An Enchantment Of Blue [Closed]

"It's a good thing your actual friend was there to protect you." Solon said and Serenity couldn't help but smile. She lowered her head and sort of dazed off for a moment. "Yeah... You're right." she said in reply and then snapped herself out from her little trance. "A man should do as he says and be true to his word, but even more important a man should honor his friendships. If someone has any true feeling of camaraderie he would never threaten that person." he continued and Serenity nodded in agreement. "And right again." she said and giggled a little and glanced off once more. She went on to explain what happened, at least some of it, and felt the horror return as she thought back. She didn't like the feeling she had when she thought about it and his next question didn't exactly help. "You think he is dead?" No. She didn't. She felt that Carl was out there still and was likely waiting for her to return to her newly built home to catch her by herself. She feared that moment, knowing she wouldn't be able to stop him if the time came to. She figured that she would be killed in that instance.

"No... I don't." Serenity lowered her head. Her voice was hesitant, almost fearful of the answer she gave. "Well if he isn't dead, and is somehow at large then at least for now consider yourself in good hands. No one causes trouble when I'm around; he threatens anyone he answers to me." he said and Serenity looked back up to him with a grateful smile. "Thank you..." she said, slightly surprised about his words. It wasn't often that someone told them that they'd protect her, but that had changed recently. This was the second time and it felt... nice. She had people who seemed to care about her for her, not just because of the power she had. "I'd say you could live here in the village, but if you lived on the outskirts of Arcadia, it's probably not your type of home. Still, I'll try to make sure you're comfortable while you're here." he told her and once again she felt happy. She couldn't explain it. "I'm sorry if it feels like I'm repeating myself, but again... thank you, Solon." Serenity said in an even more sincere tone than she had before. Something about Solon pulled her in. She was, of course, unaware that it was those gorgeous blue eyes of his.

"You bring any food back for the village?" Serenity's attention was caught by an unfamiliar voice and looked over to see a man from the village approach them. She didn't know him much, but she recognized them as family of one she had healed. It was too bad she couldn't remember exactly which one; she would have been able to ask how they were doing. "Not yet." Solon replied to the man and Serenity noted the momentary disappointment that had been shown. There wasn't another word said before the man smiled, waved, and walked away. That seemed all too familiar. Serenity couldn't help but wonder if Solon was used as much as she was. She didn't exactly mind it because there were things that she could do that not one person in this world was able to. She felt it was her responsibility to do those things for people who needed her too, but she'd like to have someone just like her because of who she is, not what she could do. So far, she had only had that three times in her life, and her mother and father were two of those people. It wasn't exactly a long list and that upset her.

"Something doesn't feel right." Serenity heard him say and turned her attention back toward Solon. "Huh? You okay?" she asked him kind and curiously. "Nevermind, I must be imagining it." he said and Serenity looked suspiciously at him. Serenity had the ability to sense anything of ill intent as if they were yelling her name from a large crowd. She could sense it all: revenge, hatred, jealousy, rage, and many more. So if something was around, she would be able to sense it. Since she wasn't sensing anything, she assumed that there was nothing there. Unfortunately, she was unaware of the fact that her lack of Arcana and weakened state was not allowing her to sense how she usually did. At this point, Serenity wouldn't be able to sense anything that wasn't within five feet of her own body. So if something were to happen, Solon would have to see it first. "Well, let's go to the outskirts of the village. I'd like to look out toward the lake... Is it near?" Serenity, without thinking, took Solon's hand within her own and sorta pulled him along with her, "Can you show me?"

