The One and Only || Arlo x oc ||

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Lisa was on her way to Arlo's apartment. All day she had that feeling that something is wrong. She just couldn't tell what. When she got to his house she opened the door and went straight to the kitchen. When she got there she saw Arlo puting their dinner on the plates. But something was off about him. She stayed still at the entrance wanting to see if he noticed her. After a couple of minutes she decided to get his attention.

- Hi Arlo.

He snaped out of his thougths and turned around to look at her.

- Hi. When did you get here?

- A few minutes ago. What's wrong? You seem off...

He looked like he hesitated for a while and eventually said.

- It's... It's nothing. Just alot on my mind.

- If you say so. How about we talk about it after dinner? Maybe this will help you get your thougths together.

- Yeah.

- So what are we eating today.

- Your favorite. Spaghetti.

- You remembered that? We talked about that a long time ago.

- Ofcourse I remembered. So how was your day?

- It was okay. It was boring. How about you?

- Well...

After the dinner they sat on the sofa put on some music in the background and it was time to talk.

- So what happend? What's on your mind all day?

- I meet with my aunt not long ago... Remi went with me. She said that my aunt is the one who killed her brother. And I don't want to belive that but... I think that she might be right. But my aunt works for the authorities and all my life I worked to get there. To protect the weak. We had a place called safe house at our school. The high tiers would protect the weak onse there. I was a part of that. But my aunt... she told me to foucus on studdies and I left. I don't know why. And now... now I feel like everything is falling appart. What should I do now...? Lisa... I don't know what to belive anymore.

He started to tear up. Lisa wanted to be there for him. To comfort him. Show him that even thoug his world is falling appart she is still there and always will be.

- Oh Arlo.

She opened her arms. Few seconds later they were leing on the couch. Arlo's head on her cheast. He closed his eyes and calmed down listening to her heart beat.

- I can't tell you what to do. I think you should listen to your friends and see their story then decide who to belive. But I will support you no matter what you decide to do. I want and I'll be there for you. Allways.

- Thank you... What did I do to deserve you?

She run her hand through his hair until he fell asleep.

Lisa looked up at the celling. Memories flashing throug her mind.

She remembered the time when Arlo lost the king title. He was devastided. What suprised her he didn't have a problem with the title. He felt guilty.

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Lisa wanted to suprise Arlo. She bougth their favorite snacks and had a list of movies to watch. She walked into his appartment without knocking and went straight to the salon. While she was setting everything up she had a wierd feeling. Usually Arlo would have heard her and went to check who is in his house. She was getting worried whe she heard a crash from the bathroom. She run there. When she opened the door she stoped in her tracks for a moment and then run to him to hug him.

- What happend?

She looked at him. His eyes were lifeless and dull but still they were full of emotions. He looked at her with a blank expresion. He was all beat up he was beading from his mouth and had a wound on his stomache.

- Arlo pleas talk to me...

He didn't say a word. But his eyes begin to water. He looked at her and his tears started to fall.

- Lisa...

His voice was almost a wishper. It broke her heart to see him so... so beat up. Not physycly but emotionaly. She held him thigther and let him cry on her shoulder. She run a soothing hand up and down his back. She felt herself tear up.

After both of them calmed down. She helped him get up. She took care of his wounds and took him to sit on the sofa.

- Arlo... Tell me what happend when you're ready. I'll wait. In the mean time lets watch a movie okay. To get your mind of of everything.

She stood up to go grab blankets from the closet bu was stopped by a hand on her wrist.

- Don't go! Pleas don't leave me...

His voice was horse from all the crying. Yet he still managed to yell for her to stay. After that his voice broke down to a wishper again. She knew that was proprbly one of the first times he lets himself be so emotional around someone else. Or even lets himself feel so many emotions.

- It's okay. I'll grab the blankets and be rigth back I promise.

He let her go. She took the blankets and a few additional pillows making sure that he coud see her all the time and walked back to him.

As soon as she set down he put his head on her laps. He knew that shocked her because she froze but just as he was about to get up he felt a hand ran through his hair. He remembered that he once told her that he realy liked when someone did that and that was extremely soothing for him.

Three movies later Arlo stopped Lisa from playing another movie and set up. He told her everything. About John the figth his title and most importantly he told her about the guilt he felt. He blamed himself for John attacking his friends for hurting them.

At the end of the storry Lisa couldn't do anything but tell him it wasn't all his fault. Sure he shouldn't attack him but it was his choice to attack his friends who didn't realy do anything to him. That night she stayed over. In the morning he hugged her really tight and thanked her. That was also the first time she promised him that she will never leave him and always be by his side.

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- I guess history likes to repeat itself huh?

She whispered to herself before falling asleep.