Emotionless Red

Chapter 22

Lenalee's POV:

The cold winter winds struck my form causing shivers to run down my spine, releasing shaky breaths that created small clouds of hot breath in the air. My dark violet eyes scanning the streets, looking for akuma or innocence. Pulling my black trench coat tighter around me as I saw a flash of familiar red-brown hair running into an alley way.

Transfixed in going in the direction I saw the familiar mop of hair, I slowly walked into the dark alley, the sound of trash rustling and a hiccup sounding from a small figure near the trash. Slowly walking closer while making out the figure of a boy and the sound of crying hitting my ears as I speak softly. "Hey little boy, what's the matter?"

The boy scooted away from me, his head snapping up to look straight at me with fear as he lifts his right arms up, practically shouting out. "Please, don't hurt me! I'll give o-or do anything just don't hurt me! Please!"

"I'm not going to hurt... Ssh, it's me Red." I kneeled down in front of him as he slowly lowered his right arm, tears filled eyes looked at me and nearly made my heart break in two. What could of happen to him to make him act like this? Did someone hurt him?

"W-who's Red? I-I'm Neah, Miss...." His body shook from the cold as he curled in more, trying to keep the warmth in.

"Oh...um...Can you come here Neah. I'll take you somewhere warm and you can stay with me if you want to? Oh, I'm Lenalee by the way." I held out my hand for him to grab and he did grab my hand after waiting a while, I pulled him out of the snow and lead him to the hotel I was staying at.

Once back in the warm compounds of my hotel room did I release Red's hand only for him to jump behind me when Lavi run into the room, shouting. "Lena Where Were You?! I Didn't Know Where You Vanished To And I Was Worried That Your Brother Would Kill Me If I Didn't Bring You Back Tomorrow!"

Lavi launched himself at me as he silently cried at imagining what my brother would do to him. I giggled slightly and then narrowed my eyes when I noticed Red standing behind me, shaking and looking wide eyed at Lavi. "Lavi don't be so loud. You're scaring him."

Lavi raised a brow; well I think he did because it was hard to tell considering the other was hidden behind his eye patch. I pushed Lavi away as I turned around to look at Red, only now noticing that he had dark bruises covering the left side of his face. "Re-Neah this is Lavi, he's a friend of mine. He won't hurt you. Let's go get you cleaned up, okay?"

I directed Red to the bathroom were he could clean up; looking at Lavi who just stared at Red as I gently pushed him into the bathroom to clean up. "Lavi, I'm going to quickly see if I can get some clothes his size. I'll be back and try not to scare him."

Red's POV:

I rolled my shoulders as Lenalee shut the door behind me, a sigh leaving my lips as a smirk began to form on my lips. Turning on the tap so the bath slowly filled with warm water, my mercury eyes flashing gold for a second then returning to their natural grey. 'Neah, how long do you reckon I'll have to stay like this? I mean put up this act?'

'I don't know kid but why did you choose my name?' I shrugged not that he could see it as I stripped and turned off the tap, the warm water burning against my frozen skin.

'Because I like you Neah. I needed a name and I thought yours would do for the time being.' I sunk further into the warm water, it relaxing my muscles and warming every inch of me. I had been in the cold weather all day and the first thing I needed is food and a warm bath.

A content sigh left my lips as I could imagine Neah smiling at my answer, I really do like Neah he was always there to help me even before I awoken. He was the one helping me unlock my emotions and helping me keep a grip on them from when I was younger. I still lost my emotions when I was younger but then again I didn't want to feel all the pain I had been through, I just found it better to let them go.

I shook my head as I splashed my face then got out of the bath, wrapping the off white towel around my waist as I cracked open the door to see the red-head Lavi sitting on a bed, his eye closed in thought as I peeked at him through the gap in the door.

My mercury eyes stared at him as he opened his eye to meet mine; I jumped back slightly as the fiery red head smiled at me. "Common little guy. Lena-lady will be back soon with some clothes for ya."

I nodded my head as I opened the door fully and made my way over to him; Lavi's eye went straight to the scars on my left side of my body, red-ish scars running from my waist to my shoulder in jagged patterns. As if someone was trying to hack my left arm off which is true from when I was younger. There was also a couple scarred burn marks on me but they were from almost being burnt alive.

I sat on the bed next to Lavi, the towel wrapped tightly around my waist as Lavi's eye narrowed slightly. "Neah....Why do ya have all these scars?"

I looked at him with my head tilted, my eyes narrowing ever so slightly. "I got them from an entire village trying to chop off my left arm. The burns are from them trying to burn me alive and all the smaller ones are from being beaten at the circus."

"How long have you had them?" Lavi's eye softened as I looked to the ground, tears brimming in my eyes.

"I was five when they tried to burn me and I was about six when they tried to hack off my arm with an axe but they couldn't cut through my left arm with the axe so they started from my upper shoulder. The smaller cuts are from when I was seven and living at the circus..." I fiddled with my thumps as I kicked my feet back and forth.

The door opened to reveal Lenalee with a pile of folded clothing in her arms, walking over to me but stopping for a brief second to look at all the scars on me, shaking her head as she smiled at me and told me to get dressed.

When I entered the bathroom, I heard Lenalee and Lavi talking about my scars and past. A wide smirk spread across my face as I chuckled quietly, changing into the clothing Lenalee had gave me. I looked into the mirror, seeing Neah standing behind me as I mumbled. "This is going to be easy Neah."

A/N: Hey Darling Creatures~

Sorry It Took Me A While To Update But Hey, I'm Sick And At Home And Thought 'Lets Write Some Chapters!'

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