Solon was proving every passing moment that he was simply a great man. He was strong, independent, kind, looked up to by those in the village, loyal to his friend, and generous to Serenity. So far, she was quite impressed with what she had learned about him. And even as she took his hand to pull him along, the fact that he sped up to make sure he was leading her was slightly admirable. Of course, Serenity didn't exactly let go of his hand. She didn't know why, but she felt the need to hold on to him, like he was the only thing keeping her safe. As they traveled, Serenity happily looked around, her pace being quickened to keep up with the tall Solon. She liked this little village. Well, it wasn't little. It was larger than the one near her home, so it wasn't too bad. As they continued on, Serenity saw that she was seeing less and less housing. She looked along the water, noticing the docks and the icky smell in the air, but it didn't bother her too much. She didn't mind the smell of fish, only eating it. Soon, they moved into the woods and Serenity wondered how far they were going to go. Wouldn't it have been better to stay near the village? What if they were needed? She trusted his judgement, so she shrugged it off.

Traveling through the trees made it really dark. Serenity did her best not to trip over anything and actually pulled herself closer to Solon. She was a little nervous being in an area she did not know, but she'd have to deal with it for now. At least he was able to make her feel safe. She sort of clung to his hand by tightening her grip and kept her body close to his. Soon, they passed through a few trees and came to an area where there were no trees. Beyond that was the ocean and the moon beautifully lighting up the night sky so they could see. The moment she saw it, Serenity was awe struck. Her hands grip loosened off of Solon's and she walked forward, looking out to the water. She wanted nothing more than to run into it, but knew it'd likely be very cold. "This is a nice quiet place that I like." he said and Serenity could only agree. She took in a deep breath and smelled the fresh crisp air, listening to the waves crash onto the shore as the tide came in. "Like it?" he asked and she turned to him smiling.

"Oh, it's wonderful. I haven't seen something so beautiful in a long... long time." she said and took his hand in hers once more, "Come on." Serenity lead him down to the water and let go of his hand to kick off her shoes. She across the sand, lifted her torn skirt enough to not get it wet and stepped into the water. She shivered a little because of the water being cold, but she soon got used to it. She loved the feeling of water and was still tempted to dive in and swim around. It's what she would have done back home, but didn't feel comfortable doing it here. "This place is wonderful..." she said with her gaze looking down toward her feet. As she walked, she began watching the ripples she created in the water as her feet moved through it. Serenity looked up to Solon and smiled. "Do you come out here to think? Or maybe get a break from the village?" she asked and looked out onto the moonlit ocean, "It does seem like a wonderful place to just relax." Serenity just took in a another deep breath and listened.

"You must not have looked in a mirror lately." Serenity's eyes widened momentarily in surprise, but her expression soon softened and she glanced away with an innocent blush. He was so flattering toward her. The compliments just kept on coming. Part of her wanted them to stop out of embarrassment, but the other part of her started feeling like maybe she was beautiful. It was a nice change since she usually thought she was more plain. "Both. It's away from people, so I can come here and not have to answer constant requests for favors or if I could get some meat for someone. It also doesn't smell like tuna here, I hate tuna. Hate it." he answered her questions. Serenity looked at him confused. The tone of his voice when he emphasized his extreme dislike for something like tune entertained her. It was actually kind of cute. "Hehehe... If you didn't have that smooth voice of yours, I'd compare you to a child not wanting to eat his vegetables." Serenity said with a 'matter of fact' tone, followed by a sweet giggle. "Do you like to swim? Or just wade around in the water?" he asked and she immediately shook her head. That wasn't something she even had to think about.

"Not really, no. I just like the feel of water on my skin. I don't swim." she explained to him, still watching the ripples of the water. "I have to swim through water a lot while hunting, it's become second nature." he explained and Serenity turned toward him again. She watched him lay back into the water as if he were laying onto his bed and smiled as he held onto her hand. It was strange that after she had let go of his hand that he took hold of her again, but she couldn't say that she disliked it. She felt comfortable knowing he was there. "Are you often on hunts?" she asked him, "Doesn't it get lonely out there? Does anyone go with you?" Serenity sat down in the water on the shallow side of Solon. The tide kept coming in, but it wasn't strong at all. It was very gentle, which allowed Solon to just float there without being knocked around by the incoming waves.

