Meeting the others

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The next few minutes felt like the greatest minutes of Luan's life. As she walked with Yuya, things seemed to feel better than they had in a long time. She even forgot that she was supposed to keep an eye out for her brother. Yuya was so fun and silly that she couldn't help laughing when he was being a goof. He reminded her of herself when she used to do children's birthday parties before.... well you know. Eventually, Yuya and Luan sat down near the entrance to the funhouse so they can rest. Yuya had bought some toffee apples and Luan was happy to have some food to eat. Back when she was locked in the basement, Luan barely had anything to eat. It was another one of her brother's cruel punishments. She knew that she may never get a  chance to eat food as good as this again so she savoured the flavour of her toffee apple. Yuya smiled as he watched Luan eat her treat. Just then, a familiar whack on his head got his attention. Luan heard the sound and turned in that direction. Standing behind Yuya was a young girl holding a paper fan and she didn't look too happy. 

"YUYA! I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU!" She shouted at Yuya

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"YUYA! I'VE BEEN LOOKING ALL OVER FOR YOU!" She shouted at Yuya. Luan blocked her ears as the girl ranted at Yuya. Luckily she had put Mr. Coconuts in her backpack so she didn't have to worry about toffee getting into her hair. But Yuya smiled."Ease off Zuzu."He said to the girl. "I had a good reason to stop the show." "Yeah RIGHT!" She shouted. "You just wanted to slack off again. Well, I'm not buying it!" "Wha- NO!" Yuya stammered. "I was helping someone who I saw in the crowd! She looked like she needed it." "Well, where is she?!" The girl asked. Yuya pointed to Luan who was still eating the toffee apple. The girl gasped at the sight of her. "What happened to her? She looked like she got mugged!"She asked. "I don't want to talk about it." Luan replied. Yuya put his hand on her shoulder. "It's  Ok. I understand if you're conflicted by something." He said. Luan smiled at him.  Just then the girl looked at Luan with concern. "I have never seen her before." "I saw her in the crowd during my latest show," Yuya explained. "She looked like she was lost." Luan shrugged. "I wasn't lost. Just was wandering around." The girl was still looking over at Luan. To be honest, she felt a bit uncomfortable. "So where are you from?" She asked with a smile. "It doesn't matter."Luan scoffed. "I ran away, and I'm not going back." Yuya was surprised to hear this. "Really?" He asked concerned. "How come?" Luan sighed. She knew she couldn't avoid it for long. "My brother treats me as a tool." Both Yuya and the girl looked shocked to hear that. "But... but what about your parents?" The girl asked. "I lost my parents in an accident." Luan sighed sadly. "Oh." Yuya said, putting his arm around his new friend. "That's, uh ... that's awful." "It's ok." Luan said. "I did what I had to do. If I didn't leave, things would've gotten worse." The girl stared at Luan. Luan braced herself, expecting the worst. But instead, the girl stroked Luan's forehead.  "You poor thing." She said, looking at Luan like she was a stray kitten. She held out her hand. "My name's Zuzu." She said introducing herself. Luan happily shook Zuzu's hand. Just then Yuya's outfit began to glow. "Uh, Yuya? what's up with that?" Luan asked in confusion. "Oh. Wonder what they want now?" Yuya asked as he pulled a pendant out of his shirt.

 Wonder what they want now?" Yuya asked as he pulled a pendant out of his shirt

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