Lily229

Without another word, Lily shot up from the couch, grabbed the phone and ripped the cord right out of the wall. She let out a scream of frustration and threw the phone hard against the wall. It shattered against the wall and dented it slightly. She stood there, still in the position she had thrown it, panting hard and hot tears rolling her cheeks. Daisuke walked up to her and held her close as she sobbed, rocking her gently. The only reason she had survived was the dream of going home. Now, it was nothing but a memory.

Daisuke stroked her hair and hushed her until her sobs turned into empty hiccups. She clung to him, his shoulder was soaked from tears and snot. She stared at the shattered phone, everything came rushing back to her at once. From the dew on her hands, to being held in Daisuke’s arm, it felt like a hard slap across her face. Then, a soft voice came into her mind. Mods were created to protect the people. She closed her eyes, as if trying not to let the voice slip from her mind. “Dai.” Her voice was raspy.

He continued to rock and sooth her. “Yeah?”

“I want to stay here in NL.” She paused for a second, trying to find the right words. “But I want something more then that.”

Daisuke pulled her back and stared into her eyes. “And what is that Lily?”

Lily smiled softly. “I want to become a Mod and help people, and protect you.” She stared at the ground and chewed on her bottom lip. “No, I want to be better then a Mod. I want to become head Admin.”

Daisuke nearly choked on his air. “What?!”

“I want Shino’s job. I want to make NL the greatest place on Earth. I want to be the best Mod anyone’s ever known.”

Daisuke rubbed the back of his neck. “That’s a pretty bring dream you got there. You do realize the chances of that happening right?”

“It may be a dream now, Daisuke, but mark my words. It will become a reality.” She flashed him a dominant smile. “You’ll see, I’ll make my way up the chart and become a Admin.”

Daisuke blinked at her, stunned. Then, he chuckled slightly and shrugged his shoulders. “You are a riot. Good luck with that, I’ll help anyway I can.”

She took his hands. “Thank you, Dai.”

They stood there, smiling at one another until they both busted out laughing, rolling on the floor. There was a ding sound coming from the oven. “That’s the chicken, I’ll be right back,” said Daisuke, standing up and heading into the kitchen.

Lily stood up and followed him in. She leaned against the doorframe and put her hand over her heart. “You are truly the love of my life, Dai. How’d you know chicken was my favorite food.”

Daisuke chuckled. “Lucky guess, I suppose.” He pulled the chicken from the oven and nodded toward the set table. “Dig in.”

After Lily and Daisuke feasted, he showed her, her bedroom. “You are welcome to stay here as long as you like, I’ll work on getting you your own tomorrow morning.” He nodded and closed the door, leaving Lily in the brightly lit bedroom. She looked around, there was a dresser, a vanity, and a queen size bed with a red cotton quilt on it. The carpet was a dark velvet red , Lily could feel it through her socks. She turned when she heard a knock on the door.

Daisuke popped his head in, he had a big goofy smile across his face. “Are you tired of wearing Horus’s old torn clothes?” he asked.

Lily looked over at the mirror on the vanity at herself. She stepped back in shock. Her hair was ratty from today events and her bangs were crusty from her tear earlier. Horus’s clothes that he had lent her were torn and battered with dirt and plaster. She looked at Daisuke in pure armament, she’d never let a ratty looking thing like her in this nice of a place. “Is that a rhetorical question?”

He chuckled and tossed her a big bag of clothes. “Mix and match what you want, Ph3 said you could borrow them until we go out and buy your own. I’m pretty sure you and her are about the same size.”

Lily opened the bag and pulled out a sequined top. “She shouldn’t have.”

Daisuke flashed her a big toothy smile and a wink before he closed the door, leaving Lily there to get dressed. “Night!” he called from behind the closed door.

Lily stood there holding up some clothes to her body in front of the mirror. She looked over herself and nodded with a pair of hip hugging jeans and a plain red T-shirt for tomorrow. She smiled to herself happily as she started to take off Horus’s old shirt.

“What an eventful day huh, girlie?”

Lily froze with the shirt just midway off of her stomach. Her eyes were wide and frozen in fear at the voice. She looked in the mirror at the man standing in her open window, smiling at her. She narrowed her eyes at him through the mirror. “I was wondering when you’d show up.”

The man chuckled and jumped down into her room. “I saw that you used the bracelet, good for yo…”

She grabbed one of her pillows and threw it at him. When he pulled it off of his face, she was right on him. “How dare you! That Virus came today because of that fucking bracelet! I could have been killed!”

The man beamed a smile at her. “Yes, and so could have that girl that was with you. But, since I’m not talking to a ghost, I see that everything turned out fine. In fact,” he circled the room and Lily, gazing around as if he were in a museum. “I’d say you are doing fairly well from my perspective.”

Lily’s voice darkened. “Get out.”

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