"Not eating tuna isn't a big deal, not eating vegetables is. See? Different."

There was no way Serenity was not going to laugh at what he had just said. She looked away and shook her head, a rather big smile on her face. "He even argues like a child, so cute." she thought to herself, decided it would be better not to bring that up to him. If she had, he might try and change it and she didn't want that. "I'm honestly out there a lot, hunting is my job. It is how I make a living. It doesn't really get lonely out there. When you find some game, stalk it, and find the perfect moment to strike, you aren't really thinking about if someone was there. The fact that I come home to an empty house is more lonely. I don't need to be around people really, but I'd like to have someone to come home to." he told her. Well that was something the two of them had in common. It was odd to hear a man say something like that though. He was either extremely honest, which should have been obvious because of their previous conversation topics, or he was much more sensitive than most men. Whether that was good or bad, she didn't know just yet. It was something she'd have to figure out.

It was silent for a bit, but that was okay. It was comfortable and the water was warm, at least as warm as a large body of water could get. "Wait here, and don't draw attention to yourself." Solon caught Serenity in a bit of a daze, but she snapped out of it with those words. She immediately felt nervous when he let go of her hand; it was like her safety net was gone and she didn't like it. She watched him walk away from the water and looked around nervously. She couldn't sense anything, but was still unaware that her weakened state prevented her from sensing anything that wasn't a "major" negative. As they got closer, Serenity started to hear the voices of men near where Solon was and she stood up, leaning to the side to see if she could see anything around him. "Sol-..." Serenity immediately slapped her hands over her mouth. She wasn't supposed to draw attention to herself, so she only hoped that those men did not hear her. She could see one or two, but how many were there? Could Solon actually fight off that many? Serenity took a few slow steps forward, trying to get a better look at those surrounding her friend, unsure whether they would spot her or not.

Stepping forward was a horrid idea, so why the hell did she do that!? One of the men took notice of her and Serenity instantly became frightened. The look on his face was not something she enjoyed. He came after her and reached out for her, but she took a step back. She kept moving back as he continued reaching out for her with that disgusting look of violent lust. Serenity kept stepping away from him, doing her best to dodge, but moving backward to get away hindered her movement a lot. She lost her balance and fell backward. "Hold on Serenity." she heard Solon say, but would he get there in time? The man had not expected her to fall and too lost his balance. He fell toward her, but Serenity rolled to the side to get away. He landed right next to her and she turned away to try and get away from him by crawling. Unfortunately, he was quicker than her and hurried up to his feet. As she was about to stand, she felt his body come up behind her own and his fingers slide through the strands of her hair.

"Ahhh!!" she screamed out and reached up toward her head. The man pulled violently back on her hair and forced her to stand on her knees. "Hehehe. Where do you think you're going?" he said and Serenity felt a strike of horror hit her. This man, his intentions. She could sense it, feel it. He was close enough that even in her weakened state, she could sense the horrifying things he wanted to do to her. Serenity thrashed out in a panic, pulling her head away from him, threatening to rip her beautiful hair out of her skull or his hand. Which ever happened, happened. She just could not stay in the grasp of this man any longer. "Let me go!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs again, tears forming in her eyes and falling rapidly down her cheeks as the man pulled her closer to his body. "Come here!" he jerked her back. She felt a few random strands of hair pulled from her scalp as she fell back and toward the man. She felt the sharp edge of metal placed against her throat as she was forced to look up to the man. "Yeah... You're a pretty one." he said and Serenity forced her head the other way, uncaring to the small cut that just formed along her neck from sliding against the knife.

