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I'm fine, Nill. I didn't -- I'm okay.

...I'm not sure.

[She doesn't entirely trust that, even if she knows it's true. Heine would be run through and perfectly fine an hour later if it really came down to it...]

If-- I can come get you, so if you could tell me what you're near.. I'm sure I could find it.

Directions would be fine, okay? Uh, don't come -- here.

[Oh-- she recognizes that area, a little bit. Not especially well, but enough to know he's going the wrong way.]

I live in an apartment with a few other people. It's 70, Fable Way, Apt #510, in Sector 4-- so you can't go any further than that. [A brief pause while she thinks, and then he's getting some basic instructions on how to get to the apartment complex from where he is.]

Who are you staying with?

A few people. ....There were more, but--

...Shika was arrested. He's free now, but he-- Shika hasn't come back yet. And Yosuke... Yosuke isn't staying with us now. So it's just me and Naruto. He has a friend over sometimes, though.

[And of course - because it's Nill - she'll be waiting outside the building when he gets there. Just like always.]

A friend.

I don't like him. But he's important to Naruto, so--

[She doesn't get any further than that with the message before she actually spots him. She's just lucky that she remembered to shove the NV into her pocket before rushing over, and-- oh, oh. bullet holes. That-- it's not new, but it's been so long...

The changes in Nill are... a bit more obvious than they probably should be. More than they would be if she'd really been away for a few days, or even a month. Taller, for one thing, by at least a few inches. And lacking the usual goth loli clothing. Older. By two or three years, at least.

Still, the worried look she gives him-- that much hasn't changed at all.]

[One of her wings doesn't fold in quite the same way that it used to, either; the feathers stick out a bit differently in one part, and they don't lay right. An injury, and not a recent one. She considers attempting a smile herself, but that's as far as it gets, because she can't manage to conjure one on her face. She doesn't know how to tell him that no one else was there. Just her, for the longest time, and then Giovanni-- and that she hadn't thought he would come at all.

Instead, she steps just the slightest bit closer, and lifts both of her hands out to him, as well. Not touching, almost never touching when it came to Heine, because most of the time he hated it. But there, as always. Are you okay?]

I'm --

-- you're older.

Sorry.

[The blood doesn't bother her, but it's odd. The slight touch, however-- perhaps she needed that. It's one thing to communicate over the network, to hear him talking, and another thing entirely to see and feel him. He was real. It wasn't her imagination, she hadn't snapped from everything that had been going on lately, it was... it was really Heine. He was here.

He really came.]

[But her expression falters slightly at the comment, and she pulls her fingers away, shifting a bit nervously... before holding up six fingers. Then, with a slightly uncertain look, a seventh finger. 16. 17. Even she wasn't sure at this point, with all the missing months.

She quickly shakes her head after, though. Don't apologize. It wasn't his fault. It was never his fault.]

Seventeen?

Alone?

[A hesitant nod. Honestly, she couldn't be sure if she was really seventeen or not, but she didn't think it made much difference at this point. She might as well be seventeen, at any rate. It's not like another digit made much difference.

A smile finally makes it's way onto her face, though, and she quickly shakes her head, pausing for a moment to pull her NV out of her pocket once more. She's very fast at typing up a message, and she holds it up quickly to show him.]

I had Yosuke. Shika and Naruto, too.

Family.

Huh. And the only living here with you still is - Naruto.

Giovanni hasn't -- been near you, or anything?

[There's a soundless little giggle at the way he says Naruto's name - it's obvious enough in the way her wings and shoulders tremble just slightly, though - and Nill nods, expression brightening just slightly despite the actual question.]

Shika said he would come back, too. Just not know. [There's a lot of affection there, for these boys he doesn't know. And she knows that's odd, that she had loved ones that weren't Heine and Bishop and Badou, that existed outside of that church. But she didn't want to keep them a secret, not from him.

But at the mention of Giovanni Nill immediately shakes her head, waving a hand for a moment before lightly tapping the NV with her finger. Just on here, see? Nowhere else, not in person.

And a moment later she's giving him another worried look, half reaching towards the bullet holes. Have they healed yet? Are you really okay?]

Okay. How - how've you been?

Good.

It's okay. It's... always like this. You know.

[There's hesitance at the question, a slight falter of fingers on her NV... and she stays motionless for a moment, debating. In the end, though, she raises a hand to her chest, drumming her fingers against it in a thump-thump. ...thump-thump motion, before lifting the hand and sticking her thumb up. She was alive. And she'd was okay, as long as her heart kept beating.

She nods though, understanding entirely, despite the way her gaze lingers where the wounds had been visible for a moment longer. It's been a long time since she saw something like that. Hidan-- she knows he was like Heine had been, a little. He healed. But she hadn't seen him heal before.

Her smile turns somewhat reassuring, though, and she hesitates briefly before holding out a hand, and gesturing with the other towards the apartment. Come inside? She was sure something of Shika's or Naruto's would fit him-- and he could get cleaned up, and... whatever else.]

I'm fine.

It's all right if I come in, then?

[It's a challenge not to let her expression fall when she hears that, but Nill manages. She hadn't wanted to think about that, let alone hear him thinking about it. How she'd changed, how different she was, how unlike the 'Nill' he probably remember she seemed. She had chosen not to try and go back to their world, when she hadn't truly remembered him, when she thought he was dead.... but Heine meant the world to her.

Likewise, her fingers just barely brush against his palm, until she moves to lead him along by hooking their fingertips together, however light the touch might be. Her smile brightens in regard to the question, and she immediately nods. Yes, yes, of course! Naruto wasn't home, and his friend wasn't around - they couldn't object if they wanted to, and if they did, well... she wouldn't let them, not this time.

There's probably a flight or two of stairs that she has to lead him up before they actually get to the apartment, but it shouldn't take too long.]

[When they reach the door Nill pulls out a key quickly enough and unlocks the door with relative ease, pushing it open and making a gesture for him to go inside first, with a reassuring smile. It's just so she can lock up again once inside.

The apartment itself is decently sized, and opens up into a hallway almost as soon as you enter. There might be a slight smell of flowers, too, between the flowers in Nill's own room and the plants in Naruto's. Modestly furnished, blah blah blah, lights on... no one else is home at the moment, however.]

Yours?

...is there usually someone here with you?

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