*Spoiler, title at the end*

I opened the door to my home and when i wanted to enter, a small thing landed on my embrace and much to my surprise, it was Lily

*Lily's POV*

"Take This!" I was fighting a giant praying mantis who is currently receiving my barrage of attacks and finally manage to injure it heavily, forcing it to retreat from the city. I felt proud that all the training i had done this past 6 months finally payed off.

While i was feeling happy, the ground shakes and i was shocked, a giant centipede with 2 faces are in front of me! I tried fighting it but nothing works, it's skin is just too dense for me to pierce through, this is the first time I've ever been overwhelmed, it may be because of my fight before but i'm sure even in my full power, defeating this would be hard.

I knew i can't kill it so i tried running away but it follows me around, i tried thinking on what to do but nothing that i think of will be useful, the only thing i do is call backup, I've called the HA but they won't be here anytime soon.

I know, him, Ja..ck i suppose, he's pretty strong to be in A-Class right away, I hope he's near please! I ran up to a building and took out my phone, luckily it's not broken. I have saved his number before but never called him, i pat myself on the back for saving his number.

I called his number and after a few dings, he answered i was happy that he answers, now i hope he will come and help me!

I wanted to say "Please come, I need backup" but was interrupted by the centipede, it use it's body to shake the surface and lift me up to the air, i only manage to say "Help me" with my voice a little bit interrupted, i could hear his respond and it showed...concern? Why..

The centipede tried to eat me whole but i managed to dodge it's attack narrowly but it's tteth manage to pierce my belly pretty deep, i screamed in pain and before i pass out, i can only tell him C...and that time, i thought that it was the end.

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I don't know what happen but somehow right now I'm in a room full of...plushies? There are a mountain of these things! I ignored them and tried remembering what happened, i was last fighting with the centipede, I'm pretty sure it can kill me with any given second but why am i still alive?

Before i made any assumptions, i heard the door open and i immediately rushed out to the door and try to escape, the person who owns tons of cute plushies might be a human-eating monster for all you know!

I didn't manage to escape but i do see the person's face and i saw a familiar one, it was Jack, he manage to came after all, that means he is the one who had saved me...how evil am i to think the person who saved my life as a human-eating monster!

*Change to 3rd person view*

Lily seeing Jack's face was stuttering, trying to figure out what she need to say at this time and seeing Jack staring on her face did not help at all, making her blush. Meanwhile on the other side, jack is enjoying his view very much to his happiness.

The first thing that greets him when coming home is a "hug" from his little girl Lily, continued by the cutest blush ever. He is screaming happily in his heart, he wonders what if this happens every single day, wouldn't it be such a bliss!

They both kept staring at each other, actually, Jack kept staring at Lily while Lily is trying to compose her words. Jack thought that this amount of staring should be enough or he will creep her out.

"So you've recovered, lets go in and talk" Jack said with a smiling face which warms Lily's heart, she had never seen this kind of smile before, especially when the smile is directed towards her. She nodded and followed Jack into his room.

Both of them arrived at the Jack's bedroom full of plushies which is, unusual, Seeing Jack, an early adult male having an abnormal amount of plushies inside his room. Lily sets aside the question of "why do you have this much plushies?" and just thought it is a gift from his girlfriend.

Jack sat down on the bed and motioned Lily to sit down as well, Lily followed him and sat down next to Jack. Jack looked around and then takes a brown bear plushie behind Lily and gave it to her.

"Here, try hugging this, it's soft." Jack said while extending the plushie to her

"Tha...thank you." Lily said in a surprised tone, she did not expect this to happen! She grabbed the brown bear and when she holds it in her embrace, she felt it's softness and is probably addicted to it right now.

Seeing Lily playing with his very first plushie since coming here happily makes him both happy and jealous. He is happy because her of her smiles while he is jealous of his own brown bear.

"What happened out there." Ask Jack with a pretty serious tone.

Lily hearing his serious tone starts recounting her stories while hugging the bear, she told him how she got there until her fight with the centipede. When she got to the part where she fights with the centipede, she remembered that her stomach was pierced before.

Lily opened her tracksuit she used when fighting and then lifts up her white T-Shirt to check on her injuries and much to her surprise, the injuries is now healed!

'How is this possible!' Lily thought, she immediately turned her head towards the blushing Jack. She was confused as to why Jack suddenly blushed and then realized that she is still holding her shirt up, revealing her flat belly and the newly made scar.

She immediately closed her belly and stare at Jack as if it was his fault, Jack finally regained his calm appearance after noticing her stare, he coughed once and pretended like it had never happened even when he knew that he will keep this memory until the end of time.

"How" Lily said softly

"Hmm?"

"How do you heal my scar?" Asks Lily with a curious tone, she knew her body can't remove a wound that big in mere hours! 'He must've done something.' thought Lily

"Well, lets just say it's my power that helped you, if you want more information, you need to pay for it." Jack answered with a smug smile on his face, making Lily laugh

"Well, if you don't want to tell me you could've just said so, once again, I thank you from the bottom of my heart." Lily said with a smiling face that would melt even the devil himself

"On the other note, why do you have so many plushies?" Lily asks while looking around at the various plushies.

"Well, can't a guy just have his own kingdom of plushies? it's now like plushies are specifically made for little girls like you."

"It's okay i guess but I'm not a little girl!" Lily retorted, with a somewhat mad face. She seems really ticked off when Jack called her as little girl

"As i said when we first met, you're like what 13-14? It still counts as a little girl." I said even though i never thought of her as a little girl.

"Fine, you saved me so i'll let you call me that just this time!" She said with a flushed face.

*change to Jack's POV*

After that we just kept talking about many stuffs, we continued talking and talking until finally night came, i never wanted this to end but sadly, very very sadly, I can't just keep her here for myself, not now at least.

"Hey, it's nighttime already, shouldn't you be going home?" I ask, she seemed troubled when i said that.

"What's wrong?" I worriedly ask

"Actually, my home is destroyed by the monsters there, that's why i can quickly went and fend off the monster from C-City, so until i get enough money to repair it, i'll need to rent an apartment or something." She said with a troubled and sad look

"What about your parents? they should be able to help you repair it right?" I ask, unaware that i have stepped on a landmine

"They, well they're not with me anymore...my home is their only heritage that i got and all the money they left me is almost finished." I could see little beads of water falling from her small eyes, my hearth ached and i instinctively went and embrace her, tears started pouring bit by bit, wetting my shirt, but i didn't care.

"It's okay, you can stay with me as long as you want to" I suddenly offered her, unaware of what i had just said and only realized a few seconds later.

"Hah.....Fueee!?" Lily exclaimed in a daze.

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Title : Stay with Me