We were halfway home when I smelt the burning oder of a rad storm. We were never going to get home in time before it hit unless we ran.

"Do you smell that?" I asked, ready to sprint home.

He nodded and positioned himself to race me. We had done this several times, it was good training if we wanted to make a quick getaway.

"3." He started, and I felt the blood rush to my legs, everything in front of me was obsolete, I cleared my mind of all distractions

"2" The anticipation was building in my heart, I felt the heat of Léon beside me.

"1"

Like a gun we sped off, the wind stinging my face as I ran as fast as I could. I could see the green cloud behind us now. But It wasn't going to catch up to us, not with how fast it was moving.

I jumped over a fallen tree like it was a hurdle and Léon slipped under it, he was right on my tail, neck and neck.

The green fog followed us, it was like we were bringing the storm with us. The dust flew behind me and I felt free, my legs beat on the ground and I stole a glance at Léon.

He was staring straight ahead, his focus on escaping the storm instead of racing, and when I looked behind us, I realized why.

The storm was gaining quickly, the yellow lightning and thunder was heard behind us. I turned back in front and focused on surviving.

Suddenly I felt a smooth hand in mine and Léon was pink, but also going faster and faster, our two-story, intact, yellow brick building with a blue metal door growing in the distance.

He glanced at me and smirked before pulling me onto his back, giving me a piggy back ride. I felt my face heat up, as his hands were quite close to my rear now.

He tore open the door and shut it, the storm washing over the building a split second later, if he hadn't have pulled me onto his back I would have been mutant food.

I hopped of his back immediately, and he whipped around and started checking me for burns, I couldn't feel any, and I pushed him back.

"Léon I'm fine, The radiation didn't get me." He cut me off, and then I felt a searing pain run down my leg as he prodded it with his finger.

"Ah!" I would have fallen onto the floor if He hadn't caught me. His extra warm hands resting on my back as he prevented me from falling.

"What was that again?" He smirked and chuckled, helping me get into our bed.

I say our, but only because the rest of the house had been used for other things, that and winter, it was freezing last year so we moved our beds together for warmth, so we just kept them like that.

"Ow, ow , ow ow ow. Léon stop prodding it, it hurts like hell!" I half yelled half whispered, and his purple eyes met my steel ones.

"I have to put burn cream on it so it will heal faster, we should have been more careful." He flipped the lights on and grimaced when he saw me.

"Oh crap, It got you good." He handed me a mirror and walked in the bathroom.

I was as red as a ripe tomato and ten times as tender, the back of my legs were the worst but the rest of me looked like I had spent to long outside on a hot day. I had a horrible sunburn all over me, the only parts not bacon(lol) were the parts my clothes were covering.

Léon came back and he didn't look much better, his back legs were as bad as mine, but his long sleeves protected his arms. His face though..... wow it was bad, I could see the heat radiating off his cheeks and he looked like he had just eaten hot peppers.

"It got you too bud." I flinched from talking, now that I had noticed it, the pain was starting to set in.

"Ow. Yeah, it got you worse though. Here, uh.... I need you to lift up your shirt." He looked down at the floor nervously, I wondered why, as we had done this dozens of times.

"Yeah, alright." I slowly and painfully lift up my shirt so he could fix my scorched skin, if it was possible I saw him get even more red, but that might have been from the burn.

"Ow.....Ow!" I winced and hissed in pain as he rubbed the burn cream into my skin, it was absolutely freezing on my sizzling skin and I heard him hiss as well.

"Alright, your turn bro." He gave me a grin and sat down in front of me, and I lifted up his shirt.

He had definitely gotten it worse. His skin was charcoaled, it was nearly crimson and I could feel the heat wash over me as soon as I lifted it off him.

"Léon! Why didn't you say it was this bad! I'm surprised you even walked over here without doubling over in pain!" I scolded him, though it was a sweet gesture, it made me smile of how much he cared about me.

"Meh.... It's alright....I can tough it out." He tried to act tough but I could feel his pain, this would have never happened if I hadn't been so cocky about the storm, my dad warned me about them and I totally ignored him.

"No, I'm sorry..... This wouldn't have even happened if I hadn't been in such a hurry to get home. If I would have waited maybe...." I gently put the cream on his back and I felt him shiver, then sigh in relief, it must have felt good on that kind of burn.

"I wanted to get home to, don't blame yourself." He sighed in content and leaned into my hand, I tried to be as gentle as possible, and after I had finished he turned to face me.

I looked him up and down and smirked.

"When did you start working out?"  I hid my pain under my quip, and his already red face went redder.

"Oh. You noticed..... Well ,Aaron gave me a few of his dumbbells, and I decided to get in shape."

I could see the light outline of his abs, and to be honest, it was the only time in a while that I was blushing. I guess the moment made me notice.

"Yeah, you look good." I hid both my blush and my pain, and then I realized that Luna had laid beside me, she had been completely silent and I smiled.

"Hey Luna! We missed you!" She looked up and whined, licking my fingers and laying her head back down.

We both smiled and looked at each other

"Yeah, a nap definitely sounds good."