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“Go on. You can fly now.”
Xion tilted her head looking back and forward between her removed bandages and the encouraging smile of that innocent child. He still held her in his small hand, expecting her to leave at any moment. As she came to know, that boy wasn’t the best at hiding his emotions and a glean particular to sad goodbyes shone on his eyes. She opened her wings, extending her black feathers as much as she could to show that she understood that she was healed, and was very glad at being able to steal a giggle from his lips.
He sat on the grass and carefully lowered her to the ground. She immediately jumped back on his arm and lightly pulled the sleeve of his shirt.
“You can play with your friends again. I bet you miss home.” He insisted, poking her with his other hand.
She hopped up, and the boy followed her with his gaze until she reached his shoulder and pulled one of his spiky brown locks. He yelped and asked for the reason behind that, but all she did was nest herself against his neck. He didn’t complain anymore, but he pouted in that incredibly adorable way.
The wind picked up; and Xion wondered why he had chosen that particular spot. It was somewhat distant from the village, but not quite in the forest yet. Of course, she would have pecked him until he returned to safety if that was the case, but that was beyond the point. He had managed to escape his overprotective friend and his very worried caretakers to free the small feathered creature.
Ah, maybe he didn’t want to be seen crying for a bird he was told to not get attached to.
Returning home had been on her mind since she hurt her wing, but the days she spent under the boy’s care made her reconsider. The mountain she came from wasn’t that far away; it would that a day or two to get back there. If there was anything keeping her from doing that, it was the very circumstance in which she left.
So she wanted to stay. She would miss Roxas and Axel, but she had made up her mind. Until the consequences of her actions caught up to her, she would gladly stay by Sora’s side.
After all, she was not a just a regular crow.