Unexpected reaction

After, Mary was done with her task. She turned her body to face Lucius, he was still sitting there while thinking about something. (It was probably about the 'surprise' Mary said.)

"Lucius?"Mary called, seeing him in his thinking mode but still wanted to tease him."Did you peek?"

Lucius, who stopped thinking the moment Mary called him shook his head innocently.

Mary chuckled and walked toward him. She petted him on the head. Lucius flinched, stunned by her sudden movement.

"Good boy." Mary said with an older sibling aura. (She always did this to her little brother whenever he behaved)

Lucius looked her straight in the eyes and smiled at her while purring to her touch.

After that, Mary never left his side. She only went out once a day to get them food. She was staying with him until his wounds healed.

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After staying with Lucius for the fifth day(Mary didn't know how many days had passed, she counted the days from how much they slept), he was finally healed.

He slithered around happily when Mary was still sleeping causing Mary to wake up.

"Hmm?Lucius, what's wrong?"Mary asked while rubbing her eyes, still tired.

Lucius heard Mary's voice and slithered to her. (Mary could tell he was healed from his speed)He hugged her in his arms while her legs were dangling off the floor. Mary was confused about what was what as she was just woken up by Lucius.

"Lucius, what's wrong? Why are you so happy?"Mary asked, wondering why he was so cheerful.

He heard what she said and placed her down on the floor again. He pointed to his bandaged abdomen while smiling at Mary. Mary stared at him, still thinking about what was wrong. Soon, she got it.

"Your wounds are healed?"Mary asked, uncertain yet, with a joyful tone.

He nodded and peeled the bandages off. In quick seconds, his healed wounds could be seen. The damage his brother did to him left him with a scar. Mary looked at his scar, sadly. Mary reached out her hand unknowingly and touched his scar. Lucius flinched at her sudden touch.

He pushed her hands away and Mary noticed. She blushed and turned her face away. I did it again! She thought. Why can't I keep my hands to myself sometimes?

Lucius hissed at her and Mary glanced up. He removed the bandages around his healed eye. He revealed a scared eye behind his bandages. His once shiny gold eye was now gone, covered by scars. Mary looked at all his scars and remembered how much sacrifice he did for her causing her to tear up a little.

Lucius noticed, he didn't know what to do, he didn't even know what she was upset about. He slithered around her, panicking while checking her body for any injury. He didn't find any injury while Mary was still standing in the middle of his coiled-up tail, sobbing.

He hissed and Mary turned around, it was the first time Lucius saw her cry. Her eyes were overfilled with tears causing some to slide down her face. He reached out his hands and pulled Mary into a hug. Mary's face was squeezed onto his abdomen. It was warm and hard but she didn't care much. She grabbed onto his shirt tightly while crying.

Lucius was still panicking and didn't know what to do. (He only did that because that's what Mary did to him whenever he's upset)He looked at Mary and noticed she was standing. He hugged her up onto his tail(he didn't pull her away from his stomach, knowing that Mary didn't like to let anyone see her cry) and silently stared at her. He then petted Mary's head while thinking if this could really help since she always cheered him up with pats.

But instead, it made her cry even louder, Lucius continued to pat her while his mind was about to explode with questions.

After a while...

Crying or sobbing sounds couldn't be heard from Mary but she was still holding tightly to his shirt while her face was still buried onto his abdomen. He was still patting Mary's head as he didn't know what he needed to do.

"Lucius"

He heard a muffled sound call him, he looked down and saw Mary's hands weren't clinging onto his shirt anymore. He hissed, answering Mary's call.

"You can stop that now..."

Lucius quickly withdrew his hand but Mary still laid her head on his stomach. Lucius looked down at her and saw her ears were bright red.

Is she embarrassed? Lucius thought.

"Don't..."

Lucius tilted his head to the side.

"DON'T LOOK AT ME!"Mary yelled.

Lucius flinched and hastily turned his head away.

"Are you looking?"

Lucius hissed, trying to convince her, he wasn't looking.

He then felt the warmth on his abdomen disappear. He slowly turned his head a little and peeked at her. Mary was looking in another direction so Lucius didn't know if she was still crying. But one thing for sure is that she was embarrassed as her ears were still bright red.

They silently sat there until Mary slid off of his tail. Lucius hissed at her and Mary turned around, her eyes were red and puffy. She smiled at him and said awkwardly while rubbing the back of her neck.

"Ah...I'm sorry for ruining your mood...We were supposed to be happy about your recovery but...I..."She sighed and continued."Well...you know...got a little emotional..."

Lucius looked at her and beamed brightly. He hissed and quickly slithered around the place as if letting her see that he was perfectly healed. Mary chuckled and said.

"I already know you're healed and pretty excited to continue on our journey but..."She added, with an excited smile."I think our journey gonna pause for a bit."

Lucius tilted his head, confused.

"I have a place I want to bring you to. Trust me, you'll love it."

She said as she walked closer to the door.

"Let's go!"