Is that...?

[Lubbock]

The lime headed perv continued looking at his device's screen for a few moments more, admiring his sneaky photography, but almost tossed it across the Nexus when a familiar voice peeped out behind him. Slowly sliding the phone into his coat pocket, he spun around to face a girl, with ebony hair the colour of deep midnight, and eyes like pools of blood. A katana with a red, white and black theme sat at her hip, along with crimson plating on the one opposite and on her wrists.

"A..." Lubbock found it difficult to choke out the name. He stood in disbelief, and amazingly, Syura stayed quiet. "A-Akame..." He finally pushed out, eyes sparkling in relief, like the sun flickering through a green, leafy canopy. "N-no way..." He approached her cautiously in disbelief, reaching out and gingerly touching her arm, before firmly and familiarly grasping her, feeling actual flesh under his fingers. "Akame..." The assassin said once more, before pulling her into a tight embrace. They simply stood there for a few moments, letting the silence of the Nexus embrace them.

"Lubbock..." Akame whispered into the boy's hair. "The base was... raided, by Doctor Stylish." She informed him, and he stood rigid, like a statue. "Bulll... shit..." He gasped, and Akame simply shook her head. "No, it's true. You'll be relieved to hear we won, though, and no one died... but I disappeared at the end, and came here." She explained, her hands tenderly resting on her friend's shoulderblades.

"Well... I guess that's all that matters, hey?" Lubbock responded, pulling away and staring into the female's eyes. "You won't believe the adventures I've had here. I'm just gonna say that the Omni dude wasn't kidding when he said we're immortal; I've died twice already." He said with a hearty chuckle. "I've met so many new people... Akame, I think you'll love it here. I just... I wish that the rest of Night Raid could have come. I'm really beginning to miss Tatsumi, and sis, and Mine... and Miss Na- I mean Boss." Lubbock said somberly, scratching the back of his neck.

"I know. I've only been here an hour or so, and I feel the same." Akame's eyes turned down also, and looked as if the scarlet pools that were her irises might melt into red tears. Lubbock gave her a light tap on her shoulder. "No point in fretting over it now. There ain't much we can do about it." He said with a soft gaze. "Yeah, I guess you're right..." The girl agreed, before looking up at him. "You know... for a perverted idiot-" Lubbock winced at that knife wound, "-you always have the right words to say. You're wiser than you let on." She praised him, but still seemed to leave the spotlight on the 'perverted idiot' part.

"Right... there's somewhere I really wanna go. And now that we're finally together, I guess I can actually get there finally!" Lubbock exclaimed, throwing both hands into the air as he began to stroll across the Nexus. "Do you wanna go on foot, or catch a ride?" He asked, looking to Akame. She simply shrugged, her eyes saying 'your choice'. With a light laugh, Lubbock shut his eyes and focused on the space in front of him, bringing a horse to life once more. Of course, since he had done it before it didn't take as long, but it still cost him more time than he would have liked.

The assassin hauled himself onto the steed and extended a hand down to Akame. "Alright, Akame, don't go telling me you're too cold to hop onto a horse with a guy." He jested, shoulders shuddering as he laughed. She seemed to be contemplating it, her facial expressions flitting between 'don't see why not' and 'don't wanna be on a horse with a perv'. At least, that was how Syura read it out to the assassin.