Love is Friendship set to music (for GolemGuardian)

[RedShinigami]

True it was a very comical spectacle that Finella was presenting here but it was like her whole body shot down in mere seconds.
"Gnnnnnhh..."
The wounds, bruises, scratches, black spots, they all have seemed to meet and agreed to have a little party with the finale being hurting all at once.

It started with Finella suddenly seeing two Chrises before her, then the two Chrises started to fly around each other and Finella would have laughed if she could but no word escapes her clenched teeths.
When she found some strength to speak all she could say was: "Canwegohomenow..." and drop.
The guests who were already bugged by the loud voice and bad manners of the wolf looked at the couple now and the waiter was glad when Chris and Finella payed,meaning that Chris paid and had to carry Finella home.

All in all a shitty deal and Finella would be ever thankful for what Chris did to her.
"A...are...we...home...yet...", she whispered and did'nt say "Your flat" or "your home", she just said "Home" because Finella, be it her more then poor mental state, was already seeing Chris Yukine as her home and trusted her with all she had...like she had trusted Harmonia when they were kids.

Tears welled up in her eyes and suddenly she started to cry.
"Sorry...", she whispered.
"I...can't help it they just come...", she said while sniffling and gagging, tears rolling down her face like small waterfalls...

[GolemGuardian]

The rock star was a little annoyed at having to pay when Finella was the one who offered to do so, and the looks the others were giving them from the Hellraiser's actions only worsened that. But it wasn't annoyance at the wolf, so if it ever seemed that way during their trek back to her apartment. She raised an eyebrow at her new friend's wording, saying 'home' specifically. Chris wanted to just chalk it up to being so out of it, but the wolf sounded a little to lucid for that to be the case. 'You really fucked up, Moni,' Chris thought to herself, giving her friend's shoulder a gentle squeeze. "Almost. Just another block, I promise you. And don't worry. I won't go tell every tabloid this side of Shinjuku the mighty Hellraiser cries." Hopefully her little joke would bring a smile to her friend's face, distract her from the walk.

Eventually they finally got up to her flat, the two walking inside to a disheveled looking brunette. Her oversized t-shirt looked like it was just put on in a hurry, her chestnut hair was a complete mess, and there was a shine to her as she chugged down a tall glass of water. "FWWHHHHAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!" The girl exclaimed with a bright smile. "Just what I needed..." She set down her glass down, finally seeing Chris and Finella. "Oh, okaeri, Chris-chan! Surprised to see you have a second lovely lady on your arm. Guess I'm not the only one who will get lucky tonight! Hehehe." She said with a little snicker, causing her flatmate to blush furiously.

"Sh-shut up Tania!" Chris cried out, earning her another teasing laugh from the proud Irish woman. "And no, it's nothing like that. Fin here just needs a place to stay for a little bit. There was some... issues with her back home. Hope you don't mind." Chris knew her roommate wouldn't, nothing ever seemed to faze her it seemed, but politeness and such.

"You know my motto. Heiki hecchara desu~!" Tania said with a smile. "I'm going back to my room. Still have to say good bye to Michelle before she goes into her classes. Don't get too loud now, OK~" With a final wave, Tania left the two alone.

The rock star, taking a few deep breaths to try and calm herself down, then shook her head. "Ignore her. She's a probably feeling a little elated after finishing her eighth or ninth round with Michelle." She wouldn't elaborate further, leading Finella to the flat's bathroom. The wolf got herself patched up at the hospital, but she still needed to get cleaned. Chris helped Finella sit down on their toilet, before turning around and began drawing a bath for her. "Do you think you can strip yourself, or am I gonna have to do it for you?" Hopefully the response she got would contain as little innuendos as possible.

[RedShinigami]

The Hellraiser was a tough as nails, rebellious punk bitch. She had lived 6 years on her own, having to grow up real fast, there was no room for tears or other girly stuff. Finella had survived, on her own, with no one to help her, her body was covered in scars from the countless unbelievable matches she participated in the underground circle.

