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RE Refuge Within RaveOokami The stress and worry that had gradually built up over the past few weeks were swiftly swept away as her brother called her name, a fleeting smile crossing her pert little lips as she playfully nuzzled her face against his chest as she enjoyed the surprised response shed managed to elicit from her brother. While Axel probably hadnt even considered the possibility of Sasha coming here, Sasha had dreamt about this day on a daily basis, there hadnt been a single day in her life when she hadnt thought of what happened to her brother and for a few years shed gotten religious and prayed to God each night to watch over her brother and keep him well. Shed stopped praying to God when her uncle had caught her and yelled at her and accused her of being stupid, her faith in God too dissipating over the next few months until she concluded the absence of some higher being. But that didnt stop her from wishing her brother well, and hoping that hed one day come back and take her away from their dreaded uncle. Days turned into months, and then years, but her brother never did come back to get her. Her uncle had tried to convince her that her brother had died, the same way Sashas parents had passed on, but Sasha simply wouldnt believe it. And now she knew for certain that her brother was alive and well.. and a lot more handsome than she remembered. The Axel in Sashas mind was a short spunky youth with golden hair, a childish grin on his face that would pull her around the playground cheerfully, while also having a protective serious side to him. The man before her though. Well some things remained the same. For starters he still had the same distinguishing features, and was still taller than Sasha, though the height discrepancy had grown over the year as Axel had entered a growth spurt Sasha was yet to experience. Another thing that remained unchanged was his strength, Sasha could still remember the warmth of his brothers back when hed piggybacked her all those years ago, and now she was being lifted into the air again. Though like his height, the burden of lifting her up seemed to have easened significantly as well. Holding on affectionately as her brother carried her, she held herself close to him, pressing her body up against his not only for warmth, but out of partial fear that if she let go, shed lose him forever. Axel was her only reason to live now, work was tiresome, school boring, and family. Well Axel was the only family she had as far as she was concerned. Nodding her head quietly at Axels suggestion she obediently held still as she was taken inside the unfamiliar room. A fair bit messier than shed expected, and there was no telling how long itd been since it had gotten a proper clean, but regardless it was warm, and the room was scented with an odor shed fantasized about for years. The familiar heartwarming scent of her brother, she remembered sneaking in to her brothers room after hed left over and over again in hopes that shed be able to feel her brother again. If not in sight, at least in one of the other senses, and when that wasnt possible, she could still imagine the room as it had been before her brother had moved out. Simulating a conversation and talking to the wall like a looney. Making no move to slip of Axels lap, she looked up slowly at her brothers eyes when her name was called, two pairs of blue eyes staring at eachother. She knew she owed her brother an explanation, why she was here, how shed got injured, what had happened since her brothers departure. Of particular concern was how their uncles place was a good hour drive by car seeing as how Axel had made an effort to move as far away from his uncle as possible. Judging from Sashas attire it was clear she hadnt been driven, and not holding anything besides the clothes on her body, it didnt look like shed managed to use public transport either. There were so many questions undoubtedly lingering in Axels head, and Sasha wasnt dumb enough not to know that shed eventually have to answer them. But for now she only had one thing to say to her brother. I missed you Axel