Serenity heard a hard thud and looked over to the man. His arm had suddenly been shot with an arrow and it was covering with ice. Her eyes widened in shock, both she and the man looking at his hand in confusion. Unfortunately, the moment the man noticed Serenity was not running, out of her own foolishness. He suddenly lunged toward her again. Her eyes widened and she went to move back, her hand slipping on the loose sand, causing her to fall back into the softened ground. She closed her eyes and froze there, tears squeezing out of her tightly shut lids. "Away from her!" she heard Solon yell and just stayed still. When she felt nothing grab her, she opened her eyes and looked up to him. He had been shot with another arrow. She watched ice cover his lower area and blinked a few times. "That has to suck." she thought, not daring to say a word out loud. Soon, the man turned from her and began to retreat. Serenity felt a rush of relief come over her, but that soon changed.

Serenity glanced over to Solon, knowing he had been the one who just saved her, just in time to see it happen. A man caught him off guard, because he was protecting her, and stabbed him in the back. Serenity felt an overwhelmingly horrifying sensation shiver through her body, shaking the very essence of her core. Her eyes widened, her pupils dilated to an unnaturally small size. She pushed herself to her feet, and without thinking, she ran forward toward Solon. "So focused on the girl that you didn't even watch your own back, what an idiot." one of the men said, but Serenity was so focused on getting to Solon, she couldn't hear it. It was like one of those scenes in a movie where everything around a person went completely silent, you could hear their heart beating, and it seemed like everything was going in slow motion. As she ran toward him though, one of the men darted out to block her path. He didn't attempt to harm her. Instead, he wrapped an arm around her waist and lifted her from her feet.

"Solon!" Serenity yelled out to him, deathly afraid that the dagger had done more than it did. She reached out to him, kicking her legs into the air as she tried to get loose from the man's grip. She squirmed to the best of her abilities, but couldn't get loose. A moment later, she stopped in shock and relief when she saw Solon stand right back up. She stopped her fighting and sort of settled in the arms of the bad man. "Solon..." she closed her eyes and sighed with relief. A few more tears fell down her cheeks and she shook her head. "Leave him alone, please!" she begged them, even going so far as to grab onto the shirt of the man who held her, as if she were begging for them to just leave. Usually, Serenity's aura would be able to push these guys into the right direction, making them feel these warm and good sensations. Sure, they could choose not to act on it and go with their instinct, but not everyone was able to ignore what and how they felt. She only hoped that it would be working this time. She couldn't deal with seeing Solon harmed again, not for protecting her.

Once again, Serenity was rescued by Solon. The man should have listened to his friends and left them alone, but he refused to. How in gods name everyone else but the man holding onto her was effected by her aura was beyond her. It made absolutely no sense. His heart was just as dark as the rest, nothing excessive. It was something that Serenity had yet to understand. Either way, the man was shot in the arm and released her. Serenity quickly backed away from him, stumbling back slightly as he cursed aloud. The men gave in and left them. Serenity watched them leaving, making sure their minds would not suddenly change and they would charge again. Luckily, they did no such thing. Serenity almost fainted right then and there, but her mind was snapped back into reality by a call of her name. "Serenity..." she heard and turned toward Solon. Quickly remembering him being stabbed in the back, she hurried over to his side before he could get up and walk toward her.

"You're hurt..." she said concerned as she saw the wound on his back. "Bastard got...your throat." he said and began looking through his shirt. "Stop it." she grabbed onto his hand and pushed it away, "I have a paper cut in comparison to you and you're not bandaging me up until we get you back to the village and take care of your wound." He wouldn't be able to ignore her without forcing her down on her back and pinning her there until he bandaged her up. She had a cut, he had a stab wound. There was no way in hell she was going to waste any time because a small trickle of blood dribbled down her neck. "Now let's go!" she demanded quite seriously and did her best to help him to his feet, "If I need to, I'll run back to the village and find someone to come get you. I can't carry you; I'm not strong." As if she could find the village. She'd end up walking over a cliff, into a den of wolves, or being bitten by a snake before she found the village on her own.