It was a wonder that Finella could literally feel anything. She was hardend by this six years, but still she could'nt shake off what she once was.
Even if she was a fight seeking, rebellious and loud girl , there was so much more underneath it. Harmonia knew, her grandfather knew.
Finella tried to shut up this side of hers, this querky, fun loving, almost childish side, tried to become hard, tough, surviving.
Every scar she got brought her closer to that goal, or so she thought but in the end, the exact opposite was the case, with every scar, every broken bone, every night in pain and alone, she cried and wished that her family was here to help her.
Even if she held up this tough persona for the sleazy, criminal crowd in the underground fights, deep inside she was just a girl that was lonely and lost.

All of this went out of her as Chris went down the street, through the snow, the cold creeping onto her wounds, making her whince.
"It hurts...it hurts so much...", she whimpered.
She would never have admitted that, to no one, because she never had someone whom she could tell. When she was getting hurt, she was patched up by some mob doctor and that was it. No visits on her bed from friends and family, just from her boss who wanted to know when she was ready to fight again...

When they entered and met Tania, she looked away, she did'nt know the girl nor did her opinion matter to her, but when she recognized the Hellraiser, she did'nt want to look weak...
Thankfully the irish girl, according to her accent at least, left them and Chris brought her into the small bathroom.
"Danke...", she said in german as she was sat on the toilet seat.

"I...I can do it...", she whispered and stood up, starting to take of her clothes, and then Chris saw what she really had to work with here, the fresh scars and bruises aside, Finellas body was battlefield, her whole lucious figure was covered in bigger and smaller scars, some almost faded, some more fresh, from the fight against Chelsea.
The Wolf looked at Chris and then back at her.
"Hehe, I look like a David Cronenberg Movie I know...", she chuckled and went for the hot water, dipping her toes in and then let herself sink into it.

She sighed and relaxed against the back of the tub.
"Thats unfair...I...I just don't know how I can make this up to you...", she whispered and gave her a sideglance and just with that the tears started to flow again.
"I...I...no one was ever..."

The tears were now bursting down her cheeks like waterfalls...
"I was alone for so long I...I forgot how this feels...", she said.
"Since I am here, I met such great people and have the most fun I had ever in my life...", she said while pressing her hands to her face.

"I...I...thought I did'nt deserve it."
The death of their parents and their sudden parting really messed up both of the Twins,that much was for sure.
And the wounds were still fresh, for both of them.

[GolemGuardian]

On the walk back she had seen a side of Finella probably only one person she could think of may have ever seen. A vulnerability that went against the hard edged persona known as the Hellraiser. In other circumstances, perhaps Chris might find it a little cute. But not here, when her friend was crying from the pain and no doubt lingering anger. Nothing about it was cute, or pitiable. It was a sorry sight, for sure, but all the rocker felt was sadness and anger for the wolf. That was all she could think of as she shushed Finella in an attempt to soothe her on their walk.

One with her yet-to-debut roommate, with the wolf trying to hide her face, later and the two were in the bathroom. Chris drew a warm bath, not too hot so as to not aggravate her wounds, and soon Finella was removing her clothes. The rocker would normally look away to keep some amount of modesty between them, but the amount of scars that spanned the wolf's body was too astonishing to look away from. Chris wasn't in awe, but rather she felt horrified. "Jesus," she muttered out, unable to avert her gaze. She was so dumbstruck she didn't even hear her friend's cheeky statement. Not that she would have understood the reference anyways, but that was besides the point.

Though stunned, Chris helped ease Finella in so she wouldn't slip or go in too fast. "We can discuss your debt to me after we clean you up, OK?" She turned around, grabbing a loofah so she could clean her friend. She let her take her own clothes off, but she wasn't going to let Finella clean herself. When she turned around the tears started again, sinking the her rocking heart further than it ever had. She didn't have the whole story, but whatever the whole story was it didn't sound like something start-of-story Cinderella would envy. All Chris could end up doing was kneel beside Fin, lay an arm across her shoulders, and pull her over to lean her head against her.

"You know, I kinda felt the same when I was younger. Though in a more angry 'don't deserve kindness' than this. Kids bullied and teased me after my parents died while they performed a concert, dumb terrorist attack that I can't even name what it was about. Ended up fighting some of them over it. Well, more like threw a punch and they sent me to the school nurse." She squeezed the wolf's shoulder, trying to act as a kind of anchor as she had her little cry. "I don't know what your story is, or where you got so many scars that a one woman army would envy your amount, but no matter what you do deserve to be happy and have someone be kind to you. Though coming from an only child, I hope that I don't sound like I'm speaking out of my ass about this." Chris would just sit there and wait, either for Fin to keep crying, or just talk, or whatever she wanted. She could just relax, say nothing at all, and leave it at that. All the rocker would do would stay with Finella, for whatever she needed right now.

