Late Night Visitor

"Maybe having late night visitors wasn't all that bad."

**Late Night Visitor** is the 4-star card of the Passing White Butterflies event. It is centered around Yu Phan from first-generation group PARADOX.

The card art features Andrew Linh Huynh.

The card story features Andrew Linh Huynh.

## Card Story

The sound of steps on the wet pavement broke through the silence of a rainy night as Linh ran through the streets. His heavy panting could be heard through the pitter patter of the harsh rain surrounding him. He didn’t exactly know where he was running to, just that he needed to get away from his house.

When just a short time of running alongside annoyingly loud thoughts brought Linh to Pandora’s doorstep, he gave an exhausted sigh of endearment. God he was head over heels.

Pandora was in bed writing something down hastily when they had to pause the music blasting into their ears. Was someone knocking? She checked the time.

8:34

Jeez, who would be at his house this late on a rainy night? She listened again. Yep. Someone was definitely knocking. Probably one of those crazy ass door to door salesmen..

Pandora dragged himself out of bed, rolling her eyes with an exasperated groan as they headed to her front door.

He practically flung it open, annoyance evident on her face. However, this faded once they saw who was shaking at her doorstop.

“..Linh?? What the hell are you doing here?” She winced when she realized how angry his tone seemed.

“Sorry Pan, I had to get away from home and I ended up here.” Linh gave a small chuckle, looking down as a slight blush dusted his cheeks.

“Dude, don’t worry about it. Get inside,” Pandora stepped out of her door frame to allow Linh to enter.

As she shut the door behind the both of them, Pandora noticed the state Linh was in. He had clearly been crying, he was soaking from the rain, and they were completely out of breath. Pandora’s gaze softened slightly and she sighed, pulling Linh to their room.

“Anything I can get you? Hot drink? Extra blankets? You know it was a dumbass move to run here in the rain, right? You’re so lucky I’m home alone right now,” Pandora rambled as she shuffled around her room grabbing spare pajamas and bedding from the closet and various corners of the space.

“Nah, just you being here is enough. Thanks for letting me in,” as much as Linh was trying to keep it together, Pandora could hear their voice beginning to break.

Pandora dragged herself back over to the bed, handing Linh the spare set of pajamas and laying down the blankets. Linh looked at her with a look that said “Are you sure? Is this okay?” And she chuckled under his breath.

“Go change. You need to get out of those clothes, they’re soaking.” Pandora stared for a second, before seeming to remember something. “Oh! Those are oversized. They’ll fit you.” She smiled when he saw Linh’s face relax at the sentence.

Linh got up without another word, heading down the hall to change leaving Pandora to wait in his room. She wanted desperately to ask what had caused Linh to leave his house in the rain and cold, but he bit his tongue. She knew he didn’t need to answer questions right now.

Pandora watched Linh turn the corner back into her room, now changed with a pile of damp clothes in hand. He looked tired, and now.. curiously annoyed..?

“..When did you steal these from me?”

Damnit. “Uh oh!! You caught me!” She knew she couldn’t play this one off.

In an attempt to shake the topic, Pandora sat up and pulled Linh onto the bed.

“..Fine. We can talk about that later.” Linh knew it was useless to push it with someone like Pandora.

Linh let himself fall back into the sheets, letting out a breath he didn’t know he was holding. It felt good to be somewhere he knew he would be safe.

Pandora looked down at him, following suit and laying down next to him. “So what exactly happened?” Pandora paused, realizing that direct confrontation might not be the best in this situation. “

You don’t have to say, but I just want to help.” She reached out and began running his fingers through Linh’s hair.

Linh flinched and turned to face Pandora. “What are you doing?”

Pandora stopped. “Sorry, I heard it calms people down. I’m not the best at comforting,” He looked down.

“No no, it’s fine. You can continue if you’d like,” Linh paused while Pandora went back to what she had been doing. “Anyways… I want to tell you. I owe you that much for showing up at your house late and in the rain.”

Pandora laughed. “Please, we both know I’ve done much worse to you. You don’t owe me anything, but continue if you’d like.” She smiled, allowing for Linh to continue.

Reluctantly, he did so. “Ophelia and I got into a fight right after my dad yelled at me.”

Pandora paused, but only for a second. “Woah, are you okay? Nothing physical, right?”

Linh paused before continuing, seemingly recalling what happened back then.

“Yeah, we were both kind of mad at our dad and ended up yelling at each other,” Linh looked up at Pandora, and when had he looked away?

“Pan, do you… Do you think she hates me…?”

Tears started to well up in Linh’s eyes, he gave a small sniffle as he wiped them away. Pandora brought her hand down from the top of Linh’s head to his face; cupping his cheek.

“It’s alright to be sad. I know how much she means to you. She definitely doesn’t hate you though. I know from experience that you really can’t get rid of a person like you.” Pandora squeezed Linh’s cheek and he seemed to calm a bit at the gesture.

“Thank you Pandora. I… I feel lucky to have you.” Linh leaned into Pandora, allowing himself to relax at last.

**Maybe having late night visitors wasn't all that bad.**