Shupple
I woke up to a cold draft coming in from the front door and me being under warm covers as my head pounded like a Beedril stinging my head itself. I sat up slowly, my vision still hazy, but I could see it was morning now, I think at least noon or a few hours before, and that it was cloudy, like it was about to rain. At least it was going to rain…
I sighed and slid out of my bed, almost toppling over from me standing. My soul was still getting adjusted back in my body… Great. Just what I needed. I took a few steps across the cold floor and closed my door. It must’ve been Tanner who had put me in my room… He always forgot to close a door. I then headed over to my bathroom and got in the shower. I wanted to see how Lux was doing today, since I was manly the only other person besides Rosie who knew where he was… I was nervous and my body was shaking in sacredness of what state I would find Lux in. Hooked up to machines and everything… The thought just scared me half to death… but I was glad he was alive, at least, and that made me smile a little.
Once I got out of the shower and got dressed in my usual clothes, I looked myself in the mirror. I could see my wavelength was a bit off along with my soul, but at least I nothing went wrong with the exiting and returning of the soul… I then turned around and looked outside, avoiding the papers on my desk that were Mear’s… Small tears came to my eyes as I looked outside, figuring it must be a little bit colder today. And then the festival came into mind. Mear wasn’t here with me anymore… Should I really go at all? I mean, I’m still unsettled in the face that he left…
The tears stung down my cheeks as I went over to my desk chair and took off Mear’s necklace. There wasn’t a reason to have it on anymore… I sniffled a little as I put it carefully along with the papers inside my desk drawer and locking it was a key that would be under my pillow for who knows how long. My heart pounded with me wanting to cry again and wonder where Mear was, but I had to focus on the matter at hand. Maybe I could at least get a kimono and go with Tanner… and that way I have an excuse to go out and nobody will know that I’m going to see Lux…
I grabbed my coat and flung my hood over my head as I slid on my boots, grabbed a pair of sunglasses and my wallet and headed out my door, feeling the cold drift of the air conditioning in the house hit my neck and the empty space on it. I felt like crying again.
Once I got downstairs without anybody noticing, I saw the door already open. I guess somebody forgot to close it… I headed out almost immediately and started to head out towards the mainland where the human hospital would be. I slipped on the sunglasses as I got to town but before I started to head towards the way to the human hospital, I saw Estelle not far off, heading the same way. I hurried over to her, having an idea of why she might be heading towards the hospital.
“Hey, Estelle,” I said as I caught up to her and put a hand on her shoulder and she jumped and looked at me with somewhat sad eyes. I could tell something was up, but I didn’t know her that well, so I decided not to prod.
“Oh, hey, Shupple,” Estelle said with a small smile but I could tell she was hiding something, just like I was.
“Are you heading to see Lux?” I asked quietly and she shook her head.
“No, not at all. Not after…” She shook off the sentence. “Lupe told me to go to the hospital and erase all the memories of all the humans that saw us,” Estelle said, paused in her step and my mind reversed. Where did Lupe come up with that? I thought she would’ve wanted Gijinkas and humans to get along together…
“That doesn’t make sense,” I sighed as I leaned against a building and Estelle looked at me confused.
“How does it not?” She asked and I looked at her. Estelle and I were actually near the same height, I think…
“I mean, I thought we wanted to be friends with humans not erase their memories because they’ve seen us and helped us. They’ve helped Lux so far. Humans can be just as deceiving as we can. It doesn’t make sense,” I sighed and Estelle thought it over. I thought death would be easier to think over than this topic…
“Yeah, I guess you’re right, Shupple. Thanks,” Estelle smiled and then headed back into the streets and back towards the mansion quickly. I think she had some other things to attend to than just telling Lupe that she didn’t go and erase the memories… Oh well.
I sighed, hating that I tricked Estelle like that even though I had to, and hurried on my way to the hospital. I would go and shop later, I guess. I still wasn’t sure if I was going to go to the festival or not...
Once I slid back on my sunglasses and entered in through the door to the hospital, I went up to the receptionist and put on a disgusting smile. I didn’t like smiling unless I actually wanted to…
“Hi, I’m here to see a Luxray that checked in here yesterday,” I told her in a sweet voice and she smiled and looked at her computer and then her clipboard and wrote down a number on a piece of a paper.
“Here’s his room number. Have a nice visit,” she told me, her shining smile making me want to puke as I took the piece of paper and looked at it.
It was on the third floor. I walked over to the elevators and entered them with taking the sunglasses off once I got inside an empty elevator and headed up to Lux’s room. Once I got to his floor, I went over to his door and hesitated. What if I was doing the wrong thing, entering his room and visiting him? I mean, he probably had Hoom with him and everything… Maybe I could just say hi and that was it…
I knocked slightly and popped my head into the door and saw Lux lying down with Hoom beside him, whispering stuff to each other. Hon still seemed to be asleep on the other side of the room and I did see Gil and I think her name was Raine outside the room still sleeping also, and closed the door quietly behind me.
“Hey, Lux,” I said somewhat quietly as I walked over to him and Lux lit up a little along with Hoom.
“Hey, Shupple…” It seemed like his voice was back at least. I took a seat next to his bed. “What are you doing here?” He asked with a small smile and I gave him one back.
“Just thought I’d visit,” I told him as I felt a small cold drift come in from the window and hit my empty neck. It sure was going to rain today, I bet it...
I could never wear that necklace again… All that mattered right now was Lux, and how he was feeling. I just put on a small smile.
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Okay, this is AFTER Lux and Hoom talk on the balcony/rooftop. Just thought I would clarify that lol XD So yeah, Shupple is visiting Lux! She might go shopping but it depends *shrugs* Time to tell possibly everybody that Mear is gone too while she is there, but whatever you want to do, Iruka-chan! ^_^
Please tell me what you think~ ^_^ <3
In this post: Estelle, Lux, Hoom, mention of Raine, Gil, and Tanner :)
~Anime-chan
