⭐Home For A Night⭐ Pieliy

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(Chapter originally written 8/31/18)

It was midnight, a rainstorm had settled in the area not long ago creating nice ambiance for the Death P.A.C.T members who were all asleep except for Tree, he had taken a bath and lost track of time.

Tree was getting ready for bed, combing hair, brushing his teeth and what not. He then heard the doorbell ringing.

Who'd be at the door this late?

He rushed downstairs to see who could be out there at this hour especially in the pouring rain.

Opening the door he saw their former teammate Liy. She had been eliminated on the 5th episode, and they hadn't heard from her at all. Four didn't allow contestants to communicate with exitors.. So why would Four even let her out?

He was surprised for sure, his eyes slightly widen standing there silent for a moment but realised fairly quickly that she was completely wet.

"-Get in here Liy, you're soaking!" Tree exclaimed grabbing Liy by her shoulders and pulling her in.

-"Ugh, Tree you're gonna make me pull a muscle or something." Liy retorted rotating her arms in a circular motion trying to relieve the slight pain in her shoulder.

-"Sorry" Tree replied scratching the back of his neck.-"Your clothes are so wet, Liy! Stay here for a moment, I don't want you walking around getting the house wet." Tree explaied then going to find some dry clothes for his friend. Tree went upstairs and ended up in the attic he tried his best to be quiet as Pen's room was right underneath it... Perfect.

trying his best to be quiet he navigated on the creaky floorboards as the slight pitter patter from a nearby bucket could be heard, collecting water from the storm. The house Four had given the team was a little dated to say the least. It had a few leaks up top, thankfully on the floors below.

-"Finally" He whispering under his breath grabbing it. Tree had located a box that said "Liyz stuff!! ♥" Bottle of course wrote it, because; by the time Liy was eliminated she didn't get the chance to pack up her stuff so both Bottle and Remote had offered to do it for her. Picking it up he shook it a bit hearing fabric shifting and quiet jingling inside, as he went down the stairs he entered the bathroom as it was right next to the latter of the attic to grab Liy a towel.

As he came back he realised Liy was gone, but noticed there was a trail of water going from the entrance to the living room. Tree followed the trail getting slightly nervous hoping she wasn't on the furniture.

He entered and...she was on the couch, of course.

He huffed his grip on both the box and the towel tightend, -"Liy!" He said through grit teeth trying to get her attetion. Liy looked up at Tree as she had just been messing with the loose seems on her dress before. -"What?!" She questioned seeming a tad annoyed. Tree realised they were the only ones up so, Pressing his hands and rubbing temples he attempted to calm down before replying.

Tree sighs heavly -"I thought I told you to stay put," He raised his hand up pointing to the door where she had been standing before. -"So you wouldn't get the house wet?" Liy tilted her head looking at the trail of wet footprints tracked onto the carpet and scoffed.

-"Tree, it's only a bit of water" She assuered with a not so convincing smile on her face. Tree sighs and throws the towel at Liy. -"whatever, just go dry off." He grumbled. Liy held out her hands looking up at him. -"And my stuff?" He gave her the box and told her to change in the bathroom upstairs.

As she went up she looked around and the house looked way better than she had remembered, the creaky stairs were fixed, walls were painted with new paint, various things that had been old or broken were replaced, it all seemed so foreign yet so familiar to her.

even if she only spent a few months there.

Finally she arrived at the bathroom even if it wasn't that long of a walk. Her clothes were slightly drier than before being only damp.

Still, she needed to desperately change, Liy hadn't had a change of clothes since her elimination and her usual baby blue dress was showing some wear.

Opening the box she went through various stuff even finding an old notebook chalk full of deaths she had prevented during her time with her team, she had so many the last of the list ended up on the cardboard back of the cheap thing. chuckling to herself she scanned through the pages seeing little notes she had made occasionally.

Okay back to business

She closed the book and placed it on the nearby counter top, continuing going through the box of things. Finding some decent clothes not long after.

A light blue button up shirt and some light colored jean caprese, also in her hand was a white cotton night gown. All of those things brought her closer to the bottom of the small box. She picked them up smoothing them out a bit to try and get wrinkles out.

She then spotted an old photo. It was taken a week or so before her elimination, it was a cute photo. herself, Pie and Blackhole were all in it together, the taller boy being at the back of the two girls and Pie and Liy's arms had been wrapped around each other.

Maybe I could sneak this back to class..

She changed into the gown folding the caprese and shirt bringing it with her and puts the photo in the pocket of the jeans. Before going back down stairs she had hung her damp clothes up on the towel rack and the towel folded up neatly on the counter.