Fantom Pains

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Today I am being released from the hospital. I unfortunately had muscle damage in my left leg and I needed to use crutches until I felt my leg was well enough to walk on. As I was leaving I saw Blitzo was waiting for me at the front door.
   "Hey, Y/n," Blitzo greeted.
   "Hey, Blitzo," I said.
   "Ready to head home?" He asked.
   "Is the sky red?" I answered.
   We get in the van and head for Stolas's mansion.
   Once we got there I had an issue right away. I couldn't get up the stairs because of the crutches.
   "I can't believe that I forgot about the stairs," I said.
   "Can't you magic your way up?" Blitzo asked.
   "I could but it has been unstable for me lately and I'm willing to bet that it is more now than ever," I said. "That and it really saps my energy."
   "Tell you what I will run in and get you some of your clothes and you can stay with me and Loona," Blitzo offered.
   "You don't have to do that for me," I said.
   "I insist," Blitzo said holding his nose dramatically. "That and you are stinking up my car so you need fresh clothes and a shower."
   He got out of the car and went inside. A few minutes later he came back out with a duffel bag of my clothes.
   "Thank you, Blitzo," I said.
We arrived at Blitzo and Loona's apartment. Blitzo dropped me off at the front door so I wouldn't have to walk as far and drove off to park the van.
A few minutes later he returned and we entered the apartment building. Luckily they lived on the first floor since I didn't see an elevator. Blitzo unlocked the door and brought my bag of clothes to the living room.
"The bathroom is down the hall," he said.
I grabbed a pair of shorts and a T-shirt from my bag and went to take a shower. As I was taking my shirt off I heard the door open and close shortly after. When I finally got my shirt off and checked there was nobody there.
"I must be hearing things," I said to myself.
A few minutes later I was almost done with my shower but forgot about my leg wound running soap right over it. I yelled in pain and unfortunately slipped on the wet shower floor falling and hitting my head on the shower wall. I hear the door fly open.
"Are you okay?" Loona asked worried.
"I fell," I said.
"Do you need any help?" She asked.
"Yes, I don't think I can stand up by myself," I said.
She reached her hand in and turned the water off then handed me a towel.
"I'm covered," I said.
She opened the curtain and helped me to my feet.
"What happened?" She asked.
"I forgot about the leg wound and ran the soap over it," I said slightly embarrassed. "And then slipped at the sudden surge of pain."
She laughed a little bit.
"Ok, let's get you dried off," she said then gained a slight blush as she realized that I was in only a towel.
She helped me get to the toilet so I could sit and left so I could get dressed in privacy. When I was done getting dressed I left the bathroom and Loona was waiting next to the door.
   "Sorry about just barging in," she said.
"It's fine," I said. "I'd rather it be you helping me than your dad, he probably wouldn't have given me a towel."
She smiled and laughed.
"You're probably right," she said.
We walked to her room and on the way she grabbed my bag. I sit on the bed to reapply a gauze bandage to the wound on my leg. Loona took the bandage from me and helped put it on.
   "Thank you," I said.
   "You're welcome," she said.
   "Do you want to go get a bite to eat?" I ask. "I didn't get much to eat."
   "I'd love to," she said.
   I threw on a pair of jeans and we left the apartment.
   "Where to?" She asked.
   "I'm not familiar with well anywhere in Hell," I said. "You choose."
"I know a place," Loona answered. "And it's in right here in the Pride Ring."
We walked a bit and arrived at the restaurant. We enter and sit at a table. As I was looking at the menu something caught the corner of my eye. When I looked up I thought I saw Striker but when I focused it was an imp in a white jacket and white hat but much smaller than Striker. I began to breathe heavily.
"Are you alright," Loona asked.
"Y-yeah," I said.
At that moment the waitress came and took our order. We both got burgers. After a few minutes, our order came. We ate our burgers, paid for the food, and left.
"Where to now?" Loona asked.
"We can just walk around," I said. "It's Good for my legs."
"Sounds good to me," Loona said.
We walked around the city for a bit and decided to go to a park.
"It feels good to be out and about," I said.
"How's your leg?" Loona asked.
"I haven't had any pain," I answered.
"Good," she said.
We stayed in the park for a bit. As we were leaving there was a movement in the corner of my vision and I looked over and saw an imp juggling knives. It interested me for a moment but then my heart started to pound. I blinked and I was in front of Striker. He was swinging the knife that left a lasting wound on my leg. I dodged and ducked as he was trying to cut and stab me. I fell backward and before he sunk his knife into my chest I blinked and I was back in reality on the ground.
"What is his problem?" A bypassing female imp asked in a snarky tone.
"Are you okay, Y/n?" Loona asked.
"I-I don't k-know," I stuttered.
"Let's just go back home okay?" She asked.

Back At The Apartment Loona's P.O.V.
We got back to the apartment and Y/n is now in my room resting. I was on the phone with Celty.
"He was okay all day but as soon as he saw the knife juggler he started panicking," Loona said.
"PTSD," Celty said. "He probably saw the knives and then remembered Striker."
"You are probably right," I said. "Thank you, Celty."
   "Hopefully he can overcome this obstacle," Celty said. "I have to get back, take care."
   "You too," I said hanging up the phone.
   I sat on the couch and stared at the floor until I saw movement in the corner of my eye. When I looked up it was Y/n.
   "Hey," I said. "Where are your crutches?"
   "My leg feels better," he said.
   "That's good," I said.
   "Let's go for a walk," he said. "So I can stretch out my legs."
   "Sure," I said.
   I had an off feeling but it might have been from earlier.
   We walked around the city for a couple of hours.
   "Do you want to go to dinner?" Y/n asked.
   "Sure, where at?" I asked.
   "Ring of Lust," he said. "Ozzie's."
   "That place is always booked how do you have a reservation?" I asked.
   "I'm sure they would give us a table if I mentioned that I am friends with Lucifer," he said.
   "Ok," I said.
   We made our way to Ozzie's.

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