Companion: Mom Told Me Not To Talk To Strangers

*Knife sounds cutting a hard material on a wooden platform* disturbed by the cutting sounds, Edward slowly open his eyes.

Edward gets up and walks closer to the sounds, hand on his head, he walks sluggishly and carefully slowly fall back down on his knees after a couple steps.

Someone approaches him and give him a hand to get up.

“Are you okay? Don’t push it, it’s better for you to lay down than to walk around like this” Edward’s blurry vision slowly becomes clear, showing him a woman in her middle 20ish standing in front of him.

Without saying a word, Edward takes her hand and lift himself up while the woman slowly guides him. She helps him to sit on a small sofa.

She’s looking at Edward’s eyes with sweet looking on her face, “Hi, how are you feeling?” said her with motherly caring tone.

Edward just sit there placing his fingers pinching on the bridge of the nose between his eyes with them closed because of the pain.

The woman waves her hand right in front of his face, “Hello? Are you okay? Knock knock, is your chip broken somewhere?”

“Welp, you don’t need to answer it now, but please don’t force yourself to stand up like what you just did. You need a rest, so you stay there okay” said the woman as she stands back up and slowly walking to the kitchen.

“I thought you’re gonna wake up anytime soon so I think I’ll make a dinner, luckily I was right, so I don’t have to eat a double portion” said the Woman.

“Dinner?” said Edward with completely astonished looks on his face.

“Ahh you’re finally talking, I thought you were walking while asleep” she answered while slowly stirring the food.

“What do you mean dinner?” ask Edward completely lost in his own thought.

“Hmm?... you were sleeping like a princess for like six hours you know, I can’t wake you up at the time I brought you here, so I slept beside you but you haven’t wake up when I woke up an hour ago, so I think I’ll make a dinner instead, in case you’re hungry” said the woman as she slowly prepare two portion of meals.

“Six hours!?” said Edward in a compressed surprised tone not having the energy to express it before he then throws more questions, “Where am I?... What time is it?!” said Edward shaking his head a little with a sight of disbelief “Where is- where is my ba- urghh” Edward’s head start aching more because of the sudden blood flow and back down he’s looking with more pinches on the bridge of the nose.

The woman came back with two plates of what seems to be a curry aside of some rice, “Hey relax, your bag is over there along with your other belongings”. Edward abruptly stands up and slowly walks to his bag.

He’s grabbing his small phone and calling a number as soon as he get his hand on it, which turned out to be Emma’s.

“H-hello, Emma!?-“

“Hello? Ed? Where are you?? It’s getting darker and you’re not home yet, I doubt that you’re even close”

“Are you okay Emma??”

“Of course I’m okay, what are you talking about? Wait are you drunk? Where are you now!?”

Edward sigh in relieve knowing his sister is alright.

“Heyyy answer the question! Don’t tell me… you’re drunk aren’t you??”

“A-ah no, I’m okay, I’m fine, I’m not drunk or anything”

“Is that so? Then… where are you right now?”

Edward quickly turns his face over the woman.

“Where am I and what is this place?” with a serious looks on his face, Edward asks the woman.

The woman answered with a little shrug “My house? Black Pearl? near the Nevo-Arch?”

Edward said back the thing the woman has said to inform Emma through the phone “I’m in Black Pearl, no particular thing happened, I just feel like going here”.

“Uwhhh, why you’re going so far this time, didn’t you said that you almost got caught yesterday?” typically worried Emma’s voice on the phone.

“Chill Emma, I’m gonna be fine, I’ll update you in an hour or two” Edward hung up the call right after.

In Another Place

Emma, Same Time, 18:25 PM

Emma sighs as she thinks about Ed “This little lamb don’t know how to appreciate his companion properly” Emma then places the phone that looks exactly like Edward’s and sits on the bed.

Emma slowly lays down on the bed as she grabs a paper from the desk, “Little did he know that I was about to ask him whether he like to eat pork or beef instead” said Emma while she unfolds the pamphlet of meat list along with the price on the side.

“I’ll just go with anything, he’ll surely like it nonetheless” said Emma enjoying herself picking the meat for Edward.

Edward Current Place,

Edward walks to the small circle shaped dining table with his hand tracing the wall to be able to sustain his body, he then slowly sits on the other side of the table, complete opposite of where the woman is sitting.

