"...Luna...Luna? Wake up, it's time to get up..."
A familiar voice seemed to drift from afar, gently awakening Luna's sleeping consciousness. Yes, that was Maka's voice, and it was indeed very familiar.
"Well?"
Luna, who was lying on the bed, twisted her mouth and moved her head slightly, causing a strand of golden hair in front of her forehead to quietly fall to the side.
Soon, she opened her eyes drowsily, and her hazy vision gradually became clear.
"Maka?" Her eyes wandered on the roof, and then she finally turned her head slightly and looked at Maka's face, who was looking down at her, "Well... Good morning?"
While saying hello vaguely, Luna seemed to feel the warmth and touch coming from the palm of her right hand. She subconsciously shook it back, and then realized that her right hand seemed to be being gently held by Maka.
"That's it, remember not to let go, or something will go wrong." Maka moved her hand to signal, and at the same time showed a smile at Luna, "Also, 'Good morning' and so on... It's afternoon now Got it!"
"Oh, didn't I sleep for a long time?"
Luna obviously didn't mind Maka grabbing her hand at all. She just took her other hand out of the quilt and rubbed her slightly sore eyes randomly.
"Actually, it didn't take long," Maka said, "But, I think you may need to sleep for a while."
"Yeah?"
Luna tilted her head and thought for a while, not sure what she had figured out, and then nodded.
"Okay! I understand... just sleep a little longer if necessary."
Obviously, her keen intuition has noticed something - maybe there is something wrong with her body, or some other reason that makes Maka think she needs a good sleep.
However, with Luna's temperament of not being obsessed with many things, she didn't seem to even have the intention to ask Maka a few more questions. It was obviously what happened to her, but she didn't care at all.
The next moment, I heard her change her words:
"But before I go back to bed, I'd like a drink... Do you have any butterbeer in your pocket?"
"Oh, of course!"
Maka smiled, stretched her left hand to her waist, and then pulled out a dirty-looking glass bottle. Yes, although the Butterbeer at the Hog's Head Bar is delicious, it doesn't look that good at all. You can tell the difference at a glance.
"Look! What I'm most fortunate about right now is that I asked Aberforth to get two boxes for me to store. But it's a pity that he refused to tell me where he got the goods... and I don't know where he got the goods. When can this shitty bar reopen?"
While Maka complained casually, she took out another cup, controlled the bottle and poured it into it, and also heated it slightly.
The right temperature can make butter beer taste more mellow and silky.
Not long after, he helped Luna sit up from the bed, and then let the cup float in front of her. Luna reached out and took it, taking a satisfied sip.
However, during the entire process, Maka's hand was firmly holding Luna's right hand, and she never let go even once.
Luna's magic power is being guided by Maka's powerful spirit, flowing steadily into Maka's body through their interlocked palms like a trickle, and then returning to Luna's magic source again.
The magic power that was originally restless due to imbalance disease was always suppressed below the critical line of riot in the cycle that Maka created so carefully.
Seeing Luna's happy expression while drinking butterbeer, Maka couldn't help but slightly raise the corners of her mouth, as if she was enjoying this pure beauty.
That's right, it's not so much that Maka likes Luna, but rather that he likes Luna's pure and natural mentality. Because even though he always pretends to be indifferent, he also understands that he will never have a casual and undemanding character like Luna.
Maka envied Luna very much, and maybe... it was the same feeling that Dumbledore, who had not yet become "selfish", secretly envied him.
"Would you like another drink?"
Seeing Luna raising her head and drinking up the butterbeer in the glass, and then sticking out her tongue to lick the delicate foam on her upper lip, Maka asked again.
"No, one cup is enough... My belly is warm, I should be able to have a good sleep."
Maka took the cup she handed back and placed it on the bedside table next to her. Hearing her say this while touching her belly, she couldn't help but nod her head.
"You want to continue sleeping now?"
Luna pursed her lips and thought about it carefully. She didn't know what she thought of, but suddenly she looked down at her right hand that was being held by Maka.
"Maka, do you know? When I was in Spiral Town, I seemed to have had a few dreams... I dreamed of some scary things. But I was not afraid at all, because I knew that Maka would definitely come. Save me..."
How long has it been since I heard Luna speak in such a sleepy tone? Maka wasn't sure. But he knew that whenever Luna spoke in this tone, those words would always have a strange persuasiveness.
Just like now, the topic of "dreams" mentioned by Luna made Maka involuntarily recall those several time-traveling journeys.
To be honest, he didn't think Luna would have those memories. After all, for the Luna in front of him, many of these were things that she had never really experienced.
But…
"So," Luna reached out and touched Maka's eyebrows, as if to smooth out his slightly wrinkled brows, "Don't be afraid, Maka, because no matter what happens, I will always be there." I’ll be waiting for you here with peace of mind.”
Luna's words made Maka feel a subtle sense of detachment from reality, as if she knew everything Maka had experienced.
But I have to say that her words also made Maka calm down involuntarily.
Yes, Luna said "Don't be afraid" - could anyone see it more clearly or say it more accurately than she did
"Ok, I see."
Maka stared at her clear eyes for a long time, and then nodded slowly and firmly.
"That's good."
Luna smiled, then took the initiative to move her body and got into bed again. Then, she was seen pulling the quilt, with only a pair of eyes exposed from the edge of the quilt, looking at Maka and saying softly:
"Good night."
Maka didn't move, just held her hand and waited until she really fell asleep, then took out a bottle of Dreamless Sleeping Potion and fed it to her mouth.
After a while, he finally let go of his hand and said silently in his heart:
"Well, it really works."