ALONE

Aran looked at the fiery eyes of Quinn in shock and regarded him silently. He had never guessed that would be what Quinn would be aiming for now.

'To learn how to heal?'

He thought in shock as he looked towards Misaka at his side who seemed to be troubled by something.

It didn't take a genius to see what it was that was troubling her since they both knew exactly why Quinn chose to do this.

It was partly their fault, after all.

"Are you sure of this, Quinn?"

Aran asked from his place on the couch and Quinn nodded solemnly.

"Yeah," he said as he clenched his fist slightly, "I can't let that happen again. Not to someone close to me"

There was a shift beside Aran and he watched as Misaka stood from the couch and walked towards Quinn.

He saw her put a hand on his shoulder before she spoke.