"I'm so sorry...usually...it is so safe...here." he said as she would attempt to pull him along toward the forest, merely hoping she was going the right way. "There is nothing to be sorry for." she told him, "If it wasn't for you, I'd likely be lying under one of them right now, so thank you for saving my life." Um... A little blunt Serenity? Yes, she said that shit and she meant it. She knew exactly what they wanted to do to her. Her nice demeanor always made people think she was naive, but that wasn't always true. Only sometimes. Serenity began to worry. His shortness of breath was not reassuring. And then he began coughing and she saw the blood. "Damn...they got me good though." he said pretty casually, but that didn't stop her from worrying. "Uh. Uh. Uh. Wh-What do I do!? I treat illnesses not wounds!" Serenity said, beginning to panic, "Come on! Please, let's hurry." She was seriously begging him to hurry up and began pulling him along toward where she thought the village was.

"But...” he said and she glared at him instantly. It sounded like he was going to disagree with her and she wasn't having that. “...alright, I suppose...I shouldn't cause you more worry...than I already have." It was odd for someone to be so concerned with how she was taking a situation. Even with a knife in his back, he was concerned about her worry. "Just support me...so I can stay balanced...and it should be fine." he said and she nodded. She didn't realize she was leading him in the wrong direction. She felt guilty because of how worried he had been about her during the fight. If he hadn't, he would have been fine. He could have concentrated on his own safety, not hers. She was still grateful for it though. She'd rather not being laying under one of them. "Not as long as I'm alive...they won't." he said and she couldn't help but smile. It was nice of him to care about her, even though they had just met. Either that, or it was his honor. Either way, he was a good man, that much was certain. He soon pointed out her mistake and she did her best to keep him up as they turned toward the correct direction. Serenity began noticing the increasingly difficult way of keeping him up, but fought to continue. He stopped and asked to be set down. She did her best to make sure he didn't just fall back and succeeded, but what came next made her nervous.

"Do you know anything about applying bandages?" he asked and she nodded as a knot formed in her stomach, "If we keep going...I'm going to bleed out. You need to remove the dagger from my back...and apply a lot of pressure...to it. Once you remove it, help me get my shirt off." Serenity stared at the dagger in fear. She slowly shook her head and then increased the head shaking. “N-No. I can't.” she told him, still shaking her head. "After a minute or so...you need to wrap the bandage around my torso. Make sure...you wrap them tight...set the end to stop in front of me...I can finish the fastening of the bandage myself...if you don't know how to." he said and Serenity just kept shaking her head. She began breathing heavily while staring at the dagger. “I can't, Solon. I can't.” she said. "Hurry..." he said and she stepped behind him. She hesitantly grabbed onto the handle of the dagger. She knew she had to do it. She took a deep breath and jerked the dagger out as fast as she could. She placed her hand over the wound, her body tensing as she felt blood pressing against her hand, trying to fight it's way through. She let out a low groan and looked away. “Sh-Shirt...” she whispered, her voice pained. Letting go of the wound for just a moment, she grabbed his shirt by the collar and pulled it back off of him and helped him set the weapons down.

Placing his shirt over his lap, she set her hand back on the wound and pressed down, looking away as she felt a strange tingle up her arm. “I need the bandages.” she held her hand out in front of him so he could hand them to her. If he looked, he would notice that her hand is shaking in a very unhealthy manner. Her breathing would also still be heavy. Serenity used her shirt to wipe away the blood, whimpering a bit as she did so, and then placed the cloth against his wound. She pressed hard against him to prevent any more blood from coming out, and then began wrapping the bandages around his shoulder. By the end, he would have some very well done bandages that went around the top of his arm, around his back, and down to the bottom of his ribs. Yes, all of that to prevent him from bleeding anymore. “There.” she said the moment she got the last part done. She looked down to her hands and instantly felt her stomach curl. Dropping to her knees, Serenity began rubbing her hands along the dirt. “The... blood... G-Get it off...” she mumbled just barely audible for anyone else, "Get it off. Get it off." Serenity began trying to get the blood off of her by rubbing it along the dirt even harder, causing small scrapes to form along her delicate skin.

