Chapter 23 -Long Waited Reunion-
A couple of hours has passed since you left Mountain Glenn and I'm now walking around Vale. I did change my cloths and hide my wings, so I wouldn't gain so much attention. As far as I can see around Vale, things are calm crime wise. So that's a relieve.
After some time of walking around, I walked pass an alley and from the corner of my eye, I noticed something at the end of it. I turn my head to see the entire alleyway and saw someone sitting on the ground and was crying silently.
My curiosity got the better of me and decided to walk towards the crying person. As I got closer, I noticed that it was a small female, wearing a dirty white jacket with pink interior, brown pants, black torn gloves, and dirty black and white boot with very high heels. She also had a sign that read 'Will work for food' in black and pink paint.
But it was her hair that caught my attention was her hair. One half of her hair was brown while the other side was pink with white highlights. It was oddly familiar to me, like I've seen her before...
(A/n: Image belongs to Rockarboon on DeviantArt)
"Neo?" I asked out loud.
She shot her head upwards to look at me, but the moment she looked at me, her eyes widened and crawled backwards.
"Wait, wait, wait. Calm down. I'm not going to harm you," I said as I put my hands in front of me, trying to calm her down.
After I said that, I brought my hands to my mask that I was wearing and removed it, showing my face to her. When she saw my face, her eyes widened as tears started to form.
'Hey Neopolitan,' I signed to her.
The moment I said that, she basically tackled me and hugged me for dear life as she cried her eyes out.
"It's great to see you again, Neo," I said as I hugged her back.
-Mountain Glenn-
"Sorry that this isn't the most fancy place to be, but at least you'll safe here," I told her, as I handed her some apples that I got from the garden at the Gods realm.
'At least it's better then on the streets with nowhere to go,' she sighed as she has a small smile on her face.
"I can imagine that. Neo, I also want to show you something," I said as I pulled out my tribal winged heart necklace.
The moment I pulled it out, her expression turned into a shocked one.
'You... kept that all this time?' she sighed, her expression showing disbelieve.
"Of course I did. It was the only reminder I had of you," I said with a smile.
The moment I said that, she hugged me again. I let out a chuckle and started to pet her head. I knew that she was short when we were kids, but I didn't expect her to stay short like this, but I found that cute of her.
"Neo, can I ask you something?" I asked her, and I felt her nodding while she continued to hug me.
"Why... were you living on the street?" I asked her worryingly.
She didn't respond. She just hugged me tighter as she started to cry again.
"Sorry, you don't need to tell me anything," I said as I continued to pet her head again.
She shook her head against my chest as she repositions herself so her back was leaning against my chest. I gently wrap my arms around her waist. When the both of were at the orphanage, we used to sit like this with each other. She said that she usually felt save when I did this. After a minute, she let out a silent sigh as she started to sign what happened to her.
'It all started after I got adopted from the orphanage. Roman Torchwick, the infamous criminal, adopted me. He wasn't really a father figure, but it was better than nothing, in my eyes.
From a young age, I was taught how to fight, steal, and run away from the police. Deep down inside... I knew that this wasn't right thing to do, but I had nowhere else to go.
And yet... everything changed about three days ago.
Everything went according to plan, we succeeded with attacking Vale with Grimm a long time ago, Roman is imprisoned in one of Ironwood's ships, but... Cinder, the leader of this group of criminals, said that I wasn't needed anymore and that she got a replacement. Someone that could make physical illusions everywhere she wanted, while I can only do illusions on me or someone near me.
The moments she said that I was fired, she tried to kill me, but I managed to escape. Thanks to my own illusion semblance, ironically. But, I had nowhere to go, until you found me,' she signed.
We stayed silent for a minute as we continued to sit like this, until I decided to break the silent.
"I guess the both of us didn't have a good childhood until now," I said as I continued to hug her.
Neo looks up to me with a questionable look.
And so, I started to explain how my life went. From leaving the orphanage to entering to Beacon, to being killed five times by my friends, but I left out that I turned into a god for now. Once I'm done with telling my story, the Sun is about to set.
'Jeez, you really do have a though life,' she signed with a sad expression.
"Well, what can you do? All that we can do now is to move on," I said, as I look at the Sunset.
After a while, I feel Neo reposition herself so she was facing me.
'(F/n)? May I see the necklace again?' she asked.
"Sure," I said with a smile as I pulled out the necklace.
I handed it to her and she opened it, revealing the picture of us when we were six years old.
"Do you remember those simpler times?" I asked her with a nostalgic smile, and she nodded.
"I wish I could go back, but... that's impossible for me now," I told her.
She looks up to me with a confused look on her face as she handed the necklace back to me.
"Neo, do you believe in legends?" I asked.
'Not all of them, why do you ask?' Neo signed.
"Well... what would you say that I'm a god now?" I asked as I started to feel worried.
She looked at me like I was crazy.
"*Chuckles* Maybe this will provide some prove," I said as I let my wings appear and spread them.
She was shocked to see my wings suddenly appear on my back, but she slowly reached her hand towards my angel wing. The moment she touched it, her eyes widened again.
'H- how?!' she signed, as I folded my wings.
"That's another long story, best kept for another time," I responded.
She pouted as she puffed out her cheeks and crosses her arms. I let out another chuckle, I've missed moments like this with her. I petted my lap, telling her to sit on it again, and she did. Just like before, she lays her back against my chest, but this time, I wrap my wings around her keeping her warm. I looked down to her and saw her blushing madly.
After about half an hour later, I felt neo tapping against my chest. I look down, and she was looking up to me, our faces barely touching each other's faces.
"Yes, Neo?" I asked.
Suddenly, she leans upwards and kissed me, taking me by surprise.
'Thank you for taking me under your wings. I've always hoped that we would see each other again,' she signed as she was blushing madly.
"Same here, Neo. I always hoped that our path would cross again," I said blushing as well.
"Goodnight, Ice Cream," I said kissing her forehead.
'Goodnight, Angel Boy,' she signed, making herself more comfortable between my arms and wings.
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