Sunflower

54

Bucky walked past the main door of the compound when he heard a knock. He turned to see a figure behind the blurry glass door. He slowly opened it, seeing a brunette stand on the other side. She looked like me, but she was a bit taller, and her eyes were as brown as her hair. Confused Bucky looked at her, remembering that he last saw me with white hair and piercings.

"Hallo?" Bucky asked, his voice full of curiosity.

The woman smiled at Bucky, feeling a bit awkward. "Hi, I'm Mavi," she smiled.

Suddenly Bucky remembered about my triplet sister. "Oh, hi. You must be looking for Amber, right?" he asked letting her in. "I'm Bucky."

"I'm sorry?" Mavi asked confused as she entered. "Amber?" she questioned.

Bucky then realizing I had changed my name, not knowing that Mavi had no idea. "Uhm, Melion?" he asked looking at her, hoping he said the right name.

"Oh, my sister, yes," Mavi said giving a confused smile.

Bucky showed her down the hallway into the lounge. "Melion is out for a run, but I'm sure she'll be back soon," he said, letting Mavi sit down on a chair.

"Oh, that's good!" Mavi smiled, sitting down. "How is she?" she asked randomly.

"I'm sorry?" Bucky asked confused.

Mavi sighed but grew a bigger smile. "She called me a few days ago, telling me about the news," she said, looking at Bucky. "See, she came to me two months ago for her holiday. And well, why not pay her a little visit?"

"What- what happened to her when she went to Paris?" Bucky asked curiously.

Mavi sighed and sat back. "She was a mess when she arrived. She knocked on my door one morning; I had no idea she was coming," Mavi began. "She began to burst into tears when she tried to explain. She talked about this amazing guy she met, and how he hurt her badly. But she never finished talking about what happened. I let her stay in my spare bedroom."

Bucky sighed and looked at Mavi. He rested his elbows on his legs, listening to her.

"A few days after she arrived I managed to get her to go shopping with me and stuff. We decided to cut her hair but ended up dying it as well." Mavi gave a slight laugh. "She got two tattoos and then her ears pierced, a lot of piercings. Somehow I think she just got them to-"

"She got them to wash out emotional pain," Bucky realized looking at the floor.

"Yeah," Mavi said, knowing it was true. "Soon she went and got a nose piercing. I surely yelled on her, because she was hurting herself, even though she was doing better, she started getting happy again." Mavi smiled. "She found her bike licence. She never rode a bike since she was seventeen." Mavi smiled looking at Bucky. "But she didn't just get piercings. She also got stitches," she said disappointed.

Bucky looked at her, shocked. "What?" he asked, eager for an answer.

"She smashed a photo frame in my house and got stitches on her knuckles. If you look carefully you can see the scars," she said, her voice becoming worried.

Bucky gasped softly, feeling the pain I did. "God." He sighed, looking a bit terrified.