[RedShinigami]

Finella sighed as the warm water engulfed her features and Chris soft hands started to rub all the dried blood and dirt and... Other stuff away.
"I am so sorry Chris. I am nothing but trouble the whole evening. And now you even make your hands dirty for me, I...I can never repay you for that...", she whimpered and leant her head against Chris.
"Just take my word for it that I am the most thankful person on this planet right now ok?", she smiled and then sighed again.
"Our parents died too... In a fire when we were 16. I was at catholic school. People thought that would " tame" me. Can you imagine? ", she chuckled.
" I think you CAN imagine how good the Hellraiser worked in a fucking school of holy penguins... Ugh... "
She shook her head in disbelief.
"Anyway after the funeral our fucking uncle, was'nt even a blood relative for heavens sake, made sure to kept Moni and me parted. I was a bad influence for her aspiring dreams as a model. Motherfucker made me believe that tgis were Monis words and so I kept for myself, travelled central europe, delivering things, being a waitress, strip... ", she said and then pointed to her scars.
"And wrestled...", she said.
"Stuff you could'nt even imagine. Some of these guys just went off when someone died... No, no not really of course! All show, but the wounds..."
She pointed to the most prominent over her kidney.
"Were real...", she sighed.
"I was on my own. No one gave a flying fuck about me.. If I Would get to broken to do those matches those guys would probably killed me out of fear that someone would uncover their illegal shit.", she said.
"Anyway, Harmonia finally reached out in a tv interview in Austria and thankfully I saw it. And then I followed her... Here...",she said and sighed.
"Danke Chris...", she suddenly said and kissed her cheek.
"Vielen, vielen Dank.", the Hellraiser said with an honest smile.
"I feel that I have nothing to hide now... I never felt like that before. And I am sorry, so sorry for your parents, ok?", she said and closed her eyes.
"Thank god family does'nt have to be blood, huh?"

[GolemGuardian]

Chris just sat there silently and listened. Finella didn't need to be interrupted with each comment that entered the rocker's brain when she got upset with what she described. All she needed right now was for someone to be there, listen to her. And with it all, Chris couldn't help but wonder if Harmonia knew anything about what was going on. And if she had, how she could still support her sister's rival like she had.

But those were thoughts for when the Hellraiser could stand the thought of Harmonia again. For now Chris just listened and looked, carefully moved her friend's arms to get under them, and try not to stare too much at her scars. How could one girl have so many? Even if she did understand the story and everything, it was still hard to believe with the sheer number of them. And that kidney scar scared her the most.

"Mmm." Was all she could really think to say for now. There wasn't really anything good she could say. But she could probably say something helpful. "You didn't have to tell me about your parents in return. I appreciate you trusting me enough to tell me. But you're right. It's sometimes a nice trope." She said with a little laugh, handing over the loofah. "Y-you're gonna have to do your legs, OK? How about that be how you start r-repaying me." She turned her head and tried to hide the little blush on her cheeks. She may have offered this in the first place, but there were still lines she was going to draw.

[RedShinigami]

Finella smiled while she leaned against Chris.
She felt safe, she felt warm and she felt accepted...something she had'nt since her grandfather died.
In fact, she thought Moni was what she needed but it seemed that god or the universe or whatever had chosen to
send her someone else to be her guardian.

"You know...this is first time in years that I feel truly safe.", she whispered and, her eyes still closed.
She reached up, took the loafer from Chris and then took her hand.
"The first time since an eternity it seems that someone cares about me the way I am and not how they want me. Harmonia loves
me with all her soul but still there are expectations she has that I just can't fullfill...you get that?", she asked and tears started to trikle down her cheek.

"I had to be tough to get through or this world I lived in would have swallowed me whole. Harmonia had too but on the other side of the spectrum. I had to get tough because every night, every minute, every second I spend in this clubs, getting a few euros for feud I was in danger of being raped, beaten up or killed by some of that deranged dudes lurking there."
She flexed her arm.

