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No one else moved as she pulled back when Neo broke the kiss -not Willow, but Neo actually breaking the kiss for her safety and probably his own shock -and she stood there and observed his eyes that seemed to lose a bit of that darkness and, for a brief second, looked normal.
I caught myself gasping like the others, but it was gone just as fast.
We didn't just see that...did we?
"Kiss delivered," Willow stated with pride. "You owe me a picture."
"Indeed, I do," Neo quietly replied, hiding his shock that was rushing through our connected bond. I couldn’t blame him, because we were all shocked.
Except for Willow.
She smiled and looked at the rest of us. "So, y'all do hugs? Because I'm getting tired here."
We were confused by her statement, which made her roll her eyes before she walked out of Neo's hold to go hug Jayce.
He was stiff at first, but she commented, "C'mon, fighting teddy bear! Hug me or I'll slip out of your grasp and you'll never see me, hehehe. Hey! I didn't say tickle me, dammit!"
"I hate hugs," he huffed, but was actually tickling her, which made her giggle harder.
"Fuck you!"
She got out of his hold and walked over to me. I didn’t even delay, my arms right up and accepting her as she strolled right into them.
I hugged her tightly and whispered, "Look who's back? Our Wilting Flower."
"You’d better change that wilting flower bullshit because I've been watered heavily tonight so I better bloom by tomorrow or fuck this shit," she huffed. All I could do was chuckle, beyond relieved as my wolf seemed happy enough to retreat back into the shadows.
She pulled out of my hold and walked over to Dimitris but tripped, and he had no choice but to catch her.
"You did that on purpose," he snapped while she giggled and hugged him.
"Yes, but you caught me, which means I'm not just your average waste of space, jackass," she snapped back.
I could already see Dimitris coming back with a bunch of insults, but he seemed to hold his tongue as he actually hugged her for five seconds.
Five long fucking seconds.
He pushed her away then, and she smiled in triumph before she walked over to the mirror, which had us all worried because this ain't the time for her to be looking at the damage that had been done.
I tried to move, but Onyx's voice commandingly rushed through our minds.
"Don’t. Not now."His order was crisp and cold, which told me that if we interfered, we may trigger something. She was before the mirror in a second, taking in her full appearance before her gaze specifically went to her silky strands, which were completely white.
"Jeez. I hate when this happens," she whined to herself. She stroked her hair, again and again, completely absorbed by her image, as if she couldn’t believe her eyes. She was silent for a long time and we were all holding our breath until she rose up and walked over to the kitchen.
She opened a specific drawer and pulled out what looked to be her keys, cardholder, and even her phone.
"You teleported your stuff here?" Onyx finally broke the silence, and Willow grabbed a hold of a pink pen holder of sorts. She opened it up as she turned her head to look at Onyx with her tired eyes.
"Yup," she replied as an injection device slid out of the case. She popped the lid and literally stabbed her thigh like it was no big deal while following up with, "Originally I thought my locker would be better, but then again, that's not truly a safe spot for me and my belongings for long term. Just temporary."
She didn't continue until every drop of that injection was in her, and we watched in amazement as her hair began to transition to that bubblegum pink that matched Dimitris's eyes.
"Your place…it's always been kinda like a safe place to me, like my house," she revealed and gave him a look. "I'm not repeating that shit twice so you better not ask me to."
He nodded, and she pulled out the injection, pressed a button that safely capped it, and walked over to a black bin that had a latch that opened up as her hand approached.
A hidden needle bin.