There was no reassuring Serenity, not with this. That was proven when she began scraping her lands on the ground in a desperate attempt to rid her skin of the offensive red liquid. She didn't even hear his voice. As he called out to her, something blocked his words from reaching her. Suddenly her hands were grabbed and she froze. She looked up to the one who grabbed them and blinked. Her mind calmed. It was like she had forgotten he was there that quickly. It wasn't the sight of blood, but the feeling of it being on her that messed with her mind. "Get it off." she begged, her voice cracking in it's whispered plea. Tears pushed themselves from the bottom of her eyes and down her cheeks. She couldn't stand the feeling of his blood on her. She couldn't stand the feeling of a friends blood on her. It drove her into a state she couldn't understand and it wasn't easily escaped.

"You can wash it off when we get back to my home, you'll be fine." were the chosen words. She heard them this time and she nodded in reply. She glanced down to her hands; the red was diminished enough, but with dirt. It wasn't gone, just not easily seen. She could handle that, for now. "Help me put these back on." she heard his words and looked to him to see what he needed help with. "Nevermind, I'll grab them later, help me move these if you can." He gave up quickly, so she followed his lead and moved his weapons out of the way, doing her best to remove as much stress from as possible. She assumed there were just too many for him to carry in his condition, so he helped hide them. She wasn't strong, but she pushed herself enough to make sure he did not harm himself through the process. Once they were hidden, she pushed up a weak smile and took a deep breath.

"Help me up, lets go back to my home...I need rest...you need to wash up." he said and she agreed, much easier than she had been before. Her mind felt weak, her body was returning it's strength. She could tell that much. As time passed, her energy was returning, but her mind had temporarily pushed a certain young woman from her mind. He had been stabbed for her, so the sickness that did not kill was not on her mind. Serenity, like before, moved to help him, but noticed it was much easier than before. She felt guilty. Again, she was a nuisance, a bother on those around her. This is why she lived alone most of the time; she didn't want to be a bother to anyone and now she felt like she was. She said nothing, no apology though. Normally she would have, but he'd merely tell her to stop talking like that and that it wasn't her fault. He was a nice guy, so that was obvious. It was her fault though.

"I apologize for making you...deal with blood.  I wouldn't have done so if it wasn't absolutely necessary.  Didn't know it would bother you that badly." he said and left Serenity speechless, at least for the moment. This was her fault and he was apologizing? She wanted to smack him on the back of the head, playfully of course, but resisted the urge successfully. "There is no need for you to apologize, not for that." she told him, her head lowered to the ground with a glum look on her face, "It's not like you knew and it needed to be done. I couldn't sit back and let you bleed out merely because I didn't want to let your blood touch me." Serenity's voice was just as gentle as it was stern. She meant what she said quite sincerely and didn't want him making some sort of needless rebuttal toward her, especially when she would not accept it. It shouldn't have been too long now. Serenity kept her eyes forward, peeking through sections of the trees for an opening to see the village. It had to come into sight some time now.

And there was the needless rebuttal; why did men always think they had to get the last word? Serenity ignored it, like she knew she would have. She kept quiet until they got to the village, seeing no need to speak. When they returned to his village, there weren't many people around. It was a bit later, the sun had gone down, but she didn't think that the town would become baron like this. She assumed families went in for dinner all around the same time. That was nice; the entire village was nice. As they made it to his house, luckily without her falling on her face while trying to help him, he removed himself from her grasp and began walking on his own. She straightened her back, slightly relieved over the loss of extra weight on her, but worried about whether he could make it on his own. "You look pale..." she said as he opened the door. She could tell that it was the loss of blood making him look sickly. "What do you need me to do?" she asked concerned. "Stay the night. I'll probably need help in the morning." he told her and she nodded, though he likely didn't see it since she was walking behind him.