"I always was a fighter and there I could prove it. I got a reputation, you could touch every waitress except Fin, why? Because the last one touching here is now a vegetable in some home for the invalid.", she said an sighed.
"I am not proud of many things I have done but they had to be done or I would have been done, you understand that Chris? I...sorry...I sound like a fucking crook talking to her lawyer but believe me..."

She looked her in the eyes, tears were streaming down her face.
"You...are the first person I tell this and I don't think you would have invited me if you were'nt sure that I was worth it. I am not a bad person Chris, believe me, it was my circumstances that made me what I am. But I am still...a good person. At least I want to think of that. Even if I have this...struggle with Chelsea...",she said looking into the water that had turned red from some wounds drawing still a little blood.
"Imagine...some single drops of blood are enough to turn water red...", she said.

"Man, listen to me...I am so fucked up. Sorry, I don't want to frighten or scare you. I...maybe its better I go when you have bathed me. It is ok, I...I know my way around...I can sleep at LAW HQ, maybe at the YL Den with Sheila, you don't..."
Her hand that was clinging to Chris betrayed her every word and the look in her eyes were clear.
She did'nt want to go , she did want to stay with Chris.
"It is just...I feel so...free...what I have told you I did'nt even told Moni...", she said and sniffed.

[GolemGuardian]

Chris tried to be as gentle as she could while cleaning Finella, but some of the wounds still bled a little. The girl's body was truly a horror show with everything it had been through. The worst Chris ever got was a broken nose and a spiral fracture from the fights she got in before her uncle pulled her from schools. How the younger Edelstein had endured it and still kept any amount of goodness was no short of a miracle. And the rock star was the first she told this story to? Maybe the twins should have talked about that, and this life threatening altercation wouldn't have happened at all.

But that hadn't been what happened. Whether it be Finella's kindness to spare Harmonia the worry and the guilt, or Harmonia's ignorance to not inquire to her sister's past, that wouldn't matter. There was no use dwelling on that. The two rock lovers were here now, their friendship blooming as the wolf spoke of how she felt safe. Chris couldn't help but smile a little, the embarrassment passing now that Finella had finished washing her legs. "I'm grateful you're trusting me so much Fin. I doubt that's something you hand out easily after everything you've been through. It's truly tempered you into a hardened soul, but you've still got a bit of that kindness in you. Like vanilla ice cream with curry powder. It's got a kick to it, but it's still sweet." She probably should have hidden that little guilty pleasure to herself. Hopefully her friend wouldn't tease her too much during her stay.

If she stayed, that is, as it almost sounded like the wolf didn't want to now. That almost hurt Chris, but she could kind of see why Finella felt that way. But the rock star had no intention of letting that happen.

"Nonsense, you're fine. We have plenty of room for a temporary roommate, so long as you don't mind waking up at 5 am sometimes while Tania and her girlfriend cybersex each other and she cries out 'Michelle' with that brogue of hers." It sounded almost like a tease, but if Fin looked over and saw her expression, she'd know it wasn't. "Besides, I"m not going to send ya out there in the cold without any clothes. And these ones need to by washed before I'm letting you put them back on. So either stay, accept my offer and cry to your hearts content with as much judgement as Dionysus passes on drunk party goers, and sleep in a bed where you can feel safe." Chris pulled Fin close, giving the wild Austrian a one armed hug. "So, what'll it be, oh devourer of nails without milk for breakfast?"

[RedShinigami]

Finella smiled and closed her eyes hearing the words of Chris before she chuckled.
"Vanilla Ice and...you for real, girl?", she laughed and just smiled, feeling safe and sound
here at Chris appartment.
"Alright...I stay, thank you Chris. There is no place I would be rather right now then here.",the wolf said and finished cleaning herself.
Then suddenly her stomach was growling.

"Oh...", she said and blushed a little.
"Uh, could we have a little snack afterwards? I am still a little peckish...", she said and remained in the warm water, letting her muscles and body come losen and sinking in the deeper into the hot water.

She cleaned herself and then stepped out the tub, rubbed herself while cursing, her whole body hurt and pressumably would for the whole week...the only positive thing she got out of this was the fact that Chelsea did hurt too...
Stupid bitch, getting into her house, talking shit...but was she talking shit?
Harmonia had let her in, before their big fight, not even thinking about Finellas feelings...and when Chelsea mentioned that Harmonia was seeing her as a nuisance and liked Chelsea to hit some sense into her, her heart broke.
She sniffed and looked at the floor.