“Here, eat this … it will make you feel better” said the woman as she slides Edward’s plate to him.

Edward takes the plate closer to him, “What happened… why did you brought me here? Are you… with the cops? who are you?”.

“Now that you mentioned it, we don’t know each other, I’m Alessia… also I’m not with the police nor am I saving you from the police… I thought you’re in danger so I dragged you all along and hide you somewhere safe, I don’t even know that they’re chasing you” said the woman with a calm and caring tone. “If that was the wrong decision then so be it, I just wanna help” Alessia continues.

“Once again, I’m Alessia Granhiert, and welcome to my little homely hut, please feel at home while you’re here” the words followed by a sweet smile on her face.

“How come we ended up at your place? You said we were hiding- somewhere safe…” Edward raining Alessia with more questions.

“Correct, I did dragged you at least 50 meters away from the place and hide us under a stair at the very corner, and wait there for 15 minutes, when I have the right time, I sneaked out quietly” explain Alessia with her eyes looking at Edward that is in full confusion.

Edward didn’t give out a single word after Alessia’s explanation, instead he starts to scoop a spoonful of the meal on his plate and eat it.

Alessia then do the same thing and eats hers which doesn’t look like much of a portion, she shoves half full spoon of the curry rice in her mouth and slowly munches it while looking at Edward’s face.

“You like it? Is it good?” Alessia asks with a very calming tone and looks, just like a mother comforting her child.

“Edward…“ said Edward while eating.

“Hmm?...” ask Alessia confusedly.

“Edward Van Gaze… my name is Edward Van Gaze” and Edward continues to eat. Alessia gets a small kettle which she then pour two cups of plain water.

“So, how’s your time here so far Edward?” ask Alessia to Edward with half hooded eyes while eating her curry rice.

He doesn't give a single answer and the atmosphere turns to be so hard and quiet.

“It’s good” said Edward to Alessia that sitting in front of him. Alessia slowly lays her head down beside the plate as she finished her meal way earlier, looking at Edward while trying to stay in the conversation.

“Do you have something to tell me maybe? It’s not the first time I helped someone like you, running from the cops, full of wound, looks like a lose dog” said Alessia, calmly.

“Not much, I don’t have anything to tell you” Edward answered

“Thank you… for bringing me here” continues Edward as he stop eating for a couple second before then going on it again.

Not even a minute after, Alessia already fell asleep on the table when Edward finished his part, he then stands up and bring the plates to the kitchen and washes them.

He found a beautiful kitchen knife, it has beautiful shape and some flower motive sculptured on it, Edward notices that there’s a bunch of different knives right behind the one knife he’s holding while looking at it “Medieval taste?” said Edward with confused expression while he makes a lot of different thought trying to picture out what kind of person Alessia actually is.

Edward wears back his jacket, and before he go to the front door, Edward came back and covers Alessia with a blanket and let her sleep there, he’s putting his shoes on, leaving a piece of paper from his bag on the table as a note with poorly written “Thanks” on it, before he left the place.

Back Home

20:50

Hearing some footstep, Emma waits in front of the door. Edward came to the door, slowly opens it and peak inside but Emma was there so he began to goes in normally.

“Something definitely happened... right?” said Emma while frowning, as she follows Edward around. Instead of dodging the question Edward take a quick look on the mirror and stand in front of it to see what makes Emma suddenly ask such question.

He found out there’s a bandage on his forehead with a blood stain on it, “How… did I not feel it… I-I mean!, uhm, I just slipped-” Emma stands in front of Edward while he’s trying to finish his words, giving him the dominating looks, putting him so cornered to make him speak up.

“A-and fell down…” Edward continues while Emma intimidates him, “a c-couple floor down, a-and… I hit my head j-just a little bi-“ Emma keeps intimidate him while he’s trying to finish his words, but Emma’s expression just makes him exposing himself more and more.

“j-just a little bit, could have been a b-bit! Yes, could’ve been a bit! but then I got knocked on the g-ground so hard? I guess?” Edward can’t take the tension so he looks away.

“Moreee??….” Still with serious looks, Emma tries to milk out the information from Edward.

“A-and someone actually save me from the c-cops when I’m fainted” said Edward with small voice, stuttering like a high school girl.

Emma pinches Edward’s cheeks, “If that ever happened again, I’m gonna be the one who knock you to the ground, and someone saved you??” she then squeeze Edward’s cheeks.