"Bathroom is that way, the kitchen is that way, the dining room there." he gave her a short tour of the house and she did her best to memorize it, though would likely have to come back searching again. He began leading her upstairs and Serenity immediately hurried up behind him. He stumbled as he made his way up and she instantly hopped up a stair to help by placing her hand on his back. It wouldn't do much, but if he had fallen back she could try to prevent that. A stupid idea, but it was instinct. If he had fallen, she would have merely fallen with him and likely taken more damage than he. This process was repeated a couple more times and each time she wanted to say something, but her hesitation go them to the top of the stairs before she actually would. "You can sleep there. Mind helping me into bed?" he told her. She looked toward the room and recognized it as the place she had slept before. Before she had time to answer his question, he fell. Serenity's eyes widened as she hurried to his side and began walking him toward his room. "Come on." she said, trying to get him there before he'd collapse again.

"Stay as long as you like, and feel free to use the kitchen...actually I might need you to make me something tomorrow...I'm probably not balanced enough to be dealing with fire." he told her and a sparkle appeared in Serenity's eye. She showed nothing on her face, but this little anime star just flashed in her eye at the idea of cooking for someone. If she wasn't so worried about him, she'd likely giggle and jump for joy. "I'd gladly cook you something!" she said with a big smile, "For now. Just rest. I'm actually really tired too..." At that moment, she covered her mouth and yawned. She helped him take off his shirt and set it to the side. It was dirty and had blood on it, so she didn't want that getting on the bed. "Now... goodnight." she said sweetly as she tucked him in. She stepped out of the room and toward the one he offered her. Closing the door behind, she stripped. She didn't know why she did it, but she did. She was so tired at the moment, she was treating his home like her own and dropped her clothing down to just her bra and panties, and then slid herself into bed.

She was comfortable, more than she thought she'd be. Maybe it was because she didn't expect any funny business in the middle of the night or the fact that she was so tired from healing people and then being attacked by those men? She didn't know. All she could know is that she slept like a baby. When he entered, she was still asleep. Her eyes closed, a small smile shadowed on her lips, her hair falling around everywhere. She had her knees curled up to her chest and to a pillow she held quite tightly to her body. As if the pillow were some sort of teddy bear, her face was snuggled into the soft fabric, meshing with the flexible material and her legs were curled around it. She'd let out a low whimper, a small sound a person would make while sleeping comfortably. Even another being stepping into the room where she slept was not going to wake her, at least until he chose to not watch where he was going and tripped over the clothing she carelessly tossed around the floor.

Serenity's eyes popped open in surprise. She instantly sat up, looking down to see Solon sitting on the floor. "Are you okay?" she asked in a kind tone, her voice groggy from just waking. She slipped out of bed, not fully aware of her current state and kneeled down next to her. Setting a hand on his shoulder, the other wiped her eye as she yawned. When she saw him, his face was red. She blinked in confusion and then looked down to what he was holding. A momentary glance to her own body, she let out a tiny squeak before diving back into the bed. She shot her way back under the blankets, hiding form the embarrassment of standing in front of him in only her bra and underwear. "Ahh!! Get out! Get out! Get out!" she said rapidly. She wasn't angry, just extremely embarrassed. Once he would leave, she'd quickly compose herself and get dressed. Taking a deep breath, she'd step out of the room she slept in and looked to him. If he was still standing there, she'd clear her throat and just ask while fighting a blush, "H-How was your sleep?" It was hard for her to keep a straight face.

"Is there anything specific you would like for breakfast?" she'd continue talking to him until she felt less awkward. Serenity would make her way down toward the kitchen and look around, barely being able to look him in the eye while she searched for something to cook. A few moment in, her stomach would growl, giving off the notion that she too was hungry. One thing she could say, she felt quite refreshed. Her Arcana had replenished itself, so she felt much better. "Wait... Wasn't there something I was suppos-..." Serenity's eyes suddenly widened and her mind focused on one thing, "Your friend. Before we eat, I need to get back to her. If her condition has worsened at all, it'll be bad."