"Goddammit Moni...", she whimpered and tears trickled down her face when Chris came in with fresh clothes borrowed from Tania.
FInella quickly turned away and pressed her face into one of the towles, wiping her face and then turning to Chris. Her face was already red from the water so hopefully her friend would'nt see that sheh had been crying.

"Thank you...", she smiled and pulled Chris into a tight hug, her breasts mashing against the face of the Rocker and Finella kissed her head repeatedly.
"You are the best friend a wolf can have.", she grinned and took the clothes.

[GolemGuardian]

"Sweet and spicy is a very popular flavor combination, young lady. And blame Food Network. They had someone do that for one of their cooking competitions, and I've been hooked since I tried it." Chris couldn't help the little laugh that followed her words, standing up with a little smile as Finella agreed to stay. "No worries, Fin. You're no problem at all." Chris laid the towels out, biting back her comment about how how she couldn't understand how Fin was still hungry again after the amount of ice cream she devoured only a short while ago. "I'll see what we have. For now, just go ahead and dry yourself off. I'll go get you some of Tania's clothes since she's a little closer to your size than me." Gathering up the Hellraiser's clothes, the rocker exited the bathroom and left Fin to her own thoughts for a little bit.

Opening the door to Tania's room, after knocking of course, the rock star came in just as her Irish flatmate ended her call with her girlfriend overseas, Michelle. "Hey, I know we do laundry on Sunday, but do you mind going down to the laundry room and washing Finella's clothes? And also borrow some clothes for a few days? She's been through a bit an-"

She was stopped as the chestnut haired middleweight held up her hand and stood up."No worries, Chris. Anything for you. Least I could do for ya. But try to be a liiiittle quieter then last time? I don't want to be tired when Michelle calls me after her psychology class gets out." She said teasingly, enjoying the blush it caused the smaller woman. "I tease, I tease~" Tania grabbed the bloody garments and pointed over to her dresser. "Shirts are in the fifth drawer, bras and socks in the first, and dragon-shaped strap on is in the nightstand next to it~" And she then all but ran from the room, leaving Chris standing there, blushing hard and sputtering as all get out.

It took several moments for the snow haired girl to recover, never prepared for Tania's teasing. While she hated it, Tania was a good girl. Minor annoyances aside, she was a nice wall to bounce ideas off of when the Irish girl wasn't going on about, or knuckle deep in herself, her girlfriend. It was almost an obsession, but maybe that was just how love was?

Speaking of, the rock star actually had a moment away from her friend. She hadn't gotten to finish her talk with Moni, and despite how much Chris disapproved of her actions the Superstar still deserved to know about what was going on. So she pulled out her phone, and started typing some texts to the former model. 'Hey Moni, sorry for the cut off from Fin earlier. She's gonna be staying here with me for a bit, after somebody betrayed her and let a lapin into the hungry wolf's den, then defended the little rabbit when the wolf latched her jaws around it.' She sent the text, stopping for a few moments after and realizing it sounded a bit more passive than she intended. Or maybe it was just the right amount, given her view as an unbiased third party. Regardless, she probably should try and be a bit nicer. Moni was a good girl, bad choice aside, after all. 'I don't know why you did it, but I'm sure you thought your intentions were for her own good. But don't forget that's how one paves the road to hell. Just give Fin a little space before you try talking to her again. She needs it.'

That sounded right... hopefully. Well, it was too late now. Hopefully if or when she texted back her second text smoothed things over some. With that, hopefully before Fin got suspicious, the rocker grabbed a tan bra, some short shorts, and an oversized yellow shirt with a duck on it. Not the most badass clothes for Finella, but it was better than nothing. She just had to hope either Fin didn't care or just wouldn't care.

Chris came back soon after, laying the clothes down on the toilet. "Here ya go. Fresh from Tania's dre-Mmmph." She was suddenly brought into a hug, her face pressed into Fin's chest and with numerous kisses rained down on her head. Much as she enjoyed the thanks, she wasn't a fan of her face between the wolf's breasts. "Fou're welshome.. Cwan 'ou le' me go?"