Trying to Start Over

Tulip walked into the living room rubbing her face and yawning. She looked around and as soon as her mind registered that Kalib wasn't on the couch her heart rate rose slightly. She walked briskly through the house and when she didn't find him she burst out the front door. She almost slammed into as he was right outside about to come in.

"Where were you?" Tulip asked him.

"I was going through the forest trying to find my eye patch." Kalib told her as he gestured to his clouded left eye.

"Why are you so self conscious about it?" Tulip asked him.

"I'm not it just makes it easier for people to be around me." Kalib replied as he looked away.

"It doesn't bother me though, so while it is just the two of you don't need to worry about it." Tulip replied.

Kalib looked at her slightly and sighed.

"You barely know me and you're as nice as you are." Kalib said to her.

"You need someone to be nice to you for who you are, not for what you look like." Tulip replied as she hugged him gently.

"What are you doing?" Kalib asked her as he tensed up.

"I'm hugging you, what's wrong?" Tulip asked him.

"Nothing, I'm just not used to it." Kalib replied.

"Then you'll have to get used to it if you're going to be staying here for awhile." Tulip told him. "I'm not taking no for an answer."

Kalib smiled slightly and Tulip sucked in her breath quietly as her heart fluttered a little.

"Of course ma'am." Kalib chuckled as he looked up at the sky.

Kalib watch Tulip walk around the living room straightening out but when ever he offered to help she declined it stating that she could handle what she had to do by herself and with magic when it was required. He watched her pick up something of the things that had been knocked off the coffee table when he has hit it last night and he saw her legs start to buckle. Kalib easily covered the distance to her and wrap his forehead around her and helped her to the couch.

"Thanks, that was weird." Tulip replied, her voice shaking slightly.

"It is due to the magic weakening effect on my armor." Kalib told her as he handed her a glass of water. "It tends to linger on unicorns."

"It affects other races?" Tulip asked him.

"Yeah, usually it makes anyone sick when they get near it when I'm unconscious, so that says something about you." Kalib told her

"What is that?" Tulip asked him.

"You're crazy as hell." Kalib told her. "You take a complete stranger back to your place and try to help them get better."

"So?" Tulip asked him.

"I know only one person that would do that." Kalib replied.

"Who?" Tulip asked him.

"You of course, everyone else would be puking their guts out." Kalib told her with a chuckle. "Thanks for helping me out, if I was stuck in that armor I would've suffocated seeing how the lightning bolt shorted out the life support system."

"You were hit by lightning, why didn't you tell me?" Tulip asked him. "I wasn't looking specifically for that "

"You don't have to worry about that." Kalib told her. "I heal at an extraordinary speed."

"I still want you to take it easy." Tulip replied.

As Kalib turned around Tulip cleared her throat.

"Where do you think you're going?" Tulip asked him.

"I'll meet you at the edge of the forest tomorrow, I have to go find someone." Kalib replied before walking into the trees.