Keep That Smile Up, ok? Part 2 (The Stringless Puppet of The Void)

Tea in the darkest days

-Haru! Stella saw her friend back again and went to hug her, but Haru didn't hug back...

-H...Huh? the little girl looked at her

-Erwin...Even if you got her back, Haru isn't fully recovered, right now she is in something similar to a comma, she might experience nightmares with her past life or regarding her fears since she suffers because of trauma. I know these aren't the best news to hear, but we still can help Haru heal, it just takes time and effort, so please be patient with her and the healing process. The shadow girl looked him in the eyes

-No matter how much it'll take, I'll be here for her, she won't be alone. he hugged her tighter 

-But what will happen to you, "Shadow"? You know that you betrayed Kent by doing all these...

-Please don't worry about me too much, the girl in your hand is far more important than me... I don't have a family or anything to live for, I just live for the sake of living, I realized it when I listened to him and teleported us there. Even if it was "in the last clock", at least I came to my senses. "Shadow" bowed her head in a somehow sad tone(?)

-That's not true, you have friends, at least, I consider you a friend! You have so many reasons to live for, viewing the sun shine and sunset, eating ice cream, holidays... There are so many things to live for that I can't even put them in one sentence! Maybe Kent didn't show you all these, but they exist! He just uses you for his own pleasure, he doesn't care a bit about you, you should find people that would actually care for you. Stella told the red eyed girl

-I still don't get why someone will forgive me after everything I've done, I even kidnapped you before, Stella and I'm sure you remember, that hurt Haru too... Even if it was a long time ago, I still can't forgive myself that easily, I may look down a lot on myself, but it's for reasons... Kent controlled everything in my life till now, I wasn't controlled by his powers or anything, but he manipulated me, that's why I feel like his puppet, but one without strings. "Shadow" muttered 

-Well, we won't let him do anything to you anymore! Even after what you did to Haru, we are friends and should stay together, especially in a time like this, with the Void/Vacuum and all that. For now, we should take care of Haru till she gets better. Stella told her

-Yes, right... "Shadow" answered

Erwin carried Haru in his arms, when they reached her bed, he placed her down and put a blanket on her. Haru's eyes had black circles, it showed that she was very tired and it was the time for her to rest. She looked like she had some kind of illness, but who knows if it even was sickness or just tiredness effects...?

Stella checked for possible wounds or bruises... Surprisingly, she was intact, no marks of anything. But somehow she still looked exhausted, did the desire personality really use that much energy? Or what was it?

-Hmm... It seems that she wasn't hit or anything... I guess these are side effects of overusing energy, she used way too much, we are lucky though, it seems that she has some left and that's enough for her to recover... Stella sighed

-I'm so worried for her, even now... I wish I was with her when all that happened, I feel so guilty for what happened with her... Erwin's heart was filled with guilt

-If Haru has energy left in her, then she will recover so you don't have to worry so much about that, what you should worry about, is the trauma she's suffering from... It will take some time for that to heal, I'm sure if Haru spends time with you, it will be easier... Just try to not push her too hard, help her with things, cleaning, make her bed etc... "Shadow" told the boy

-You know very well, that I'll do anything for Haru. My love for her is bigger than anything you've seen in this world.

-Maybe you should let her take a nap for now... Try doing anything else to clear off your mind at least a little...

-Yeah.... he said and looked at his lover, she slept so peacefully, hopefully when she'll wake up, she'll be fine....

He drew the curtains so the light won't disturb her sleep, took his phone so it won't ring and left Haru in that room so she can rest in peace(not rest in peace like that, sleep I mean ;-; , I can't kill Haru even if I want q-q). Erwin went in the living room, Lily and Iris were having some tea.

-Hey, wanna have some tea too? Mint tea helps with relieving stress, I think it would be good for you, especially now. 

Lily handed him a cup and poured mint tea in it.

-Why are you suddenly in good terms with me? You used to make jokes about me and other stuff. he asked

-Well we're teammates after all, plus you seem to go through a hard time right now and leaving you like that will make you probably lose your mind, we should be united just like the team we are. I know I don't do this very often, but take this as an apology for the past. We need to be united to bring Haru back, without a leader, this team will fall apart. She is a good leader, she deserves so much more than she gets and I think it's time to appreciate what she does for us, even if it's maybe not the best time for it... Lily explained

-Hm, I see... Thanks then...

Erwin sat down with the girls and looked outside the window, he wondered when will the time of seeing his Haru back on feet again, his patience started to ran out. Maybe the others were right about him losing his mind. He really needed some time to clear off his mind. He sipped some of his tea...

Will it take long for my sunshine to return home?

Thanks for reading this chapter! I hope you liked it 👉👈

I'll try to update often, but please note that I have my final exams this year, I have trouble focusing and learning math, which is a big problem for me, but then again I'll try my best on everything, I failed many times, but I don't give up just yet! I wanna learn from my mistakes and become a better version of myself. Also my self-esteem issues don't help me with this problem lol, but smh I need to get my focus skills back or I might actually fail xd

Anyway have a little pixelart I made in Minecraft yesterday because I was bored of every game on my computer:(sorry Soulworker and Yu-gi-Oh Duel Links, but sometimes I just don't see the fun anymore...)