Frides looked up at Ouran. "Tell me what happened."
"I don't know. He went out to the docks with his friend and it started to get late. We didn't worry because we thought maybe he went to the bar or something. But then his friends' girlfriend stopped by, because his friend wasn't home. We thought that's fine they usually drink together. Then she said they're not at the bar cause she went there first. The only one who came back was my brother. She's been here since, waiting for him to wake up so she can find out what happened." Ouran pointed to the other room where the girl was sleeping.
"Don't worry everything is going to be very clear, very soon." Frides turned around to his bag and pulled a canister of ointment out. "This will do it, then we wait for it to take effect."
Ouran looked out the window while they were waiting and saw his sister with a guy. "Hey my sisters back, and she's with a guy? I knew I should've gone with her."
"So you were taking a walk, heard a noise, and came upon some poachers. Then you stopped the poachers. Another man tried to take your life and is now your bodyguard slash assassin." Lyra recounted his story with strong disbelief.
"Yeah. I don't know where he is though." Lyra gave him a puzzling look. "I mean my bodyguard."
"Some bodyguard." She teased.
"I know!" He exclaimed.
They walk up to the cottage and he assumes it is hers. The door opened and Ouran ran out of the house and got in between them.
"Hey watch out this is my sister. Who do you think you are, walking that close to my sister?" He said with his arms down and his hands clinched demanding an answer.
"It's okay Ouran he kinda helped me." Lyra tried to reassure him.
"Kinda?" Nero stuck onto the one word.
"Hey are you listening to me?" Lyra grabbed Ourans' shoulder but he pulled away.
"Oh so this is your brother. I'm good with kids. Look, if you want, we can play catch later." He pats him on the head. Ouran slaps his hand away.
"Yeah catch this." He balls up his fist and took a wide swing at Nero. He catches it surprised by something and redirects the blow making the boy fall over. Ouran quickly gets up ready to through another punch, but Lyra punches him in the head from behind.
"Hey! Ouran what's that about? I just said he helped me now you want to put us deeper in his debt." She yelled into his ear to make sure he heard her.
"No I wanna get rid of him." Ouran said while rubbing the spot she hit.
"Hey now, it's fine. Look. I'm fine." Nero tried to deescalate the situation.
"Not for long." The boy stepped toward Nero.
Lyra grabbed her brother, "He just helped me, why are you acting like this."
Ouran grunted and struggled to find the words. "It's Quitum!" He blurted out and looks down and squeezes his eyes together. He looked up at Lyra with tears in his eyes. "Don't leave. They're gonna take you from me. Like dad." He wrapped his arms around her waist and sobbed.
"It's going to be okay." Lyra rubbed his back and pulled his head back. "Quitum is going to be fine. He just needs a doctor. And no one is going to take either of us away. Okay? Who's that?" Lyra looks up to see someone walk out of the cabin.
Ouran turned his head to the cabin. "He says he can help Quitum."
Nero noticed Frides as he walked towards them. "Where have you been trusty or should I say, shifty bodyguard."
"You walked off saying you had to get the Domaku." The Domaku runs over to Frides. "I looked back and you were gone. Does every one you meet want to kill you?" He gestured at Ouran.
"No, I was there. I️ looked back and you were gone." Nero recalled.
Frides rolled his eyes. "Then I went looking for you."
Nero pointed at the cottage behind him. "Where? In the opposite direction? Why would you think I would be all the way out here!?"
Lyra looked from Nero to the man who just walked out of her home. "This is your ASSASSIN bodyguard?"
"No, he's a doctor he's helping Quitum." Ouran explained to his sister. Lyra looked quizzically at Nero.
Nero nodded. "Yeah, he is."
She immediately pulled her brother back behind her. "What were you doing alone here with my brothers?"
"Huh?" Frides cocked his eyebrow.
"Oh, Frides!" Nero made a shaming face. "It looks like I don't know anything about you." Nero scolded Frides with a mock serious tone.
"What? Huh?" Suddenly a look of understanding dawned on him. "What? No he said he needed a doctor."
"So you said you'd be his doctor." Nero said sarcastically and accusingly.
Frides punched Nero and Nero put his guard up but is playfully blown away. "You'll have to do better than that." He shakily got up and put his fists in front of him. "I will protect this young lads innocence."
Frides turned to Lyra. "Your brother had a wound and it had become infected. So I applied some ointment."
"Ointment! You applied ointment, you sick bastard. Don't worry I will avenge you." Nero rushed at Frides but was quickly repelled by a kick and falls to the ground.
Frides stomped on Nero. "No you sick bastard! You're not helping. Shut the fuck up!" Even though he was getting stepped on, Nero was laughing so hard tears were coming out.
A body appears in the doorway.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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