he was currently taller than me. "Be gentle Z. She's delicate." The man says looking at Z. "She's my best friend I wouldn't ever hurt her! She's my best friend!" The man laughs and opens the car door. "Take them straight there, alright Max?" The driver nods, Z noticed that I was having a hard time strapping the seatbelt. "Here hand it over to me." I hand it to him, and he clicks it for me. "There you go my little blossom..." I pause at the name he calls me, his little blossom. "Blossom...?" He smiles, "yes like cherry blossom! Have you ever seen one?" I shake my head. I'm just glad he didn't call me anything with the word chocolate. I was going to make him see stars. "I'll take you to a cherry blossom tree one day!" He smiles and I show a small smile back.

"Z, BACK AWAY YOU CAN'T STOP THE BLEEDING YOU BALLOON BOY!" I yell trying to get away from him but feeling cramps in my body. "FATHER! SHE HAS BLOOD GOING DOWN HER LEG!" Z yells, the man walks in the room with tissues and things. "Nurse Mary, can you help Vara out with her period?" The man asks her. She walks into the room "yes of course. Come on Vara lets you get cleaned up and changed." She laughs slightly, waiting for me to walk over to her. Once I was out of the room the man walked over to Z. "Listen Z, I want you to take care of Vara and yourself. Do you understand?" Z nods, "she's been through a lot of things due to how you found her, but we have to give her to the heroes." The man says while looking over at Z. The man noticed tears running down Z's face.

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Third person POV
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Vara is a highly educated young girl. So is Z, but they are very close as in best friends. Warm tears rolled down his face. "Why? Why does she have to go?" Z asks wiping away his tears. The man took Z into a hug, telling him that it's alright and not to cry. "Z, it's for the better. She goes in a week." Z went quiet, then he started begging "father please...I don't want her to go...I love her too much...please father! Please!" His eyes began to burn due to him crying too hard. "Z...?" A soft and gently voice said coming from the doorway. Z turns around quickly; he sees Vara and runs into her arms. "Z... stop...why are you crying...hey stop...look at me...please." Z was crying in the nape of her neck. Her natural scent intoxicating him. That's one of the reasons he called her 'my cherry blossom'  she always had a faint scent of cherry. He was holding her close, but Vara was confused. The man and Nurse Mary left the room. "So, you found out...?" Vara says quietly because his ear was close by. He simply just nodded his head. "I'm sorry...I really am..." she slowly lifted her arms and hugged him back, to comfort him. They broke from the hug and Vara placed her hand on his cheek. She felt bad due to the fact she was too scared to touch him with her bare hand. "Vara please don't go..." Vara looks down. "Z, I'm sorry...but they've already set a place for me." Vara says, Z wipes his tears. "They said when I'm old enough..." Vara looks away, but Z understood. "You're going to UA, I'm proud Vara. You can go and become a hero." Vara's eyes start to tear up and a tear fall. "I'll be there with you. I promise. I'll protect you, even if you think you can protect yourself." He wipes the tear that rolled down her cheek. "Z... you already said you don't want to a hero..." Vara says, Z chuckles. "I'd be much better a villain than a hero. Who knows maybe we'll get to battle."? He says while rubbing her head but fluffing it up in the process. "You dork..." Z smile and Vara looks at him again. "Okay~ the both of you are highly adorable but Eraserhead wants to see you Vara." The man says and Vara walks over to the man. "You still have a week don't worry!" Vara says, then waved goodbye to him.

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Vara's POV
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Z tossed me a jacket; I catch it without breaking eye contact with my bags. "Hey." I turn my gaze toward him. He was standing there with tears in his eyes. "My father is waiting for you in your old room." I pick up my bags and walk towards him. "Stop staring like that, come here." I pull him into a gently hug. He hugs me back; I could tell he was holding back a few tears. "I'll visit you; I promise." He nods, I could tell he was hurting. His best friend is leaving him. The girl he wouldn't stop haunting me. We broke from our hug and headed to my old room. "Hey kiddo, I wanted to be a minute early to see you! I'd rather be one minute early than one minute late!" Midnight says while getting a better look at me. "Doc her eyes are beautiful!" Mirko says, helping me with my shoes. "Bye-bye Z!" I say while waving at him. "Don't say bye silly that means you won't see me again. Say see you later." He says in a teacher like tone. "See ya teach." He laughs while waving to me. "I'll see you soon Vara." The man says, "yeah in the bright lights and titled as a hero!" Z smiles to himself and the man chuckles. "You'll make a great hero Vara, just remember your management skills and that you control the quirk it, doesn't control you." The man says, I look down at my hands and remember the bloody scene, abuse and the struggling. "Hey, stop it. You're growing, now go be a hero." Z says and walks me to the door. "I'll try not to go off the deep end..." I mumble.