Ralph laughed like maniac as he swung his sword inconsiderate of what he would hit, Every Therianthrope would get send flying, if they got lucky to the wall, worse if they fell to the territory of the other demon who was shooting off every limb before knocking them out.
"Ahahahaha!!!" Ralph laughed "Where's your spunk now?! Fight!!! I thought you were the supreme race!?"
He continued to egg on the Therianthropes knowing that it would bring their wrath on him, but that was all the more welcome for him.
He hated those that think highly of themselves, that's why he'll bring them down to the deepest part of the abyss known as shame, if he has to.
Around an hour and a half, the battle was over, Tristan and Ralph sat on the ground with their backs facing each other, both were low on blood as they used too much on their Blood Arts.
Clarissa arrived on time seeing the two waving at her with smiles on their faces.
"Yo... Big sis" Ralph greeted
Clarissa looked at the two and smiled warmly "Good job, you two"
Clarissa held out both her hands in an attempt of helping them up, but Ralph raised his hand.
"I'm good sis, the kid pushed himself too much, he could barely walk"
"Tristan..." Clarissa said in a stern voice
"Ahahaha... Sorry..."
Clarissa put Tristan's arm over her shoulders and help him up.
Upon getting out, the Cyber Suits started infiltrating the Central Mall to arrest the hostage takers.
Tristan was taken to an ambulance to get a blood transfusion, since he lost a lot of blood.
Luna and the others were brought to the hospital for a psychological test, and would be observed for a day, but Keith was forced to stay as he needs time to recover from his bullet wound.
After learning which hospital Luna was taken, Tristan quickly headed out to check on her.
Upon opening the room, he saw Luna laying on the bed peacefully sleeping.
Her silver locks spread on the bed, her face was as relax as it could ever be, just one look and no one would believe she was just taken hostage earlier that day.
Tristan quietly entered the room and sat on the stool, while waiting for her to wake up, he pulled out the apples he brought earlier and started peeling it off.
"Nn..."
A few minutes after, Luna finally opened her eyes, facing the white ceiling dyed red by the sunset, looking upon the window, she saw the cityscape with the setting sun.
Then to her other side, a young boy with squinted eyes sitting down beside her while reading a book, he seemed occupied by the book he was reading and didn't noticed that she was already awake.
But...
"Good morning..." the boy greeted as he closed the book.
"Ah..." it just occurred to her that Tristan was beside her when she woke up, and possibly she saw her sleeping face, just the thought made her blush.
"You drool when you sleep" Tristan flat out said. Reflexively, Luna wiped off her mouth to check if there was any drool
But...
"Hey, I didn't even drool"
Tristan smirked at her reply, that's when she noticed he's just playing with her.
"Mou! What are you even doing here?" Being a bit annoyed, Luna spat out the words.
In the midst of that, Tristan picked up a small plate from the top of the drawer and offered it to Luna, on top were a couple of sliced peeled apples.
"Want some?"
"T-Thanks..." Sheepishly, Luna picked up one and ate it.
After calming a bit, Tristan finally asked his question.
"So, how are you feeling?"
"Hmm...? Nothing unusual, I guess I was just tired, we were in danger earlier after all"
"I see, sorry..."
"Eh?"
"Ah, well, you know, you called me in the middle of that, and I couldn't even do something about it..."
Luna smiled wryly, for now, he still wasn't telling her, but Luna already had her suspicion of him, adding to that, Tristan still hadn't noticed, but he got a slight bruise on his neck, it was the time when he almost got shot.
Luna already noticed it and decided to keep quiet, she would just wait for him to say it.
"It's okay, it all worked out in the end, we got saved by am awesome guy, you know"
"Ah... That's great"
"Yeah, and you know, he was amazing, there was lightning coming from his body, I didn't even know an Esper could have that ability!"
For the time being, Luna was unharmed and seem fine after the events, she happily recounted what happened like it was a scene from the movie.
Tristan listened carefully to her as the time pass by with the two of them chatting.
"ah, It's already this late..." Tristan said
Their chat took longer than they thought, Luna smiled with Tristan getting up from his seat.
"I have to go now, you'll be discharged tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah, I think it's in the afternoon or so"
Tristan nodded, and smiled at her "Then to celebrate it, I'll treat you to something once you get out"
"Aren't you going to visit me tomorrow?"
"Ah... I don't know, my job's a bit demanding on time, and it just pops up every now and then" Tristan made an apologetic smile as he scratched his cheek.
"What kind of job is that anyway?"
"Nufufufu!" Tristan's mouth spread from ear to ear with a mischievous face "That's a secret, because-"
"It's cooler that way. yes, yes, I know" Luna interrupted him with a dismissive voice while waving her hand
"Ah... You ruined my fun... Anyway, I'll try to swing by if I could"
"Nn!" Luna nodded, after that Tristan finally got out and headed home.
Going down to the reception, Tristan suddenly remembered, he forgot to bring the other gifts to Mae and Kaoru.
But it was already late, and probably past visiting hours.
Taking home the fruits would just be wasted, having another idea in mind, he went down to the nurse station on the first floor.