Book 2: Intermission 2

Book 2: Intermission 2

The recording studio where Aria is minutes prior to Scarlet falling unconscious.

Aria wasnt sure what she would do after she found herself in a Class II Fracture all alone. Shed simply decided to go out and take a short break from the filming of the advertisement, and head to the bathroom. But while she was in there, the Fracture had begun. So she panicked.

By the time she managed to find a bunker though not being used to the building and all the emergency power had already shut off, and no matter how loudly she shouted at the door, no one would open it. Because no one could hear her.

She wasnt sure what she wouldve done if she hadnt run into Scarlet Asger.

And now? Now she just wishes she would come back again.

Aria continuously glances at the door before focusing on the window again. Over and over again.

Please be okay. Please be okay. Please be okay.

Scar a nickname she promptly decided to start calling Scarlet on a whim was the first adult to ever treat her normally. To not coddle her for being the daughter of the psychopathic Knight. To not fear her. To not be put off by her difficulty in expressing emotion.

She treated her like a normal human being.

After several more seconds of repeatedly looking at the door and jumping from fright and worry every single time even the slightest noise sounds in the otherwise silent room, she eventually feels a few tears leaking from the corner of her eye.

Please dont die, Aria cant help but mumble to herself as tears continue falling down her face, over and over again, the girl not wasting a single ounce of mana as she spams her skills on Scar.

If you die, Im never going to let you hear the end of it, the tanuki suddenly speaks, but Aria is too busy spamming her healing skills on Scar to care.

Please dont let the wound actually have hit her heart please, oh please, oh pleeeaase!!!

Aria continues chanting that in her mind as she mutters to the unconscious girl in front of her and repeatedly uses healing skills until eventually, the wounds appear to be closed enough that they arent life threatening.

But she continues using the skills all the way till she runs out of mana entirely, even after the wound is closed up entirely. It isnt until she hears the tanuki saying Thats enough, that she even notices that shed run out of mana in the first place.

Aria looks at the tanuki and blinks in confusion for a second, only to crawl down next to Scar and put her hand on the Guardians face, lightly tapping it a few times as she asks, Please wake up, Scar

Seconds pass. Then the seconds turn into minutes. And eventually, five minutes later, Scars eyes finally begin to flutter open, showing a confused expression on them that only grows even more confused when she sees Aria there.

But Aria doesnt care. She just immediately rushes forward and pulls Scar into a hug, squeezing her tighter than a regular human girl her age should be able to thanks to her status as a Guardian.

Youre awake! she just continues muttering over and over again, tears leaking down her eyes as she sobs once in a while.

Shes alive!