“Oh cmonnn stop it, I’m not your little Ed anymore, beside it’s just a random person, I didn’t say anything to them” whine Edward. Emma replies with a tease, “You still are silly~…” she pinches his nose and messes his hair.

A couple seconds of silent.

“I’m sorry” Edward apologized “It’s fine, just make sure that you’re alright okay?” worried smiles written on Emma’s face.

“So what do you want for dinner? I supposed, cuisine with meats?” as she put the apron on her waist and walks to the kitchen. “Ah you don’t need to make me a dinner, I’ve eaten at Alessia’s place” said Edward without realizing what he just said.

“At... who?” Emma stopped walking and stays for a moment before she turns around and face Edward.

“What am I putting myself into…” saying it with a small voice that Emma won’t hear him while tilting his head up with his eyes closed in disbelief that he just said that.

“I think you have something more to tell me don’t you? little womanizer” Emma crosses her arms and walks slowly to Edward. “I don’t think I have, cuz uhh… I already told you the name and that’s all there is” Edward looks away hinting that he doesn’t want to talk about it.

Emma put her hands on her waist and slowly bends forward in front of Edward who’s sitting on the edge of the bed, “You better tell me more or this won’t be the last time you’re not eating here”.

Edward starts to tell more of the story and so Emma sit beside him, “So uhm, I was saved by someone around your age, she told me that her name is Alessia Granhiert, she seems okay, I mean- as in safe, I mean like- for our sake” said Edward nervously trying not to spice things up, “And more?” disturb Emma, “she even told me that she doesn’t know I was being chased by cops” Edward is looking at the floor and nervously playing with his fingers.

“So? Is she happen to be someone not dangerous then?” ask Emma.

“She’s far from what you can say, dangerous, she seems like a very innocent woman, I was looking around her place but I found nothing that probably could harm us” Edward places his bag on top of the drawer.

“But she has some weird knives that has some ridiculous woman-like patterns or motives on it whatever you wanna call it” Edward continues.

“Hmm… that’s odd, no one would collect a stuff like that nowadays, maybe it’s something from her past, or some kind of heritage, since it’d be kinda hard to find something like that with all of the automatization that has been going on, unless she carved them herself” Emma places his finger on her chin and stares blankly to the wall across while she think.

“She lives alone… I see nothing like family or someone in her house, there’s no extra shoes, a single bed, and a couple utensils, so I think it will be fine, she Seems like a person who can keep a secret or two” Edward continues.

Emma slaps both of Edward’s cheeks, “that’s not the only probleemmmm here righttt?? you said she lives alone?? Did you realize how old are you right now oh grown maann!?”.

Edward’s eyes opened wide and starring in confuse directly onto Emma’s eyes in his attempt to figure out why Emma got so energetic all of a sudden, “w-what?” ask Edward.

“I guess you’ll eventually find your woman anyway” Emma pinches his nose as she let out quite the sigh.

Moment of silent before the realization kicks in for Edward, “Wait… what??? Noooo, it’s not like that, she saved me! Just like what I said before, I’m not tryna make it up” blushing Edward trying to make things straight.

Sweet giggles from Emma as she stood up and take off the apron, “Welp, I guess it’s a diet night for me”, “Diet??? With your current shape right now?? Are you going to ruin it??” ask astounded Edward with a big childish eyes looking directly onto Emma’s bosom.

“Cut that shit out, beside It’s only for a day silly, it won’t change anything that much” said Emma with a smirk on her face.

"And I'm 24 so it's quite hard to lose weight for someone my age" Emma continues.

“Is that so?” ask Edward as Emma lays down on the bed and cover herself with the blanket. Meanwhile Edward get up and walk to his pile of junks and sits on his desk playing with it.

“Are you going to sleep anytime soon?” ask Emma with a sleepy tone, “Not now, maybe a little bit late” said Edward while compiling some parts of his creation.

“Don’t sleep to laaat- *yawn* okay, and you can cook anything on the fridge, don’t make me a breakfast, I’m skipping one for tomorrow”, “I know, just sleep, you need a rest” said Edward. “No, YOU... need a rest” another big yawn from Emma, “Goodnig- haahh” and there she is closing her eyes and slowly drift off to sleep.

In other side, as the night continue, Edward keeps going with his stuff.

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