Sisterly Bonding

"Even in the state Relia was in at the time Tearia still tried to be her friend. Without her I think Relia might have been lost forever. A tool of the Belturn used for destruction and power of one selfish man's wants. You can probably take a good guess as to what happened next. Those two eventually became friends and slowly a small fire was reborn inside of Relia until eventually Teaira set her free and she stumbled into the two of you on the run. You know the rest from there.

"That's..."

Running around in her head Xelfia tried to find the right words to say. Nothing came to her though as silence fell over them. "Relia's been through a lot." She knew from the scars on her body that her past wasn't going to be any good however she never thought it would be like that. Taking a second to collect herself, Xelfia looked at the girl she considered a sister. Even as this other version of her Xelfia could still feel the pain that was etched into her body. Tossing aside any questions she had about the voices or her fire Xelfia grabbed Relia and held her tight.

"Thank you..."

She didn't say anything else as she suffocated Relia against her chest. With a face full of boobs Azalu tried to remove herself from Xelfia's hug but she wouldn't let go. "Relia, save me!" No longer wanting to be in this situation Azalu cried out to Relia for help. "Fine.." Nervousness filled her voice but Relia agreed regardless. The hard part was done for her already, now it was time for the future. "Thank you as well Azalu." "For what?" ignoring Azalu's confused voice Relia took control of her own body as she enjoyed the smell and warmth of Xelfia's hug.

Feeling the struggling stop Xelfia got her senses straight as she let go of her.

"Sorry about that, got a little over excited that's all."

"...No..problem..I'm happy..."

Noticing the change instantly Xelfia smiled as the Relia she knew had returned again.

"Feeling alright? I know I probably made you relive some bad memories. I just wanted to get to know you a bit more and push you out of those boundaries you've made. I didn't want to force you or anything like that. You're like a cute little sister to me and I want to see you succeed."

Rubbing Relia's hair, Xelfia felt better about herself as well.

"...Not mad...sad..pity?"

"No, you know I wouldn't do things like that. I'm just happy you're being a little more honest with me."

"...it..was..pretend though?"

"Hahaha...Yes yes, speaking of being honest with me, why not be a little more honest with yourself and confess to Xilo?"

Like a scared cat Relia's whole body jumped backwards as she felt her hair stand on end in a panic. Shaking her head back and forth, Relia tried to deny Xelfia's words but nothing worked. The only thing she managed to do was cause Xelfia to laugh even more. Feeling embarrassed, Relia felt her face turning red as she tried to deal with such a sudden question. "me? like Xilo? what is she talking about!" She may have felt fond of him especially since he was friends with Tearia but she didn't like him that much. "I think..." Shaking her head once more Relia felt Xelfia's hand grab hers.

"After seeing that kind of reaction I definitely know how you're feeling now. I'm not asking you to go about it right away and rush into it, take some time to think about it and while you're at it, think about the person you want to be now. I know you probably like being the mood maker but it's okay to be something more than that. What do you want, ask yourself that question as many times as you need but I want to hear the answer eventually. Who are you and who do you plan to become? What will you make of yourself now? Like you said before, you're free now and in a safe environment with the three of us."

"..I don't know..."

"That's fine, for now we should probably head back to bed. We've been out here quite a while, I'm sure those two are worried about us by now and I'm feeling tired. Xilo's probably got stuff planned for us tomorrow too, so let's get going."

Holding her hand Xelfia stood up from the bench as she took one last look at the flower garden. Feeling Relia follow her as she stayed silent, Xelfia walked inside back to their room. That itching feeling from before had begun to fade away as it got replaced by something else. "You'll find your answer soon." Going up the steps she held Relia's hand tightly as she opened their room door. Shutting it behind them the two of them crawled into bed again with a sleeping Xilo. Grabbing at his body, Relia decided to sleep a bit further from him this time around than usual. Even with the limited space she crawled away from Xilo as embarrassment filled her thoughts as she thought about what Xelfia said. Eventually the two of them managed to fall back asleep after some time.

Soon the morning sun shined into their room signaling the start of the day. Waking up, Xilo looked down to see that Relia and even Xelfia had returned at some point. "Looks like things went okay then." He didn't know what had happened between them and while he was curious, he had no plans to ask them. Sometimes having a private chat was nice and he wanted to respect that. "if they bring it up on their own though..." Then it was fair game for him to know.

"Now to remember what I wanted to do today, haaa...."

Looking around the room he organized his thoughts as he thought about what he was going to do next.